Chapter 199: Flying Close to the Sun with Wax Wings
Dozens of meridian awakening realm cultivators served as waiters, and Jiang Yue did not hold back.
He sampled all the food that was brought out and enjoyed every dish.
However, nothing tasted better than the food prepared by his lover.
When he thought of it, a deep longing entered his eyes, and he removed a gourd from his storage ring.
This gourd contained wine brewed by Yu Nianzhen, and Jiang Yue often took a sip when he thought of his lover.
Drinking the wine made him feel a little closer to his lover. It reminded him that Azhen was only momentarily away and would be back before he knew it.
Unfortunately, this momentary felt like a lifetime, and his heart ached with longing.
’Azhen..., the wine is almost gone. Will you be back before I take the last sip?’ He lamented and took a mouthful.
Jiang Yue wished to drink it all at once, hoping the last mouthful signified the end of his wait.
However, he didn’t dare to be so reckless.
He worried that gulping the wine down would not make a difference. All that would happen was exhausting the thing he used to relieve his longing.
"Is Yeying thinking of the next tale to tell at the teahouse?" A voice suddenly jolted him from his thoughts.
Jiang Yue turned about and saw a young girl.
The girl was less than twenty, and her cultivation was already at the second level of the origin forging realm.
She had a beautiful face, but her eyes were full of undisguised calculations.
However, Jiang Yue acted like he didn’t see it and smiled at the young girl.
"As a matter of fact, I was." He answered.
"What story? Can Yeying tell me in advance?" The girl asked excitedly.
"Hmmm..." Jiang Yue pretended to think about it, and the girl grew eager.
"Who are you pretending for?" Lu Xuanrui sneered.
Jiang Yue was so focused on eating he forgot Lu Xuanrui and Qi Shuo were also at the same table.
When Lu Xuanrui made her presence known, Jiang Yue was startled, but a wicked smile curled his lips the next moment.
"Brother Yeying, I want to listen to your story." The girl implored, and Jiang Yue shuddered.
’Brother Yeying?’ He couldn’t afford the title!
However, he didn’t say anything and waited for the girl to settle down.
"Alright, I will tell it if you want to listen."
Without delay, Jiang Yue removed his pipa, and a light note reached their ears.
After many years of enlightenment and practice, Jiang Yue could now control his pipa like a limb.
Even better, he could accurately control the range so that only the people at his table could hear its sound.
"Once upon a time, in a faraway land, there lived a father and son."
When the words came out, the three at his table saw an image in their minds.
The image was that of a middle-aged man and a younger one who looked like the older one.
"Due to some reasons, the father and son were imprisoned in an inescapable prison."
What accompanied the words was an image of two men in a stone prison with only a window for relief.
"The young man wished to escape the prison, but there was no way. One day, he looked at the birds from the prison window and wished he could fly away from the prison."
At this, the three felt a deep desire in their hearts and also wished they could fly away.
"The father was distressed for his son, and he thought of a way. For the next while, he observed the birds and eventually came up with a plan." Jiang Yue smiled, and his eyes shimmered with a strange blue light.
The three felt their hearts skip a beat and a suffocating anticipation overcame their senses.
"Quickly tell us." Lu Xuanrui subconsciously begged.
"The father thought, ’if the birds can fly, why can’t we?’"
"After that, the father did his best and used wax to make two pairs of wings."
"When the father and son were ready to escape the prison, the father counselled his son. He told him not to fly too close to the ground because the wings would get damp and become too heavy to fly. However, he couldn’t fly too high because the sun would melt the wax wings."
"Unfortunately, the son couldn’t get over the feeling of flying. He wanted to experience it more, so he flew higher and higher."
"In the end, his wax wings melted, and he plunged to his death."
When Jiang Yue finished his story, none of the three spoke.
They were still immersed in the story, and their hearts were thumping from the sudden plunge.
They felt like they had also fallen from the heights and smashed to the ground.
It was an unpleasant feeling, but none of the three was stupid.
They understood Yeying was using the story to give them a lesson. He was telling them to live steadily and not reach for things that were not meant to be.
However, all three were stubborn people.
Lu Xuanrui and the young girl were contemptuous and didn’t take his warning seriously.
On the other hand, Qi Shuo was not convinced. Yeying was the person he identified, and he didn’t want to give up easily.
Even if the person had a Taoist companion, Qi Shuo felt he was qualified to fight for Yeying.
"Did you like Yeying’s story?" Jiang Yue asked with an innocent smile on his face.
"The son died because he didn’t have someone to catch him when he fell. He can only blame his competent father." Lu Xuanrui sneered.
She believed that with her background, someone would catch her before she hit the ground.
The other girl had the same opinion, and she nodded in agreement.
If she was about to fall, someone would naturally sacrifice their wings to make sure she could keep flying.
"What does young master Qi think?"
"Cultivation is going against the sky." He answered, and Jiang Yue no longer bothered.
Since they didn’t listen to his advice, they shouldn’t blame him for whatever happened in the future.
"Young master Qi is indeed different. If a cultivator is afraid of difficulties, they will never amount anything." A voice said.
Jiang Yue turned and saw the second elder standing close to their table.
"Grandpa." The young girl called, and Jiang Yue secretly rolled his eyes.
’Is this how it’s going to be?’ He wondered and readied himself for what would come next.
As he expected, the second elder did not disappoint.
"Junior brother Yeying, this young girl is my granddaughter, Lu Yufen. What do you think of her?" The second elder asked, and the young girl bushed.
She shyly looked at Jiang Yue and firmly projected the image of a young girl in love.
"What’s there to be shy about?" The second elder looked at his granddaughter and rebuked in amusement.
"The second elder’s granddaughter is talented. She has broken through to the origin-forging realm at such a young age. The second elder should be proud." Jiang Yue praised generously.
"The young girl is not well-behaved. If she was obedient, her cultivation would be much better." The second elder complained but didn’t really mean to blame his granddaughter.
However, Jiang Yue didn’t mean to read between the lines. His plan was to take everything at face value and not cooperate with the second elder.
"If that’s the case, the second elder should be stricter. After all, it’s better to break through at a young age."
When they heard that, the second elder and Lu Yufen frowned. They didn’t expect Yeying to be so difficult to talk to.
However, they did not give up.
"Yeying is a hero among the younger generation. He has already cultivated to the peak of the qi transformation realm before fifty. The illusion technique is also good, and Yeying can confuse cultivators above his realm."
"Thank you, second elder." Jiang Yue bowed slightly as a smile curled his lips.
At this, the second elder was almost pissed to death.
In a situation like this, the praised junior should be humble and refuse to accept the elder’s praise.
Unexpectedly, Yeying took the praise as a matter of course and accepted it without being humble.
The second elder couldn’t understand why Yeying was like this, and for a moment, he didn’t know how to go on.
However, he eventually thickened his face and continued his plan.
"Yeying should have felt that the Lu family did not show any sincerity when I previously invited you?" The second elder asked but didn’t wait for an answer.
"Yeying is a talent, and our Lu family was at fault on this matter."
Jiang Yue raised his eyebrows and waited for the ’sincerity’ mentioned by the second elder.
The second elder patted his granddaughter’s shoulder and looked at Jiang Yue dotingly.
"Yeying only needs to nod, and our Lu family will prepare the Taoist couple ceremony." He said.
