246 Chapter 246 (1/2)
She had no idea where her supposed uncle had gone but the people from his sect had told her that he was busy. She was stuck here throughout the whole birthing process and couldn't leave even during the festivities.
She only had the status of a guest and was confined to this room by the person that brought her here. Besides the sect leader, the other people in this sect didn't look very welcoming. During her arrival, she saw some of them looking in strange ways at her. The workers were whispering and everyone was giving her the cold shoulder.
”How much longer will we be stuck here? What about grandfather?”
She called out while glancing through one of the large windows. This room had all the facilities needed for them to live in but it was getting boring. Cultivation to fill in the time was not on her mind as she was too nervous.
”Don't worry young miss, I'm sure your uncle will return in due time. Would you like to eat something? This treasure is filled to the brim, we don't need to worry about food!”
One of the maids replied while opening a large white box. Inside the air was chilled and it looked like a closet with shelves. There were various spirit enriched food items all sorted in there. It would probably last them for at least a month without any refills.
”Yes, and we have this magical device to give us some information!”
The second maid called out while pointing at a flat square object mounted on the wall. From time to time it would activate and a fashionable lady would give out information. Not so long ago she announced the birth of Zhang Jun, the newborn son of Zhang Dong.
”If what the person said was true, then your honorable uncle is probably busy with his child. We must be patient and wait!”
”Why don't we play this game in the meantime? There is surprisingly more to it.”
One of the maids pointed to a table. On that table, there was a sort of checkered patterned box. There were sixteen small figurines on each side. For someone that came from the modern world, this object would be easily identified as it was a chessboard.
Fang Meili looked at the table where the game of chess was placed. She had tried it previously and already figured out that this wasn't a simple game. A person actually had to think about their moves ahead of time.
The chess pieces even had different kinds of movement akin to lower and higher realmed cultivators. In her opinion, the king represented the hidden masters that couldn't move nonchalantly.
The limited movement showed her how the ones in power had to limit themselves. The Queen piece was akin to a nascent soul elder or maybe a sect leader that had more freedom than the old council members.
Fang Meili gave out a sigh, even though this game of chess was interesting the maids she was with weren't worthy opponents. They weren't good at thinking ahead and just randomly placed their pieces on the board. Always reactive and never proactive.
While she was thinking about giving the game another try she heard a knock on the door. This was more or less only a courtesy knock as before any of the girls on the inside could reply the door started to open.
Meili was stunned at the appearance of the person that walked through that intricate white door. It was a beautiful jade-like beauty that overshadowed any she had previously seen. Her fair complexion was exquisite and went together with the long snow-white hair.
Her eyes looked like two blue gems, while looking at them she could swear that she could see tiny electrical arcs jumping around. Her figure was very well proportioned, her hip to waist ratio was right on point and her chest was neither too small nor too big.
She was that one in a million beauty that could make empires crumble and even old monsters would have their hearts torn asunder. For some reason, this beautiful person was walking towards her.
”I apologize for the delay.”
Fang Meili was brought back to reality by a familiar voice. It was her white-haired uncle that was also quite the looker. The beauty that walked in front moved to the side after opening the door. It looked like she was opening it for her uncle to let him in.
”No need to apologize Senior Uncle!”
The girl clasped her hands and did a small bow, the two maids behind her did the same while scooting closer.
”Congratulations on the birth of your son.”
She added while looking back up. She still wasn't sure about this man's motives. He brought her here after saving her from that dreadful competition. The only thing that she wanted to know is how her grandfather and her sect was doing. She didn't want to be rude and ask too many questions in unfamiliar territory.
”Thank you. You don't need to be so uptight, you are part of the Zhang family line. You'd be a branch member if we were in the old clan but so am I.”
Zhang Dong smiled slightly while shrugging. She noticed a slight twitch on his face when he was talking about the family situation. Apparently, he wasn't someone of a remarkable bloodline but he did somehow end up as the sect leader. His new line of descendants would probably form the new royal-like bloodline.
”I actually came here to introduce you to someone.”
Zhang Dong said while looking over to the woman that had walked into the room before him.
”This is my niece Zhang Xue, she is your cousin from your great grandfather's side.”