210: Chapter 210 No Ifs (Part 2) 210: Chapter 210 No Ifs (Part 2) “Kai, I didn’t an to hide it from you deliberately.” Chen Yuxin said excitedly.
“Then tell , why did you leave?” Ye Shikai suddenly stood up, slapped the table, and was equally emotional.
“I, I…” Chen Yuxin was nearly collapsing, almost sobbing inaudibly.
“Tell .” Ye Shikai shouted, his hands gripping Chen Yuxin’s arms, but the response he got was silence.
“I can’t say,” Chen Yuxin cried.
“Do you know how heartbroken I was when you left without a word eight years ago, how I tried to find answers, but all in vain?” Ye Shikai sank into the chair, his hands dropping powerlessly.
“Later, I fantasized that if I had noticed the signs earlier, if I could’ve asked you earlier, if I could do it all over again now, I would stop you.”
“Kai, it’s my fault, I shouldn’t have kept it from you.” Chen Yuxin sobbed, curling up.
“But this is just a dream, there are no ifs, and it’s impossible to find answers.” After a while, Ye Shikai slowly stood up but looked as if he had no strength, slowly walking to the floor-to-ceiling window, opening the curtain.
The afterglow of the sunset stread in, shining on them both.
In the sunset’s afterglow, a tear inadvertently slid down the corner of Ye Shikai’s eyes.
“Xin, goodbye.”
“Kai, what are you doing?” Chen Yuxin noticed sothing was wrong with Ye Shikai and hurriedly stood up, trying to hold him back.
“The dream, it’s ti to wake up.” Ye Shikai closed his eyes, his body leaning forward, consciousness fading…
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“Where is this?” Ye Shikai groggily stood up, the place was pitch black.
“Isn’t this the place from before?” In the distance, a faint light was shining, and Ye Shikai dragged his weak body toward the light.
“Ah.” Ye Shikai cried out, slowly opened his eyes, feeling as if his body was entwined with sothing soft.
“You’re finally awake.” A voice sounded next to Ye Shikai’s ear, he fixed his gaze and saw Ji Qian clutching his body tightly, only slowly letting go when she saw him awaken.
“What happened to ?” Ye Shikai felt his head was heavy, his limbs ached, and he struggled to stand up, staggering, but Ji Qian promptly supported him.
“You’ve been hurt badly, you’ve been unconscious for a day,” said Ji Qian, with a tone of worry.
“What, it’s been a day already?
It feels like it was just half a day in the dream.” Ye Shikai was a bit surprised.
A day passed in a daze; he looked around, it was a cave, and outside, the avalanche had stopped, but the sky was still filled with falling snow.
“You’ve been seriously injured, your Inner Strength is exhausted,” Ji Qian worried the most about Ye Shikai’s Inner Strength; without it, Ye Shikai would be no different than an ordinary person, and it would be impossible for him to remain on Holy Mountain.
“What.” Ye Shikai circulated the Inner Strength inside his body, although greatly diminished, there was still a little left, otherwise, he would’ve run out completely.
Using this last bit of Inner Strength, Ye Shikai opened his Storage Ring and took out several dicinal pills, all obtained from the ancient tomb and from Xiang Qi, the pills were miraculous for healing internal injuries.
He placed them in his mouth, lting into threads of Inner Strength, filling his Dantian and ridians, and with the help of the Inner God Scripture, he quickly regained seventy percent of his Inner Strength.
“Hey, you almost got killed, you brat,” ca the voice of the Soul Destroyer in Ye Shikai’s mind.
“Soul Destroyer, how are you?” Ye Shikai asked eagerly, since during the dream, calling for the Soul Destroyer got no response.
“When the avalanche happened, I transferred most of my energy to you, and then I beca unconscious with you.” The Soul Destroyer’s voice had a reproachful tone; it and Ye Shikai could sink or swim together; if Ye Shikai died, it would never erge again.
“Lucky you’re tough, kid, but if it hadn’t been for that woman by your side, you’d probably have frozen to death by now.” The person the Soul Destroyer referred to was Ji Qian, and Ye Shikai finally understood why Ji Qian had been holding him so tightly; without her, Ye Shikai’s corpse might still be buried in the snow.
“Uh, thank you,” said Ye Shikai.
“No problem, if it wasn’t for ensuring everyone’s safe retreat, with your strength, surviving in the avalanche would’ve been no problem,” Ji Qian said with a smile.
Protecting companions at the cost of himself was a responsibility and loyalty of Ye Shikai, and also why Ji Qian admired him the most; unlike other Main Gods, everyone in Netherworld Palace was Ye Shikai’s brother, and he tried his best to protect them.
“Oh, where is everyone, why are you alone?” Ye Shikai looked around but didn’t see any companions, he was curious.
“After the avalanche, everyone got scattered,” sighed Ji Qian, equally worried about the scattered people.
It had been a day since the avalanche, she wondered if they were safe now.
“No, I have to go out and find them,” Ye Shikai said firmly, also very anxious in his heart.
Their cultivation wasn’t as deep as his own; if alone, they definitely couldn’t handle any danger.
“Of course, we need to find them, but you need to heal your wounds first,” said Ji Qian.
Ye Shikai had just woken up, and although he had dicinal pills for healing, he only had seventy percent of his strength.
If he encountered any more danger, it would be terrible.
“Boss, it’s you guys, we finally found you.” At this mont, a voice suddenly ca from the entrance, Ye Shikai looked and it was Soul Destroyer and Demoness, both looking listless and appearing to have suffered injuries.
“Soul Destroyer, Demoness, that’s great, co in quickly.” Ye Shikai joyfully looked at the two, inviting them over to warm up by the fire.
“We’ve been walking for a day, starving and freezing.
We were passing by this cave and thought to rest here, never expecting you’d be here, Boss.” Ye Shikai took out so food and roasted at from his Storage Ring, gave it to the two to replenish their strength.
“Have you seen anyone else?
Where’s Wang Kai, where’s Selena?” Ji Qian ca over to ask.
Selena had followed her for many years, and Ji Qian was also very worried.
“No, after we woke up, we found ourselves back in the forest from before, tried to return the sa way to find people, but found nothing.” Demoness shook her head, Ye Shikai felt so regret, concern.
There were still five people not found, where could they be now?
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