Chapter 16: The Heart Dies

Yuan Shi's slightly trembling voice slowly echoed in the hall.

The expressions of the three of them also changed suddenly at this time, and no one thought that Yuan Shi's sudden arrival was actually for this matter.

"Second Brother ......"

Yuan Zhi looked at the kneeling figure in the hall, his heart was full of complicated emotions, Yuan Jing's disappearance, he also knew a thing or two, but he couldn't help much.

Because he is not the head of the Yuan family after all.

"Ugh..."

The second elder also looked at Yuan Shi and sighed, the old man's face was full of regret, who would have thought that Tianjiao, who was famous in the Xuantian Domain back then, would now be in such a situation.

In the hall, Yuan Shi's body trembled slightly, his haggard face showed a tired look, and his red eyes were full of pleading when he looked at Yuan Wu.

He knew that Yuan Wu had always been prejudiced against him, so he had been avoiding Yuan Wu all these years and not allowing too much contact between the two.

Because he knew that Yuan Wu's prejudice against him all originated from five years ago, and five years ago it was indeed him who was at fault, and it was he who harmed the Yuan family.

So he didn't have any opinion on Yuan Wu's prejudice against him.

But after learning that Yuan Jing was missing, he hurriedly went around looking for Yuan Jing, but until today, he has not been found, and he has not even heard the news of Yuan Jing.

In desperation, he could only come here and beg Yuan Wu to mobilize the power of the Yuan family to find Yuan Jing's traces.

The strength of a family is always stronger than that of him alone.

Yuan Wu sat on the chair expressionlessly, looking at Yuan Shi with his eyes as if he was examining a prisoner, and did not speak.

Yuan Shi's body was still kneeling on the ground, motionless, and his bloodshot eyes looked at Yuan Wu, full of pleading.

For the sake of Yuan Jing, he had no other way, he believed that as long as Yuan Wu promised him to mobilize the power of the Yuan family, then the hope of finding Yuan Jing would inevitably increase a lot.

After being silent for a long time, Yuan Wu's lips moved, and he suddenly asked, "Why?"

Yuan Shi's face was haggard, his eyes were looking at Yuan Wu tightly, and trembling words slowly came out of his mouth.

"For all the iniquities of the past are mine, child...... He's innocent. ”

"He doesn't know anything, so why should he bear all this...?"

Yuan Shi's tone trembled, his eyes were red, he knew what Yuan Wu was thinking in his heart, but Yuan Jing was innocent after all, and Yuan Wu's prejudice against him should not be separated from Yuan Jing.

"Shut up!"

Yuan Wu's expression changed, he looked at Yuan Shi, his eyes were cold and ruthless, and he said sharply: "Your father and son owe the Yuan family, and they can't pay it off in this life!"

"If it wasn't for my father speaking for you before the retreat, you would have been expelled from the Yuan family a long time ago, and now you still have the face to beg me?"

Yuan Wu's cold and ruthless words echoed in the hall for a long time.

The second elder and Yuan Zhi looked at Yuan Shi with complicated eyes, and they didn't make a sound.

So far, it is not easy for them to speak for Yuan Shi, after all, what happened five years ago has caused too much damage to the Yuan family, so big that it almost destroyed the entire Yuan family.

Yuan Shi clenched his palms tightly, his eyes were red, and Yuan Wu's words almost wiped out the only hope in his heart.

He didn't expect Yuan Wu to be so ruthless, after all, what Yuan Jing said, he was also a member of the Yuan family...!

After a long time, Yuan Shi stood up tremblingly, his eyes were red, and after looking at the three people sitting in the hall, he didn't make a sound, turned around, and walked out of the conference hall with staggering steps.

And the moment he stepped out of the council room, his heart for the Yuan family also died at the same time.

Looking at the decadent figure, the second elder sighed deeply in his heart, and the hand hidden under the sleeve robe was also slowly clenched.

Yuan Zhi also looked at the back of Yuan Shi leaving, with a sad expression, and couldn't help but want to stop Yuan Shi, but was screamed by Yuan Wu.

"Fourth brother!" said Yuan Wu sharply.

Yuan Zhi turned his head and met Yuan Wu's cold gaze, and then he looked at Yuan Shi's departing back, gritted his teeth, and didn't make a sound.

......

The news of Yuan Jing's return soon spread throughout the Yuan family.

But despite this, Yuan Jing's return did not cause much of a sensation in the Yuan family, after all, Yuan Jing was already an outcast in the Yuan family.

