772: Chapter 768: Thunder and Lightning 772: Chapter 768: Thunder and Lightning After cultivating for a while, it had already become night, and Yun Xinyan had also returned.
Seeing that Ye Tian was still meditating on the couch, she silently entered the kitchen without a word.
Not long after, Yun Xinyan came out with a bowl of noodles and brought it to Ye Tian’s lips.
Having practiced his cultivation technique all day without food or water, Ye Tian was already extremely hungry, and the noodles Yun Xinyan cooked were especially fragrant.
Thus, he devoured the bowl of noodles without hesitation.
After finishing the noodles, Ye Tian continued to cultivate just as he had during the day.
Yun Xinyan did not disturb him; instead, she silently watched by his side.
In the blink of an eye, it was already late at night!
Being focused on his cultivation, Ye Tian did not notice his surroundings.
He was simply silently savoring the invigorating feeling that came after cultivation!
Suddenly, an image flashed through Ye Tian’s mind—it was the figure of Wu Chen Daoist from Laojun Temple!
“Like human, not human!
Like human, not human!
Like human, not human…”
The words muttered repeatedly by Daoist Wu Chen were addressed to Ye Tian, yet they were just the same few words over and over again!
“Like human, not human”—this phrase was known to Ye Tian from the last time Yun Xinyan and he had visited Daoist Wu Chen for a fortune-telling.
The four characters pierced his heart like needles, rendering Ye Tian unable to let go.
His words weren’t speaking only of his descendants; they also referred to himself!
If his descendants were “Like human, not human,” then, as their father, he certainly was “Like human, not human” as well!
For some reason, the four words Daoist Wu Chen had said to Ye Tian blended with Master Zhang’s words, “Your yang energy is insufficient”…
Ye Tian faintly sensed that these words were targeted at him, and they were definitely not made up.
Who am I?
Where did I come from?
Where am I going?
Such questions emerged once more in Ye Tian’s mind…
Ye Tian did not know what was happening to him.
Why, after practicing the cultivation technique taught by Master Zhang for a while, did such thoughts suddenly burst forth?
As Ye Tian was carefully pondering in his mind, he suddenly felt his arm grow warm as someone wrapped around his arm.
Although he was completely immersed in cultivation, such an evident physical contact was still perceptible to Ye Tian, hence pulling his thoughts back from cultivation.
Once all his senses were restored, Ye Tian looked at the person who had clasped onto his shoulder—it was Yun Xinyan, who else could it be?
Yun Xinyan was covered in cold sweat, shivering…
“Wife, what’s wrong?”
Ye Tian asked concernedly, and Yun Xinyan leaned her body directly against him.
“Ye Tian, it’s thundering!
I’m scared!”
“It’s thundering?”
Ye Tian was startled.
He knew Yun Xinyan well; she was somewhat afraid of the sound of thunder, no wonder she had interrupted his cultivation.
Although his cultivation was interrupted, Ye Tian did not blame Yun Xinyan.
Instead, he pulled her into his embrace.
“Wife, don’t worry, I’m here!
No need to be afraid!”
Just now, lost in his cultivation, Ye Tian had not heard the thunder.
However, now that all his senses were restored, he could clearly hear the loud thunder.
“Boom!
Boom!!”
The thunder was exceptionally loud, deafening, far more shocking than any thunder Ye Tian had heard before…
No wonder Yun Xinyan was so frightened; the sound of the thunder seemed as if it was striking down on their house.
Of course, in this villa area, each villa was equipped with a lightning rod, so Ye Tian did not need to worry about the thunder actually striking them.
After a while, the thunder grew quieter and was not as loud as before.
Yun Xinyan’s shivering body gradually stopped trembling and she began to recover.
Afterward, the thunder completely stopped, and Ye Tian slowly moved toward the window, looking at the sky…
Although there was tremendous thunder, there was not the slightest wind or rain, meaning the storm involved only thunder without any rain.
Such a natural phenomenon was indeed very peculiar.
Ye Tian, puzzled, asked Yun Xinyan, “Wife, did the thunder start suddenly?”
“Yes.” Yun Xinyan nodded and then added, “I don’t know how it happened either, suddenly there was lightning and thunder.
The weather forecast said today would be clear, with no wind or rain.
How could it suddenly thunder, nobody knows!
It gave me such a fright!”
From Yun Xinyan’s still-perturbed expression, Ye Tian could tell that she wasn’t lying.
Sudden thunder from the sky was indeed baffling.
But even if Ye Tian had nothing else to do, he wouldn’t delve deeply into how the thunder started, so he also could not be bothered to care…
“Huh!?”
Ye Tian was about to continue his cultivation, but he unexpectedly noticed something unusual.
