The Phosphorescent Flower Sect In The Faction's Bag
Pshift~ pshing!! "!" Heian Ciemnosc went through the red portal without hesitation, but when he crossed to the other side and returned to the world, he saw not just many purple-clothed. The Sect Master was also there! Heian Ciemnosc held the wooden coffin with the lid on it, but the Sect Master stared at it with trembling eyes. The Yuns were beside her, already helped with a few pills.
Pshift, pshift… Heian Ciemnosc heard the portal start functioning and stepped forward, not wanting to stay in the middle as the others crossed it to protect the coffin. Heian Ciemnosc was watched by the Sect Master and the others as he carefully held and extended the wooden coffin.
“We… should move inside first,” the Sect Master was emotional. But as reasonable as it seemed, it was spectacularly rare instead. Heian Ciemnosc nodded, and as Yun Nitu saw everything settled well enough, she closed her eyes and leaned on her master’s body. Sect Master Slan held Yun Nitu’s face, cupping it while focused on the wooden coffin.
… A couple minutes later, while everyone else was sent to the Carrier’s recreative zones to recuperate and relax, although it would cost them a little because some believed they could still be cursed. Heian Ciemnosc was brought to the Carrier’s central command again. His Team followed, but other than them, the Yuns joined them in the cabin while the piloting experts closed any gate and communication.
“... Why is it still closed?” The Sect Master asked as the Golden Terra Sect’s envoy, above the representative, sent to participate in this mission, joined the others, and watched from the side. Heian Ciemnosc looked up at the Sect Master and calmly elaborated.
“When I put the lid on, I felt nothing. But when returning through the portal, I felt the lid hardening and pushing to tightly shut against the coffin. There might be a reason why it behaves like this,” Heian Ciemnosc said. The Sect Master slightly nodded and contemplated before softly deciding, “It’s okay. I will be here to attest to anything. Open the lid, young black monster.”
Once he received the Sect Master’s word, Heian Ciemnosc nodded and lightly set the wooden coffin on the floor. Heian Ciemnosc moved his left hand to pull its lid open, carefully grabbing it but using most of his bodily strength to do it. His fingers bent and exerted strength as it proved difficult to move. Heian Ciemnosc didn’t give up, of course. He continued until a bout of fresh air extended outwards from within.
“...!” The Sect Master’s eyes widened when just this bit was opened. As Heian Ciemnosc continued to open the lid, her eyes trembled as the young maiden within became visible to everyone. Nobody dared use their Spirit Sense or Soul to scan her corpse, as even using their eyes felt too insulting, but they couldn’t help themselves.
“If… this is really an ancestor of our Sects… and a Lord at that… one of the last Lords… This is…” The Sect Master could barely mutter as she lightly lowered her hand, too fearful to push too forcefully onto the spotless, pale skin of the young maiden’s peaceful face. Teardrops fell from her lacrimals as they landed on the air above the young maiden’s skin, protected by her own will.
The Sect Master looked up and looked at Heian Ciemnosc with crystal-clear eyes. “I’d need to check with the Grand Ancestor and Elder to confirm this… But the way my Genoa’s Descent Supreme Art reacts to her… She’s undoubtedly one of our ancestors. Thank you, Heian Ciemnosc. Any wish you have… can be accepted.”
Those words were dangerous, but only a fool who has accomplished this much after so many risks would let it waste on something carnal or selfish. Heian Ciemnosc nodded gracefully and opened his mouth to quietly speak. “I have a couple persons whom I’d like to be taught the Genoa’s Descent and the Bellink Supreme Art. And… I’d like for a comrade of mine to have Soul supplements so he can recuperate sooner. He-”
“Interchanging Dust Dynasty, right? I know of it. We can arrange all of that… but… who is it that you wish us to teach our Supreme Arts to?” Sect Master Slan nodded, agreeing to his terms, but curiously asked as all the tears she spilled fell on thin air.
“...” Heian Ciemnosc felt a bit awkward speaking about it in public. Thus, after probing with his Spirit Sense, he established a Soul communication, which the Sect Master strengthened with her capabilities and finally told her. “One of my wives will show improved cultivation if she learns them. The other is… my family’s first… daughter?”
“...” Sect Master Slan looked at Heian Ciemnosc without blinking. She sent her following words through the Soul communication, gladdening Heian Ciemnosc. “I’ll arrange for someone to inform the Golden Terra Sect. As for my Genoa’s Descent Supreme Art, I will send Yun Nitu with you to help you do that… Congratulations on your family, young black monster.”
“Thanks…” Heian Ciemnosc awkwardly said. It felt weird to refer to his wives and 1 child as his family, but maybe it was because it was the first time he did so. He lowered his darkest eyes and looked at the young maiden as he fell pensive… He had so many things to think about.
