The Phoenix Reborn Book II

Chapter 153 The Curse of Allegiance

“Emperor Zhou is an ally?! Is that really the reality, Junzhu?!” Fang Yu's eyes twinkled slightly, feeling extremely excited at Huang Miaoling's story.

“I never joke,” reply Huang Miaoling as he gazes towards the map of Shi Kingdom before him. “We can expect reinforcements within three days.”

“That's good news,” replied Fang Yu, confident that the situation of the Shi Kingdom will soon improve. He is on the right side, and also the one who will come out of this matter as the winner. “So, we can immediately clear up the traitor of the kingdom!”

Huang Miaoling glanced at Fang Yu, studying the man's expression intently. The woman then straightened her body, then said, “You have fought hard, Lieutenant General.”

Huang Miaoling's words made Fang Yu freeze on the spot for a moment. Slowly, the man's eyes began to water. This was followed by the bowing of the man's head, his left hand clutching his right hand that was clenched, a form of respect.

Huang Miaoling's gaze softened for a moment. Losing so many of her brothers in arms and having to be tough in front of the remaining ones, the woman truly understood the struggle Fang Yu felt.

“I need you to fight a little longer to finish everything,” Huang Miaoling continued to make Fang Yu raise his head. “Prepare the defense to welcome Wang Chengliu's troops,” the woman's expression turned cold, “we make sure the sacrifice of all brothers is not in vain.”

Fang Yu clutched his fist firmly, then exclaimed, “Fang Yu received the order!” He turned around to leave the room to execute the request of the leader of the army.

Huang Miaoling's gaze was again sidetracked on the map of Shi Kingdom that was before him, fixated on the distance present between Zhongcheng and Jingcheng. Later, the manic moved to the Wu-Shi border not far from Jingcheng, then to the Zhou-Shi border at the other end.

Huang Miaoling's forehead wrinkled, something made him feel strange. ‘Zhong Jing Wu Zhou [1]?’ His mind suddenly realized the hidden meaning of his current situation. “The faithful spirit awakened a curse?”

“Excellent, even such a thing can you understand.”

Finding the whereabouts of others, Huang Miaoling immediately turned around and unsheathed the sword. Finding the figure leaning leisurely while looking at him calmly, the woman frowned.

“Lu Si,” call Huang Miaoling unfriendly. “What are you here for? What other mess do you want to happen?”

Recalling how Wang Zhengyi shot the figure of Emperor Weixin with a blank look, also how Wu Huatai lost his life to save Liang Fenghong at Lu Si's request, Huang Miaoling felt his emotions boiling.

“Support Wang Chengliu, didn't you know it hurt Lan’er?”

Hearing this, Lu Si's calm expression turned dark. “Do not speak as if you know everything, Huang Miaoling,” replied. “Not the slightest bit can you imagine regarding what kind of suffering Lan’er has naturally to arrive at this time.”

Huang Miaoling was slightly stunned at the huge reaction from Lu Si. The man did always give an overreaction on matters related to Lan’er.

Seeing Huang Miaoling's expression, Lu Si added, “Do not you be hypocritical by stating that what happened to Wang Weixin was a mistake.” The man's red eyes looked straight at the woman, piercing through Huang Miaoling's heart. “Similarly how grateful you are that Liang Fenghong made it back, even if Wu Huatai was his instead.”

Huang Miaoling's forehead wrinkled, only able to swallow Lu Si's words roundly. The woman had to admit that what happened to Wang Weixin was karma, especially after what the man did during his life. The emperor married Situ Mingmei to ascend to the throne, bringing back Xue Kexin for still loving her childhood sweetheart, turning a blind eye to Chen Meilian's death and trying to get rid of Wang Chengliu to get rid of his anger, as well as using the Huang family to defend his dragon throne.

All those bad actions .. come back in the form of karma.

Huang Miaoling replied, “Karma will always come by itself, there is no need for you to intervene.” The woman's head shook her head, “Forcing a child to harm her biological father out of consciousness, destroying a government and the tranquility of the people, as well as supporting someone burning ambition to bring chaos, she said, does it make sense?”

A mocking snort came out from Lu Si's mouth, “Humans will forever be naive.” The man continued, “I was created as a reflection of the lifter and I only did what I was supposed to do, bringing karma to those who deserved it, no matter what form.”

Huang Miaoling fell silent, feeling his conversation and Lu Si became even more wild. “However, does that mean you have the right to use your power to influence Wang Zhengyi?” The woman's black bead swept over Lu Si's pale lips. “I'm sure you yourself are fighting the fate line.”

Lu Si realized the meaning of Huang Miaoling's gaze and his smile disappeared. “Not because it was against the line of fate that I became like this,” replied Lu Si. “You are very wrong to think that the incident that happened to Wang Zhengyi was something I should not have done.”

Huang Miaoling's Eyebrows. “You mean to say that ... is it supposed to happen? That it has been outlined destiny?”

“Available destiny? Not that serious,” replied Lu Si casually, making Huang Miaoling show an annoyed expression, feeling the man was playing tricks on him by continuing to avoid the answer he wanted.

