The Ultimate Fire Master of Avatar

Chapter 127 Confusion and Direction

"And then you came here?"

Inside the Higashiki-ji Temple, Gurupas asked this question after listening to Kahn's account of his experiences.

"yes,"

Kahn smiled wryly:

"My mind went blank at the time, and by the time I came to my senses, I had already run away."

That day, too many things happened in the palace that he could not have predicted. Azura's premature action caused the plan to fall apart, and his, Elo's and the White Lotus Cult's preparations were in vain. The ensuing struggle for the throne, and Azura's final kiss.

In fact, even now his mind is still a complete mess.

On one hand, he didn't know how to explain things to Elo and his group, nor did he know how to explain Azura's actions.

Azura might be able to treat the White Lotus Cult members as pawns to be discarded at any time, and regard them as enemies and opponents, but he could not treat those who came to help him in the same way, nor was he willing to help Azura deal with them.

On the other hand, he never even considered getting involved in the power struggle between Azura and Zuko.

Azura is intelligent, cunning, insightful, ruthless, ambitious, and suspicious.

Under her leadership, the Fire Nation might indeed be able to unify the world and forge an unprecedented path, but it is also possible that due to her cruelty and inhumanity, she will lose the hearts of the people, ultimately be abandoned by all, attacked by the masses, and destroyed.

Zu Kou is kind, righteous, considerate of the people, willing to admit his mistakes and correct them, stubborn, and single-minded.

If Zu Kou were to become the Queen of Huo Lie, he might restore peace to the world, turn swords into plowshares, care for the people, continue the prosperity and strength of Huo Lie, and become a wise ruler. However, he might also be deceived, fall into fanaticism, and make many mistakes, leading Huo Lie to decline or even be overthrown.

As to who of the two men was more suited to sit on the throne, Kahn could only say he didn't know.

Therefore, in his original plan, after dealing with Ao Zai, he would begin to travel the world, to see the unique customs and culture of this world, and to enrich his own experience and accumulate knowledge. This was something he had always wanted to do.

As for the struggle between Azura and Zuko, he intended to remain as uninvolved as possible, and only get involved before the struggle escalated to the point of no return.

However, just as Azura said, the emergence of the White Lotus sect made the situation even more complicated.

Airo undoubtedly supports Zuko, and as an elder of the White Lotus Cult, it's impossible to predict whether the White Lotus Cult will operate based on this, but it's something that deserves our attention.

After all, he might believe it if the Grandmasters like Ai Luo were completely selfless, but to say that everyone in the White Lotus Sect was completely selfless was utter nonsense.

The thought that such a massive organization with followers spread across various countries and social classes would stop at nothing to achieve a certain goal is chilling.

Thinking about this, Kahn narrowed his eyes. He really should pay more attention to this organization in the future.

While there's no need to deliberately target them, we still need to be cautious.

However, while these problems were troublesome, they were still within his acceptable range after careful consideration. What troubled him most now was—

Azura's final kiss.

The soft touch seemed to linger on his lips, and the image of Azura so close to him kept replaying in his mind, making Kahn's expression increasingly conflicted.

The feelings he originally perceived between him and Azura collapsed and changed in that instant, transforming into a different kind of feeling that he had never imagined before.

To put it simply, I treated you like a brother, but you wanted to sleep with me!

And because it was at such a particular juncture, he even had a slight suspicion that Azura's confession might have other motives.

Furthermore, Azura's identity lends extra weight to this confession, just as she herself said—

"To govern this country with her."

Furthermore, Azura's current age is still too early, well, although Zuko has already started dating.

After listening to Kahn's various questions and concerns, Gurupask stroked his beard and asked:

"You seem to have forgotten one crucial point: do you like her?"

"I"

Kahn was taken aback by these words, but after a long silence, he finally shook his head slowly and said:

"I have no idea."

Like it?

Before that kiss, he had never had any such thoughts about Azura, and had even joked that he wondered which unlucky guy Azura would take a liking to.

It turned out that he was the unlucky one.

Don't like it?

For some reason, he couldn't bring himself to say it.

From the moment he first met Azura until now, upon careful reflection, Azura's presence had already occupied a significant part of his life. Scenes of the two of them together flashed before his eyes, and only then did he realize that it seemed that Azura's attitude towards him had been different from a very early stage.

But what exactly is Azura to him?

Seeing Kahn's appearance, Gurupask shook his head and sighed:

"The word 'emotion' truly hurts the most. I see your once-flowing chakra points are now blocked, aren't they?"

"In my opinion, it seems like your chances of opening all seven acupoints are a long way off!"

"Yes, but I don't have the mind to deal with it right now."

Kahn gave a wry smile, but then his eyes lit up and he asked expectantly:

"Speaking of which, Master, can you use your spirit-controlling technique to see into my deepest desires? Can you tell me directly what I'm truly thinking?"

"Hehehe, spirit control techniques aren't that powerful, but I can tell you're quite troubled right now."

Gurubask shook his head and joked.

Seeing Kahn's disappointed expression, he chuckled a few more times, then changed the subject:

"However, I do know a place where the kind of ability you mentioned might be possible."

"where?!"

Kahn jumped to his feet excitedly, but Gurupask smiled and gestured for him to sit down first, then began to explain:

"Somewhere in the country of Turkey there is a magical swamp. In fact, the entire swamp is just a giant banyan tree and its branches."

"It was a banyan tree with life, closely connected to the land beneath our feet, like an outward-reaching tentacle of the world. There, you could feel yourself becoming one with the world, hear all life breathing together, and feel the growth of all things."

"It is said that it connects the world with all life, connects time and space, can guide the lost, can summon the reflection of the dead, and can reflect the deepest expectations in people's hearts."

As Gurubask recounted the story, Kahn's eyes grew brighter and brighter.

He seemed to know where he should go next.

(End of this chapter)