Chapter 688: Young Woman Carrying a Kid
Translator: Timothy_ Editor: GlobeGlotter
With Ye Mo’s return, everyone in Luo Yue’s upper management felt assured. Having received substantial compensation and numerous captives from the war, Luo Yue rapidly resumed its development. While a new wave of immigration hadn't begun, many were planning to relocate to Luo Yue.
What garnered the most attention was the announcement of Ye Mo’s wedding, scheduled for the first day of the new year, three months hence. The founder of Luo Yue Pharmaceuticals would marry, and the day would be declared a public holiday.
Previously unknown to many, Ye Mo's identity as Luo Yue's founder was now common knowledge. Even Xu Yuehua would attend the wedding.
Although aware of his growing notoriety, Ye Mo preferred to remain largely anonymous. He desired a peaceful, free life, ideally enduring forever. Only his desire to give Luo Ying and Ning Qingxue a grand wedding prompted him to allow such public acknowledgement. Luo Ying and Ning Qingxue had endured much with him; though unconcerned themselves, Ye Mo wouldn't allow them to marry him without the world knowing. Having built Luo Yue, he would ensure everyone there knew Luo Ying and Ning Qingxue were his wives.
The entire city embraced the festive spirit.
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Ye Mo, disinclined to micromanage, delegated most responsibilities to Xu Yuehua and others, retaining control only over city planning. Ning Qingxue assisted with financial matters, while Luo Ying tended the garden herbs.
Before his solitary training to reach stage six, Ye Mo took Ning Qingxue and Luo Ying to the Mei Nei Snow Mountains, but failed to find the snow fox he sought. He intended to bring it to the small dimension due to its ability to locate spiritual objects.
Ye Mo, Luo Ying, and Ning Qingxue spent another month recreating before returning to Luo Yue for Ye Mo's training. Aware of the power of great heaven masters and the presence of ancient cultivator homes in the small world, he knew reaching stage six was essential before venturing there.
The thought of Luo Ying and Ning Qingxue’s fate should he perish weighed heavily on him. Ideally, he'd reach the tertiary stage of chi gathering, but this was impossible with his three spirit stones.
Already at the tertiary stage of stage five, Ye Mo was unsure of reaching stage six, thus he hesitated to use his spirit stones. He opted for conventional spirit chi gathering, reserving the stones for a breakthrough attempt.
He also needed seven more spirit stones to enter the small world. He contemplated using the three he had, even if it meant fragmenting them.
A month passed, revealing the insufficiency of Earth's spirit chi. He had only slightly consolidated his strength, failing to reach even the peak of stage five, let alone stage six.
He was glad he hadn’t used the spirit stones; at best, they would have pushed him to the peak of stage five, not stage six.
Approaching his wedding, Ye Mo ceased cultivation, using the time to forge three flying swords and spend time with Luo Ying and Ning Qingxue.
Another month later, he had crafted three flying swords—one each for Luo Ying, Ning Qingxue, and Tang Beiwei—ensuring their self-defense. He also provided Ye Ling, Ye Zifeng, and Ye Xing with ancient martial arts cultivation methods.
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Luo Yue bustled with activity. While new immigrants hadn't yet arrived, many prospective residents surveyed the island. Tourists, hearing of the upcoming wedding hosted by the City Lord, flocked to Luo Yue, overwhelming hotel capacity and prompting residents to rent out their homes.
The newly developed Luo Yue impressed many foreigners with its grandeur, beauty, and amenities, earning it the title of “heaven,” the ideal living space.
Prospective immigrants, aware of tightening immigration restrictions following the war, sought to relocate as quickly as possible.
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On a Luo Yue street, outside a shopping mall, a young woman carried a child, who looked around curiously. Despite appearing stressed, the woman possessed striking beauty and a regal bearing, prompting passersby to offer assistance.
About to inquire about Ye Mo’s residence, she saw two women—one of them Ye Mo’s sister, Ye Ling.
“Brother is marrying Sisters Luo Ying and Ning Qingxue tomorrow. What are you getting them?” Ye Ling pressed Tang Beiwei, who remained tight-lipped.
The young woman, about to approach Ye Ling, stumbled, causing the child to cry. Her face paled as she comforted the distressed child.
Hearing the cries, Ye Ling turned, gazing curiously at the child. She remarked to Tang Beiwei, “Beiwei, look at that girl, so pretty! Only about a year old, and already so beautiful!”
The woman, nervous, had traveled from Flowing Snake to Luo Yue seeking Ye Mo after hearing he was alive. She hadn't expected his imminent wedding to Ning Qingxue. She, carrying Ye Mo's child from a past encounter when he saved her, now faced an uncertain future. Her family, the Song family, were Ye Mo’s enemies.
Fearful of being recognized as Song Yangzhu, she lowered her gaze.
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A year prior, she had been rescued in the E Mei Snow Mountains, remaining there and giving birth. Thoughts of the Song family and Ye Mo softened her heart. The child’s birth erased her hatred; her motivation to cultivate vanished, her focus entirely on the child. Her cultivation stagnated at the black level, threatening to decline.
Besides her child, her only thought was Ye Mo. She didn't want her child to lack a father, hence the journey to find him. Hearing he hadn't emerged from a certain cave discouraged her search, but once her daughter was older, she couldn't resist any longer and embarked on the journey.
Two months ago, she arrived in Beijing, searching for Ye Mo. The news of his survival almost brought her to tears, momentarily erasing her past intent to kill him.