A STORY TO BE TOLD IN A LAND WITH A STORY.

***Continent 'Eclipse of the Oceans'..

***In one of the seven great arms of the Imperial court..

***Near the distal coasts of the Coastal Clan's territory(South-East Region)..

***In a relatively average province named the Golden Anjing's province..

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The Golden Anjing's province can be said to be placed generously at average amongst the other tens of thousands of provinces present within the Coastal territories.

Its lands aren't famous for any massive feats neither are its Inhabitant's popularity grand though the very name 'Golden Anjing' can be said to have traveled thousands of miles further than the province's actual strengths and standings.

People and cultivators would mention the name 'Golden Anjing' when drunk or when in gist as the mere thought of the story behind the title of the Province is enough to put a smile on most cultivator or mortal faces.

Anybody with even the most basic knowledge on cultivational tongues would be able to translate instantly that Golden Anjing means 'Golden Dog' and a golden dog is well,.. still a dog.

No matter how lowly or average the province is, being named after dogs with a specific fur colour would still be upsetting to the province's inhabitants yet,.. the province's inhabitants have all come to peace with their place in the name segment.

Taking a quick stroll down history: three thousand years back the province's territory was yet to be marked-out and a name was yet to be given to the lands.

Of course the province was already under the territory of the massive flags of the Coastal Clan but they were just not yet recognized as a sector worthy of an individual name but this changed quickly due to the birth of a cultivation genius!.

Hugo D'brown. A genius who was lucky enough to be recognized by one of the distant princes of the Coastal Clan. Under the influence of the Coastal prince, Hugo served and got more recognition than most of similar origin are worthy of.

With his new influence and power, Hugo has been able to sketch-out his birth-grounds territory and he even got the honor of awarding the new province a name.

The Inhabitant's of the place were excited at this recognition as well as the developments that would come with it. Hugo became their hero and the people waited to be awarded a name by him.

Thinking far and back about his journey, Hugo directly named the province 'Golden Dog'...

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People were shocked by the ridiculous name Hugo had decided to give to his birthplace but what could they do?.

Hugo's soon explained his thought of reasoning behind the given name. He said that he hoped that more golden, talented yet loyal members of the new province would serve proudly under the umbrella of the Coastal Clan's flag.

At that time, although disturbing it made a bit of sense to people cause well.. Hugo was their hero and heroes are always right from the perspective of the mundane.

The name(Golden Dog) was proudly registered and people celebrated the naming process but the celebrations are soon soured because the very next day after the celebrations,.. the Coastal Clan's prince that Hugo had been serving under gets eaten alive by a Rank 6 Golden dog!.

..?..?

The world went silent for a moment and people's eyes dramatically twitched from the awkward coincidence but they could only wacth on.

A couple days passed by in confusion and although the coincidence of the Coastal prince's death is comical, there's no logical way to associate it with Hugo's naming of a province. Because of this, the situation soon comes to an awkward conclusion. People saw it as an haliarious or painful coincidence depending on perspectives.

After a bit of commotion, Hugo began to serve under the order of the main wife of the dead prince and he was set to be re-knighted though another comical joke played in reality once more.

The very next day after Hugo's re-knighting to his late master's wife, his new master gets poisoned to death while eating the flesh of a furred Golden Dog!.

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WHAT?!.

The world became silent once more and confusion gets to its peak especially for Hugo. As for the citizens of the province, the name they have once celebrated instantly becomes an ugly stamp.

Laughter's of outsiders flew in the faces of the Inhabitants of the province. As for the powerhouses up, they cast confused gazes at the situation.

Nobody wants to take Hugo under their wings anymore but Hugo cannot bear to leave his people with the stain of the name he had unknowingly given them. His people deserved better so he had to complete what he had started.

It took Hugo a while but soon he finalized a plan in mind. Acting on his plan, Hugo first step was bold and attention grabbing as he becomes a lone emissary for the Coastal Clan.

It is a written rule in continent Eclipse of the Oceans that unless you are of Imperial relations, you cannot name the same territory twice. Despite this unbreakable barrier, Hugo had a fool proof plan in mind.

As an emissary of the Coastal clan, if he is able to earn enough points in his lifetime then he can demand for a member of the Coastal Clan's royalty to give a new name to the lands of his people!. It was a glorious plan in hindsight but the Hugo knows that the process would break any lone Rank 5 cultivator like him.

Being a 'Loyal Dog' to his people, Hugo wasn't scared of the task he had set for himself as he began working mission to mission for sixteen long decades!.

Hugo earned battle and mental scars after scars in order to earn points and then, one final mission finally broke him.

Hugo was truly beat from his last mission and his body no longer responded to the alchemical treatments.

He became crippled, half paralyzed and age has taken a destructive toll on him due to his injuries.

It was a difficult and long journey indeed but on his deathbed, Hugo had finally gained enough points to demand for his province to be renamed by a member of the Coastal Household!.

He wrote the letter then tendered a plea while waiting for the new name with a serene smile on his face as he rested on his death-bed.

