There was a twelve thousand miles distance between Sky Cloud Martial School and Maple Leaf Town where the Ye family was located. Even with a fast horse, it would take at least twelve days to get there. If he stopped somewhere in the middle, it would require him half a month to get there on time.
However, the world was different from the one Ye Chen came from. A fast horse was not a big deal. The fastest horse in Windy Nation was the half demonic beast horse - Ghost Eyes Jade Lion. It had the blood of a demonic beast and could run three thousand three hundred miles a day. It came from Demon Grassland in the east side of Wind Nation, and was extremely hard to catch and train. Even the lowest ranked one would sell for at least ten thousand gold, it could even sell up to twenty thousand gold when the supply was low.
Although it was very easy for disciples to make a fortune, only a few disciples could afford a Ghost Eyes Jade Lion. The reason for that was because the disciples also needed to spend a lot of money. For example, for Ye Chen, he went out for four days and made twelve thousand silvers. However, after he bought a pellet, he only had a small fraction of that twelve thousand left. The higher the rank of a pellet, the more expensive it got. There were pills that were even more expensive than a Ghost Eyes Jade Lion.
After asking for a one and half month leave from the outer court elder, Ye Chen hurried to start his journey home.
He had bought a blue haired horse for transportation a while back, it could run one thousand two hundred miles a day, and cost him five thousand silvers. As for a dark brown horse, it could run two thousand miles a day. It was not because he could not afford it, but rather he was too weak to control it at the time he was looking for a mount.
"Hiya!"
At the bottom of the mountain, Ye Chen's legs clipped on the horse's stomach, and it started the journey back home.
The closest city after Windy Town was the Windy City. As he went through the south door of the Windy City, the view in front of him suddenly widened.
The sky was bright blue, the clouds were white like milk, and the waves of wind could be seen billowing across the green grassland.
In that beautiful scene, Ye Chen rode his horse like lightning which made him have the urge to scream aloud in wonder, because he could have never thought that one day, he could become a disciple like the ones in those novels he used to read. Even though this was not really true adventuring, Ye Chen felt excitement bubble up as he rode out
A couple of riders came close to Ye Chen on their horses, "Hey, little bro, we are heading to the Silent Hills to kill some demonic beasts, how about we count you in on one hunt?"
Ye Chen did not want to slow down, he turned his head and said: "Sorry, there is something I need to do."
"What could be more important than making money? You know, with our power level, killing a rank 3 beast is a piece of cake." Their leader rider who wore a cone-shaped bamboo hat had an anxious look on his face, he was still trying to convince Ye Chen.
Ye Chen sneered: "Sorry, farewell."
"Hiya!"
Ye Chen shook the reins and his horse increased its speed to its limit.
"Pft, this brat is pretty smart, we could not even trick him." The rider with a bamboo hat made a cold expression.
"Boss, why didn't you just block him? He had a blue haired horse, he must be loaded. If we took him, it could have lasted us for months."
"Yeah! He seemed like a young master of some family."
The rider with a bamboo hat said: "What the heck do you know? That brat had sharp eyes and a faint killing intent. He must not be an easy target. We might've failed horribly."
Changing topics, he changed his tone, "It's almost the end of year, there are plenty of disciples heading home from all the small martial institutions around. There are lots of opportunities, there's no need to risk our lives."
"True. No wonder you are the boss, you could plan so far ahead!"
"Alright, let's go."
The gang turned their horses, starting to head back to Windy City.
Far ahead, Ye Chen sneered: this gang must have thought of him as those cocky inexperienced disciples; once he agreed to join, they would reveal their true intentions, kill him and rob his belongings.
Unfortunately, although Ye Chen hadn't been out much, he did not lack experience, thanks to all those xianxia novels he read in school.
...
Ten thousand miles away, another teenager was also riding a blue haired horse and was also hurrying on his journey.
The teenager wore a white training robe and had a great saber on his back. His handsome face slightly resembled Ye Chen.
"The Purple Sun Martial School is not far ahead, I promised my big brother that we would meet up there, I wonder if he is waiting for me." The teenager stared at that tall mountain far away, it had an odd purple aura around it, very powerful, with waves of purple Qi coming from the east.
After a while, the teenager arrived in the bottom of the mountain.
"Ye Tang, here you are." A teenager with big eyes and thick brows said loudly. At the bottom of the mountain, there were a lot of disciples from the Purple Sun Martial School who were all wearing purple gears with a burning sun embroidered in the back.
The good looking teenager rode his horse and came closer: "Big bro, your Purple Sun Martial School's environment is quite nice, unlike Northern Snow Academy which is always snowing, and there is always at least one meter of snow on the ground."
The teenager with big eyes and thick brows was the eldest son of Ye Chen's eldest uncle, called Ye Feng; the good-looking teenager was his blood related younger brother, called Ye Tang. Ye Feng had joined the rank 8 Purple Sun Martial School, while Ye Tang had joined the rank 7 Northern Snow Martial Academy, both of them were much stronger than Ye Chen.
