Chapter 284

Chapter 284: They Deserve It?

Ye Tianming held the already stiffened corpse of Zhantai Zhan,not crying,sinking into a silence like death itself.

There is no greater sorrow than the death of the heart.

The moment he saw Zhantai Zhan dead,he lost all hope.

Living,truly had no meaning anymore.

Just then,a sound of footsteps suddenly rose behind him.

Ye Tianming did not turn around,he just quietly held Zhantai Zhan like that.

The footsteps drew closer and closer,and soon,a woman appeared beside him,dressed in a plain white skirt.

Ye Tianming glanced at her,and in his eyes there was no color at all,only a dead silence.

The woman in the plain skirt looked at those eyes and felt an inexplicable pang in her heart. She suddenly crouched down and said softly,”This young lady,she can still be saved.”

Ye Tianming’s eyes snapped wide open,the dead silence in them turning into fervent intensity.

Suddenly,he dropped straight to his knees,said nothing,and just kowtowed repeatedly to the woman in the plain skirt.

The woman in the plain skirt felt another pang in her heart,as if pierced by a needle. She gently helped Ye Tianming up,and at that moment,his face was already streaked with tears.

The woman in the plain skirt reached out,wanting to wipe the tears from his face,but Ye Tianming turned away.

After a few moments of silence,the woman in the plain skirt suddenly placed her right hand on Zhantai Zhan’s forehead.

“Cough!”

In an instant,Zhantai Zhan’s eyes snapped open,but when she saw Ye Tianming and the woman in the plain skirt,her eyes immediately filled with terror. Like a startled fawn,she struggled to get up and tried to run.

Ye Tianming was overjoyed,holding her tightly,his voice trembling,”Miss Zhan…….”

But Zhantai Zhan was clearly terrified beyond measure. She buried her head in Ye Tianming’s arms,trembling uncontrollably.

Seeing this,Ye Tianming felt as though his heart was being cut by a knife. He knew that during this time,Zhantai Zhan must have suffered tremendous pain.

He looked up,wanting to say something,but the woman in the plain skirt had already left without him noticing.

She was gone?

Ye Tianming was slightly stunned.

He looked around,and the woman in the plain skirt was nowhere to be seen.

After a moment of silence,Ye Tianming collected his thoughts and looked down at Zhantai Zhan in his arms. She was curled up against him,both hands clutching his sleeve tightly,frightened to the extreme.

Ye Tianming said softly,”Let’s go home.”

With that,he carried Zhantai Zhan and left,but after a few steps,he suddenly froze in place.

Home?

He felt a little lost.

Where was his home?

After a long silence,Ye Tianming suddenly laughed,”Wherever we go,that’s where home is.”

With that,he took Zhantai Zhan and disappeared from the scene.

In the void.

The woman in the plain skirt had been silently watching him all along.

Beside her stood the Master of the Mortal Sword.

The Master of the Mortal Sword said softly,”Good thing we came. Otherwise,he might have truly not wanted to live anymore.”

The woman in the plain skirt said nothing,just gazed ahead,and at the end of her line of sight was Ye Tianming.

After a long while,the Master of the Mortal Sword smiled and said,”Qing’er,do you think he can gain recognition from the Grand Dao Rankings and the divine throne?”

The woman in the plain skirt’s delicate brows furrowed slightly,”Are they worthy?”

“Ha ha!”

The Master of the Mortal Sword burst out laughing.

Ye Tianming brought Zhantai Zhan back to Qingzhou. He found an inn,and the moment they entered the room,Zhantai Zhan,like a startled little cat,went straight and hid under the bed.

No matter how Ye Tianming called out to her,she would not come out. She just lay flat on the ground,burying her head tightly.

Ye Tianming knew he could not rush things. He carefully backed out of the room,and after a long while,he brought some food and placed it in front of the bed. When Zhantai Zhan saw the food,her throat immediately moved,her eyes filled with desperate hunger,but she did not dare come out.

Ye Tianming knew she was still afraid,so he took the initiative to step outside.

Once Ye Tianming left,Zhantai Zhan immediately scrambled out and began devouring the food frantically.

Outside the window,Ye Tianming watched this scene,his heart aching beyond measure.

And so,in the days that followed,Ye Tianming would bring food to Zhantai Zhan every day,and after setting it down,he would leave. At first,Zhantai Zhan was clearly still very fearful,but gradually,she seemed to realize that this man before her would not hurt her,and so she was no longer as afraid as before.

One day,after delivering food,Ye Tianming did not leave,but sat down to one side.

Zhantai Zhan crawled out from under the bed. She ate her food and glanced at Ye Tianming. Though not as frightened as before,she was clearly still a little tense and guarded,staying close to the edge of the bed,ready to retreat at any moment.

Like that,she ate her food with some nervousness.

Seeing that Zhantai Zhan had not retreated back under the bed,Ye Tianming smiled and got up to leave.

Zhantai Zhan stared fixedly at his retreating figure.

Another five days passed. By now Zhantai Zhan had let her guard down around him,but she was still very afraid of other people,so she could not go outside at all.

Inside the room.

Ye Tianming sat leaning beside her,studying Zhantai Zhan. Soon,he quietly reached for her hand. Zhantai Zhan instinctively pulled back,then looked at him.

Ye Tianming just smiled faintly.

