Chapter 56 No Regret

Standing on the edge of the cliff, Cao Yanmei shouted, "Yongzheng…" She looked at the five people. "Go find more rope."

One of the worker said, "Cao guniang, we have gathered all the ropes available in the village."

Cao Yanmei shouted, "Go gather some vines."

The worker said, "Cao guniang picking vines does not take a few hours, but a few days."

Cao Yanmei shouted, "Go. Go. Why are you still standing here? If you can't save him, I will throw you in."

The five workers left quickly and ran from the same direction, Red Mice rushed towards Cao Yanmei.

Red Mice, "Young master, is on his way here."

Cao Yanmei, "Why did he come back?"

Red Mice, "Some villagers said you brought a lot of ropes."

Cao Yanmei looked at everyone and said, "Why are you four still here? Get out of here. If my da ge sees you all still alive, he will definitely kill you."

Rao Zhengsheng picked Dong Shun up onto his back. Dong Shun said, "Go up to Rao Manor."

Rao Zhengsheng, "Dong shushu, but."

Dong Shun said, "No, but there is a secret hiding place."

Rao Zhengsheng, Dong Shun, Dong Lanying, and Yuan Xiurong rushed up the mountain. After they were gone for some time, Cao Wenyan approached with twenty Beixing disciples.

Cao Wenyan asked, "Did you save them?"

Cao Yanmei, "I want too, but it is a bottomless cliff and no rope is long enough to reach the bottom."

Cao Wenyan asked, "Father wants you to go home."

Cao Yanmei, "I don't want too."

Cao Wenyan, "You have no choice." He looked at Red Mice. "Take her back."

Cao Yanmei had to follow her brother back home.

Xue Horan sat on the edge of the bottomless pond, looking down at the water. He watched some fish swimming into the trap unknowingly, they will be his dinner tonight. Then there was a loud splash, which startled him. He stared at the pond for a long time, and suddenly out of the pond was Yongzheng.

Xue Horan watched Yongzheng slowly swimming towards him. With every stroke, Xue Horan felt his heart beating faster. Then Yongzheng walked slowly to Xue Horan's side.

Xue Horan stood up, and Yongzheng held Xue Horan tightly in his arms. Xue Horan couldn't believe it. Yongzheng, who had just left, jumped back down again.

Xue Horan asked, "Yongzheng, why are you here again? The person above is Cao Fengge? Are da shixiong and Dong qianbe okay?" Yongzheng did not answer. "Yongzheng answer me."

Yongzheng asked softly, "Horan, can you forget him?"

Xue Horan was confused, "Forget who?"

Yongzheng said, "He is not worthy of a person like you. None of us is worthy of a person like you."

Xue Horan, "What's wrong?"

Yongzheng pulled himself away from Xue Horan. He put his forehead on Xue Horan's forehead and asked, "Why do you want to stay here?"

Xue Horan said, "Because I found this place is very suitable for me. I have nothing waiting for me up there."

Yongzheng said, "I have always been waiting for you."

Xue Horan said, "Yongzheng, we talked about this before. You know very well that I can never choose you in reality. Back then and now, it is still the same. Dong qianbei was right. I can't be the reason for you and da shixiong to hates each other. So, I think this is the best place for me."

Yongzheng said sadly, "In reality you can't choose me, then I will live with you in my imagination. We don't have to love each other. We don't have to like each other, as long as I think you are mine, I am already very satisfied in my heart. You don't need to know what I'm thinking. I will share my thoughts and feelings with the sun and the moon. If you don't want to see me, I will stay away from your sight. If you." He felt Xue Horan's lips touched his lips, Xue Horan's arms hugged his waist tightly. "If you don't want us to hate each other, then all you have to do is tell me that you don't feel the same toward me as I feel toward you. I promise I will stay away from you."

Xue Horan sobbed, "Yongzheng, don't be too nice to me. The nicer you are to me, the harder it is for me to stay away from you."

Yongzheng said, "Then don't stay away from me."

Xue Horan continued to sob, "Yongzheng, you know that Cao Wenyan…he…he…"

Yongzheng hugged Xue Horan tightly and said, "Forget it. Erase it from your memory completely, because I have forgotten it."

Xue Horan, "Will you regret it?"

Yongzheng whispered, "Meeting you, I have no regrets. We can live here or on Butterfly Island. With you, I have no regrets."

Xue Horan, "Yongzheng, before my father died, he wanted to say 'he likes you', right?"

Yongzheng said, "I told him that if one day Rao Zhengsheng does not marry you, I will marry you in his place."

