CROWN PRINCE'S CONCUBINE

Bai Ying and Xiao Hong approached, for a moment, Bai Ying looked at Xiao Hong carefully, confirming whether the bird’s decision was correct or not.

Looking at Bei Yau’s side, Li Yu and Bu Yi looked on with teary eyes.

“Hong Hong”

Both of them were about to approach but Bei Yau and Su Lang’s hands stopped them.

The two youths looked at each other and blamed.

“It’s because of you, you made Hong Hong run away”

Li Yu shouted pushing Bu Yi’s chest.

“It’s because of you, you the one who makes Hong Hong uncomfortable, you always force Hong Hong to come with you even though you know he’s starving”

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“You’re making Hong Hong starving too!”

The two young men were ready to hit each other.

Chen Ming approached, he glanced at the two youths with sharp eyes and folded his arms in front of his chest. His gaze made the two youths stop their bickering and keep their attitude.

“Eh Your Highness Prince”

Chen Ming shook his head.

“You guys, get over it.”

In his usual haughty manner, the prince folded his arms behind his waist and stepped closer to Bai Ying and Xiao Hong who was already standing in front of the giant statue.

“Brother, don’t take too long, don’t you see the sun is getting dimmer? We’re already half a day behind,” Chen Ming said.

Bai Ying knew that but, this wasn’t something that could be rushed, Xiao Hong needed to think about it carefully.

“Xiao Hong if you change your mind...”

“This statue is very beautiful, they made it very carefully,” said Xiao Hong feeling the stone surface which was still cold because it had just been completed. Xiao Hong turned to Bai Ying and nodded his head.

“Your Majesty, I am ready”

Bai Ying swallowed hard, this is the time, he will use his power a second time on Xiao Hong, this time just extract all the energy belonging to the bird and transfer it into the statue, without taking the bloodstone from inside his body, which is, of course, removing the bloodstone is not as easy as talk about it, no one can do it except Xiao Hong himself, and even then it is a very painful process.

Everyone retreated to make room for Bai Ying who immediately formed a huge yellow sphere circle around him and Xiao Hong, as well as the giant statue, the wind swirled around them, although not that hard but enough to make everyone back away.

“Whoosssh!!’

Xiao Hong’s body crouched down with pain all over his body as all his crimson energy burst out from within, not taking out the bloodstone that was the vessel for all his spiritual energy.

To take it out, it takes another container large enough to accommodate its energy and serve as a protector of the southern boundary in the place of Xiao Hong, and at that time, the large statue became the most appropriate vessel, its enormous size and made of a very sturdy choice of materials. It could endure all storms and typhoons withstand any attack that was directed at him, at least the statue was made to last tens to hundreds of years. And now, of course, with Xiao Hong’s power within it, the statue would become an unrivalled divine item.

A Er was seen standing at the back with her hands clenched in worry, she couldn’t stop crying knowing that Xiao Hong decided to leave Xi Yang and see the outside world. The girl tightly gripped the pendant of multi-coloured scales that had been hanging from her neck, trying to stop herself from crying again, however, she was happy to see that her brother was able to get out of Xi Yang and see the outside world, as he had always wanted. Long before what she did to him, after became a mystical bird and long before all the bad things happened to him.

She couldn’t give him back what was lost long ago, Xiao Hong’s destiny was so great, he belonged to the world, not just her’s and Xi Yang’s alone.

The previous night at the Li family residence.

Xiao Hong sat looking up at the black sky with little moonlight and so many stars above them. Sitting beside him was an Er or Third sister Hong who looked very beautiful that night.

Xiao Hong smiled, he took something out from under his clothes and handed it to A Er who widened her eyes big. Xiao Hong’s multi-coloured scales, which were no bigger than her pinky, were strung together by long chains made of gold. Very beautiful.

“Xiao Hong asked help from Young Master Li to make this necklace, it’s very beautiful isn’t it?”

A Er nodded, and she took the item from Xiao Hong’s hand.

Xiao Hong stare at a Er’s sweet face for a moment, he smiled, after a long time not seeing the face of his third sister who he missed so much, finally being able to see her smiling like this, they did not expect that one day the two would live their lives as human beings like what they dreamed of for hundreds of years cultivating.

However, being a human is not an entirely pleasant thing, having a mortal body makes them also have to live life as humans, who have desires, lust, urges and many other greedy things. One of which is Xiao Hong’s desire to see the outside world, he becomes greedy, it is not enough just to be human.

A Er smiled, she realized the meaning of Xiao Hong’s turmoil that suddenly put on a serious face at that time, her little brother had already grown up now, who was just living his days as a human, and he was still far from everything that a normal human should do. Especially with Xiao Hong’s strength, intelligence, humble nature and very easy belief in the goodness that belongs to all people, which, among the good, there must also be evil, envy, betrayal, all very terrible things. He didn’t know about all that, Xiao Hong was still far from civilization.

A Er grabbed Xiao Hong’s hands, and patted them lightly, looking at her brother’s confused eyes.

“Xiao Hong, spread your wings to the outside world, do whatever you want to do, but never let all the beautiful things slip from your head, stay as Xiao Hong who is always willing to help anyone selflessly, big sister believes, you will definitely find whatever you look, for, even though you don’t know what it is now.”

Xiao Hong turned his head.

“Sis, but, how can Xiao Hong do it? Getting out of this city means, Hong has to release all the energy from the bloodstone, that’s very impossible, right? Even if I could, it would mean that Xiao Hong would only be a burden and useless to everyone.”

“That’s not true, how could my little brother be useless?”

Xiao Hong took a deep breath.

“Heh, that’s right, according to Master Li, Xiao Hong might still have inner strength but not all Hong’s current strength, still, heh, this is so confusing, why should we have to make such a choice huh?”

A Er smiled. She raised his hand to hold Xiao Hong’s chest.

“Well, that’s is the hardest part of being human, we have to be able to make decisions on our own. But, Sister believes in His Majesty the King of Nature, he knows what he has to do, and he will also always look out for you out there, because of him, big sister can calmly let you go, go my brother, go and fly to a very far place, see all the natural beauties that you love so much.”

A Er was still standing in her position holding Xiao Hong’s scale pendant tightly, the scales would become a means of communication between the two if one day the two of them missed each other, so Xiao Hong would never be far from her.

Tears rolled down Er’s cheeks again, sad and happy tears, sad because her brother was going far away from her, happy because what the little bird dreamed of had finally come true.

Long ago at a very beautiful wide and green valley of Volcano mountains.

“Hahahaha Big Sister, Hong wants to fly high in any sky, Xiao Hong wants to fly really high anywhere, around the whole world!”

The cry of Xiao Hong’s little bird trying to fly low in the meadow under the foot of the lush volcano, where many other red birds also fly low with him, celebrates the beautiful sky and warm air in the valley of the foot of the mountain located in the depths of the spider forest.

That time, the world felt wonderful, carefree, the swarm of red birds hovering low on the tall grass with very stunning beautiful bodies, when all were still living happily without humans who hurt them the most.

“My Little Hong, will always have your home here, go home whenever you want to, sister will always be here waiting for you”

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