Chapter 297 - An Unusual Clue to a Breakthrough, a Night in the Same Cave as Gu Xuejian - Part 2
Night deepened, and the stars cloaked the sky.
Li Yuan twitched a finger and slipped home for supper.
After the ordinary warmth of family time, he and Yan Yu climbed into bed. Holding her close, he told her about the day—about the smith couple now living in their old house, and about his weaponsmithing days in the Holy Tree Temple.
Yan Yu had spent enough time leading an almost‑human life that a hint of warm color now bloomed beneath her deathly pale skin. The moment Li Yuan finished his tale, she smacked his arm, huffed, and wriggled away, presenting him with her back.
“So you’re that talented, talented enough to pour your own lifespan into a sword! If you’re such a big, famous Master Li, why come running back to one lonely wife and child? Go on, stay out there and bask in your glory!”
Li Yuan had already decided to stop hiding the truth.
A few nights earlier, in their pillow talk, Yan Yu had fretted over ways to lengthen his life.
Tonight, Li Yuan was going to lay everything bare. He reached for her shoulders, but they had gone rigid and cold. He might as well have tried to move a mountain of iron.
“I rack my brains figuring out how to keep you and Sheng'er alive, and you throw your life away! Don’t you ever think of your wife and daughter?”
A wave of icy Yin energy spilled from her body. She was genuinely angry.
Li Yuan inched closer, propped himself on one elbow, and whispered beside her ear. “I’m...different. I was born with what seems like endless lifespan. The gift awoke when I was 17. I used to worry you’d grow old and die before I told you, but that fear’s gone now.”
“Liar.” She sniffed.