The Sorceress: Blossoming Power

The spirit shrugged, but it didn't care at all if it was dangerous. It was rather curious what might happen to the two of them. But then again, it didn't say it aloud. It knew that Xinyi was dangerous and knew that the dragon nor herself had any knowledge with the total power she yielded. 

"I understand." Nianshi nodded and sighed. 

"Very well then. I wish you luck." The spirit made an evil grin and guided the dragon beside Ming. As Nianshi laid beside the governor, the spirit placed his hands on both men's head and chanted slowly. His hands started glowing until the whole place was filled with light. Nianshi's eyes closed and was sound asleep.

"He is with him now." 

Xinyi sat there silently. Looking back and forth towards the two lying men and the floating spirit who seemed to enjoy this.

"If something happens to any of them, you will pay." She warned the spirit who raised its hands in surrender mockingly. The spirit gave her that big wicked eerie grin. 

"I know." The way he said that made Xinyi rather uncomfortable. It was as if it knew something she didn't. Suddenly she could feel the coldness on the way it was staring at her.

In fact, I'd love it if something happened to one of them. Just so we could see how far your magic can go.

It snickered and silently walked back and forth. It knew Xinyi never trusted its words, but it also knew that she did not understand what its plans were.

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Nianshi found himself in complete darkness. His eyes shone and was in his dragon form. He saw a huge plain land with nothing around it. The floor was of black and mirror-like stone. 

"Oh, the Vesver stone. No wonder, the power of this place is magnified." His feet could feel the power reverberating through his body. 

"So the whole dream is in another space or dimension, huh?" 

The spirit heard what Nianshi had said. This created a smile on its lips and spoke in Nianshi's mind.

Smart dragon. You understand now that this place is not something you should take lightly as you think. Because of the Vesver stone, the spell has wider reach. You should look for him now. Tick Tock, tick tock. 

Just hearing the spirit's voice irritated Nianshi. But he focused on looking for Ming. "That means Governor Ming isn't far."

His eyes shone again and spotted the groping Ming twenty paces from him. He directly flapped his wings and flew straight at Ming. Ming sensed something huge coming, so he aimed his powerful wind at the Dragon. 

Nianshi flew up to avoid the strike. "Governor, it's me. I'm bringing you out."

"Sir Nianshi?" Ming squinted his eyes, trying to see in the dark to confirm if it was really the dragon.

"Yes," Nianshi replied, enclosing Ming in his dragon claws. "Hold tight and help me find a hole somewhere." Ming gasped and embraced Nianshi's scaly feet.

Nianshi flew up to a black space, but it seemed like hours had passed and still hadn't seen the bright hole the spirit mentioned. Ming was also getting agitated. But as he recalled what had happened to Xinyi in his dream earlier, he got worried about her. 

"Where is Xinyi? How is she?" Ming's voice was slow and gentle unlike other times, demanding and with authority. It seemed as if he became a softy for Xinyi.

"She's well. She's actually waiting for you. When we get out she's the first person you'll see. Well, aside from the stupid spirit." His tone rather hardened at the thought of the spirit he knew something was off. 

Seeing the spirit help them was rather a wrong picture for him. He knew these kinds of creatures would never help unless they had gotten something in return. 

"Spirit?" Ming asked. It was the first he heard of this, but Nianshi didn't say more.

As Nianshi flapped his wings endlessly in search of the hole, he could feel his wings starting to go numb. He wanted to rest but had to keep moving. 

Fortunately, "There's a hole over there." Ming pointed something bright somewhere at their left. Nianshi gave his all and flew in the speed of light in hopes of finally getting out and getting some rest. However, as they reached the hole, his hopes crushed. It was not big enough for his dragon form to fit.

"Governor, I'll throw you out while I change into human form."

"But, how are you going to go out?" Ming's face hardened.

"I'll find a way." His tone of voice wasn't convincing but without warning the dragon threw the governor in the hole and hastily transformed into a man. He tried as much as he could to hold the edge on the hole. Just as he was about to move his body up, his hand started slipping.

"Damn it."