AST 2288 - Chi Feng and Chi Ao’s biological father? (2/2)
When Qing Shui had been at the Jade Mountain Village in the Eastern Victory Divine Continent, he had met the grandson and granddaughter of the old village elder.
He had helped to suppress the pernicious aura of the two kids. Back then, Qing Shui could only feel their strong constitution, so he roughly gauged that they had an extraordinary background.
However, this constitution could be harmful to their families and so their parents decided to abandon them. This was what he had thought then. Later on, when Qing Shui got stronger, he overthrew this idea because this kind of lineage would have a way of suppressing the pernicious aura, such as a special technique or treasure. The only hint to their background, however, was just the pendants.
With this man’s heavy injuries, seemingly compounded by many years of ailment, it must’ve been truly a scene if this man had been separated from the pair.
The man stared at Qing Shui with a shocked face. He also didn’t understand; he was sure that he did not know this young lad or the people next to him.
“How should I address mister?” Qing Shui smiled as he walked up towards the man.
The man laughed as he said, “I am Chi Yang, how do I address you?”
“Qing Shui, your surname is Chi?” Qing Shui thought again. Chi Ao and Chi Feng’s names were all from the pendant and not from the old village elder of the Jade Mountain Village.
“Indeed, is there something wrong with that?” Chi Yang said unknowingly upon seeing Qing Shui’s shocked expression.
“It just that your face looks very familiar although I am very certain that I have never seen you before,” Qing Shui could not mention the pendant. After all, the pendant was underneath the man’s clothes.
“True, this world is home to many people and many of which look similar. I don’t think there is anything extraordinary about it,” Chi Yang didn’t think too much of it, putting it off simply as Qing Shui’s attempt to strike a conversation.
“You misunderstand, the people I know is a pair of siblings who look all too similar to you and share the same surname with you. It’s a shame you live so far apart. Curious… very curious,” Qing Shui said without giving it much thought, shaking his head as he did.
“What was their names and where did you meet them?” Chi Yang’s facial expression finally changed, his whole body getting immeasurably excited.
“Their names were written on the pendants they were wearing. The boy was called Chi Ao, and the girl was called Chi Feng. They’ve been at my home for twenty or so years. Why do you ask, my brother?” Qing Shui saw that Chi Yang was shivering.
The man took down the pendant from his neck and looked at Qing Shui with a gaze full of hope. “Is this the type of pendant you were talking about, brother?”
Qing Shui knew that there was a high chance that Chi Ao and Chi Feng were the children of this man.
“How similar, the three of you look so similar and all share the surname Chi…” As Qing Shui didn’t know much and wasn’t completely sure, he was very excited and a bit hopeful.
“They are my children and thirty-eight years ago, we were under attack. At that time, my wife and I successfully got away. But the enemy was vicious and we got badly injured in the process. We escaped out of the Eight Desolates Region, out of the Nine Continents Star Ocean Domain, yet they refused to relent. I had to give the two children to two of our clan’s protectors, as me and my wife were the main targets. Few of us survived and I never dared to seek the children out.”
The man, upon saying his piece, took a moment to catch his breath. By the looks of it, he was quite emotionally unstable and then said aggressively, “How are they now?”
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