Eye System

Walking into the mist and fog that was surrounding the Jade Empress's temple, Lex activated his Scouting Eye to see as corpse beasts charged at him wildly.

"Fuck off" roared Lex as he stomped his foot into the ground causing a shockwave that sent them sliding back.

Intimidated then given orders by the Jade Empress the corpse beasts that seemed to have consciousnesses scurried off as a figure formed out of the mist in front of Lex.

"You have returned boy, what has happened to infuriate you," she asked as she sensed a dense killing intent and rage that was being suppressed by his mind that was empty and calm, but she could tell it was only temporary.

"I can't bring my troubles to Angela, you should get Angela to leave and tell her to not look for me and should focus on her own strength and that as long as she is far away from me that she won't be in danger. This is my final message to her and I will return when I have enough strength to shock this continent and do as I please" he stated as he turned off to leave.

Giving him a simple nod farewell, the Jade Empress dispersed back into mist then formed again in front of Angela that sat cross-legged cultivate her piercing ice methods.

"Angela, there is a message that I have that I was told to pass on to you" stated the Jade Empress.

Angela curious about what precisely the message could be, she slowly retracted her aura and stopped cultivating as she stood up waiting for the message with a curious and nervous expression.

"I can't bring my troubles to Angela, you should get Angela to leave and tell her...." she simply repeated exactly what Lex told her to pass on to Angela.

As soon as Angela heard that she formed ice under her feet and slide out of the mist grounds rapidly and as she broke past the layer of mist and was in the forest around the mist grounds she couldn't see Lex and strolled back into the temple, knowing there was no way her speed could be compared to him, remembering how he dashed behind her.

Slumping on the ground she felt the same helplessness and knowing that Lex was going through extreme hardship and probably had his own problems, she couldn't help but blame her own weakness.

The cold temperament that was beginning to form with the cultivation of the Jade Palace's extreme yin-orientated cultivation methods, Angela had a chilling aura around her.

"My strength will surpass Lex's and everybody else's and I will make sure that I am never looked down upon or disrespected again as the Jade Empress's disciple" she vowed with unshakable determination.

"With that resolve, we can prepare to leave and we can find another place to train and instead of that child protecting you, you will be the one to protect him" decided the Jade Empress, who approved Lex as somebody worthy of being her disciple's companion and somebody worth protecting.

"How can you leave isn't your soul bound to the temple and will disperse soon" exclaimed Angela, baffled by what her implying that she could leave.

"Well, I wasn't expecting it and didn't want to continue my painful and hopeless existence that was fading, but now with a worthy successor that has potential and interesting people around her, I would like to see my disciple reach the peak of the Lower Plains like I once was" announced the Jade Empress who the first time in a while broke a small smile that juxtaposed to her usual cold and distant expression, but she instantly wiped it and returned to her composed state.

"How are you going to be able to stay in existence and what can I do," asked Angela readily who was willing to do almost anything to help her as she saw her as her master and the mother that cared for her that she wished she had.

Despite the cold attitude and focused and distant temperament, over the past few days, Angela could feel the care and protective nature that the Jade Empress had towards her.

"Calm down child, it isn't a difficult process and can be completed in an instant" reassured the Jade Empress calmly and coldly who for the first time for thousands of years felt affectionate towards another person, but didn't show it.

'It must be me in my soul form and my cold mind being manipulated by her warm and radiating nature' thought the Jade Empress to herself, who felt that she had a new purpose and chance at life through Angela.

"I will fuse my soul with the inheritance that I am passing on to you and will be with you and can talk to you through the object, however, I will require a small amount your energy to sustain my soul" explained the Jade Empress.

"That is not an issue in the slightest" stated Angela who knew her experience, guidance and training was much priceless and her supplying small amounts of energy was an insignificant price to pay comparingly.

"I will begin" announced the Jade Empress without fully explaining what the inheritance was and what was about to happen, leaving Angela bursting with anticipation as she attentively watched what was happening.

The figure of the Jade Empress began to shrink and compress and as it continued to do so a bracelet appeared and was hovering in thin air as Angela could see the Jade Empress that was in the form of a spirit was sucked in my the bracelet and disappeared.

It happened in an instant and before she knew it was over as there was a clang from the bracelet that fell on the floor.

Picking up the bracelet, it had a purple gem on it, similar to the one in the Jade Empress's forehead and now in Angela's. but as she put it on she didn't feel anything special about it.

However, it seemed as though without the Jade Empress, the mist grounds couldn't sustain itself and the temple began to collapse.

Angela knew that she would be crushed if she stayed where she stood, but as she slid atop ice out of the temple, she was worried that she had lost the Jade Empress.

Her speed on top of the ice was very quick, but in the moment of hesitation and the temple collapsing at rapid speeds, it would be very hard for her to get out as a large piece of the ceiling that she tried to evade hit her right shoulder.

It was a stiff and hard strike to the shoulder that drew blood that seeped out and flowed down her arm.

Using ice to freeze the wound and beginning to heal it with her saint spiritual roots, Angela continued sliding and evading the falling debris as she launched herself into the air and out of the temple as she rolled over to regain balance.

As she slowly stood back up she suddenly felt a sudden draining of her energy that was uncontrollably streaming to her right wrist as the bracelet seemed to be attempting to suck her dry.

Angela tried to fight back and control her energy, but the suction force was too powerful as all the energy within her body was absorbed as she collapsed and lost consciousness from the rapid depletion of her energy that shocked her body.

A few hours later as her body was naturally recovering rapidly with her saint spiritual roots that continued to slowly absorb energy from around her into her body to speed up her recovery, she suddenly jumped up after she felt a jolt of energy from her right wrist.

"Angela you must leave quickly" communicated a voice within her mind that she recognised as that of the Jade Empress.

"Jade Empress" exclaimed Angela in joy who thought she had lost her master.

"Focus" the Jade Empress refuted, because of the urgency of the situation.

"Head north-west as quickly as you can" ordered the Jade Empress sternly to Angela.

Hearing the urgency in her tone she knew not to hesitant and forming a thin layer of ice, she slid away with all the speed she could produce.

A few minutes later a large squadron of government soldiers arrived around the forest that was situated around the mist grounds and as they went through they saw the cage filled with women and a fallen temple, but couldn't see anything else.

"Take the girls back to the Outer Country and interrogate them about what happened here and who was the last person to enter the mist grounds" ordered the squadron to a few of his subordinates with greed burning within his eyes.

The mist grounds was an area that the royals were planning to take down forcefully and gain whatever treasure there was inside, and the rumours about the treasure within it were known by most in Aria country.

Walking through the debris of the temple he spotted something that he wasn't expecting.

On the corner of a large piece of gold from what seemed had seemed to be the ceiling, had blood on it and by wiping the blood, he saw that it wasn't dry and was still warm so it must have been recent.

"Quickly spread out and capture anybody seen in the area nearby" he ordered.