Published: March 8, 2025
Four thousand miles away, a man and a woman were desperately flying through the night sky like shooting stars!
It was none other than Chu Feiling and Yang Ruolan, the married couple!
The couple was anxious, changing horses and riding quickly. However, the strength of the horses was ultimately insufficient for a long journey of ten thousand miles. After galloping for hundreds of miles, their horses were exhausted.
Whenever this happened, if there were towns nearby, they would immediately buy horses at a high price and continue their journey. If they found themselves in the wilderness, they would abandon their horses and unleash their superb lightness skill to fly at full speed!
In three days, they had covered six thousand miles!
There were still four thousand miles to go to Desperate Lake at Heavenly Sword Peak! Given their cultivation level, this speed was truly astonishing!
But both of them were nearly at their breaking point!
Yang Ruolan urged on desperately, pushing herself to fly faster.
They both knew that even if they hurried there, it probably wouldn't be enough to influence the battle. Even if they arrived before it ended, they might already lack the strength to fight.
Yet both of them were filled with determination; they had to get there!
As they traveled, Yang Ruolan's thoughts surged, recalling Wu Qianqian's words.
“He is an orphan, or rather, an abandoned child.”
“Everyone else has parents; he does not.”
“When he was at Sky Tower, he was usually silent and rarely spoke. Before that, he was hardly noticed.”
“Later, I heard my father say that Chu Yang was quite strange. It seemed like he had never truly laughed. Even when he did, it was a cold smile, a sneer, or self-deprecation. Even when facing a supreme being, it was the same. No one knew what he was really thinking when he smiled.”
“But in his life, he might have had very few days of genuine joy.”
“When I came to Iron Cloud City, it was the same.”
“His face is like iron.”
“Perhaps for just a few short days, when the Dark Demon Clan's people came, he smiled. I clearly remember that when he smiled, he looked like a carefree child. Unfortunately, the smile was hidden behind a mask. I couldn't see it.”
“Then the Dark Demon left, and he went to Great Zhao to fight a bloody battle over mountains and rivers. I’m afraid… he wouldn't smile even more then…”
“Even after defeating Great Zhao and exterminating the Golden Horse Knights Hall, I only saw him let out a sigh; he didn’t smile.”
“I want to make him smile.”
“Yet I found myself lost in it. Haha…”
“I really don’t know what kind of heartless parents could abandon a child like this…”
These were Wu Qianqian's words. Now, she probably hadn't appeared for three days.
But every time Yang Ruolan recalled these words, her eyes filled with tears.
Everyone else has parents; he does not.
He rarely smiles.
He is like iron.
In his life, he probably had very few days of genuine joy.
The only smile was hidden behind the mask.
I want to make him smile.
Yang Ruolan felt as if her heart was being torn apart. All she wanted now was to hold her son tightly in her arms, to make up for the twenty years of debt!
But she also felt afraid and anxious: this child is so strong and independent; when she opens her arms, he might not accept it!
But regardless of whether he accepts it or not, a mother's embrace will always be open to her son!
“It seems that during those few days I spent with him, I really saw him smile very rarely. There were polite smiles, hesitant smiles, shy smiles, cold sneers… but I really hadn’t seen many genuine smiles, joyful smiles.”
These were the words spoken by Chu Feiling during his recollections.
Every time he reached this point, the couple would fall silent, their hearts shattered into eight pieces.
How should I make it up to you, my son!
In another direction, Young Master Wei, cloaked in black, ghosted across the land, chasing after a figure in the distance…
Ahead were the people of the Li Family.