Chapter 39 – Concession (1/2)
Chapter 39 – Concession
The duel between the Ye and Du family’s youngsters occupied Ye Wei’s mind. Ye Wei could not think about anything else as he was running back home. He was anxious and restless about the situation back at the arena. He was running home at full speed, and despite recently breaking through and becoming a three star Student his body was still not strong enough to cover the trip’s distance at full speed.
All eyes suddenly gathered on Ye Wei.
The two supporters for the Du camp were agitated by his arrival, it was plausible that he went to see Master Yi judging by his means of transportation on his way out. Depending on the result of this hypothetical meeting they might have to alter their course of action.
“Little Wei, did you meet with Master Yi?” Ye Wei could not have come at a better time, and Zheng Qing did not give Ye Wei anytime to catch his breath. He asked anxiously, his gaze was serious.
Everyone was thirsty for Ye Wei’s answer.
“We did meet…” Overwhelmed by the crowd’s enthusiasm and embarrassed by the outcome, Ye Wei lowered his head and answered quietly.
With a rush of blood to his head he was starting to flush. It was not easy to tell others the shameful news.
The Du camp was pressured by his arrival while Ye Wei’s whole family was momentarily encouraged by the potential good news. But Ye Wei knew how things would go…
Just thinking about the consonance test results made him bitter. He bit his lips due to his nerves. The burden in his heart made him clench his fist extremely tight and his nails were going to leave red marks on his palm. The pain in his heart was so agonising he didn’t feel pain on his lips or his hands.
What did his phenomenal soul sensibility mean? Where would his rune knowledge get him? Ye Wei knew that even though his performance on the tests showed that he was better than most Runemasters, his horrendous rune consonance made the meeting with Master Yi meaningless. How could one become a Runemaster if he can’t even perform a stance?
“What did Master Yi say?” Ye Zheng Qing questioned with great enthusiasm.
‘Ye Wei was born to become a Runemaster. It took him only three days to refine three stances for Ye Zhong, a task even real Runemasters would find challenging.’
‘With this level of talent getting accepted by Master Yi was almost a given, even becoming the Master’s legacy apprentice was not out of Ye Wei’s reach! If that were the case with Master Yi’s guidance it wouldn’t take long for Ye Wei to become a Runemaster.’ The patriarch thought to himself.
Ye Zheng Qing dedicated his whole life nurturing the Ye family, from babysitting to dealing with their business. Now at his old age and despite his time and effort he still had not been rewarded for what he gave the family; the family was still weakening and falling apart bit by bit. He was a three star condensed prime Warrior, but he was also an infirm old man with unfulfilled dreams.
At this point, there was nothing more uplifting than seeing his children and grandchildren achieving greatness!
“I’m sorry…” Ye Wei looked completely deflated. His family’s eyes were stabbing his heart like sharp knives.
Ye Zheng Qing flinched. He didn’t need further explanation nor did Ye Wei did elaborate. All his bubbles burst and bitterness was the only thing left, ‘How naive was I? It’s Master Yi we’re talking about in the end. The strict and eccentric Runemaster..’
“Little Wei, I am sure you did your best. We have no other choice. We’ll have to give up the land by North Hill Bay and start again somewhere far from Green Moon City.’ Ye Zheng Qing thought about fighting to his last breath, but in the end it was just out of his character which put his family’s future and well-being before everything else.
Meanwhile the Du camp was speculating.
“General Zhou, president Dong, looks like they were bluffing in the end. If Master Yi was on their side he would have arrived in a runicle for this emergency!” Du Yuan Ming said in a mocking tone, nothing worried him now and he felt on top of the world.