Forced to Leave Sea God Island

"Mother, can I really never awaken a martial soul?" Although Ye Xiaofeng knew nothing could be changed, he still clung to a sliver of hope and could not help asking.

"Feng'er, perhaps your constitution is different from everyone else's. Maybe you'll awaken next year," Bo Saixi comforted him.

Ye Xiaofeng thought that perhaps, because he was not from this world, he could not awaken a martial soul. He could not help mocking himself. Why did everyone else who transmigrated get cheat-like advantages, becoming one-in-ten-thousand protagonists surrounded by beautiful women, while he had become a complete and utter useless person? Why?

"Mother, why...?" Ye Xiaofeng was unwilling to accept it.

"Feng'er..." She could not offer a reasonable explanation either. If he had inherited her martial soul, he should certainly have awakened the Sea God martial soul.

Bo Saixi suddenly hugged Ye Xiaofeng. She knew this had dealt him a terrible blow, but she did not want to see her child so sad and miserable. At that moment, Ye Xiaofeng only wanted some peace and quiet. He broke free from Bo Saixi's embrace and ran outside.

"Feng'er!" Bo Saixi called after Ye Xiaofeng, but he only wanted to be alone. He ran to the shore, venting the resentment in his heart. Why was heaven so unfair to him? Everyone else could awaken a martial soul and become a Sea Soul Master.

Even if Ye Xiaofeng had awakened a useless martial soul like Blue Silver Grass, with Bo Saixi's help, he could still have become a powerful Soul Master. But now, he could only become a worthless cripple.

Ye Xiaofeng sat on a rock by the sea and gazed out at the ocean. Perhaps, just like in his previous life, he was destined to be an ordinary person. No matter how hard he tried, he had already lost from the very beginning.

At some point, Little White came to Ye Xiaofeng's side and quietly sat beside him. She did not know how to comfort him. Perhaps saying nothing and simply keeping him company was the best comfort at this moment.

She had originally been the guardian divine beast of Sea God Island. After taking human form, she had remained by Bo Saixi's side. Later, after Ye Xiaofeng was born, she often accompanied him and played with him.

She had grayish-blue eyes, a high nose bridge, long blue-gray hair, and a few fish scales on her face. Yet they did not detract from her beauty. Instead, they added an exotic charm.

"I'm fine. I'll get over it after a while," Ye Xiaofeng said.

"Do you believe me? I'm not some Divine Son at all. I'm just an ordinary person who came to this world by chance." Ye Xiaofeng did not know whether he was saying this to himself or to Little White.

"I know this has hit you hard. Even if you can't awaken, you're still the High Priest's most beloved son, and mine too..." Little White did not believe Ye Xiaofeng's words at all. When she mentioned herself, she stopped halfway through the sentence.

From afternoon until night, the two of them sat quietly by the sea, watching the waves crash against the beach. An inexplicable chill filled their hearts.

"Let everything take its natural course. Some things are destined to remain beyond our reach." Little White stayed with Ye Xiaofeng. After an unknown amount of time, Ye Xiaofeng suddenly came to terms with it.

Ye Xiaofeng returned to Sea God Hall with Little White. He did not go see Bo Saixi and instead went straight back to his room to rest.

But lying in bed, he tossed and turned, unable to sleep. Then he suddenly heard his door gently open. Ye Xiaofeng turned his head and saw Bo Saixi enter beneath the moonlight. In a panic, he quickly pretended to be asleep. I broke free from Mother's embrace during the day. Will she blame me for being so willful?

She slowly walked over, gently tucked him in, and tenderly stroked his face. The worries in his heart vanished at once, and drowsiness soon overcame him.

Ye Xiaofeng did not know when he had fallen asleep the night before. When he opened his eyes in the morning, Bo Saixi was sitting by the bed and smiling at him. Ye Xiaofeng looked down and saw that both his hands were still holding Bo Saixi's hand. He quickly released it in embarrassment.

Could Mother have known he was pretending to sleep? Thinking about it, that made sense. At her level, she was only half a step away from becoming a god. How could she possibly not know? Yet whenever his mother stayed with him while he slept, he always felt especially at ease.

"Mother, I'm sorry." Ye Xiaofeng felt guilty toward her. He had made her stay up all night by his side. It was all his fault.

"Feng'er, don't overthink it. It makes no difference whether Mother sleeps or not. As long as you're happy, that's enough." Bo Saixi had known Ye Xiaofeng was awake even before entering the room. That was precisely why she had come in to stay with him.

Later, Ye Xiaofeng came to terms with it. Since he could not become a Soul Master, then he would become a fisherman. But what he had not expected was that, ever since his awakening failed, everyone on the island had begun distancing themselves from him.

The warmth from before was gone. The respect from before was gone. Even the nobility he once possessed was gone. He could even hear their gossip.

Ye Xiaofeng did not blame them. If anyone was to blame, it could only be himself. It was as if everyone and everything on the island had changed. The only ones who had not changed were his mother, Bo Saixi, and Little White, who still loved and cared for him.

Ye Xiaofeng turned seven, then eight, then nine. His awakening failed year after year, and the people on the island no longer held any hope for him. But Bo Saixi always told Ye Xiaofeng that one day, he would awaken.

