Chapter 17 – Minor Changes (1/2)

Chapter 17 – Minor Changes

Ye Wei wasn’t confident about repeating what he did when he was with Lin Zi Yan before actually spotting the errors in his cousin’s stance, but now his body and mind were ready to refine and perfect the White Tiger’s Assault. After all, helping his cousin would be the only way for him to contribute to the Ye family’s last stand!

Excited and euphoric, Ye Wei placed his hand on the gate as he leaned forward to have a closer look at his cousin’s training. The gate moved an inch as he put his weight onto it and squeaked.

The squeak made by the opening gate was just loud enough to surprise Ye Wei causing him to panic and immediately pull his hand off the gate.

“Show yourself!”

Ye Zhong was focused and tensed while his eyes were ice-cold when he asked the intruder to identify himself. He bent his knees slightly and tensed up his calves.Then, he launched himself and within the blink of an eye he was already at the gate, charging in a way akin to a tiger ambushing one from above.

The heightened hearing of a four star Warrior could easily pick up the squeak, it was not surprising that Ye Zhong could hear him.

Ye Zhong’s hand was glowing bright red as he pulled it towards his chest like a loaded cannon ready to be fired. If he released his strike, the door would, without a doubt, turn into dust and Ye Wei, who was right behind it, would meet the same fate.

“Cousin Zhong, it’s me!” He shouted while realizing that this could be the last moment of his life, which caused Ye Wei to be covered in cold sweat in a rush of terror.

“Ye Wei, is that you?”

Ye Zhong recognized the familiar voice coming from behind the gate. ‘The owner of it should be friendly.’ This idea surfaced in his consciousness just before the point of no return, so he stopped his attack before it hit him. However, the recoil from the attack took its toll on his body, causing his face to became a little pale.

“Squeak!”

He opened the gate, while not being able to decide if he should laugh or cry as looked at Ye Wei who looked like an injured critter resting on the ground, “Ye Wei, it is way past your bedtime, why are you wandering around? Do you know that you could have been seriously injured a moment ago?”

Ye Zhong rubbed his little cousin’s scalp and told him off with a fake, serious face.

“The weather is horrible today.The heat is fine, but the humidity kept me up so I decided to take a walk and get some fresh air. My feet lead me here somehow, I don’t even know how I got here!” Ye Wei came up with a random excuse, while scratching the back of his head and smiling.

“You little rascal come on in!”

Ye Zhong reluctantly shook his head with an amused look in his eyes as he closed the gate behind them while dragging Ye Wei into his courtyard.

“Du Han Yue is a six star Warrior. Cousin, are you nervous about the fight tomorrow?” Ye Wei innocently posed the obvious question to his now extremely pale and tired relative.

“What do you know about it!” He replied and knocked his little cousin in the forehead with his knuckles.Then, he looked at the beautiful silver moon in the night sky. The moon’s light reflected off his face and revealed his anxiousness.

Nervous?

As a four star Warrior, having to physically confront a well known genius, the young six star Warrior Du Yue Han of Green Moon City with their family’s ancestral land at stake, who wouldn’t be nervous?

Just thinking about the consequences of failing was enough to make it difficult for one to breath!

“Cousin, you were performing the White Tiger’s Assault right? That’s an impressive high spirit level stance! I wish I was as strong as you… I can’t even make stances!”

“Could you maybe show it to me again? I want to see it close up.” Ye Wei looked at Ye Zhong with a fire in his eyes while scratching his head because he was shy from his overenthusiasm and questions.

Worried he might have gotten it wrong, Ye Wei wanted to verify the flaws he spotted a moment ago.

“If you work hard enough, you can and will be able to do stances!” Ye Zhong knew that talent was a sensitive topic for the mediocre Ye Wei, so he patted him on the shoulders as he motivated him with words. ‘With his red Sentient, nobody really knows how long he will need to become a seven star Student… Ten? Twenty? Thirty years?’

“You should take a few steps back.” Ye Zhong could not refuse the request from his little cousin.