Chapter 228 Gong Luo (1/2)

Chapter 228 Gong Luo

When Ye Wuchen and Ning Xue discovered the figure, it also seemed to discover them. After a short pause, it walked toward them quickly.

“Big bro, there’s someone there.” Ning Xue extended a hand to point at the approaching figure with a look of shock.

“I can see them.” Ye Wuchen’s gaze fixed on the person as he spoke. “Xue, do you remember the place we met?”

“I do, I do.” The north of the Tian Long continent, a forgotten and sealed away corner. It was the place she had first met Ye Wuchen, so how could she forget?

“It was once a place that was sealed away tightly, so much that even Grandfather Chu Cangming couldn’t get out. This place isn’t much different from there. Before us is another sealed area. The person inside shouldn’t be able to leave like we couldn’t in the past. That’s why we’ve been here so long and haven’t seen any outsiders,” Ye Wuchen explained slowly.

Ning Xue seemed to half understand, but nodded along anyways.

The person came before them quickly, standing not far from them. He watched them with a look of shock. It was a young man with a long wooden bow and arrows strapped to his back. He seemed a few years older than Ye Wuchen. His hair was messy, but his eyes were intense and spirited, with a steady aura. The clothes he wore were obviously made from animal skin, while the shoes on his feet were odd wooden chunks.

His gaze swam between Ye Wuchen and Ning Xue as he waved his hand and opened his mouth. But no sound came through; this barrier blocked everything off, including sound.

From the young man’s gestures, Ye Wuchen could only see surprise, but not unfriendlier emotions like caution or exclusion. His handwaving seemed to be telling them not to walk any further. Meeting someone in an extraordinary place like this was almost destiny. The fact that this man was so caring for someone he had just met made Ye Wuchen much more trusting of him. “Xue, let’s cross over,” he said with a slight smile.

Seeing them start to walk, the man became more anxious, waving his hands and opening his mouth more urgently. But other than that he could do nothing as he watched them walk into the energy barrier separating the two worlds.

The young man seemed to already sense Ye Wuchen’s weakness. He walked up and helped Ning Xue support him, speaking in a chastisting tone, “Why’d you still come over, huh? What’s wrong with your body, kid?” He didn’t ask Ye Wuchen and Ning Xue how they got here, but instead started inquiring after Ye Wuchen’s physical condition. The moment his hand closed around Ye Wuchen’s arm, he seemed very surprised.

“Is this place off-limits?” Ye Wuchen smiled at him with gratitude as he countered his question with another question.

The man shook his head. “It’s a long story. Whatever, in your current condition maybe it’s not a bad thing that you came over to this side. You seem to be seriously hurt, let me take a look at you.”

With that, he used one hand to support Ye Wuchen while his other hand pressed against his chest. A hot stream of energy entered his body, streaming through his vital organs. He withdrew his hand quickly, a look of surprise on his face.

What an intense energy! Ye Wuchen remained expressionless, but he was shocked. That single moment of energy release just now had shown him that this twenty-something man…was just as strong as Southern Emperor Sect’s Shui Mengchan!

That someone so young had an almost godlike level of power on the Heavenly Star continent…how could he not be shocked?

“Kid, your body…” The man was looking at him with a look of shock as well. After a moment of hesitation he sighed, “You seem to be someone who has endured great crisis. You survived, but all the energy in your body is burned up, with only enough vital energies to keep you alive. There is no possibility for progress. Even if you live a life of exile…” He shook his head, his expression full of pity. This was his first time seeing this condition. There was no greater tragedy than burning up all of one’s energies. Usually it was impossible for one to get to this state of burnout. He believed that this man must have used some special technique that used up every ounce of his strength, including the source of his power and all of his vital energies.

Ning Xue’s body began to shiver, her small hand clenching tighter around Ye Wuchen. In her heartbreak, her tears began to fall silently to the grass below. She had been ecstatic with Ye Wuchen’s recovery, day after day. But since he had stood up, his condition hadn’t gotten any better. It had been so long that she had already guessed at the truth. But each time she would only tell herself that she was just imagining things.

What this young man said had ripped apart a wound in her heart that she had kept buried, unwilling to think about, unwilling to touch, all in one move.

Yet Ye Wuchen laughed out loud. He closed his hand around Ning Xue’s. “I’ve survived death from a great trial. That’s already mercy from the heavens. How can losing my power compare to that?”