Chapter 574

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“Chu Qingcheng?”

At the entrance of the valley, the elders had already departed.

Chu Qingcheng stood there, dressed in a white dress that accentuated her flawless, fair skin and her shapely figure, exuding an undeniable charm. Combined with her breathtakingly beautiful visage, it was hard for anyone to remain unmoved.

Standing at the valley entrance, Chu Qingcheng looked as if she had stepped out of a painting.

“Why are you here?”

Upon hearing this, Chu Qingcheng retorted, “Why can’t I be here?”

Chu Qingcheng had always been the second on the Inner Court’s Treading Clouds List. Her trial for the Treading Clouds List had been interrupted by the appearance of Wang Jianmu from the Tianji Mansion. She had also witnessed all of Ye Wushuang’s tribulations at that time.

Now, Ye Wushuang had reached the third level of the Yuanfu Realm, and Chu Qingcheng had attained the first level of the Yuanfu Realm.

“Are you alright?”

The two walked side by side, leaving the valley.

“Mm…”

A single word, followed by a long silence.

As the sun set in the west, it stretched their shadows very long.

Chu Qingcheng broke the silence and said again, “Be careful.”

Be careful?

What did she mean?

Chu Qingcheng continued, “Today you killed Liu Yiyu. The Five Great Clans already know.”

“If you stay within the academy for the next few days, there should be no problem. But if you leave the academy, it would be best if Elder Tang stays with you…”

Ye Wushuang understood the implication in Chu Qingcheng’s words.

“I understand.”

Ye Wushuang smiled and said, “But don’t worry, I’m not that easy to kill!”

Under the setting sun, the young man looked carefree.

Not that easy to kill?

Chu Qingcheng was taken aback.

Before she met Ye Wushuang, she only knew that, as a child adopted by the Chu Clan, everything she had from childhood was given by the Chu Clan. Therefore, she regarded the Chu Clan as her family.

But one day, she suddenly learned that the Chu Clan, fearing she might betray the family, wanted to marry her off to Chu Tian Shen. It was then that she realized, although she considered the Chu Clan as her family, the Chu Clan never regarded her as a member of the family!

Since then, she had been thinking about how to break the deadlock.

By becoming a disciple of Master Feng Lan, she had reduced the pressure she faced, but it still could not change the decision of the Chu Clan’s high-ups.

A Feng Lan master, even with the status of a third-level spirit formation master and the cultivation of the Tiangang realm, could not change the Chu Clan’s attitude.

She had always been troubled by how to change her own destiny.

Until now, meeting Ye Wushuang.

She suddenly realized that compared to her own troubles, what Ye Wushuang was carrying on his shoulders was truly as heavy as Mount Tai.

The decline of the once-glorious Ye family and the pressure from the Five Great Clans.

All of these were shouldered by the young Ye Wushuang!

In the quiet of the night, Chu Qingcheng had also pondered whether Ye Wushuang, like her, appeared carefree on the surface but secretly cried in the shadows.

“Ye Wushuang…”

“Hmm?”

Ye Wushuang looked at Chu Qingcheng curiously.

“Have you ever cried secretly?”

Chu Qingcheng’s question took Ye Wushuang aback.

Then, as if realizing something, Ye Wushuang laughed and said, “You think I appear confident and carefree on the surface, but in reality, I can’t bear the immense pressure and secretly shed tears?”

Chu Qingcheng’s face turned slightly red as she nodded.

“Well…” Ye Wushuang put his hands behind his head, stretched, and said with a smile, “I used to, actually.”

Really?

Chu Qingcheng’s eyes brightened.

“But later…” Ye Wushuang smiled and said, “What good does crying do?”

“I once saw my mother, on her knees, begging for mercy and discarding her dignity, all to save me.

“But at that time, no one cared. No one could understand a mother’s desperate desire to save her own son.

“I can never forget the cold, mocking, and derisive looks from the people around us.

“I also saw my sister being bullied, while those people only cared about satisfying their own twisted desires, completely disregarding her desperate pleas!

“So… what good does crying do?”

Looking at Ye Wushuang’s elongated silhouette under the setting sun, Chu Qingcheng unconsciously clenched her hands.

Just then, Ye Wushuang’s voice rang out again, “If you want to change your own destiny, you still have to rely on yourself.”

“But…”

Ye Wushuang paused, and Chu Qingcheng couldn’t help but look into his eyes.