It was night time.
Peace gradually returned to the Northern Mountain Village.
Stars were shining brightly in the sky, and the beautiful silver moon brightened the night sky and the villages on the ground.
Fang Zhengzhi was lying on a chair on top of the roof. He gazed at the stars twinkling, lost in thought.
Lin Yun had already went to rest.
Wu Yuer wanted to continue pestering him, but she was rejected as Lin Yun’s words were still echoing in his ears.
“The Double Dragon Roll Champion would shock the world, and bring peace to the world!”
“That’s the real meaning behind it!”
“It must be related to Nangong Hao!”
The Double Dragon Roll Champion was not foreign to Fang Zhengzhi, as Chi Guyan’s name had been the top one in the Hidden Dragon Roll as well as the Rising Dragon Roll in the previous years.
Rumours had always been spreading in the Great Xia Dynasty.
Lin Mubai had said that he would wait till the Heavenly Prophecy made its proper appearance to announce that the Double Dragon Roll Champion belonged to Heaven Army General.
No one could defy what he said!
Fang Zhengzhi had came to know about this matter since many years ago.
However, he did not understand much about the significance of this matter.
Why would Lin Mubai be so confident in awarding the precious Heaven Army General position to a man who had not even turned 18 years old? Just by listening to a mysterious Heavenly Prophecy?
Back then…..
Fang Zhengzhi’s opinion on this matter had stopped at the level of “faith”, just like the other Buddhism and Taoism.
He believed because of this faith.
Lin Mubai believed in the truth of the Heavenly Prophecy, hence the faith and him wanting to hand over this important role.
But what Lin Yun had said earlier made him realise a whole new level of understanding in this matter.
“King Cang, to be honest, it doesn’t matter whether the Double Dragon Roll Champion would shock the world, and bring peace to the world, it is all about peace!”
“Peace?”
“Yes, it is about peace!”
Fang Zhengzhi’s eyelids starting feeling heavy, and he moved his body slightly, resting his head on the back of the chair as the light shone on his face.
Peace!
There were certainly many kinds of interpretations to this.
Calm, stable, safe, lack of threats, all these could be considered as peace. It could also mean a harmonious country, and a stable job.
In addition, stability, comfort and tranquility were also peace.
Lin Yun had stated the gist of the Heavenly Prophecy.
But he missed out on the meaning of “Peace”, since he did not know much about it. Or so to say, nobody understood the real meaning behind it.
Since that was a Heavenly Prophecy.
Hence…
There would only be wild guesses.
The Great Xia Dynasty guessed that it would mean stability, thus Lin Mubai had decided to hand the Heaven Army General position to the Double Dragon Roll Champion. That should be able to stabilise the country.
But that was just a guess.
No one would know about the truth behind this.
Although the Nangong Nobles and the Nangong Hao were clearer about what Lin Yun had said, they thought it was about “fate”.
The fate in the Nangong Nobles had all tied in together with the Heavenly Prophecy.
To be more straightforward.
The Nangong Nobles were the ones who understood the whole Heavenly Prophecy.
These were all beyond his expectations, as he had always assumed that it should be explained by the Heaven Dao Pavilion.
Why would it be the Nangong Nobles?
It didn’t make sense.
More importantly, why did the Nangong Nobles have such high authoritative credibility about their explanation of the Heavenly Prophecy?
There were other big Dynasties beside the Great Xia Dynasty, such as the Holy Barbarian Empire, the Mingyue Empire and the Wu Ji Empire. All these empires had such strong influences and territories, and the Great Xia Dynasty was of no contest to them.
However…
The Double Dragon Roll Champion would shock the world, and bring peace to the world!
This statement was indeed about the Double Dragon Roll Champion.
In other words, since the Heavenly Prophecy was about the Double Dragon Roll from the Great Xia Dynasty, the Double Dragon Roll Champion must come from there!
Fang Zhengzhi felt confused, but that didn’t last long, as he had thought of a possibility.
That is, the Heavenly Prophecy was only spreading within the Great Xia Dynasty.
