Sometimes, Tang Yun wondered if it was all worth it. Was having the child worth abandoning her principles and her dignity?
They were not meant to be, so why had she allowed the fruit of their cursed relationship to be born?
Look at the miserable state that she had landed herself in. She deserved it though.
Yet, every time hate threatened to overwhelm Tang Yun's heart, she would remember the innocent look on her child's face.
She would remember his fair, rosy cheeks, his big and sparkling, starlit eyes and his perfect, guileless smile.
Her heart had melted when her eyes had first landed on that young child.
She had felt that everything that she had done had been worth it.
She supposed that every woman had within herself a strong capacity to love one's own child.
Even the distant and cold sect leader of the Chu Sect was no exception.
The hardship that a woman suffered during the nine months of pregnancy and the agony that she endured during childbirth led to the inevitability of a mother's intense and deep love for her child.
It was an inevitability that even Tang Yun couldn't escape!
But it didn't matter how much she loved her child.
Because of whom she was, she couldn't possibly rear the child herself.
She was the sect leader of the Chu Sect and the most powerful martial artist on the Sky Ranking. She was akin to the empress of the martial arts circle. How could she bear a baby for a man and be a mother to a child?
If news of this were to spread, she would ruin both her reputation and the reputation of Chu Sect.
Chu Sect would become a laughing stock.
She would have to endure the terrible looks from everyone. The elders of Chu Sect probably wouldn’t let Tang Yun off. They would hunt down her child and kill him. Then, they would go after her child's father.
The most powerful sect in the world couldn't allow such a stain on their reputation!
The only way to salvage their reputation would be to kill everyone involved in the affair!
The child would not stand a chance of surviving if she kept him with her.
After weighing her options, she had secretly made her way to Jiangdong so that she could place the baby in the Ye family’s care after she had given birth to him. Having handed the baby to the Ye family, she would then sneak away unnoticed.
She could not have expected the birth of that tiny little creature to cause such a huge commotion and bring so much destruction to Ye Fan's hometown. She had not expected it to drain her completely as well.
The creation of a new life was indeed a feat.
Tang Yun might stand at the pinnacle of strength and power, but childbirth had still been a dangerous and almost deadly experience.
She stood outside the mansion and stared in the direction where Jingzhou was.
After a long time, she finally blinked away the beads of glittering tears in her eyes furiously.
The helplessness and weakness that she had shown on her face vanished without a trace.
In their place was the cool and intimidating stare of a powerful martial artist.
"Ye Fan, we're done. I owed you for what I did to you in the rainforest and now I've repaid it in full. I owe you nothing now. Let us never meet each other again. If we do, our blades will cross and one of us shall die."
The harsh wintry winds stirred dust and dirt into the air.
Tang Yun's lovely form stood alone beneath the night sky.
Her eyes were cold and devoid of emotion.
The terrifying and powerful sect leader of Chu Sect had returned.
Honestly, Tang Yun had held onto the last shred of love for Ye Fan before she had met him.
He had been the first and only man whom she had gotten intimate with.
He had been the only person who had risked his life to guard and protect her.
Tang Yun had been alone all her life.
Her hands were stained with the blood of countless dead men and women. Innumerable followers worshipped the ground that she walked on.
But no one had ever risked everything to treat her with such kindness like Ye Fan had.
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