Qing Yuan had put Kai down a mile back, after his crying had minimize to sniffles and heavy breathing, and the constant nagging for Qing Yuan to put him down and let him walk on his own. The young Prospector had to stop the younger Prospector from running back into the direction from which they came. On the last try of going back, Qing Yuan had to threaten him that he would put an motionless talisman on him and then carrying the whole way, which wouldn't be pleasant for Kai. Now here they are, at an old abondan farm house, the rain has came down in heavy showers and Kai almost depressed zombie like state matched the mood and didn't make it any better.
Qing Yuan push open the door, and turn to look at a sulking Kai. He drag his feet as he walk, and his eyes not showing any sign of life, and Shui felt sorry for him. Who wouldn't, anybody with a heart would show sympathy.
Qing Yuan walk up to Kai, and took Kai's hand into his and leading into the house and out of the rain. Kai stood in one place, staring at nothing in particular as Qing Yuan pile some hay so they can lay on for the night. When he was done, he lead Kai to the spot and they sat down in silence. Only the heavy raindrop pouring outside could be heard. Qing Yuan looked over at Kai, and sure enough he was shivering.
He took off his Shan and placed it over Kai's back, before laviated some firewood over to them and placing them into a pile, and then throwing some tiny fireball onto them creating a nice warm crackling fire.
"We shouldn't have run." He heard Kai murmur, his eyes watching the flames. His body felt numb, not from the biting cold, but what he had just witnessed. He can't believe that his mother is dead, and it's all because of him.
Qing Yuan signs, as he rubs the bridge of his nose. Not this again.' He thought. He had spent the whole of the journey here, talking Kai out of not turning back and why they couldn't go back. He feels for Kai, but his safety comes first. And so does the safety of the world. He can't just let because of his feelings he forget everything that makes him a Prospector. "Kai, you already know why we can't go back."
"So we should just leave everybody in the hands of Fong Woo? We should just let them all die because of me?"
"Kai, all those that died weren't because of you. Th-"
"My mother is dead because of me! Because you wouldn't let me go back and help them!" Kai shouted, taking Qing Yuan aback, hot tears flooding his cheeks. "Everyone I care about, or cares for me always leaves me. My biological mother, Li Jen and now my mother. And maybe everyone else that I care about might be dead since we ran away like a pair of cowards!" He snarled the last part in Qing yuan's face. "You wouldn't understand how I am feeling anyways." Kai muttered and turned away. Which snapped something in the young prince.
"I wouldn't understand? Well, I understand perfectly. Didn't you remember that my mother died? And it was by the hand of Fong Woo's mother. And I just left my father there, the only parent I have left. You were lucky to get two of each parent, but I only received one of each. I lost my mother when I was eight, and I have missed her ever since. I can't remember the loving touch of a mother, but you were fortunate enough to receive that love up until tonight. If I lose my father, I will have no one left. So you being here feeling all depressed and mourning, I can relate to that feeling. But you need to stop with the guilt and Pity party and focus on the bigger picture, and that being how we are going to keep Fong Woo away from your aura and the Blood Moon orb."
Kai scoffs at the prince, his anger building by each word he lets spill from his mouth. How dare he try to make this about him. His mother literally got her heart ripped out right in front of him, and Fong Woo held no remorse when he did it. All those people died because of him, those innocent people that had nothing to do with the cultivation world.
"And that is not your fault." Kai heard Qing Yuan say. He looked up at the young prince with confusion.
"I can read your mind remember. And like I said, it is not your fault. Your sister invited all those persons to the wedding ceremony."
"But it was her wedding, the happiest day for a young woman to have." Kai said, clearly getting annoyed with Qing Yuan.
"Yes, that supposed to just had close family and a few friends." Qing Yuan pushed, also getting annoyed with Kai's behavior.
"So what if she wanted to share that special day with people she considers as friends and family." Kai's voice begun to raise.
Qing Yuan pinch the bridge of his nose and scoffed. "You meant to say that she wanted to brag? Because that girl is as shameless as a concubines that steals other women's husbands.
Kai gasps from Qing Yuan's nasty words, his hand shot up in mid air like he was about to slap Qing Yuan. But he lowered it, and instead glared dangerously at the young prince.
"How can you say that about her? Yes, she made it clear that I am certainly not her favorite brother. But I can't just stand here and let you disrespect her like that. Her mo- our mother just died, right in front of all our faces by this deranged madman that wants revenge for something neither me, my mother, sister, brother, father and all those innocent people that he killed, had nothing to do with!"
"And that is where you are wrong Kai!" The youngest out of the two Prospectors raised his brows in a sassy questioning manner. "Do you forget why Fong Woo wants to get a hold of you? Did you forget that your father was a Prospector, and he pass on the only thing that can bring Fong Woo's father back. Did you forget that your biological mother," Qing Yuan emphasize the word mother. "Was a Mage, and the most powerful at that because she was the soulmate of your father. Did you forget all of that, huh?!" Qing Yuan angrily kicked some hay and grit his teeth, trying to calm down. He doesn't want to be angry at Kai, he had just witnessed a lot. But he is just being stubborn and not looking at the bigger picture. He has to learn how to harden his heart and man up, and if he wants to survive in the Cultivation world. He has to be stronger that how he is acting right now. Beside, he could bring his mother back just like how he brought back that little boy. But she might not be the same, because Fong Woo rip out her heart. And without a heart you don't have a soul, and without a soul you can't truly live. So Qing Yuan didn't mention it to him, because he knows Kai. And if he once let it slip from his mouth and into Kai's ears, he know that Kai wouldn't listen to reson and go try to bring her back to life in a blink of an eye.