The black dragon froze. “Ninth Emperor…”
“Get lost!”
The Ninth Emperor kicked the black dragon, sending him rolling a few meters away. His body rolled on the ground, down the hill.
She then lay on the ground again. Her red dress spread around her body; it was the most stunning scenery in this herb garden.
The small red flower with purple leaves began to grow larger under the light wind gradually and finally became a quilt-like size, gently covering her body, blocking the wind of the night for her.
The next day…
The Ninth Emperor woke up and found that the sky was already bright. She rubbed her sleepy eyes and stood up from the ground.
The first thing that caught her eyes was the shivering figure of the black dragon at her feet.
His body was curled into a ball, and his black robe was stained with dust.
He looked at the Ninth Emperor pitifully. He looked like he was about to cry.
Seeing the black dragon in such a pity state, she was stunned and asked, “What did you do last night? How did you get so messy?”
‘Oh…
‘Did I not become like this all because of you?’
Of course, the black dragon did not dare to say it out, so he chuckled and said, “I took a nap yesterday and accidentally rolled down the mountain. That’s why I am like this.”
“Oh…” The Ninth Emperor frowned. “I’m leaving later.”
‘Leaving?’
The black dragon froze, stood up from the ground, and walked toward the Ninth Emperor. “You just came back, and you’re leaving already?”
Back then, he was determined to follow the Ninth Emperor, so he had come to Divine Herb Sect with her without rebellion.
However, after she left him at the Divine Herb Sect, she had disappeared and only just returned now.
‘I didn’t expect her to come back for just one night and leave again…’
“Hmm.”
The Ninth Emperor shrugged. “I just came back to see these two spirit herbs, and now that I see that they are growing well… I am relieved. Big Black, from now on, they are still in your hands. You must take care of them for me.”
“But…”
‘But, what about me?’
The big black did not ask that out loud. Perhaps, in his heart, it had long had an answer.
The Ninth Emperor left after saying that and never looked back.
Big Black stood behind her, gazing at her figure for a long time, and did not look away.
Until her figure completely disappeared, he was still standing in the distance, dazed.
His black robe fluttered a little in the light breeze. His handsome face was full of aggression and reluctance, but he still did not speak to stop her from leaving.
‘The Ninth Emperor is very busy.
‘She has a lot of things to do.
‘So, how can I hold her back?’
After he raised the two spirit herbs to maturity, he would go to her.
Unfortunately, the black dragon never thought that he no longer had the opportunity to leave the Divine Herb Sect. When he was finally able to go looking for her, he would use a different identity and accompany her for the rest of her life…
On top of the mountain…
The young man, dressed in white, stood on the ground. He stared at the Ninth Emperor, who had just come out of the Divine Herb Sect.
He smirked.
Standing next to the young man was a man in a green robe. He followed the young man’s gaze, and after seeing the Ninth Emperor stepping out, he froze. For some reason, he always felt that his master seemed to be inseparable from the Ninth Emperor now.
“Let’s go.”
The young man turned around and walked away. “Let’s go back to Cloud Mountain.”
“Master, is the Ninth Emperor going back?”