Capítulo 2: Chapter 2: Elope?
Jia Tianhao hadn't died after all, just passed out. Clutching his head, he was about to lead his men on a revenge mission to Ye Family. But seeing a group of people in white robes wielding long swords at the entrance, he hurriedly retreated.
Ye Chen, who had been observing from the room through the window, couldn't help showing off a little. He seemed to be taunting them to come inside if they dared.
"Don't act tough, it would be best for you to hide like a rat and never show your face again." Jia Tianhao cursed angrily before storming off with Jin Hui in tow.
"How did you get this injury? Why didn't you come home last night?" Ye Xue reproachfully jabbed at his wound, a gesture of frustration.
Ye Chen hurriedly explained: "Last night, some bastard who failed as a parent set a trap on the road. I didn't see it and fell in, only waking up this morning."
"Heh, that's right. Someone has started setting traps for their prey, specifically you."
"I told you, those people are failed parents!"
Ye Xue had her suspicions and was more certain of her decision now.
Ye Chen had just turned back around, grabbed the water kettle from the table, and took a deep breath. Seeing his mother packing, he asked, "Mom, are you planning to elope with someone?"
Ye Xue slapped him across the cheek, replying: "Yes, I'm leaving. I've given up on you and planning to elope."
"No, Mom, we can always talk things through. If anyone dares to elope with you, I'll castrate him." Ye Chen looked at her, then took a couple of steps back, "You wouldn't be seriously planning to elope with my master, would you?"
Su Hong laughed, saying, "You're so much like him."
"Still acting like a child? Picked up all the bad habits from the village, haven't you?" Ye Xue slapped him again.
Ye Chen promptly stepped back.
Su Hong said: "We're going to Immortal City, where you can learn martial arts."
Ye Chen thought about it and was surprised, "Are you talking about the Immortal City, one of the top three factions alongside Demon Palace City and Heavenly City in the realm of Immortals and Demons?"
Su Hong was taken aback, saying, "Oh, you knew about Immortal City!"
"Of course I did. Everyone who has the desire to learn martial arts knows about Immortal City. It's everyone's dream to go there. Only one in ten thousand can get in."
"You are that one in ten thousand."
"Really?" Ye Chen murmured to himself, thinking, no wonder I couldn't be beaten to death no matter how much I fought.
"So, are you going or not?"
"Really going to Immortal City?" Ye Chen looked back at his mother.
"Yes, I have made up my mind. If you want to stay here for Little Hua, I won't force you. This house will be yours. We'll each live our own lives from then on."
Ye Xue had made up her mind. She couldn't let her son spend his whole life in this rural area. Going to Immortal City presented a great opportunity. With a couple of years of practice, he should be able to pick up some skills and get over his problems.
"How could I stay? I'll definitely go with you, Mom!"
"But Little Hua has already been drooling over it."
Drooling was Jia Tianhao's nickname, given to him because he often drooled as a child.
"No, Little Hua doesn't like Drooling." Ye Chen confidently said.
"Little Hua's father has already promised her hand in marriage to Drooling."
"Impossible, Little Hua told me there's nothing like that." Ye Chen grabbed handfuls of peanuts from the table and began to eat. After stirring up trouble all night, his stomach was flattened from hunger.
"Would her parents tell her about the decision they made?"
Ye Chen, now uncertain, asked "Really?"
"Or you could stay here and watch over her. I will go on my own." Ye Xue suggested.
"No, if you leave me in this godforsaken place, you might as well call me a country bumpkin. I need to take care of you no matter what."
"Don't' you like helping Little Hua catch loaches in the paddy field! Without me, the two of you can live together happily. You two can do anything, from catching loaches from dawn till dusk, or from dusk till dawn. I won't interfere."
"No, I plan to go to the Immortal City to learn martial arts. I'll come back after I have mastered them." Ye Chen thought, as long as he could really learn martial arts in the Immortal City, he wouldn't have to fear people like Haozi in the future.
"By the time you've mastered martial arts, you can marry Little Hua. Don't dream that she will wait for you. By the time you come back, she might already have a child who could call you uncle."
Upon hearing this, Ye Chen pursed his lips and said, "That still doesn't mean I should give up learning martial arts." He always had a dream where he became a grand Sect Leader admired by many.
More importantly, even though his mother never told him who his father was, she had told him that his father was a grand hero. If he didn't know martial arts, how could he be the son of a grand hero? Wouldn't that be a joke on his father?
"Be clear about it yourself. Either learn martial arts or stay here with your Little Hua."
"Learn martial arts."
"It seems that your feelings for Little Hua are not as deep as I thought they were!"
"How can a boy be trapped by love? That would make him the laughingstock, considered incompetent."
"I didn't force you." Ye Xue cautioned him again, "You can go to the Immortal City, but the city has its rules. If there's any mistake, you'll be sent back to Tianfang Village immediately. Don't blame me for not giving you the opportunity to learn martial arts."
Ye Chen lifted his head and asked, "So when do we leave?"
"Today. Right after breakfast."
"We're leaving in such a rush."
"Would you like to take some time to bid farewell to your Little Hua?"
Su Hong, on the other hand, was already laughing uncontrollably, causing Ye Chen to snort.
"You go and chat with your martial uncle, I'll go make breakfast. After breakfast, we leave." Ye Xue said as she left the room for the kitchen next door.
Only Su Hong and Ye Chen were left in the room.
At this point, Ye Chen had already lost his initial shyness and asked, "What's your position in the Immortal City?"
"What do you think my position would be?" Su Hong took out a bottle of wound healing medicine from his bosom to apply it on him.
Ye Chen stroked his chin thoughtfully and glanced outside, realizing that those people were all under Su Hong's command, and that he seemed like a leader at least. "You must be a leader."
"Sect Leader."
Ye Chen's eyes widened in disbelief and said, "I must have heard wrong!"
"Why, do I not look like a Sect Leader?" Su Hong had became the Sect leader after helping the Immortal City defeat the Mutant Winged Dragon's Dragon Slaying Clan and driving them overseas 13 years ago.
"I always imagined a Sect Leader to be a grey-haired old man."
"Who said that a Sect Leader has to be old and grey?"
"I dreamed it." Ye Chen began to daydream.
"A Sect Leader isn't determined by age. As long as you have the ability, the wisdom, and excel in martial arts, anyone can become a Sect Leader."
"Can I also become one?"
"As long as you meet the criteria, why not."
Ye Chen sat down and said, "Then my martial uncle must take good care of me in the future."
"What kind of caring are you expecting?"
"Secret martial arts manuals. The more profound, the better. I want to learn skills like walking on water and tail wielding by a dragon, the kind that could make me invincible and establish me as the Sect Leader as quickly as possible."
"Why do you want to be the Sect Leader so much?"
Ye Chen poured a cup of tea for Su Hong and said, "My dad was a great hero. If I don't become a Sect Leader, I will live in his shadow for the rest of my life."
Upon hearing this, Su Hong laughed and glanced at Ye Xue, who was busy outside. He knew why Ye Xue hadn't told Ye Chen who his father was, and even insisted that he was a great hero, going so far as to have him take her own surname.
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