Chapter 351: Leaving the Clan (1/2)
”See it to the end, no matter what...”
Ling Xue went into deep thought, thinking of what Ming Yue said.
Ming Yue placed a hand on her shoulder and stood up to go, leaving Ling Xue with some last words.
”Perhaps, my words helped you or maybe it has no meaning to you at all, Ling Xue. But I believe that you should do what you believe in. Even if you fear what comes next, see it to the end.”
As she walked away, the Yao Princess looked to her.
”This responsibility of yours, this search... Do you think that it is worth it? Do you not feel as though you should abandon it?” she asked.
Ming Yue stopped in her steps and turned around.
”If I abandon it all, then the progress I had made is all in vain.”
”Even if it will be so in the end?”
”If it ends in vain, so be it. I will find solace in knowing that I have done all I could.”
She then left, leaving Ling Xue to ponder on her own.
Despite the ongoing festivities, Ming Yue left quite early, letting Hei Yue and Xiao Yin to run around the city. Leaving the hustle and bustle, she walked through the quieter streets, thinking back on her words.
”If it was all in vain...” she muttered.
That sprout of doubt from before was beginning to grow.
”A rather sad conversation you just had. You, yourself, doubt your choices and actions. Dony forget I'm in your mind, I hear everything.”
Xue Yue's voice stopped her thoughts.
”Is it wrong? To doubt myself?” Ming Yue asked.
”Doubt is what kills. Hesitation in a fight means death. You know that do you not?”
”What of it? That disciple... I did not kill him, I murdered him. How can I stay unbothered when I've done such a thing?”
”Him? You've killed over a hundred, probably several hundred other people ad countless other beasts! How does he matter to you? Because you used words? What of it? He is just one more head to your count.”
”Even if he needed to die, killing him like that... Who deserves to die feeling grief and betrayal like that?”
”He's dead. There's no point in feeling remorse. I do not know what else you want but that is it.”
”This...”
Ming Yue stopped herself and let the conversation go.
She might be this strong warrior but in the end, she is only barely a young woman. Where was she now? In the midst of a war. Not even eighteen years old but tasked with a heavy burden
”Is this what I want?” she thought.
Ming Yue had no answer to this. Walking through the quiet streets, she did her own pondering, reflecting on herself. In the end, she pushed it aside, unable reach an answer. It was not indecisiveness but a lack of understanding that barred her.
Returning to her room, Ming Yue unfurled her map and began plotting her course. She marked the map with the symbol of Tao Feng on the locations that she acquired.
”If the Tao Feng Sect Leader cannot survive without the help of his disciples, they should be the next ones.”
Looking over the Boundless Beast Forest, it was placed at the center of the continent and covered much of it. It seemed to be as large as one of the Six Kingdoms in the Human Continent but the Demon Continent was much larger than that.
”If I go south, I could go to the forest, then the lake and finally move towards the west for the temple. With none of them able to complete their mission, the plan would fall through.”