The next day...
Meiyi and Seth were sitting inside the carriage they had hired to bring them to Chun Meihui's house, but this time, they were doing the inverse trip, going back towards their sect grounds.
There was a natual silence inside the carriage, since there were a lot of things going on inside Meiyi's head. Seth didn't try to break that silence and gave some time for her to sort out things.
"Seth, I have decided. I want to meet my father, even though I know it is dangerous." Meiyi broke the silence after some time, stating her wishes.
"Meiyi, I knew you would end up deciding to meet your father, but you got to know that if you try to do something with the cultivation level you have now, it is just like attempting suicide."
"Sigh... I know that. Do not worry, I'm just telling you one of my life-long wishes. I will never dare to do something like that before I reach a cultivation level that I will at least be able to protect myself and my mom. But for that, I'll need more power and the only person capable of helping me, is you."
"Oh? Why do you say so?" Seth asked with a mysterious smile.
"Humph! Do you think I wouldn't notice that you're stronger than you actually appear to be? You effortlessly took care of Tao Zhong and his cousin. I made my homework and asked people around about them. Do you know what I discovered? They were Profound Qi realm cultivators. I don't know what a powerful guy like you, saw in a normal practitioner like me, but since we are together now, you at least need to teach me how to upgrade my strength faster."
Meiyi tried to scold him while passing the image of a smart girl, but Seth could only see a cute and young girl throwing a small tantrum.
"Ahaha, was it that easy to find me out? Come here!" Seth pulled Meiyi closer.
"You know, it is not that I wanted to hide my strength from you, it's just that... You know about my circumstances as a half-devil, right? I would have a hard time remaining at your side if I were to be found out before."
"Before?" Meiyi asked cutely.
"Yeah, the Sect Master Huo already found it out."
"Huh? How? Is it okay?"
"Do not worry, he can't do anything to his son-in-law."
"What? Do you mean... with Lilian?" Meiyi was less jealous, since she reflected things over after their last quarrel.
"No, not yet. But I'm sure she will fall for my devilish charms."
"You sound like you think yourself as infallible. Humph, why did I have to like someone like you?"
"Come on... I was kind of joking alright? Let me tell you something good then. You do not need to bother about getting stronger quickly. Leave that to me, you can go at your own pace. Once I'm strong enough, I will do all the dirty work for you, okay?"
"Uhum... Thank you." She took his words to heart.
"Alright then, come here, give me a good kiss, because I need to be pampered as well."
"What a shameless scoundrel. Wai... Um..."
Like that, the kept bonding until they reached the inner-court sect grounds the next day.
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Wu Martial Kingdom, inside the Wu Martial Castle.
A man knelt down with total reverence and said: "My King, we lost the contact with Wu Shuhui. He told us before he left, that he would make contact through the Sound Transmit Formation a day after the Fire Labyrinth closes, but there has been nothing so far. The last thing we heard from him, was a message from a day before the labyrinth opened. He said that he discovered some rumors that there was a girl named Wu Caizhi, hiding inside the Blazing Phoenix Sect and he would demand for answers."
A malevolent and overbearing aura exploded around the Wu Martial King.
"So, it means that that disobedient and unfilial daughter is still alive huh? Send a messenger towards the Blazing Phoenix Sect. Ask them about the whereabouts of my son and Wu Shuhui.
Don't forget to bring back that useless and disobedient Wu Caizhi!"
"I'll do it right now Exalted King." The man left to do what the king had commanded.
Right after he left. A man with a hood entered the hall, kneeling before the king.
He took off his hood and said: "Father, your second son asks for justice. I want to shred Caizhi with my bare hands and disfigure her face like she did with mine." After saying that, he released his aura that was a bit shaky and reeking of medicinal products, however, it was at the Profound Qi realm peak-stage.
"I see that you've improved on your cultivation. I can grant your wishes, but you can't kill her, even though she is useless and a stain on our kingdom's image, she is still your sister."
'What a rotten personality!' The second prince silently thought, after agreeing with his father words.
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After coming back from their short trip together, Seth saw how much the Blazing Phoenix Country had changed after the Fire Labyrinth.
Everyone was at work, filling the gaps the dead elders left, or carrying the Sect Master's orders. The Dark Flame Sect; The Blood-boil Mercenary Group; The Hunters Alliance and the Alchemist Tower had been dealt with.
Sect Master Huo mobilized his troops to extinguish those Sects and groups, no letting a single soul escape judgement. The Tao Family has been found entirely dead and no one could explain what have actually happened with them.
The Fire Snake Sect and the Zhao Family were awarded with honorable titles, receiving the resources plundered from the four other rebellious sects, since they found nothing on the Tao Family.
This news spread so fast, that some groups saw the opportunity to buy the terrain from those five defeated powers, getting a place for themselves inside the capital. The blazing Phoenix City was bustling with people and life went on for those who were alive.
Two days later, Meiyi was training with Seth's help on the backyard of her house, when suddenly they heard someone knocking on the front door.
Meiyi went to open the door, since she thought it would be Huo Yuiyn that came to play with her. They had become good friends after passing some time together.
When she opened the door, she saw Yuyin looking at her with a strange expression, since she was accompanying her father, the one who had business here. By his side, there was an elf woman with the crest given by the Elf Queen. She held so much authority with that crest, that Sect Master Huo was accompanying her towards her main objective, Meiyi's house, where Seth was.
That woman has recently arrived at their Blazing Phoenix Sect, demanding an audience with their Phenix Princess, Lilian. However, she was not there and Sect Master Huo took the lead to provide her what she needed.
When he heard that her main objective was to find an unknown raven-haired youth, he asked himself what did that man have to do with his precious daughter, but after she showed him the image Alannia gave her, he almost cursed inside his head.
'That damned demon again? He dared to call me father-in-law! Unacceptable!' Huo Shihong would usually think bad things about Seth, but he didn't dare voice them out, fearing his daughter would scold him again.
Yuyin was by his side, taking care of him, so she immediately recognized Seth.
"Big brother Seth? I know him!"
"You know him? Where is he right now?"
"The only place I think he would actually be, is on Chun Meiyi's house."
"Bring me there."
"Alright."
That sequence of events, led to Sect Master Huo, knocking on an inner-court disciple house inside the female housing area. He didn't believe that there was a demon living inside the house of one of the female disciples of his sect. That demon even dared to call him father-in-law, utterly shameless.
"Ah! Yuyin, Sect Master, what can this humble disciple do for you?" Meiyi asked exasperated. She had received the visit of both princesses of the Blazing Phoenix Sect before, and now, even the Sect Master himself was coming to visit her. What did she do to deserve this?
She looked towards Huo Shihong and did her best to hide her bewilderment, because the sect master was crippled and she didn't dare to be disrespectful.
"Sister Meiyi, there is no need for you to be humble with us. We just came here to talk a bit with Seth. Is he there?" Yuyin asked Meiyi, since Huo Shihong was lost on his thoughts.
"Seth? I was just training with him." After saying those words, she noticed that it was supposed to be a secret, since they were violating a sect rule. She covered her mouth with her hands and looked towards Huo Shihong.
Huo Shihong couldn't believe one of his sect disciples, was shamelessly acknowledging that she was infringing the sect rules right before him.
'What is happening with this world?' He just shook his head after realizing the times were indeed changing.
Yuyin didn't find anything wrong, since she didn't even know the rules at all. She quickly asked Meiyi to bring them inside, since there was an important guest that wanted to talk with Seth.
They entered the house, going towards the backyard, where Seth was already waiting for them.. He wanted to know what the Elves had in store for him.
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