JUDGING AT RISK!
The nine heavens were in chaos!
The disappearance of the Crown Prince had finally been solved. Ch'eng Huang was facing the celestial emperor who was sitting on the thoughtful throne. The place that always had a calm and soft feeling, now seemed to emanate tribulation. There were only three people in the main hall, Ch'eng Huang who was in the center in a hurry. Quon Xu was at the side and now he looked at his friend's desperate face and now he looked at the Emperor who was with his expressionless face. The silence was so frightening that you could hear the footsteps of the servants circulating around the entrance courtyard. Quon Xu was already losing patience and growing more and more nervous when a crash echoed through the hall and the main door opened.
A tall, strong man with long black hair that fell to his waist entered the environment escorted by three guards. It was clear that the man had been dragged here. Quon Xu soon recognized his master and sighed with relief that he was fine even after so long away from home. Chi Yu had left his palace weeks ago and did not report. His figure, which always boasted beauty and clarity, was now completely soaked and with every step it took a trail of water formed on the sparkling white floor. His appearance, which always boasted pride and magnitude, seemed even more striking with the clothes glued to his body outlining each muscle.
Ch'eng Huang wondered what his friend had done in the past millennia to gain a well-worked body and did not find the answer even after forcing his memory. Every time Ch'eng Huang remembered Chi Yu, he was just a picture of him sitting in the grand hall of his palace drinking tea or in the mountains feeding his magic.
Is there any magic that can make the body muscular?
Ch'eng Huang's thoughts were cut off when the Celestial emperor cleared his throat, drawing everyone's attention to him.
- Chi Yu finally appeared! - Ch'eng Huang spoke feeling all his worries dissipate like smoke as soon as he saw the faces of a few friends of Chi Yu.
- Chi Yu salutes the Celestial Emperor! - The wet man bowed simple and finally looked at Ch'eng Huang with hatred!
- Chi Yu, there are problems in the mortal realm. - The celestial emperor roared - The princess of the ghost realm is at the trial, and in a mysterious way my son, Yan Feng also went! Is there a solution? Mei Yang must pass this judgment to return to his former status. Ch'eng Huang brought us news that Yan Feng is in the same fate as hers...
- I remember perfectly the fate of the young Phantom Princess and everything I wrote for her in her sixty mortal years. However, I am sure that the Crown Prince was not in that fate.
Chi Yu spoke a little impatiently. Being dragged like a criminal across the sky completely wet from head to toe broke some of the pride of the high god. It was not his fault that Yan Feng was in the mortal world. In addition, why did he have to worry about that? The only thing he wanted was to finish his relaxing bath in the fountains of the lake of purity, return to the comfort of his palace, and calmly wait for his nirvana while cultivating his body.
However, the damn Prince Heir had to disappear right now! Chi Yu cursed Yan Feng with all the possible plagues that went through his mind and tried to remain cool and calm while the Emperor's wrath was directed at him.
- Do you know how many millennia it took Yan Feng to fully recover from his last Judgment? Now that he was about to go up to undergo a retrial from heaven he was taken to the mortal realm. The emperor sighed with concern. The lines on his forehead formed more precisely as his fingers drummed the throne. - Remove Yan Feng's seal and bring it back home.
- I have to inform Emperor, that Yan Feng has already been mortal for twenty-one years away from home, it means, only twenty-one days in heaven. However in the kingdom he is in it has been a long time. He has already established bonds and affections; his mortal judgment has started since his first emotions arose. - Chi Yu said - Bringing Yan Feng home at that moment will be in vain everything he has been through so far. Deadly judgment will be good for the Crown Prince. It is necessary to refine your chi and your emotions to pass through the flames and celestial rays to ascend the throne. A mortal life will be beneficial for the young god; the only problem is that it may imply the judgment of the ghost princess.
- If I may, master ... - Quon Xu held up a parchment and handed it to Chi Yu - The mortal life of the phantom princess has been erased from the parchment, which may be...
Then, finally, Chi Yu realized why he had been so brutally dragged. Yan Feng had intertwined with the Young Goddess in the mortal realm causing havoc in the fate he had written for the princess. This was not necessarily chaos, but something boring to deal with. In addition, he did not have time and was not even willing to put the effort into it. However, the celestial emperor's face showed that he was not satisfied with the situation and Chi Yu felt trapped by that look.
