Chapter Thirteen

The Red Dragon, Rahu. He was one of the four legendary guardians of the Kungu's Four scrolls. There was Zu, the green; Yong, the yellow and the unnamed and never seen blue dragon. Finding one of the guardians meant that the story of the Son of the dragons and the Historic Cataclysm was not a myth.

After the ritual, Rahu had decided to postpone their plan of changing their location. They were to move to the nearby city, Liong.

The second evening after the ritual, Yu Long was asked by Rahu to join him for the drinks.

Yu Long found the first dragon, Rahu. He had the Red Jadestone. All he needed was to ask Rahu for the scroll.

He was unable to hide his excitement.

The second scroll of my Kungu collection. I can't believe I found the find the legendary guardian. He is a bit rude and moody but it is okay. He has swore to help me. Can't believe it. Brother He, Lin'er, Mother Empress. I am about to get the second scroll of the mysterious Kungu's scrolls. Royal Father I hope you are safe. I am working on the making myself strong and work on the path you showed us and wanted us to lead. I am going to working for the betterment of the society. Rahu has agreed to help me grow stronger and help me train. But all I need now is first grow stronger than Zhang XinYi , second find all the scrolls and help the people in the six kingdoms who are troubled by the ruthless emperor.

Yu Long was staring at his glass while he was lost in his thoughts. Even after Rahu called his name thrice, he didn't respond. Lu and FeiMei were standing at the entrance, waiting for their Master's orders. But when they heard that their Master was slowly getting pissed while calling for Yu Long, they decided to peep in to see as to what was causing such a situation. They suddenly felt a sudden rise in the temperature.

"Master is very angry with Mister Yu." Lu whispered. FeiMei nodded. "Temperature is rising. It feels like I am standing near an erupting volcano."

"Why is Mister Yu distracted?" After the ritual, Yu Long was formally introduced as the second prince of Qinshen. He told them about their circumstances that led him to assume a disguise. The women in the pavilion understood at once. They all celebrated that night after the ritual. Lu and FeiMei were very happy when Rahu declared him to be one of their member instead of their guest.

All were happy except Miu. Miu was disappointed that the Master had taken him in and all had accepted him that easily. She avoided Yu Long in all ways possible. She didn't got to the celebration on the night of the ritual saying she had a stomach infection and needed to rest. She avoided serving him for meals or baths.

While Yu Long was still in his wonderland and Rahu was fuming, Lu and FeiMei carried with their peeping and muttering.

"Looking into the Master's bedroom without his permission is an offence. You can be thrown out of this pavilion." A sweet voice whispered in, joining the conversation FeiMei and Lu were having. This was enough to make them yell. They turned back to see Miu standing on her toes trying to peep in.

"Miu, are you mad? We could have died of surprise."

"We didn't expect little Miu here. Is Miu missing her Aunt FeiMei?"

"No. Just had a small information to convey to mother."

"What is it?"

"Aunt Qi slipped and broke her leg. It will take time to heal. We don't have a replacement for sword dance performer in our troupe."

"What? Tomorrow we have to perform in that brothel. They specially invited us to perform as they were getting special guests tomorrow."

"What do we do now, Sister Lu?"

Meanwhile in the bed chamber, as Yu Long didn't respond, Rahu starting getting pissed at the still frame sitting across him.

"Stupid Human, are you deaf?" Rahu roared. This loud roar was enough to jolt Long back from his fantasy and sent the three ladies away. Hearing their Master's voice laced with anger, Lu, Miu and FeiMei ran away to find a place to hide. Their Master was scary and could kill anyone when angry. He was kind hearted to them but only because they never slacked off and worked to live their lives earnestly.

"Mister Yu is a dead man," Miu whispered.

"Shut up Miu. We need to look for a replacement first. Looks like Master doesn't need our attention anytime sooner."

As the three ladies were escaping, they heard clay vases crash and break in their Master's room. It was followed by a cry for help which ended all of a sudden.

Master Yu died? The three ladies wondered.

But Master Yu was not dead. He was very much alive. When Rahu roared, he snapped back to reality only to meet the reddened face of the Red dragon.

"Master Rahu, you are truly a red dragon now. Ha ha ha...how about you calm down?"

"Yes, yes. I will calm down after I have your head for my meal." Saying so, Rahu launched himself off his seat in front of Yu Long, only to crash and break all the clay bowls and plates. But he lost his balance as the table broke. Seeing Rahu's sudden stunt made Yuong cry for help.

This dragon has gone crazy. He is trying to kill me now?

As Rahu slipped, he fell on Yu Long. Yu Long's lips were sealed shut. This time with Yu Long's own hands which prevented Rahu's lips from reaching his flushed pinks. His instincts had grown sharper since he met RuYi. He was trying to take precautions from such accidents and incidents. He prevented a lip smacking accident. Achievement. But hopefully it works on the person who helped him get this defensive skill.

Rahu lifted his head up and looked at the tiny boy under him.

"Apologies."

"It is okay, Master Rahu. But please get off me.Y-You are heavy."

Rahu got off immediately allowing Long to gasp in air. He soon cleared his throat before trying to change the topic.

"Why are you so weak?"

"Huh? You slipped on me. Don't blame me when you are heavy and lost your balance."

"Not that. You are weak as a cultivator."

