***
"Master, I think the crown prince has grown suspicious of us. We need to do something about it"
Li Feng gives an evil smirk.
"Let him smile all he can while he is still alive. Once my sister bear his child, there is no use of him to us"
Jiang Ru Yi listens to their conversation from outside.
"Master.. , do you mean we should.. Kill the prince?"
Jiang Ru Yi is frightened to hear their conversation. She never expected that they would go as far to kill the prince.
"Yes.. once the child is born, we should kill him"
She leaves the place in panic without anyone noticing her.
"Why does he want to kill the prince? Does he wish to rebel?"
She becomes anxious about the thoughts itself.
A messenger arrives at Li Mansion with a decree from the palace.
"Minister Li, you are immediately assigned to go to Kitsuru and reclaim the stolen territories at once"
"I think he wants to make me rebel then?"
Li Feng became furious and couldn't help but accept it.He summoned Li Ran to Li mansion.
"Brother, what happened? Why did you summon me urgently?"
He immediately held her against the wall while his hand strongly crushed her neck.
"I have given you only one duty, that is to conceive a child with the prince and you couldn't even do that?"
"Brother.. "She tries to stop him but her strength is no match against him.
She tried to respond but her shattering voice couldn't reach him.
His father arrives just in time and pulls him away.
"What are you doing? Are you trying to kill her?"
"Its better is she is dead then i will marry another woman to the prince to bear his child"
"What do you mean? Why are you so angry?"
"Brother, I just got close to him recently and it will take some time for the result to be shown, please be patient"
"Be patient.." he again tries to hold her against the wall but Jiang Ru yi stops him.
"Honey, please be patient. Lets wait for some more time?"
"Fine, if before my return you couldn't conceive the prince's child then i will kill you and send someone else to conceive his child"
Li Ran is panting to take a deep breath and shocked after facing her brother's wrath.
Along with her all their family is also shocked to see him like this.
He then goes out with his subordinate.
"We are starting out tomorrow morning, let's take our whole army and see how that Miyara kingdom can hold against our wrath?"
The next day they set off from the capital to Kitsuru.
***
"What? I am the Duke of Miyara?"
Fan Sheng is shocked to hear his words.
"Yes, you are the most honorable man I have ever seen till date and I have nothing more to offer to you than this."
"But.." he hesitates and tries to speak but is soon interrupted by his father-in-law.
"I am very glad that my daughter met you in her life and she is glad to have you as her husband"
"Honey, please accept my fathers wishes, Anyway he didn't have any other sons so it's your position sooner or later"
Mira convinces him and Fan Sheng becomes the duke of Miraya.
"But father, I hope you would give us something even more precious," Mira asks her father.
"What is more precious than this Dear, tell me?"
He smiles as he doesn't understand her meaning.
"We want to know about the divine swords?"
"Father, Fan Sheng has reached the max level in defender and healer abilities and now his sword master ability is acting up"
"He needs a divine sword to control his abilities or else i don't think he will be able to handle them anymore"
Mira explains his situation to her father with concern.
"So, this is the reason you haven't used other abilities in our duel"
They nod in acceptance and he could understand her concern for her husband.
"Then i will tell you whatever i know about the divine swords"
*** He narrates the story
It is said that a long time ago, nearly more than a century and half ago, there existed a giant evil serpent in the forests.
It would cause destruction in the neighbouring villages and it started to eat people.
Many talented warriors and people tried to kill it but they instead became its food and its powers started to grow.
With the increase in power it became larger and larger that no human being was able to fight it and it wreaked havoc in every village and kingdom it entered.
All the kingdoms agreed that they would offer sacrifices to it for the safety of the villages whenever that serpent entered their village.
At first it accepted this proposal but as its size grew even bigger its appetite also grew more that the villager sacrifices started to look small for it.
It soon started to cause trouble and broke the rules and started to eat everyone present before it as it thought they were weak and incapable in front of it.
Then 7 warriors who were masters of different abilities got together and fought against it.
After great effort they were successful in capturing it but they couldn't kill the Serpent.
So the spell master cast a spell and all of them sacrificed themselves to cast a curse upon the Serpent and turned it into a stone which is the serpent mountain.
Their swords were also sealed below the mountain where they performed that sacrificial spell.
All those swords can only be claimed by someone from their descendants or someone who is a Master in that ability.
"What happened to those swords now?" Fan Sheng asked, eyes full of curiosity.
After that Healer sword, Spell Master sword, Strategist Sword and Armorer sword were claimed by their descendants and the other 3 swords are still unclaimed.
For every sword festival, people try to claim those swords but no one is able to claim them till now.
"So where are those claimed swords?"
"Who has them?"
"The strategist sword is the heirloom of Min Kingdom and possibly its emperor posses it"
"What? They have a divine sword then they could probably use it against us then?"
"No, though they have the sword and no one can move it, they don't have the ability to use that sword yet"
"But why?"
"Only those who have a high cultivation in that swords ability can use it, even thought they are its descendants"
"Then can anyone else use it?"
"No, once it is claimed it will only recognize only their blood line as its masters. So no one else can't claim it anymore"
"Then what about other swords?"
I heard that the healer sword should be with the divine sect who are masters of medicine but no one knows where they stay.
And the Armorer sword is with the Eastern tribes which is near to Miyara and located in the dense forests but no one can enter that forest.
It is heard that their blood line were able to use that sword and protect themselves from any attacks from the neighbouring kingdoms.
They won't attack others but whenever an enemy tried to claim their territory they were so brutal and their weapons were unmatched.
"Then they know how to use that sword pretty well"
"Yes"
Regarding the spell master Sword, I never heard of its whereabouts. I heard a gossip sometime ago but whoever has that sword they were pretty good at hiding it.
"I think i know who has it"
"Who?"
He never expected that his son-in-law would know about the Spell master sword.
"Where have you heard about it?" Mira also questions him.
"I think my father has once shown a divine sword to us and he said it belonged to our ancestors"
"You mean you are the son of Duke Fan?"
"Yes, you know him?"
He is shocked to know his real identity.
"Anyway he is not a duke anymore, he is demoted from his position after my scandal"
"So you are the child of Duke Fan?"
"Yes and why are you so shocked?"
"Then it's no doubt that you possess such incredible abilities"
I heard a rumor that the Fan Family is the descendants of a spell master sword and were more powerful than the emperor himself.
I never believed as he denied the rumors, then it must be to hide the truth.
He smiles as he knows something incredible.
No wonder your father is demoted, they were trying to find a chance to suppress your family and they finally got it.
"You mean the crown targeted my family?"