However, Lin Yun had told Fang Zhengzhi about how the date reserved for the Heavenly Prophecy was on the day of the Heaven Dao Pavilion selection test. The Pavilion Leader had verbally promised that once the “Chosen One” had been confirmed by the Heavenly Prophecy, he would take on the responsibility to teach what he had learnt before.
That sounded a little exaggerated.
Fang Zhengzhi did not know much about the Heaven Dao Pavilion, but he understood the moment he looked at the moon from the Ling Yun Lou.
The Ling Yun Lou and the Heavenly Dao Pavilion were both powerful influences in the Dynasty.
Then…
That led to the question.
Given their strong influences, why would they believe in what the Nangong Nobles had interpreted? Even the Heaven Dao Pavilion Leader himself had some doubts.
Fang Zhengzhi’s fingers subconsciously tapped on the back of the chair, creating a soft rhythmic sound in the silent night.
At this moment, “ding!” An ethereal sound suddenly rang in the air.
It was the sound of fiddling strings of an instrument.
Momentarily, pleasant music of strings playing filled the air, blending in with the sky, with the whole earth.
When its speed was slow, it sounded like a small flowing river.
Just like the small river at the front of the Northern Mountain Village.
When its speed was fast, it sounded like a magnificent mountain.
Just like the Cang Ling Mountain behind the Northern Mountain Village.
The melodious sounds of the strings were very soothing.
Finally, Fang Zhengzhi stopped looking at the sky and slided down slowly on the chair, while he looked at the stars shining brightly from afar.
The Northern Mountain Village was unlike the Flame Capital City.
That was because nobody would know how to play the strings. Their expertise was with the cotton flowers.
Of course…..
The Northern Mountain Village not only had its local citizens, but also the Royal Guards who rushed back from the Flame Capital City, but would they know how to play the strings?
Possibly.
But it was highly improbable.
Besides them, there were also Wu Yuer and original Nineth Prince, Lin Yun.
Talking about Wu Yuer’s strings skills.
There could only be a way in describing her skills, and that would be terrible.
As a leader in the Shadow Sect, her terrible skills were already indescribable. What was worse that instead of feeling ashamed, she felt proud of them.
She said, “My goal is to get silver, silver, silver! When I have all these silver, I wouldn’t be afraid to get people to play the strings for me.”
Fang Zhengzhi felt that it was a waste given that Wu Yuer had a slim and delicate hand, hence he suggested gathering all the musically talented people to come together.
Until……
The Seven Stars Lane was founded!
It had become the most beautiful scenery in the Flame Capital City in just a short time span of one year. Wu Yuer had contributed quite a considerable effort to this.
“Lin Yun, playing strings?”
Fang Zhengzhi shook his head when he thought about this. He had to admit that Lin Yun drank quite a bit today. He was also aware that while Lin Yun had great musical talent, his expertise was in horsemanship.
Most importantly…….
Lin Yun was staying at a place near to Fang Zhengzhi’s village.
However, the sound of the strings came from afar. Judging from the distance, this sound should come from outside the village and not from Northern Mountain Village.
It was neither the Royal Guards, nor Wu Yuer or Lin Yun.
Who else could it be?
Fang Zhengzhi squinted, he had always placed his attention on things that were more beneficial to him.
But he had the same thinking as Wu Yuer on this matter.
The strings?
He had no understanding on all these!
He could only admire and appreciate the way they play the strings, although his standard could not be compared to the other talents were able to interpret the story behind a song.
Moreover, the sounds of the string seemed even further than expected.
Which was even more difficult for Fang Zhengzhi to figure out who was playing it.
Fang Zhengzhi’s certainly had his way of appreciating music. He might not know who was the one playing it, but he could easily tell that the skills were amazing.
“Could it be a top talent in the world?” Fang Zhengzhi’s eyes brightened up as he thought about the few talented musicians in the past years.
Often, when a highly skilled individual faced troubles, there would always be a extraterrestrial hero who appeared suddenly, pathing the way with its light.
Fang Zhengzhi felt that he was in such a situation now.
Firstly, he was a highly skilled individual.
