Soaring Dragon Continent

‘Ugh..’ A young male with short black hair groaned to himself as he slowly opened his eyes. His vision was somewhat fuzzy, and his head was hurting. He placed his hand on his head and shook it, trying to recall what happened.

His vision started to stabilize, and he noticed that his upper body was naked. He took his hand off his forehead, because it felt cold. His eyes grew wide as he noticed that there was blood on it.

‘What is this? Why is there blood on my hand…?’ He asked himself.

Slowly, he turned his head sideways. He was taken aback by what was next to him. It was an older woman he has never seen before. Not only was there an older woman in his bed, her upper body was naked and her throat was split.

He shook his head as he slowly placed it on the sheet that covered her lower half. He needed to know if he did something. Once his hand grabbed the sheet, he pulled it revealing her lower half.

Naked. She was completely naked. Her eyes were closed and her skin was pale. The young man shook his head. ‘No, this can’t be.’ He told himself as he leaned up.

While leaning up, he felt something move on his left side. He glanced to his left only to see another older woman who was also dead. The sheets were stained red, but he couldn’t recall anything.

‘No, no, no. I have to leave.’ He told himself as he got up and grabbed his robe that was on the ground. He hurriedly put on the robe while rushing to the door. When he opened the door, there was a maid standing there. Her mouth opened and she screamed loudly.

He couldn’t see it, but his face had blood on it. Blood was even in his hair, not to mention the maid could see the bodies behind him. He grabbed her by the throat to shut her up. She struggled trying to get air, but it was no use.

“You, what are you doing!?” A deep voice asked.

The young man turned to the side where the voice came from only to spot a guard. He had a long sword by his side, as he glared at the young man.

“Didn’t you hear me!? What are you doing!?” The man asked as he raised his voice louder.

The young man tossed the woman as he dashed away. Now was not the time to try and fight his way out, he needed to remember what happened. He needed to get away from here.

“Get back here!” Another deep voice called out.

Behind him, three guards appeared armed with armor and swords.

The maid who he tossed covered her mouth with one of her hands as she pointed inside the room. A guard went inside to see what she was pointing at. He came out with his eyes full of killing intent.

“Contact to emperor!!” He yelled to one of his subordinates.

The young man ran, he went down six different paths trying to lose the guards who were behind him. He finally succeeded and started heading in a different direction. ‘Have to tell master about this…’ He told himself as he sped forward.

He couldn’t have did anything. Those two women in his bed, he didn’t know them at all. Recalling the events from last night, he couldn’t remember a thing! However he knows there is no way in heaven's name that he would do something like that.

The young man arrived at a bigger building that was blue on the outside. This building was filled with the elders of his school. While most of the disciples have their own rooms, the elders are mostly in the same building.

He opened the building and rushed in. It was early in the morning, so no one was walking around the building. Most of the disciples would still be in their rooms, while the elders would be meditating.

The inside of the building was filled with pictures and fancy furniture. He ignored all of that and darted straight for a door in the back. It wasn’t the last door in this building, but it was the third to the last. He opened it and spotted and old man sitting crossed legged with his eyes closed.

“Master!”

The old man opened his eyes and looked at the young man in front of him. His robes weren’t on properly, his hair was messy with blood stains in it. Not to mention he was sweating profoundly.

“What happened!?” The old man asked as he got up and approached the young man.

The young man shook his head a few times. “I… don’t know! I can’t remember anything!!”

“Why is there blood in your hair?” The old man asked him.

“I don’t know! I.. woke up like this.. and two women… dead!” He nervously said.

“What!? What did you do!?!”

“I don’t know!! I can’t remember anything!”

“Nonsense!!” The old man yelled at the young man. The old man walked to the door and peaked out of it making sure no one was around. He closed it and then he chanted something.

“If you can’t remember, let me search your soul.” The old man said as he approached the young man.

“Master! You can’t do that!” The young man said as he took a step back.

“Get over here! I won’t try a soul takeover, i’ll just search it for what happened last night. If I can see what you were doing last night, then we’ll find out why you are like this. However I have a feeling it won’t be nice.”

The young man nodded his head as he sat down on the ground. “Go ahead, but be quick!” He urged the old man.

The old man nodded as he approached the young man and placed his hand on his head. He closed his eyes and started chanting a few words.

