Awakening Of The Ancient: Rise Of The Fallen

A carriage was slowly moving towards the Xiayi Kingdom.

Two people were sitting inside the carriage. One of them was a 15-16-year-old boy, while the other one was an 18-19-year-old girl.

While the boy was looking outside the window, the girl was busy reading a book.

The carriage kept moving at a constant pace until it stopped abruptly.

The girl frowned as she put the book down and looked outside. When the carriage still didn't move, she opened the door and stepped outside.

"Why did we stop?"She asked as soon as she stepped outside, but she didn't get an answer. She looked to the driver's seat but found it empty.

With a confused look on her face, she looked to the front and saw that the carriage driver was walking away from them.

"Where are you going?" She called out loudly.

The Carriage Driver stopped and looked back.

"There are two bodies lying ahead of us, Miss. I thought that I should go check them out," The carriage driver looked back and answered.

"Two bodies?" The girl exclaimed in surprise as she shifted her focus from the carriage drive and she indeed saw two bodies lying ahead.

Before she could react, the boy came out of the carriage as well.

"Whoa? There are bodies here? Let me see as well," The boy excitedly ran towards the bodies.

"Jay! Stop! It can be dangerous if you go there!" She called out as she ran after the young boy, but the boy didn't stop.

"There's nothing dangerous about it, Sister," The boy replied, but he didn't stop.

In a few minutes, he and the carriage driver were standing right beside the dead bodies. The girl got there as well.

"Such a cruel death. Even his body isn't left intact," The boy said softly as he saw the body of Xiang Feng.

"Those clothes? I think I saw them before. Oh right! These are the clothes of the Devil Cultivators!" The girl exclaimed in surprise as she grabbed the hand of the boy and stepped back.

"Devil Cultivators? Cool! Why are you taking me back, sister! This guy can't be more dead than he is now," The boy started laughing as he freed his hands from his sister's hands and again stepped forward.

The girl also realized that, but she still couldn't help but worry.

"If I'm not wrong, this devil cultivator fought with this kid since I can see a sword near both of them. I'm quite surprised that this little kid was able to kill a Devil Cultivator," The boy further said in surprise as he glanced at Xu Ming.

Fortunately, Xu Ming had removed his disciple badge and clothes and he was wearing normal clothes. They didn't know that he was a devil cultivator as well.

"They both harmed each other. This boy must be a strong cultivator since he was able to kill a Devil Cultivator. Unfortunately, he died as well. Such a pity," The girl sighed.

"Let me see if they have something expensive. Since they're both dead, I don't think they'll need their things," The boy chuckled as he stepped forward.

The boy called Jay walked up to him and rolled him over so that his c.h.e.s.t was facing the sky as he began checking his clothes. The only thing of worth he found was the Beast Bag though. He couldn't see the ring that Xu Ming was wearing.

"This bag must be the thing they call a beast bag. It would be so worth it if it had beasts inside. We could sell it to some sects," The boy excitedly stood up as he turned to look towards the body of Xiang Feng.

He walked towards him and left Xu Ming behind.

The girl was still observing Xu Ming as she pitied that such an innocent-looking kid had died when fighting the devil. She hated the Devil Cultivators, so she quite liked all those who opposed the demons.

She was just looking at Xu Ming when she noticed something that made her mouth open wide.

Xu Ming's c.h.e.s.t rose slightly as if he was breathing.

She hurriedly ran towards him and checked on his nerves and breathing.

"He's alive!" She let out excitedly.

"He must have lost his consciousness because of his injuries," She let out as she saw the brunt clothes of Xu Ming.

"Zhen, Help me take this boy to the carriage. We should help him and take him to our clan. Also, take the body of that devil cultivator as proof as well," She let out.

"He's alive?" Jay said in surprise as he turned back.

"Cheh, I guess we can't take their belongings. Since that kid is alive, these are all his things. It's fine though. Since he killed the Devil Cultivators,  he must be from some big sect as well. Our small clan will definitely get profited by associating with him," Jay said with a thoughtful look on his face.

They all carried Xu Ming inside the carriage while they placed Xiang Feng's body on top of the carriage since they had no other place to keep it.

They did wrap it in clothes so that people won't be able to see that it was a body.

After being finished with everything, they started moving once more.

The girl was sitting near Xu Ming and she had her hands on his c.h.e.s.t so that Xu Ming won't fall.

Jay was sitting on the opposite side of them.

"Do you think he's from the Xiayi Kingdom?" The girl asked as she looked at Jay.

"I don't think so. If he was from here, he would be wearing his sect uniform when leaving the sect. He must be from some other kingdom that has sects that don't have a dress code for their disciples. I heard that there are a few sects in some other kingdoms," Jay replied as he observed Xu Ming's clothes.

"That does seem possible. His sect must be quite good though. Despite being so young, he was able to take on a Devil Cultivator that was way older. If I'm not wrong, the boy that was killed must be from the Mighty Demon Sect. That's one of the biggest Evil Sects in this continent," She said softly.

Their carriage entered the Xiayi Kingdom without much trouble and continued ahead.

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While Xu Ming lost consciousness because of pain, he found himself inside the same dream that he had been seeing since the moment he came to this planet.

The boy and the Ice Phoenix were still there and he was watching them, but something strange happened this time.

The boy inside his dream suddenly shifted his gaze towards Xu Ming and stared at him with a curious look on his face.

"You... look hurt," The boy said as he looked at Xu Ming.

"You can see me?" Xu Ming asked in surprise.

"Are you saying something?" The boy asked. He wasn't able to hear Xu Ming's words.

Xu Ming just watched him with a frown since he realized that the boy probably wasn't able to hear his words.

"You look hurt. Are you in pain like me?" The boy further asked.

Xu Ming just nodded his head.

"Do you hear voices in your head as well?" The boy again asked.

Xu Ming shook his head this time.

"Have we met before?" The boy again asked. He found Xu Ming somewhat familiar.

This time, Xu Ming didn't know how to react. He had seen the boy in his dreams, but he hadn't met him.

He just shook his head again.

"Oh," The boy let out in disappointment.

The boy stood up softly as he walked towards Xu Ming with his slow shaky steps.

The Ice Phoenix stayed behind.