Days passed.
The weather gradually grew colder, and his father still hadn't returned. The Ji clan of the West Prefecture had long ago dispatched a team of black armored guards to be stationed at Serpentwing Lake.
In the training field.
One sword shadow after another whistled through the air as Ning continued to practice the [Raindrop Sutra] by himself. Right now, neither the black armored guards nor the powerful monsters were of much use to Ning in honing his sword-arts. As for his father, Yichuan, he had never returned. Yichuan could only train by himself.
"Young Master." Autumn Leaf said softly.
"Hmm?" Ning looked towards Autumn Leaf, who had a look of unease on her face.
"Autumn Leaf, what's the matter?”
"Young Master." Autumn Leaf said softly," Spring Grass's father wishes to see Young Master.”
"Who is it?" Ning was stunned.
"Spring Grass 'father!" Autumn Leaf's voice was slightly louder." Father!”
"Spring Grass has a father?”
Both of his personal maids had been slaves, and had been bought into the Ji clan of the West Prefecture at a very young age.
"Where's Spring Grass?" Ning asked.
"Spring Grass didn't dare to come to see Young Master." Autumn Leaf whispered," I can tell that Spring Grass actually wants to see her father. It's just that her identity…makes her afraid to say it.”
Ning nodded thoughtfully.
Yes, strictly speaking, Spring Grass and Autumn Leaf were his maids, and their lives were under his control. From the day they were sold, it had nothing to do with their parents. However, people are not plants, who can be heartless.
"Go, bring Spring Grass 'father in.”Ning smiled."Since you want to see me, then let's meet."”
"Yes." Autumn Leaf had a look of delight on her face as she hurriedly ran off.
"Spring Grass, come in!" Ning called out to the outside of the courtyard.”He saw a female servant dressed in animal skin standing outside the courtyard nervously. When she heard the young master's voice, she could only walk in. However, her face was filled with anxiety and unease…Spring Grass's heart was in a very complicated mess at this moment. She was excited, happy, nervous, ashamed, guilty, and uneasy.
"Young Master." Spring Grass looked at Ning.
"Your father is here. If you want to see him, you can." Ning said with a laugh.
"B-but I was bought by the Ji clan.”Spring Grass bit her lips.
"Hmm?" Ning frowned slightly.”
"Yes, Young Master." Spring Grass glanced at Ning, her heart filled with gratitude. In truth, she had also sensed that this most talented youth of the Ji clan of the West Prefecture, the one who would one day become the Prefecture Lord, was treating her and Autumn Leaf differently from an ordinary master treating his servants.
"He's here." Ning looked outside, only to see two figures walking in from outside the courtyard. Autumn Leaf was walking in front, while behind her was a tall, middle-aged man dressed in black beast skin. This middle-aged man had a scar on his face, and he had his head lowered, appearing rather reserved.
"Young Master, they are here." Autumn Leaf said respectfully.
The scarred middle-aged man immediately went forward and knelt down. His head was buried in the ground, and his hands were placed on the ground. He was extremely respectful."Blacktooth greets the great young master."
Spring Grass's eyes turned red.
Ning glanced sideways at Spring Grass, then said,"Get up."
"Yes." Only now did the scarred middle-aged man rise to his feet. He saw Spring Grass standing next to Ning as well. The father and daughter looked at each other, and instantly, tears began to fall from their eyes.
The scarred middle-aged man quickly reacted and wiped his tears.
"Why are you here?" Ning asked.
The scarred middle-aged man took a deep breath.”
"Redemption?" Ning was startled.
Redemption?
In the years that he had been in this world, he hadn't had many people he had feelings for. As for Spring Grass and Autumn Leaf, Ning had already viewed them as big sisters in his heart.
"Father." Spring Grass couldn't help but shout out. It was possible for ordinary slaves to pay a certain price to be redeemed, but what was the status of the young master of the Ji clan? Was it something her father could redeem? Once he angered the young master, his father would probably lose his life.
At the same time, he knelt down and kowtowed." Young Master, my father doesn't know anything. Please forgive my father's disrespect."”
"Let him speak." Ning looked at the scarred man."Tell me everything. If you can convince me, I'll agree to your request. If you can't convince me…Hmph.”
The scarred middle-aged man's heart trembled.
He understood how powerful the young man in front of him was. It would be easy for him to take his life. However, since he had chosen to come…he was prepared!
"Great young master." The scarred middle-aged man said respectfully," Blacktooth will speak his mind.”
Ning just looked at him.
"I, Blacktooth, am the son of a tribe leader.”The scarred middle-aged man slowly said," In a mountain forest, our Blacktooth Tribe lived a peaceful life. We raised wild beasts, and I led the powerful warriors of the tribe to hunt some demon beasts around the tribe…One day, we found a large amount of naturally grown millet in a remote valley.”
