Di Feng rose from the ground and sat himself but his head kept looking at the ground for a few more seconds before he turned to look at Ji Qingyue.
"Qingyue, the one at fault for that matter is me and my weakness, you have nothing to do with this. They were right at saying that I'm not good enough for you and even if you don't care, I do. Even though I apologized to you, I'm not going back on my words. I will definitely become stronger to have the right of staying at your side and pay back the humilliation I sufered to those two and their lackeys a hundredfold!
A viscious, almost frenetic even, red light flickered in Di Feng's eyes as he stated this.
Ji Qingyue could not say anything to this since she perfectly knew that this was Di Feng's pride, his pride as a man and as a martial artist! He had to bear it silently before because he had no power and he himself would not lower his pride to ask her, a woman who was much more than a friend to him, to protect him.
But now that he adquired the opportunity to gain the power necessary to regain his honor and clear his heart of the heart demons these two had left him with, of course he would do it himself without having to rely on anyone, not even her.
Ji Qingyue sighed but did not try to argue any further.
"Alright. They are all yours. Let's go back now, we have kept Aunty Yue and mother waiting long enough."
Before she could rise up however, two warm hands grabbed her own. She looked on in surprise, only to see Di Feng's serious face right in front of hers. This caused her to almost jump in surprise.
"I'm sorry for just now but this is my problem. It doesn't matter that you were the reason for it to start. I'm the one who couldn't do anything about them, not you. I hid it exactly because I knew that if you protected me then, you would end up protecting me all my life without giving me the necessary push to ever break the first seal..."
At this, she smiled, more in satisfaction than anything. She didn't completely let it go just then but since she knew that it was pointless arguing, she let it go, but now, she truly was convinced. She didn't need to intervene and she also had this confidence that came from long, long ago that Di Feng could handle it himself without any problems.
Furthermore, she also wanted Di Feng to become stronger since he too had a father that had disappeared...
"Alright, I now understand that this is something necessary for you. In fact, they are in reality just your stepping stones for you to cleanse your heart and become more powerful! Hey, by the way, how strong are you now? Although those two bastards are total idiots, they are geniuses still and have their own strength and status to back their previous actions against you. Let me tell you that those two are already at the Profound Sea Realm and at a boundary I don't know about. They are even over ten years older than you! Heavens! Do you even have any chance in overcoming them? What am I going to do if you die? I'm going to be single all my life you know?..."
Although he knew she was saying this with good intentions and that it all even contained some certain points of importance, Di Feng, for probably the third time of the day, felt incensed at her nonsensical talk aimed at bothering him. She was obviously doing it on purpose to cheer him on but it was the manner in which she did it that was... well...
*Sigh*
Di Feng then turned around and started walking towards home.
Ji Qingyue noticed this instantly and felt ignored.
"Hey! Were you even listening? Ah! Why do you start running?"
Taken from Royal Road, this narrative should be reported if found on Amazon.
Then, two youths started running after each other at abnormal speeds with a white tiger exasperatedly trying to follow behind them....
...
An hour later, they had arrived back at the wooden house. In truth, most of the time had been spent with them playing like children but this didn't bother them at all and in fact, served as a way to wash away all of the bad feelings that surged over the years because of that single disagreement between them, bringing them even more close to each other.
When the two saw the wooden house, they sprinted forwards so as to finally be back.
But, when they entered, the sight of two beautiful women in long white robes sitting next to each other as they drank tea and chatted with an ordinary looking old man that sat in front of them invaded their sight.
The two of them stood on the entry to the living room shoulder to shoulder. Meanwhile, Little White stood on Ji Qingyue's left shoulder, looking curiously all around. As a fey beast with powerful strength and an unknown but rich and unique bloodline, having the ability to change its body's shape was nothing.
"Mom, Aunty Yue, we're back! Who's this old man?"
As direct as Ji Qingyue was, these words could cause anyone to frown but the old man was the opposite, he smiled in interest and looked with praise in his eyes at her.
The old man wore a black robe while he had a bald head with a white and long beard. His eyes, however, were as bright as the moon and black as the night.
Before he could respond, the cold voice of the woman seated at the left of Di Yue resounded and stopped him on his tracks.
"Qingyue, did you forget what the words 'be polite towards guests' mean? Do I have to explain them to you again? Apologize and come here to sit, we were just discussing something."
She was Di Yin, a woman as beautiful as a fairy but as cold and distant as the silvery moon. She had a pair of icy blue eyes and an indifferent expression on her face that further accentuated this description.
The sight of her sitting beside Di Yue, who in contrast had a gentle air and gave a more approachable impression, could be said to be quite interesting to look at. On one hand you have this cold and distant woman and on the other someone who was the complete opposite while even then, they shared similarities in looks and also in their elegant poise and mannerism... It was interesting indeed!
Di Feng clearly noticed this but remained deadpan. Inwardly, he suddenly thought as to how coincidental their experiences with love where, which gave a him a similar feeling.
As Di Yin finished berating Ji Qingyue, who already had her eyes looking at the floor while fidgeting cutely, she then turned to look at Di Feng.
An earnest expression taking over her previous indifference, Di Yin spoke, her words were at first casual before then taking over a tone that could chop wood and sever iron!
"Sister Yue told me about your success, congratulations! But you can't feel complacent yet, you have a long and arduous road to walk. This road may either be filled with all sorts of wonderful events or sad ones, but you can't neither feel satisfied nor give up because of that, the martial path humanity forged is not to be traveled without a goal, without ones own dao! It is a road that a martial artist takes to transcend the heavenly dao, to defy the heavens! And that does not leave any room for those with a weak will!"
Di Feng listened on attentively and noted all of that down inside his mind, never to forget it. He knew that she not only was saying this to enlighten him a bit, but also to widen his horizons and give a new perspective towards how he should view the exitence of the nine seals in his body.
He nodded solemnly after Di Yin finished and proceeded to walk over and sit down at his mother's side, who quietly watched from the side.
Even Ji Qingyue turned serious as she listened. She then also sat down at her mother's side.
"Very proper and enlightening words Madam Yin, I'm impressed and honored to be able of hearing them. Now that Feng`er is here however, let me say a few things to him." The unknown old man offered a polite praise to the nonchalant Di Yin before turning and smiling kindly at Di Feng.
For some reason, that smile gave Di Feng the creeps while the way the old man adressed him further accentuated it.
However, before the old man could continue, Di Yue speaked first.
"Feng`er, this is the family head of the Di Family, Di Zhen. You already know that in the past, I was from a big clan and that was the Di Clan, but unfortunately, due to various reasons it declined till its current state and changed to be the Di Family. I have called for Mister Zhen today so as to let him give you an offer as well as to tell you some things. I already told you that I can't be at your side forever and I intend for you to go train further at the Di Family and grow stronger from there. That is not to say that I can't accompany you, it's just that now that you have obtained the ability to cultivate, I intend to go do something that I wanted to do a long time ago..."
Whilst saying this, Di Yue's expression was gentle but her pitch black eyes hid a deep reluctance and sadness along with an even stronger determination...