After several attempts,Ye Tianming finally managed to hold her hand,and this time she did not pull away. Ye Tianming’s expression grew somber,because he discovered that Zhantai Zhan’s body was filled with “misfortune.”

The Fate’s Misfortune!

The same kind of “Fate’s Misfortune” that had once been inside his own body.

This kind of Fate’s Misfortune was something he had been powerless against even at his peak.

With this “misfortune” on her,she could enjoy no good fortune at all,and on top of that,she would attract disasters for no reason. Not only that,he also discovered that her lifespan was rapidly draining away,which meant she could not hold on for very long.

Ye Tianming looked at her and said softly,”Don’t worry. No matter what price I have to pay,I will cure you.”

Zhantai Zhan seemed to understand these words and turned to look at him.

In the days that followed,Ye Tianming spent every day accompanying Zhantai Zhan,and they grew closer and closer. One day,after she finished eating,Ye Tianming took out a medicinal pill and handed it to her,”Eat this.”

This pill was the one Xiaobai had given him back then,and he had never been willing to take it himself.

Zhantai Zhan did not refuse. She took the pill and swallowed it,and after it entered her body,her condition immediately underwent a dramatic change. The wounds on her body were visibly healing at a speed the naked eye could see.

But Ye Tianming watched her with anxiety. He knew that Zhantai Zhan carried the Fate’s Misfortune,and no good fortune could take hold in her,so he feared this pill would have no effect on her.

Sure enough,what he had worried about came to pass.

The cultivation that had just begun to reappear in Zhantai Zhan rapidly drained away…….however,the wounds on her body had been completely healed.

Clearly,Xiaobai’s pill still had some effect.

The inner cultivation had not recovered,but the external wounds had healed.

Ye Tianming knew that to completely resolve the problem of the misfortune within Zhantai Zhan’s body,he would have to find another way.

In the days that followed,he began taking Zhantai Zhan outside to be around people. At first she was very resistant,but gradually she stopped resisting,because sometimes Ye Tianming would be gone for a long time and she could not bear waiting alone in the room.

Ye Tianming got her a fresh set of clean clothes,and after a little tidying up,her bearing underwent a dramatic transformation.

Very beautiful!

Combined with her timid demeanor at the time,she appeared even more gentle and delicate,making people instinctively want to protect her.

On the street,Zhantai Zhan was clearly still very frightened. She held Ye Tianming’s arm tightly with both hands,and her beauty naturally drew quite a few gazes.

Ye Tianming held her hand and smiled,”Don’t be afraid.”

Zhantai Zhan looked at him,said nothing,and just held on tightly.

Ye Tianming led her forward,and gradually Zhantai Zhan was no longer so afraid. Ye Tianming took her to buy clothes and food,and she was visibly much happier,though she still did not say much.

“Candied hawthorn skewers for sale!”

Just then,a vendor’s call suddenly rang out not far away.

Ye Tianming quickly pulled her over to the candied hawthorn vendor and smiled,”I’ll take all of these.”

The vendor immediately broke into a wide grin.

Ye Tianming stored all the candied hawthorn skewers in his storage ring,then turned to look at Zhantai Zhan and smiled,”There’s a very cute little one who loves eating candied hawthorn. If we happen to meet her someday,we can give some to her……here,you try one first.”

With that,he took out a skewer,peeled it,and handed it to Zhantai Zhan.

Zhantai Zhan took the skewer and gave it a gentle lick.

Ye Tianming smiled,”Is it good?”

Zhantai Zhan nodded repeatedly.

Ye Tianming laughed heartily.

And so the two of them strolled through the streets for an entire afternoon. By evening,they came to a night market,where the atmosphere was lively and bustling,with all kinds of stalls selling everything imaginable.

Ye Tianming pulled Zhantai Zhan along,eating a little here and a little there,and the smile on Zhantai Zhan’s face grew more and more.

It was not until late at night that the two returned to the inn. They had bought many things,and inside the room,Zhantai Zhan touched this and touched that,her smile growing wider and wider.

Ye Tianming watched her happiness and felt happy himself.

Just then,Zhantai Zhan suddenly took out a small cloth doll and handed it to Ye Tianming.

Ye Tianming was a little surprised,”For me?”

Zhantai Zhan nodded.

Ye Tianming took the doll and smiled,”Thank you.”

Zhantai Zhan looked at him,said nothing.

Ye Tianming suddenly took out a cloth doll as well and handed it to her,”This is for you.”

Zhantai Zhan was slightly stunned,then broke into a smile.

Ye Tianming smiled too.

Late at night.

Ye Tianming returned to his own room. He sat down and took out the storage ring that the Tower Ancestor had given him. When he saw what was inside,he was completely stunned.

There was nothing inside the storage ring,only a stretch of space and time,a special space and time.

Ten years inside the ring,one day in the outside world!

The Tower Ancestor had given him the most precious thing he had!

Ye Tianming gazed at that storage ring for a long,long time,then smiled faintly and carefully put it away.

Then he took out the incense stick that his grandmaster had given him.

He lit it directly.

He needed to lift the Fate’s Misfortune from Zhantai Zhan’s body,and to resolve this misfortune,his current strength alone was not enough. He wanted to go to the Divine Academy to take a look,for perhaps there he might find a way to lift the Fate’s Misfortune from Zhantai Zhan’s body.