LEGEND OF THE ETERNAL FLAME WARRIOR
Episodes 18. Imperial Palace
But when he arrived at that place, he only saw such a terrifying sight before his eyes.
Blood was everywhere, only the corpse of a soldier and 2 robbers were still intact, while the others were only left with their hands and feet.
Meanwhile the soldier who saw the incident before his eyes, could only swallow watching Ling Yan kill his opponent expressionlessly.
Meanwhile, Zhu Qing and Mu Qian who had just reached the place immediately vomited out their guts upon seeing the scene before him.
General Wu who was staring at Ling Yan's facial expression could only cuss inside his mind.
"I thought this kid wasn't as simple as I imagined." General Wu's inner self cursed loudly in his heart.
Actually, even though Ling Yan was used to seeing blood, but still he had only seen the human blood that he killed with his own hands, this time, and after a while his body trembled and finally Ling Yan fell unconscious because of it.
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In his subconscious Ling Yan again met Huo the eternal flame that resembled him, he was no longer surprised to see the form of fire because he had seen it before.
"Ah I'm getting in here again." Inner Ling Yan.
"We meet again boy, how you feel after killing." The eternal flame.
Ling Yan's body trembled again as Huo reminded Ling Yan as he killed the five robbers of the blood mask.
"Heh weakling, just killed five people you've been like this, what if you killed a hundred with your hands." Eternal flame uttered again mockingly.
"I...." Ling Yan was unable to say anything and could only lower his head and not dare to look at Huo's face.
"Hey stupid boy, you promised your senior Shen Long that you would protect everyone you love." The eternal flame.
Hearing Shen Long's name in his ears, Ling Yan raised his head and looked back at Huo, then nodded his head slowly.
"Heh if you were like that for just killing a few people, you wouldn't be able to protect them all." The eternal flame.
Ling Yan could only smile wryly at Huo's words, since what he said was indeed true, if he was not used to it all, then, so when such a thing repeats itself he will definitely not be able to protect the people he loves.
"There's no need to think about it all, I know you can control your feelings." After saying that Huo then disappeared from Ling Yan's sight and he regained his senses from his stupor.
After the bloody night, Ling Yan was unconscious for 5 days and was taken to the palace with the royal entourage.
Zhu Qing, who had always been friendly to Ling Yan when she first met, now slightly moved away from her when she found out that Ling Yan had killed the five robbers.
He became a quiet man for a short time, with his father even though he was never like that, but after seeing the bloody scene his attitude changed drastically.
There was a hint of fear from within his mind as he imagined the incident, not even once did he visit or go see Ling Yan's state.
However after recalling the moment Ling Yan saved his life from the flying blade thrown at him, he began to think that Ling Yan was doing that to protect him.
After 2 days, Zhu Qing finally occasionally went to see Ling Yan's state even though it was only an instant and there was still fear in his mind.
He also always told about Ling Yan saving his life to his father, and from that moment he also visited Ling Yan at all times.
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As Ling Yan began to open his eyes, he felt that he was lying on a soft mattress and was inside a spacious room, he faintly looked at the ceiling of the room which was slightly sparkling in his eyes.
"Where is this, what happened to me." Ling Yan muttered as he recalled the incident he had experienced earlier.
And as he tried to get up from his place, suddenly a man dressed as a healer and a man with a crown on his head entered the room.
"It turns out you're aware of the young man." Said the healer with a faint smile looking at Ling Yan who was already conscious from his stupor.
"Where am I." Asked Ling Yan.
"Young man, now you're in the imperial palace." Answer the physician.
"Tabib, is he the little warrior that Zhu Qing often told me about." Ask the man wearing the crown.
"Right, your highness the prince, he's the young man." Hearing the words of the nearby healer, prince Zhu Hyun immediately approached Ling Yan and thanked him for saving his daughter's life.
"Ling Yan, thank you for saving my daughter's life, I owe you so much." Zhu Hyun.
"There's no need to go that way, your majesty, it's just a coincidence." Said Ling Yan while scratching his head.
Soon a little girl also entered the room, as her eyes crossed with Ling Yan's eyes, the little girl looked down and hid the red hue on her face.
"You're aware, how you're doing." Zhu Qing asked with a face that was still lowered.
"I'm fine princess." Ling Yan replied briefly.
"Emm there's no need to call me that, just call me my name, Zhu Qing." Said Zhu Qing who was unaware that her father crown prince Hyun was there.
"Well princess, I mean Zhu Qing." Said Ling Yan stiffly.
Zhu Hyun who saw his daughter had a slight sense of attraction towards Ling Yan only smiled at her shy daughter's behavior.
"Even he doesn't realize I'm here." Zhu Hyun muttered.
"Zhu Qing what are you doing here." Zhu Hyun asked his daughter.
"I'm on. uh... Hail father, since when is father here." Zhu Qing said wrongly.
"Oh dad has been here with the healer ever since you looked Ling Yan in the eyes without blinking." Zhu Hyun replied that teased his daughter.
Hearing his father's words, Zhu Qing grew even more misguided and could only lower his head to hide the red hue on his face in embarrassment.
"Well dad will come out now, if you still want to be here with your savior, it's okay, healer let's go out, we can't interfere with the affairs of young people who are being stricken with love." Zhu Hyun said with a laugh.
"Dad!!!" Zhu Qing's face grew even redder because of her father's words.
After the departure of the healer and prince Zhu Hyun, an awkward feeling began to be felt between the two, until Ling Yan finally began to open his voice to avoid the awkward feeling.