Super Combat Soldier

Chapter 227: Chapter 226 [Mom’s Family Matters]

”Historical records and conjectures about such matters also existed, but, unfortunately, no one from Earth who has gone to Emperor Star and returned could confirm it. The main reason is that Earth’s natural laws have changed, not allowing talents to truly grow strong enough to reach the legendary stages of Flying and Escaping. Otherwise, modern civilization wouldn’t be like this, and ordinary people immersed in secular life wouldn’t be brainwashed, only able to accept life, aging, sickness, and death as arranged, helpless in the face of natural disasters...”

Zhang Yide’s words were profound yet they also reflected a reality. After billions of years of evolution, Earth reached its current state. The ancient myths, like Kua Fu chasing the sun, Hou Yi shooting the Golden Crow, and other secrets, were long forgotten and disregarded because, through generations of indoctrinating education, people grew up only accepting fate, struggling, and competing for life without anyone pondering these issues, or considering how to transcend life, aging, sickness, and death for immensely powerful abilities to influence the world.

”So, has that monk truly passed away?” Ye Tianchen couldn’t help but wonder, his revered monk, even if unable to cultivate on an Earth devoid of spiritual energy, should still live longer than ordinary people.

Actually, after Ye Tianchen was reborn on Earth, he initially thought that he had traveled from the apocalypse of his original world to the present; however, he later discovered this was not the case. During the apocalypse, he had seen views from millions of years ago through ancient secrets and magic laws, completely different from the current state of Earth, indicating he was reborn from the Apocalypse Planet to Earth, a leap between star systems, not through time.

Of course, having been a Divine-level Superpower Expert in the apocalypse, Ye Tianchen did not initially feel Earth’s inability to foster cultivation. It was not until his superpower realm broke through to the King level and he could only exhibit the power of a King-level Peak that he couldn’t advance anymore; it was then that he realized his current planet could no longer support cultivation. He sensed neither the Magic Laws of nature nor a trace of Spiritual Energy, making breaking through realms to gain greater power extremely challenging.

”I don’t know, because after that monk said those words, he just disappeared. It took me half a year to snap out of it. When I did, I dug up the Dragon Marrow Grass and brought it home. After nearly a decade of tempering, I finally refined the Dragon Marrow Pill!” Zhang Yide frowned slightly as he recalled.

”It seems I really need to make a trip to Shaolin Temple, to find that enlightened monk, to search for the Yijin Jing...” Ye Tianchen murmured to himself.

During the meal, Ye Tianchen learned many secrets from Zhang Yide, who didn’t take them to heart. Living to his age, those strong in capabilities generally viewed many things lightly. Perhaps in his youth, upon learning these secrets, he might have tried finding the mythical transmission array to visit the Emperor Star, following his ancestors’ footsteps. Now, he was indifferent, and talking about these matters couldn’t convince anyone; he might as well consider it a story for Ye Tianchen.

Zhang Yide would never have expected that Ye Tianchen was not from Earth, but had been reborn from the Apocalypse Planet. In terms of cultivation, once being a Divine-level Superpower Expert, Ye Tianchen was far stronger than Zhang Yide. Upon learning about the transmission array, he believed this was the only way to enable his return to Apocalypse Planet and possibly visit the Emperor Star.

By the time Ye Tianchen and Zhang Yide finished their meal, it was already past five in the afternoon. During this time, Ye Tianchen received a text message from Ling Yuxun. He didn’t reply, knowing Ling Yuxun’s situation and her intent. Ling Yuxun was cautioning him to be careful, obviously because her father, Ling Yue, did not want Ye Tianchen associating with his daughter and would send someone to kill Ye Tianchen if necessary.

While Ye Tianchen kept what Zhang Yide told him in mind, he was not in a hurry. He wanted to return to the Apocalypse Planet, to see the legendary Emperor Star, to grow stronger, and to avenge his deceased friends and family, but not now. Having been reborn in this world, Ye Tianchen had his duties to fulfill on Earth, his responsibilities and obligations. If he currently sought means to leave Earth, the major powers and families that he had provoked would surely not spare the Ye family, his parents. To eradicate these powerful families and forces entirely was not within his capability yet, given his current strength and considering similarly powerful beings existed in this world.

Therefore, matters needed to be approached slowly. First, he needed to sort out local issues, ensuring his family, his parents, and his sister wouldn’t be harmed, even if one day he had to leave. Only then would Ye Tianchen feel truly at peace.

When Ye Tianchen arrived home, he found only his mother, Luo Yan, at home, crying in the living room, prompting him to hurriedly go to her and ask, ”Mom, what’s wrong?”

