58 Chapter 49 (1/2)
After the two had finally eaten, Ai had laid himself back down on the soft bedding of the small lounging chair before slowly falling asleep. Wang himself was off to the side, making sure the bed was set up before going to get the little fox.
He had thought of getting his own 'meal' that night, only to find that Ai had already fallen asleep! Sighing to himself, he moved to gather the smaller male into his arms and carried him to bed, only to be forced to sleep while holding his wife, rather than getting to enjoy some more tofu.
The next few days were rather busy as Wang had to go about getting everything set up. He was supposedly an Emperor, yet he held no wish to really ruling this new country. Instead he declared his will of wanting to place someone else up to run things for him as he just sat in the back, hidden in the shadows. He would be the ruler that was hidden, while someone else was forced to deal with all the headaches of running the country.
This person happened to be Shao Ling, Little Sho's sworn brother who had been placed as the country's regent general. Ling wasn't to happy that he'd been pushed to the front after only agreeing to help run the Military command.
Little Sho wasn't all that glad either as he now had to not only keep track of what Wang was doing, but make sure that Shao Ling didn't cause any other issues. Though he was great at commanding the soldiers, Ling wasn't much of a ruler, rather wanting to train his own skills in fighting and cultivation then running a country.
However, regardless of the many grumbles of complaints, Wang remained unmoved as he got everything he and Ai would need for their trip, making sure to also get some things just in case they really did get trapped in the mountain's Hidden Realm.
When the two finally set off, Ai had shifted back into his fox form so that he could snuggle himself into Wang's arm and let the other carry him off. For some reason, after the fact that they'd 'coupled' themselves together, Ai found himself to be unwilling to do much of anything that exerted to much energy. He just felt to lazy to move these days.
Thankfully the Royal doctor stated that there was nothing wrong with him, it was just that his body was trying to adjust to the jump in cultivation. His Kind was slightly different when cultivating and many didn't really reach the higher stages of this lower plane. The Spiritual energy caused some hidden issues, and his body was now currently trying to rid the impurities within that it drained his energy. After he managed to get these impurities out as well as cultivating into a more stabilized manor, would his energy naturally return.
Besides, didn't one need to take risks in life to achieve the great things others dreamed of?
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The process of entering the Hidden Realm was quiet easy, it was the leaving part that was unknown. When they finally stepped into the invisible force field around the Hidden Realm. Both Ai and Wang felt the fluctuations of Spirit Energy. It took them a while to realize that this Realms spiritual energy was much stronger than their own lands. Not only was it stronger, it also felt pure and made their whole bodies warm up with a natural feeling of pleasure.