Monarch Of Time

Chapter 47 - 47 D.e.s.i.r.es

Shun Long could feel that the triangular-shaped stone was releasing a suppressive aura outside his body but his consciousness was all s.u.c.k.e.d inside the triangular-shaped stone.

This time he hadnʼt arrived in the space where he practiced his ʼMonarchʼs Hourglassʼ but had instead been s.u.c.k.e.d inside a pitch-black space without the slightest trace of light.

Shun Long couldnʼt see anything around him when a dignified voice that came from inside the darkness asked him

ʼʼWhat do you want?ʼʼ

Shun Long was puzzled as the voice asked him again

ʼʼDo you want power?ʼʼ

Shun Long didnʼt know if it was the triangular-shaped stone that was asking him or if it was someone else, but because the stone had directly merged with his soul, he had always felt as if the stone was part of him so he replied

ʼʼAre you the little stone?ʼʼ

The voice repeated the question

ʼʼDo you want power?ʼʼ

Shun Long nodded his head as he answered truthfully

ʼʼYesʼʼ

ʼʼHow much power?ʼʼ The voice asked him again

Shun Long then thought for a bit before replying

ʼʼEnough to beat Heaven grade experts at leastʼʼ

For the first time, the voice from the darkness showed some emotion as it laughed and said

ʼʼHeaven grade experts? Then what will you do if you meet someone at an even higher level than a Heaven grade expert?ʼʼ

Shun Long hadnʼt thought that the voice would ask him such a question and for the first time, he didnʼt have an answer in his mind.

The voice then asked him

ʼʼWhat is your goal?ʼʼ

Shun Long thought deep and hard for a long time

ʼʼWhat is my goal...?ʼʼ

Slowly Shun Long replied

ʼʼI want to be free.ʼʼ

ʼʼWhat else?ʼʼ the voice asked

ʼʼI want to control my own fate.ʼʼ

ʼʼWhat elseʼʼ the voice repeated

Shun Long didnʼt know what to answer as the voice spoke again

ʼʼSearch deep inside you. What do you really want?ʼʼ

ʼʼI want to live more.

I want to experience everything in this world.

I donʼt want to be constrained by others.

I want to stand at the top of this world.

I want to become the strongest person.

I want to be the one in control.ʼʼ

D.e.s.i.r.es poured out of Shun Longʼs heart while his voice grew louder and louder as he kept listing more and more things. D.e.s.i.r.es were easy to suppress if you kept them in the dark, but hard to control if you showed them even the tiniest bit of light.

ʼʼHahahahahahaha! YES thatʼs it! D.e.s.i.r.e more, ask for more. Use your own hands master. You are allowed to stand at the peak of this world this time, as the owner of the ʼStone of Timeʼ.ʼʼ

ʼʼMaster?ʼʼ Shun Long asked questioningly

The voice grew weaker and weaker

ʼʼ....I will follow you no matter what, as you are my masterʼʼ

In the end, the voice was almost inaudible as the darkness slowly receded. It all condensed at the center of this space into a pitch-black egg.

This egg was at the size of a human and although it was pitch-black, there were various ancient symbols on top of it, as it emanated a berserk and powerful aura.

Now that the darkness had receded, Shun Long could see the space around him. It was 30 square meters big and the only thing on this space aside from the black egg was the soil on the ground.

When the darkness was condensed into the pitch-black egg, the aura that burst out from Shun Longʼs body had startled the entire ʼfloating cloud sectʼ, before it returned back inside his body.

Be it the ʼouter cityʼ or the ʼinner cityʼ, from the weakest outer disciples to the Elders, everyone was alarmed by this burst of powerful aura as they fell to their knees, all of them unable to breathe.

In the depths of the ʼinner cityʼ inside a restricted area, there was a luxurious mansion. A man who seemed to be in his early forties was sitting on his bed when he had sensed the burst of aura from the ʼTreasure Pavilionʼ as he spat out a mouthful of blood.

His eyes looked towards the location of the pavilion in the ʼouter cityʼ and after that horrifying aura was retracted back to its source the man stood up.

ʼʼCould it be that some powerful senior has arrived in my ʼouter cityʼ?ʼʼ The man mumbled to himself

This man was the strongest person in the entire ʼfloating cloud sectʼ, the sect master Liu Jian.

After sensing this aura he issued a summons to the Elders of the sect, ordering all of them to convene at the ʼinner cityʼsʼ main hall.

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Shun Longʼs consciousness had been returned to his body before he had time to explore the newfound space in the triangular-shaped stone. However, he clearly remembered that the voice in the darkness had called the little stone ʼStone of Timeʼ as well as Shun Long its master.

Before Shun Long had time to ponder over things, heavy breathing could be heard from the entire ʼTreasure Pavilionʼ as people could finally breathe again.