SON OF THE RULER
Episode 178 "The Treasure Is Already in Front of Me..."
"Well, it's time to go home.."
Yan Feng nodded and started walking, but just one step he suddenly fell down. Tang Lian immediately brought him back to her feet, she wondered if this snot kid was pretending to be limp?.
Just when he wanted to ask suddenly Yan Feng's stomach was making a sound from hunger.
"Feng'er, did you have lunch today?.." Tang Lian asked her son who was now standing there trembling.
"No dad, I don't eat anything from noon. There's no fish I can catch..." Honest answer.
"So you're starving?.."
"Mr..."
Looking at Yan Feng who was nodding, Tang Lian could only shake her head. How could the little boy be able to resist hunger, because at his old age he should not be late to eat because it was for his growth. It was fortunate that Tang Lian by then had already finished training, otherwise her son would probably have starved to death.
Not wanting to think for too long, Tang Lian then lifted Yan Feng up and sat him down on his neck, "Let me take you home..". His words then brought Yan Feng down from the mouth of the cave.
Beside Yan Feng, he was now sitting on his father's neck and his legs were dropped between his father's shoulders. His current feeling, he felt very happy sitting up there.
Under the darkness of the night that had come, Yan Feng and his father walked home accompanied by a crescent moonlight and millions of extremely bright stars.
Yan Feng looked up, he saw the atmosphere of such a beautiful sky, and he smiled happily looking at that. Tang Lian who saw that also then smiled.
"Feng'er, how do you know if you're practicing in that cave?.." Tang Lian asked to break the silence on the way.
"Actually I don't know at all if you practice there.."
"So what brings you there?.." Tang Lian asked back with a slightly confused face.
"Karaun Treasure.." Yan Feng replied casually.
"Huh? Where do you get your mind if there's treasure?."
"Before I read, if some cultivator accidentally found a goa, and when they entered they got a treasure. And I guess that cave also has a treasure because I accidentally found it."
Hearing that, then Tang Lian laughed, "Hahaha...."
"Why are you laughing? Is there something wrong with my story?.." Asked Yan Feng astonished.
"No, nothing's wrong.." Tang Lian replied as she shook her head.
"Then? Is what is written in the book a lie?.."
"Not really... It was true, some cultivators who discovered the hidden cave would obtain treasures, but even then if they were lucky. Because to obtain a treasure also has obstacles.." Tang Lian explained.
"Oohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh... So I'm an unlucky guy huh..." Said Yan Feng before he put on a sullen facial expression.
Looking at his scowling and disappointed son, Tang Lian then said, "It's not that Feng'er is unlucky, it's just that dad took the treasure first.."
"Ooh... So because of that yes... Ohhhh!.." Yan Feng then clicked his tongue in annoyance.
"Why grieve that?.." Tang Lian asked as she continued to move her legs and raise her eyeballs.
"I'm pissed!.. I've got the treasure, but why didn't you tell me before?.."
Yan Fengs eyes instantly sparkled when he heard that. He impatiently asked his father, "So where is the treasure? Hurry dad, I want to see!!.."
Yan Fengs originally irritated expression, had now turned into an impatient expression like a impatient little kitten when fed by his master.
Tang Lian looked at it with a smile and said, "That treasure you've already seen, but you're not aware of it.."
"Where? When's? I didn't see anything from earlier?.."
Tang Lian then stopped then turned towards the calm flowing river water. He stood on the edge and then looked down.
"Feng'er, what do you see in that water?.."
Yan Feng who had been confused and curious about what his father was doing, then stared into the water as well. He stared deeply into the water, but could see nothing but the reflection of the shadow of thousands of stars and his father who stood with him sitting on his shoulders.
"I see the shadows of the stars, father, and I...." Yan Feng replied with less certainty.
"But why didn't you see that at all?.."
"Huh?.." Yan Feng was now even more confused.
"In the water I saw his treasure..." Said Tang Lian softly.
Hearing his father's words, once again Yan Feng looked towards the water. He paid close attention to the treasure his father mentioned. But no matter how hard he tried, he only saw himself and his father in the water.
"Dad, if you don't want to show it, it's okay. I really don't see anything but the shadows of my father, me, and the stars.." Said the disappointed Yan Feng.
"That's not true Feng'er, try to pay attention once more and eliminate about the star you see and that's the treasure.."
Yan Feng did what his father said. He then looked back into the water and did not consider the stars at all, now all he saw was him and his father.
"Come on!! Where the hell is Karun's treasure that dad said? Why don't I see it too?.." Inner Yan Feng and tried hard to find the treasure that his father meant.
"In the book it is said that if the treasure is something very valuable. Then all I see valuable in the water is..." Yan Feng then fell silent, his eyes fixated on him and his father. A second later, her tears came.
Right, what his father meant by that Treasure was himself! He was sitting on his father's shoulders! And he just realized that!
Tang Lian realized that if Yan Feng shed his tears she let him and smiled.
"Have you seen the treasure?.." Ask Tang Lian gently.
"I.... L'm.... I saw him, Dad!.." Replied Yan Feng who then could not help but cry out again.
Seeing that, Tang Lian then lowered her down then she knelt in alignment with Yan Feng. He took his shoulder and said, "The treasure is not always in the form of things. That precious thing is the treasure of Karun, and to your father is the treasure of Karun, the treasure of the father's Grace that you must protect even if you have to sacrifice your life.."
"But.... But.... Butwhy? Why should I? I'm not father's biological son!?.." Said Yan Feng in a sobbing voice.
"Is that important? Listen Feng'er, even though you're not my son, I love you like my own son. And in the future, you should be proud and shout you are my son understand?.."
Hearing that, Yan Feng immediately jumped into his father's embrace, he hugged him very tightly with happy tears that he had never felt.
"I understand dad! I understand!.." He answered loudly and cried more.
Tang Lian smiled and let him continue to hug her, she thought that he would let Yan Feng until calm down just continue on his way back. He returned the embrace with a smile and gently stroked the child's hair.