《Tale of Ancient Times》 Tale of Ancient Times, Prologue Thousands of years ago dragons existed. But not as we imagine them, with scales and fire breath, they were beautiful and elegant beings who looked just like humans in their human form, so it was almost impossible for a human to recognize a dragon in it¡¯s human form. But there was a way to recognize them, no matter of their form whenever they were angry their eyes will change from humans to snake looking eyes. But there was a catch, dragons were beings who were really hard to angry and that¡¯s the reason why humans didn¡¯t know for their existence until they decidedIf you come across this story on Amazon, it''s taken without permission from the author. Report it. to showed themselves. One day Dragon Emperor Yi Qiu decided to show humans that dragons do exist. But that didn¡¯t go as he imagined it will. Humans declared a war against dragons, and with no way out Dragon Emperor surrendered himself in hope to save his people. But when he surrendered he ended up killed by humans. His wife fell in despair and decided to kill herself, and she would have done it only if she was not pregnant with Dragon Emperor¡¯s child. She decided she will give birth to a child and then kill herself. But in the meantime their kingdom was attacked by humans who killed almost all the dragons in it, leaving the queen and the child she carried in her womb only survivors of dragon species. Too weak unable to switch to her human form she was starving for too long. When it was time to give birth to her child she died out of hunger, because she was too weak. Last thing queen saw was her child that was on her surprise in it''s human form already. How it All Began Thousands of years ago dragons existed, but they didn''t look like we imagine them, with scales and fire breath, they were beautiful beings who looked just like humans in their human form. But in their real form they were big, but beautiful and elegant with eye color that was usually red or yellow, and sometimes in exceptional cases navy blue. But one day there was said that humans declared a war against dragons. Dragon emperor with no way out, in hope he will save his people surrendered himself, and ended up killed by humans. His wife the queen fell in despair and made a decision to kill herself, she would have done that if only she was not pregnant with child of Dragon Emperor. She decided that she will give birth to her child and then kill herself. But in the meantime their kingdom was attacked by humans who killed almost all the dragons in it, leaving the queen and the child she carried in her womb only survivors of dragon species. Too weak unable to switch to her human form she was starving for too long. When it was time to give birth to her child she died because she was too weak. Last thing queen saw was her child that was on her surprise in it''s human form already. Few hours later some people were passing by and saw a baby crying right beside a big and elegant dragon. The people didn''t know what to do so one of them took the baby and brought it home. The man''s wife was surprised and didn''t know what to say, but because she couldn''t have children she accepted the child and named him Deng Long, because her husband told that he found this little baby boy right beside a big and elegant dragon. One day woman was walking with Deng Long trough the village and heard people talking ,,Look there, it¡¯s that woman¡­¡¯¡¯ ,,Isn¡¯t that the one who couldn¡¯t have children¡­¡¯¡¯ ,,I bet she stole someone''s child¡­¡¯¡¯If you discover this narrative on Amazon, be aware that it has been stolen. Please report the violation. ,,Isn¡¯t that Liao Xifeng, I thought she couldn¡¯t have children¡­¡¯¡¯ Deng Long: ,,Don''t worry mother, they are just jealous, let them be. I know I''m your child'''' Liao Xifeng (man''s wife):,,I know you know, I''m just worried. Because of me you don''t have any friends.'''' Deng Long: ,,NO! It''s not because of you. If someone talks bad about my family I don''t want them around me.'''' Liao Xifeng:,,What a caring gentleman I have for son. You know I love you with all my heart, don''t you?'''' Deng Long: ,,I know. And I love you with all my heart too, mother.'''' Liao Xifeng: ,,I know. Now let''s go back home my little boy.'''' Few hours later Zheng Dong(man who found Deng Long): ,,I''m home.'''' Deng Long: ,,FATHER! How was your day at work?'''' Zheng Dong: ,,Hello my little boy, good, thank you for asking. How was your day, son?'''' Deng Long: ,,Well...Some bad aunts were talking something bad about mother.'''' Zheng Dong: ,,Liao Xifeng, is that true?'''' Liao Xifeng nodded Zheng Dong: sigh, Well, there''s nothing we can do about that, just leave it be, it will stop with time.'''' That night was like any other. They ate and went to sleep, but Deng Long was feeling weird. He felt like he had fever and his whole body was itching. After some time he finally fell asleep, but that weird feeling didn''t go away. Instead it became stronger, and while he was sleeping someone entered his dream. It was a DRAGON. Big black dragon was standing right in front of him. Dragon was staring at him and Deng Long felt like he is gonna pierce a hole in his body is he keeps staring at him like that. Finally dragon spoke to him: ,,So you are Deng Long, I expected you to be bigger to be honest.'''' Deng Lang was staring at him with terrified look on his face Dragon: ,,Oh, sorry I didn''t introduce myself, didn''t I?'''' Deng Lang nodded Dragon: Well, khm, I''m Dragon Emperor Yi Qiu.'''' Deng Long looked at him with a blank face and opened mouth Yi Qiu: ,,Hahahaha, if I didn''t know better I wouldn''t even think you were my son.'''' Now Deng Long was not only terrified but confused too. He wanted to ask so many questions but in moment he wanted to ask his first question he woke up. He decided he will forget about that dream and not mention it to anyone. And that''s exactly what he did, he forgot about it and didn''t mention it to anyone for years. Note: Deng Long means "Dragon" Note 2: Yi Qiu means "Autumn" Tale of