“Wife, stay inside and don’t move, I’ll go out for a bit!”
Ye Tian said something to Yun Xinyan, and Yun Xinyan had a bewildered expression on her face, not knowing what Ye Tian meant by that.
However, Ye Tian didn’t have time to idle around; he immediately went to his balcony and, with a leap, landed directly on the roof of his villa.
On the rooftop, there was a man dressed in red.
The man in red was startled upon seeing Ye Tian arrive and, without a word, began to run, using his Light Skill Steps!
“Stop!”
How could Ye Tian simply let his target slip away before his eyes?
He too used his Light Skill Steps and hurriedly followed.
The two had made several leaps and were soon out of the villa area.
Although he didn’t know the identity of the man in red, Ye Tian instinctively sensed that this man had bad intentions.
To settle things once and for all, Ye Tian had to catch the man in red and find out why he was lurking on his rooftop.
However, even though Ye Tian was also exceptional in his Light Skill Steps, and even though he was chasing with all his might, he could not catch up to the man in red immediately.
The light skill steps of the man in red were indeed superior to those of Ye Tian!
Ye Tian had never before encountered someone who could move so quickly; he held his breath and transformed his inner strength, increasing his speed by another notch instantly.
The man in red also felt the pressure from Ye Tian and dared not slack off, promptly speeding up.
In terms of light skill steps, the two were equally matched!
Before long, the two had sprinted several miles outside of Jiang City, yet neither showed signs of giving up.
The man in red clearly did not want to confront Ye Tian, so he chose secluded paths whilst fleeing and occasionally hid in the bushes to try and vanish without a trace.
But Ye Tian was no ordinary man; he possessed the ability to see through things.
With this ability, no matter how the man in red dodged, as long as he didn’t leave Ye Tian’s line of sight, Ye Tian could continue the chase.
The two ran further, neither of them slowing down.
In fact, they were getting even faster.
Seeing that he could not shake off Ye Tian, the man in red was suddenly enraged, and he pulled out something from his body and hurled it backward!
“Swish~~~~~”
A sharp whistling sound followed; Ye Tian saw clearly that it was two darts thrown straight at him.
In response to such an attack, Ye Tian didn’t panic.
Instead, he calmly drew his wooden sword and lightly swung it.
“Clatter~~~~~”
The two darts were instantly knocked away by Ye Tian, and with the swing of his wooden sword, a fierce whirlwind also swept towards the man in red ahead.
After absorbing the power of Sima Feng’s jade flute, Ye Tian’s wooden sword had evolved and its power, naturally, was much greater than before!
“Life Weapon!?”
The man in red felt Ye Tian’s fierce counterattack and his heart trembled, subsequently getting distracted and failing to notice a large tree ahead.
“Clang!”
The man in red’s body slammed heavily into the tree, and he fell to the ground, tumbling over with a pained expression.
Ye Tian approached the man in red, observing his condition.
The guy was formidable, as despite being slammed hard, he seemed relatively unharmed.
Indeed, the man in red only struggled briefly on the ground before standing up.
He was much taller than Ye Tian, standing a whole head above him.
Ye Tian was surprised that someone of his size could match his pace in speed.
“Who are you?
Why were you hiding on the roof of my house?”
Ye Tian asked directly.
He wasn’t sure if the man in red was friend or foe.
Although he lived in a villa, the security guards were all ordinary people.
Thus, someone with light skill steps like the man in red could easily infiltrate without the security guards noticing.
What concerned Ye Tian most was why the man in red had come to eavesdrop on his home and what his purpose was.
“Why was I on the roof of your house?
It’s because of you!”
The man in red said straight out, leaving Ye Tian dumbfounded.
“Because of me?
What do you mean?”
The attitude of Ye Tian irritated the man in red.
“Are you really that stupid or just pretending?
Don’t tell me you don’t know who caused that recent bout of lightning and thunder?
I came here to see what kind of top-level master had emerged, but unexpectedly, although no master appeared, the thunder ceased, and I ended up being chased around half the city!”
The man in red complained, but Ye Tian was even more confused…
“Top-level master?
The thunder stopped?”
Ye Tian was still baffled, and his words infuriated the man in red even more!
“You fool, are you really playing dumb!
What kind of idiot reaches the Innate Realm and doesn’t know it?”
The man in red roared, but Ye Tian still had no clue.
“Innate Realm?
What kind of realm is that?”
Ye Tian asked patiently, but the man in red had run out of patience!
“Hmph!
I never talk to fools; no matter how much you ask, I’m too lazy to answer!”
Saying so, the man in red once again used his light skill steps.
With an incredibly light form, he instantly leapt to the top of a tree.