Astral Dragon Monarch

Lord Feng shot his eyes open with cold fury emanating from his very being.

His Xin had left the Valor sect palace since noon and had not returned since then, obviously he would be in a very bad mood.

"Well, not anybody can harm someone like Xin anyways, but still.

I don't like her roaming the provinces by this time of the night!"

Then two sets of light footsteps could be heard from the staircase below.

Lord Feng's head snapped to the side sharply as he felt a very familiar aura approaching his abode, one he had been waiting for, no less.

'Xin is back!'

But his joy was soon splashed with cold water as he could feel another faint aura by her side.

'It's a man's aura...'

Then his frown deepened even more as he furrowed his eyebrows and wrinkled his forehead.

'Did Xin abandon her cultivation and sneak out in the afternoon to meet a man?!!'

What a disgrace!

He, a respected cultivator among all of the sect heads, being unable to rope his successor, his only daughter in place, such that she could easily sneak about and meet men?!

Lord Feng burned with fury.

'I am going to kill that man!'

***

Unaware of the massive killing intent, Shen and Xin continued to stroll over to the top of the staircase. Then Xin suddenly halted in her steps with a frown on her face, making Shen raise a brow in confusion.

"Is something wrong,?"

Xin had just felt a choking amount of killing intent emanating from her father.

He was very angry.

In her heart, she smirked and thanked the heavens that Shen could not feel auras as her father's killing intent was enough to make even her skin crawl, and she was far stronger than him.

What then would it do to a mere mundane realm?

No one wanted to lose something rare, and as such, Xin did not want her new toy to break.

"N-Nothing. Everything's okay."

The door slowly slid open, and Xin poked her head in. Her eyes scanned across the room, they met with a particular pair of menacing red eyes that made her flinch.

She instantly entered into the room and bowed down from her waist, cupping her hands.

"Good evening, Father..."

Lord Feng furrowed his brows even more as his forehead creased far deeper than was humanly possible.

"Evening? EVENING?! Its almost morning for heaven's sake!!"

Xin replied with a sheepish grin over her face.

"Pardon this young one, father. I merely took a stroll to ease myself from the strenous pressure of cultivation."

On an ordinary day, Lord Feng would have smiled and let her go to her room and rest. She was his Xin, after all. However, tonight he was far beyond angry and wanted blood.

"Whoever is behind the door, come into my presence right now, if you value your life, or stay there and wait for me if you wish to court death."

Behind the door, Shen eyes widened and his heart began to beat rapidly.

'This Jade beauty's father is damn scary!!'

Taking a deep breath to calm his heart, even by a little bit, he opened the door and made a bow.

"G-Good morning, uncle..."

"Uncle? Not Lord?!"

If Lord Feng was angry before, he was furious now!

How dare this mundane tier piece of trash disrespect him so?

He, the head of the Blazing Valor sect?

He would surely kill this man.

"Humph. And you are?"

Shen presented his most gentlemanly smile, and extended his hand for a handshake.

"I'm Zhao Shen, uncle."

Lord Feng stared at the extended hand with disdain, and turned around to face Xin.

"And you brought this ... wastrel to my abode for what reason?"

Xin smiled brightly as she put her hands on her slender waist.

"I want you to let him into the sect!

Also his house was destroyed from the attack!"

She believed that Shen was another undiscovered genius that needed to be roped into the clan before some other clan snatched him up.

Well, at least that was what she told herself, while she knew deep within her that all she wanted to do was compare their progress and see who cultivates faster.

"No way!-"

Lord Feng shook his head.

"Actually, I'm not even ready to join a sect yet."

Shen cut in abruptly.

The older man widened his eyes.

It felt like his ego had been stabbed by a weapon made from a spirit demon grade sāi shard and then burnt to ashes ten times over.

How dare this mundane tier piece of trash REJECT an invitation to his sect? Hundreds of thousands of powerful cultivators were dying for a spot in the outer, outer court as a worker, yet his daughter had personally brought this Shen person to him, and the Shen person had the guts to reject it.

Well, he was not really going to let him into the sect either way, but he expected the young man to kowtow, instead of outright rejecting the offer.

'I will surely have his head rolling on the floor this very morning!'

Lord Feng swallowed his anger in pretend concern and nodded towards Xin.

"You did well, child. Since the last protector, the founder of our great Blazing Valor sect, Ancestor Lee, has passed, it is our duty to compensate the unfortunate people affected..."

Then he faced Shen with a fake smile.

"Please, follow Xin, and she shall lead you to the guest quarters."

As he glanced over the stunned youngsters, he turned around and started to meditate in the room.

"Sleep well, young ones."

Xin heaved a sigh of relief.

She could very easily see her father attacking Shen in anger.

Meanwhile, Shen was inwardly happy with himself.

'I think he likes me... kind of."

He could not yet feel auras, and since, for some reason, Xin chose not to tell him about how close he was to death, he saw it as an awkward meeting that did not go perfectly well.

However, as soon as they left the room, Lord Feng opened his eyes and frowned.

"Bai!"

In an instant, a long haired youngster roughly as old as Xin and Shen were, rushed into the room and knelt down.

"You called, Lord?"

Lord smirked and beckoned for the man to stand up.

"Go and take care of the guest we have tonight. But be very careful. Make sure to dispose of the body."

Bai nodded and stood up to leave.

"I will perform this task to the best of my ability."