Chapter 13: I Finally Found You! [1]

"Your Highness?" a handsome young man driving a plain carriage called.

"Hmm?" a deep, husky voice from within the carriage answered.

"Is it really ok to leave like this?" the handsome young man asked again. The person in the carriage remained silent. After some time, he spoke.

"Hua Yuan, do you wish to stay back and deal with the aftermath?" the husky voice responded in an annoyed tone. Hua Yuan, who heard this response, gulped; not wanting to get on his master's wrong side, he remained quiet. Hua Yuan, who was standing guard outside the dungeon, recalls the incident in the dungeon and the chaos that ensued with it; he immediately stopped talking. Lu Sheng, who saw his expression, knew his thoughts and couldn't help but chuckle. The carriage was domed in silence the next minute. After about ten breaths, Hua Yuan spoke again as if forgetting that the person sitting in the carriage was known to be impatient, ruthless, and cold. Still, like a fearless puppy, he made his curiosity get the best of him.

"Uhm? Your Highness, why are we going to the Qins? Don't you hate -" Lu Sheng cut in Before Hua Yuan could finish his question.

"Hua Yuan! You can not question His Highness!" Lu Sheng yelled. Scolding the fearless Hua Yuan. Hua Yuan looked at Lu Sheng with a wronged expression.

'How can he be so cute! Hah! Now, I feel regretful,' Lu Sheng thought. Before he could say anything anymore, Baihu spoke.

"I felt the connection of my Flame," Baihu simply responded to Hua Yuan, leaving them stunned. During Baihu's outburst, Lu Sheng heard him say something about his beloved, but he did not understand. He thought it was his ears that had misheard.

'But knowing how this man is decisive and ruthless in whatever he does, there is no way I could have just misheard, but how and where would His Highness meet this supposed beloved? I was always with him! When did he have time to find his flame in periods like these?' Lu Sheng thought incredulously.

"Like me and Lu Sheng!?" Hua Yuan enquired enthusiastically. A wisp of wind blew, causing the carriage drop curtain to shift slightly, revealing a strikingly handsome face with a small smile.

'He! He just smiled!' Lu Sheng thought, receiving the shock of his life. Lu Sheng has known Baihu almost all his life and has never seen Baihu smile.

'Is the world coming to an end?' Lu Sheng was lost in thought and missed when Baihu spoke to him.

"Lu Sheng? His Highness is talking to you. Are you ok?" Hua Yuan enquired as he caressed Lu Sheng's face when he did not receive a response.

"Pardon this subordinate's rudeness, Your Highness," Lu Sheng spoke as he waited for the usual 'hmm.' Upon not hearing a response, Lu Sheng became a bit anxious. He knows that his master doesn't tolerate incompetence or disrespectful subordinates.

"Your Highness, this—" before Lu Sheng could finish his sentence, the air around them shifted.

'This…this familiar feeling. Is Your Highness going to go Berserker!' Lu Sheng thought. A sensation of chill and excitement ran down his spine, but he could not deny the feeling of apprehension.

"Your Highness! Please forgive this subordinate's rudeness and incompetence!" Lu Sheng yelled resolutely, trembling from the overwhelming pressure.

"Kuaagh!" Hua Yuan groaned from Baihu's coercion. Lu Sheng saw that Hua Yuan was having difficulty breathing and could hardly deal with the pressure, so he tried putting a barrier around them. But as soon as the barrier was formed, like a broken mirror, it shattered to bits.

'This! Just! What is he!?' Lu Sheng was in utter disbelief. Before he could understand what happened, something flew up, taking off the carriage roof. Just the aviation pressure from Baihu's overwhelming aura caused the surrounding trees to pulverize, not to mention Lu Shen and Hua Yuan, who were just beside the cause of such a phenomenon. But surprisingly, the coercion only compressed their bodies.

"What….. what's going on?" Hua Yuan asks in confusion as the coercion presses against their bodies.

'If this continues, Hua Yuan would be badly injured, and I can't let that happen. So I'll have to fight against His Highness for Hua Yuan to escape!' Lu Sheng thought, preparing himself mentally.

He was so consumed in his thoughts that he did not realize Baihu had already gone, and his residual energy caused the pressure that he and Hua Yuan were now experiencing.

"Your Highness!" Lu Sheng called out, but Baihu had already vanished from his sight.

"Where…Where is His Highness!? What happened to the carriage!?" Hua Yuan enquired, still in confusion about the whole thing.

Looking at his clueless flame, Lu Sheng could only shake his head and sigh.

'He is hopeless,' he thought.

...

Meanwhile, Baihu was traveling like a jet. He flew over countless people, trees, and animals, which, as a result, were compressed. The tremendous amount of power from Baihu's presence alone can crush people like ants, and being the ruthless person he is, he doesn't even care.

'I finally found you. After nearly a hundred thousand years, I finally found your trace! I WON'T allow that incident to happen again! No one can hurt you!' Baihu thought as he sped over a small town in a drift.

...

Flashback

"DRAGON LORD REIGNN!!!!" A booming voice thundered as the shadow of a real dragon with countless thunderbolts and lighting rushed toward numerous people.

"Baihu! No!" Yu Chen screamed with tears brimming down his beautiful pale face. A loud explosion occurred, obliterating almost everything it came into contact with. With a bright smile on such a ruthless face, Baihu's body started to turn black from his hands and feet. Just like cremation, Baihu's body undergoes combustion. But before the wind could blow his entire ashes away, he left his last words with his beloved.

"My….my love, do not worry, it doesn't matter where you are and how far you go. I will always find you!" Baihu said with a reassuring smile as the wind swept his ashes away. The last thing he heard and saw was Yu Chen screaming, and a tremendous amount of power exploded, leaving almost nothing.

...

"I will never allow that to happen again!" Baihu declared as he sped through Xi'an forest, pulverizing almost all the nearby trees.

"TURBULENT WAVE, BREATHLESS WIND, DIE!!!" A loud voice yelled. From a distance, Baihu could see chaotic waves and a strong storm of wind swirling and eddies as its bulk moved towards a specific direction. Suddenly, with tremendous pressure, an ice storm swirled like a tornado, uprooting any trees in its path.

"Raging Ice Storm!" A familiar voice shouted.

'This…this familiar voice…this power! Even though it's weaker and a bit different from his original power, this is Yu Chen's! My beloved! And the power connection can't be wrong; I feel my power source right ahead!' Baihu thought, visibly relieved. Being lost in the familiar connection and countless memories from many centuries ago, Baihu didn't realize the dire situation Yu Chen was in.

"Ahhhhhhhhh!"

"Ahhhhhhhhh!"

A sudden vast outburst erupted, causing even Baihu, a strong man, to take steps back.

"Yu Chen!" Baihu called out as he flew toward the location in a panic.

'Please! Please, Don't let anything happen to you!' Baihu flew at his utmost speed as he gritted his teeth.