Heavenly Star - Chapter 231

Chapter 231

Chapter 231 Er Ya

It was a fairly solid straw house . Although simple, it was organized neatly . The bamboo mat on the bed was clearly handmade . Beneath it there was straw cushioning, which was quite soft to lie on . Lying on top of it, Ye Wuchen felt a thousand thoughts going through his head . Ning Xue sat by the side of the bed and spoke softly, “Big Bro, I really like the people here . They’re not scared of me, and they don’t hate me . Plus, they’re so nice to us . They’re all really good people . ”

“They are . ” Ye Wuchen responded with a gentle look at her . “Xue, do you want to stay here forever?”

Ning Xue nodded at first, but immediately shook her head . “If I could stay here with Big Bro forever, I would be so happy . But I miss Sis, I miss Tong Xin Big Sis…and so many other people . They must think we’re not around anymore and must be sad . If we could go back, then they wouldn’t have to be sad anymore . ”

A stifling feeling came to Ye Wuchen’s chest and he closed his eyes slowly . Two years was enough to change many things . How were they doing, were they well…

“We’ll go back,” he said in a low voice, raising his head with eyes that seemed to pierce through the simple roof, shooting into the distant sky . “We’ll make it back . Destiny is like a capricious child: sometimes cruel, but sometimes so very kind . ”

Creak…the half-closed wooden door was pushed open slowly . A figure hesitated at the door before walking in, head lowered, with a bowl that filled the room with warmth and the aroma of medicine . This was a girl of twenty five or six . Her whole body emanated an enticing mature aura . Whether it was the proud, perky breasts underneath her rough clothing or her full, round buttocks, her figure was the kind that a younger girl could only wish for . But she still had the soft, smooth skin of a fifteen or sixteen-year-old girl, while her expressions and movements betrayed a timidity that only girls in their early teens possessed in the outside world .

The old man had only one son . His son had one son and three daughters . The eldest daughter passed away soon after birth even with everyone’s efforts . A year later they had a daughter named Er Ya who turned twenty five this year . Three years later they finally had a son, the third child Gong Luo, and seven years after that they had a daughter Si Ya, who was fifteen .

This girl was Er Ya . When Gong Luo had been helping Ye Wuchen in, he saw her immediately and felt a profound astonishment . Brows elegant as slender new moons, skin fair as powder, soft eyes, bright red lips…To think that such a small world was hiding a soul-snatching beauty like this .

Ye Wuchen’s gaze made her face bright red, and she turned around to run away, hands over her face . Gong Luo laughed, “How about it, isn’t my sister pretty? Just call her Er Ya . ”

Now she walked into the room again, her head still lowered . In front of the sudden new guest from the outside world, she couldn’t let herself relax . The most important reason for this was that Ye Wuchen’s appearance was too perfect . To an unmarried girl who faced nothing but familiar faces day after day, it had quite the effect .

“Thank you, Sister Er Ya . ” Ye Wuchen said with a smile when she put the bowl down . She stood there for a moment, staring, unsure how to respond . In the end she flushed bright red and ran out as if escaping from the room .

“Big Sis Er Ya seems really shy,” Ning Xue giggled to herself, picking up the small spoon in the bowl and stirring it until it cooled down . The spoons here were all homemade, and very rough . But in this isolated, deprived world, the fact that these existed was already proof enough of the spirit of these people .

It was quite funny that a young woman of such age would have such a personality and act like that . Ye Wuchen smiled understandingly before suddenly asking Ning Xue, “Why do you think she’s still unmarried?”

Ning Xue thought for a minute with her head tilted and blinked, “I don’t know . Do you know?”

Ye Wuchen shook his head with a smile, but he was already taking note of things in his heart . Sometimes things that seemed simple were the key to solving all mysteries .

Picking up the black spoon, Ning Xue tasted the bitter medicine . “Big Bro, it’s ready . You can drink it now . ”

“How about you feed me . ”



 

“Okay . Heh heh . ” Ning Xue giggled sweetly, bringing the spoon to Ye Wuchen’s mouth again and again, watching him drink it happily . Halfway through the bowl the old man appeared at the door before backing away again, exclaiming to himself that the two of them really had an unusual bond . It was only when Ye Wuchen finished the whole bowl that he walked in casually, helping Ye Wuchen inspect his body again .

“How is it?” Ye Wuchen asked .

The old man looked for a while before shaking his head and sighing . “Your body is no longer able to receive power . Even medicine like this that should repair your vital energies isn’t of any use . It all just leaks out . I’ll try some other methods while you stay and rest . Don’t worry, our ancestors have passed down many impressive methods . There must be a way to heal you . ” He patted Ye Wuchen’s shoulder comfortingly .

