Chapter 400: Xiao Ming and Yuan Shuchun

With Jun Xie on his shoulder, Ye Tian Yun was leaping through destroyed homes and taverns, getting closer to the explosion site.

'Here it is.'

Just when he was a street away, he lowered his presence and hid himself. Putting Jun Xie beside a wall, he looked towards the battlefield.

'Two people are fighting…'

There was a lot of dust flowing through the region, so it was hard to identify the two who were fighting, but Ye Tian Yun was able to make out the presence of at least two cultivators at first glance.

Ye Tian Yun raised his head and looked at the sun.

'Barely few minutes have passed…'

'What the hell is going on…? I was in that strange space for about ten months… but only ten minutes passed here… what the hell is going on…?'

As confused as he was, he was also ecstatic about this discovery!

This meant he hadn't lost anything! Not Yet!

'There's still hope!'

'And my cultivation base-'

Just then, a shout entered Ye Tian Yun's ears, making him change his current priorities.

"Xiao Ming, you bastard!"

Ye Tian Yun immediately focused on the direction of the shout.

He saw a faint figure through the dense dust.

It was of a female

'Is that… Yuan Shuchun? Why are they fighting?'

Ye Tian Yun frowned and pulled out his sword from his spatial ring.

He needed to find Xiao Ming's location.

This time no one could save him.

Ye Tian Yun tightened his grip over his sword and spread out his Spirit Sense to identify Xiao Ming's location and see if anyone else was also involved.

'There's only one person other than Yuan Shuchun here…'

Ye Tian Yun took a deep breath and waited for a moment to understand what was actually going on.

…

In the ruined open ground, Yuan Shuchun was kicked back on the wall.

BOOM!

"Ugh…" She gritted her teeth and looked at the person right in front of her with pure hatred and anger.

"Xiao Ming, you bastard…" She gritted her teeth and slowly stood up from the place.

"Yuan Shuchun… just give up… with all that has happened between us. I don't really have the heart to kill you." Xiao Ming let out a sigh, yet the grip over his sword tightened even more.

Yuan Shuchun grunted, "Damn you, Xiao Ming… I trusted you… you bastard…"

Xiao Ming smirked, "Trusted me? Hmph! You knew from the start what my intentions were, yet you allowed me to come closer to you… clearly, you too had a purpose…"

Yuan Shuchun gave a self-mocking laugh when she heard his words, "A purpose? Xiao Ming… ah, Xiao Ming… what do you have that I could ever desire? What purpose could there be?"

Xiao Ming shrugged, "I do have one thing, and I am sure you also know it very well. Even Crown Prince Ye Tian Yun is after me… and Peak Master Duan was actually your guard? You never told me about that… and the way Peak Master Duan protected Crown Prince Ye Tian Yun, I am sure both of you know each other."

Yuan Shuchun was shocked by her words, "What the fuck are you even saying, Xiao Ming? Your logic doesn't even make sense! I have never met Crown Prince Ye Tian Yun in my life!"

Xiao Ming shook his head, "It's a waste to argue anymore about this. Let's just end it. Give me what I want, and I will let you live. Then we both will go our separate ways."

Yuan Shuchun gritted his teeth.

She was helpless in this situation. Xiao Ming's cultivation realm was way higher than she had initially thought.

'Seventh Level Qi Stabilization Realm… he's even more talented than Crown Prince Ye Tian Yun…'

She hated being in this situation. However, she was injured and was at a great disadvantage.

She knew there was a high chance Xiao Ming might actually kill her…

Thinking about this, she couldn't help but inwardly sigh at her fate.

'I was able to avoid all the men I ever encountered… yet I fell in love with someone like him…'

Taking a deep breath, she made a decision.

"Xiao Ming, I will give it to you." She said.

Even though there was a high chance Xiao Ming would kill her as soon as he got what he wanted, she still chose to let go.

'If… if he doesn't kill me…. I will definitely bring the old Xiao Ming back... '

She had already seen Xiao Ming's betrayal from far off, yet she clung to him and let him play his schemes.

'Sometimes, love makes us do stupid things... '

In front of her, Xiao Ming frowned at her when he heard her response.

'She's really giving it to me?'

'No… this is not how it was supposed to happen…'

He was confused.

'She's supposed to fight to the death, and then we would become bitter enemies for life because I would spare her. But… but why is she giving up?'

'Is she trying to trick me? Most probably!'

Xiao Ming took a deep breath. He was alert against any tricks Yuan Shuchun might pull at this moment.

This had gone a bit off-script here. But they hadn't concluded.

He somewhat knew what was supposed to happen and everything that had happened ever since they stepped inside the Silver Mist City.

He knew about the array system, he knew about the ambush, he knew everything!

He knew Ye Tian Yun's identity too. He knew Yuan Shuchun had already been suspicious of him long before Wang Yao confronted her.

But he didn't interfere. He didn't try to change the future or the story. Because, firstly, there was no loss for him, and secondly, he was told not to interfere at any cost.

Yeah, at the end of all this, he would lose the girl he was now genuinely in love with, but so what?

He still had the chance to grow powerful.

'There are many girls in the world… I will definitely forget about Yuan Shuchun… definitely.'

However, he remembered one instruction very clearly -

'If the future deviates even a little bit, give up your Token Of Fate, or else you will die.'

And now, the future has deviated.