Chapter 269 (2/2)

Ever since Wilde had awakened, he had gone all-out to eat . He practically went crazy from hunger . He didn’t even care if it was meat . As long as it was edible, he would swallow it immediately . All the rations in their spatial rings had already been eaten away by Wilde .

But even so, Wilde’s stomach was still constantly rumbling like a loud drum, causing them to laugh in surprise .

“Wilde, what was with your body changing color back then?” asked Long Chen .

Wilde’s skin had turned a red color on that day, and he had looked like an awakened beast, releasing a will that caused even Long Chen to s.h.i.+ver .

“I don’t know . In any case, whenever I get angry, I’ll end up awakening a strange energy . That energy is extremely powerful . But once I use that energy, I’ll immediately become starving . Normally, if my master isn’t by my side, I don’t dare use that energy because I’m afraid I’ll really starve to death,” explained Wilde, feeling somewhat vexed .

According to Wilde’s explanation, his body was hiding a strange kind of energy . And according to what he said, it seemed that energy didn’t come from his body, but his soul .

Of course, that conclusion was guessed by Long Chen . Wilde was unable to clearly explain where that energy came from .

Everytime he would use that energy, Wilde would go through several days of feeling starving, and would need to constantly eat .

His stomach was like a bottomless pit, and no matter how much he ate, it would be useless during the next few days . There was one time when Wilde had been hunting and he had encountered a fourth rank Magical Beast . At a critical juncture of life and death, he had ended up using that energy .

As a result, he managed to kill that powerful Magical Beast, but he almost starved to death in the mountains . In the end, he even ate the Magical Beast’s bones, only then managing to ward off his hunger .

Just thinking about that time would fill Wilde with terror . Hunger was easily capable of driving a man crazy . That was a kind of cruelty was sometimes even worse than torture .

That was especially true for Wilde with his special const.i.tution . He didn’t use any spiritual qi when he fought . He relied solely on his physical body to fight .

Once he was exhausted, his body’s cells would demand food from Wilde . That was why the Wilde’s hunger level was unimaginably greater than an average person’s .

Before he had met Long Chen, Wilde had endured periods of hunger, but it hadn’t been so bad . However, as his body grew stronger, that feeling of hunger became more and more unbearable .

It wasn’t that his ability to endure had dropped, but that his body’s requirements had grown too large . Now he practically needed to constantly eat .

But there was one good thing about his hunger . Due to him quickening his footsteps in his haste, they quickly arrived in the Phoenix Cry Empire . After another short period of travel, the imperial capital appeared in front of them .

As soon as Long Chen entered the capital, he caused a huge commotion as people came to greet him .

Long Chen saw many familiar faces . Fatty Yu, Shou Hou, and all the others were present to give Long Chen an embrace with crazy joy .

Long Chen naturally gave them all a laughing greeting, but said he wanted to return home to see his parents first . He made a promise to go out drinking with them later at night .

It had been over half a year since he had been home . Looking at his familiar estate gate, Long Chen felt a burst of emotion .

The gates had already been newly decorated . In fact, all the walls had been newly washed and painted, and it was the entire n.o.ble estate had been transformed . Compared to how dest.i.tute it had been when he had left, it was completely different .

Long Chen had just been about to push open the door when he heard his mom’s discontented voice from within:

“Chen-er’s returned! I’m definitely going to go see him right now! Why must you make me wait for him here with you? Just let us mother and son see each other a bit earlier! You at least got to see Chen-er at the border, so you’re at ease . But I never got to see him!”

Long Tianxiao’s deep voice responded, “This is for your own good! There’s too many people over there, so it’s inconvenient!”

The large gate was pushed open . Long Chen finally got to see that figure which he thought about day and night . His voice trembled as he called out:

“Mom!”

Mrs . Long had been grumbling at Long Tianxiao . Suddenly hearing Long Chen’s voice, her body shook, and she hastily turned to see her son’s figure standing there . She was unable to hold back her tears any longer .

“Chen-er!”

Long Chen rushed into his mother’s embrace, also crying . “Mom, your son has been unfilial . ”

Although Mrs . Long might not be his birth mother, Long Chen knew she had invested her whole life to him, raising him like her real son . They were no different than a biological mother and son .

The fact that he had left to face the outside world had been a great impact on Mrs . Long . And so this time when he saw his mother again, Long Chen was filled with guilt .

“Good child, don’t cry . It’s good as long as you can return . Come, let mom see if you’ve gotten too thin . ” Mrs . Long gently caressed Long Chen’s cheeks .

She saw that after being gone for half a year, that immaturity on his face had already disappeared, replaced with a firm determination . She exclaimed, “Good, my son has really grown up to be a real man . I really am happy . But I also knows you must have experienced many hards.h.i.+ps during this, so I also feel sorry for you…”

“Ah, if you have more to say, there are rooms inside . There’s also guests waiting,” reminded Long Tianxiao .

Only then did Mrs . Long notice there were others . Hastily wiping away her tears, she greeted everyone and brought them in .

The first words from Wilde’s mouth were that he was starving to death, so Long Tianxiao quickly told people to get cooking . In fact, he even informed the imperial cooks to come help, because they all knew just how much Wilde could eat .

Entering a room, Long Chen was holding his mother’s hand when his expression suddenly became odd . Carefully looking at his mother, his eyes were filled with surprise and joy .