Chapter 829
Sign!
Shao Xuan could sense the fire seed’s power flowing through the mountain. However, like a human, totemic warriors did not display their powers when not in battle. Similarly, the mountain looked like an ordinary mountain other than the fact that there were no plants on it.
“Do we sign now?” asked Shao Xuan.
“If I want, you can. You all have already read the contents of the agreent. If you have no objections, you may sign now,” said Ji Fang.
To stabilize their relationship with Flaming Horn, Ji Fang had offered decent conditions. Everyone would remain in harmony, no wars will be declared, both sides will respect the other party’s rules when on their territory, etc. The agreent would last a hundred years. King City planned to expand and was busy with internal and external affairs. Flaming Horn was in the sa situation, they needed ti to develop their territory. This agreent would benefit both sides.
One hundred years sounded like a long ti but many tribesn lived twice as long as that. If Ji Fang could continuously keep his power, it was not impossible that he would remain the lord for more than a hundred years.
Then again, even if Ji Fang was not there in a century, the agreent still stood and the next lord must follow the conditions. Just like how the agreent between King City and the Black Bear chief’s predecessor was still effective to this day. No matter who the Black Bear chief was, they must abide by the conditions until its expiry.
Shao Xuan looked at Gui He and the few. Seeing as they did not object, he nodded. “We’ll sign now.”
Ji Fang handed them an animal skin scroll containing the agreent. Once they confird that there were no errors, he walked towards the mountain wall with the scroll rolled up in his hand. He paced around, then stopped to point at a spot. “There is a larger empty space here, you may sign here.”
Shoa Xuan nodded and Ji Fang’s expression was solemn. He lifted his right palm and with a flick, a slash opened on his palm, blood poured out. Before the blood dripped off his palm, he pressed it on the wall. At the sa ti, a creeper plant-like pattern appeared on his body. Shao Xuan had seen this pattern on Ji Ju before.
The Ji family’s fire seed aura radiated from Ji Fang. The palm on the wall burst into flas. At the sa ti, Ji Fang started to recite the contents of their agreent. With every word he uttered, a portion of his clan’s totem would appear.
When the one-tre long totem was almost completed, he too almost finished reciting the agreent.
“...the agreent shall last a hundred years!”
When the last word of the agreent was uttered, a circle of red light shone from the Ji totem. This was the mountain fire seed’s flas. The circle of flas encircled the totem.
Ji Fang retracted his hand. The totem and red circle of flas remained.
Taking two steps back, Ji Fang gestured for Shao Xuan to step forward. “You just need to leave a mark next to it.”
Shao Xuan nodded, stepped forward and pressed his palm on the wall next to the Ji family totem.
When Shao Xuan touched the wall, the circle of red flas extended in his direction.
He closed his eyes, sensing the power flowing within the mountain and the fire seed at the centre. Perhaps other people might find this fire seed too foreign even if there was no strong repulsion. The oppression was stronger near the fire seed and caused great discomfort. But Shoa Xuan did not feel the oppression at all. He felt there was sothing familiar with the fire seed, it was similar to the white flas in his body.
A signature was an imprint made by a fire seed’s power. Shao Xuan could feel power every wisp of energy flowing beneath his palm.
His eyes shot open and a flash of white flas appeared before him, totemic patterns rolled across his entire body. Energy from the Flaming Horn fire seed within him poured towards his palm and the Flaming Horn fire seed’s aura radiated in all directions.
Outside the palace.
The betting house had received news from a few noble clans that Flaming Horn was about to sign the agreent. That was why the crowd had not dispersed. To prevent people from stealing the goods on the table, Bo Yi sent many guards over- three layers of them surrounded the betting table and every guard looked at every person like a potential thief. Anyone who wanted to place bets could only enter through one gap, then exit through another.
They could feel a fire seed fluctuation from the palace so they knew the signing had begun.
“Flaming Horn’s fire seed,” remarked Abuli.
“Who from Flaming Horn do you think will be signing?” asked soone.
“Is that a question?” Everyone looked at him like he was an idiot.
Yes, was that even a question? The signer was obviously going to be Grand Elder Shao Xuan.
