Chapter One Hundred: Zhen Shi

  "Who is it?"

  Deep within the Zhen Guo Wang Fu, apart from the area where the old master resides which seems to be far away from the hustle and bustle of the world, there is another place that not only hides in the depths of the mansion but also within a hundred meters radius of this depth, you can't truly feel even half a bit of being in the luxurious Zhen Guo Wang Fu.

  Within a hundred meters, it's desolate everywhere. Right in the center, there is an old and dilapidated earth house. The earth house is surrounded by wooden fences one after another. As for the rest, they are all weeds everywhere!

  As far as the eye can see, even in the earthen house, there is a faint light emanating from it, letting people know that this place is not truly deserted. However, the weeds are overgrown, and it seems like no one has come to tend to them for years, giving people a sense of desolation as soon as they arrive at this place.

  The desolate expanse stretched out, cutting off this hundred-meter land from the Town King's mansion, turning it into a barren wasteland that others found hard to tread.

  It's hard to imagine that there are still people living in this desolate land.

  When Chen Ye walked through the weeds and came to the front of the earthen house, he lightly knocked on the door. A desolate voice that seemed not to belong to this world faintly came from inside the house.

  "Father, it's me!" Chen Ye replied respectfully.

  The room fell into an eerie silence, as if time itself had ceased to exist within its walls. The stillness was suffocating, causing a sharp pain in everyone's chest.

  "Night, how did you come?"

  After a long time, that desolate voice let out a soft sigh and said: "It's getting late, Nui'er, you're not in good health, go back and rest early!"

  There's a feeling of wanting to cry at night, the so-called poor body is because his foundation was ruined over the years... This matter has long passed, but Father in the house still doesn't know!

  Ke Chen didn't have any complaints in his heart, he knew why his father had become like this.

  "Father, I'm leaving the Imperial City tomorrow, alone! Before I leave, I'd like to see you."

  "Leave?" The person in the room was apparently stunned for a moment, then a hoarse voice came out again: "Leaving is also good. In the Imperial City, you have received more humiliation and cold eyes. Changing to a new place to live is a good thing for you."

  "As for me, there's nothing good to see."

  It can be heard that this voice contains a hint of relaxation and also has a strong sense of care!

  "Father, this time I leave, it may be several years before I can return, and I'm not sure when I'll be back. So, Father, let me see you one more time!" Standing outside the house, Chen Ye's body was already trembling slightly.

  "Whether seen or not seen, we are who we are, and have never changed."

  "Father! Just take a look at your child!" Chen Ye shouted persistently.

  A faint voice said: "Hehe, I'm already a heartless person, why bother meeting again? Yezi, I just hope you live happily and peacefully, then I can rest assured."

  "Father?"

  In the sound of the night, there is already a thread of pleading, but at the same time, it is also mixed with a thread of anger!

  "Father, don't you want to ask me why I want to leave the Imperial Capital and what I plan to do after leaving?"

  "Whatever you want to do, you're an adult now and don't need others to plan for you. I'm here, wishing everything goes smoothly for you."

  "Haha, Father!"

  "Father, after the North Mountain affair, you and I, father and son, unconsciously buried ourselves deeply, never to be seen by others again."

  "But I've been working hard to find a way, a path that will allow me to progress, a path that will make me stronger so that I can do what I really want to do. But what about you, Father?"

  "For years you haven't left this room, what exactly have you been doing?"

  "Father, you always say that you loved mother dearly, but what have you done for her? Self-reproach and self-abandonment, is this your way of showing love to mother?"

  "Shut up!" A cold voice shouted angrily in the room.

  "Father, your heart is in the most pain, but does your heart ache like mine? In all these years, I have hardly slept a good night's sleep. Every time I fall asleep, I dream of Mother, and then I see the scene of her being taken away."

  "Every time the child wakes up from a nightmare, the child's body is like ** constantly convulsing, with heart-piercing pain, each time almost suffocating... The child has thought that their foundation was destroyed, and for the rest of their life, they would never be able to find their mother and reunite the family. Since this is the case, then the child will become a lonely ghost wandering at night!"

  "The sorrow and resentment that can be hidden deep within a child's heart is to tell the child that if in this life, he cannot bring his mother back, cannot reunite with his family, then when the day comes for him to depart to the Yellow Springs, arrive at the Nine Regions of Hell, he will still harbor hatred, resentment, anger and boundless regret!"

  "I don't want to leave this world with these things, so in this life, I must save my mother!"

  Looking at the earthen house, Chen Ye said firmly, "Father, I don't want you to continue being trapped, but if you can't escape this predicament, then I'm also helpless. I only ask that before I leave the imperial capital, you let me see you one more time, so I know that in this royal estate, there will be a loved one waiting for me, with dreams just like mine!"

  "Before you leave, I have only this one wish, only this one wish!"

  The sound of the voice was loud and clear, echoing repeatedly around the earthen house. In the midst of it, the house seemed to tremble slightly. Chen Ye stood quietly like that, his eyes fixed unwaveringly on the small door of the earthen house!

  "Crack!"

  After an unknown period of time, the small door of the earthen house was finally pushed open slowly. Chen Ye's heart was filled with joy, but when he saw the figure that slowly appeared in his line of sight, his gaze froze instantly!

  That was a middle-aged man with a face full of stubble, exuding an aura of despair all over his body. From head to toe, there was no trace of the existence of a warrior. In his eyes, there were obvious remnants of the faint struggle left by Chen Ye's words just now, but it was not clear. At this moment, a deep sense of confusion...

  A pang of pain in his heart, this is his own father, Chen Shi!

  His father back then was so spirited and proud... Chen Jia San Zi Chen Shi, had military leadership talent that wasn't inferior to Chen Shun's, had strategic ability that wasn't inferior to Chen Lie's, had a cultivation talent that stood out from the rest!

  Anyone who has seen Master Chen knows that he is the most terrifying existence in the second generation of the Chen family, because with his existence, the Chen family can continue to flourish. And his son Chen Ye inherited his cultivation talent, surpassing him!

  The father and son duo took over the Chen family business, and as they grew up, even if Old Man Chen passed away, it wouldn't affect the Chen family's status, but would instead make them even more prosperous!

  It's an undisputed fact that Chen Shi is excellent and Chen Ye is a genius!

  Nowadays, Zhen Shi is decadent and his vitality has weakened greatly due to his loss of will. If it were someone else, they would not suspect that this is a sign that life is coming to an end.

  The Master Chen of those years was a proud son of heaven, but now, if he were outside, he would be no different from a beggar.

  Wave after wave of sharp pain, like a thousand swords piercing the heart, spread throughout his body. His body trembled as if he had just woken up from a nightmare, and his eyes gazed at his father at this moment...

  "Dad, I'm sorry!"

  The night is heavy with repeated kowtows!