“Sorry to worry you so much . ”

The old man smiled and shook his head, walking out . After a while, Er Ya walked in on light footsteps, cleaning up the bowl without even speaking to them .

“Xue, don’t worry . ” Ye Wuchen worried that Ning Xue would be sad because of what the old man had just said, so he tried to comfort her .

“I’m not worried . You said that you’d be able to recover, so I believe that . ” Ning Xue smiled and comforted him instead .

“Three, come out . Your daddy’s back . I heard that you picked up an outsider, lemme see what he looks like!”

A loud voice made both Ye Wuchen and Ning Xue jump in their skins . Hearing what he said, they laughed . His voice reminded Ye Wuchen of Hua Zhentian . The difference was that Hua Zhentian was naturally loud, while this man’s voice had an astonishing power backing it . The mere sound of it made their eardrums ring and their hearts tremble .

The man who entered was a medium-sized, dark-skinned middle-aged man . His dirty clothes were torn in many places, and a straw hat with a big hole in it rested on his head . He wore wooden flip flops, completing the image of a countryside man coming home after work . Unlike a farmer, though, he didn’t carry hoes or shovels, but a black bear that was several times his size . Even though he carried such a huge bear, he didn’t seem to be tiring from it at all . Even his footsteps didn’t seem heavy . It was as if he were tugging along a bunch of light cotton .

The middle-aged woman next to him was dressed just like him . Medium-sized, slightly plump, dark-skinned, casual clothing, with the same straw hat and wooden shoes . But she held a lot more things in her hands, probably seven or eight types of wild bird, wild chicken, wild hares . If you looked closely, you’d see that on each of their still necks was a small leaf .

The man threw the black bear aside . It landed on the ground with a loud thud, dust spraying everywhere . He walked toward Gong Luo’s room . When he pushed the door open, he hesitated .

“Hello, sir . I’m the outsider that Gong Luo picked up, and this is my sister . ” Ye Wuchen said with a smile . He glanced the man up and down .

The man looked embarrassed for a moment before bursting into laughter . “Haha, I’m just an uncultured guy and I speak pretty casually . Please don’t take offense . I heard that there’s something wrong with your body, let me take a look at you . ”

Just as he was about to walk in, he was pulled back . The middle-aged woman who had pulled this man aside walked in and looked at Ye Wuchen with excitement, a wide grin stretching across her face . “Oh, oh! So everyone was right, what a handsome young man . The more I look at you the better you look . You’re much more handsome than Three here, oh! This little lady’s hair is so beautiful…you’ve just arrived here, you must be hungry . If you want anything to eat I’ll go and make it for you . I don’t know much about anything else, but I’m a damn good cook . ”

Her enthusiastic words came out one after the other, Ye Wuchen couldn’t say anything even after opening his mouth several times . Finally he found a chance to speak, “Hello, auntie . I am pretty hungry . ”

 

In his current condition, he no longer really felt hunger . But Ning Xue must be hungry after such a long time without eating . The only meat she’d had in a long time was the rabbit she picked up the other day .

The middle-aged woman giggled happily after hearing their response . “All right, all right, I’ll go and cook for you right away . ” Saying that, she ran out without waiting for a response .

Only then did the man have a chance to walk in with a chuckle . “Oh, just ignore that crazy woman…”

Thud…something slammed into the back of his head . It was a wild chicken, accompanied with a shout, “Who are you calling crazy woman?!”

The man immediately shuddered, glancing over his shoulder . It was only when he made sure that he was safe before he smiled timidly . “Heh heh . Come here, I’ll take a look at you . Not much cna get me stumped . ”

The people in this pure world was enthusiastic, selfless, diverse, but also quite interesting . It looked like his life here wouldn’t be so dull after all .

The next few days, Ye Wuchen and Ning Xue were taken care of by Gong Luo’s family . Ye Wuchen never had a chance to see Si Ya . It was only after asking Gong Luo that he found that Si Ya was training in the mountains in the south with her grandmother . He also learned that their ancestors warned them that no matter what they abandoned, they couldn’t throw away their training . Everyone needed to start training in a style that didn’t have a name . Gong Luo was the strongest out of his generation .

What kind of training could turn a mere twenty-year-old into a someone with godlike powers, and give everyone else here shocking powers? Ye Wuchen couldn’t keep his mind off it . These people isolated from the world had no idea that if they came to the outside world, with their power, they would be a force that would make the whole continent shudder .