Free Web NovelChapter 264: Chapter 264: Enlightenment _1
After a reluctant farewell, Xu Lele followed Xu Zhendong out of the door and left Ye Ming’s home.
She understood all these principles very well, she knew that she needed to protect herself now and couldn’t become a burden to Ye Ming.
Watching their departing figures, Ye Ming felt equally reluctant to let them go.
But he understood even more that he needed to enhance himself as quickly as possible. He had to make everyone dare not come close, to intimidate any enemies who might target him, ensuring they didn’t dare to provoke him. Only by doing so could he truly protect the people around him.
This lesson had given him an endless source of motivation.
After leaving, Xia Ningning didn’t go home. Instead, she went back with Xu Lele.
After the two girls had taken baths, they lay down together.
Looking at Xu Lele lying beside her, Xia Ningning hesitated over and over again but ultimately decided to come clean to Xu Lele—she felt she wouldn’t be able to sleep that night if she didn’t disclose what had happened.
"Lele, actually today I..."
She had just opened her mouth when Xu Lele interrupted her, "Ningning, you don’t have to say anything. I know. The reason you did that today must be because someone was watching you, right?"
"Ah?" Xia Ningning was slightly stunned.
Xu Lele continued, "To tell the truth, I should be the one apologizing to you. Today, when I saw you and Ye Ming being so intimate at the hotel entrance, I’ll admit I was jealous, and I drove off without saying goodbye to you both."
"After all, Ye Ming promised to be your fake boyfriend, and it’s only right for him to cooperate with you in acting out this part. I don’t mind!"
At this moment, the words Xu Lele spoke came from her heart.
She had complicated things out of missing Ye Ming too much and had only realized after getting upset that she had once wholeheartedly supported the idea of Ye Ming pretending to be Xia Ningning’s boyfriend.
Even the photo of them together was taken by her own hands.
Feeling guilty for her narrow-mindedness, she sincerely apologized to Xia Ningning.
Her behavior left Xia Ningning at a loss for words.
In reality, what she wanted to express wasn’t about the fake boyfriend issue but rather what had happened between her and Ye Ming in the hotel room.
But Xu Lele didn’t give her the chance to explain, and even went on to say, "Actually, even if you truly like Ye Ming, I...I won’t mind. Didn’t we agree before? To marry Ye Ming together, and we even made a bet about it."
"I should be happy that someone else likes him because it just proves the man I like is truly outstanding!"
"Lele..." Xia Ningning was stunned by Xu Lele’s remarks and wanted to interrupt.
Xu Lele, however, continued, "You mentioned before that he has nine marriage engagements, which means he has nine fiancées. Anyway, now, it’s not just you—if all the others like Ye Ming too, I won’t mind, as long as I am in his heart; that’s enough for me."
At this point, Xia Ningning was utterly dumbfounded; she felt like she no longer knew the Xu Lele in front of her.
Could it be that this recent experience had shocked Xu Lele’s brain?
Xia Ningning asked, "Lele, are you hurt? Or did you suffer some kind of shock? Why would you say such things? It’s unbelievable."
Xu Lele smiled calmly and said very seriously, "Indeed, the experience I had with Ye Ming was deeply shocking."
"When I saw Ye Ming throwing caution to the wind, willing to sacrifice his own life to save me, I was already shocked. If Ye Ming is willing to give his life for me, how can I hold any grudge against him?"
"Ningning, maybe you don’t understand, we’ve been through life and death together. What in life can be more important than that?"
"As long as we’re alive and can be together, that’s enough. I have no opinion on anything else," Xia Ningning said, her voice filled with disbelief.
Seeing Xu Lele speak so calmly, Xia Ningning was greatly shocked, and her eyes were filled with disbelief.
Because she had never personally experienced such danger, she couldn’t have the same insight as Xu Lele.
Xia Ningning wanted to persuade her, but she knew Xu Lele too well; no matter what she said, Xu Lele wouldn’t listen.
...
Ye Ming calmed himself, and when his mood completely relaxed, he suddenly felt a strong sense of extraction.
It was the feeling of his father’s power leaving his body.
Feeling the familiar power from his bloodline disappearing, Ye Ming felt extremely downcast and reluctant to let it go.
At the same time, he felt a burst of soreness in his body, and internal injuries that had become unbearable, unbeknownst to him because of his father’s power.
Now, as he spat out a mouthful of fresh blood, he busied himself with mobilizing his True Qi to stabilize his internal condition.
"Father’s power is truly strong. I still have a long way to go!"
Ye Ming already had a direction in mind: he wanted to become like his father.
Just the residual power alone was so strong; therefore, Ye Ming was even more eager to find out just how powerful his father really was.
All these unknowns would have to wait until he reached a certain realm to be explored, as he simply wasn’t qualified yet. freёwebnovel.com
The reason his father hadn’t left him anything other than life-preserving energy was also because the less Ye Ming knew now, the safer he was.
"Father, your son will definitely not disappoint you!"
Ye Ming gritted his teeth.
Half an hour later, when the internal injuries on his body were mostly healed, Ye Ming turned his attention to the wooden box Xu Zhendong had brought.
The medicinal materials were very precious, and together with the Centennial Wild Ginseng he had previously obtained in Ningjiang City, he could make an Elixir called the Bone Sculpting Elixir.
This Elixir could reshape a person’s bones, increase body strength, and also provide Ye Ming with a lot of True Qi.
What Ye Ming needed most now was an increase in body strength.
He clearly saw that in the latter contents of the Sky-shattering Stone Technique, there were prerequisites stating his body strength had to reach a certain level before he could cultivate it.
Therefore, Ye Ming acted decisively; as soon as the pain subsided, he secluded himself, closed the door, and started brewing the Elixir.
He set up the stove, dumped the medicinal materials into it all at once, and didn’t forget to mix in some Spirit Spring Water into the medicine pot.
This was his new idea, that the Spirit Spring Water might enhance the potency of the medicines.
As the flames rose, the medicinal materials in the pot began to emit a thick medicinal fragrance.
This was the first time Ye Ming smelled such a pleasant scent, and he immediately infused his True Qi, beginning to concentrate on brewing the medicine.
After a whole night of effort, finally, before dawn, a complete Elixir appeared in the medicine pot.
