Inside the tomb

Xiao Fan's attention had been on the hand of Cao Cao which was showing him direction, but now that he heard another voice, he looked behind him towards the sound and doing so, he saw another figure. The person that Cao Cao had dragged here was a male, but he wore the clothes of Bald Eagle Dynasty, Royal Family?

Noticing that his immediate thoughts were 'Kill!' However, just as he was drawing his sword out of the sheath, he remembered something. The person, indeed being of the Royal Family was something he might not be able to kill.

It was better to wait and see than to blindly charge at him.

¨Ease! I'm friendly¨ The Royal, who had come here and now seeing that Xiao Fan was going for his sword, commanded him to stop.

¨Sorry!¨ Xiao Fan apologised, he had been drawing a weapon on a member of the Royal Family, not the best idea ¨I was on the nerve, it all came from reflex¨ He then defended his actions.

¨Understandable. I shall not make a scene out of this¨ The man then got up as he was also sitting like Xiao Fan had been when first teleported into the tomb.

¨Is your Royal Highness alright¨ Xiao Fan then approached this man, his hand now off the sword.

¨I'm fine. But where are we?¨ When the man was up, he was clearly searching for the commanding position.

¨That is not of any importance. What your Royal Highness should do is secure this place¨ If there was a member of the Royal Family in front of him and he could latch onto him would Xiao Fan play the role of a lackey or an advisor. Who knows maybe this would be fun and profitable in the long term, and if nothing else he wanted to be on the winning side. For after the short talk with Cao Cao, he knew that this place was no trap, this place must be something of extreme value far beyond one-off trip in and out.

And the person he was talking to having been taught by the best scholars and teachers of the Empire got the idea this fellow was giving him, his opinion? Well, Xiao Fan could see how the Prince's eyes showed greed.

It seemed that he indeed liked the idea enough to laugh happily ¨Fantastic idea! Tell me, what is your name?¨ The man seemed to also like him.

¨Xiao Fan, you might have heard of me¨ He wanted to reveal his true name to this man, it would give him power, and lying was a no go.

¨Haven't you been missing for the past month? Do you have anything as proof?¨ The man was questioning of this identity, for his luck couldn't be this good, he thought.

¨Here, you can replace the bottles you broke during the landing¨ Was there anything better to show as proof than the thing everyone associated his name with.

¨They were selling these outside¨

This Xiao Fan hadn't seen coming ¨Hmm, I see. Then what can you take as proof?¨

¨Tell me who is the woman whose name all those profits go to?¨

¨Oh, you know of her? I think you shouldn't know the name Du Lan¨ In the papers there was almost no mentions of Xiao Fan, all the names concerning their profits were in her name.

¨The palace is a big place, and there are always papers lying all around it¨ Of course, he didn't tell, but him getting the name right should mean he was the real Xiao Fan.

¨Anyways, we should find the way which let us go in, and out of here¨ Xiao Fan ditched the plan to explore this place and instead chose to occupy the whole thing with this Prince.

¨I agreed, but before we got going let me introduce myself¨ The Prince knew that Xiao Fan wouldn't be asking for his name, as it would be improper for him to do so.

¨Please go ahead¨

¨The Second Prince Wang Geming¨ The man said unceremoniously.

Well, then again, to this, Xiao Fan only nodded, but the Prince took no offence.

¨We should continue towards that direction, for now ¨ After his introduction was over, Xiao Fan presented them to go towards the direction a god had given them.

¨I prefer we go towards that mountain¨ Wang Geming being a Prince, who wanted to forge his name here decided to take matters to his own hands.

¨The mountain? I see. It would be convenient to gather your troops there if nothing else. We shall do that¨ Having his idea be refused didn't go to his heart ¨But if we do that please don't say my real identity. It would be inconvenient, to say the least, for others might not be so free-minded as you Prince¨

¨I know. Footmen might not like the idea of having an enemy Noble on the same side¨ Wang Geming understood that Xiao Fan had his worries in this. And indeed he might see things more distant but what about his men? They might go and kill him before he gets to say not to do so, which would be a tragedy for his plan that was forming in his head, piece by piece.

To Wang Geming, it seemed his time had come.

¨Use the name Xiao Fan, for that is still my name in the Rising Fox Sect that I'm currently a part of¨ He advised, though by now, they were running towards that mountain.

¨Han Bai had been that close?¨

¨Yes he was close, but the greed of the Rising Fox Sect foiled his almost perfect plan¨

¨The sects still dare to go against the Royal Family?¨

¨No, it was a single Elder who captured me, the sect actually doesn't know of my existance¨

¨That makes more sense¨ Wang Geming, could see how one Elder might have the greed to do so. A sect wouldn't risk it.

¨Prince you are quite fast for your age¨ He then changed the topic to one that touched upon this Prince's high cultivation.

