Free Web NovelChapter 1926: Chapter 1922: Pursuing Their Own Paths
Ye Fan wanted to verify Tantai Wanrong’s safety; he needed to know the state of Tantai Wanrong’s body after Xi He’s "probe."
After entering the room and seeing that Tantai Wanrong was safe and sound, he felt somewhat relieved. The situation Tantai Wanrong encountered seemed much better than Mo Xiaoyan, who appeared to be in a nightmare since returning, whereas Tantai Wanrong seemed hardly affected, her mental state stable, even in a coma, she showed no signs of significant pain.
"I don’t know if you are truly the one chosen by fate. If you are, then who knows how much you will have to bear in this celestial tribulation. But if you are not, you will have no choice but to endure everything passively. For an ordinary human, having no control over their future is a tragic fate, almost like having their life controlled by someone else."
Ye Fan also realized his powerlessness regarding Tantai Wanrong’s situation. He even felt complicit in Tantai Wanrong’s current state since many times she had no choice in matters, and Ye Fan also allowed Xi He to detain Tantai Wanrong, even to probe her.
"Please forgive me, Master, it’s my fault for not taking good care of her." Xi He said with an apologetic tone to Ye Fan, entering the room at some unknown time.
Ye Fan cast a sidelong glance at Xi He and closed his eyes, saying, "There’s no need for you to apologize. Even if you do apologize, I won’t accept it. Many things are within your control, and your words now are just an attempt to show your effort.... But I want to ask you, where exactly have you tried your best? No one knows who the chosen one is now. I want to save the celestial tribulation, but I don’t even know what it is... It seems everything is unknown to me. How can I ensure the safety of those around me?"
"If Master didn’t oppose Pan Gu and Fu Xi, perhaps there wouldn’t be so much trouble now." Xi He remarked.
"Heh, if I don’t do all this, who will challenge the order established by those ancient powers? I’m merely making the right choice, I don’t need to answer to anyone." Ye Fan scrutinized Xi He and said, "But you, I have never been able to understand your stance and principles. I don’t even know who you support in your heart. With your cultivation and insight, you could surpass any ancient cultivator. Why haven’t you worked harder? Instead, you chose to live in seclusion in Pan Gu’s secret realm for hundreds of thousands of years, creating an illusion of non-existence? What exactly are you hiding?"
Xi He chuckled and said, "If Master suspects that I have ulterior motives... I can’t deny it, I indeed have my own interests, just like Master has his. Who wishes to be controlled by others? Perhaps if Master had lived in the mortal world for hundreds of thousands of years, you would have gained deeper insights into the meaning of life. The meaning of life has surpassed mere slaughter and conflict. For now, I just wish to be an ordinary person, not wanting to partake in any worldly disputes. But unfortunately... no one would let me go, not even Master, isn’t that so?"
When Xi He spoke, she seemed weathered by time, and what Ye Fan saw on her face was a sediment of years.
Ye Fan imagined for a moment with closed eyes, saying, "I can’t grasp the feeling of living in the mortal world for hundreds of thousands of years, but I know some things cannot be forced. You have your pursuits, and I have mine. There’s no inherent conflict of interest between us, but because of the conflicts, contradictions between you and me have arisen... You continue to do your own things, and I will continue my cultivation. I know that before the celestial tribulation, my cultivation can’t surpass Pan Gu and Fu Xi, not even Nuwa, but I will still strive to resist the order established by Pan Gu. If during the celestial tribulation, my cultivation can substantially improve, possibly I could defeat Pan Gu, perhaps even kill him, it’s entirely possible!"
"Then I wish Master success." Xi He said lightly, looking unbothered by whether Ye Fan could kill Pan Gu and Fu Xi.
"You can remain so calm because you know yourself to be an outsider, but in this world, even a common human cannot claim to be an outsider, Xi He, sometimes I’m quite disappointed in you, because pessimism surrounds you. Very well, I won’t force you; whatever you wish to do is your own affair. From now on, I will pursue my own goals, farewell."
After Ye Fan finished speaking, his figure gradually dimmed, taking Tantai Wanrong along with him as he temporarily avoided confronting Xi He.
Ye Fan took Tantai Wanrong to the ancient ruins in the Arctic, which was precisely where Xi He was born and cultivated. Xi He was more familiar with the ancient ruins of the Arctic but she wouldn’t come here at this time.
This place also became Ye Fan’s private cultivation site. He planned to bring Mo Xiaoyan and Lu Xiaoman over afterwards, because Mo Xiaoyan was also in a coma and needed care. As for other women, he hadn’t decided to bring them yet, firstly because the ancient ruins in the Arctic were not vast, secondly because he didn’t want to provoke too much trouble.
"Who is she?" After Ye Fan arrived, Song Mei from the Great Cold Sect looked at the woman in Ye Fan’s arms, Tantai Wanrong, and asked.
Ye Fan replied, "Who she is isn’t much of your concern. She is my woman. I brought her here for better protection. Here, no one can harm her, especially not you..."
Ye Fan looked at Song Mei and said, "If anyone goes against my wishes, I will kill her and show her the consequences."
"There’s no need to threaten us." Song Mei said, "We have lost all direction now. Whatever you say goes. Even if you want to kill us, feel free. Our remaining life is the result of someone’s creation. We are just mere illusions, humans spawned in a short time... Heh, what is the meaning of it all?"
Ye Fan said, "Not entirely, your lives carry some sorrow, but don’t forget your living space is merely different from the mundane world. Perhaps from another universe’s perspective, even the mundane world is an inadvertent joke. The changes over eons here, even cosmic transmutations, are just simple puppet shows to those higher creators. When our power reaches a certain stage, there will be someone to kill us!"
