"I'm sorry, Xiao Ling. I said some things today that I shouldn't have... Those words just now should have been said to Ye Feng!"
"It's important to know what level of information is appropriate for your strength... Otherwise, it's easy to fall into despair... and lose all hope."
Wu Ye Lan looked at Wu Ye Ling kindly, smiling faintly. "Xiao Ling, you just need to do your best, improve your own strength, and don't worry too much about other things. This old body of mine can still handle it!"
"Mhm!"
Wu Ye Ling nodded seriously. "Grandpa, don't worry, I will learn from Ye Feng!"
"Uh, okay!"
Wu Ye Lan was slightly taken aback, as he noticed the fear in his granddaughter's eyes had vanished, replaced by a look of determination to improve.
"Ahem, it's almost dinnertime. Go call Ye Feng and the others over, let's have a simple home-cooked meal!"
After a pause, Wu Ye Lan said to Wu Ye Ling.
"Oh, okay!"
Soon, Wu Ye Ling turned and walked towards where Ye Feng, Xiao Xiao, and Qiao Ying were.
"Ye Feng... I hope that day... comes in time!"
After Wu Ye Ling's figure disappeared from sight, Wu Ye Lan looked up at the sky and murmured.
...
As night fell,
Led by Wu Ye Ling, Ye Feng, Xiao Xiao, and Qiao Ying entered a building that, though somewhat damaged, still stood tall.
"Here, Ye Feng, try this, roasted pigeon. I made it myself!"
After everyone was seated, Wu Ye Lan entered with a plate of fragrant roasted meat. Meanwhile, over a dozen dishes had just been served on a large round table.
"Oh, okay!"
Ye Feng didn't stand on ceremony and immediately picked up a roasted wing with his chopsticks, as he quite liked eating roasted wings.
Xiao Xiao and Qiao Ying also started eating under the hospitality of Wu Ye Ling and Wu Ye Lan.
"Is there no rice? I'd like to pour some of the stewed pork trotter broth over it to eat with rice!"
After eating for a while, Ye Feng noticed that the staple foods were all noodles and flour, with no rice. He couldn't help but say.
"Yes, yes! I'll get it right away!"
Wu Ye Ling, who was happily drinking orange juice, immediately responded. Then, she turned and looked at herself with a speechless expression. "Grandpa, I told you we should cook rice!"
After saying that, Wu Ye Ling quickly walked towards the kitchen.
Wu Ye Lan was a bit embarrassed, as he had initially thought that the tea-oil fried noodles, noodle soup, and vermicelli would suffice as staple foods. He hadn't expected Ye Feng to prefer the most common rice...
However, this also eased Wu Ye Lan's heart a lot... To be honest, the strength Ye Feng displayed when he killed Elias had put him under considerable pressure...
Soon, Wu Ye Ling returned with a rice cooker. Ye Feng immediately stepped forward, scooped a bowl, and happily ate it with the pork trotter broth.
Xiao Xiao and Qiao Ying, on the other hand, ate the noodle soup, fried noodles, and vermicelli, not touching the rice. Clearly, both of them were more interested in the processed foods...
...
After a sumptuous dinner,
Ye Feng, Xiao Xiao, Qiao Ying, Wu Ye Ling, and Wu Ye Lan sat by the large balcony, admiring the moon in the sky.
"Grandpa, we haven't had time to quietly appreciate the night view like this in a long time..."
Looking at the serene night sky and the crescent moon, Wu Ye Ling murmured.
"Yes!"
Wu Ye Lan sighed. "Night... in this era of great catastrophe, it means danger. Night views... perhaps very few people have the leisure to appreciate them..."
"Oh, right, Ling, this is for you!"
At this moment, a flash of light appeared in Ye Feng's hand, and a simple, ancient long sword with a shimmering water-like surface appeared in his hand. It was the Water Ripple Sword.
During the urgent battle with Elias, he had put the Water Ripple Sword into his spatial storage.
"Um... Ye Feng, why can you also use the Water Ripple Sword?"
Wu Ye Ling took the Water Ripple Sword, looking astonished. Logically, this Water Ripple Sword and the Tri-pointed Double-edged Halberd could only unleash their true power in the hands of someone from the Wu Ye family, yet Ye Feng...
Hearing this, Wu Ye Lan also turned to look at Ye Feng, full of curiosity and surprise.
Earlier, when dealing with Sikla, Wu Ye Lan had noticed this. However, he hadn't had the opportunity to ask at the time, and he also feared that Ye Feng would expose his strategy for dealing with Elias, so he hadn't dared to ask...
"Uh... I'm not too sure myself..."
Ye Feng scratched his head. "It was just a feeling... I felt like I could use it as soon as I picked it up..."
"Uh... Okay... alright..."
Wu Ye Ling blinked, a bit confused. Wu Ye Lan didn't press further.
"But speaking of which, that guy Lu Yi is really dangerous... Golden Sixth Rank... yet he survived a nuclear-level explosion and even ambushed Grandpa! Was it Sikla who protected him?"
At this moment, Wu Ye Ling's voice sounded again.
"That guy Lu Yi... it's probably not Sikla protecting him, but rather the 'Awakened' who appeared later..."
Ye Feng frowned slightly and added.
"Mhm!"
Wu Ye Lan nodded. "Ye Feng is right. When I was fighting Sikla, I saw it clearly. The other party only used a spatial barrier to protect Zeng Jing and Huang Renxin... Lu Yi, who had mysteriously disappeared earlier, was probably an 'Awakened' who had been hiding all along..."
"Although I haven't seen an 'Awakened' in action, their strength is probably not below Elias'. However, at that time, the other party was wary of the strength Ye Feng displayed in killing Elias... and their main objective was probably to take away the Book of Dark Gods..."
"That's why they left..."
Wu Ye Lan let out a long sigh and said slowly.
...
The next day,
After breakfast, Ye Feng went out for a stroll with Xiao Xiao and Qiao Ying. After all, the three of them were quite severely injured this time and needed a period of rest.
...
"Ye Feng!"
As Ye Feng and the other two were passing through some ruins where construction was underway, a female voice called out. It was Wu Ye Ling.
Ye Feng followed the sound and saw Wu Ye Ling directing her subordinates to clear the debris nearby. Old Liu Lao Tou, leaning on a cane, stood beside her.
"What a coincidence!"
Ye Feng walked up to Wu Ye Ling and greeted her and Old Liu Lao Tou.
"I didn't expect you old fellows to be so secretive... You even fooled me. If it weren't for that big pipe smoker, I wouldn't have believed it..."
"Ah, it's a long story..."
At this moment, two calm male voices sounded.
Ye Feng turned his head and saw a man with a buzz cut and mixed gray and white hair, and a thin man wearing a bamboo leaf hat. It was Miao Dao and Miao Feng.
Miao Dao and Miao Feng were bandaged in multiple places, clearly quite injured, but both had smiles on their faces, appearing to be in good spirits...
"Senior Miao Dao, Senior Miao Feng!"
Upon seeing the newcomers, Wu Ye Ling also stepped forward to greet them.
"Um..."
Ye Feng took a step forward, looked at Miao Feng, and hesitated.
...