Iambread

"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

Lihui doesn't know whether he should laugh or cry,on the other hand he finds his situation humorous and on the other,his life couldn't be worse

He doesn't know who he offended but now he's sitting in a cramped tent with 3 gods and another 3 ghosts,funny!

"So he really doesn't remember anything?" Yichen inquired, Chanjuan anwsered with a simple nod

"Forgive me but why should we believe anything you say?" Bojing stares at Yichen,not yet trusting anything about him

Yuanhe and Meixiu nodge his side,fearing he might anger the ghost king

"You have no reason to believe me....but.." Yichen starts,turning his gaze toward Lihui " please do not ever question my love for him"

Lihui felt like he's being thrown into an active volcano,his face redder than chilli

"I know of a way to get his memories back" Zemin quipped quickly rummaging through a bag,a moment later taking out a map

They all look at Zemin and his map

"Here we are at Xiaoxiang" he says pointing at a place

'Well he finally told me after that 'someplace no one will ever bla bla ' trash' Lihui thought to himself

Then Zemin point to a great distance away to a place "Here is Linxiang, a village in the east"

"And what does this village have anything to do with this?" Bojing asks

"Not the village" Chanjuan whispered

"Yes,it's not the village but a person,a ghost to be exact"Zemin told

"No" Yichen is firm in his word,leaving no space to argue

"But Yichen this might be the only way"Zemin reasons

"I said no,this ghost is way too dangerous "

"What ghost?" Lihui asks,they have been talking about a ghost and Lihui remains clueless about anything

"You don't know?" Zemin questions,a little shocked to hear Lihui doesn't know who they were talking about, Lihui nods waiting for them to tell him

"Have you heard of the story,Prison of a thousand fireflies?"

"I have but it's been so long" Lihui admit,he did know the name he just doesn't know who told him that

"Once there was a healer,who resided in a village full of sickness and death,he felt sorry to see all that so he made a deal with a greater ghost.....

"Grant me power of life,power to heal this land,and in return i offer my soul" the healer says

He was granted his wish,he healed every living being in that village,he was branded a hero,a god of the village,and he was respected as such but like every ghost,the one who granted him his wish was evil,and his evil plan took action not long after he healed them all,the souls of all the living being that was touched by the healer were turned into fireflies,and their body,into a mindless monster made to kill,in agony and with miserable heart,the healer had to kill every single one of them,and he take the fireflies,while the greater ghost laughed at him from a distance mocking him "I thought you were a healer why are you killing them?"

"I-" Lihui doesn't know what to say,he is rendered speechless,how could such a thing happen?

"The healer was never the same again,he took Linxiang as his territory and never shown himself ever again"

"Shouldn't he be hating ghost then?he wouldn't hate us gods right?" Meixiu asks

"Not really....he hates everything,even herbs too,the only thing he doesn't hate is the fireflies which were all around the village,that's why the village was known as firefly graveyards" Zemin answers

Lihui fell silent hearing that Story, Yichen stares at him and after a moment getting up "well,let's go" he says

Lihui quickly looked at him,throwing him a questioning look "come on,i know from the way you were silent that you have already made up your mind"

Yichen holds out a hand, Lihui took it

"Do whatever you want,i have no intention to stop you,however,do not think you will be alone" he smiled,hoisting Lihui up

"Thank you" Lihui returned the smile

Fireflies