Chapter 101: Between Father and Son

  "Dad, I'm sorry!"

  Prostrate himself on the ground again and again in the dead of night!

  Looking north to the mountain, it has become the greatest pain in Chen Ye's heart. At that time, he was young and ignorant, and relied on his own excellence, recklessly asking his mother to take him to play at North Mountain.

  Who would have known that just this one thing could cause such a great separation among loved ones and turn everything upside down!

  For many years, although no one in the family has ever blamed me, if it weren't for my own willfulness, how could there be so much cruelty and injustice?

  The father in his prime years will not close his heart prematurely and die mentally because of this.

  Every time I think of this, Chen Ye has the heart to slap himself to death, and today seeing his father's appearance, how can Chen Ye not be angry, how can he not hate, how can he not resent, how can he not blame!

  Since Tiandao can bring himself back to his youth, Chen Ye has been wondering why he didn't take him back to before the events at Beiwang Mountain.

  Looking at his father, Chen Ye felt a hundred kinds of pain, but from then on, anger, hatred, resentment, and blame all turned into a kind of persistence. In this life, he vowed to reunite the family!

  "Get up quickly, night is over!"

  Chen Shi hastily stepped forward, grasping Chen Ye's arms, wanting to pull him up, but found that he couldn't budge the latter.

  "Father, I'm leaving tomorrow. Let me show you the filial piety that I have not been able to for a long time, okay?" Chen Ye said with a trembling heart.

  Master Chen closed his eyes quickly, and in that instant, a wisp of fog appeared rapidly, only to be tightly covered by those two eyes within the pupils.

  "Night, get up and go inside!"

  Following his father, he entered the earthen house that had never been entered before. Chen Ye's eyes did not scan the room, for without looking, he already knew what kind of environment it would be like inside.

  After supporting his father to sit on the chair, Chen Ye hurriedly fetched hot water to wash his father's tired face, wiped clean the beard all over his face, and then washed his father's feet. Afterwards, he quietly looked at his father... Now his father had the familiar shadow of that day.

  But Chen Ye sighed heavily in his heart, when would the shadow of that day be able to return to his father's body?

  It seemed as if he had seen through Chen Ye's thoughts. With a careless smile, Chen Shi said, "Ye Er, after leaving the Imperial Capital, where are you planning to go?"

  "None, just for the sake of strength!"

  Just after he finished responding, Chen Ye suddenly felt a sense of joy. He suddenly sensed that his father at this moment was somewhat different from the previous one.

  "Strength?"

  In Chen Shi's still dazed eyes, a sharp and piercing light suddenly shot out. After a while, he exclaimed in surprise: "Jiaolong body, already at the peak of the first layer... Ye Ye, you've suffered for so many years."

  The joy in my heart is growing stronger and stronger!

  That brilliant aura represents the cultivation of my father over the years, which has never been neglected. He can see at a glance the progress of his own dragon body, although he is not clear about the changes that have taken place in his dragon body, but it is enough to show that for the martial way, my father has never given up.

  At this moment, Chen Ye was eager to know what level his father's cultivation had reached.

  Father and son united, their strength can break through metal!

  "Physical cultivation is too arduous, what's more important is to persevere! Nye Er, although your Jiaolong body has entered the gate, but its level is too low, compared to those who cultivate Xuan Qi, there are too many shortcomings. I can't give you the second layer of Jiaolong body cultivation method, but I can give you some experience in physical cultivation."

  So, it made Chen Ye even more delighted, not because he had received his father's verbal teachings, but because his father, really and truly, hadn't given up. Good, very good!

  They had been chatting for so long that it was almost daylight.

  At dusk, he reluctantly bid farewell, knowing it would be many years before he could return here.

  The things that Father has shown seem to have told himself as well, and in fact, there is no need to worry too much about Father. However, although Father has never given up, Father's heart is already dead.

  A person who has given up will not regain their enthusiasm unless they achieve something great or do what they want to do.

  In his father's heart, he actually understood more than himself, how strong a cultivation was needed to find his mother back!

  It was precisely because Father knew, so Father's heart couldn't beat vigorously as usual.

  "Dad, I'm leaving."

  Master Chen nodded and said, "You are the greatest pride of your mother and me, in the past, now and forever. I can't give you much, but finally, I just want to remind you that above all, prioritize your own safety, never...".

  "Father?"

  "Listen to me!"

  Master Chen waved his hand and said, "You don't want to leave any regrets in your heart, but do my mother and I have any intention of leaving even a little regret in this world?"

  "May you be safe, may you be healthy, may you live a good life, may you have a family and career, may your children and grandchildren fill the hall, may you be happy until old age! This is my and your mother's greatest hope for you!"

  "Save your mother, you just try your best, that's all... At night, do you know, if something happens to you, that would be the greatest sorrow for both your mother and me?"

  The night was silent for a long time, and then he looked up and smiled: "Your words, I will remember them in my heart. Now, I bid you farewell. When I return to the capital again, I hope it will be with Mother by my side. Although I know this is difficult, it won't stop me from doing so steadfastly."

  "Father, take care of yourself, all things, I will definitely be able to do!"

  After a deep bow, Chen Ye got up and turned around to leave, without any lingering or hesitation, but with a completely different determination!

  A father's heart can't be revived by just a few words, so Chen Ye didn't plan on it, and today's meeting won't bring his father back to life.

  He just wants his father to know that if he doesn't want to have any regrets, then he must put his heart and soul into it!

  Chen Ye didn't know that when he turned to leave, Chen Shi in the earthen house had a long arc of smile at the corner of his mouth, and he was smiling with great comfort!

  "This is indeed the son of Master Chen, Ye Er, you've finally grown up and matured!"

  "He has grown up and is able to understand his own responsibilities, and is willing to work hard for them. Now you can rest assured." Suddenly, a hoarse voice came from outside the house.

  Upon hearing this, Master Chen raised an eyebrow and said: "Nye has walked out of the shadows, you can indeed be at ease, but Nye also knows that the road ahead will be even more difficult to tread!"

  "It's because it's tough going that he needs a father like you, to set an example for him and give him some drive."

  A figure flashed by, and it was Old Master Chen!

  "Role model and momentum? Now that Ye is gone, does he still need his son to support him?" Master Chen couldn't help but chuckle and slowly closed his eyes, saying: "Father, it's autumn now, a time of many things happening, you really shouldn't have come here."

  "I'd like to see what's become of the son I was once so proud of, my finest boy from back in the day?" said Old Master Chen with a look of disappointment.

  "Nature will not be as it is in father's mind."

  "Father, I'm tired and want to rest, please go back!" said Chen Shi faintly.

  "Who?"

  As the years went by, Master Chen's outbursts of anger had actually increased in frequency over this period of time. Looking at his usually calm and collected disciple, Master Chen felt a pang in his heart, wanting to say something, but all that came out was a deep sigh...

  This desolate land has finally fallen silent!

  But no one saw that Chen Shi's face, which had been calm and collected, suddenly became extremely ferocious: "As a son, I am unfilial! As a father, I am unworthy! As a husband?"

  Looking up at the sky, Chen Shi shouted angrily: "Meng Er, where are you?"