CHAPTER TWENTY FOUR

Xhou walked with an aura of purity and royalty as few white cultivators including Liu Qu trailed behind him, he suddenly paused making them to halt too as his eyes roamed around the hills they crept in " Something isn't right" He whispered to Liu Qu whose eyes searched around the place.

" I think we have found him" Liu Qu gasped sighting two powers colliding against each other from afar, everyone's eyes went up watching the exchange of black lights clashing against each other brutally and what made their eyes to open was the intensity of the power collusion. Xhou gritted his teeth and clenched his hilt with his eyes fixated on a familiar surge of power " He summoned the third eye" he gritted more before flying towards the power tussle making his disciples to cry out but Liu Qu shunned them.

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He avoided the attack using a foot technique making the figure to gulp down again, who exactly was this Weng Xing? This is the second time he is using the steps of the invisible wind. His thoughts got divided by a slash of a white sword and he instantly recognize the sword, looking up to see a god like being descending while controlling his sword against the attack of the Black figure.

Since Weng Xing caught up with this spy, they have been fighting non-stop trying to suppress each other. The war ground was hot and toxic, chasing poor creatures that lived in the habitat away and it was only a white power that can dissolve the heat.

" Xhou" Weng surprising called seeing the former attack brutally at the spy with his eyes filled with anger, how dare you touch Weng Xing? hehe. Weng Xing smiled seeing Xhou exchange his sword for the white whip,he sent it on the spy and like a stinging snake; it stung on the spy making him to crash heavily on the floor with bruises deeper than well.

Weng noticed the glaring eyes of Xhou on him and he understood,he didn't only awaken his third being but his third eye " What?" Weng asked rubbing his hair nervously but Xhou ignored him turning to the half dead spy that tried getting up but failed " Let me handle him" Weng said rushing in front of Xhou and immediately his third eye appeared using the justu sign and he released green fire from his eyes at the spy.

The spy managed to roll over avoiding the massive illegal Fire " Weng Xing" Xhou yelled grabbing Weng Xing by his arm but Weng Xing pushed him aside " I am not Weng Xing" A voice emitted from his mouth causing Xhou to panick.

The third eye has taken over him finally and it angered him so much that he grabbed the Weng Xing and flung him on the tree, he Swifty turns making his harp to appear and releasing the strings on him.

Weng Xing yelled as another eye appeared behind his normal eyes, he let out a screeching sound holding his ears and rolling on the soil " Xhou" He yelled stretching his arms but finger nails stronger than iron grew making Weng Xing to gasp. He dragged his arm around trying to stop the arm from attacking Xhou and it caused the arm to grip him on his neck, Liu Qu came to the rescue as he released another powerful melody attacking the fierce arm, he swung his pipa and it caused three strings of white power to hit the arm and it broke loose from Weng Xing's neck.

Weng Xing found himself drowning into darkness finally loosing his consiousness as two powerful types of resgan attacked him, he could feel himself in a sinking sand clutching tight and the cries of people exploding his fragile head, making him to scream loudly as if he was burnt by a wicked fire.

" Weng Xing" was what he could hear in his darkness.

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The candle light that shone brightly made Weng's eyes lashes to flutter severally before he finally opened his eyes, what happened? why can't he remember a thing that had happened? He looked down on himself and noticed that he was putting on Xhou's undergarments and it made him flinch. " He saw my nude " he thought as he sat up to observe the room.

His head bumped again and he held unto it firmly trying to stand up but the door opened revealing Xhou who carried a tray filled with bowls and two kettles. He placed it on the table before staring at Weng Xing who pouted at him " Don't give me that look" He said " I was trying to defend myself" he grinned at Xhou whose glare was mixed anger and care " By killing yourself" he snapped at Weng Xing who looked down " I am sorry" he whispered which soften Xhou's look.

He heaved a weak sigh as he drops his sword to kneel down near the table, he opened the kettle and poured the content inside the bowl then used a spoon to turn it gently. Weng smiled like a wife watching Xhou stir the soup to be cold " Who made the soup Xhou?" he asked " I did" Came the short reply and Weng smiled happily " Has anyone tasted your soup before?" he asked again and Xhou nodded " My mom, when I was two I cooked for her on the sick bed all by myself" and Weng looked very proud.

" I am very proud of you Xhou, you will make a good husband" He clapped as Xhou proceeds to sit beside him handing him the bowl with care " is it hot?" he gently asked watching Weng Xing taste the soup " Mmm, it is warm and delicious" Weng nodded gulping down the whole content. Xhou smiled before feeling his pulse " Your meridians are very weak and you can't go on like this, tommorow is the siege against sharata" , Weng stood still hearing the word sharata and he looked at Xhou trying to hide something but Xhou wasn't a fool " you killed Tang Hu didn't you?" he asked Weng who slowly nodded " where did you keep the bidding latern?" He asked Xhou who a gave nod towards a direction and Weng looked up " The Treasury?" he asked looking at the small blue chamber from the window " yes, it is yours" and Weng smiled before yawning like an idiot.

An impatient knock came at the door " He is awake" Liu Qu yelled from outside making Xhou's heart to jump with joy " Take care of him,I will be right there" and Liu Qu departed.

Weng Xing gave Xhou a curious look which he avoided getting up " follow me" was all he could say to Weng Xing " like this?" Weng Xing asked pointing at the undergarments he wore " Yes" Xhou replied trying to surpress his laughter. " huh? you are so wicked" Weng muttered before putting on his boots and hurrying to catch up with Xhou who had left.