"Our entire tribe is cheering for it. With this millet, our tribe will be much better off and we can raise more clansmen. " However, this news was soon spread to another powerful tribe, the Blood Mosquito Tribe. One morning, when the sky was still bright and many of our tribesmen were still sleeping…" The scarred middle-aged man revealed a pained expression." They ambushed our tribe and crazily killed our tribesmen. Our strength was far inferior to the Blood Mosquito Tribe, and we were ambushed. Some of our surviving clansmen could only flee.”
"I took Miwa and escaped. Along the way, they had experienced many life-and-death crises before finally escaping to the West Prefecture City.”The scarred man's body trembled slightly," But my beloved wife, my brothers in the tribe, they are all dead. I must take revenge, even if I have to die. But Miwa was innocent. I wanted her to live…so I sold her to the Ji clan. In the Ji clan, she would at least be able to live a stable life.”
Spring Grass trembled and tears kept flowing."Father, father…"
She couldn't forget…
She couldn't forget the days when she was on the run. Although she was still young, she couldn't forget the deaths of her relatives and friends of the same age. She could not forget how her father had risked his life to bring her through all kinds of dangers and difficulties to reach West Prefecture City. At that time, her father had only said to her,""Miwa, father has to do what he should do, and Miwa has to live well.”
" Father, don't leave Miwa. Father, father…" The young Spring Grass cried bitterly.
Blacktooth, who had been a young man back then, gritted his teeth and left.
He had embarked on the path of revenge!
"I hate it." The scarred man trembled." I want revenge. But to the Blood Mosquito Tribe, it was not even worth mentioning! After I killed four of my enemies, a fiery-red-haired greater demon attacked the Blood Mosquito Tribe…The ugly fellow who led the team to destroy my hometown was also devoured by that greater demon. The Blood Mosquito Tribe was also destroyed, and the surviving Blood Mosquito Tribe members joined other tribes.”
"The enemy is gone."
"I had nothing to redeem Miwa, so I became a merchant.”The scarred middle-aged man said," After going through many life and death experiences, I managed to find some of my Blacktooth Tribe's clansmen who had fled. The merchant group grew stronger and stronger, and I also obtained wealth. Thus, I gathered some of the fleeing clansmen and established a tribe-the Blacktooth Tribe! As for me, I became the new Blacktooth.”
"When I became a traveling merchant." The scarred man looked at Ning."I've spoken to some of the servants of the Ji clan, and I know that Miwa became your maid, young master Ji Ning.”
"When I established the Blacktooth Tribe, I did everything I could. I didn't let down my father, and I didn't let down the generations of Blacktooth.”The scarred man looked at Ning."That's why I've come. I've come to see Miwa, the child I've dreamed of for the past ten years. Even if I die, I want to see Miwa."”
"My Miwa, my child, I want to be with her. She is the only family I have in this world.”The scarred middle-aged man's face was filled with tears.
Spring Grass was already crying.
"Father." Spring Grass immediately ran over and hugged her suffering father.
"Miwa." The scarred middle-aged man was also holding his daughter. He had always longed for this day.
Autumn Leaf couldn't help but cry.
Ning sighed as he listened.
The tribesmen fought against the heavens, the earth, and the demons. And Spring Grass's father, Blacktooth, was just one of them.
"Spring Grass." "Do you want to be with your father?"”
Spring Grass bit her lips and couldn't control the tears in her eyes. She immediately knelt down."Young Master, please forgive Spring Grass! I really want to be with my father. I really do!”
"Great young master." The scarred middle-aged man also knelt down.
Ning looked at the father and daughter. After spending so much time together, Spring Grass and Autumn Leaf had long since developed a brother-sister relationship with him. He didn't really want Spring Grass to leave him, but he didn't want Spring Grass to feel pain in her heart either."Spring Grass, from today onwards, you will regain your freedom and go with your father.”
"Ah!" Spring Grass and Blacktooth were stunned.
He agreed just like that?
Father and daughter could be together?
"Thank you, noble young master. Blacktooth will forever remember your great kindness.”Blacktooth knelt down in gratitude.
……
Under Ning's arrangements, Spring Grass regained her freedom, and her father, Blacktooth, took her away. As they left, Spring Grass called out,"Young Master, Spring Grass will always remember your kindness. Spring Grass would silently pray for Young Master in the Blacktooth Tribe. In the future, if Young Master passed by the Blacktooth Tribe, he hoped to visit Spring Grass.”
"Definitely." Ning nodded.
"We will definitely go." Autumn Leaf was even more tearful. She and Spring Grass truly were like sisters.
The sky was getting colder.
Ning's mind was changing as well.
Spring Grass's departure, Spring Grass 'father's experiences, Serpentwing's attack, his father's mission to slay Diremonsters, the Ji clan's lack of opponents to train his sword-arts against…all of these events caused Ning's mind to waver.
He felt that West Prefecture City was too small.
He wanted to go out and see a wider world! He wanted to see how tribes like the Blacktooth Tribe survived! He wanted to be like his father and fight with the demons…He wanted to adventure in this land…
"Ning 'er, your father is back." On a snowy day, Snow called out to her son.
As for Ning, he saw that his father had returned atop his Azureflame Bird.
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