Awakening of the Ancient: Rise of the Fallen

"I understand that. Anyway, there is indeed a reason for me to come here. Let's go into your courtyard so that we can talk in peace. This place doesn't seem like an appropriate place. I would also love to see the place my little brother lives in," Li Xu let out as he shook his head.

"Ah, There's no need to go anywhere else. We can talk here. The courtyard isn't special or anything. It's much better here," Xu Ming replied as he shook his head. He didn't want to leave since Valeria was still inside the forest. He needed to wait for her here if he couldn't go inside the forest.

Li Xu looked at Xu Ming as he shook his head. He showed a little disappointment on his face. Xu Ming could see a little bit of anger hidden behind Li Xu's face.

"You don't even want to take your First Brother to your courtyard? It's fine, I guess. The matter is not that serious anyway. We can talk here," Li Xu agreed as he nodded his head.

"There is a celebration in the Palace tomorrow night. That's what I came here for. Father invited you to attend it, and I'm here to inform you," Li Xu replied to Xu Ming.

'A celebration? He sent you to invite me?" Xu Ming inquired with a stunned look on his face.

"Well, he sent a servant, but I decided to come instead. I also wanted to see how you were doing, so this thing worked out," Li Xu replied casually.

"What is this celebration about?" Xu Ming inquired with a frown on his face. He didn't want to meet the king. He wanted to avoid it for as long as he could, but when the King invited him, there was no way to dodge it. He still wanted to know the reason for this celebration so that he could better prepare himself for what was about to happen.

"The reason? Think of that as a surprise. You will know tomorrow," Li Xu replied as he smiled.

"The Royal Carriage will arrive at the entrance of the Palace in the morning to take you," He added.

Xu Ming just looked at him blankly as he controlled his face from showing the surprised expression on his face.

"I was thinking that you would show me around your sect when I come here, but it doesn't seem like that would be possible. Whatever, it was good seeing you after a long time. Sweet dreams," Li Xu let out as he turned back.

"Bye, Third Brother. I'll see you tomorrow," He said before he started eating away.

"Amazing. It was my first time seeing the Eldest Prince. I must say, I had a different image of him in my mind. He seemed really gentle and loving," The Servant let out.

"Don't Trust anyone so easily. It's easy to show a fake side while keeping the real side hidden deep inside their heart. The cruelest people are the ones that love pretending to be the kindest. It's not their words that you should look at, but the actions," Xu Ming muttered as he shook his head.

The Servant opened his mouth to say something, but as he saw the stern expression of Xu Ming, he closed his mouth and started walking back.

The Servant glanced back one last time before Xu Ming disappeared from his view.

After the Servant left, Xu Ming looked around, and after seeing that no one was here, he stepped inside the forest.

Xu Ming started running inside the forest as he tried to find Valeria.

He didn't scream since he didn't want to attract the attention of people outside.

He kept using his Divine Sense as he tried to find Valeria. After running for over twenty minutes, he found Valeria through his Divine Sense, but what he saw stunned him. He stopped in his tracks as he blankly looked in Valeria's direction.

"This idiot!" He muttered as he started flying towards her.

After some time, he reached near her. Xu Ming stood behind Valeria as he glared at her, but since her back was facing him, she didn't see him.

Valeria was more focused on something else entirely. She was sitting on the ground, eating a Green Fruit with great interest.

"How's the taste?" Xu Ming let out suddenly. His words stunned Valeria. She turned back.

"Oh, It's you. You won't believe what I found here. Look at these fruits! These are the Spirit Fruits that are filled with Spirit Energy. This Energy helps my Cultivation massively. I can't believe that I'm so lucky to have found these in such a place," Valeria replied with a grin on her face.

"My memory is weak. Can you tell me what our plan was?" Xu Ming inquired as he looked at her.

"Plan? Which plan?" Valeria asked in confusion.

"You idiot! I told you just to look inside and to come to tell me if you find anything. It wasn't for you to start eating things inside. Do you know how worried I was?! You're such a spoiled child," Xu Ming let out in annoyance as he started to leave.

Valeria sat there, looking at his back blankly.

Xu Ming stepped out of the forest and started walking back.

He was angry, but he didn't let his anger cloud his judgment. He knew that the important matter at hand was about the celebration and the meeting with the King. He didn't know what kind of circumstances there might be, so he decided to learn Li Mu's skill so that he could have some backup since he couldn't use his original skills.

Xu Ming walked into the skill library.

He walked to the Elder that he saw here.

"Elder, I need to see all the skills I learned before," Xu Ming said as he gave Li Mu's disciple badge to the Elder.

The Elder checked the badge and nodded his head. He called his helper and told him to bring all the books of Xu Ming.

After five minutes, the helper can't back with five booklets and handed them over to Xu Ming.

"I'm sure you know, but you can only read the books here. You can't take them outside," The Elder informed Xu Ming.

Xu Ming nodded his head. He took the books and walked to a table. He placed the book on the table and sat down on the chair before it.