Chapter 47 – Four Star Student (1/2)
Chapter 47 – Four Star Student
“Just stay home and rest for the next few days. I will search for Welkin Leaves, you will be the first to know if I get a hold of one.” Master Yi earnestly rubbed Ye Wei’s head, and he could feel his grieving apprentice’s frustration. The Runemaster also understood there was no point training Ye Wei right now because distracted minds don’t process knowledge efficiently; Ye Wei could even hurt himself training if he’s not focused.
“Thank you master!” Ye Wei gratefully answered.
“Ye Wei, I will get out there and also see if I can gather any information regarding Welkin Leaves! Promise me you will take care of yourself!” Lin Zi Yan could see the sorrow in Ye Wei’s frown; it was a heartbreaking sight.
“Yea, thanks so much Zi Yan!” He nodded.
Master Yi and Lin Zi Yan boarded the runicle together and left.
Although they left, what they did today would stay in people’s hearts forever. Nobody in Green Moon City would dare to make a move against them in the foreseeable future!
A while after they left, the Ye’s placed Ye Zhong in a quiet part of the mansion, and he was carefully guarded by a dozen men.
Days after the duel the mansion became a busy place. It was filled with representatives from different martial families wanting to see Ye Wei. As for the hot topic himself, he occupied a room in Ye Zhong’s quarter, and kept his door closed to meditate and cultivate.
In a house on the east side of Green Moon City, a slim built, handsome man was furious. His name was Lu Feng. A few feet away from him there was a bed where the stern-faced teenager was lying, spasming every half a minute or so.
“Imbeciles! You had one job! Damn it! Why was Master Yi there? How did some nobody from the Ye family suddenly became his legacy apprentice?” Lu Feng threw vases onto the floor, Master Yi’s intervention destroyed his plan completely. He was greatly discouraged, but he had not given up. He went back to the drawing board, ‘No more mistakes! I need their ancestral land!’
Though for now he would have to lay low because their family name was mentioned in the Ye family arena, and even his father feared Master Yi. ‘Ye Wei huh? Just you wait, I will love to see what a little Student can do without your master!’ An insolent smile appeared on Lu Feng’s pale face.
Back at the Ye mansion.
Although Ye Wei was still a child, his position in the Ye family has changed drastically. His uncles and aunts would talk to him before making some decisions regarding the family business, even the patriarch would sometimes consult him.
However, Ye Wei’s mind was elsewhere. He was distracting himself from worrying about his cousin by cultivating. The bullying from his classmates, betrayed by Joe Yan, and more recently the dispute with the Du family… All these little events became motivation for Ye Wei; he hungered for power, he wanted control.
Strength is the most realistic foundation of anything in this dog-eat-dog world. He realised he had been saved by dumb luck too many times, and one day his luck might just run out.
‘My rune consonance is dirt, I have to train as hard as I can! Maybe a miracle will happen… I can’t let Master Yi down. I can imagine teaching someone like me would be easy for him.’
‘I wonder what Zi Yan said or did to change Master Yi’s mind. Anyway, I can’t let either of them down now that everyone knows I am his legacy apprentice!’ While taking a break from self-training, Ye Wei looked back on the past few weeks.
Both Lin Zi Yan and Master Yi did not mention anything to anyone including Ye Wei regarding the actual result of Ye Wei’s rune consonance test. It was safer that way, when Ye Wei was stronger he would figure it out himself, and furthermore Master Yi thought the lack of confidence was a good trait to have for an apprentice. He wanted to keep it that way. Pride has always driven people away from greatness.