- The Emperor wants me to fix this damage, but there is no possibility. I write down the fate of mortals, but I cannot tell you where things are going. If something happens outside of what was planned, it is the will of the heavens, and I cannot rule on it.
Chi Yu tried to smile, but the icy wind that entered the room already made his wet body shiver. He could not even dry off before he came and now he was about to freeze with the wind that circulated in that blessed hall.
- What I want is for you to bring Yan Feng back! - The heavenly emperor roared with hatred.
- Heavenly emperor - Ch'eng Huang decided to intervene - Bringing Yan Feng back will not be the best choice. Let him finish his trial...
"And what will the ghost princess trial look like?" - Ch'eng Huang suddenly felt something strange in the conversation.
Could the Emperor be concerned about the judgment of Mei Ynag and not his own son?
Soon this thought died when he remembered that Mei Yang received a punishment from millennia at the behest of the celestial emperor. In addition, that she had been wrongly accused of it. Obviously, the Emperor would not worry about her at this point.
- I will go to the mortal world to stand beside Mei Yang and take care of her, make sure I do not let her have contact with Yan Feng ... - Ch'eng Huang declared promptly. If anything happened to his friend, he would never forgive himself.
Ch'eng Huang You have already declared your desire to go to the mortal world to take care of the ghost princess, I believe that everything has been resolved, no? - Chi Yu was already tired of that subject and just wanted to go back to his hot bath.
- Chi Yu, Ch'eng Huang will take care of the ghost princess in the Mortal Realm and you will accompany him to protect Yan Feng.
A cold silence fell over the hall. Ch'eng Huang faced Chi Yu who was now expressionless. Everyone in the nine heavens knew of the star god's aversion to the mortal world. He didn't have much empathy for humans and he always despised them. Despite writing the fates of mortals, he found them too ignorant and naive.
Chi Yu did not seem to believe what his ears had heard. Going to the mortal world at this point in cultivation would be the end of your years cultivating the mantra of nirvana. He had to let go of mortal things, of loves, of matter itself in order to ascend as a greater god and ultimately isolate himself.
Why did he have to go to the mortal world?
- Heavenly emperor, you must be aware that I have been cultivating the mantra of nirvana for thirty thousand years. I am almost reaching my goals. Going to the mortal world goes against everything I have cultivated so far. I need to let go of mortal emotions, matter, love, hate...
- I am ordering. Only Ch'eng Huang and you know of Yan Feng's going to the mortal realm. If another immortal knows, I believe that it will be impossible to control the problems that may arise. Our world has had peace for millennia since the complete annihilation of the demonic race by the ten celestial elders. However, we cannot guarantee that they will return.
- Emperor, the demonic race ended when the ten elders gave their lives to seal all the evil in the terrestrial abyss. No being, no matter how strong, is able to escape from there ... Nor chaos...
- Don't mention that name! - The Celestial Emperor raged, making Chi Yu shut up. - Saying that name is forbidden. No being in heaven or below the earth is allowed to mention this being. It was destroyed thousands of years ago shortly after the formation of the world. We need to keep Mei Yang away from Yan Feng. Do you know what can happen if they...
- I will not let that happen! I once failed Yang'er, but this time I will not!
- Excellent! Go to the mortal realm and see that their trials are balanced.
- But, emperor ... - Chi Yu tried to argue, but the figure of the emperor had already disappeared from the hall. He had never felt unhappy in his life.
We go to the mortal world immediately...
- Wait! I have not finished my bath yet! - Chi Yu protested angrily. - I have spent the last millennia cultivating Nirvana away from mortal feelings. Now I am going to the mortal world!
- The safety of the nine heavens is more important than your nirvana. - Ch'eng Huang pulled out his fan and with a quick movement without giving Chi Yu time to protest the portal to the mortal world opened and soon grabbed his friend's arm and pushed him right behind. - Quon Xu you stay and any problems report me immediately.
The affirmative gesture was the last thing Ch'eng Huang saw before everything turned white in front of him and half a second later the first hills formed in his field of vision. Finally, he had returned.