Chapter 17: Heaven’s Punishnt
ihui was truly shocked to learn what Ye Jun went through as a kid. She wasn’t so sheltered princess, so she had seen the world’s cruelty. Even then, she felt like reducing this clan to dust.
"It wasn’t directly, of course. He made arrangents so that Ye Jun coincidentally stumbled upon that location and secretly watched everything."
"Despicable!" ihui spat out in disgust.
"Things didn’t end there," the figure said again. "Basically everyone in this clan wants Ye Jun gone, especially his father, who hates him too much. He instilled that hatred in his younger son’s heart, the one he had with another woman."
She glanced at ihui and continued, "You know how the coming of age is for boys. Ye Jun also fell in love with a girl. She beca a reason he began to heal and saw hope in his dark world."
ihui felt like soone was squeezing her heart. She knew there was no good end to this story.
"It’s better I don’t talk about what happened with that girl, but since then, he changed completely and started to live here while dedicating everything he had to breaking the curse placed upon him by the heavens."
She looked at ihui and said, "He has gone through a lot already, but he needs to trample the Ye Clan by himself so it doesn’t beco a heart demon on his Martial Path."
ihui remained silent for a while, her eyes turning frosty cold. "I understand. You can tell your mistress that he’ll be safe here."
The figure bowed before her. "We appreciate your help. I can only do so much from the shadows."
ihui waved her hand as she cast her Soul Sense over the entire Ye Manor. In an instant, the whole manor beca visible in her mind. Every inch, every corner was visible to her as she scanned the faces of people she had begun to hate for a stranger.
Their features were etched into her mory.
Then, her sense landed on Ye Jun, who had reached the training grounds by then. Judging by the smile on his face, it was hard to tell that this was the sa person who lived in hell with people who wanted to kill him at every mont.
"He’s strong."
Her gaze softened as she began to admire him for his ntality. She didn’t think she could have survived and still stood strong through so much, let alone smile like that.
"My mistress says he’s a beautiful and exotic pearl hidden in a pile of dirty black coal," the figure said.
"She’s right." ihui suddenly realized sothing. "Wait! Your mistress helped him reforge his ridians?"
The figure nodded. "Yes. But make no mistake. He’s magnificent on his own, which is why perhaps the heavens limited his talent by breaking his ridians. Now that he’s complete, the world can see him in his true light."
ihui humd as she rembered the stories she used to read while being locked away in her ho. The stories showed that the heavens often gave the worst challenges to the most talented to temper them, to see if they were worthy enough to hold that talent.
She liked those stories, but never believed in any of them. She lived a life full of challenges, but her talent wasn’t great or anything. It was just a life where she suffered and then suffered even more.
But for the first ti in her life, she felt like believing those stories. Perhaps there was so truth to them. Perhaps they depicted soone like Ye Jun rather than her.
’Does he really have a talent surpassing even mine?’ she wondered. ’What have I chanced upon?’
Just as ihui was deep in thought, she noticed sothing peculiar in the training grounds. Instead of practicing like others there, Ye Jun spent his ti mocking others and giving them pointers, which confused her greatly.
"What is he doing?" she asked.
"Oh? You can see it?" the figure seed surprised. "To answer your question, he spends his day like this. Before his ridians were reforged, he used to practice a lot and speak less with others. But ever since then, he practices even less."
ihui frowned.
"Nonetheless, he is progressing rapidly. I can’t see his exact cultivation base, but his rapid increase in strength and presence shows it."
ihui blinked in surprise. "You can’t? Even though you’re at the Soul Tempering Realm?"
"Is it that surprising?"
ihui shrugged. "Kind of. He’s currently at the Sixth-Stage Body Strengthening Realm, though it shouldn’t be long before he advances to the Seventh-Stage."
The figure almost slipped from her footing upon hearing that, her voice rising sharply. "At what? I might have misheard."
"Sixth-Stage. Why are you shocked?" ihui asked in confusion.
The figure took a deep breath to calm herself when she realized ihui wasn’t joking. She mumbled to herself, "I need to report to Mistress. This is insane. Wait! Is he practicing so demonic mysterious technique?"
"No, he isn’t. I would have killed him the mont I saw him otherwise," ihui quickly corrected her. "And what happened?"
"He was at the Third-Stage three days ago," the figure said, still reeling from shock. "How did he advance three stages in just three days? And he didn’t even do much."
Now, even ihui was surprised. ’Three stages in three days? In this backward place? How is this possible?’
Even in the place she ca from, this was a ridiculous pace. If she hadn’t checked for herself, even she might have believed that Ye Jun was cultivating so powerful demonic cultivation technique.
ihui relaxed her nerves and smiled. "Perhaps it really is true. The heavens punished him for his great talent, and now that he is freed from the shackles that bound him, he is soaring rapidly."
The figure nodded slowly. "I still can’t believe it! At this rate, he would really beco worthy of Mistress. She actually chose a gem as her husband."
ihui’s eyebrows jumped upon hearing that. ’Husband? Are they engaged?’
The figure hurriedly bowed before ihui and said, "I will deliver the news to my Mistress. So I ask you to please protect him. Now that you know his worth, you should know protecting him is even more important."
ihui nodded, and the figure vanished before her. She then focused back on Ye Jun and thought,
’I never believed in miracles and fate, but now I think I should. How did I stumble into this?’
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