Path of Enlightenment(19)

Past...

"My nephew, please.... take go...od care of.... our Xu... Hui."

The uncle of the sect leader of the BaoXu sect coughed while speaking to his nephew. The young man nodded solemnly as he took the basket that held his baby cousin in one hand. The parents of the child were very sickly, according to the priest, their illness was as a result of the strong energy that was inside their daughter and it was only by being among other cultivators and walking the path of cultivation could the dark energy within her subside.

"Yes Uncle, I promise to look after cousin Xu Hui."

Both couples dressed in simple robes of blue, the strange illness had taken over their body giving them a somewhat skeletal appearance.

"Promise us that you would never tell her the truth of her birth."

The mother of the newborn begged her nephew in-law, her eyes were about to release the tears that were behind them.