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"Have you heard of the legend?" A granny starts with her grandchild in her lap



Once upon a time in a land enveloped by snow,a land unvisited by the sun where even a fraction of fire could not exist

There lived a tyrant



A ghost king,who emerged victorious from fighting over thousands and thousands of ghosts in one go


And on the day the divine heaven regarded as the one day the sun shines the brightest,what should've been bright and warm,became dark and cold,for it is also that day that the tyrant emerged victorious claiming the title Ghost king,the 5th of the heavenly calamity,the heaven shook for 6 incense time that day




"What does the ghost king look like granny?"the grandchild ask innocence burning in his eyes as it sparkled,so his grandmother says




They say he is like ice,skin so pale he looked like a dead body pulled from the depth of ocean,hair frosty white that almost came down to hide his eyes,and his eyes......one look at his eyes and you accept you fate,for his eyes screamed death,a sorrowful mourn of the dead,as if his eyes contains death itself

Oh!and people says he has holes on his face too

"Really granny? that's not true right?"


"Who knows?but it's time for you to go to bed now,or else he will come"His granny tickles his toes, giggle bursting out

"B-but granny, you've never told me his name"


No one knows his name actually,but since his story came and reached the farthest of land,he was known to be called "Graceful white death",for the chilling breeze and the freezing cold announced his presence,

And it is said even the sun would freeze in fear of him

Where Spider Lilies Bloom

"But he doesn't seem that way,he even helped me"Lihui finds it hard to believe as Zemin was the one who saved him,being an accomplice of an evil ghost is not quite believable

But Chanjuan stood up "it's been a month" he announced

"And what about it?"Bojing stood too,silent urgency and panick filling the air

"It's not winter but this place have been cold like this since before you got here right?" The question was meant for Lihui

He can't deny that its not weird that this place have been cold even since he got here,it's been a month and the cold never left,in fact it became even colder today

"This is the doing of him,he was the one who raided this place,and the ghost king always returned after a month to check if the place is still the same after he left it"

Chanjuan doesn't leave any time for another questions as he pulled Lihui up telling him to gather all his belongings

And they left quickly,through the relentless snow

When they reached just the outskirt of the village they saw 2 people lying on the ground,blood already freezing,a deadly glimmer

The voice they heard sends a chill throughout their body standing besides the body was a man dressed in white,the snow seems to dance around him

It was beautiful,but not the kind that you would want to stare at for long,but the kind that was screaming danger and something they should run from

"It's Yuanhe and Meixiu" Lihui stares at Bojing,who was looking at their poor friends body lying in the cold

And not even a second pass as the man in white disappeared only to appear before Lihui "you" he says

Just his spiritual pressure his enough to render Lihui frozen

Lihui stares silently into the black orb of the man standing infront of him,the man raising his hand slowly "i...i cant belie-" the man speaks

But before he could finish Bojing came at him with his sword,successfully getting him away from Lihui

"Lihui run!"Bojing screamed aiming his sword against the man,but all of a sudden Chanjuan appeared behind him and stuck, Bojing fell unconscious

"It's pointless now,I'm sorry Lihui I can't keep you all to myself alone anymore" Chanjuan seems hurt, Lihui doesn't know why

And with 3 of his friends falling against these ghosts only he stood now

The man walked toward him,slow in his steps

Lihui shake uncontrollably,powerless to do anything

He noticed that all the snow that was falling now disappeared and now the entire surrounding is enveloped with warmth from the sunlight

The moisture made all things sparkle,it was like spring had come suddenly but surely

"I remember you hate the cold Lihui" the man speaks yet again,he knows Lihui

Lihui's cheeks reddens as the man stood just infront of him his hand stroking his cheeks

"my light in the chaos of darkness,my agony and my regret, everything i hate,i hate for you" beholden by arms that are warm, Lihui heard him say,the man lets a tear drop from his eyes

his eyes that were full of darkness before now changed to match that of sunlight,a glimmering shine of hope

"my soul yearns for you,i have wondered these wretched lands with nothing but the thought of you keeping me sane,please forgive me as i have failed to find you for so many year but i pray you now allow me to serve my only purpose of loving you until this world disappears " The man rubs Lihui's tinted cheeks

Lihui felt his heart skip a beat,he is confused

Agony and hate of the king