Song of Adolescence

Chapter 247 A Promise in Heavenly Revelations

After hearing Xiao Se’s words, Xiao Lingchen turned around and looked at Lei Wujie and others who were still standing there talking. His mouth curled into a meaningful smile. "Those guys?"

Xiao Se didn\'t nod, but he didn\'t deny it either.

"I don\'t know what they’ll be like in the future, but right now, they just look like a bunch of idiots." Xiao Lingchen concluded, "Especially the one in red."

Xiao Se wanted to say something, but didn\'t know how to refute.

"By the way, why did you suddenly make a trip to the open sea? Don’t tell me you actually knew I was here?" Xiao Lingchen changed the topic.

Xiao Se showed his open hands. "Have you noticed anything different about me?"

"Your breath is very weak." Xiao Lingchen reached out with his right hand and gently probed Xiao Se\'s pulse. "Are you sick? And why can\'t I feel even a bit of your internal strength? Were you injured by someone?"

"When I left Heavenly Revelations, I ran into Yan Zhantian. Shifu managed to stop him, but it seems that someone else attacked me while they were fighting. Now my latent meridians are injured and I can no longer exert my internal energy." Xiao Se withdrew his hands.

"So, there’s someone in the open sea who can heal your latent meridians?" Xiao Lingchen asked.

Xiao Se nodded. "Perhaps. It\'s only a possibility."

"Since it’s you, even if it’s only a small possibility, you’d go for it. Where is that person?" Xiao Lingchen asked directly.

"Further east from Three Snake Islands," Xiao Se replied.

"Three Snake Islands, huh. Lately, it’s not a good idea to go there," Xiao Lingchen said faintly.

"Why? Are there pirates or sea monsters over there?" Xiao Se noticed that Xiao Lingchen\'s eyes had changed.

Xiao Lingchen tapped the folding fan lightly with his fingers. "There are government soldiers there."

"Soldiers?"

"From what I know, some government ships are secretly on their way there. Your cedar longboat is indeed a good ship, but if you encounter the government ships, you’d still be at a disadvantage. Moreover, at the time, I was thinking that their movements were very unusual. After all, government ships rarely travel to such places. The poisonous snakes on the islands are useless to them and only some fearless merchants would go there. But now that I think about it, are they there because of you?"

"You mean?" Xiao Se frowned slightly.

"The blind one and that lunatic are both Princes now, no matter how you look at it." Xiao Lingchen did not continue.

Xiao Se pondered the news a little, then nodded. "Alright."

"I would go with you if I could." Xiao Lingchen paused before continuing, "But it’s not the right time for me to reveal myself yet. The next time I show myself, I hope to ride into Heavenly Revelations and take back what’s mine. "

"I’ll wait for you in Heavenly Revelations City." Xiao Se merely said these words, then he turned around and walked back.

"In what capacity?" Xiao Lingchen asked faintly.

"Perhaps as the emperor," Xiao Se said flippantly.

"But I want to be emperor too."

"Then I’ll let you have it."

Xiao Se walked back to where everyone was waiting. Tang Lian glanced at Xiao Lingchen, and then at Xiao Se. "You’re done talking?"

Xiao Se\'s expression remained unchanged. "Just reminiscing about the past."

"Sixth prince," Xue Duanyun spoke up suddenly. "Are you leaving?"

"It\'s not time for us to reunite yet." Xiao Se turned around and glanced at the pirates on the ship. They used to be soldiers of the Beili Central Army. "The Beili Central Army back then had more soldiers, not just these men. When you return to Beili, raise your arms and call, there will be many people coming to support you."

"We know." Xue Duanyun nodded. "What we need is a fire."

"I will light this fire for you." Xiao Se rubbed his brows. "After I find out the truth of what happened that year."

"Thank you, sixth prince." Xue Duanyun knelt on one knee.

"You don\'t need to thank me. If you really want to thank me, wait until the day when you return to Heavenly Revelations." Xiao Se slowly walked to the side of the boat, jumped over, and returned to the Golden Cross.

Tang Lian and Sikong Qianluo did not hesitate, and followed after him with a leap.

Lei Wujie turned and saluted the three heavenly generals again, as he prepared to take his leave.

"Be careful on the road." Xiao Lingchen said suddenly as he leaned against the deck and waved his folding fan while his white robes fluttered in the wind.

"Naturally." Lei Wujie nodded.

"I believe you, because you are General Lei\'s son," Xiao Zhanjiang said.

"I am the Heavenly Revelations Qinglong Guardian of the East, leader of the Four Guardians." Lei Wujie turned and left.

Mu Chunfeng was the most reluctant to leave. He thought that he could make use of the favor Xiao Se owed him to at least stay on board and share a cup of wine, but he didn’t expect them to return to the ship so quickly. So, he decided to issue an invitation himself. "If the three heavenly generals and… the Prince don’t mind, how about coming over to my ship for a drink?"

As soon as he spoke, an arrow came flying right for the centre of his forehead. The speed of the arrow was extremely fast with no room for error.

But Mu Chunfeng was not unskilled, after all. With a slight wave of the famous Moving Mountains sword in his hand, he’d already struck that arrow to the ground.

"We are pirates, and you are a merchant ship. If you invite us to board your ship, aren\'t you afraid we’d hang you all by your necks from the bow of your ship and leave you out to dry?" Xiao Lingchen smirked as he lowered his bow and arrow.

Mu Chunfeng didn\'t hesitate again. He tipped his toes and quickly flashed back on board the Golden Cross.

Xue Duanyun turned his head and looked at Xiao Lingchen. Xiao Lingchen shrugged. "Chuhe is going to the Three Snake Islands."

Xue Duanyun shook his head. "He mustn’t go to the Three Snake Islands."

"He has a reason that he has to go." Xiao Lingchen sighed.

"Then let\'s go too." Xue Duanyun gripped the long sabre at his waist.

"I told him that we won’t go with him. I don\'t want to expose myself so quickly. When the time comes for Langya Prince’s banner to rise again, we should be right outside Heavenly Revelations where we will light a beacon for all to see, and not here in the open sea where nobody cares," Xiao Lingchen said lightly.

"But we will still go," Xue Duanyun maintained unhurriedly.

Xiao Lingchen chuckled. "Right, naturally we have to go.

"Who asked him to be Xiao Chuhe."

Xue Duanyun suddenly shouted with fervor, "Set sail!"

After returning to the Golden Cross, despite almost being skewered by an arrow, Mu Chunfeng was still full of regrets. "Why did we come back so fast? Since we got the rare chance to meet the legendary three heavenly generals, we should have had a drink together."

Sikong Qianluo threw him a look, wondering if this person\'s brain was broken. Why would a merchant want to drink wine with pirates?

Tang Lian and Lei Wujie were looking at Xiao Se though. It was obvious that after getting off the boat, there was something off about Xiao Se. Xiao Se raised his head and stared at the sky, lost in thoughts for a long time, before he turned around and looked at Mu Chunfeng. "Mu-xiong, I\'m afraid we shall have to go our separate ways earlier than intended."

Mu Chunfeng started. "What happened?"

"We will have to return the debt about the snakes on Three Snake Islands at a later date. Can you give us a small boat so that we can leave by ourselves?" Xiao Se said slowly.

"Are you crazy?" Mu Chunfeng frowned. "Sure, I can give you a small boat now. But, whether you are heading back to the continent or travelling on to Three Snake Islands, if a storm hits while you’re at sea, your boat will be smashed to pieces. You will die."

"But if we stay here, everyone on this ship will die." Xiao Se looked into Mu Chunfeng\'s eyes and said each word clearly.