Meanwhile, murmurs echoed throughout the room as the Sect Master was engrossed in the young maiden’s flesh, close-up picture. “Look at that staff! How many records were there of the Armaments which existed?” - “I don’t know, but don’t stare too hard! That thing might break if anyone touches it!” - “Yeah, just looking at it, one can tell it’s an Armament. Only those scary things wouldn’t break apart with the motion when it was brought here.”
“Bring her to rest, and the rest… Give them VIP service,” Sect Master Slan said after recomposing herself a little. A nearby piloting expert nodded before the gates opened, and they sent a message through the Carrier’s communications. The Sect Master looked and nodded at Heian Ciemnosc before closing the lid. Heian Ciemnosc nodded and looked at this Team before following a Core Disciple who had just walked to the main entrance.
… Zzzz… booom… ka- cha…
However, when Heian Ciemnosc and his Team walked towards a VIP zone full of luscious activities and whatnot, they passed by a corridor with a view to the universe. Heian Ciemnosc stopped. Walking ahead of his Team and behind the Core Disciple, he halted their group as he stared through the window, where he could see a ginormous thunderstorm echoing from far away in space.
It was too far to listen to the loud noises in their full splendor, but it was still so enormous that it took ⅗ of the upper section of the window, covering it with thunder echoing as thousands of endless lightning bolts struck randomly.
“Sara… is this… nature reacting?” Heian Ciemnosc thought in his inner being. Sara, looking through his darkest eyes under the blankets with the bedsheet on her knees covering the rest of her body and her eyes darting left and right with interest, responded. “Yes, but I don’t… know what it means…”
“I can see something, but I’m not sure if I’m right.’ Heian Ciemnosc kept looking at the images in the universe. They were breathtaking but controlled, as if not intending to actively destroy something unless an idiot flew straight into it. The Eternal Return Team watched at this and became more engrossed the more they watched. The Core Disciple waited for them while sneaking glimpses through the window.
“It’s as if… it’s saluting. It’s… due to that Lord. Isn’t it? It’s because a Lord has somehow returned to the world… but is dead.” Heian Ciemnosc’s words echoed through the endless, pure darkness. His inner being. Sara’s eyebrows creased together as she lightly emitted a cute sound, “Woov…”
“Let’s go,” Heian Ciemnosc said, turning around and nodding at the Core Disciple to continue. The Eternal Return Team followed suit while giving the beautiful thunderstorm one last look as their feet dragged their bodies away from the window. Heian Ciemnosc had a final thought as he walked everyone else to their VIP residence, “Grieving.”
Right after thinking it so, for whatever strange reason, Heian Ciemnosc imagined and then wondered if a Ghot of Grieving, of Grief, or Regret existed. If it did, he wanted to meet them… and talk with them.
. . .
Still in the Phosphorescent Flower Sect’s Carrier, Heian Ciemnosc rested in his individual bedroom as the rest of his Team did the same. Just as he was cultivating atop his bed, which was half a cultivation bedroom, Heian Ciemnosc opened his darkest eyes and looked at the entrance door as it slid open, and the Yuns appeared on the doorstep.
2 hours passed since they exited the Semi-Space. The other cultivators would be brought to a Space Station where they could be picked by their organizations. Heian Ciemnosc would return with his Fighter group, but he’d have to bring Yun Nitu and then return her.
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“Ah! Wear something, Heian Ciemnosc!” Yun Nitu said after jolting her neck backwards, tilting it to the side, and then craning it forwards to scan Heian Ciemnosc’s pale torso. Finally, she covered her face with her hands, but not her fingers, and spoke those words to him.
‘This is my bedroom…’ Heian Ciemnosc innocently thought before a flash of dark energy went past his torso, and his dark coat appeared. He stood up and greeted both Yuns before walking towards a nearby small table where 4 could sit.
The Yuns followed him, and Yun Nitu sat with some difficulty as the pain was visible on her face. Heian Ciemnosc waited until she felt comfortable to start. He spoke in a calm voice. “Your master said you’d come with me to the Faction. Tell me when you’re ready. I wouldn’t like to bring an unconscious young woman with me when I return.”
“Mn, it’d destroy your ‘holy’ reputation,” Yun Nitu said, grinning her canines out. Yun Tang nodded at Heian Ciemnosc, understanding between bros. Meanwhile, Heian Ciemnosc felt helpless. Maybe he should betray their trust and punish Ruo Wei with some carnal involvement. But he he shook those thoughts. She was his Team member, and Beto was one of the few people who pushed him to look good in other comrades when he first entered the Faction’s military.