Until Ye Xiaofeng turned ten, his martial soul awakening failed once again. The gossip on the island grew increasingly vicious. He had gone from the once-adored Divine Son to a useless person reviled by everyone. Some people even began insulting Bo Saixi, and all manner of rumors came pouring in.

Bo Saixi continued to bear the pressure. From beginning to end, her love for Ye Xiaofeng had not diminished in the slightest. If anything, it had grown even stronger than before.

For the sake of her son, Bo Saixi was willing to endure insults, so long as her child could grow up healthy and safe. Until one day, Bo Saixi discovered that three of the elders were plotting to get rid of her son.

She found it hard to believe. All seven of them were Titled Douluo she had personally raised, yet now, for the Sea God's reputation, they wanted to lay hands on her son.

Bo Saixi had originally intended to eliminate those three Titled Douluo, but as the chief priest of Sea God Island, she had no choice but to consider the long term.

"Little White, secretly take Feng'er away from Sea God Island. Feng'er is no longer suited to remain here," Bo Saixi said after summoning Little White in secret.

"High Priest, can't we think of another way?" Little White knew Sea God Island had a rule: anyone who could not awaken a martial soul would be exiled.

Ye Xiaofeng was the High Priest's son, and this had already been delayed for four years. All sorts of rumors were sweeping across the island. If they delayed any longer, who knew what trouble might arise? But if he remained, would that really be good for Ye Xiaofeng?

"Feng'er, if you must blame someone, blame Mother. Mother cannot awaken a martial soul for you." Bo Saixi hugged Ye Xiaofeng, and he felt warm tears fall onto his shoulder.

"Mother, I won't blame you. This is my fate. Leaving may not be a bad thing." Ye Xiaofeng knew that everyone on the island was targeting him. Rather than endure that, he might as well leave.

"Feng'er, this Jade Pendant will protect you. You must never take it off." As he was about to leave, Bo Saixi took out a semicircular Jade Pendant and placed it around Ye Xiaofeng's neck.

"After your child leaves, I hope Mother will take good care of herself." For the first time, Ye Xiaofeng knelt before his mother. With tears streaming down his face, he kowtowed three times. Those three kowtows were incomparably heavy.

For ten years, Bo Saixi had cared for him in every possible way and granted his every request. Now that he was leaving his mother's side, he had no way to repay her. He could only bid her farewell with three kowtows.

Bo Saixi could not bear to watch her child's departing back, so she turned away. Yet she could still hear Ye Xiaofeng's kowtows as he left. By then, tears were already streaming down her face.

Seeing the mother and son part, Little White could not help shedding tears as well. But she still had to send Ye Xiaofeng away.

Ye Xiaofeng boarded the boat, and Little White began rowing away. Bo Saixi watched her son recede into the distance, her heart bleeding. He was only ten years old, yet she had cruelly exiled him.

"Xiaofeng, we've reached the safe area near the port." Little White had taken Ye Xiaofeng out of the dangerous waters. Now, as long as he went straight ahead, he would reach the port.

"Sister Little White, I'll miss you." Ye Xiaofeng hugged Little White. Her face flushed red at the sudden embrace, but she did not push him away.

"Then take care of yourself too. If things don't go well here, come back to Sea God Island. The High Priest and I will always take care of you."

Little White had been the first to see him after he was born and had stayed by his side ever since. She did not want Ye Xiaofeng to leave Sea God Island either, but she did not dare defy the High Priest's orders.

"Sister Little White, you're still as beautiful as ever." As he spoke, Ye Xiaofeng gently kissed Little White.

That bastard, trying to take advantage of me even at a time like this. Fine, I'll let him have his way this once. Seeing Ye Xiaofeng about to leave, Little White felt an indescribable pain in her heart. She could only say goodbye to him here.

Little White jumped off the boat and swiftly swam toward Sea God Island, while Ye Xiaofeng rowed onward toward the port.

What they did not know was that danger was approaching. In the distance, a ship was drawing near Ye Xiaofeng. A blood-red flag flew high from its mast, bearing the emblem of a skull and two crossed bones.

"Boss, there's a fat sheep," said a man holding a scimitar.

"Damn it, I'm not blind. Do you really need to tell me? I saw him long ago," said a delighted middle-aged man with one eye, a straw hat, and a beard.

"Men, invite him aboard. Make sure not to harm his life. We're civilized Pirates, hahahaha!" The captain burst into laughter.

"Boss is wise!" His three underlings immediately began flattering him.

Unable to resist, Ye Xiaofeng could only obediently board the ship. Before long, he was brought onto the pirate ship.

"Kid, hand over your valuables. You should know our rules," the pirate captain said with a lecherous grin.

"I-I don't have anything valuable." Seeing the emblem on the flag, Ye Xiaofeng knew he had been targeted by Pirates, and he answered nervously.

"You, search him." The pirate captain gestured for his subordinate to frisk him. After searching for quite a while, they found nothing. Ye Xiaofeng was somewhat puzzled. Other than himself, why could no one see the Jade Pendant around his neck?

"Boss, he has nothing on him," the subordinate said after searching him and finding nothing.