¨Body Shattering peak. Inventor you, on the other hand, are quite slow, even for your age¨ Wang Geming noted how slow Xiao Fan was.

¨Body Activation Realm Second Grade. I haven't been focussing on cultivation too much¨ Xiao Fan wanted to laugh this off.

¨No worries, work well, and I'll do some wonders to that. I promise¨ Maybe his new partner's cultivation level wasn't too high; however, he was a character that he wanted on his side, and he was sharp man, so cultivating him wasn't going to be too hard when he could call upon his mother's family.

¨I have my own money. The problem has been how to spend it¨ Xiao Fan noted that he had no need for his money.

¨Of course, of course. I'll think of something else, but for now, we shall work on your idea¨ Wang Geming in all his pondering hadn't remembered such as fact, but oh well, his head was too filled with plans upon plots that he was creating to triumph here.

¨Yes, yes¨ Xiao Fan agreed, and like he had a choice here since from now on his survival inside this world and the outer world very much so relied on how this Prince viewed him. Be a good advisor and succeed? Would he certainly be rewarded. Be a bad lackey? Would he certainly meet a jail cell.

Soon after they were at the foot of the mountain that the Prince wanted to climb.

¨No one else seems to be here yet, strange¨ The Prince noted.

¨No, not strange. Who knows how large this...should we call world is? What if ten thousand people inside here aren't enough to fill it? You know the rest already¨

¨A world I like the name of that. And yes, this place might change everything¨ He completely agreed with the vision Xiao Fan was going with here.

¨If this place is massive let say a county in scale, we could be talking about an impregnatable fortress; however, that fortress would never suffer from attrition and the person holding it could...¨

¨Keep any war going as long as one wanted, or completely ignore the war and stay here¨ Xiao Fan finished the sentence for him.

¨Yes¨ The Prince then took a look at Xiao Fan 'He has the galls to cut me off? Good, at least he has the guts to do it' He had been a little shocked, but didn't mind a person who could see past his rank.

Though Xiao Fan had done so for completely different reasons; one of them being that he was just as excited to turn this place into something wonderfully convenient for him.

¨Nevertheless, we shall climb up there, to see the situation of this place more clearly. Also, the Four Ancient Ones must have left something here for us!¨ They then continued their journey.

¨Why does the Bald Eagle Dynasty think that this is somehow connected to the Four Ancient Ones?¨ This had been bugging Xiao Fan for the whole trip here.

¨The wording on the walls outside this place told their names and their story, so them having a connection here is a must¨

¨I see, but if so why didn't they tell of this place, why didn't they tell of this place to your family at least? And another thing is how could they have used this place? This isn't exactly the stuff that the Qi Realm can do¨ If someone would have the answers to these, it should be Wang Geming, a member of the family that was saved by the Four Ancient Ones.

¨If you want me to give you the information my family keeps secret of them, I can't, and there is nothing of this or their powers being limited to the Qi Realm. Have you ever read the story?¨

¨No I have never read it¨ He spoke truthfully.

¨No wonder, as they don't talk of the Qi Realm, they only state that they were all-powerful, and so I dare to say that this could still be their work¨

¨I see. I dare say then that this will be very interesting; however, we shouldn't speculate too much, for doing so might slow us down¨ Xiao Fan wanted to note that hoping and dreaming wasn't the best idea.

¨Right...right¨ Wang Geming spoke as he felt most of his plans crumble under that sentence. His plans hadn't been very waterproofed; instead, they were all hoping for the best and scenarios happen right in front of him, just what Xiao Fan had advised against doing.

¨Fortune favours the strong, not the dreamer¨ Xiao Fan stated when he saw that Wang Geming might have gone a little too far in his plans.

¨Focus on the current moment, don't expect anything to go your way¨ Wang Geming then recited something he had heard his teacher say to him.

¨Agreed!¨ Xiao Fan spoke as they were nearing the mountain top.

Meanwhile, as Xiao Fan and his new friend were going there, Zhuan An had also found herself in this weird world, all alone like everyone else except Xiao Fan and Wang Geming. And unlike Xiao Fan who could have done this alone, Zhuan An wasn't really feeling it.

Fei Sun, noting that no one was behind her anymore was shocked for a moment, but after the initial shock had passed, she faired much better and began to wander around this place with no real objective.

However, they weren't the only people who were inside this world Xiao Fan knew, for in here were also people he dearly missed, and who those might be? Of course, they were Du Lan and Qian Ki, two women of his, who after hearing this place open so close to the Liang Dynasty border had decided with a few others to infiltrate the tomb.

Du Lan being thrown in here wasn't faced at all, she had had her fair share of things out fo her control happening so, she simply began to seek profit.

Then there was Qian Ki...well, she finding herself in some mystical place wasn't too affected, not after realising that killing might go unnoticed...