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  The sky is getting colder and Father still hasnt returned. The Western Camp of the Ji Clan has long since sent a troop of Black Armor Guards to be stationed at Winged Snake Lake.

  Inside the martial arts arena.

  One sword shadow after another flashed by, and Ji Ning was practicing the "Dripping Water Sutra" alone. Now, whether it was the Black Armor Guard or the fierce demon beasts... none of them were useful against Ji Nings honed swordsmanship. And his father, Ji Yichuan, had yet to return, so Ji Ning could only practice his sword alone.

  "Prince." Akane whispered.

  "Hmm?" Ji Ning looked at Akira, who had a nervous look on his face.

  Ji Ning furrowed his brow and put away Beiming Sword: "Autumn Leaf, whats going on?"

  "Your Excellency," said Akane in a low voice, "the father of Haru no Kagami wishes an audience with Your Excellency."

  "Who?" Ji Ning was taken aback.

  "Father of Spring Grass!" Autumn Leafs voice was slightly louder, "Birth Father!"

  Ji Ning exclaimed: "Does Chun Cao have a father?"

  Both of her two personal maids were originally slaves and had been bought into the Xi familys western house when they were very young.

  "What about the spring grass?" Ji Ning asked.

  "Spring grass didnt dare to come see you, sir." The maid Autumn Leaf said in a low voice, "I can tell that Spring Grass actually wants to see her father very much, but her status... makes her not dare to speak up."

  Ji Ning nodded thoughtfully as if she was deep in thought.

  Yes, strictly speaking, the spring grass and autumn leaves are their own maidservants, and life is controlled by themselves. From the day they were sold out, they had nothing to do with their parents. However, people are not like plants, who can be without feelings.

  "Go and bring in Spring Grasss father." Ji Ning smiled, "Since you want to see me, then lets have a look."

  "Yes." Akiras face lit up with joy as he sprinted out of the room.

  Ji Ning then called out to the courtyard, "Chun Cao, come in." A figure of a female servant clad in animal hide was seen standing outside the courtyard, looking anxious. Upon hearing the young masters voice, she could only walk in. However, her face was filled with anxiety and unease... Chun Caos heart was extremely complicated and chaotic at this moment, feeling both excited and joyful, yet also nervous and guilty.

  "Prince." Chun Cao looked at Ji Ning.

  "Your father has arrived, and he wants to see you." Ji Ning said with a smile.

  "Yet, I was bought by the Ji family." Chun Cao bit her lip.

  "Huh?" Ji Nings eyebrows slightly furrowed, "My words are useless too?"

  "Yes, young master." Chun Cao looked at Ji Ning with a heart full of gratitude. In fact, she also felt that this young man from the Ji familys western house, who was extremely talented and would one day become the master of the house, treated her and Autumn Leaf differently than an ordinary master would treat his servants.

  "Theyre here." Ji Ning looked out and saw two figures walking into the yard, with Akira in the lead and a tall, burly man wearing black fur behind him. The man had scars on his face and was lowering his head, looking slightly awkward.

  "Sir, someone has arrived." Akio said respectfully.

  The scar-faced man immediately knelt down, his head bowed to the ground, and his hands also placed on the ground, extremely respectful: "Hei Ya pays respects to the great young master."

  The spring grass couldnt help but turn red in the eyes.

  Ji Ning glanced at Chun Cao and immediately said: "Get up."

  "Yes." The scar-faced man finally stood up and also saw Chuncao standing beside Jining. The father-daughter pair exchanged a glance, and suddenly couldnt help but tears came down.

  The scar-faced man quickly came back to his senses and wiped away his tears.

  "What brings you here?" Ji Ning asked.

  The scar-faced man took a deep breath: "Black-toothed young master, this is what I want to redeem my child Miva from you."

  "Redeem?" Ji Ning was shocked.

  Redeem?

  In all these years since coming into this world, there arent many people who have feelings for me, but Chun Cao and Qiu Ye, Ji Ning has already become like a sister in my heart.

  "Father." Chun Cao couldnt help but drink, generally slaves can be redeemed for a certain price, but what about the young master of the Ji family? Can he also be redeemed by his father? If they provoke the young master, her father might lose his life directly.

  At the same time, he knelt down and kowtowed with a loud thud, "Young master, my father doesnt understand anything, please forgive my fathers disrespect."

  "Let him speak." Ji Ning looked at the scarred man, "Say everything, if you can convince me, I will agree to it. If you cant convince me... humph."

  A scarred old mans heart skipped a beat.

  He understood how great the power of the young man in front of him was, and it would be easy to take his life. However, since he chose to come... he was prepared!

  "The great young master." Scarface said respectfully, "Hei Ya will say everything in his heart."

  Ji Ning just looked at him.

  "I, Hei Ya, was once the son of a tribal leader," Scar said slowly. "In a mountain forest, our Hei Ya tribe lived a peaceful life, we domesticated wild beasts, I led the strong warriors in the tribe to hunt down some demonic beasts around the tribe... One day, we discovered a large amount of naturally grown millet in a remote mountain valley."

