Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
‘Path Protection’ was a very sacred term in the hearts of the Radiance Federation.
Path Protection referred to protecting a youth’s safety and growth, as well as the path of a very young unsurpassed talent.
A youth’s Path Protector would protect them from all the dangers encountered on the journey of growing up. As a bystander, a Path Protector would watch the path they were protecting, which was also the growth of the youth.
Those who were qualified to become Path Protectors were required to have a Willpower Rune. The Path Protector would then swear an oath at the Willpower Rune and protect the youth’s growth with all their might and even their life until they were satisfied with it.
The Path Protector would then activate their oath again and take on the duty of the youth’s butler.
They would not just protect the growth of the youth as a bystander.
If a Path Protector was dissatisfied with the path they were protecting, the Path Protector would dissolve the rune oath with the youth once the youth grew up. From then on, the Path Protector would leave the youth and no longer protect them.
Generally, the youths with Path Protectors were all from prestigious and high-ranking families. This was due to the fact that an expert would not gain any real benefits after becoming a Path Protector. They were just gambling on the youth’s future.
If the path they were protecting ceased to exist, the Path Protector would suffer a backlash from the Willpower Rune. The Path Protector would do their best to protect the youth’s future until the youth matured. Thus, a Path Protector’s protection was somewhat like the rite of a knight before the Spirit Qi Awakening.
Of course, a Path Protector did not just protect indiscriminately. Before the youth grew up, a Path Protector could only take action in the event of a life-and-death situation. It was a kind of life protection.
Usually, even if the youth suffered insults and endless torture, the Path Protector could only watch if it was not a life-and-death situation.
The resistance that a youth encountered might seem hard, but they were of utmost importance for the transformation of the youth’s mentality or strength. This was because each step of the growth of the youths, especially the geniuses, was like stepping on thorns. Only when they stepped over the thorns could they reach the true heights and be at the top with a magnificent view from above.
Lin Yuan had common knowledge about the Path Protectors, but he did not expect himself to have one. Even if the Moon Empress was his Master, he did not expect to have an expert protecting him closely one day.
Lin Yuan did not feel that this was a bad thing. He might not be able to adapt to it at first, but he did not need to worry about being assassinated.
On the journey, when Cold Moon told Lin Yuan about Cheng Wu’s sentence with a cold expression, her eyes would flash with cold light when she mentioned Cheng Wu.
“The Sin Cleansing Pool’s five Sin Cleansing Weeping Willows had been taken away because the Spirit Guards wanted to suppress the feys. Currently, Mystic Moon has replanted these five Sin Cleansing Weeping Willows. The Sin Cleansing Spring in the Sin Cleansing Pool is rather blocked, and Mystic Moon has also asked for it to be repaired and opened up. With the enhancement of the Moon Empress’ moonlight, Cheng Wu could probably repent in the Sin Cleansing Pool during his numbered days.”
Lin Yuan knew little about the Sin Cleansing Weeping Willows and the Sin Cleansing Spring in the Sin Cleansing Pool that Cold Moon had mentioned.
However, all the people ranging from 10-year-olds to 80-year-olds from the Radiance Federation would have heard of the Sin Cleansing Pool. This place that made people shudder had countless legends. Only the vilest people would be imprisoned in the Sin Cleansing Pool to cleanse their sins.
Cheng Wu would not have a good time in the Sin Cleansing Pool.
Lin Yuan did not express any opinions on Cheng Wu’s sentence, as he did not want to make things difficult for the Moon Empress. He would never go easy on someone who wanted to kill him.
However, Lin Yuan also understood that he relied on the power of his Master, the Moon Empress, to do everything, and not because of his own strength.
But this was only temporary. He believed that he would have a place in this world eventually.
When he arrived in the Radiant Moon Palace’s inner palace, he saw the Moon Empress combing the snow-white fur of a beautiful seven-tailed fey.
This fey was a white fox with seven tails. Its eyes were dark green, and its beautiful appearance exuded elegance. Its gaze could make anyone feel the unparalleled cruelty coming from it.
At that moment, an ordinary rabbit that was eating a carrot jumped onto the Moon Empress’ shoulders while constantly eating the carrot.
When this rabbit jumped onto the Moon Empress’ shoulder, the white seven-tailed fox suddenly lowered its head.
In Lin Yuan’s opinion, it seemed to be afraid of this rabbit. It slowly prostrated with its tail slightly curled up. This was how fox feys expressed their submission. Even though these feys were known for their arrogance and rarely submitted even to death, this fey was actually submissive.
The fox feys had always been outstanding among the beast-type feys, as few were comparable to them. Furthermore, fox feys were very rare, so it was usually hard to see them, let alone a white seven-tailed fox.
Lin Yuan remembered something recorded in some books on supernatural fables in his previous life.
When a fox has seven tails, a series of calamities will ensue. When a fox has nine tails, the world will be in chaos.
Before Lin Yuan could examine this white seven-tailed fox in front of him, the Moon Empress had finished combing its tail. She then raised her hand and stored this seven-tailed fox in the spiritual spatial zone.
Cold Moon went forward and said, “Moon Empress, your Calamity Sun-Swallowing Fox has evolved from six tails to seven tails. It seems to have evolved into Myth I.”
The Moon Empress nodded and saw Lin Yuan. Then she waved her hand and said as a smile spread across her face, “Now that you’re here, I guess you should have escaped from being assassinated.”
The Moon Empress examined Lin Yuan’s expression and was also relieved. Previously, she had been thinking about how to enlighten him.
Lin Yuan chuckled and revealed his white teeth, looking very cheerful.
“I’ve made you worried, Master.”
Actually, Lin Yuan was not frightened because of the previous assassination. His expression had looked ugly because Lin Yuan truly recognized how weak he really was after the assassination.
After living two lifetimes and died once, ordinary people could not imagine Lin Yuan’s firmness.
When Lin Yuan addressed her as Master, the Moon Empress beamed with joy right away, which left Cold Moon dumbfounded.
Cold Moon could not remember how many years it had been since the Moon Empress had smiled so happily!