Han Lingshi spent the night reading as much as she could about the places she needed to visit. The young lady then had a al with Hao Ren and the young man said, "I will lead you through the city below, if you have anything that you wish to do, tell . I will see that your instructions are implented properly."
Han Lingshi did not object to this. The next morning she left the palace with Ye Lan, and Ye Jian beside her. Hao Ren walked beside her with a faint smile on his face. The people who did not know him closely thought that Hao Ren was a battle monger. He conquered the four nations in fifteen years, this was an achievent that was paid with blood of humans.
In the past fifteen years, Hao Ren had been using all sorts of ans to erase the Royal Families of the four nations and any loyalists were removed as well. He was very thoughtful about the populace, but the masses were scared of this man who established the Crescent Moon Kingdom.
They did not know anything about him and all the news they received ca from the mouths of the travelling cultivators who only saw him at war or fighting so experts over so issues of the territory.
The mont, Hao Ren and the three descended on the ground, Han Lingshi said, "Where is Yang? I rember when I saw him last night I asked him to co along with ."
Hao Ren pointed ahead and said, "Yin will bring him to the city gates. He might be a child but he has the strength of a Core formation realm practitioner. Have him handle errands for you on the way. Ye Lan can be the second in command, and Ye Jian, protect them with all your might."
Ye Lan and Ye Jian nodded and accepted the commands. Han Lingshi rolled her eyes at the young man, but she did not say anything in protest of his arrangents. They ca down and the guards stationed below the palace, saluted them.
Hao Ren nodded at them and ran a quick gaze over them. Then he said, "Welco to the Phoenix Pearl City."
Han Lingshi raised her na and asked, "How did you co up with this na?"
Hao Ren shook his head and replied, "It was not who ca up with this na, it was the original na of this city, the capital before it was captured and divided by the four nations."
Han Lingshi nodded, and they ventured inside the city. Although the place had been renovated, and the streets were paved with tiles. Han Lingshi sensed sothing amiss. She looked at the civilians who bowed to Hao Ren and the Ye Duo. She frowned, and said, "Ren, go back."
Hao Ren was not surprised, but he asked with a smile, "Did you notice it?"
Han Lingshi nodded and replied, "I understand that fear is necessary to have respect, but they look at you as if you are so demon. This impression will not work. Go, I will handle things here, also, take Ye Jian away with you. His stone like feature is not helping either."
Ye Jian was at a loss, his practice of sword has made him look uncaring but that was not the truth. However, seeing that even Hao Ren did not put up any protest, he agreed and left with him.
Han Lingshi shook her head, before she began roaming around aimlessly with Ye Lan. She found a couple of children who were playing on the side. Han Lingshi approached them carefully and exclaid from the side, "Ye Lan, what a wonderful ga is this? I wonder if they would teach ?"
Ye Lan did not know what was going on but took the que and tried to play along, "Young Miss, this ga, I am afraid they would not allow us. After all, we don't even know what the rules are."
Han Lingshi nodded and sighed, as she said, "If only so hero could tell us about this ga."
The small group had three girls and two little boys. One of them was only about four years old. The boy looked at Han Lingshi with twinkling eyes and asked, "Big sister, do you want to play with us?"
Han Lingshi acted surprised and asked, "Can I?"
The little boy looked around at his friends. It was evident that these kids were taken away by the appearances of the two won. They nodded, and Ye Lan asked softly, "Can you tell us what are the rules of this ga?"
The eldest girl said, "We are playing the Wandering Dragon's Conquest."
Ye Lan opened her eyes wide and asked, "Oh, what is this ga about?"
The girl nodded and said, "Pretty Sister, do you see that big palace in the center of the city? That is where the Wandering Dragon lives. Mom said, that the Wandering Dragon ca from the heavens, he ca here to find a gift for his wife, but when he could not decide what he should get, he decided to conquer the lands and air. He abolished evil rulers and freed the slaves. We are playing the ga to beco like him."
Han Lingshi could not help but blush, to think that Hao Ren, once a nobody had grown into a legend. She asked, "You say that the Wandering Dragon is doing all this for his wife, but why is everyone so scared of him?"
The little boy replied, "It is because he is strong, and they are afraid of displeasing him. They do not wish for him to think that they are evil."
The big girl sighed and knocked the little boy and scolded him, "How can the elders fear soone who has done so much for them? They just feel inferior to him. His excellency is so good, ever since he took command of the rule, we have never been mistreated."
Han Lingshi looked at the girl with a smile and said, "Little sister, do you know that lying is a bad thing?"
The girl froze up, Han Lingshi smiled and said, "What is there to be afraid of? Tell , I swear to heavens I can solve any issues."
The little boy asked, "Sister Fairy, can you really solve all the problems?"
Han Lingshi nodded, and the little girl looked around and said, "Sister Fairy, you should talk to the elders, they know things better then we do."
Han Lingshi put up a sad expression and said, "You know I really want to talk to the elders, but they do not know , why will they tell anything?"
The little boy said, "Sister Fairy, if you agree to marry , I will take you to et my grandpa, he is a big shot in the elders."
Han Lingshi was shocked and then she burst out in laughter, she said, "Little brother, big sister is already married, I cannot leave my husband. How about this, when you grow up strong and wise, I will find you a wife prettier than ?"
The little boy walked up to her and asked, "Is there really soone prettier than you in this world?"
Han Lingshi bent down and poked his nose as she said, "Yes, there is. You will know when you get big."
After coaxing the kids, Han Lingshi made her way to et the elders.
...
Hao Ren was hiding between the layers of the void, and clicked his tongue, "Had this kid been a bit older, I would have broken his butt into pieces, this brat dares to pull moves on my wife. Hmph!"
Ye Jian was beside him and he could not help but think, 'If the people knew that the legendary Wandering Dragon was so petty, I wonder what they would think.'
...
While Han Lingshi was handling the situation with the city folk, far from the Phoenix Pearl City, in the wilderness of the eastern provinces, a group of n and won were sitting inside a cavern. They all looked haggard, but they were wearing brocade clothes and jewelry that could make even the rich feel poor.
One of the n stood up and said, "I have just received the news, it seems that soone is making moves to quench the smolders of rebellion in the hearts of the masses. I just got a ssage from a forr spy of the grey cloud division.
Soone from the Crescent Moon Palace is roaming around talking to the elders and fixing their concerns. If we did not do anything this ti, we will never get a chance to avenge the loss we have suffered."
The people nodded; their faces looked calm but their eyes brimd with killing intention. Hao Ren was soone who appeared out of the blues and then turned their lives upside down. They were the remnants of the royal family of the fallen Cloud Empire.
The person who was leading them seed to be the duke of the fallen empire, he looked at the young man and asked, "Can you find out who this person is, and when they will enter the borders of the Cloud Empire? If that person is paying attention to the situation with the masses, then they must be close to the Wandering Dragon. This ti, I want to chip so scales of this bastard."
The young man nodded and left the cavern hurriedly. Han Lingshi did not know, but she had beco a target.
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