Incarnation Of Gods: Endless War

Third-person POV

A couple of weeks later, Di Shang arrived at Chang An in incognito with Ah Ren as his companion. Meanwhile, Ah Gu who had more experience and more leadership than Ah Ren was leading the soldiers that were still on the way back to Chang An and would arrive later than Di Shang as they marched in large-sized groups.

While strolling down the main road of Chang An, Di Shang observed his surroundings and didn't find anything abnormal. If the surge of powerful aura that happened a month ago truly brought a catastrophe to Chang An then things wouldn't be this peaceful.

The atmosphere in Chang An was, as usual, nothing drastic change except the crowd became less vibrant. People in Chang An started to decrease the layer of clothes they wore as spring was coming up as well the buds on the trees were going to bloom into beautiful flowers that would decorate the city.

His heart was beating quicker than it should be, he couldn't contain the corner of his lips from curving up into a big smile. The thought of Meiyun jumping onto him with a wide grin on her cherry lips when she saw his surprise appearance made him more excited to reach his home.

In his hand, there was a gorgeously carved wooden box filled with sweets that he bought solely for Meiyun as a gift. For his family, he purchased Xi An's authentic liquor which was on a sweeter side than the liquor in Dong Fang.

'I am supposed to give the report to His Majesty Emperor as soon as I arrived at Chang An. But I want to see Meiyun as soon as possible.' Di Shang stared at the wooden box and frowned.

"Aiya? What's wrong General Di?" Ah Ren popped out from the side and asked Di Shang.

Di Shang glanced at Ah Ren and felt a familiar aura coming out from Ah Ren. He stared at Ah Ren without replying to Ah Ren's question while racking his brain to find the reason why he literally saw an image of Meiyun in Ah Ren. Ah Ren waited for Di Shang's answer and thought that Di Shang didn't hear him.

"Hello~ General Di? Is there a problem?" Ah Ren waved his hand in front of Di Shang's eyes to get his attention.

"Why are you so similar to…" Di Shang narrowed his eyes to scrutinize Ah Ren.

Ah Ren tilted his head in confusion but then the only person that was close both to him and Di Shang which also had the same personality and behavior as him was Meiyun.

"Ah! Is General Di talking about Senior Meiyun?" Ah Ren asked excitedly.

"En, eh? Senior?" Di Shang whipped his head to look at Ah Ren in disbelief.

"Yup! I trained under Senior Meiyun and she is the one who made me this noisy and annoying! It is not my fault, kay?" Ah Ren pouted and folded his arms in front of his chest.

"En, I can see that." Di Shang said in defeat.

Since Meiyun and Ah Ren had the same way of thinking, Di Shang knew how to handle the two with ease.

"So? What's with the gloomy face?" Ah Ren questioned while tossed a piece of candy into his mouth.

"I want to go home." Di Shang said with a dejected expression,

"Ahh~ So you wanna see Senior Meiyun? Want me to help you pass this report to His Majesty Emperor? Since I have to go back to Her Majesty Empress so it is not a problem for me." Ah Ren's face brightened as he suggested.

Di Shang looked at Ah Ren and took out the secured scroll from his chest pocket, "Then I have relied on you. Thank you, I will treat you to a meal."

"Aiya~ Thank you la~ Please give my regards to Senior Meiyun!" Ah Ren put the scroll into his chest pocket and galloped like a wind while waving his arms in the air.

Di Shang didn't waste any time as he turned right to the direction of his residence. He was careless of how people think of him, he just bolted his way on the road whilst professionally avoided from hitting any pedestrians. He couldn't express how excited he was when he saw the gate of his residence.

The gate guards suddenly went on alert when they heard a loud horse galloping sound. They pointed their spears onto the direction where the sound came from. But in a second, their hearts trembled when they saw their young master's favorite horse sprinting towards them with a familiar figure riding on top of it.

"Ge-General Di?!" The guards exclaimed.

Needless to say, they were perplexed by Di Shang's sudden appearance. They didn't get any notice from Di Shang nor anyone from Di Shang's base about his return. The situation regarding their young madam hasn't come to consciousness for almost 2 months was very stressful for them.

The worse thing was that the Di family hid this important news from Di Shang and they couldn't imagine how devastated Di Shang would be if he knows it.

Di Shang pulled his rein and both of the horse's front legs heaved up into the air, followed by a loud neigh from the horse. As soon as both of its' heels touched the ground, Di Shang jumped down from the horse and hurriedly passed the rein to one of the guards before he ran into the residence with a wooden box in his hand.

"General Di! Yo-Young Madam…" The guards called out but Di Shang's silhouette couldn't be seen anymore.

They felt guilty and pitiful at the same time from seeing how genuinely happy Di Shang's expression was. They were afraid that Di Shang couldn't handle the impact of what he was going to see.

They ran in full speed to catch up with Di Shang who also ran eagerly. The servants that Di Shang ran pass by were utterly shocked, they followed suit to chase after Di Shang to warn him about Meiyun's condition so he wouldn't receive a severe shock.

But Di Shang was one step ahead of them. The moment he reached his courtyard where he resided in with Meiyun, his body abruptly froze when he caught a powerful scent of medicine wafting out from their chamber.

His hand that was holding onto the candy box trembled in fear but then he remembered that Meiyun was a very strong woman. He pushed the door open and the smoke of the burnt medical incense gently brushed over his face.

Thousands of thoughts passed his confused brain. Why would such potent medicines were spread around the room? Leaving no space on the table but only bowls and bowls of medicine. Di Shang also noticed the clothes on the basket where they would put their dirty clothes in were stained with little patches of blood here and there.

He silently walked towards the curtain that separates the inner chamber and the outer chamber. He looked over and saw that his mother, Naran, was squeezing the wet cloth in her hands and carefully wiped the woman in the bed

Naran heard the door was opened not long ago and assumed that it was no one other than Physician Tu who promised to come to do another check on Meiyun at that particular time. She never expected her son would be coming back so soon without any notice.

"Physician Tu, would you mind waiting for a bit? I haven't finished wiping her body." Naran spoke without stopping her hand from wiping the woman's pale body.

The candy box in Di Shang's hand fell onto the ground and cracked the corner of the box. Naran turned her body as she was worried that the old physician slipped on the cold wooden floor.

"Physician Tu, are you oka-" Naran's smile instantly vanished when she saw her eldest son's figure across her.

Di Shang staggered towards the bed with a crest-fallen expression on his handsome face. The candies that he bought specially for Meiyun scattered on the ground and were left unattended which made it looks somewhat miserable.

Di Shang's whole body was trembling, he didn't dare to take another step further, afraid that he would lose his mind if he saw the woman that laying lifeless on the bed.

"Wh-whose body?" Di Shang stuttered in terror.