On a small stone facing east, Ye Ming sat quietly, gazing into the distance. The mountain wind blew, and his once complex emotions subsided into calmness.
Beside him, Su Chirui also sat in silence. However, her gaze was not fixed on the distance but was entirely on the young man next to her.
A beautiful curve always graced her lips.
She was very happy!
Truly, truly happy!
“Brother! Ye Qingzhu has already approached you, right?”
Su Chirui bit her lip, finally bringing up the topic that neither of them wanted to discuss.
Regardless of whether they wanted to talk about it, this was a fact they had to face.
A fact called “destiny.”
“That’s right!”
Ye Ming retracted his gaze and smiled with relief. “Just this morning, she found me!”
Seeing Su Chirui bring up Ye Qingzhu, Ye Ming didn’t want to hide anything and continued, “She told me my real name is… Su Ming!”
Upon saying this, Ye Ming clearly noticed the worry in Su Chirui’s eyes. He then patted her hand and shook his head, “But don’t worry, aren’t I fine now?”
Indeed!
Currently, there was nothing unusual about Ye Ming.
It was as if nothing had happened.
But was that truly the case?
Su Chirui would absolutely not believe it.
“Brother! I don’t believe in that damned destiny!”
Su Chirui’s eyes instantly turned cold as she recalled some past events from her clan. “Abandoning an infant less than three days old in the wilderness, letting them fend for themselves, and then telling everyone it was predetermined destiny.”
“Heh heh heh! It’s utterly ridiculous!”
Su Chirui’s cold voice was a naked mockery of the clan’s absurd decision.
“Chirui, am I not alive now, which proves the path of destiny?”
Ye Ming looked up at the crescent moon, recalling all his past experiences, and said calmly, “I didn’t die in the wilderness, and I survived. Not only did I survive, but I also obtained an immortal destiny by chance. Later, following the instructions in the immortal destiny, I stepped out of human society and initiated a series of actions.”
“You say, didn’t every step of this align with the destiny Ye Qingzhu told me about?”
“These are facts, aren’t they?”
Whether they were willing to admit it or not, from the moment Ye Ming was abandoned, the trajectory of his life had overlapped with that known destiny.
As for the origin of this destiny, it had to be traced back twenty-four years ago.
…
It was a night when the sky was filled with twinkling stars, and the entire firmament shimmered with brilliant starlight.
It was as if the collective appearance of those stars was heralding something.
“Waaah!”
As a series of loud infant cries broke the peaceful night, Su Ji, one of the Four Dark Clans of Huaguo’s capital, received a group of unfamiliar guests.
And with the appearance of these people, the entire Su clan was stirred.
“He should not remain here!”
This was the first sentence the elder leading the mysterious group spoke to the then clan leader of the Su clan.
As for the “he” the elder referred to, it was the newborn… infant.
“His arrival is destined to resolve the calamities of all living beings, this is his destiny!”
This was the second sentence the elder spoke to the rest of the clan after a brief meeting with the Su clan leader.
“His growth cannot be tainted by the mortal world, he… does not belong here!”
This was the choice unanimously made by the core elders of the Su clan after deliberation.
They chose to abandon this newborn infant in the wilderness, letting fate decide his life or death.
Untainted by the mortal world! Unburdened by emotions!
Nurtured by heaven and earth! Raised by all things!
It was these sixteen characters that made an infant the starting point for resolving the calamities of all beings.
…
“Brother! Do you also believe these facts are your destiny?”
Su Chirui tightly gripped Ye Ming’s arm, looking into his eyes. She couldn’t believe her brother would bow to destiny.
“What do you think?”
Ye Ming smiled without answering, looking at his nervous sister.
“Hmph!”
Seeing Ye Ming seemingly mocking her, Su Chirui stomped her foot lightly and turned her head away, ignoring him.
“Sigh! Chirui, there are some things I can’t explain clearly right now. But one thing, don’t you find it strange?”
At this moment, Ye Ming’s expression suddenly became serious.
“Hmm?”
Hearing this, Su Chirui quickly turned around and asked eagerly, “What do you find strange?”
It seemed her newly recognized sister was not recognized in vain. The anxious look in her eyes was enough to explain everything.
“It’s just…”
“It’s just why Ye Qingzhu suddenly appeared before you, right?”
Before Ye Ming could speak, the ethereal, wind-like white-clothed figure appeared behind them, completing Ye Ming’s sentence.
“Bai Yi!”
Seeing Xia Baiyi appear, Su Chirui immediately smiled and waved at her, patting the spot next to her.
Xia Baiyi did not hesitate and sat down beside Su Chirui.
However, her beautiful eyes, hidden in a haze, were always fixed on Ye Ming.
If Ye Ming could see her gaze at this moment, he would be greatly surprised.
Because, in Xia Baiyi’s eyes now, there was clearly visible surprise.
Most importantly, this surprise originated from him.
It seemed she didn’t understand why Ye Ming could adjust his emotions so quickly after meeting Ye Qingzhu, without being greatly affected.
This was not what she expected.
After all, those truths were not easy for anyone to accept.
Even if Ye Ming possessed the cultivation of the Heaven and Human Realm.
“Bai Yi! You said just now that Ye Qingzhu’s sudden appearance was strange?” Su Chirui seemed to not understand what Xia Baiyi meant by her earlier statement.
Ye Ming also turned his gaze.
He was curious if Xia Baiyi’s point of strangeness regarding Ye Qingzhu was the same as his.
“Chirui, you know Ye Qingzhu’s identity, right?”
Xia Baiyi asked first.
“Yes! I know that!”
Su Chirui glanced at Ye Ming beside her, and then her voice turned cold. “She belongs to the same organization as the group of mysterious people who appeared in the Su clan back then, I think they’re called… the Legacy Guardians!”
Legacy Guardians!
Hearing the name of this organization, Ye Ming did not feel unfamiliar.
Because during his previous conversation with Ye Qingzhu, she had directly revealed her origins without any concealment.
Moreover, Ye Qingzhu also told Ye Ming something, which was the founder of this “Legacy Guardians” organization.
At that time, when Ye Ming heard the founder’s name, he was completely stunned.
Ye Zhisheng!
That was the name.
If it were only this, Ye Ming would not have been so shocked. However, the name “Ye Zhisheng” was not the first time he had heard it.
Because when he obtained the immortal inheritance!
The owner of that inheritance!
Was also named Ye Zhisheng!