"Your mother and I met outside Yuanyue City.
Ye Tianpeng began.
"That year in spring, I went out to the outskirts with some other young clansmen from the Ye Family to enjoy ourselves.
During our excursion, while chasing a first-grade, two-winged demonic snake, I accidentally entered a very well-hidden cave.
Inside that cave, I found a beautiful woman covered in blood, with barely any breath left in her."
"That beautiful woman was Mom?" Ye Yunfei asked.
"Yes," Ye Tianpeng nodded.
"Your mother was gravely injured at the time, her breathing very faint, and she was still bleeding continuously.
I checked for breath under her nose, found a trace, and immediately fed her all the injury-healing medicines I had on me.
I also helped stop her bleeding.
I even shared my food with her.
Back then, among the Ye Family's younger generation, my standing was fairly good, so I was comparatively well-off and carried plentiful supplies.
It was only after two full days that your mother finally regained consciousness."
"So that's how you and Mom met," Ye Yunfei nodded.
He hadn't expected this past between his parents.
"However, your mother's injuries were too severe. Even after waking, her condition was very precarious.
Moreover, she had been poisoned.
In short, her body was extremely weak.
I had originally planned to bring her back to the family for treatment.
But your mother was very wary. In her heavily wounded state, she didn't want to come into contact with too many outsiders.
She also told me that her enemy was extremely powerful and could track her down at any moment, and she didn't want to implicate my family.
So, she insisted on staying in that cave to recuperate.
From then on, I often brought her various medicines, food, and any other items she needed.
It wasn't until five years later that your mother's injuries finally began to show gradual improvement."
As Ye Tianpeng spoke, his face softened with a happy smile, as if he was completely immersed in the beautiful memories of that time.
"Father, your meeting with Mom has a bit of 'saving a beauty like a hero' feel to it.
And later, you and Mom gradually developed feelings for each other, right?" Ye Yunfei asked.
"Yes," Ye Tianpeng replied, his face full of happiness.
"Later, your mother's injuries finally healed completely, and she followed me back to the Ye Family.
Under your mother's guidance, my strength improved rapidly. I became the strongest among the Ye Family's younger generation and eventually assumed the position of Patriarch.
Later still, your mother gave birth to you.
That time was the happiest for our family." Ye Tianpeng's voice was gentle.
"But this happy time didn't last.
In your second year, your mother suddenly left without saying goodbye, leaving only a letter.
From that day on, I never saw her again." Ye Tianpeng sighed.
"In that letter, your mother told me she was not a person of the Tianxuan Continent, but came from another world.
In that world, she was a young lady from a prominent family of the Miao Clan, and from a young age, under the family's arrangement, she had been betrothed to the second young master of an even more powerful family — the Pang Clan.
However, that second young master was notorious as a playboy, toying with women everywhere.
So, your mother chose to run away.
As a result, the second young master sent people to pursue her.
Your mother fled, eventually escaping to the Tianxuan Continent, and sustained heavy injuries in the process. Only later did she encounter me.
Your mother said she discovered a stranger with a strange aura suddenly appearing in Yuanyue City. It was highly likely someone sent by that second young master to find her. Fortunately, she was using a secret art to meticulously conceal her aura at the time, so she wasn't discovered.
Your mother said the second young master had likely already discovered her trail, which is why he sent someone to the Tianxuan Continent.
Fearing she would implicate you and me, father and son, she chose to leave quietly.
In the letter, your mother told me she would leave the Tianxuan Continent, and asked me to raise you well."
"So that's what happened," Ye Yunfei said after hearing this. He finally understood why he had never seen his mother from the time he could remember.
"Some time ago, an old woman suddenly came to the Tianxuan Continent and found me. She said she was sent by your mother to relay a message. That old woman told me the Pang Clan had already discovered the whereabouts of us, father and son, and urged us to find a place to hide immediately. Then she left.
At that time, you had already left the Tianxuan Continent for the Xuanhuang Star Domain.
I had no way to notify you. Afraid I might implicate the Hudao Academy and the Ye Family clansmen, I chose to leave the Hudao Academy and wander the Tianxuan Continent.
Later, people from the Pang Clan suddenly appeared before me and captured me." Ye Tianpeng continued.
"Father, I've heard that for over a decade now, Mom has been locked up in the prisons of the Miao Clan," Ye Yunfei suddenly said.
"Yes.
Fei'er, I didn't expect you to know that as well." Ye Tianpeng was momentarily stunned, then nodded.
"Not just your mother. Your sister too, has been imprisoned in the Miao Clan's dungeons all along.
I am useless. As a man, I don't have the ability to protect them." Ye Tianpeng looked extremely sorrowful.
"Sister?!
Father, are you saying I have a sister?" Ye Yunfei's whole body trembled.
"Yes. I only learned this not long ago, from the mouths of those Pang Clan people. After your mother was captured and taken back by her family, she gave birth to a daughter. That's your sister.
Your sister has been inside the Miao Clan's dungeon since the moment she was born, never once leaving.
She has never even seen the sun from the outside world." Ye Tianpeng spoke softly, utterly heartbroken.
"The Miao Clan!" Hearing this, killing intent erupted from Ye Yunfei's body, causing the surrounding air temperature to instantly plummet by dozens of degrees, as if freezing solid.
"Father, don't worry. I will rescue Mom and Sister.
The accounts these two families, the Pang Clan and the Miao Clan, owe our family, I will settle thoroughly with them." Ye Yunfei spoke each word through gritted teeth, his tone ice-cold as if emanating from the depths of the Nine Nether Hells.
"In the future, I will take Sister to see all the wonders of the outside world!
I swear, no one will ever bully her again!" Ye Yunfei took a deep breath.
"Fei'er, both the Pang Clan and the Miao Clan are very powerful. You must not act impulsively.
In that letter back then, your mother repeatedly warned me not to tell you her origins under any circumstances, precisely because she was afraid you might act impulsively and go looking for her, which would draw the persecution of the Pang and Miao Clans upon you." Ye Tianpeng said.
"Father, don't worry. I know my own limits."
Ye Tianpeng looked at his son and sighed softly. He knew he likely couldn't dissuade him.
He understood now that his son's current strength had reached a level beyond his comprehension. It seemed he no longer had the qualification or the ability to dictate his son's actions.
"Alright, Father, you should rest and recuperate properly for now. When the time is right, I will repair your Dantian and meridians. I will enhance your martial cultivation aptitude, and your strength will advance by leaps and bounds, undergoing a qualitative leap.
In the future, you can truly show off in front of my Mom." Ye Yunfei chuckled.
"Alright," Ye Tianpeng also smiled.