Sins of the Son, Part I
Where… am I…?
Hou Chao’s eyes felt heavy as he opened them, like they were stuck together with glue. He stared at the ceiling for several long seconds. It took him a good several minutes to realize where he was.
This is… the hospital wing in the palace… how did I get here…?
He struggled to recall what happened, wading through the strange fog that penetrated his mind, but he eventually recalled it all. The head elder of the Burning Hand Sect had asked for him, and he had been led to this underground chamber. Hou Chao had been stewing in his loss and didn’t think much about it at the time. When he got to the chamber, Yi Fu had spoken to him about his loss. He could remember that conversation even now.
“I am quite disappointed, Hou Chao. We spent so much time and resources training you, only for you to lose to your younger sister. Do you think those resources grow on trees? Just how much money do you think we wasted on you?”