Villain: The Play of Destiny

Chapter 471

Chapter 471

Sunday, August 26th, 2046

Lost Base, Kunlun Mountains, China

Keith and Rouxi exited the military helicopter and took a good look at the base that was situated at the end of a vast cold desert.

The wooden Pagoda which stood over a hundred feet tall, was quite a remarkable piece of architecture and vibrant with history and majesty. And what was interesting was that its outlines were plated with pure gold, which made them sparkle under the sunlight.

A few monks walked out to greet them, each wearing a different coloured robe, but with dark tones, and after they bowed to them, Keith gave the name of the place he wanted to go to and showed them his God Ring.

"Shangri-La."

The Monk who was wearing the black robe with a golden serpentine dragon on it, immediately bowed to him again before he turned around to walk to the back of the Pagoda.

Minutes later, the man returned with two beautiful bay-coloured Kabardin Horses with saddles on them, and Rouxi's eyes immediately lit up at seeing those beautiful creatures.

"Two days," The Monk informed them and then bowed to them again.

Keith smiled and nodded to him before he gently traced his hand to the face of the horse that Rouxi had left for him.

He had to admit that these monks took great care of these horses as they were in perfect health, and they were quite the cheerful creatures too, not shy in the least.

"Thank you."

Minutes later, the husband and wife were being taken to the mountains by their horses, who knew where to go, and Rouxi just enjoyed her time as she looked around the beautiful place.

"You know, if we run, we can reach the place sooner?" He said to her, but she adamantly shook her head.

"This is fun. I want to go there in the traditional way."

"Is that so?" He chuckled and did talk about it again.

For hours, the two of them travelled in silence, and though Rouxi curiously looked at him from time to time, catching him reading a book, she kept her focus mostly on their beautiful surroundings.

At first, it was all fun and peaceful, but as hours went by, and the sun started setting, she became a little dissatisfied with him for only keeping his head in the book. @@@@

"Keith."

"Yes?"

"Let's stop by that stream." She pointed towards the flowing water, and he nodded to her before he smiled and offered her the book he had been reading.

"What's this?" She asked as she guided her horse closer and accepted it.

"An encyclopedia."

She curiously raised her brow but then her eyes widened as she opened the first page and saw an image of a beautiful creature with its name and detailed information on it.

"All the Magical Beasts that are classified under the Heaven Rank are listed in it." He told her, and she immediately looked at the index and jumped over to the section of horses.

"Yes," He confidently nodded his head, and Rouxi curiously looked at him.

"She wouldn't try to better you?"

"Of course, she would." He chuckled. "But she does not see me as a challenge in the same sense as she sees her sisters. Besides, she knows that I wouldn't care about it much if she surpassed me in certain skills. She is also aware that it would never be enough as I will always stay ahead of her in certain things which can not be surpassed."

"The Blood can never best its Origin," She nodded her head, remembering the line from one of the stories that Minami had narrated to them from her storybook.

Rouxi knew very well what Blood and Origin meant because she had awakened the God Stone and officially become the Inheritor of Nuwa now, and with her awakening, she had gained knowledge of a lot of things.

"Indeed." He smiled.

"So, which one is your favourite winged horse?"

"Arkaejin." She unhesitatingly answered. "Yours?"

"Same."

His answer made her smile and then she started talking to him about how beautiful those Winged-Horses were.

"We will breed Arkaejin and Alkaynian Horses in Aerzar. I want to see hundreds of thousands of them in those lush fields..."

Keith nodded his head, noting down all her wishes, which aligned a lot with his own.

The two did not even pay attention to the passage of time, and before they knew it, the sun had started sinking again, but they also entered the fabled Shangri-La, a group of valleys which were surrounded by conical mountains, whose peaks pierced the clouds that always covered the valleys, making it hard to find them from the sky.

And finally, they started seeing and sensing the presence of people too.

They had only travelled a few hundred metres into the Central Valley before they saw a group of Aurors rush towards them, all wearing black robes with golden dragons on them.

"Esteemed guests, welcome to the Valley of Immortals. My name is Qin Fan, and I will lead the way to our Sect."

Keith smiled at the overbearing name and chuckled in his heart at the foolishness of the Mortals who did not even know what Immortals were and yet they dared to give such a name to this place.

"Please," He nodded as he got off the horse, and Rouxi followed his lead.

The members of the Qin Guards took the horses away, and Qin Fan then led them to the only passage through the mountains leading to the Valley in the West, which was where the Qin Sect was situated.

At first, he was trying to keep a slow pace, but after realising that both Keith and Rouxi could keep up with him, he increased his pace and led them to the Qin Sect as fast as possible.

The guards stationed at the Mountain Gate did not even stop them when they saw the Grey Hound Aura Spirit rushing towards them, but they were quite alarmed at seeing that Keith and Rouxi were rushing over just as fast without even using their Aura Soul.

And then their hearts nearly dropped when their Great Ancestor suddenly appeared at the Gate to welcome the Guests.

"Lord Erebus, Lady Nuwa." Qin Zhijian smiled and politely bowed when they stopped in front of him, and they returned the greeting.

"Lord Ren."