Blue Phoenix Chapter 10 - Starting a Faction

Hui Yue and Cai Jie were both excited as they spoke with one another about starting a faction. Neither of them could contain the large grins that were evident on their faces. Just as they were about to start talking about the details of their faction a large bell could be heard ringing throughout the premises. It was a dinner bell, calling the lords and ladies to the dining hall where the food would be served shortly. Looking at one another with beating hearts, the two smiled as they rushed towards the very same dining hall that they had fled earlier that evening.

This time things were different. All his friends were already seated, and the seat at the end, meant for the host, was empty waiting for Hui Yue to sit down. While Deng Wu was seated at his right side, the left was empty clearly intended for Cai Jie. Hui Yue seeing that his friends took this much consideration towards a man they still had not been introduced to made his heart overflow with gratitude. Nodding politely to all of them, Hui Yue was grateful to see that Ma Kong made it to their house once more, something that would make everything much simpler.

“Thank you for letting us stay here,” Hui Yue started as he smiled at his friends. All of them waited patiently to hear what he had to say. They wanted to see how much he had changed. They wanted to know if they could help in any way. The fact that Hui Yue started speaking proved that he was now ready to introduce his friend alongside telling them what he had planned. “This young man is Cai Jie,” he started the introduction, and then he came to a standstill. He wished to describe the young man, but truthfully Hui Yue knew nothing about him. He felt like he could trust him, that he was a brother in arms, but he truly knew nothing about him. Frowning for a moment before he continued, Hui Yue decided just to make a brief introduction, “I met him while I was fighting in the Siban capital. He did me a great favor by taking care of a group of crusaders. We found that we have the same goals and decided to work

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