9 Travelling To Spring Continent 2

"Chirp! Chirp!" (Don't forget my presence!)

And she also had with her the little Phoenix.

Ever since the little Phoenix decided to stay with her. It never leaves her side. It hides its body inside her robe and it will poke its head out from time to time and whenever it feels like it.

The carriage move. Chen Ming Yu was with Lan Ke together with Wan Cou and Shu Lei.

"Why are you going to Zephyrus, Miss Chen."

"I'm participating in the Battle of Honor."

"Ah, that's right. Battle of Honor will start 2 months from now. Thousands of people will gather just to watch the competition." Wan Cou

"You have to be careful, Miss Chen. There are many geniuses who will enter the competition just to enter the four guilds." Lan Ke

"I'll keep that in mind. If I'm lucky I will be able to enter one of the four guilds."

"Yes. If you pass the competition the Master of the guild will raise their hands if they want you. Just remember this, choose the right choice." Lan Ke said with a serious tone. He knows what's happening inside. After all, his daughter is in there.

"Inside the Zephyr Academy, this four guild will have a clash together to see who has the powerful guild. All the members that were already admitted to the guild are very arrogant." Wan Cou

"It means if I successfully pass I might fight some of them inside the academy."

"Yes, that's right. You must know that the academy will personally train you...to monitor you. Something big is happening inside. We wanted to know what is it and wanted to enter the academy but, if trespassers are detected we might not be able to get out alive." Shu Lei

Chen Ming Yu understand what these three men are saying. Something big is happening inside the academy? What is it?

"I advise you to be careful, Miss Chen. Someone or something is lurking in the dark."

Chen Ming Yu's heart tightens as the words leave Lan Ke's lips.

Why does she remember those black figures?

"I'll be careful." She said. Her voice is small and breathy as if she had difficulty breathing. All her past memories flash through her mind. And right now, she feels like she's inside her brain watching her past self-suffer. Crazy to say, but that was Chen Ming Yu currently feeling.

"Mother! Grandfather! Grandmother! Don't die! Don't leave me! It's scary!" The five-year-old Chen Ming Yu cried.

"My daughter, I'm sorry, Mother...cannot hold on anymore and had to follow your grandma and grandpa. I know you can see it but don't hate it because you can see them. In the future, this ability will sure help you...to save someone. Yu'er, stay strong okay? Don't cry. Mother is going to a place where there has no pain and no death. You have to be strong. If only your father is here, he knows what to do with this. And he can teach you how to use that ability. If only he was still alive...Yu'er, if someone knows you have the ability of the eye, they will surely..."

"MOTHER!!!"

"Miss Chen, are you...are you okay?"

"Huh?" Chen Ming Yu snaps back in reality when she heard Lan Ke's worried voice.

"Miss Chen...Why are you crying?"

"Brother Lei...What..." She didn't finish her sentence. The moment she touches her face that becomes wet with tears. She knows...she cried again.

She laughed inside her heart.

She promised to herself that she will never cry again over the past memories. But right now, she broke that promise. She was crying...in front of this three kind men.

I'm still weak...

I'm still weak...

I'm still weak...

"I'm okay. Sorry, I just remembered something so heartbreaking." Chen Ming Yu honestly answered Shu Lei.

I wanted to be stronger...

Stronger...

Stronger...

To the point, that it will destroy my body.

I don't care anymore.

What's the point?

My soul has already been broken by pain ever since I was young...

The bumpy road ahead makes Chen Ming Yu felt really uncomfortable. Her butt is aching for sitting in 8 hours straight! She wants to move her body around even just for a mere second.

As if noticing her discomfort. Lan Ke ordered the coachman to stop the carriage to eat and rest.

Lan Ke forgot that Chen Ming Yu is a girl and her body is very fragile. She's also not used for long travel. Lan Ke felt really ashamed for his action.

Chen Ming Yu and Lan Ke got off from the carriage and the others started preparing their lunch.

She sat down in a small chair that is prepared by Lan Ke. He also put down a small table for her and made her some tea.

She smiled and thank Lan Ke for his considerations. She put down the lunchbox that Shopkeeper Sun made for her and started eating.

It was delicious.

Meanwhile, Lan Ke and the other stared at Chen Ming Yu eating gracefully. She was just eating there but it feels like a picturesque scene that came straight out of the painting. It was a scene to be remembered for these brawny men who usually don't meet girls.

Surrounded by nature, the tranquility made Chen Ming Yu relaxed.

When she finishes eating. She helped the members of the Mercenary Flame Demons cooked their lunch.

They refuse but Chen Ming Yu keep insisting. In the end, Chen Ming Yu prepared their lunch all by herself!

It was a very delicious meal. All the Mercenary Flame Demons was greatly satisfied for the first time. They had a smile on their faces while they are holding their full tummies. They thanked Chen Ming Yu for the delicious meals and she just gave them a smile that causes everyone's heart to palpitate.

Even though she had an eye-patch, in the eyes of this brawny men. She was the most beautiful girl they had ever seen. The eye-patch didn't even ruin her beauty, it only added a vibe of fearlessness. Only a blind person will find Chen Ming Yu's eye-patch ruin her beauty. When in actuality, her beauty can actually topple a whole country.

They continued their journey after resting for a while. The little Phoenix was fast asleep inside Chen Ming Yu's robed after eating so many sweets.

Chen Ming Yu also dozes off. When Shu Lei notice her sleeping he put a blanket on her so that she won't catch a cold.

The sky already turns dark when Chen Ming Yu open her eyes. The carriage is still running at a slow pace and the three men in front of her are already sleeping.

She looked outside the window to look at the beautiful moon up in the sky. Chen Ming Yu smiled.

Some beautiful things can't be achieved and can only look at from afar. Just like this moon. Beautiful and enchanting but it's hard to get and you can't even reach it.

At the same time, from a faraway place.

A man with an exceptionally handsome face also looked at the moon with a smiling face.

"The moon is beautiful and enchanting. It seems close but in reality, it is so far away. You can only look at it." His magnetic deep voice sounded inside his room.

His eyes turn colder as the sky turns even darker.

"My lord, the Battle of Honor will start two months from now. Are you going down to the earth realm this year too?"

"Yes, I'm really getting bored here. Since they didn't move now, and I'm too lazy to make a move to them. Then, I will find some fun things to see in the earth realm.

It's been a while since I came down from the earth realm.

I wonder if I can find something interesting.