Chapter 5

In a dark foggy room, an old lady sat at the centre burning incense. Her appearance was terrifying but her aura seemed pleasant and warm. Judging from the contents of her cluttered room, she was either a fortune teller or a hoarder. Her eyes squinted as sunlight entered the room when her curtain was drawn by a prestigiously dressed eunuch. From his appearance, it was obvious who he worked for, the third emperor of Hepeng, Wu Qiangda.

The emperor was an attractive man with a strong jawline but his eyes were filled with sorrow, he looked exhausted as though he hadn't had any sleep for weeks. With the support of his eunuch, he sat opposite the old lady.

Seeing his condition, the old lady poured some tea and handed it to him saying, "Drink this, the people need you to be strong," with a shaky voice.

The emperor refused at first but she kept insisting so he drank it all in one go and replied, "My sons are dying and you think I should be strong? Give me a solution then I will be strong," holding back his anger.

"Why do you think you are here then? I have a solution for you and it is the powerful prince. He is the answer," she said in a comforting tone.

One would think having the answer would comfort the emperor but that wasn't the case, he seemed to have even more stress lines on his forehead than before. Wu Yange or as they called him the powerful prince was his eighth son, though he had a twin, he was the only one who had inherited his grandfather's supernatural gift. In fact, he was the only one among the emperor's fourteen princes who had spiritual powers.

His nature was that of an introvert with mild haphephobia, he didn't like being touched distancing himself from everyone. Growing up, he barely got along with his twin so it could only be worse with his other brothers. He left home at the age of fifteen to protect Hepeng at its borders from creatures that occasionally broke through the barrier. They had a reasonable relationship as father and son until the emperor appointed a crown princeThe first prince was crowned but he died mysteriously in less than a week. Thinking that it was just an unfortunate tragedy, he appointed the second prince but he also died shortly after. Under advisement, he decided to pick Wu Qingsong the ninth prince as crown prince. Wu Yange's twin only lasted two days when he died choking on his own blood with royal physicians failing to save his life. When Wu Yange found out, he was enraged that he stabbed the messenger. Though the messenger survived it was the action in itself that stressed the emperor.

When the eighth prince got angry he normally lost control of his supernatural power, he was gifted with the ability to produce azure flames and when his power was fully engaged his twin dragons Houyan and Huore would appear and circulate around his back waiting for orders.

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