"I learnt defense techniques and a few attack techniques for protecting myself in case of danger. I am not good with healing spells and I didn't get a chance to go to the LiaoShu mountains for training as I am not yet eighteen."

"Hmm. Still that doesn't explain why you are lacking in your techniques. You could have attempted to learn some with your own skills."

"I kept myself busy with studying the scrolls and artifacts. They were mostly the history of mana, cores and origin of spirits and past techniques used in cultivation. I must have failed to keep up with advanced cultivation techniques."

"There is no such advanced technique in cultivation. It is simply a modification in the process of implementation of the technique. Well, Qinshen is the scholars' paradise. The best place in this whole world to find the best education in techniques. Sad that you are its Prince and a failure in the same. So, how old are you?"

"Next month I will reach eighteen."

Rahu hummed while rubbing his chin.

"As I promised, I will help you grow strong. Tomorrow onwards, I will oversee your practices. I can't believe I have to babysit you but it is necessary as I, the great Rahu, can't acknowledge the weak you as my master."

Yu Long signed.

This prideful dragon. Unbelievable.

"Well, Master Rahu, can you tell me more about the scrolls ? And the casket? You said you were a guardian. That means you protect the scroll? So where is the scroll?"

"Hmm. The scroll is.." Rahu sipped his wine while Yu Long looked at him in anticipation.

It is in casket, right Mister Dragon?

Rahu placed his cup on the table with a hole in the centre.

"It is to be auctioned off."

Yu Long nodded as if understanding.

"It is auctioned off...it is what?" Sudden realisation hit Yu Long as he thought he heard the term 'auction'.

"It will be auctioned tomorrow in Liong. So we have to go there tomorrow to claim it."

"We have to what?" Yu Long's brain was unable to keep up with this sudden development.

"Why is it getting auctioned in the first place?"

"It's previous owner is selling it off."

"Previous owner? You are a guardian. You should have protected it."

"I am protecting it."

"How? What if it fails on wrong hands?"

"It is okay as no one can read it."

"What if they had the red jadestone ring?"

"Still they wouldn't be able to read its contents."

"And why is that?"

"It can only be read by only a few people."

"Few people?"

"Yes. The pictographs in the scrolls are incomprehensible for normal human as they are half-written. For complete writing one must have the guardian Dragon's blood."

"Too much of information." Yu Long's head had starting aching with the overloading of the information.

"My way of protecting is by preventing such scroll bearers from reaching me."

" It is a risk. How can you let people reach the scroll?"

"People had the scrolls from the beginning. Me staying with scrolls is a huge risk."

Yu Long could only sigh in discontentment.

"Anyways if everyone could have read them, then we would have seen its consequences. But nothing happened. Because even if you have everything you need a golden core to access the sealed contents of the scroll."

Golden core? I don't know the shade of my core. What if it is not golden? I forgot about that.

"Master Rahu, I don't know my core colour." Yu Long says hesitantly not looking Rahu in his eyes.

This again leads to rise in the temperature of the room. It looked as if Rahu was on fire. His brows were knitted together and his expression showed rage. Pure anger and rage.

"Stupid Human, how can you not know your core colour? Just how useless are you?"

Can't he simply help without commenting on how weak I am. And what is this title of Stupid human!

Yu Long was also pissed at such a nickname so he decided to give one to the great Red Dragon.

"How old are, Master Rahu?"

Rahu hummed as he calculated his age.

"Three…"

"Three?"

"Three thousand seven hundred eighty nine years old to be exact."

"Are you not an antique piece, Mr. Too old for this world?"

He didn't die? He doesn't even look this old. What is he?

"Shut up, Stupid Human. That was rude. Anyways if you are wondering if we die you are wrong. I am in my youth period according to a normal dragon's age." Rahu grinned as he flipped his beautifully cascaded hair.

What is he? A woman ?

"Are the other guardians this old?"

"Na. Dragons reincarnate. One is older than me. Rest are young."

"Older than you? Seriously? Unbelievable."

"Anyways Stupid human, I am going to train you starting tomorrow. But we will head first to Liong. For the auction."

"How far is Liong?"

"One blink away."

"What? Impossible!"

"I am a dragon not a stupid human like you. It takes me only a flash of second to reach whichever part of the world I need to."

"Stop kidding. Unbelievable. Is it not cool? Master Rahu, you are unbelievably cool."

This line definitely was enough to feed the ego of the mighty dragon.

"Human, I am pleased with your admiration. I will gift you a reward. I will send a letter to you brother informing him of your location."

This reward made Yu Long so happy that tears started forming in his eyes. This meant he could meet his siblings sooner. Yu Long unable to control his emotions launched forward hugging the mighty Rahu. He cried in his broad cheat.

"This reward is the best gesture Yu Long has received. I am very happy and thank you so much, Master Rahu."

Rahu was shocked. Not that this gesture was new to him. Instead a mere human was clinging onto his godly body and even unconsciously wiping his tears and snot in his clothes. Impossible.

"I am glad you liked it. How about you stop rubbing your nose on my precious clothes?"

Yu Long slowly pulled back to look into the beautiful golden orbs staring at him.

"So-sorry."

Rahu was shocked again. This tiny animal in front of him was adorable? He froze at such a wild thought.

I, the Red Dragon, the great, the mighty, the feisty Dragon whom all earthy creatures worship, finds this tiny, stupid, snothead of a human adorable. Unbelievable.