Chapter 75: Seemingly Bottomless Pit (1/2)

Chapter 75: Seemingly Bottomless Pit

After having dinner, Ye Fan continued to comprehend the Dao Scripture, throughout the night he was immersed within this profound state, Qi was being diffused above his golden sea of bitterness, it was derived from nothingness as the the stars began to sparkle in the misty mass of unknown, constantly permutating.

It was only on the second day where he gradually woke up from this state, without feeling any lethargy, the qi essence of life within his sea of bitterness was flowing out and made him feel refreshed and comfortable.

“Big brother, it’s time to eat breakfast already……” Little Ting Ting hopped and skipped as she came over to call him for breakfast, her face was covered with a happy smile. Although the clothes on her body were disproportionate, old and tattered with many patches, it was hard to mask her glow from her spirited youth.

Ye Fan lamented, a child was a child, after experiencing yesterday’s events and suffering such a big grievance causing her to cry so miserably, once she slept and woke up she no longer felt sad and had already forgotten all the unhappiness.

“Ting Ting are you very happy? Ye Fan smiled as he asked.

“Yes!” Ting Ting earnestly nodded her head: “There’s food now and grandpa doesn’t need to starve to leave food for me, Ting Ting is definitely very happy!”

Ye Fan stared blankly, so a person’s happiness was actually so simple, being able to eat a full meal was sufficient to make Ting Ting satisfied.

Looking at her rosy face that was filled with happiness, that splendour deeply affected Ye Fan as he spoiled her by rubbing her head before bringing her out of the room.

Close to noon time, the sickly faced middle aged man from the Li family came again and seeing the closed store, he kicked as he scolded: “Open up, this master wants to eat!”

Within the store, Ting Ting was extremely nervous and her wide eyes were filled with fear. She hugged the old man tightly in fear that the people would force their way in. Old uncle Jiang gently patted her back and softly consoled her.

Ye Fan was standing within the house and hearing those abusive words, he gradually frowned as his eyes became colder.

“Okay, Jiang old man if you’re not willing to do business, then starve to death! Already seventy to eighty years old, I’d really like to see what you can do!”

The people outside who were hurling abuses broke two flower pots that were outside before using daggers to scratch the door and making it seem unsightly before finally leaving.

“Grandpa……” It was a long time before Ting Ting timidly asked: “Will those bad people still come back tomorrow?”

“It’s alright, Ting Ting don’t be afraid, Grandpa won’t let them harm you.” The old man constantly consoled her.

Ting Ting said in a small voice: “Those bad people are doing bad things everyday, why aren’t there good people to teach them a lesson?”

Ye Fan felt that a child’s words were really the most frank in this world and there were many injustices occurring but no one really cared about them.

“Ting Ting don’t worry, they definitely won’t be coming back tomorrow.” Ye Fan crouched down as he smiled: “Come, let’s go eat. I’ll make for you a nice dish for lunch.”

“Big brother you know how to cook?” Ting Ting’s eyes were filled with disbelief.

“Looking down on me, I’ll let you see my skills. I guarantee you’ve never eaten something like this before.”

The little girl blinked her big eyes in disbelief: “I don’t believe you, grandpa can cook any dish. Back when we had the restaurant grandpa would cook good dishes for me to eat everyday.”

“Sweet and sour pork ribs, have you eaten that before?” Although it was a very simple dish from his homeland, Ye Fan did not believe that it had appeared within this place before.

Indeed an expression of puzzlement appearing on Ting Ting’s face as she asked: “How can sugar be put together with pork ribs?” even the old man who was by the side showed confusion on his face.

Ye Fan seemed to have only been talking about military tactics on paper* as his chef skills were horrible. However, once the old man personally cooked a properly prepared sweet and sour pork was placed and this dish was simply delicious and made Ting Ting’s face bright with smiles.

[Idiom*: Armchair Strategist]

Ye Fan loved this sort of happy and peaceful atmosphere, it gave him a feeling of home and left him feeling that he had found a place to live in.

Having finished the meal, the old man brought TIng Ting to have an afternoon nap before brewing a pot of tea and placing it on the eight sided table he asked Ye Fan: “Kid, whatever you are planning to do, please don’t be rash……”

Ye Fan smiled: “Old uncle, don’t worry nothing will go wrong. Actually, anyone can be a bad person. It’s only a question if they want to be one or not.”

“What are you planning to do?”

“If one thinks things through carefully, hurting someone isn’t difficult. I have hundreds of methods to take revenge on them however, I don’t have a need to do so. I will use the simplest of methods to deal with them. I will make them too busy to care about themselves, making sure they can no longer create trouble. Once I have free time in the future, I will properly take care of them.”

Ye Fan left this small town in the afternoon, he did not want to scheme against the Li family. As long as their cultivators did not return, he did not need to do so.

He already knew that the Li family would go to the county town every month to buy goods and food, they had monopolised more than half the businesses within the small town and tomorrow would be the day that they headed to the county town to buy goods. That yellow skinned middle aged man was an in-charge within the Li family and these matters were usually handled by him.

The county town was seven to eight miles from the small town and was much more prosperous than the small town. There were over ten thousand people there and both sides of the streets were filled with shops as the sound of buying and selling constantly invaded the senses. For Ye Fan with his exceptional physique, this distance was not a problem and barely two hours later he had easily reached. Selling a few of the hunted animals he had killed in the forest, he bought several sweets and snacks for Ting Ting as well as a few clothes and shoes. Finally, he also bought some items in preparation for the next day.

It was only when the sky began to darken did he head back, the main objective for heading out today was to examine the route between the small town and the county town, looking for areas which were desolate and secluded.

Ye Fan only returned when the time for lamps to be lit was reached and seeing him unscathed, the old man’s nervous heart finally calmed down. Ting Ting was elated and excited seeing all the beautiful clothes and a big grin could be seen on her face. Opening the wrappers which contained sweets and snacks within them, she placed the good ones into the old man and Ye Fan’s mouths before happily eating some on her own.

“Ting Ting why aren’t you changing your clothes?” Ye Fan asked her.

“I want to wear it in the future, the clothes I’m wearing can still be worn.” She carefully wrapped up the new clothes.

Looking at her attired in her sewn and patched clothing, Ye Fan lamented. Kids from poor families made one’s heart ache and being so young yet so understanding, her words made it difficult for him to calm down.

“Don’t worry, in the future Ting Ting will have new clothes to wear everyday. Hurry, go and change into them.” Ye Fan felt that Ting Ting who was such a cute girl and old uncle Jiang who was such a compassionate elder, if they were bullied again, heaven would not stand for it.

This night, Ye Fan continued to comprehend the Dao Scripture, he found that when he held the Bodhi seed within his hand, his mind was especially empty and his understanding of the Dao Scripture became much deeper.

“It really deserves its name as the Tree of Comprehension……”