“No worries, I can depart now. Let’s do it in an hour. I’d like to see your daughter, too. Hehe,” Yun Nitu teased, resting her chin on her left palm, but Heian Ciemnosc smiled and said, trying to break her smartass behavior. “She wasn’t born from me or my wives. But from a Sunflour. I’m still fertile…”
“Ah… it doesn’t matter! Even better. Mn! You’ve chosen well. The Genoa’s Descent Supreme Art is top-notch for any evolved flora that attained a different nature. How old is she?” Yun Nitu shook her head, excitedly chatting with him as she calmly asked. Seeing her behavior, Heian Ciemnosc felt calm about his choice and the Sect Master’s decision to send Yun Nitu. Yun Nitu was like an aspiring Assistant Teacher in the Wrath Nihility Academy. Knowledgeable, wanting to spread that knowledge, and patient to teach.
“From a seed? A couple hundred years. But her mentality and intelligence are those of a… a few weeks old. Not enough months, I guess.” Heian Ciemnosc said. Yun Nitu nodded, and her eyes shone. “Ah! So she’s tiny, right? She might not even have the size of an actual baby, smaller than a Dwarf’s! Wooooh! How I wish to hold her already! Come on! Let’s go! No time to waste! Let’s depart now!”
Yun Nitu said, standing up and nearly falling unconscious again. Yun Tang caught her and helped her up before she turned around and said without a chance to refute her. “What are you waiting for? Come on!”
. . .
Who was Heian Ciemnosc to say no to a weakened, lithe young woman who wanted to teach the little Sunflour Hong Mei aided to attain a different nature without him knowing? The Anastasia his kitty named, and the first child in his family? It was a slightly big family, but it would only grow in the future if things went well. Heian Ciemnosc might as well learn the basics from the get-go from different points of view.
Heian Ciemnosc led the Crimsonbreaking Faction’s forces sent to this covert operation into space. The Yuns boarded his Fighter, and they moved everywhere as the long trip started. The Ornament was remodeled from its interiors after Ishikyy blew it away somewhere. On the other hand, years after joining the Crimsonbreaking Faction, after knowing more of the world and space battles’ requirements, it was further remodeled to fit his criteria.
The Fighter group calmly flew for more than 20 hours before finally coming close to the Space Station. When Heian Ciemnosc requested communications with the port’s tower control where his incomplete Fleet was to dock, and they responded after 2 minutes.
“Young black monster, welcome. Permission to dock, granted. You are expected down there already by some,” a voice spoke on Heian Ciemnosc’s channel. The Yuns curiously looked at Heian Ciemnosc, and he could only shrug before saying, “I don’t know who is ‘they’... but we’ll know in a bit.”
“Hmm,” Yun Nitu narrowed her eyes, curious to see the Crimsonbreaking Faction’s Space Station. After all, they would become allies now. Although they were in the middle of having those conversations, Yun Nitu could put a few good words during her stay during this period.
Heian Ciemnosc proceeded to lead the Fighter group to the docks. His Eternal Return Team flew to their respective port, while the other Teams separated before crossing the stealth barrier, bidding farewell to their leader, and flew to theirs.
Heian Ciemnosc sent a few details of the extra personnel he carried before entering through the stealth barriers. When his Ornament seemingly crashed onto something, the Yuns reacted with surprise. However, knowing what to expect, they looked on with expectation instead of fear of dying by crashing into an unknown protective barrier, and their eyes started trembling when a new light shone onto them.
“Woaah…”
Veeeeeeem… Heian Ciemnosc said nothing as he flew his Team to the port. Slowly, descending onto the berths they were allocated, Heian Ciemnosc landed the Ornament with his Team’s Fighter and opened the window. New, fresh air entered, amazing the Yuns as they stood up. Yun Nitu needed Yun Tang’s help, but after being helped down, she didn’t need him anymore.
“Mr Yun Tang and Miss Yun Nitu, it’s a pleasure to receive you. Over here, please.” A Soldier walked up to them. He was in the Life-Long realm, and his cultivation base surprised them. The Crimsonbreaking Faction had Soldiers of this caliber?! One would think most Officers would be of this cultivation base, but the Faction once again proved different and better than they thought.
Heian Ciemnosc walked before them and foremost as the Soldier and the Yuns followed behind them. The Eternal Return Team grouped around Heian Ciemnosc, following him like bodyguards, but that’s because they were used to doing this every time they docked.
The Yuns watched as other parts of the port showed more people walking around, and when they looked at the front, thousands of people were waiting for them! Heian Ciemnosc could discern them as the personnel from his Team’s Frigate, while the rest were auxiliary units making more numbers in between.
All in all, this was a welcome party worthy of a leading figure in the Crimsonbreaking Faction. The Yuns were amazed, as these things also happened in their Sect, but only whenever an operation was successful, not whenever their leading figure returned from a mission whose result they still didn’t know!
