Chapter 121: Knell Stones Part #1
Liu Ti醤 Q� had carefully watched the expressions of the Grand Prince, Lady W� Gng Hu, and Wang F鑞 Y襫g as they escorted W-i Y襫g Mng to the residence hospital. Liu Ti醤 Q� kept a close eye on them as they escorted Jkn ZhMng X+n, Mng Tin C醝, and W-i W� Y鄋 to their courtyards as well. Liu Ti醤 Q� was absolutely certain that the Lord, Lady, and Heir to Wang Royal Manor also felt the strange energy that was extremely potent in her home. They tried to hide it, but the closer everyone had got to the inner courtyards. The more shellshocked the Grand Prince, Lady W� Gng Hu, and even Wang F鑞 Y襫g appeared to be.
At times they couldn`t hide their shock. Liu Ti醤 Q� took careful note of where they were when the Grand Prince, Lady W� Gng Hu, and Wang F鑞 Y襫g appeared most shocked. It was as everyone entered the Inner Courtyards of Liu Residence. The energy was the thickest in the inner court. However, Liu Ti醤 Q�`s goal as of this moment was to find out what this energy was? Where did it originate? And why was it so potent in her manor? There was one thing perplexed Liu Ti醤 Q� the most. It was that no one else seemed to feel it. She aimed to uncover this mystery before the day was done.
A short while later, as everyone was entering the Wang Royal Manor Courtyard, Liu Ti醤 Q� decided to strike. It was the perfect time while everyone was still shellshock and caught off guard.
"I see the Grand Prince, Lady W� Gng Hu, and Wang F鑞 Y襫g feel it as well." Liu Ti醤 Q� said, hoping that one of them would bite the bait she just threw out.
Lady W� Gng Hu tripped over the doorstep of the huge receiving room that Liu Ti醤 Q� just escorted everyone into. The Grand Prince who walked behind her reached over and grabbed Lady W� Gng Hu to keep her from falling on her face. Lady W� Gng Hu hardly waited until she caught her balance before she looked over and gawked at Liu Ti醤 Q� in deep soul capturing shock. "How? You feel the energy of the knell stones? How? Why are there so many in your residence? What`s going on? Why do you feel the energy of the Knell Stones!? Only people of royal bloodlines can feel it`s energies!" The confounded flabergasted Lady W� Gng Hu rambled.
"I don`t know why I am able to feel it either. However, that is why I used the excuse of showing you Wang Royal Manor Courtyard to get you alone. I was hoping you all could help shed some light on this phenomenon after feeling it as well." Liu Ti醤 Q� mixed lies with truth as she looked at the stunned Grand Prince, Lady W� Gng Hu, and Wang F鑞 Y襫g.
For the first time in a long time, the Lady W� Gng Hu felt her brain failed her. Her thoughts were in complete disarray. Even the Grand Prince and Wang F鑞 Y襫g seem to be shocked speechless. They all stared at Liu Ti醤 Q� as though seeing a ghost.
Lady W� Gng Hu finally closed her eyes. Her head tilted to the side. She covered her forehead with a hand. Holding her forehead, Lady W� Gng Hu stood still as a statue. She was lost deep in thought. She struggled to get her thoughts in order. Lady W� Gng Hu seemed oblivious to the Grand Prince, who finally seem to come back to himself. The Grand Prince took hold of Lady W� Gng Hu`s free hand and led her over to the high table in the receiving room. The Grand Prince then seated her at the table. The Grand Prince`s actions were so natural it was obvious that this was not the first time he`s done something like this.
After carefully seating his wife a the table, the Grand Prince took a seat next to her. As Liu Ti醤 Q� quickly went about making a pot of tea. Wang F鑞 Y襫g turned on his heels and left the receiving room. Liu Ti醤 Q� eyes followed his retreating back as he left. However, she continued to quickly go about making a pot of tea from the large pot of hot water that sat on a brazier on extremely low fire next to the high table.
When Liu Ti醤 Q� thought of this idea earlier in the front receiving room. She had quietly gave an order to the housekeeper to have all the servants that were assigned to the Wang Royal Manor Courtyard dismissed. Liu Ti醤 Q� wants to have this conversation in private with the Wang`s without the possibility of one of the servants overhearing it.
Liu Ti醤 Q�`s servants were new to the residence. Most of the servants that Housekeeper Gao hired happened to be servants from other Manor`s who were sold. There had to be a reason that those servants were sold away from the Manors where they worked. As of now, Liu Ti醤 Q� didn`t trust them. Liu Ti醤 Q� was not naive. She was sure that many of them would have to be weeded out. Until that time, Liu Ti醤 Q� decided not to take any unnecessary risks with any of the new servants.
A short moment after leaving, Wang F鑞 Y襫g returned, carrying a very beautiful but weird looking stone in his hand. The stone in Wang F鑞 Y襫g hand looked like a Selenite crystal. however, inside the stone seemed to be an odd shining glowing blue stone with flecks of gold. It looked like a glowing blue lace agate with flecks of gold surrounded by crystal clear Selenite crystal. Wang F鑞 Y襫g approached the table where Liu Ti醤 Q� stood pouring tea, and his parents sat. Taking a seat a the table Wang F鑞 Y襫g gave Liu Ti醤 Q� a meaningful look the set the stone on the table.The narrative has been taken without permission. Report any sightings.
Everyone`s gaze locked on the strange-looking stone. Liu Ti醤 Q� felt the intense energy rolling off the stone. However, she almost dropped the teapot in shock when the beautiful, strange stone reverted back to an ordinary-looking gray stone within several heartbeats. It looked like one of those normal gray stones that could be found in any garden, walkway, or beach, and they were plentiful in Liu Residence. They were all over the place. Liu Ti醤 Q� shocked gaze jumped from the stone to Wang F鑞 Y襫g, their gaze locked.