Secondly, he was in danger and only had half a year to live.
Thirdly, he felt confused now.
Honestly, he couldn’t help but felt confused. It would sound nice on the outside, but it wasn’t easy to break through.
If it was possible to break through…
He wouldn’t have stayed at the Supernatural State.
Too difficult.
To put it bluntly, the journey from the Northern Mountain Village to the Flame Capital Village, and from the latter to the Heavenly Dao Pavilion, would take up close to a month’s time, even if he were to rush.
Half a year’s time could easily pass by.
Time had flew past so quickly for the past half a month, ever since he left the Flame Capital Village. However till now, Fang Zhengzhi had not felt a single sign of breaking through.
Rebirth?
What should be done to be able to be reborn?
How to attain a Sagely State?
Fang Zhengzhi always had the intention of breaking through, and in fact because of that, he thought of many possibilities to help make it happen. For example, falling down from a cliff, for which he thought might kickstart his potential.
Or, finding treasures under the cliff.
In fact, he might even find some tomb room or cave that was left behind by an immortal. No matter where he went, he would receive a reply, “Its you, you, must be you! I had been waiting for you!”
What a joyous break through!
Fang Zhengzhi never thought that this method was old fashioned. Honestly, he did not care much about all these. He was willing to do anything just to let himself experience the feeling of breaking through.
However…
Where were the treasures and the cliffs? Where would the immortals and the caves be at? He had went around the Northern Mountain Village for many days, but failed to find any.
He was too familiar with the place.
He was raised up in the village since young, hence he was familiar with the whole of Cang Ling Mountain, and not just the bottom of it. He would have been able to locate it 5 years ago, if such a place were to really exist.
Runaway?
Should he head towards the north of the Northern Mountain Village or towards the south?
Or start from those deserted place?
Fang Zhengzhi thought about that before, just that he always believed that the possibility of seeing one would be very low. Although, this kind of situation had been verified by countless “predecessors” and “ancients”.
However, they both let him felt differently.
He did not want to sit and wait around.
Let alone asking him to roam around to find it.
In addition, he would need to get moving soon, towards the Heavenly Dao Pavilion, to complete a promise he set to years ago.
“Ding!” The melodious music stopped.
Silence hung in the night air once again.
Fang Zhengzhi’s eyes twitched, as he had not really expected any hero to appear suddenly to give him advice.
But he couldn’t help but felt a tinge of disappointment when the strings stopped.
Was there really no bit of hope?
“Ding!” Just as Fang Zhengzhi was feeling disappointed, the strings started playing again. What was different now, was that they sounded like rain drops, dripping and touching his soul at the same time.
The rain was accompanied by the blowing wind, gently scratching his face and blowing clothes.
“Extraterrestrial hero?” Fang Zhengzhi’s mouth moved, as his eyes shimmered. “I don’t care who you are. Even if you’re a devil, show yourself!”
“SHIEWW!”
A sound creeped past him.
Fang Zhengzhi, who was standing on the second floor of the small courtyard, immediately disappeared in place. Then, Fang Zhengzhi’s figure appeared again on a roof not far away.
Landing on his toe on top of the roof.
“Shiew!”
It was the slight sound again.
The night breeze, blew against the sleeves of Fang Zhengzhi’s long garments. The bright moon, shining on his face, showed the glow on his face.
Fang Zhengzhi was quick and swift.
From his house, to the outside of the Northern Mountain Village, he did not waste too much of his time, before he set his feet on the external area of the village.
He quickly scanned his surrounding, attempting to listen carefully.
Fang Zhengzhi started moving again.
He slowed down this time round, as he had found out the direction towards the sound of the strings. It was near.
“If it was really the extraterrestrial hero, what would my first words be? Should I act like a foolish individual, or an intellectual playboy?” Fang Zhengzhi began thinking about all those as he walked towards the direction of where the sound was coming out from. He felt nervous about what was going to happen.
That was really difficult!
He did not know about the taste, the gender, size and the age of this person. He knew nothing about this person.
It was really hard to be “prescribed for remedy” in this situation!