Ye Sheng now deeply regrets, not only has he failed to et his father’s expectations, he even once misunderstood his father.
It turns out that his father had never given up on him, and had even silently done so much for him!
The Roc Wing Bone, any cultivator would know how precious it is; it’s a relic of divine beasts that only existed in ancient legends. It’s hard to imagine how much suffering his father must have endured to obtain it, and now for his sake, his father not only took out his treasured collection but also went to ask his ordinarily estranged master for help.
Ye Sheng clenched his fists, suddenly feeling like a complete scoundrel; he had even doubted whether his father just needed him to carry on the lineage, not actually liking him. Thinking back now, how could it be just liking? It was clearly deep affection for him.
"Ye Sheng? Ye Sheng... What are you thinking about?" Seeing his expression was off, Perfected Ming Shi interrupted his thoughts.
"Master, it’s nothing, I was just thinking of my father," Ye Sheng replied truthfully.
"What is there to think about him." Perfected Ming Shi muttered to himself, rembering the Roc Wing Bone inside the space ring, and then shut his mouth, after all, it’s hard to be tough once you’ve taken sothing from soone.
He cleared his throat and continued: "Don’t overthink it. Your father entrusted you to just to fulfill your wishes, but not practicing the sword in the future doesn’t an you can relax. Do you really want others to say that even the son of the Lonely Swallow Sword Lord is but a diocre person?"
"I won’t let that happen." Ye Sheng clenched his fists harder at the thought of his father being talked about because of his own incompetence.
"That’s the right mindset. Your father has done so much for you, you should think about diligently cultivating to repay him. Think about it, if you could refine a sword suitable for your father in the future, he would definitely be very happy," Perfected Ming Shi continued to encourage him.
This thod was indeed very effective for Ye Sheng; his eyes beca sharp and bright, and he felt full of fighting spirit at the thought of his father using the sword he would refine with his own hands.
"Master, I will work hard," Ye Sheng promised with fierce determination in his eyes.
"Hmm, good to have such ambition. This is the foundation of starting artifact refining, take it back and study it well. If there’s anything you don’t understand, go ask your senior brother," Perfected Ming Shi said.
"Yes, Master."
From that day on, Ye Sheng fully imrsed himself in diligent study and practice. Given that he was only at the Qi Cultivation Fourth Layer, aside from the necessary rest, he scheduled all his ti orderly. Although artifact refining was the most important, he still practiced the sword for at least two hours every day.
"Master, did you call for ?" This day, just as Ye Sheng was about to practice the Soul Power Technique that Ye Qiu gave him, he received a ssage from Perfected Ming Shi.
"It’s your father; he has recently taken a sect task and will be away for a while. He wants you to co back to Hidden Sword Peak."
"Yes, Disciple understands."
As he approached the bottom of Hidden Sword Peak, Ye Sheng felt sowhat excited. Since learning that his father sought his master for his betternt in artifact refining, he hadn’t seen his father, and the sudden summons filled him with joy, but also worry about his father going away.
When Ye Sheng arrived at the entrance of Ye Qiu’s cave dwelling, Ye Qiu was already sitting inside waiting for him.
He was still wearing his simple black attire. Although the clothes were unadorned, Ye Qiu’s tall stature and dignified manner made him look especially upright and martial.
In the past, Ye Sheng would feel sowhat intimidated by Ye Qiu’s cold face, but today he found it exceptionally warm.
"Dad, you wanted to see ?" Ye Sheng’s tone carried a hint of excitent.
"Mmm, take a seat," Ye Qiu replied, still sporting his signature cold expression.
"How has your recent learning been?" After a mont of silence, Ye Qiu awkwardly expressed his concern.
Ye Sheng grinned, his tone warm and familiar: "It’s going well, Master teaches very well, and the eldest senior brother is also a very good person. Dad, I will work hard and won’t let you down."
Ye Qiu nodded at his words: "That old man Ming Shi may be unreliable, but he does have so real skills, and your eldest senior brother Jin Quan is also not bad, his conduct in life is very good."
He paused for a bit before continuing: "The path of cultivation is not an easy one, it should be done for oneself, not for others, no matter what you beco in the future. As long as you can live with no regrets, I will not be disappointed. So don’t compare yourself with others, just do your best."
The reason Ye Qiu ca up with these words after so silence was because he feared that Ye Sheng would compare himself with Lin Shen, the Child of Destiny, and hoped he would not follow the sa old path as in his previous life.
After listening, Ye Sheng felt a warmth in his heart. He knew he had misunderstood before—indeed, his father loved him deeply. He also made a silent vow to cultivate diligently, vowing not to bring sha upon his father.
"Dad, I understand, I will work hard in the future," Ye Sheng assured Ye Qiu with a smile.
Seeing that Ye Sheng seed genuine and was learning Artifact Refining, his favorite, and that he wasn’t being pressured anymore, Ye Qiu felt sowhat relieved, believing that his son’s temperant should change a great deal.
"Dad, I heard from Master that you’re going to leave the sect for a trip, how long will it be? Is it dangerous?" Ye Sheng’s itch of concern finally led him to ask the worriso question.
After hearing this, Ye Qiu felt that he should allow Ye Sheng to focus on his cultivation, and so he explained: "The highest cultivation level in the Xuanyuan Realm is the Nascent Soul Stage, and your father is at the Nascent Soul Middle Stage, who could harm ? Don’t worry. It’s just a sect task, nothing serious. If all goes well, I should be back in two or three years."
Ye Sheng felt much more relieved after hearing this. There were few in this Small Thousand World who were more powerful than his father, and since sword cultivators do not fear battling those above their level, his father indeed would not be in any danger. With this, Ye Sheng finally put his mind at ease.
What he didn’t know was that beyond the dangers posed by other cultivators, the risks from nature itself are not to be underestimated. But this is sothing that Ye Qiu would not tell him at the mont.
"These are so items I’ve collected in the past; now that you’re starting Artifact Refining, you should be able to use them." Ye Qiu took out a storage bag and placed it on the table.
Ye Sheng was imdiately overwheld by the favor, feeling even more how deeply his father cared for him. But he did not wish to accept them, so he tried to refuse: "Dad, I have just started learning Artifact Refining, I won’t need these items yet. Plus, you’ve worked hard to collect them, how could I accept them? If I need anything, I’ll earn it myself."
As the son of a cultivator and a sword cultivator at that, Ye Sheng knew that in the Cultivation World, sword cultivators and body cultivators were among the poorest. If he took the contents of this storage bag, his father might have nothing left but his sword. How could he accept it? He would earn what he needed himself.
"Take it," Ye Qiu said with indisputable authority, "These things are of no use to ."
Ye Sheng, now just a ten-year-old at the Fourth Layer of Qi Cultivation, couldn’t withstand Ye Qiu’s imposing attitude. With Ye Qiu insisting, he had no choice but to accept.
Holding the storage bag, Ye Sheng solemnly said to Ye Qiu: "Dad, once I’ve made a success of Artifact Refining, I will craft a sword for you, how about that?" After asking, Ye Sheng felt extrely nervous, as he did not know whether his father would accept it. After all, his father’s current sword was forged from the core of tungsten gold ore. Could he ever craft a better sword than that? And would it et his father’s standards?
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