The entire King City was startled by the abrupt aura, quieting down. They looked anxiously in the palace’s direction, trying hard to sense the energy fluctuations. Although they could not see inside, they could speculate through the fire seed energy fluctuations.
Within a house near the betting house, Su Li and tens of Changle people were here to watch the show. They too were observing the palace closely, as well as the betting house. Yes, they were here for the fun, but they were also waiting for an opportunity. Capitalising on chaos was one of their strengths.
Within the palace, in the courtyard with the Heaven and Earth Agreent Book.
Ji Fang sensed the Flaming Horn fire seed aura radiating from Shao Xuan and knitted his brows. The aura was becoming stranger and stranger, as if there was sothing else too, not just Flaming Horn’s fire seed.
What the heck is that?
Ji Fang’s mind raced. He looked at the mountain, then at Shao Xuan, very puzzled.
Based on the usual situation, the Flaming Horn totem should have appeared already. So why hasn’t the double horn totem appeared beneath Shoa Xuan’s palm yet?
Just as he had many questions, Ji Fang suddenly heard a huge rumble like a rolling boulder or thunder. It startled everyone in the yard.
White flas erupted from Shao Xuan’s palm, then they extended in a line of flas beneath his palm until they arrived at the centre of the wall, and extended upwards. At the sa ti, another flaming line extended in the opposite direction to form a white cross.
The mountain trembled, pebbles rolling off its edges. However, these grain-sized stone chips ca with a deafening rumble that sounded more like an avalanche.
Whoosh—
Red flas exploded out of the top of the mountain. The flas started to rise and heat up while the mountain shook even harder as if the slumbering mountain was finally awakened.
Bright sparks flew in all directions as flas rushed vertically upwards.
As the flas sputtered out of the mountain, a similar red glint appeared in Shao Xuan’s eye. However, this red glow was not noticeable against the white flas.
Gui He and the rest gawked in shock. Was every signature this dramatic?
If Ji Fang and the rest in the courtyard knew what they thought, they’d scream: No, you’re overthinking it!
Their past signatures were never like this.
In the past, it did not matter which tribe the signer was from. Even if there was a large commotion from the mark, it was contained and not this dramatic. It always felt within the mountain’s control. This ti, it felt like the mountain itself could not contain the power surge!
The word should not be ‘contain’- Ji Fang felt like the mountain had given up!
Ji Fang’s eyelid twitched. The situation was getting out of his control.
The rumbling in the yard grew louder and louder as gusts of manic wind blew. Dust and sand were thrown in the air while bits of leaves rolled in the sky as if a storm was brewing.
The Mu patriarch drew in a sharp breath in shock, though he accidentally choked on so flying dust and started to cough violently as if he was about to cough blood out.
No one paid any attention to him because they were staring at the mountain. The Yi elder was more astonished than the rest.
Was it not just an agreent? What was this?!
Outside the palace, all the observers also heard the rumbling from within the palace. If it wasn’t for the sun shining brightly in a clear sky, they would have thought a storm was coming.
“What... what happened?” asked a timid person, his teeth chattering from anxiety.
So people laughed at the rest. “This is normal. Of course there will be so commotion when a Heaven and Earth Agreent is signed. There is nothing to worry about.”
“Are you... sure?” Many were skeptical. Their fears were justified because they were all traumatised from prior natural disasters. The rumbling and shaking were very uncomfortable.
“Of course!” The person tried his best to maintain the calm expression on his face, insistent on his opinion. Even if he was not, he stubbornly stood his ground.
Bo Yi reminded his subordinates to remain vigilant in case soone stole their goods during the chaos.
Abuli and the rest gawked with curiosity, sighing, “So this is how signing an agreent looks like!”
In a house nearby, Su Li shot up with shining eyes, looking at the Changle people around him. “Sothing’s happened!” His favourite activity was robbing and stealing goods by capitalising on chaos. He loved to see his victims’ expressions when they noticed their missing goods, and the way they were helpless towards the Changle people.
“Watch the betting table. Once you see an opportunity, act imdiately...”
Su Li had not finished his sentence when Wu He shook his head vigorously. “I’m not doing that! You all go ahead, I’m not participating in this!”
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