After Crossing Through Ten Worlds, I Failed To Run Away

n the carriage without being far more powerful than him. 

In his current position, Ji Ning didn’t stand a chance.
Although Qin Ruwang was powerful, without further refining, he couldn’t match Ying Qianqiu, never mind surpassing him.

All in all, Ji Ning was helpless.
There were only two things he could do: pray that the two wouldn’t return until he had changed back into his beast form, or hope that a meteor hit the carriage so hard it broke the enchantment and he and Qin Ruwang could leave.

He sat in front of the mirror in a trance, as if he was feeling sorry for his reflection.
He was so lost in thought that he didn’t hear the sound of someone approaching.

“Oops, I forgot to hide the Huaxing pills, what if that greedy Xue Tuan eats it…” 

Yun Dao held a token infused with Ying Qianqiu’s qi that allowed her to freely enter and exit the carriage, and lifted the gauze curtain to step inside.
Unexpectedly she saw the back of a boy with fluffy ears and a tail, who seemed to be-

“Xue Tuan?” Yun Dao was shocked, “You ate a Huaxing pill?”

Why had she come back??

The boy’s tail froze and the girl quickly walked over, both worried and happy, “Are you feeling unwell? Come, let big sister see your face.” 

“No!”

The boy swiftly raised his arms to cover his face, burying his head in his sleeves as he squatted on the ground and shouted, “Sister, don’t look at me!”

“Why can’t I look?” asked Yun Dao, “Did you want Qianqiu to see you first?”

“No, it’s me, it’s me…” the boy’s soft voice turned into a cry as he choked back sobs, “I’m so ugly, I don’t want people to see me…” 

“No way, how can you be ugly, my Xue Tuan is the best looking.” Yun Dao coaxed patiently, “Come on, let sister see you.”

“No, no, no…wuwuwu, I’m really ugly…”

The boy’s cries became louder and he burst into tears.
He sounded extremely miserable.
Yun Dao was deeply distressed when she heard this and coaxed him repeatedly, “Okay, okay, sister won’t look at you, please don’t cry.”

“I, I want something to block my face, so no one will ever see me again,” the boy hiccuped. 

“It’s fine, I’ll give this to you.”

In order to persuade him, Yun Dao took off her veil and sent it into the boy’s arms using her qi.

 

The boy quickly folded the veil into a triangle shape and tied it across the lower half of his face, wrapping the rest of it around his head.
Yun Dao’s veil was supposed to be worn from behind their animal ears but Ji Ning had wrapped his entire head, his beast ears poking out between the pieces of fabric like two small horns.
It was very cute.

“Thank you sister…” 

The boy was finally willing to turn around, looking at her with red rimmed eyes.
He had stopped sobbing but appeared a little shy, as if embarrassed by how hard he had been crying.

“Your eyes are so beautiful…”

Seeing the boy’s large and dark eyes, for some reason Yun Dao felt a sense of familiarity, but couldn’t remember who he reminded her of, “With such beautiful eyes, how could you be ugly?”

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“I’m ugly…” 

The boy mumbled, his shoulders trembling slightly as if he was about to cry again.
Yun Dao put those thoughts away and quickly comforted him again so he wouldn’t cry.
After that, she hid the Huaxing pills and left in a hurry.

He had dealt with the situation even if he’d had to abandon his pride.

Ji Ning thought bitterly, as he wiped the sweat from his forehead with the veil he’d used to cover his face.

Yun Dao put on a new veil and hurried back to the carriage. 

Ying Qianqiu and the envoy of Tiandu sat either side of her.
Seeing that she had been gone for a long time, Ying Qianqiu asked, “Why did it take you so long?”

“I left the Huaxing pills out in the open and was afraid Yingxue would eat them by mistake so I hurried back.”

As they were in front of outsiders, Yun Dao spoke gracefully before whispering softly to Ying Qianqiu, “After I rushed back, Yingxue had already eaten the Huaxing pill.
It was my mistake, I ask the lord to punish me.
Fortunately, Yingxue is safe and sound in human form…”

Ying Qianqiu paused and asked, “What does he look like?” 

“I don’t know yet, Yingxue refuses to show me his face,” Yun Dao replied.

The air stiffened.

For some reason, the envoy of Tiandu felt a sense of trepidation as a heavy pressure emanated from the silver haired demon beside him.
If he was not worried about losing face for Tiandu, he would have already retreated over a hundred miles away.

“Please wait for me, I will return quickly.” 

Before waiting for the envoy to reply, Ying Qianqiu vanished.
Yun Dao didn’t understand his reaction but followed behind, leaving the envoy to wipe the sweat off his brow and breathe a long sigh of relief.

Yun Dao had returned so suddenly that Ji Ning’s vigilance was aroused.
He didn’t take his veil off completely and paid close attention to any movements outside the carriage.

 

This time, he quickly sensed Yun Dao approaching.
What was even worse was that Ying Qianqiu was with her.
He immediately fastened the veil tightly and hid behind Qin Ruwang, to prevent Ying Qianqiu from tearing the cloth off his face.

Ying Qianqiu’s silver hair shimmered against his dark robe as he stalked into the carriage.
He looked into the carriage with sharp eyes and saw the boy hiding behind Qin Ruwang.
He said to Qin Ruwang coldly, “Step aside.” 