So whether Yuan Jing disappears or not is not important to most people.

But for one person, it is very important, in the few days that Yuan Jing disappeared, he frantically searched everywhere, and even begged the Yuan family to launch forces to find Yuan Jing, but was refused.

This person is Yuan Shi.

At this time, Yuan Jing had not yet returned to the courtyard.

After leaving the meeting hall, Yuan Shi sat down on a chair in the courtyard, his eyes blank and his expression full of decadence.

Although he was only middle-aged, at this moment, he felt old.

is so old that he can't even protect his own son.

He was not unaware of the treatment that Yuan Jing suffered in the Yuan family, but he couldn't completely stop it, because this was a matter for the younger generation, and although he could stop it for a while as an elder, he couldn't stop it for a lifetime.

All he could do was to try his best to help Yuan Jing repair his muscles and veins, as well as to look for elixirs everywhere, so as to solve the problem of slow progress in Yuan Jing's cultivation of physical arts.

Only by restoring his cultivation can Yuan Jing be able to take charge of himself and get rid of the current situation.

But it's a pity that the sequelae caused by the exchange of blood to Yuan Jing's body are too great, and although he has traveled all over Rock City and the surrounding towns, he has not been able to find a way to cure Yuan Jing's body.

As for repairing Yuan Jing's veins, he hadn't looked for them, but the powerhouses of the Sacred Realm were so rare, not to mention the Moro Domain, even if it was the entire Cangwu Continent, the powerhouses of the Sacred Realm were only ten fingers.

In this case, although he did not give up, he did not pin his hopes on this.

"Yao'er, I'm sorry, I lost our son. ”

Yuan Shi's eyes were bloodshot, and drops of hot tears quietly slid down his cheeks like knives.

It is unimaginable that a man who stands up to the sky and the earth cried like a child when he thought he had lost his son.

When the disaster befell the Yuan family five years ago, his wife Kagura Yao threatened her own life and forced the elders of the Kagura clan to release Yuan Jing.

However, he took away all the Kagura bloodlines in Yuan Jing's body and replaced them with the bloodlines of the Yuan Beast, so that Yuan Jing was not a member of the Kagura clan, and the purpose of the Kagura clan's trip was also completed.

Kagura Yao gambled with her life to save Yuan Jing's life, and after entrusting Yuan Jing to him, Kagura Yao was forced to follow the elder back to the Kagura clan and endure imprisonment all day long.

But now, he failed to protect Yuan Jing, failed to live up to his wife Kagura Yao's entrustment, and let Yuan Jing endure the bullying of his clan all day long, and even when Yuan Jing disappeared in the end, he had nothing to do.

......

At this time, in the walkway not far from the courtyard, Yuan Jing was walking briskly, stretching out his hand and shaking it in front of his eyes, and there was plenty of strength in it that made him feel good.

He could already imagine how shocked and happy Yuan Shi would be after he showed his cultivation in front of Yuan Shi.

As he walked, a wooden door gradually came into view, Yuan Jing suppressed the excitement in his heart, and the pace under his feet also accelerated a lot.

But Yuan Jing didn't notice that on a big tree not far behind him, a pair of eyes were hidden between the thin cracks of the leaves, staring at him tightly.

This person is Yuan Yi.

"This piece of waste is really back. ”

Yuan Shi half-squatted on the trunk of the tree, looking at Yuan Jing's back, his eyes were full of surprise.

But when he thought about it, his mood eased a lot, because in two days, it was the Yuan family's coming-of-age ceremony, even if Yuan Jing came back now, as long as he waited until the coming-of-age ceremony passed, Yuan Jing would still leave the Yuan family and go to major shops to do chores.

"One waste, what if you come back, wait for the coming-of-age ceremony in two days, you will wait to be humiliated by everyone!"

Yuan Yi stared at Yuan Jing's gradually disappearing back, his eyes were cold, from Yuan Jing's body, he didn't feel any fluctuations in his vitality, that is to say, Yuan Jing's current cultivation was still practicing the fifth level of the body.

And this is far from enough for Yuan Jing to continue to stay in the Yuan family.

"Whew"

Yuan Jing stood in front of the wooden door, took a deep breath, and then slowly stretched out his hand and pushed the wooden door in front of him open.

Crunch!

The piercing sound of the dilapidated wooden door pulled Yuan Shi, who was immersed in sadness in the courtyard, back to reality, he turned his head with a haggard face, and the next moment, his expression was suddenly stunned.

"Jing ...... Jing'er?"