Ancient Times Chapter 2: Future Is Not Set In Stone Just like that years flew and Deng Long was already 17. It was age when a young man should marry. But Deng Long was not interested in marriage nor having a family like all young men were. He wanted to explore the world and maybe even find a purpose of living, with his medical skills he learned from his father he could make a fine physician and live from it. One day peaceful village was disturbed by yelling of some people "HELP!HELP!" All people in the village ran out of their houses to see what''s happening and they had something to see, a group of people heavily wounded bleeding to death, some of them were unconscious. "HELP!HELP!" Conscious ones continued to yell for help. Deng Long ran to them: ,,What''s wrong, what happened?!'''' Men 1: ''''We were attacked on our way here. We were passing by and some people attacked us, please help!" Deng Long being the only physician in their village except his father, who was now away on a trip, had a duty to help those wounded people. He ordered some villagers to help him carry wounded people to his house so he could treat them. As soon as villagers helped him carry wounded people to his house he started treating their wounds. While he was treating wounded, something or more specific someone caught his eye, it was a young man. Young man was well dressed and was as Deng Long saw very handsome with of course big amount of bruises on his face and all over his body. Such a shame, Deng Long thought and let out a long sigh, such a beautiful and handsome man to be beaten to half-death. Few hours later When Zhang Yongliang woke up everything was blurry, he couldn''t see clearly when he sobered a little bit he felt someone''s hand on his stomach, Zhang Yongliang reached for his sword but his sword was not there, he sat up straight and focused his eyes on a man in front of him. A man in front of him had a long dark black hair in tied in a neat ponytail with a long red ribbon. Man''s eyes were beautiful and pure, they looked like jade, like pure green jade. Zhang Yongliang could see that a man in front of him was a honest and that he had honor. Man''s robes were neat but old, robes were navy blue but he could see they were often patched. By his mother assumed Zhang Yongliang, because he didn''t see a ring on man''s left hand so he assumed the man was not married.Stolen novel; please report. Deng Long noticed one of his patients was staring at him and he felt a little uncomfortable When he turned he saw that same handsome man sitting straight up, man was well dressed and Deng Long assumed that a handsome stranger was either rich or was a servant of a really wealthy family. A handsome stranger had navy blue eyes that as it seemed to Deng Long, wisdom erupted. Strangers hair was brown and was tied in a now messy and long ponytail from laying down. His hair was tied with a long and now also messy from laying down blue ribbon. Deng Long spoke first, breaking the awkward silence. Deng Long: ,, I stopped your bleeding and treated your wounds, you should lie down few more days until your wounds heal a little more, then you will be able to move more freely but not too irresponsibly. You can stay here a few more days till you get better. Also when I treat a patient I like to know their name, so what''s your name?'''' A man refused to speak, so Deng Long assumed that he was either mute or just was not in a mood to speak. Deng Long: ,,Alright I see you are not gonna speak to me so I''m going to check on your comrades.'''' As Deng Long started to walk away a stranger spoke: ,,Zhang Yongliang, after a pause he continued, that''s my name'''' Deng Long decided to joke a little bit : ,,Your name means forever bright but you don''t seem so bright now'''' Zhang Yongliang stared at him with dark face that was as Deng Long assumed was supposed to mean: Don''t mess with me. Deng Long: ,,Okay, okay I will not tease you anymore.My name is Deng Long.'''' Zhang Yongliang saw the opportunity and grabbed it Zhang Yongliang: ,,Your name means dragons but you don''t see so dangerous.'''' Deng Long: ,,Alright, I see, you saw opportunity and used it, you are very skilled with words and you are smart too, that''s good for you, it will use you in the future. Now sleep, you need to rest to recover quicker.'''' And with those words Deng Long walked away to another patient. Few weeks passed and Zhang Yongliang was feeling much better, his wounds were almost healed and almost all bruises disappeared. Deng Long: ,,Well hello my fellow patient, how was your day?'''' Zhang Yongliang: ,,It was good, how was yours?'''' Deng Long: ,,Well...It was okay I suppose.'''' Zhang Yongliang decided he will not ask any further questions because he saw how unconfutable Deng Long was. Zhang Yongliang: ,,Say Deng Long, would you like to come to work for me?'''' Deng Long was stunned Deng Long: ,,And what would my job be?'''' Zhang Yongliang: ,,You would be my physician.'''' Deng Long: ,,Well...Where would I live?'''' Zhang Yongliang: ,,You would live with me, of course. Do you accept?'''' Deng Long thought about it and then answered after about twenty minutes Deng Long: ,,Fine. I accept.'''' Zhang Yongliang: ,,Alright, now we can go.'''' Deng Long was confused Deng Long: ,,Go where?'''' he asked Zhang Yongliang: ,,To my mansion, we are going for ten minutes, get ready.'''' Deng Long: ,,Wait, wait I need to tell my parents and I need to pack up and..'''' Zhang Yongliang stopped him Zhang Yongliang: ,,Then what are you waiting, go tell your parents and don''t pack up, you will no longer wear those clothes, you will get a new ones once we arrive to my mansion.'''' Twenty minutes later Zhang Yongliang: ,,Where is that punk?! I said for fucking ten minutes, and that was thirty minutes ago. You, he pointed in one of him comrades, go find him.'''' Twenty minutes later Man 2: ,,Here he is.'''' Zhang Yongliang: ,,You fucking punk, I said for ten minutes and that was almost an hour ago! Okay, nevermind let''s go.'''' And they started their traveling to Zhang Yonglian''s mansion