Chapter 44

These dozens of tribal people looked at the young man before them and felt a wave of fear. They sensed that everything around them seemed to be trembling.

Kill the great demon winged snake?

Is this young man before us going to kill the great demon winged snake?

"You didn't lie to me," Ji Ning scanned the group of tribal men, "Miwawa really died?"

"How could we lie? Ask anyone in the Blacktooth tribe, and they would know about it." The tribal men were extremely fearful, both of the young man's aura and the Ji family token he carried.

"Let's go."

Ji Ning rode the black sly beast and headed directly toward the distant Blacktooth tribe.

Qiuye and Mo Wu also mounted their black sly beasts and followed.

...

At the wooden gate of the Blacktooth tribe, there were over ten tribal warriors guarding the two watchtowers.

"Stranger, stop!" A warrior immediately shouted angrily.

Ji Ning's face was grim as he directly took out the token and shouted, "Let Blacktooth see me!"

Upon seeing the token, the warrior was startled and immediately shouted, "Please wait, I will inform the chief." The warrior then leaped down from the watchtower and ran into the tribe. In just a moment, a middle-aged man with a scar on his face, surrounded by some warriors, ran out. He was the chief of the Blacktooth tribe, Blacktooth.

When he saw the three people riding the black sly beasts, especially the appearance of the one in front, his body trembled, and he roared, "Open the gate quickly, quickly welcome the young master of the Ji family!"

"Ji family young master?" The people of the Blacktooth tribe, a small tribe, were startled and hurried to open the heavy gate.

Blacktooth knelt down first, "Blacktooth pays respects to the young master."

The other tribal warriors also knelt down.

"Take me to your residence," Ji Ning, still riding the black sly beast, ordered.

"Yes." Blacktooth quickly led the way.

Ji Ning looked at Blacktooth in front of him and couldn't help but feel a pang of hatred! He understood that Chuncao's death couldn't be blamed on Blacktooth, and he believed Blacktooth was also very sad. But Ji Ning couldn't help but feel hatred... He had entrusted Chuncao to her father, but in the blink of an eye, Chuncao was dead. If Chuncao had still been with him...

Ji Ning's left hand involuntarily clenched, his knuckles turning white.

"Master, this is my residence." Blacktooth arrived at a larger stone house in the tribe, where two women and a young child stood at the door. The women and the child looked very uneasy.

"Who is he?" Ji Ning looked at the young child, who resembled Chuncao... This touched Ji Ning's heart.

"He is my child," Blacktooth said respectfully, and then shouted at his wife and child, "Why haven't you retreated?"

The two women and the child quickly retreated.

"Let's go inside. Mo Wu, stay at the door and don't let anyone in." Ji Ning dismounted the black sly beast and entered the house with Qiuye. Blacktooth also entered, somewhat apprehensively.

...

Inside the house.

Ji Ning looked at Blacktooth and sat on a stone chair, saying coldly, "Blacktooth, when I entrusted Chuncao to you, I hoped she would reunite with her biological father and live a good life! But why didn't I see Chuncao when I entered the tribe?"

Blacktooth replied, "Master, Chuncao is not in the tribe now!"

"Not in the tribe?" Ji Ning frowned, scrutinizing Blacktooth. Was Blacktooth still lying at this point?

"After Chuncao returned to the tribe, she soon met a young merchant and fell in love with him. I also knew this young merchant and trusted him," Blacktooth said very fluently, "A girl should marry when she grows up, so I married my daughter to this young merchant. Before Chuncao left with the merchant, she left a letter for the master."

Ji Ning was initially angry, thinking Blacktooth was deceiving him! But when he heard the last sentence, he softly said, "A letter?"

"I will get it right away." Blacktooth quickly went into the adjacent room.

"Master?" Qiuye looked at Ji Ning.

Ji Ning softly said, "Don't worry."

Ji Ning was not unintelligent; he wasn't just a fool who only knew how to cultivate. From the information he had... there was no doubt that Chuncao was dead! First, the group of people he asked outside the tribe all said the same thing, and they also said that anyone in the tribe would say the same.

There was no reason for them to lie to him.

Also... Chuncao had been separated from her father for so long, and she even left Ji Ning to reunite with her biological father! How could she have just reunited with her father and then married and left so soon?

"Master, this is the letter Chuncao left for you." Blacktooth handed over a white animal skin.

Ji Ning took a deep breath. A letter? This could very well be a last message, something Chuncao deliberately left during her illness... Ji Ning extended his slightly trembling hand to take the white animal skin and carefully unfolded it to read.

The elegant pictographic characters appeared before him, the handwriting very familiar. Ji Ning's heart trembled at the first glance; it was Chuncao's handwriting!

"Master, I was really, really happy when I returned to the tribe. I saw my father, and I even gained two younger brothers... I felt like I was back to my childhood, with my parents and family..."

She spoke of various trivial matters.

The letter was filled with Chuncao's joy, and Ji Ning could feel the happiness in every word. Chuncao was indeed very happy when she returned.

"Two younger brothers?" Ji Ning's heart stirred. He had only seen one son of Blacktooth before, and the tribal people had also said... when the great demon winged snake ravaged, more than half of the Blacktooth tribe's people died, including one of the chief's sons.

Ji Ning continued reading.

"I met him."

"Every woman has a man destined for her. The first time I saw him, I knew he was that man. Seeing him smile made me happy, seeing him frown made me worried, and seeing him practice sword techniques made me watch by his side. Just watching him was a blessing from heaven, so I decided... to marry him!"

Ji Ning clearly saw spots on the letter, as if they were tears that had fallen while crying.

Ji Ning's heart trembled.

Marry?

Was the man Chuncao mentioned himself? Seeing him for the first time and knowing he was the destined man, feeling happy when he smiled, worried when he frowned, and watching him practice sword techniques...

Why didn't you tell me in person?

Ji Ning closed his eyes, unable to stop the tears from flowing.

Although Chuncao was just a maid, most of the men around him had many wives. Ji Ning, in his previous life, had never loved any woman, and in this life, he had long been accustomed to the customs. Even if he really married a few women, it wouldn't matter, but they had to be women he loved.

If Chuncao became his woman, Ji Ning would have agreed.

"Master!" Qiuye, seeing Ji Ning's tears, felt a pang of worry. She was a maid by birth and naturally wouldn't read the letter while Ji Ning was reading it. But when she saw Ji Ning crying... Qiuye was also anxious.

Ji Ning opened his eyes.

He continued reading.

"Master, if you see this letter, it means you came to the Blacktooth tribe to see me."

"I was really, really happy. Chuncao is just a maid, but for the master to come to the Blacktooth tribe to see Chuncao, at least... Chuncao still has a small place in the master's heart... Chuncao was really, really happy, really, really happy."

The letter ended here.

Ji Ning's eyes were moist.

Really happy?

Were you really that happy?

"Ha ha ha." Ji Ning laughed, a bitter laugh, for the person who had always been by his side.

"Master." Qiuye was also worried.

"Master." Blacktooth was also apprehensive.

Ji Ning turned to stare at Blacktooth, his eyes like sharp swords, and growled, "Blacktooth, are you still lying to me at this point? Speak, tell me everything!!!"

Blacktooth's face changed, and his body trembled.

Thud!

Blacktooth's knees hit the stone ground, his body trembling in pain, and he let out a long, suppressed wail: "Miwawa!!!"