In a low voice, Wang F鑞 Y襫g said, "Now you try, pick up the stone, I want to see what happens."
"Okay, Big Brother, one moment." Liu Ti醤 Q� quickly finished pouring the last cup of tea. Liu Ti醤 Q� set the teapot back onto the tea tray in the center of the table. She carefully passed everyone a cup of tea. Lady W� Gng Hu was still lost deep in thought, so the Grand Prince took the cup of tea. He gently set the cup of tea down in front of his wife.
After serving everyone tea, only then did Liu Ti醤 Q� reach for the stone. When Liu Ti醤 Q� picked up the stone, the stone turned a complete glossy black like shungite stone with glowing pure white flecks. It gave of the image of a light shining in the darkness.
Liu Ti醤 Q� screamed out in shock as she felt an overbearingly powerful force yank at her very soul as if it was trying to pull her soul into the stone. The pressure intensified by the second. The agony seemed to pierce every cell and molecule of Liu Ti醤 Q� body. It felt as if her very being was beginning to unravel. It was an excruciating soul shredding tormenting agony, unlike anything Liu Ti醤 Q� ever experienced. She was unaware that that level of pain was even possible. It couldn`t even be label as pain. It was completely beyond pain.
Liu Ti醤 Q� was unaware that she was screaming in agony. Suddenly Liu Ti醤 Q� felt an ancient primordial presence. The presence seemed to look in her direction. The presence seemed like itwas drawn to her, and it had began to move towards her location. Suddenly the pain was gone. However, darkness swallowed her. Liu Ti醤 Q� had fainted from the intense pain.
Liu Ti醤 Q� was not unconscious long at all. Several short moments later, Liu Ti醤 Q�`s consciousness returned. When she came to herself, she was lying on the floor. On one side of her lay Wang F鑞 Y襫g, who was unconscious, on her other was an unconscious Lady W� Gng Hu who
was lying in the arms of her husband, the Grand Prince. The Grand Prince`s face was pale with fright and fear-filled his eyes as he held his wife in his arms, whispering for her to wake for him.
Just as Liu Ti醤 Q� slowly sat up, Wang F鑞 Y襫g and Lady W� Gng Hu simultaneously regained their consciousness. Liu Ti醤 Q�`s was pale as a sheet of paper. Phantom streaks of agony rippled through her soul. For the first time since her reincarnation, Liu Ti醤 Q� felt true all-consuming soul capturing fear. At that very odd moment. Liu Ti醤 Q�`s mind flashed to the Wizard of Oz. An American movie she had seen in her past life. For some bizarre reason, she heard Dorothy`s voice in her mind saying, "Toto, I have a feeling we`re not in Kansas anymore."
A gloomy Liu Ti醤 Q� inwardly thought, `Damn it, I am definitely not on earth anymore! What the hell is going on here?! A rock just tried to suck my soul into it?! Things like this do not happen on earth! What the hell kind of place is the Northern Lands where rocks, innocent-looking rocks turn weird colors and try to stuck people`s soul into it!`
Outwardly Liu Ti醤 Q� turned to Wang F鑞 Y襫g, who was also sitting up. Then she turned to Lady W� Gng Hu. The Grand Prince was helping his wife off of the floor. He assisted her back over to the table. Liu Ti醤 Q� turn back to Wang F鑞 Y襫g and ask, "Big Brother what... what just happened here?" Liu Ti醤 Qu couldn`t control the fear that leached into her voice.
"I don`t know, nothing like this has ever happened before. When you started screaming, I reached over to grab the stone from your hand. When I touch the stone, the pain spread to me as well, and I was pulled into the same inert stasis as you." A pale-faced Wang F鑞 Y襫g explained as he looked over to his mother. Before asking, "Imperial Mother are you okay?"
Lady W� Gng Hu said, "Yes, I am okay, F鑞 Y襫g."
Lady W� Gng Hu looked at her son with an inexplicably unfathomable look in her eyes, "You didn`t scream. How come you didn`t scream? Never had I felt such agony in my life. It`s obvious you felt it too. How did you bear it?"
When Lady W� Gng Hu saw her son get dragged into the inert stasis that Liu Ti醤 Q� was dragged into. Fear exploded in her heart as she watched her son silent bear what seemed to be excruciating pain. Wang F鑞 Y襫g`s face had turned red, and sweat broke out all over him and poured down his face as he had clenched his teeth against the pain. When he didn`t scream, Lady W� Gng Hu had thought the pain was bearable. So she took the chance of trying to knock the stone from their hands. However, as her hands connected with her son`s hand, she too was dragged in.
Lady W� Gng Hu couldn`t understand how, when, or where her son learned to bare such pain. It had felt like her soul was being shredded, and the core of her being was being obliterated. Lady W� Gng Hu experience many wounds and injuries in battle and was even tortured before. But, never had she experienced such agony. Yet, her silent son, who hated people and hated to be touched, never screamed. Lady W� Gng Hu never knew that her son had such a high tolerance for pain.
Instead of answering, Wang F鑞 Y襫g said, "Good, I am glad Imperial Mother is okay." Looking over to Liu Ti醤 Q�, Wang F鑞 Y襫g asked, "Are you okay?"
With a nod of her head, Liu Ti醤 Q� answered, "I`m okay. Are you okay, Big Brother?"
With a faint nod of the head, Wang F鑞 Y襫g said, "I`m okay."
Wang F鑞 Y襫g then looked over to the Grand Prince and said, "Thank You, Imperial Father."
It was the Grand Prince who used the hilt of his sword to knock the stone from their hand.