Huang Miaoling's head felt dizzy, feeling that more and more questions were coming to his mind. “Why—”

“Don't get used to always getting answers, Huang Miaoling,” Lu Si cut off Huang Miaoling's remark. “Try to get the answer to the mystery of destiny, it is a sign that your heart is beginning to be crawled with the desire for power over life.”

Huang Miaoling clenched his hands, feeling slapped with Lu Si's words. “You just don't want to answer,” reply.

“You know, but you keep asking,” reply Lu Si with annoying grin. “Face the fact that not everything you need to know, just as not everything will go your way. Do not forget that darkness exists because of light, as well as the happiness that is present due to sadness.”

Although annoyed by his conversation with Lu Si, but the mind of Huang Miaoling played Lan’er warning, “Be careful, Huang Miaoling. There is no man who has no desire for power, including .. yourself.”

The power of destiny is something that man desires, but never gets.

Seeing Huang Miaoling speechless, Lu Si took the opportunity to speak, the faithful “Spirit awakened a curse, do you know the meaning of the clue Lan’er left for you?” the man switched the conversation.

Huang Miaoling's eyebrows linked, “You're here to help me?” he wanted to ask that question, but he knew it was useless. ‘Spirit is life, meaning it refers to one living being. What ... or who is meant here?’

In that instant, Huang Miaoling recalled Lan’er's remark, “Miaoling, you must kill Wang Chengliu, the man can no longer be saved. There was only madness left in his heart.”

Reading Huang Miaoling's mind, Lu Si said, “You're focusing on the wrong thing.” The man continued, “I know Lan’er once told you about who to get rid of.” Lu Si's words made Huang Miaoling look up to look at the man. “However, do you know the meaning of loyalty and curses in that clue?”

Huang Miaoling was silent for a moment, then asked with a cold expression, “You told me not to get used to getting answers, right?” He continued, “Removing Wang Chengliu will end everything, that's all I need to know.”

A thinly engraved smile on Lu Si's lips, “Dan, Lan’er also said there is no human who does not have a desire for power, especially about his own life.”

Huang Miaoling looked at Lu Si's red eyes deeply, feeling that the man was deliberately provoking his emotions. ‘This man will drive me crazy ...’

As if satisfied to see the annoyed expression on Huang Miaoling's face, Lu Si said, “The meaning behind the loyalty curse is the reason Lan’er.” suffering His words made Huang Miaoling widen, trying to guess his point.

When Huang Miaoling was busy brainwashing, a loud shout sounded from outside, “Report!” The clattering of feet that were getting closer and closer quickly could be heard. “Report, General!” shouted a soldier from outside the room.

Huang Miaoling's head quickly turned his head, he walked up to the door to open it and looked at the messenger warrior. “Say,” the command is firm.

With a tense expression, the soldier reported, “A troop is seen approaching the city gate!”

Hearing this, Huang Miaoling widened his eyes, ‘So fast?!’ He immediately asked, “How much?”

“About fifty thousand troops, General,” replied the soldier, his forehead sweating when he mentioned the figure. “General, Jingcheng doesn't even have a quarter of what enemy troops have. We ...”

Huang Miaoling understood the feelings of the soldier. Although the soldiers at Jingcheng were under the control of the Huang family, they were used to living within the walls comfortably. Seeing the number of enemy troops that are so large will certainly shake the morale.

Responding to the soldier's doubts, Huang Miaoling said, “Don't worry, all have a way out.” He added, “Set up Ma Zu, I'll be right to the gate,”.

Just as he took one step to leave, Huang Miaoling recalled Lu Si's whereabouts. He looked back, finding that the man was still looking at him deeply.

When Huang Miaoling wanted to say something, Lu Si quickly said, “As usual, you have had preparations.” The man took a step back and sank between the shadows of the corner of the room. “However, will the preparation this time help you through the disaster that was destined to come?”

Huang Miaoling noticed how a shadow of darkness enveloped Lu Si's body. The man slowly disappeared from view, leaving two brightly glowing eyes in the darkness.

“Remember, the greatest punishment in life is not death, but life itself.” Lu Si's petals closed, letting his two red beads be swallowed by the shadow. “More when you can't protect the people you love.”

[1] ⁇ (Zhong jinng sen zhou): The faithful spirit awakens a curse. the faithful Spirit. ⁇ .raise. ⁇ 'take

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A/S:

Hi-hi! Luke is back - - for a moment - in NovelToon! Still fulfilling the promise to you that this work will be finished. Sorry for taking so long to come back.

A lot happened a few years back, one of them 'depressive attack', and it happened really right when the author was preparing the ending of this story.

Speak a little: Phoenix Reborn is not a light story, and there is a lot of implied meaning in each of its sentences. For those of you who read from beginning to end, understand that not all stories end happily. But, happy or not, it all depends on each other's point of view. So too with this story.

Whether the end of the story will be satisfactory or not, the author cannot promise much. However, thank you very much to all of you who have read the author's work so far. Be prepared because this work will soon reach its end.

For those of you who want to read the work of other authors, you can check ig. After finishing Phoenix Reborn, the author had already prepared a work closely related to Phoenix Reborn that corresponded to one name.

Lan.