Celestial Dragon Sword Venerable

Chapter 304: Ye Yuemei and Ye Fenghan

"Ah—"

Ye Yuemei cried out, but her face immediately turned pale. She saw tears in the eyes of her two Masters, her senior sister, and her junior sister!

Their gazes were filled with heartache, as were their tears.

Her heart trembled as she asked, "Wh-what happened...?"

An ominous premonition bloomed in her heart.

"You... see for yourself..."

Xiao Qingxuan’s delicate body trembled, but with a wave of her hand, she scattered out a large number of Projection Stones.

There were at least a hundred Projection Stones.

And that wasn’t even all of them.

With a wave of her hand, Xiao Qingzhu also produced hundreds of Projection Stones.

Yun Zhiruo and Lin Qingxi also took out dozens of Projection Stones each.

It seemed as though they could produce as many of these Projection Stones as they wanted.

’What’s going on? Didn’t Senior Sister Zhiruo always dislike Brother Tianling? Why is her gaze so full of affection, so strange...’

Ye Yuemei murmured to herself, but she didn’t dare to think about it any further. She immediately picked up a Projection Stone and began to watch.

...

The Projection Stones were consumed one by one.

But as this happened, Xiao Qingzhu, Xiao Qingxuan, Yun Zhiruo, and Lin Qingxi took out more Projection Stones to make copies again and again.

It was as if the consumption of each Projection Stone was a tremendous loss.

This was an instinctive, heartfelt, and habitual action.

After a long time, Ye Yuemei’s face was streaked with tears. The expression in her eyes shifted from shock and astonishment to pain, and then to endless sorrow.

The emotional transformation was so intense that even Xiao Qingxuan and the others felt a pang of heartache watching her.

She finished watching all the Projection Stones.

In what seemed like an instant, Ye Yuemei had grown from an ignorant, innocent young girl into a woman.

Her face was etched with exhaustion and grief, but at the same time, an indescribable sense of pride in Ye Tianling began to grow within her.

This feeling was, of course, exceptionally complex.

"Master, is Ye Cangqian dead?"

"He should be. No one knows what happened afterward."

"What about Brother Tianling? Will he come back?"

"He should. The Celestial Secret Divine Son is peerless and invincible. Even if this incident... has completely ruined him, a Divine Child is still a Divine Child. As long as he seizes an opportunity, he will rise again."

"He underwent Demonization. Won’t the whole world become his enemy?"

"The whole world? Would they dare? No one acts without a reason to profit. As for a Divine Child, while there are benefits to killing one, he tore through the Cyan Dragon Race’s Holy Land Ancient Battlefield Secret Realm. With that kind of power... if they fail to kill him, they risk the annihilation of their entire clan. No one would dare to offend a Divine Child so easily."

"What if he’s no longer a Divine Child?"

"Even if he weren’t a Divine Child, no one would dare offend him. Nobody wants to become the stepping stone for a Divine Child’s rise."

"Then if he reappears, will any Sect still take him in?"

"Most likely... not. After all... he has undergone Demonization and made an enemy of the world."

"I’m going to find him."

"You mustn’t get involved with him. Most of the women involved with him have already undergone Transformation Dao or perished. If you go, I’m afraid you will never return."

"Then I won’t return."

"You... Mei’Er, we understand you, but—"

"Master, there are no ’buts’—I missed a battle of life and death like that. It’s the greatest regret of my life. Right now, Brother Tianling must be at his weakest. I’m going to find him, and no one can stop me."

"But you’ve already come out of seclusion. You should be heading to the Cyan Moon Sacred Land."

"I’m not going."

"That would be a provocation against the Holy Land’s authority, and you’ll be expelled. Half a month ago, when your father learned you had become a Candidate Saintess, the entire Ye Race was overjoyed. In the Qingyang Town’s Ye Race, your father is now the head of the house, the patriarch of the clan. If they are implicated because of this, the consequences will be unimaginable."

"Then let them be unimaginable..."

...

Ye Yuemei’s attitude was resolute.

She never changed her mind about things she had decided.

Not in the past, not now, and certainly not ever in the future!

"Master, I’m sorry."

Ye Yuemei said softly. Then, she turned and flew directly into the distance.

"Junior Sister, I’ll go with you too,"

Yun Zhiruo said suddenly.

’I... I want to go too...’

Lin Qingxi murmured in her heart. Her eyes were filled with an intense longing, but because of her own meager strength, she didn’t say the words that were about to leave her lips.

"Senior Sister."

Ye Yuemei’s nose tingled, and tears couldn’t help but roll down her cheeks.

"Mm. I just want to go see him. I won’t fight you for him. I also want to apologize to him, and I can look after you on the journey. Though you’re much stronger than me now, you have a pure and simple heart. You don’t understand how treacherous people can be, and the road ahead will be fraught with danger.

With me around, our Masters can be more at ease."

Yun Zhiruo said gently.

"Okay."

Ye Yuemei agreed softly.

Neither Xiao Qingxuan nor Xiao Qingzhu tried to stop them.

"Take care on your journey. Also, your father has been waiting for you to come out of seclusion for nearly half a month. Before you leave, go and say goodbye to him."

Xiao Qingxuan sighed and said gently.

"Yes, Master."

Ye Yuemei hadn’t wanted to say goodbye, but the thought of searching for Ye Tianling, of a difficult journey far from home, and of perhaps never seeing her father again... she ultimately agreed.

On Traceless Sword Peak, in a private courtyard, Ye Yuemei met Ye Fenghan.

Her father was currently in high spirits. His Realm had also improved a great deal. Having received generous resource rewards from the Cyan Moon Sword Sect, he had already stepped into the First Heaven of Sword Spirit.

"Mei’Er, you’ve become a Candidate Saintess! You truly are your father’s pride!"

Seeing Ye Yuemei, Ye Fenghan’s eyes lit up, and he immediately grew excited.

He didn’t know that Ye Yuemei had, in fact, already become a true Saintess of the Cyan Moon Sacred Land.

Ye Fenghan practically ran to Ye Yuemei’s side, his eyes filled with love and pride.

"Father, do you know what happened with Brother Tianling?"

Ye Yuemei’s eyes were bright, shimmering with unshed tears as she stared directly at Ye Fenghan.

Ye Fenghan’s breath hitched, and the excited expression on his face immediately stiffened.

"His... His projections are everywhere, on every street and alley, omnipresent. There are piles of Projection Stones. I’ve watched some and learned what happened to him."

Ye Fenghan sighed, his expression turning exceptionally complex.

"So, Father, do you think he’s worthy now?"

Ye Yuemei pressed on.

Her voice was very soft.

"He... is worthy. It’s just that he has already fallen, he’s already crippled... There’s been no news of him. Like his father, Ye Fengyang, he has disappeared."

Ye Fenghan pondered for a long time before sighing out these words.

"So? If Brother Tianling appears again and has become an ordinary person, Father would once again be unwilling to let Mei’Er be with him, is that right?"

Ye Yuemei let out a soft laugh, a laugh tinged with self-mockery.

"You are now a supreme Saintess, while he... Sigh. If he were still fine, still the Celestial Secret Divine Son, then of course..."

Ye Fenghan’s heart ached a little, and he felt a sense of loss at being spoken to in such a tone by Ye Yuemei.

But he still voiced the thoughts in his heart.

"Father, do you love your daughter?"

Ye Yuemei’s eyes dimmed, as if she had already lost all favorable impression of her father.

"If I didn’t love you, would I be happy when you’re happy and sad when you’re sad? After all these years, haven’t I doted on you enough, loved you enough?"

Ye Fenghan said coldly.