Qin Ruwang put a hand on the hilt of his sword, not moving an inch away from Ji Ning.

Yun Dao was anxious, saying to Ying Qianqiu, “Qianqiu, what’s wrong with you? Are you eager to see Yingxue’s transformation? Don’t force him, he said that he’s not good looking, don’t act like this…”

“Yingxue,” Ying Qianqiu was unmoved, “Come out.”

“I’m too ugly, Qianqiu, don’t look at me…” 

The boy’s choked voice came from behind Qin Ruwang.

“If you don’t come out,” Ying Qianqiu’s terrifying aura rose sharply until the furnishings in the carriage couldn’t bear it, shattering and splintering as they broke apart into shards as thin as paper, “I’ll kill that murderous corpse.”

“Qianqiu!”

Yun Dao was scared by his attitude and clutched his sleeve, but Ying Qianqiu brushed her hands off. 

There was a wild look in his eyes and Yun Dao couldn’t understand why he was so angry.
He had even turned a deaf ear to her, as if he wouldn’t stop until he saw the boy’s true appearance.

“Don’t!”

The boy shouted in panic, walking out from behind the murderous corpse.

The murderous corpse raised a hand to protect him, but the boy shook his head, briefly touching the corpse’s hand.
His face was still covered by the cloth so that only a pair of reddened eyes were exposed. 

He looked at Ying Qianqiu with those eyes and begged softly.

“Please, don’t look…”

The vibration that thrummed through the carriage suddenly stopped,

In an instant, Ying Qianqiu restrained the terrifying qi that bore down on everything.
Standing stiff as a sculpture, he stared at the boy. 

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After a long time, he turned around, his back to the boy, and walked out of the carriage.

“Then I won’t look.”

 

“This…” Yun Dao was shocked and confused.
She looked between Qin Ruwang, the boy, and Ying Qianqiu’s back.
She hesitated for a moment, then gritted her teeth and followed after Ying Qianqiu, saying to Yingxue, “Don’t be scared, I’ll ask him what that was!”

She followed the silver haired man, complaining in her heart.
She didn’t understand why Ying Qianqiu had reacted so violently, then suddenly gave up after a look at the boy’s face.
What was he trying to do? 

Yun Dao walked over to Ying Qianqiu with a sullen expression, but froze at the sight of his expression.

Because Ying Qianqiu’s eyes were filled with water.

“…It’s him.”

He whispered. 

“It’s him.”

That night Ying Qianqiu and Yun Dao did not return.

Yun Dao asked a guard to go back to Ji Ning and inform him that the lord and holy maiden were warmly received by the lord of Tiandu city.
They were to stay in Tiandu for the night and would return the following day.

Ji Ning stayed in the wrecked carriage, absentmindedly eating the food Yun Dao had left for him. 

Thinking of the scene of Ying Qianqiu leaving, he felt extremely uneasy, wondering if Ying Qianqiu had seen through him.

It didn’t matter, as long as his sealed powers were unblocked, there was a chance to save Qin Ruwang…

Qin Ruwang picked the quilt off the broken bed and cleared a clean place for Ji Ning to rest.
Curling up against Qin Ruwang’s shoulder, Ji Ning fell into a light sleep.
When he woke up again, he was already in another world.

The last time he had been in Gu Chen’s world, ‘Rebirth of an Interstellar Actor,’ his villa had been destroyed, so he had moved to the Ji family’s villa.
When he awoke, it was noon and he had slept for so long his head was pounding. 

After washing up, he walked down the stairs to the first floor.
Rubbing his head, he weakly greeted his parents in the hall, “Dad, mom, good afternoon…”

“Afternoon Xiao Ning.”

His parents responded with a smile, not scolding their son for his chaotic work and rest schedule but distressed by his obvious fatigue.

“What are you looking at?” 

Ji Ning asked as he looked at the light screen the size of a wall, picking up a strawberry and putting it in his mouth.
He didn’t need to maintain his aloof personality here, as young master Ji in the original novel was more relaxed in front of his immediate family.

“Federal news,” his father laughed, “It shouldn’t be of much interest to you.”

 

Actually, it was fine, Ji Ning thought privately while eating more strawberries, casually watching the news broadcast across the screen that was describing the opening of a new interstellar passage.

“Recently, the chairman of the Federation met with Ozer, the monarch of the Mo Ling Empire.
During this meeting, the two sides discussed the issue of the development of the interstellar passageway between the two planets…” 

As the newsreader spoke, a corresponding video was broadcast onto the screen.
Sitting in the centre of the conference room was the imperial monarch Ozer, the newsreader explained.

“The Mo Ling Emperor is really young,” said Ji Ning’s mother, “He must be in his twenties?”

“Just turned twenty five.” His father glanced at the information displayed on his terminal.

“He’s truly amazing, it’s just a pity…” 

His mother looked at the monarch displayed on the screen with a little regret.
He was a young and handsome man, dressed in a white suit that toned well with his honey complexion.
His eyes were lake green, a classic characteristic of the royal family and he carried a noble temperament.

But at the same time, his expression looked distant as he leaned against his wheelchair, standing out in the group photo of people standing.

“Even with the current medical technology, his legs can’t be healed.”

Splat. 

The fruit in Ji Ning’s hand fell to the floor.