“You're injured, Ye Fan.”
Ye Fan looked a little exhausted as he sat cross-legged beside Grange River.
As he had only recovered from a major injury not long ago, getting into a fierce battle like this took a huge toll on his body.
Like a dried-up river that suddenly had a strong current surging through it, Ye Fan's muscles and tendons were put under a lot of stress.
It pained Noa to see the red bloodstains on Ye Fan's sleeve.
“I'm fine. It's just a minor injury. I'll be all right after getting some rest,” Ye Fan replied in a deep voice.
The reason Ye Fan didn't attack Folo Palace right after killing Duolun had nothing to do with mercy. He was simply drained from the huge fight and needed some time to rest and recover.
Although the remaining Supremes in Folo Palace weren't a huge threat to Ye Fan after Duolun's death, the palace was still regarded as sacred land in the
martial arts world.
There was no way of confirming if King Folo had any other tricks up his sleeve.
On top of that, Ye Fan had felt a strange tension that followed him around ever since he arrived.
He used to think that Duolun was the one behind that sensation, but he was still feeling it even after Duolun's death.
Ye Fan looked up and glanced at the endless rows of mountains around Folo Palace in the distance.
The mountains were connected to each other, making it look like a gigantic dragon, and the mist surrounding the mountains added an air of mystery to the place.
“Looks like Folo Palace has plenty of secrets, huh...” Ye Fan mumbled to himself and slowly closed his eyes.
For some reason, he recalled what the man had said to him two years ago when he was recovering from his injuries in the Great North.
“I heard you beat your aunt and rose to the top of the Sky Ranking! Not bad, not bad at all! While you may not have let your old man down, you had better not get too full of yourself either! Don't think fora second that you're the strongest in the world just because you rank the highest on the Sky Ranking. There are two god realm fighters here who are stronger than you, and there are plenty more on the other side of the world. The world is a huge place, and the journey of martial arts training is an endless one. What you're seeing right now is merely the tip of the iceberg!” I had wanted to ask him a few questions when he said that to me. For example, what's on the other side of the world? Where did he go after disappearing for a few years? Why did he save me? He abandoned his wife and child back then, dldn't he? Now that I'm famous and powerful, he comes crawling bock and pretends to care about me? Am I a fcking joke to him? Of course, I could never bring myself to ask him those questions. My pride refuses to let me show him my vulnerable side when I'm at my worst. I don't want his sympathy. Even if I am going to ask those questions, I'll do it when I'm on my feet so that we're both on an equal level.
Despite how prideful and egotistical Ye Fan was back then, hearing that man tell him that Tang Yun was his aunt still caused his eyes to twitch a little.
Tang Yun is my aunt? What the hell?
Ye Fan was so confused when he heard about it.
On top of that, he felt like he had done something incredibly immoral.
“Your aunt Tang Yun has an older sister who was my childhood sweetheart. She courted me once, and I'll have you know that she nearly succeeded in becoming your mom! We were supposed to get married, but I rejected her and canceled the marriage. I was really young at the time, and your grandpa hated me so much fordoing that. Chu Yuan, too, got really mad at me. I even nearly got your mom killed... I sometimes wonder if all of that could've been prevented if I had just followed whatever my family told me to. That way, she wouldn't have run away from home. You and your mom wouldn't have suffered so much either...”
Every decision in life could be described as a domino. Making that decision would knock it over and result in a chain reaction of events beyond one's control.
That was exactly what happened with Ye Fan's father.
His immaturity during his youth ended up hurting two women and his only son.
As a result, his wife refused to be with him, his son hated him, and his family became his enemy.
He was all alone, but he had no right to complain because he brought it upon himself.
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