Ye Feng said: "I wanted to go to Northern Snow Martial Academy, but sadly my power was not enough to join."
Ye Tang smiled, he studied Ye Feng, "Big bro, you have reached the Peak of Mortal Realm Stage 9, good job!" Jumping from Mortal Realm Stage 4 to the Peak of Mortal Realm Stage 9 in three years, was considered to be pretty good, ranked to be around a middle or high talent. The martial school would definitely give him a lot of attention.
"I can't compete with you; you probably have already reached the stage 10 right?" Ye Feng could not see through Ye Tang, and honestly, he never was able to in his life.
Ye Tang said with pride: "I was just barely able to breakthrough to the Condensing Reality Stage, so my Zhen Qi is still not stable yet."
"You reached the Condensing Reality Stage?" Ye Feng was surprised. Although the Peak of Mortal Realm Stage 10 was only one step away from the Condensing Reality Stage, but the process of breaking through was extremely difficult, a lot of people with high potentials would spend half of year to reach it to finally become an inner disciple officially.
There was no need to boast in front of his own brother, so Ye Tang changed the subject and said: "Enough about this. Speaking of which, the annual family meet is almost here, I wonder what's going on with that loser Ye Chen. Don't tell me he still has not even reached the Mortal Realm Stage 7? It is such an embarrassment to be in the same family as him."
Ye Feng put away his envy, and laughed: "The higher it gets, the harder it becomes. I don't even think that he could reach the Late Mortal Realm Stage 6. Well, when we get home, let's break it down for him to show him how big a loser he is."
"Thinking of which, I really missed that period of time back home. Being served everyday, and we could even mess with Ye Chen when we felt bored. But he was actually quite a tough kid, he never told his father and mother about it."
"Pft, what's the point in telling his parents. Our father is the inner sect elder of the Purple Sun Martial School, he is not scared of Ye Chen's father even though he is the leader of Ye family."
"Oh! Speaking of which, is father coming home this year?"
Ye Feng nodded, "Father said he would be few days late, so we should head back first."
"If that's the case then we should head back now. I think Ye Chen has probably already left Sky Cloud Martial School. What about Ye Xuan? Do you know what her cultivation level is?" The only relatives in the Ye family that could earn Ye Tang's respect had to be Ye Xuan. Back in the day, when he was at the Mid Mortal Realm Stage 5, she was at Late Stage 5, which caused him to be quite depressed for a long time. But three years had passed and he should be much stronger than her now.
Ye Feng had already given up on chasing after Ye Tang, especially when he was his own little brother. When Ye Tang rose to fame in the future, it would also be helpful for him, "In this True Spirit continent, there are hardly any strong women disciples. Maybe her cultivation level is almost the same as me."
Ye Tang agreed, "Let's go!"
"Okay!"
The two whipped their horses and shot out like lightning.
Qingyuan River, the largest river in the Luo City, had a total length of two thousand seven hundred miles, with the widest part being twelve miles, and the narrowest part only two or three miles.
In the river, a lot of boats came and went, like stars in the sky.
Holding the reins in his hand, next to the horse, Ye Chen stood in the front of the boat with his eyes fixed in the distance. There was a huge city, looking square and strictly shaped. There was a high tower located in the middle of the city, that could be seen clearly even from afar.
"Youngster, are you heading home to visit your family?" The boatman who was paddling saw Ye Chen who wore blue gear and a great sword around his waist, not moving at all, no matter how bad the boat was shaking. The boat man could not help his curiosity and asked.
Ye Chen nodded: "Yeah, I haven't been home for three years!" Ye Chen missed the last two family meetings, because he did not want to embarrass himself. However, it was different this time, even if the family did not send a notification, he would still go home, just to take back his dignity.
"Yeah, you should go home, nowhere is like home." The boatman seemed to think of his wife at home, as a smile appeared, replacing the tiredness on his face.
Ye Chen was actually torn as he was going to see his parents when he got home. Although he had fused with this world's Ye Chen's soul and completely received his emotions, he was still the one controlling his body. In other words, the other mind had already disappeared, and this Ye Chen was still the 21st century's Ye Chen.
The boat had arrived at the bay, and Ye Chen threw a whole piece of silver to the boatman.
"Young one, this is too much." The boat man froze a little bit, before uprightly informing Ye Chen.
Ye Chen waved his hand, jumped upon the horse, and started to ride to Luo City which was not far away.
Watching Ye Chen's disappearing back, the boatman was both envious and happy. He envied the cool and relaxed Ye Chen that never had to worry about money. He was happy thinking about how happy his wife would be to know that he made ten silvers today, enough to buy some beautiful clothes for his wife, and still be left with some money to spare.
...
Luo City.
Showing the city entrance guard his Ye Family name tag, Ye Chen rode his horse straight into the city.
