(Chuyan POV)
I am in love.
Yes, I said it and am not ashamed to admit it.
I had just escaped from my slave masters and took some clothes that I picked up somewhere to try and blend in with the crowd. I was walking aimlessly around the city streets, lost in both where to go and what to do.
I had not really thought too far into my plans as to what to do or where to go after successfully escaping my captors; all I knew was I wanted to get out of there.
And maybe find him.
From the kingdom I came from, which was of course attacked by the army of Qidian, who have been on a conquering agenda for some reason—I think this all started when the new king took over about 16 years ago, and my kingdom was one of the unlucky ones to have been targeted during one of their campaigns.
I was once a young lady of a noble house, but after seeing how cruel humans can be to their very own species, I realized that if I wanted to escape or stop any of this, I would need power and lots of it.
As I was navigating through the city, I was able to find the city gates, and oh, how happy i was as my heart raced. I have been a captive for over 8 years, and the brutal and inhumane things I have suffered would be wiped away once I go out of this city and find a sect to join, specifically his sect.
A little story needs to be told. about a year ago, orbs of light fell from the sky after a beautiful and dazzling explosion occurred above me and my fellow slaves' heads, making us stare upward in awe. Luckily, the wardens did not beat us up for stalling, since they, too, were mesmerized by the phenomenon.
"A blessing from an ascended immortal!" I heard one of the guards say.
At the time i never knew what he meant by a blessing from an ascended immortal, since I was only eleven when i was captured to be a slave, and as a noble girl, I was only trained and taught in the act of pleasing my future husband and other forms of knowledge, like things about practitioners were really nonexistent.
"These orbs of light can increase the affinity of any mortal! I have to get one!" One of the wardens said with bloodshot eyes.
I remember at that time that all the wardens and even the slaves ran out of the city just like every other person in the city, trying to catch those orbs of light, but my attention was captured by something else. i missed my chance to know the direction of the city gate, but i would still do it again because I saw him.
It was a man in white robes flying towards the sky. I don't know why or how, but I was able to see him amidst those falling orbs of light and could not believe my eyes.
"A god"
I remember saying in shock, as I looked at his figure amidst the falling orbs, his long black hair, his facial features that made one want to look at him for eternity, those eyes filled with determination...
I want him...
It seemed the god had noticed my puny presence as he looked in my direction and flicked an orb of light towards me.
I did not have time to comprehend what was happening, but the orb of light entered into my body, and I instantly felt a slight connection with everything around me. it is actually hard to describe, but i suddenly felt like the air around me became cleaner and more refreshing.
That was a blessing from the god! For him to have noticed me, this one is not worthy.
Since then, my plans to escape started brewing, but first I had to learn some information about the city and the outside world. Luckily, since I was the only one left at the construction site, I could at least plan a little ahead by getting some tools to make my escape easy.
A year passed since that day, and with the tools on hand, I was able to chisel out a small hole in the slave room, which I covered with my bed. of course the real pain was sleeping since I had not thought of carrying something to block the hole that day. some slaves helped, of course.
I had gathered some knowledge about not only the city but also about the practitioners.
I chose the day when the practitioners of various sects would gather and have some kind of meeting, since some of the guards and wardens would take this time to go and watch the practitioners, so I made my escape.
And here we are looking at the city gate in front of me. Ready to leave, I saw how a man in white robes descended from the sky, shocking me greatly. I knew that these practitioners could do things like this, but knowing and seeing are completely two different things...
But after coming over my shock, I realized that the man... NO, the being that came down from the sky was the god I saw a year ago.
He still looked the same, and the divine aura around him affected everyone as they all looked at him in shock. I saw how humble and down-to-earth he was as he even gave the guards two gold coins for scaring them and also apologized to the others.
I did not know when i started following him and saw a sight that made me rage inside... AN INSECT DARED TO ROB MY GOD!!? HOW DARE HE!?
Following that insect and catching up to him and pulling him into an alley, I made him pay severely for his sins.
"You are lucky that I am in a good mood, or you would have something worse than this." I left those words behind at the boy who was hugging himself in a fetal position after i had used a plank to teach him how to respect my god. looking at the ring in my hand, I felt fulfilled.
But who would have thought that another group of brainless fools would actually try to harm and capture my god!.
"Stay your hand!" I yelled as i made my way to them, standing close to my god.
He smelled like freshly cut grass.
"What do you want?" The meatball asked, bringing me out of my thoughts.
"I just came to inform you that fights and private guards are not allowed on the road leading to the city center on this day," I said. I think they called it the colosseum, but the city center was more popular amongst the people.
"So," The meatball asked again, and at this point I am really missing that plank i used earlier on that kid that sinned.
But i must be calm since my god is here. "So, that means you can get disqualified by bringing your guards here." I don't know if that is true or not, but looking at his fat face, I had an inkling he doesn't know much about the rules, nor do his guards.
He left, leaving some words that I did not bother hearing since I was looking at him, the man that gave me a reason to live. I thought all I could be was a slave, but now I could be a practitioner, and it was all thanks to...
"Thank you, young lady."
Ah! his voice is so heavenly. I am trying so hard not to pounce on him right now. I have to distract myself so that I will not lose my mind... Right the ring.
"Y...you had this stolen from you."
Am disappointed in myself that those are the only words that could leave my mouth.
"Thanks." As he took the ring from my hand and our fingers touched...
Soshyy, I trink my barin si ont wroking.
The next thing I knew after coming out from that shock was to see him slipping a ring on my... My...My FINGER!.
"Bye," He said heading in the direction of the colosseum.
Right, since he is here, it could be that he is here for me this could have all been a test, and if i remember, the colosseum is being used today by the sects to pick new disciples! This is my only chance!