Chapter 24 – From Whom? (2/2)

‘A tulip… It can’t be them, right?’ Du Yue Ming did not want to take any risks and he placed his hand on Han Yue’s shoulder signaling him to hold his tongue. There is time and place to speak up but this was not one of them.

‘They can wipe us out without even revealing themselves Han Yue, just let it go… No, actually, they can take Green Moon City from the shadows if they really wanted to; we can’t afford to make them our enemy they are too dangerous.’

Du Han Yue was puzzled about why his dad would care so much about this little girl. But he was an obedient son, he got the signal so he stopped. ’Yea, maybe I should just focus on the fight.’

Out of the the corner of his eyes, Ye Zheng Qing caught the Du Patriarch holding his son back. He looked at Zi Yan again curiously.

“Wei, let’s go!” Zi Yan broke the silence as everyone else was talking and guessing what the relationship between Zi Yan and Ye Wei was. “Master Yi is waiting for us!” She didn’t say it loud, but the Ye family could hear every word. As for everyone further away, they could only see her smile and her cherry lips moving.

“Now? But…” Ye Wei looked towards the arena and frowned the fight was about to start and he wanted to stay and support his family. Du Xian Hung was impatiently waiting.

He knew his presence would not mean much, but he wanted to be there to support his family mentally in critical moments like this, an extra friendly face around the arena might make a difference.

It was hard to leave his family behind, especially leaving Ye Zhong behind because they had developed a very tight bond over the past few days.

Ye Wei froze for a few moments. I’ve helped cousin Zhong refine three stances but Du Han Yue is a six star Warrior… I want to be here and see my cousin fight and tell him to get himself out of the arena if it gets bloody.’

“Hey, it’s a very rare window of opportunity. I have no idea when Master Yi will have time for you again after this morning so please come with me!” Lin Zi Yan didn’t know the story behind this fight, and how it would affect the integrity of Ye family, she thought it was just a friendly sparring match.

“But…” Ye Wei was still hesitant. Although Ye Zhong had the element of surprise on his side with the Blazing Horned Tiger’s Assault, he could still lose and in the worst case could lose his life. Ye Wei knew because he would do the same: give his last breath defending the family’s name. And he want’s to be there to drag Ye Zhong out of this exact situation if it shall happen. ‘I don’t want to go…’

“Did I hear right? Master Yi wants to see Ye Wei? What is going on?” The Ye family was discussing between themselves.

Everyone knew the most influential person in Green Moon City was not the City Lord, in fact it wasn’t anyone who lived in the castle. It was Master Yi.

With his infamous weird temper and busy schedule he remained pretty mysterious outside his close circle. Even the Big Three and the city’s officials do not really know much about him.

Ye Zhong walked up to Ye Wei, patted his shoulder and said quietly: “Wei, this is your chance and our chance, you can not let this one slip! If Master Yi likes you you might be able to get him to come here and solve this mess for you!”

“Cousin Zhong…” Ye Wei wanted to say a lot of things, mainly his worries.

“Stop being a little girl and go!” Ye Zhong interrupted him and gave him a push towards Zi Yan.

Ye Wei grinded his teeth: “Zi Yan, I’ll go with you!!” He saw the bigger picture in the end.

Zi Yan was confused by Ye Wei’s indecisiveness, it is great honor for anyone, but Ye Wei seemed hesitant to meet Master Yi.

“Go son don’t make him wait!” Ye Yi also patted Ye Wei’s shoulder. He could feel the cousin duo was hiding something. They had been hanging out a lot lately and now Ye Zhong seemed to be the only person in the arena who had any idea about what was going on.

It seemed a little suspicious, but it was a possible way out of the Ye family’s sticky situation, therefore nobody tried to stop him from leaving.

“I will be back as soon as possible!” Ye Wei took a deep breath and decided to take the opportunity. ‘If I can befriend Master Yi and get him to come save us…’

“Zi Yan, I am ready!” They headed to the runicle side by side.

Not long after they entered the runicle shone bright, primal energy lifted the runicle into the air as the runes lit up. Turbulence picked up some sand and stones as the blue and green runicle flew a hundred meters away in the matter of seconds.