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Liu Qu dabbed the young boy's face while the female disciples helped in Cleaning his feet, he looked more like Twenty two and was gentle, watching how everyone catered for him immediately he woke up after few years.

The spell of the cave beneath spring of life opened revealing Xhou and Weng Xing who entered the place and everyone saluted making way for them to see the youth who kept staring at Liu Qu . Some female disciples smiled knowingly at Weng Xing who gave smiled back at them, oblivious of what happened and what the look was for " Elder Brother" Liu Qu called stopping what he was doing and paving way for the Masters of the youth to see.

" Xhan?" Weng called feeling his face getting hot, the quiet lad looked up and saw his master on undergarments and a smile crept on his face " Don't" Weng scolded knowing what's next and Xhan smiled again looking at Xhou who looked away " it's just undergarments, your master hasn't any" He defended himself and felt a hand wrapped around him " I miss you two" Xhan whispered as he hugged both of them immediately. He was weak yet his hug was strong enough " Xhan ,how was it possible?" Weng stammered rubbing xhan's hair " I made it possible" Xhou whispered making Weng's eyes to widen up " Did you?" " I saved him when I saw he still had breath in him"

Flash back

Xhou cried hugging weng's dead body tight, the only man who changed him, the only human who brought out his soft side after the death of his mother. The battle cries were no longer his problem but the dead body was ,the dead body of the man he truly cared for , the dead body in front of him covered in pain, blood,dust and guilt laid in front of him.

" WENG XING!!!!!" he yelled till his voice dropped, his eyes became bloodshot and his face was covered with spots of blood mixed with anger as he glared at Jing Su who moved back in fear.

" He was innocent, why did you kill him?" he snapped in boiling rage, his countenance, body movements all changed to the call of revenge and indifferent massacre of everyone who wanted Weng Xing dead " He did everything to stay away from y'all and yet you want to wax higher knowing you are not qualified" Xhou gritted his teeth unsheathing his sword.

Everyone halted from the fight sensing a white power overflowing with a killing intent " Xhou!" his father who never took part in the fight yelled at his son whose eyes were covered with white killing intent " Why? why?" Force cried picking up his sword to strike his brother but his father held him " What did Weng Xing do to? you jealous imbecile , poor in everything but best in bringing everyone down" he cursed at Jing Su whose hands shivered. Was this his nemesis? He can't die now... not now " You are not even worthy to kill him,your cultivation is very low and stupid..... you want to wipe him out because y'all are jealous he was everything your sons can't be, he created things y'all are still using and yet you wiped him out because y'all can't compete with him" Xhou raged as his body began vibrating.

His sword began glowing light and everyone moved back, It was finished.... Jing Su knew what the light means in every white cultivator's sword, no matter how hard you try.... you can't defeat the killing intent of the white cultivator's sword.

" Ma....ma...ster" A weak voice called halting Xhou's movement and pulling him to the direction the voice came " Xhan!" Force called and Xhou rushed at the body struggling between life and death, it was at this point that Jing Su fled by the help of few cultivators " Xhan,Xhan" he happily called feeling his pulse " I am taking him with me" he said to the other childes who saluted and watched him ascend the sky with Xhan's body .

Lord Zao Heaved a sigh before his gaze laid on Weng's dead body, he hurriedly walked towards the body and secretly slipped a gracious amulet of Dijin used to summon the innocent soul after death " I am sorry" he cried holding his body attracting everyone's attention, he realized that he had loved Weng Xing all these while even when he tried to hide it.

" Come back for revenge, Weng Xing" he whispered clenching his fists at the brat who killed Weng Xing but it was too late.

He pushed his body and that of Mu Song's body down the Cliff " The war has ended" he yelled with blood shot eyes and that's how everyone bowed with wounds and broken bones " The bidding latern was fake" an elder yelled making a voice to roar into laughter " Finally, finally.... y'all were after the latern all these while, poor Weng Xing" the voice mocked " I admire those who defended Weng Xing to death" the voice continued " Especially Lord Zao" and Zhou grunted as tears flowed Down his eyes " Tang Hu by the blood of my fore fathers, Weng Xing will kill you and you will beg him for mercy when he appears... don't say I didn't warn you" .

As if Weng Xing was a god, silence descended but cries of people who lost their lost their loved ones filled the air...all blaming Weng Xing.

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" Thank you for saving Xhan" Weng Xing said as he and Xhou made an entrance to the garden of the white cultivators created by the ancestors, it was filled with only white and blue flowers symbolizing purity and royalty " it was my responsibility" Xhou replied as they stood under an oak tree which homed alot of pretty blue birds that chirped gleefully around.

Weng Xing nodded like a baby before averting his gaze at the cheerful birds that flew around with Freedom " The birds chirp because they are free but my heart chirps because it's with you" Weng laughed as he recited the seven notes of love of Dijin. He never knew the impact of his words until his eyes met Xhou's which sent a signal that they have always being connected forever, through life and death " You still know the seven notes of love?" Xhou asked his eyes stuck with undenible emotions " Mmm" Weng replied.

Of course, he played it when he was in Dijin and Xhou played it for him when he visited him in the valley of dead bones during his state of trial and sheer rejection from every clan " Mu Song found this in the valley of dry blood" Xhou said handing him his red flute which was still brand new despite how many donkey years it stayed unprotected. This flute was his source of happiness after his parents death before he met everyone he met in this life who cared for him till this day " Thank you,so can we play the notes?" Weng smiled as he flung his flute " Let's play" Xhou gently replied with a light smile and a nod before summoning his Hanchin.