Inside the cave, they knew that there was no way without the help of people on the cliff. If there were ropes hanging down from the cliff, they might not want to go up. Yongzheng made a fire inside the cave, and Xue Horan began to walk around the cave to see what things Dong Shun left behind.

Xue Horan said, "Yongzheng, there are not much here." He put his hand on the side of the cave wall, the cave wall slide, Xue Horan fell backward, and the cave wall quickly slide back.

Xue Horan stepped on something. He bent down and picked it up. Because of the darkness, he didn't know where he was locked up. He touched the round object in his hand, and when he realized it was a human skull, he quickly put it down.

Xue Horan screamed, "Yongzheng…" He began to knock on the wall. "Yongzheng."

Yongzheng raised his head, and did not see Xue Horan, but he could still hear Xue Horan's horrified cry for help. He quickly stepped forward and knocked on the wall. He shouted, "Horan…Horan…"

Xue Horan finally calmed himself down. He shouted, "Yongzheng, there is a switch somewhere on the wall of the cave, just like a switch in the Mu cave."

Yongzheng hurriedly checked the cave and found the trap switch. He pressed against the rock and the wall slide open. Xue Horan rushed out and hugged Yongzheng.

Xue Horan said, "There are human skulls inside."

Yongzheng grabbed a lit firewood from the bonfire and walked in. He lit some dusty old candles by the door. As soon as the candle light was lit, they saw human bones from adults to children everywhere in the room. Then the wall suddenly slide back.

Xue Horan asked in a panic, "What shall we do?"

Yongzheng said, "Don't worry about the traps, there are always two ways to open them." He saw a huge stone lantern standing in front of them. He touched the stone lantern, and suddenly the wall opened again.

Xue Horan said, "Yongzheng, that's the switch."

Yongzheng nodded.

Xue Horan asked, "Do you think Dong qianbei knows about this? Who are these people? How did they die?"

Yongzheng checked some bones. He said, "Some people died from injuries." He picked up a femur and pointed to a mark. "That was left by a sword.

Xue Horan, "The children."

Yongzheng raised his head and looked at, "It's the same, some starved to death, some were killed." Walking further, he saw a skeleton dressed in black sitting on a chair. He looked beside the skeleton and found a piece black jade with red tassel. He picked it up and took a closer look. It was a piece of crystal-clear black jade, but what shocked Yongzheng was the butterfly swords beside the skeleton. He put the black jade into his robe. He picked up the butterfly sword. He drew the sword in half. He saw the word 'Wen Jiayi'. He murmured, "Wen Jiayi."

Xue Horan walked up to Yongzheng and saw the butterfly swords in his hand. He said, "This look like my shixiong butterfly swords."

Yongzheng said, "The word Wen Jiayi."

Xue Horan, "Wen Jiayi, is that the name of the swords, or is the skeleton there named Wen Jiayi?"

Yongzheng said, "I don't know." He searched inside the skeleton robe and found a manual. On the manual it wrote 'Butterfly Blade'. Yongzheng opened the manual, and a letter fell off from the manual. Yongzheng read out loud. "Chief Yuan, the salt has turns to worm. I don't know which of the Yuan betray our sector. I don't know if this letter will get to you. Fang Gen has been captured and his fate are unknown. Chief Yuan, Wen Jiayi pay her respect to you. My only regret is that I was unable to find the traitor."

Xue Horan said, "Chief Yuan, who is Chief Yuan?"

Yongzheng, "Seventy years ago, there was a sector call Sunset Sector. They were very famous in the martial arts world. This sector was feared by many martial artists because there are many skilled martial artists, especially the five guards."

Xue Horan, "If they are here, there must be a way out."

Yongzheng grabbed Xue Horan's hand and found an old torch. He lit up the torch and the two men walked into the dark corridor. Along the way they found many skeletons. After walking in the dark corridor for two hours, they came to a dead end.

Yongzheng said, "The exit must be upward." He raised his head with a very dim torch looked up and found a handle.

Yongzheng tried to push up, but he was unable. Then he pushed forward with all his strength and heard the loud noise of the stone grinding. When the opening is slightly opened, he can smell the fresh air and see the daylight. He used his inner strength to push the handle all the way. He came up and stood on a burnt down old pavilion. He reached down and pulled Xue Horan up.

Xue Horan asked, "Yongzheng, where is this place?"

Yongzheng said, "I don't know."

Yongzheng and Xue Horan heard a man voice said, "Turn around."

Xue Horan slowly turned around and said, "Da shixiong?"