The Ye family was located in the southern part of the Luo City. They had thousands of acres of land. At the front door were two stone lion sculpture of the height of two men. The door was dark red with shiny copper nubs, and two giant door rings. The doormen's clothes were colorful and styled like the ancient Chinese; they were obviously Mortal Realm disciples.
"Young master Chen, Young master Chen has come home." Hearing the horse steps, all the doormen followed the sounds. When they saw the teenager in blue, their eyes brightened, and they started yelling.
"Young master Chen, let me hold the horse." A doorman ran up to hold the horse.
Getting off the horse, Ye Chen asked: "Are my parents home?"
That doorman replied: "Your father and mother are both here. I had already sent someone to notify them."
"Okay, I will go greet them at once!"
Entering the gate, and following the doorman, Ye Chen arrived in front of the lobby.
Taking a deep breath, Ye Chen took a step inside.
The lobby was huge and fancy. In there stood a man and a woman, the man was about forty years old, his face pale with no facial hair. He was very tall, and radiated an invisible pressure just standing there, making people not dare to make any eye contact. The woman was about thirty years old, extremely beautiful with a classic elegant look, her eyes were bright like Ye Chen's, her body slim like a teenage girl.
The two were indeed Ye Chen's father Ye Tianhao and mother Shen Yuqing.
"Father, mother." The moment he saw them, Ye Chen subconsciously knelt down and took a deep bow, as if an invisible hand was controlling him.
Shen Yuqing was obviously excited, she walked over and held him up, and said: "Good to have you back! Good! Good!."
Ye Tianhao nodded with a smile, he was about to say something, but then he made a noise all of a sudden, "Hm? Chen'er, you reached the Peak of Mortal Realm Stage 10!"
"Really?" Shen Yuqing was too excited to see her son that she missed her son's rise in cultivation. On a closer look, they realized that Ye Chen's Qi was quite pure and abundant, almost at the point to be able to form Zhen Qi, the Peak of Mortal Realm Stage 10.
"Chen'er, what is going on?" Theoretically, Shen Yuqing should be happy, especially, as an outer elder of the Rudra School who had reached the Early Clasping Yuan Realm. Her husband was also the head of Ye family and thus, always had high hopes for her son, and was sad to see her son being bullied because of his inferiority. However, her son suddenly had became a genius, which was just too sudden for her.
Although Ye Tianhao did not speak, his eyes expressed the same thought.
Ye Chen had expected his parent's reaction and prepared a response , he cleared his throat and said: "I don't actually know what happened either. One day, I just had a sudden enlightenment, then felt like training had become extremely easy, just like drinking water and eating." The more complicated a lie was, the easier it was to be caught lying. Ye Chen understood this theory clearly.
"A sudden enlightenment?" Ye Tianhao did not understand.
Shen Yuqing thought about it and said to her husband: "It's not like it never happened before, there was a disciple in our Rudra school who was quite ordinary when he had first joined, and was tested to only have a low potential. However, after a year or two, he surprisingly became enlightened, reaching the higher cultivation levels until finally becoming a core disciple."
"So, our Chen'er is also a genius?" Ye Tianhao did not care about some disciple from Rudra School, he only cared about his own son.
Shen Yuqing said: "Technically, an acquired genius."
"Whatever, he is a genius, haha, my son is a genius! I am so happy right now!" Ye Tianhao laughed.
Ye Chen watched his parents' happy faces and said seriously: "Don't worry, from now on I, Ye Chen will never be weaker than anyone else."
"Of course, to reach the Peak of Mortal Realm Stage 10 from the Early Mortal Realm Stage 2 within just three years, who dares to say my son is weaker than someone?"
Shen Yuqing pushed Ye Tianhao a little, "I know you are happy, but Chen'er had a long trip, let him rest, and we can talk over dinner."
"True, Chen'er, your yard is ready, go have a shower and relax."
"Okay then, I am off."
Leaving the lobby, Ye Chen followed his memory, and walked into his yard.
"Greetings, young master." A teenage girl in green had already been waiting.
Ye Chen smiled: "Cui'er, long time no see, you've grown up."
Cui'er blushed, and said: "Young master has also grown up."
"Hehe, that's true, is the shower ready?"
When Cui'er saw that Ye Chen was still as friendly as he used to be, she was relieved and replied: "Yes, young master. Follow me."
...
In the bathroom.
The steam filled the room, making everything a blur.
After Cui'er left, Ye Chen took off his clothes and stepped in the wooden bucket.
"Ahhh, so nice!" Ye Chen exclaimed as he leaned back and laid down, closing his eyes and thinking of his past.
In the 21st century, I did not know who my parents were. I had been taken out from the orphanage, then attended primary school, then middle school, and then university. I was nothing special. I was just like everyone else.
He could not believe that he would have the opportunity to have his own parents in this world, and feel this kind of parental love, which he enjoyed and missed so much.
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