Chapter 334 - Crystal Cave (2/2)
What was even more surprising was that in here, the walls had pointed clear glass crystals growing out of them, all around them, even on the ceiling itself. The ground was the only place with no crystals, instead, it had a bright green, somewhat shimmering grass bed - Although there were a few large crystals boulders strewn about.
The Emperor was greatly surprised by the scenery, but he found himself looking on with uninterested eyes, with his remaining fixed on Lei Xing, who lightly glanced about the cave, also not very interested as she flatly went, ”Crystals...interesting.”
Prince Yi was apparently not phased by her dry response, He simply smiled at her and said, ”Wait a bit... You'll see.” Then he walked to the middle of the opening and looked up through the hole in the ceiling of the cave.
The Emperor found himself glaring at his brother again and it was only now that he realized that Prince Yi appeared younger...much younger. The Emperor's eyes quickly returned to Lei Xing and he also realized that she too did not quite look the same either. While he had never known Lei Xing in her younger years, he did have a frame of reference that was Xiao Ting.
Now he was confused and was even more convinced that this was a dream, an odd one at that. It was one thing for him to dream about his brother with Lei Xing. But why would he dream of a younger version of them in some random cave?... Moreover, with him being the third wheel in the scene, of all things.
”Now...” Prince Yi suddenly excitedly said, as the light coming from outside diminished greatly and a soft hue of purple, red and yellow light shimmered in from above. The next thing, the ground below came to life, as flower stems with white shimmering buds suddenly sprung up from the grass below.
The flower buds opened up to reveal bright petals, radiating the similar soft white light the dots in the cave passageway had. The most surprising component of these flowers was that in their centers housed little crystal clutters of three, that mirrored the hue of yellow, purple, and red glow from above.
To the Emperor and Lei Xing's amazement, the crystals lining the walls also took on the colors coming in from above, each crystal picking its own choice of light from the three presented, creating a room of colorful lights. Seeing this astonishing sight reminded the Emperor of something, but before he could place it, he was distracted as his eyes narrowed in on Lei Xing's lit up face.
She was smiling, obviously enthralled by the scene as she glanced about and then crouched down to scrutinize the flowers, ”It's beautiful...” She quietly said as she touched the crystals in one of the flowers, her smile slightly widening. The Emperor also found himself slightly smiling as he watched her, he wanted to go over and hug her, she looked incredibly beautiful in the soft glow of the room, but again, his body was back to being a rigid unmoving stone.
”...Not as beautiful as you.” Those shy words filtered into the Emperor's ears and he was reminded that there was an unnecessary third party in the room with them. Prince Yi apparently shared his thoughts, but it was greatly unwelcome and the Emperor went back to glaring at Prince Yi, who was surprisingly blushing as he hesitantly looked at Lei Xing, completely unphased by the Emperor's glare or rather, he was bluntly ignoring it.
To the Emperor's delight, Lei Xing did not have much of a reaction to Prince Yi's sickening words. She simply cast him a nonchalant glance and then went back to scrutinizing the flowers.
He had also come to the conclusion that the other two could not see him and was completely convinced that this was a dream. Therefore, there was no reason for him to get affected by anything he saw here...but that was easier said than done.
This was really a strange dream, one he would like to be done with now. Despite the fact that he knew this was not real and the fact that all they were doing was talking, it still REALLY rubbed him the wrong way as he glanced between the two.