The emotions that had been suppressed for so long burst out in an instant, how intense it was. Ji Ning stood by silently watching the painful Hei Ya, without saying a word.

  "Now that you know, I wont hide it from you. Follow me." Hei Ya stood up and walked towards the outside of the house.

  Ji Ning and Akira followed behind.

  Hei Ya led the way in front, all the way to the last side of the entire tribe. The wooden fence at the last side of the tribe also had a small door. Continuing along the small door and walking further away... it was a cemetery, with many newly built graves, obviously recently dug.

  "Prince?" Akira looked at Ji Ning, with a hint of unease in his eyes.

  Ji Ning also held his breath, he knew where Hei Ya was taking him.

  "Its this one." Hei Ya pointed to a seemingly ordinary grave, in front of which stood a tall stone monument with only a few words carved on it - "Female, Mi Wa, Father Hei Ya stands!"

  "Spring grass." Ji Ning silently gazed at this grave.

  The people sleeping in this grave are some of the most important ones in my life.

  Life rarely has heart-wrenching emotions. In fact, compared to heart-wrenching and earth-shattering ones, Ji Ning hopes for a gentle and soothing emotion that calms the mind. In the daily interactions of every year and every day, the feelings between each other gradually penetrate deep into their souls.

  Plain and simple is true!

  In life, they become a part of each others lives. At least for herself from infancy to adolescence, Chun Cao accompanied her own time probably longer than her parents accompaniment. When she was alive, Ji Ning didnt feel much, but once she realized she had passed away, it felt as if a part of her heart had been cut off.

  It hurts!

  "Hei Ya." Ji Ning stood there looking at the stele, slowly saying, "Tell me everything, tell me all about what happened after Chun Cao came back."

  Hei Ya nodded.

  "At first, I brought her back, and she was very sad all the way, sad to leave Gongzi." Hei Ya sighed, "But after returning to the tribe, she saw two younger brothers. Miva was obviously much happier, often accompanied by two younger brothers... The days were spent very happily, and at that time, Miva also looked forward to when Gongzi would come to see her."

  "Only!"

  "Hei Yas voice was low and solemn. One day, the great winged serpent demon came, like a nightmare, causing countless deaths and injuries in our tribe. My own son Lin Shui was among them."

  "Meiwa was very sad about her little brothers death in the river."

  Ji Ning also recalled the previous beast skin letter, on which Chun Cao wrote some trivial matters about returning to the Black Tooth tribe, many of which were stories with his two younger brothers. It was clear that Miwa liked her two younger brothers very much, and this made Ji Ning silently make a decision: he had to help Chun Caos only surviving younger brother himself, which would also comfort Chun Caos spirit in heaven.

  "The attack of the giant winged snake has plunged the entire Black Tooth tribe into pain and panic! The tribal people are afraid, fearing that the giant winged snake will come again to attack, and some even quietly left the tribe to join other larger tribes."

  "There is panic within the tribe." Hei Ya continued, "There are often people leaving. In fact, after the great demon Winged Snakes attack, our tribes population was already less than a thousand, and now there are still people escaping... If this continues, the Hei Ya tribe will disperse before long."

  Ji Ning nodded.

  "Ive gone through endless hardships to rebuild the tribe, so I dont want it to disperse just like that." Hei Ya said, "Chun Cao also pitied me, so she swallowed her pride and wrote a letter for the tribal warriors to deliver to Gongzi when they went to Xi Fu City, wanting to ask Gongzi to help me, Hei Yas tribe."

  "But soon the news came back, it turned out that the young master had already gone out to make a name for himself." Hei Ya shook his head.

  Ji Ning gritted her teeth.

  Yes.

  They had already set out on an adventure long before the Great Demon Winged Snake was fully formed, so they couldnt find themselves.

  "The tribesmen within the tribe proposed that our Black Tooth Tribe could be under the protection of the super-large tribe, Riverbank Tribe." Black Tooth said in a low tone, "As long as we can get the Riverbank Tribes protection and allow us to temporarily live in the city of Riverbank, itll be fine."

  "Jiangbian City?" Ji Ning muttered to herself.

  The Ji clan, as one of the overlords of the Yan Mountain region, naturally had to control the countless tribes within its territory. The population of any tribe was not allowed to exceed 500,000 people! Once it exceeded 500,000 people, it could pose a threat to the rule of the Ji clan, and the Ji clan would certainly take ruthless measures to intimidate all sides.

  And a tribe of 50,000 people is considered a super-large tribe. The Jiangbian Tribe is such a tribe! Because the tribe is large, the protective walls of the tribe are all made of huge rocks, like a small city. Although it cant compare to the tens of millions of residents in Xifucheng, its very powerful among countless tribes.

  Generally, tribes that can be established are those with innate spirits presiding over them.

  "There are two great innate spirits in Jiangbian City, and even the Great Demon does not dare to rush." Hei Ya said, "Our Hei Ya tribe has several hundred people, as long as we can move into Jiangbian City! When the Great Demon Wing Snake is subdued by the Ji family, everything will be over naturally."