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A light blue transparent figure appears. Around him were countless disciples eating and drinking while chatting. This figure was the old man, but no one could see him. He glanced to the side and saw his disciple Gan Fang chatting with Qiu Zhen. ‘Hmm…’

A woman came up and poured Gan Fang a drink. The old man noticed that she did something with her hand as she poured him a drink. He shook his head slightly. Whatever she put in his drink is probably what caused him to have a lack of memory. Shortly after two more women appeared.

One poured Qiu Zhen a drink and tried to use the same trick as Gan Fang. The old man shook his head again as he noticed Qiu Zhen drinking it like Gan Fang did.

“You! What have you done!?” Qiu Zhen questioned the women.

The old man was surprised by Qiu Zhen’s action. He didn’t think that this young man would be able to tolerate whatever poison these women used, but it seemed the poison didn’t even faze him. ‘Fang Wei, this disciple of yours… ‘ He said to himself.

“What are you talking about brother Qiu Zhen?” The woman next to Qiu Zhen asked.

“Don’t pretend you don’t know! What was in the drink!? Who sent you?” Qiu Zhen yelled at them while he pointed at the cup.

The women shook their head. One of the women next to Qiu Zhen grabbed his arm and pressed it against her bosom. “Brother Qiu Zhen, I think you are imagining things. Tru-”

“Get off of me!” Qiu Zhen yelled as he removed his arm from her.

Qiu Zhen’s eyes turned cold as he glared at the three women. “Tell me, who sent you!” His voice was cold enough that it could cause a blizzard.

The three women were scared and held onto each other. Gan Fang’s eyes were closed and he seemed to be out of it. “We.. didn’t do anything!” The woman with the deep blue dress said nervously.

“You lie!” Qiu Zhen told her.

The crowd of disciples around them were quiet as the paid attention to the scene unfolding before them. One moment everyone was chatting and having a good time, the next moment it seemed like those three women were going to die.

“What is going on here?” An older man asked as he stepped forward.

The older man was dressed in a clean white robe, he had a black beard and long black hair. He carried this elegance with him. When he asked what was going on, he was directly looking at Qiu Zhen.

Qiu Zhen shook his head and grinned. “Nothing, just taking a friend back.” He told the older man as he went to grab Gan Fang. As he passed by the women, he whispered something to them and carried Gan Fang on his back.

Gan Fang’s master nodded his head in approval. He couldn’t be seen, but he could hear everything that was going on. He heard what Qiu Zhen told those three women, and highly approved of it.

Once Qiu Zhen grabbed Gan Fang, he took him back to his room. Qiu Zhen made sure no one was there and sat Gan Fang down. He even stayed hidden in the room for an hour to make sure no one was coming to try something. After waiting and noticing no one was coming, Qiu Zhen left.

Gan Fang’s master watched everything that happened and his eyes started to pop out. Shortly after Qiu Zhen left, some men fully armored came into the room. They stripped Gan Fang and placed two women who were drugged on the bed.

One woman looked beautiful, but compared to the goddess next to her, she paled in comparison. That woman with that long black hair could be considered a goddess. The old man seeing both women instantly knew who they were.

‘This is…’ He told himself as he noticed the armored men started having their fun with the two unconscious women. After they finished, they killed them and left.

‘Damnit!’ The old man told himself as he ended his soul searching.

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Gan Fang who was seated on the ground slowly opened his eyes. His master's hand left his head, but when he turned to look at his master, he was shaking. Sweat was dripping from his head.

“What happened master?” Gan Fang asked.

“Leave! Now!” He told him.

“What!? And go where?”

“Leave! No more question. Do not return to the school, you must leave!!” He yelled at Gan Fang.

“Can’t we solve it? They weren’t important people, were they?” Gan Fang asked as he got up.

“Important?” The old man shook his head. “Way more than important. That was the emperor's wife!”

Gan Fang’s eyes grew big as he understood. The word important couldn’t even describe her status. The wife of the emperor was way more than important.

“Why? Who?”

The old man shook his head as he walked over to the door. “No idea, leave now! Before it’s too late.”

“What about the other one?” Gan Fang asked as he started walking towards the door.

The old man went silent. “No more questions, leave!”