“Team Leader! Congratulations!!” - “Hell yeah! Let’s show the others what we got!” - “I love you, young black monsteeeer!” - “...”
The Frigate’s personnel were active. Their energy spread throughout the port, creating a lively atmosphere as hundreds of onlookers crossed arms and looked at the once-an-outcast Heian Ciemnosc walk back into the Space Station with his chin up.
Heian Ciemnosc and the Eternal Return Team didn’t do much. They silently affirmed the covert operation’s success with a few nods and short replies but nothing else. Yun Nitu was ogled like a precious treasure, but with the tower beside her, nobody dared to flirt with her. They quickly passed through the crowd and together returned to the headquarters.
Several vessels were prepared to transport everyone, and as the Yuns boarded one with the Eternal Return Team, they were astonished at the Crimsonbreaking Faction’s Space Station’s logistics. There wasn’t much to see from an outer layer-ish point of view, but with any perception, one could tell there was a lot of work throughout the Space Station’s Cities and streets.
Citizens and civilians chatted, traded, and even were intimate in the open, in public. Several civilians and citizens were walking or sitting wherever they looked, simply spending life however they could. These sceneries were an eye-opener right away. Yun Nitu asked many things to the Team, while Yun Tang grunted and nodded as he looked around. He was excited as much as Yun Nitu.
When arriving on the streets near the headquarters Heian Ciemnosc belongs to, in the landing zones, Yun Nitu asked Heian Ciemnosc when she would see the little baby. Heian Ciemnosc crushed her dreams by telling her tomorrow, as they had to first receive the notice of being requested by the Chairwoman or her direct subordinates.
When arriving at the headquarters, the Flotilla commander in charge of Heian Ciemnosc had reserved a small residence for the Yuns. They bid farewell, and Heian Ciemnosc walked to the Team’s base with his Team members. Once inside, he spent a few moments with his Team in the living room and after preparing them dinner before walking into his bedroom, preparing to enter cultivation until tomorrow.
Heian Ciemnosc suddenly felt excited and couldn’t stop thinking about cultivating! He ought to breakthrough. He wanted to continue cultivating and break into the Dark realm quickly! Heian Ciemnosc sat on his mini-cultivation spot at the side and began cultivation. Milyy wasn’t here and should be with Hong Mei to either study or help take care of their Anastasia.
… The next day, Heian Ciemnosc received a summoning call from his medallion. He opened his darkest eyes and walked outside the Team a few minutes later, once again preparing some food and leaving half inside the base before exiting it. Once outside, he saw the Yuns waiting for him. Yun Nitu looked better but still offered them a few pieces of bread. Yun Nitu wanted to deny. But, after smelling them, she hungrily stole them from Yun Tang’s hands. She was growing, after all!
They looked for a vessel after they walked outside the headquarters and arrived at the landing zones. After boarding one, they flew towards the port districts, where they watched the incomplete Mothership more up close. After enjoying the scenery, the vessel landed near the Carrier, and Heian Ciemnosc offered them a few curious pieces of information while guiding them inside.
Yun Nitu ate her bread contentedly while touring through this growing-legendary organization. Her eyes sparkled as she calmly ate, and her feet moved with speed until they entered a transporting wheeled vehicle.
Heian Ciemnosc drove them towards the central command, where he would meet Alyona, and they could soothe the alliance talks between their organizations. It wasn’t just the Phosphorescent Flower Sect and the Golden Terra Sect. Once before the central command’s entrance, they were greeted by Soldiers, who granted them access.
… Step, step. Heian Ciemnosc walked inside, with the Yuns following after him. They looked around at the different layout of this central command and became stunned. It wasn’t something crazy, but somehow, they felt more at ease and felt as if their feet were standing on a stable, tough Kingdom’s earth.
“Heian Ciemnosc, how often do you come here? Everyone knows you and seems to respect you, some more openly than others.” Yun Nitu said after spinning around, curiously glancing at him. She didn’t notice the piloting experts grinning. Heian Ciemnosc’s face remained calm as he tilted it as if contemplating and said, “Every now and then. I don’t come here often, only when my lady wants me… to.”
“...” The piloting experts’ faces fell. They couldn’t believe this shameless kid would speak such words when certain rumors go round these days. Yun Nitu nodded and gently scrutinized everyone’s work, slightly growing excited as she imagined many things.
Heian Ciemnosc noticed, and he, too, thought about the future’s possibilities as they were left without doing anything and had to wait for Alyona. His mind had many things to meditate on for a while, and he couldn’t wait to start. But he was also not going to neglect his… family. And how to take care of it. Especially with the recently added new life.
…