  "Our entire tribe was excited and cheered, with these millet, our tribe will be much better off and can raise more people. However, this news soon reached another powerful tribe, the Blood Mosquito Tribe. One morning, when many of our people were still asleep... The scar-faced elders eyes showed a painful expression, "They launched a surprise attack on our tribe, crazily killing our people, we were far inferior to the Blood Mosquito Tribe in strength, and were caught off guard. Some of our surviving tribesmen could only escape."

  "I brought Miva with me and fled all the way. Along the way, I experienced numerous life-and-death crises, and finally escaped to Xifucheng." The scarred mans body trembled slightly, "But my deeply loved wife, my tribal brothers, they all died, I must avenge them, even if it kills me. But Miva is innocent, I hope she lives... so I sold her to the Ji family, at least with the Ji family, she can live a stable life."

  The spring grass was trembling, tears streaming down: "Father, father..."

  She cant forget...

  Cant forget the days of escaping, although she was still young, but cant forget one by one relatives dying, one by one peer dying. Cant forget her father taking her through a journey of struggling to survive, going through one danger after another, finally arriving at Xifucheng. At that time, her father only told her: "Miwa, Father has to do what he needs to do, and Miwa also needs to live well."

  "Father, dont leave Miva, Father, Father..." The young Chuncao wailed in tears.

  Hei Ya, still young at the time, gritted his teeth and left.

  He embarked on the road of revenge!

  "I hate." The scarred old mans body trembled, "I want revenge, I am one of the Jiuyao warriors. But to the Blood Mosquito tribe, its not even worth mentioning! After I killed four of my enemies, a giant red-haired monster attacked the Blood Mosquito tribe... That ugly guy who led the team that destroyed my hometown was also swallowed by that big monster, and the Blood Mosquito tribe was also exterminated. The surviving members of the Blood Mosquito tribe all joined other tribes."

  "The enemy is gone."

  "I, with nothing to my name, couldnt even redeem Miva, so I became a merchant." Scar said, "After going through many life-and-death journeys, I found some of the escaped tribesmen from Black Tooth Tribe and brought them back. The merchant group grew stronger, and I gained wealth. Then, I gathered some of the escaped people and established a tribe - Black Tooth Tribe! And I became the new Black Tooth."

  "When I was a traveling merchant. Scar-faced old man looked at Ji Ning, "I had chatted with some servants of the Ji family during that time and knew that Mei Wa became your maid, young master Ji Ning."

  "When I established the Black Tooth tribe, I did everything I should have done. I lived up to my father and the ancestors of the Black Tooth. Scar looked at Ji Ning, "So I came, I came to see Miao Wa, the child who has been dreaming for ten years, even if its death, I want to see Miao Wa."

  "My Miva, my child, I want to be with her, she is the only kin of my Black Tooth in this world." The scar-faced man was tearful.

  The spring grass had already been crying with tears streaming down its face, wailing loudly.

  "Father." Chun Cao rushed over and hugged her suffering father.

  "Meiwa." The scarred man held his daughter, a day he had longed for.

  The autumn leaves also couldnt help but shed tears beside her.

  Ji Ning was just listening silently.

  The tribesmen fought against heaven, against earth, and against monsters. And Spring Grasss father Black Tooth was just one of them.

  "Spring grass." Ji Ning spoke up, "Do you want to be with your father?"

  Chun Cao bit her lip, tears streaming down uncontrollably, and directly knelt down: "Young Master, please forgive Chun Cao! I really want to be with Father, I really do!"

  "The great young master." The scarred man also knelt down.

  Ji Ning looked at the father-daughter pair, after a long time of companionship, Chun Cao and Autumn Leaves had already developed feelings like siblings towards him. He didnt want to see Chun Cao leave his side, but he even more didnt want Chun Caos heart to be in pain: "Chun Cao, from today on, you can regain your freedom, go with your father."

  "Ah." Chun Cao and Hei Ya were both stunned.

  Is that all youre going to say?

  Can they be together now?

  "Thank you, great young master, Hei Ya will always remember your great kindness." Hei Ya excitedly kneeled down and expressed his gratitude.

  ……

  Under Ji Nings arrangement, Chun Cao regained her freedom, and her father Hei Ya took her away. As they left, Chun Cao still shouted: "Young Master, Chun Cao will always remember Young Masters kindness. Chun Cao will silently pray for Young Master in the Hei Ya tribe, and if Young Master passes by the Hei Ya tribe in the future, I hope you can come see Chun Cao."

  "Definitely." Ji Ning replied.

  "We must go." Akane was also in tears, she and Haruka were indeed like sisters.

  The weather is getting colder and colder.

  Ji Nings thoughts were also changing.

  The departure of Chun Cao, the experience of Chun Caos father, the attack of the winged snake, Father going to slay the great demon... a series of events made Ji Nings mind float.

  He felt that Xifucheng was a bit too small.

  He wants to go out and see the wider world! He wants to see how tribes like the Black Tooth Tribe survive! He wants to fight against powerful demons like his father did... He wants to travel and have adventures across this vast land...

  "Ning Er, your father is back." On a snowy day, Wei Chi Xue called out to her son.

  Ji Ning then saw that his father had returned on a green flame bird from high in the sky.