Chapter 135: Travelling Alone (1/2)

Ye Wuchen returned home to the Ye residence slowly and unhurriedly, casually greeting what he considered nominally to be his parents, before he returned to his room and shut the door behind him.

“Come out now, Tong Xin.”

Following his call, a black shadow flashed across his vision and Tong Xin appeared before his eyes in a flash, leaning on his chest, intimately rubbing against him. Ye Wuchen caressed her pitch black hair and said, “Tong Xin, that person you saw a while ago, do you remember?”

Tong Xin stretched out her fingers, nodded her head to signify that she remembered.

“En, very good. Quickly, I need you to do something for me. You will come with me to sister’s place to call Ning Xue. Do you still remember the way to sister’s place?”

Tong Xin nodded once more. She got up from his chest, opened the door and she went out ahead of him, leading the way for Ye Wuchen.

The life of Ye Shuiyao was quite monotonous. Her courtyard was her whole world, as she did not go out of Ye residence too often. Her beauty was so incomparable that even a goddess would be jealous of her at a glance. Even her own parents could not understand why she preferred to stay there, unwilling to come out. What she was thinking? What she was doing?

Ever since Ye Wuchen had come to the Ye residence, her world was still as monotonous, but with the addition of all sorts of colors—dangerous colors.

When Ye Wuchen and Tong Xin arrived at Ye Shuiyao’s room, she was still painting. For a long time now, painting was the most significant way of releasing her emotions, and Ye Wuchen had made her even more fond of painting. The reason… she did not know. It was some kind of undescribable hazy feeling.

She did not know when the confusion in her heart had died out and was replaced by tranquility, which was even more confusing, because someone was trying every method to disrupt it, and on purpose.

When footsteps echoed in the courtyard, she knew he had arrived. She started to subconsciously pay attention to everything he did. Unwittingly, she remembered clearly the sound of his footsteps. She did not turn her head around before he entered, but her hand holding the paintbrush was obviously confused. Some things one cannot fail in, otherwise it would be beyond repair.

“Sister, these two days, I have something to attend to then I will leave for a certain period of time. Maybe a month, or maybe two months.” Ye Wuchen was dragging along Ning Xue in one hand, holding Tong Xin with the other hand as he gently remarked.

“En.” She plainly responded, still not lifting her head as if she did not mind.

“If sister will miss me, just look at the painting that I have made for you.” Ye Wuchen slightly smiled, then lead the two girls along as he made to leave.

When they were about to step out of the doorway, Ye Shuiyao finally turned around and calmly asked, “Where will you go?”

“A very dangerous, yet interesting place.” Ye Wuchen answered, then slowly closed the door.

Hearing that it would be dangerous, her heart felt like it had been hit. She felt terrified. When she eventually pulled the door open, Ye Wuchen had left her courtyard already. She silently closed the door, leaned against it, momentarily confused. This was her first time in many years to feel worried, her heart felt confused and scared for one person.

“Brother, where will go? That interesting yet dangerous place, where is it?” On their way back, Ning Xue lifted her head and asked.

“A very huge volcano. Xue-er, do you still remember the Heavenly Fire Volcano that Brother Long told us about before?”

“I remember… But Brother Long said that it is a very dangerous place. Why do you want to go there, brother?”

“Because…” Ye Wuchen mysteriously smiled, “That is a place that will make me stronger.”

“Then, will brother take me there?” Ning Xue asked in a worried face. She was afraid of hearing the rejection.

“Nonsense. This journey will take around two months. I am reluctant to leave my Xue-er behind for such a long time. Of course I will take you there.” Ye Wuchen said with a smile. That time when he left the forgotten place which had been sealed off, when Ye Ning Xue was being left behind, this delicate young girl was clinging onto him as she chased after him for a day and a night with wounded feet… That was when he made a promise that in the future, he will never leave her. Wherever he went, even if he were to go to hell, he would bring her with him as he fell.

For the journey to Heavenly Fire Volcano, he had been plotting it for a very long time. With Tong Xin around, he absolutely need not worry about Ning Xue’s safety.

“Oh wow! That’s great… I knew brother is the best.” Ning Xue with her face beaming with happiness, almost jumped up from her excitement. Her favorite moment was when she and Ye Wuchen were still homeless. Even though their food and shelter was less than what they had now. That time, she could stick to his side wherever they went, drifting along with him, completely different from the current situation where he was always busy with other matters.

“Okay now, look at you. Come, let’s return and pack some thing., Xue-er, you can bring whatever you want.” Ye Wuchen said with a smile as he flashed the ring of the God of Sword on his left hand. He inspected the empty space in it. It was as spacious as his own courtyard.

“Really? Then… I want to bring the bed and also lots of delicious food.”