Free Web NovelChapter 216: The Prophecy Revealed
After regaining his senses, he immediately went to greet the approaching rider.
A sharp neigh echoed as a handsome young general in silver armor with fox like eyes very similar to Xiao Shou’s leapt down from his horse with ease.
"Greetings, Young General," the soldier said, bowing quickly. fгeewёbnoѵel.cσm
Tushan Gaoque waved for him to rise and strode toward Xiao Shou.
When he looked at him, his eyes flashed with a trace of amusement and anticipation as he said, "May I see your true appearance?"
"What if I say no?" Xiao Shou replied.
He had not expected that an ordinary person could perceive his illusion.
The bloodline of the Tushan family was indeed formidable.
Even though he knew revealing his true appearance might bring trouble, Xiao Shou still removed the illusion from his face.
After all, since he had taken over this body, he bore the responsibility of resolving its karmic ties.
This matter could not be avoided.
Moreover, he had already resolved to change himself, to become braver and stronger.
How could he shrink back just because of a possible problem?
Looking at Xiao Shou’s face, Tushan Gaoque’s eyes lit up as he said excitedly, "It really is you!"
"You’ve seen me before?" Xiao Shou thought carefully, but could not find this person in the original owner’s memories.
Tushan Gaoque curved his lips into a smile and a hint of cunning flashed in his fox like eyes. "If I said I saw you in a dream, would you believe it?"
"Master, this person has a faint aura of time energy," Yao Heng who had been pretending to be inactive on Xiao Shou’s head due to the thin spiritual energy of the Sunfall Domain secretly transmitted information to him.
After hearing this, Xiao Shou thought for a moment and asked in surprise, "Precognition?"
"You noticed?" Tushan Gaoque’s eyes brightened. He gestured with his hand and said to Xiao Shou, "Why not come back to the general’s residence with me first? We can talk in detail there. What we are about to discuss is not suitable for ordinary people to hear."
As he spoke, he pointed at the nearby city gate guards.
Xiao Shou nodded.
He was quite curious about precognitive abilities and also wanted to know what Tushan Gaoque had foreseen about him that made him insist on finding him.
Seeing Tushan Gaoque lead his horse toward the city, Xiao Shou quickly followed.
Perhaps because the city was located near the border, there were not many people along the way and only a few scattered shops.
It was quite a desolate place.
It was surprising that someone like Tushan Gaoque who is a young master of a ducal household would be stationed in such a remote area.
As if sensing Xiao Shou’s thoughts, Tushan Gaoque suddenly said, "In my dream, I saw you descend from the sky and land here. I specifically requested to be stationed here to wait for you."
"Oh? Then what else did you see? Anything related to me?" Xiao Shou asked curiously, impressed by the power of precognition.
Seeing Xiao Shou’s interest and noticing that there were few passersby, Tushan Gaoque decided to explain why he had insisted on waiting.
More than six years ago, the direct line of the Duke’s household welcomed the birth of a legitimate daughter of the ninth generation descendant, named Tushan Qiqi.
However, not long after his birth, he showed signs of congenital weakness.
He was often unconscious and being awake for one or two hours a day was already considered good.
The imperial physicians diagnosed him with a deficiency of innate essence, predicting that he would not live to adulthood.
The main branch of the Duke’s household could not accept this outcome.
For some reason, perhaps because the main branch descended from a royal princess, the Duke’s family, which was otherwise known for numerous descendants and long lifespans, was an exception in this line.
They almost always had only a single heir each generation and their lifespans were even shorter than ordinary people, to the point that the bloodline had nearly been cut off at one time.
Over more than three hundred years, only nine generations had been passed down.
Yet, every generation of the main branch produced individuals of extraordinary talent who inherited the Duke’s innate abilities.
Now that the main branch had finally given birth to a second child, even if he was born weak, how could they possibly give up on him?
As a noble family of the Great Liang Kingdom, they were aware of matters concerning cultivation sects.
They even invited a disciple from the Heavenly Void Sect who served as the national preceptor in the kingdom to examine his condition.
However, they could not find any way to treat him.
Then last year, the eldest grandson of the main branch, the young general Tushan Gaoque awakened his talent.
It turned out to be an extremely rare precognitive ability.
Through dreams, he could foresee certain events.
The moment he awakened, what he foresaw was that in the future, a boy named Xiao Shou from Bottle Gourd Town and Xiao Family Village would restore vitality to his younger brother.
After foreseeing this, Tushan Gaoque immediately arranged for people to search for that place and that person.
Unexpectedly, he discovered that Bottle Gourd Town and more than a dozen nearby villages had already been slaughtered by evil cultivators over ten years ago.
However, Tushan Gaoque was certain that the boy in his dream was still alive. ƒreewebηoveℓ.com
He guessed that Xiao Shou had escaped the disaster by chance and insisted on continuing the search.
Because of this, he was suspected by the then Duchess Zhenguo who thought he had uncovered her hidden scandals within the household.
Tushan Gaoque never expected that the boy in his prophetic dream would also be a member of the Tushan family and even more so the only surviving child of the Duke.
He also did not expect that this would uncover a long chain of hidden darkness.
