The Legend of Futian

Chapter 12: Fellow Brothers

Ye Futian was upset. The others were just jealous.

Was Hua Jieyu smiling at him? Did they already know each other?

It was impossible. How could this legendary loser have gotten the chance to know the real legend of the academy? It must have been that his performance on the written test had made her a bit curious about him. People tried to justify why Hua Jieyu knew none of them, yet she knew Ye Futian.

“Yep, that must be true. Ye Futian will fail tomorrow anyway. What happened today is just another part of his daydream.”

The crowd was dismissed. Ye Futian and Yu Sheng walked towards the stands, where Ye Baichuan was waiting for them. When he saw the boys, he laughed. “Good job boy. You really are my blood.”

“Good job? Who was gloating about having an excellent son minutes ago to everyone? Where are those big words now?” Feng Ruhai was also laughing. “You are impressive; congratulations.”

“Sure, so is Qingxue. She made it to the List of Brilliance,” Ye Baichuan said.

“Come here son, I have to ask you something.” Ye Baichuan walked away, his son following him. Ye Baichuan stopped and showed a sly smile to Ye Futian. “Tell me, are you being mean to Qingxue because you are going after someone better? Be honest with me.”

Ye Futian felt so awkward. It seemed that the smile Hua Jieyu had given him had also caused some silly misunderstanding for his father.

“This is really complicated. Leave me alone; I will deal with it.” Ye Futian shrugged his shoulders.

Ye Baichuan gazed at his eyes and said, “Okay, you take care of this; it’s none of my business anymore. Now that you have aced the written test, what about tomorrow?”

Ye Futian looked serious, and showed a curious face to Ye Baichuan. “In our family ancestry, were there any great Mandate Sorcerers with cultivation specialized in Freedom Meditation?”

“Of course. I take it you have awakened already?” Ye Baichuan immediately realized what had happened.

“Yes,” Ye Futian nodded.

“Good!” Ye Baichuan suddenly slapped his son on the shoulder. He was so excited that his palm made a cracking sound when it hit Ye Futian’s head. He retracted his palm when he saw the painful expression on his son’s face.

“What are you doing, Dad?” Ye Futian stared at his father. “So, if we have great family ancestors, why am I the only one who awakened with that special talent?”

“That’s definitely because of my efforts.”

Ye Baichuan was taking this for granted. Ye Futian frowned. His father must have been even more shameless than he was at his age.

“I’ll tell your godfather the good news. He will be so happy for you, son. Maybe he will come and watch tomorrow by himself,” Ye Baichuan said. Ye Futian’s eyes suddenly lit up with hope. Ever since he was a child, his godfather had told him that one day he would be awakened, and it had finally happened. He could not wait to see the happiness on his godfather’s face.

As the two were talking, Feng Ruhai also began to speak with his daughter. He asked, “When did Ye Futian meet Hua Jieyu? Has he been mean to you since then?”

Apparently both fathers believed that Ye Futian had betrayed Feng Qingxue for another beautiful girl. Feng Qingxue realized the misunderstanding and shook her head to deny it.

“Then what’s going on? Tell me the truth.” Feng Ruhai wanted to know what was going on.

Feng Qingxue hesitated for a second, then slowly told her father the whole story.