Hearing of the news that they were about to be given a new name with a glorious story, Hugo became a hero once again in the hearts of his people. They celebrated him like a king by throwing him a large party that lasted three days.

During the final day of the party, the messengers of the Coastal Clan arrived powerfuly with a scroll in their hand in order to gift the territory a new name.

As expected, people were excited and the dying Hugo wore a gentle smile while feeling lucky that he can hold on to life long enough to see the results of his blood and sweats.

Open the scroll, the mighty Coastal clan's messengers read with a voice that covers the entire province and more.

 -"As per the orders and grand insights of the Coastal Clan's fifty-eighth generation, one hundred and fifth Coastal Blood prince..", The messangers anounces.

It is recorded that as soon as Hugo heard the title of the royalty who is to rename the province, he got out of his seat with shaky legs and a deep frown. Though Hugo's reaction did not quench the people's excitement nor did it alter the neutral booming voice of the Coastal Clan's messengers. 

"..From this day forth, no longer would this province bear the title 'Golden Dog province' but rather it would be henceforth known as 'Golden Anjing's province'.".

Silence of confusion reigned for a moment at the new name followed by a thick bloody cough. Hugo's broken body shook like that of a jelly fish as he spat out a mouthful of blood from pure anger and shock. His eyes rolled back and his body lost hold of his soul from that moment.

Turns out that the royalty of the Coastal Clan who had renamed the province is the most beloved son of the prince and true wife that Hugo had served!.

One of the royalty's beloved parents had died from eating a golden dog and the other died from being eaten by a golden dog!. As a result of this,.. the princely mastermind had decided to change the name of the province from 'Golden Dog' to 'Golden Anjing' which still spells dog though in a much more upsetting manner.

The world had not had such a funny real-life story in ages and all finger were pointed in mockery of the province which became a place of legends through the generations though for utterly twisted reasons.

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"Hahaha, hahahahaha!.", A half-drunk man and his half-drunk buddy laughs wildly and choked repeatedly over their drinks as one of them has just finished narating the comical historical story to the other who is in tears from laughter.

Both of the alcohol blushing and laughing half-drunk men are sitting on bar stools around a serving counter. Looking at the drunk duo, the bartender standing on the inner side of the bar-table is visibly pissed at the drunks behaviors.

"You do know that it's rude to mock the province so openly when you are within it's territory.. right?", The bartender asks with a small frown but the drunk duo barely pays attention to the bartender's harsh tone with one of them taking harsh gulps out of his bear cup to sooth his laughter.

"Come on man*Gulp¡*.. I'm just taking a buddy down the old memory lane of this wonderful province.", One of the half drunk duo who has been narating the story teasingly replies before taking another swing at his cup of alcohol.

The bartender who is obviously a native in Golden Anjing's province is about to reply the drunks with swear words but his trail of thoughts are immediately cut off by a cold wind followed by an even masculine yet noble accent.

"Where are your finest wines?.", The voice calmly asks as a tall and handsome man in simple yet unique asain styled purple robes slowly walks into bar.

With slow step, thus new entry moves to the bar counter while carrying with him a playful yet dangerous air that immediately makes all present in the tavern shift uncomfortable.

Those who are tipsy becomes sober as they immediately take their eyes away from the direction of the new arrival as soon as they get a glimpse of his aura.

He is a powerful cultivator and they can very much realize this from the man's passive aura. Realizing this, nobody in the tavern - cultivator or not - dared breath too loudly as nobody is willing to bet their lives on weather or not the newly entering powerhouse likes the sound of their breaths!.

"..*Swallow!*, Ho-how can I serve you young master?.", The bartender says shakily as he feels his heart drumming loudly within his chest.

His momentary flare of anger has settled into fear and something deeper as he struggles to keep his eyes down while feeling the aura of the new-comer cultivator directed on him.

Just across the bar table, the soft looking cultivator tilts his head at the bartender's question while looking more deeply into the bartender's eyes who swallows heavily with sweat oozing out of his pores.

Five second passes by in tense silence and all of a sudden, the bartender's eyes widens in fear as he talks in a voice that comes out a little too loud.

"..Our finest wines are Tidal syrup, Mangrove berry rum and Bizelet liver cold sigani.".

After the bartender's words, the already silent tarvern seemed to add a deeper layer of silence with a few drunks swallowing as they realized the bar-man's mistake.

Still dripping in cold sweat, the bartender trembles while cursing his own stupidity. Cultivators especially those of the sword's pathways are not known to find any pleasure in repeating themselves!.

Sword's-men are women are especially known to prefer wasting lives than words!.

Thinking of this, the peak level Rank One bartender swallows a little while praying silently to every of the deities he knows or have heard about but his mind is in to much shambles to even make prayer.

With his mind and body in jellytine state, the bartender soon gets relieve from the cultivators next words.

"I will have them all. A big barrel of each.". The tall cultivator says with a small handsome smile that does nothing but chill the bartender's racing heart.

"Be in a hurry, my older brother does not like to be kept waiting.", The cultivator adds with a polite tone while the bartender bows quickly before swiftly exiting to the back of the bar.

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