  "We went to visit a big shot in Jiangbian City, Jiang He, and offered him treasures to ask him to take us in, Black Tooth Tribe, so that we can avoid this disaster." Black Tooth gritted his teeth, "But Jiang He has high standards, he didnt even look at the treasures we offered, but instead, he took a liking to Miwa."

  "He made Miva his woman, and he would help the Black Tooth tribe once. Miva was so proud that she didnt obey, and at that time, she wanted to leave!" The Black Tooth had a hint of ferocity in his eyes, "But Jiang He let his men go and catch Miva, wanting to take her away by force."

  "But Miva was very powerful, and the swordsmanship she used was also extremely high. Jiang Hes group of servants were directly beaten to half death... At that time, Miva said, My master is the young master of the Ji family, Jiang He, youd better not go too far!"

  "Thats what Jiang He said with a big laugh, even if you are the lady-in-waiting of the young master of the Ji family, you are just a slave servant. If you could invite your young master, you wouldnt have come to me for help. Moreover, how could a servant of the Ji family young master end up in such a small tribe?" Hei Ya gritted her teeth, "Jiang He also said... if you become my woman, I will protect the Hei Ya tribe! Otherwise, just wait for death, and then we will leave Jiangbian City."

  Autumn Leaf was furious: "How could Spring Grass agree to him!"

  "The spring grass wont respond." Ji Ning shook his head and looked at Hei Ya.

  "Yes, Spring Grass was unwilling." Hei Ya shook his head in pain, "But seeing the anxiety of the people in the tribe, watching as more and more tribesmen fled. Seeing my painful appearance... For me, this father, she struggled internally for three days, but finally agreed."

  "Spring grass sister is so stupid!!!" Autumn leaves anxious.

  Ji Ning also closed his eyes.

  He can imagine Chun Caos inner struggle for three days, was it worth it for his father?

  "Meiwa became Jianghes woman." Heiyus voice trembled slightly, "But Jianghe took advantage of Meiwas unguarded moment and struck her dantian with a palm, causing all her internal energy to dissipate. At the same time, he also sneered... You stupid woman, now wanting my Jiangbian tribe to protect you? Ha ha ha, its just a dream!"

  "Damn it!" Akiras anger was trembling.

  Ji Ning gritted his teeth.

  Oh grass of spring! Oh grass of spring!

  Why did you believe that bastard? Why must you sacrifice yourself for Father? Why?

  "The great winged serpent incident was quickly settled, and the Ji clan soon suppressed the great winged serpent in Winged Serpent Lake, so that it didnt dare to come out again." Hei Ya said, "As soon as the news of the Ji clan came out, all the tribes were quickly stabilized. The hearts of our Black Tooth tribe were also settled, and even some of the escaped tribesmen returned."

  "I was worried about Miwa in my heart, and went to find her." Hei Ya said in a low voice, "This time I found out that something had gone wrong, and I tried every means to meet Miwa alone. As soon as Miwa saw me, she burst into loud sobs! Loud sobs!"

  Ji Ning closed his eyes.

  He could imagine Chuncaos pain, regret, unwillingness and heartbreak at that time.

  "She said it was her own fault, that she was stupid and didnt blame me as a father. Everything was her own will." Hei Ya gritted his teeth in pain, "She also said...she didnt want you to know, Master, nor did she want to hurt your feelings, so she made up the story about marrying a traveling merchant and left a letter for you."

  "After giving you the letter, Meiya died. She poisoned herself to death." Hei Ya said softly, "I know my daughter was in great pain at heart. Death may be a relief for her. In fact, when she died, she also mentioned your name, Young Master, and didnt want you to know the cause of her death."

  Ji Ning nodded slightly.

  Got it.

  He understands.

  Growing up together day and night, how could he not understand Spring Grasss thoughts?

  She wants to let a happy spring grass live in Ji Nings heart... She doesnt want Ji Ning to know about these humiliations!

  "Every woman has a man destined for her, and the moment I saw him, I knew he was the one. Seeing him smile makes me happy, seeing him frown makes me worried, and even when hes practicing swordsmanship, Im just watching him, and that alone is heavens gift to me..."

  "Im really, really happy! Chun Cao is just a maid, but the young master can come to the Black Tooth tribe to see her. At least... Chun Cao still occupies a small place in the young masters heart... Im really, really happy, really!"

  Ji Ning opened her eyes, and there were faint tears in them.

  He silently walked to the tombstone and sat down, took out a bamboo tube, and softly said: "Spring grass, its always been you pouring wine for me. This time Ill pour wine for you." The fruit wine from the bamboo tube spilled in front of the tombstone.

  "I know, I understand, I know youve always been a happy spring grass, happy!"

  "Your foolishness is really cute."

  Ji Ning smiled, but her eyes had tears in them. "I know what happened to you, and I dont despise you. How could my little brother despise his sister? Although Sister is a bit silly, she will always be Ji Nings forever sister."

  When she heard the word "sister", Akane covered her mouth and let out a sob.

  "Sister is too tired, go to sleep, sleep well," Ji Ning said softly. "Those who bullied sister, those who made sister sad, I wont let a single one of them off, not a single one."

  "Lets go."

  Ji Ning put down the bamboo tube and stood up, "Im going to the Jiangbian tribe, I want to see this Jiang He!"