88 Rushed Confession (1/2)

”You...You...You have Parting Sun as well?!” Li Gang said each word with an increasing amount of shock and disbelief.

”This...this...is this fate?!” he said, talking to himself. He began muttering to himself like a madman.

Ming Yue was not expecting him to react like this. Although she knew that these swords had great importance, she did not think that Li Gang would give such a reaction to her.

”Will you come with me to Rong Lu City? I must take this to the Forgelord and talk with him” Li Gang said.

She agreed quite easily to his request, she did want to go and see what a city for crafters was like. She quickly made preparations to depart, speaking with Elder Yin as well as the Yu siblings before taking one last look at through the General Auction.

”Going so fast? You've only been here for a few weeks!” Yao Xian said, ”I haven't even showed you my favorite restaurants. Fengtian hasn't even showed you his sword in action.”

”I know but I really want to go to Rong Lu City. I'll still be here for the rest of the General Auction”, Ming Yue replied.

With a little less than 100,000 gold, she purchased some medicinal pills and cultivation pills.

Bone Mending Pills and Blood Wheel Pills for injuries and emergencies as well as two Three Thought Pills for cultivation. All of which costed her sixty thousand gold and left her with around thirty thousand. The two sibling accompanied her, eating and talking happily. Ming Yue was a wanderer, the both of them understood that and did their best give her a good time.

At the end of the day, Fengtian did the unexpected, he confessed to her in a somewhat empty part of the Capital city. They walked into a garden of sorts before Fengtian spoke out.

”I-I do not know what these feelings may be”, he said, ”Love, infatuation, obsession, I can only think of you and no other woman. Ever since I met you, I have always had you in my eyes. Your courage and your softness have captured me. Even though I know that you will not return these feelings to me, I want you to know that...I love you.”

His cute appearance only added more power to his confession. If it were any other girl they would have fallen for him in an instant.

But Ming Yue was not one of them, she was shocked for sure but she could only respond honestly.

”You are a great person and these feelings are something that I cannot accept. This is something I am inexperienced in and I do not plan on finding a partner”, she said.

”Perhaps in time, your love will fade and you will find another. I'm sorry.”

Fengtian felt somewhat bittersweet. He was able to confess and he had expected this response but to hear it in person was so much harder to accept. After this day, Ming Yue would leave the Capital for Rong Lu City and no one knew when she would come back. Yao Xian looked from afar, saddened that Ming Yue did not return Fengtian's feelings but she could do nothing. After all, Fengtian had wanted her to stay out of it.

”Maybe...maybe”, he muttered. The final day of the auction ended quietly. Stores and stalls closed up for the night. The streets were cleared and cleaned. Everyone went home, some happier than others and others sadder than some.

Ming Yue did not feel right declining his confession but she could do nothing. With no experience and no real interest in love and romance, she had no reason to accept. A lover was the least important thing in her mind and Fengtian was more of a friend than anything else.

With her preparations done, she met up with Li Gang the next day and they walked to the northern areas of capital city. There she saw magnificent ships made of wood and metal floating in the sky. She never quite paid attention to the other parts of the city and did not realize that this was a skyport!