”No, it’s nothing, nothing...” Luo Yan was upset over personal matters and hadn’t noticed her son arriving home. Only upon hearing Ye Tianchen’s voice did she realize her son had come and quickly wiped her tears away.

Ye Tianchen glanced at his adoptive mother, Luo Yan. Even though she wasn’t his biological mother, she meant more to him than his real mother. For an orphan who had never experienced parental love or the warmth of a family, the value of kinship was immense. Otherwise, Ye Tianchen would not have hesitated this much and could have directly sought out the transmission array’s secrets to leave.

”Mom, just talk to me. You’re not fighting alone!” Ye Tianchen said with a chuckle.

Upon hearing her son Ye Tianchen’s words and his comedic display, Luo Yan could not help but laugh through her tears, but she still spoke with a hint of a bitter smile, ”My mother-in-law is ill, your grandmother, she is critically ill. I really want to go back and see her...”

”Grandmother is sick? Then let’s hurry, Mom, let’s go back to your parental home right now!” Ye Tianchen said hastily.

No matter whether it was the Ye Tianchen of the past or the present, he had never heard his mother Luo Yan mention her parental family. This was the first time he was hearing about it, and thinking about it now, it indeed seemed strange. How come his mom had never been in touch with her parental family? And looking at her expression, she also seemed somewhat worried.

Of course, no matter what, Luo Yan’s mother-in-law, Ye Tianchen’s grandmother, was now critically ill. Seeing his mother heartbroken and crying, he had to go back and see her, otherwise, it might become a lifelong regret for his mother Luo Yan.

”Mom, I’ll go and start the car right now!” Ye Tianchen said as he was about to go and start the car. Although he had never worked at the Sea King Group, with people like Qi Ruxue’s brother managing the talent, he didn’t need to worry. Additionally, after Ye Tianchen eliminated the Qin family and the Luo family, the Qi family’s impression of him greatly improved. Even the old master of the Qi family said that if Qi Ruxue and Ye Tianchen were truly meant to be, they should be together, which shows just how big a change this was.

”Tianchen, don’t rush. Sit down first, Mom will tell you about your grandmother’s situation...” Luo Yan called out to her son Ye Tianchen, ready to tell him about her parental family now that he had grown up.

Ye Tianchen sat down next to his mother. He could see that when Luo Yan mentioned her parental home, her eyes carried a touch of sadness and desolation.

”Son, when your father and I were dating twenty years ago, it was not approved by my family. Back then, the Ye family still lived in a small alley. Only your grandfather Ye Yuanshan was a minor official in Capital City, while the Luo family was already one of the leading families of Capital City. So, my relationship with your father faced opposition from everyone in the Luo family. To marry your father, I disregarded everyone in the family and eventually broke off my relationship with my father at his insistence, leaving the Luo family completely. Later, my father tried every possible means to get me to return, and your uncles did everything they could to suppress the Ye family and frame your father because they wanted me to marry the eldest son of another powerful family...” Luo Yan reminisced about the past, seemingly reliving the moment of breaking relations with her father through three strikes of their palms, speaking with great sorrow.

”So that’s what happened... Mom, you’re afraid that when you return to the Luo family, your siblings won’t let you come back, and they won’t let you see Grandmother, right?” Ye Tianchen suddenly realized.

”Actually, I’m not afraid of being humiliated by them, but the thought of not being able to see your grandmother one last time saddens me. I remember when I was leaving the Luo family, Grandma stood quietly at the door, shedding tears. She only told me to call her on her birthday to say hello; just hearing her granddaughter’s voice would make her happy...” Luo Yan said, already in tears, recalling how the whole family belittled her and how she was insulted along with your father Ye Hong, with only her grandmother quietly supporting her to pursue a relationship with Ye Hong.

”Let’s go, Mom. Let’s go to the Luo family. I have never met Grandmother, but I believe she must be a very kind and loving old lady!” Ye Tianchen stood up and said to his mother Luo Yan with a smile.

”Tianchen, you...”

”Don’t worry, I won’t cause a scene. We are just going to see Grandmother this time, it’s that simple. I believe the people at the Luo family won’t deny us that opportunity!” Ye Tianchen said with a hearty laugh.

”Okay!” Seeing her son so confident, Luo Yan also became emboldened. She was going to see her grandmother, and no one had the right to stop her. She wasn’t going back to the Luo family to demand anything; she had nothing to feel guilty about! (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote and contribute monthly tickets at qidian.com. Your support is my greatest motivation.)