Under the setting sun, the ninth summit was filled with light that was reflected off the surface of the sea, giving it a dazzling and resplendent feeling. Once Su Ming and his second senior brother saw the tall figure standing on the mountain, they gradually stopped charging forward and stood in midair. There were several thousands of feet between them and the ninth summit.
That figure was incredibly familiar. It was Hu Zi!
Hu Zi, who had the back of a tiger, the waist of a bear, the body of an incredibly sturdy man, stood on the mountain and looked at Su Ming and his second senior brother. It was as if he had been standing there since a long time ago and had been waiting all this while. He believed that one day, he would be able to wait for Su Ming's return, for his second senior brother's return, for eldest senior brother's appearance, and also … for their Master, Tian Xie Zi, who loved changing his clothes, to return to the ninth summit.
"Second senior brother!" Hu Zi's voice traveled into the air, and as his voice reverberated in the air, he took a step into the air and charged towards Su Ming and his second senior brother like a ferocious tiger.
Hu Zi closed the distance of several thousands of feet in an instant. A huge gust of wind crashed into his face, and with a gentle smile on his face, second senior brother went forward and hugged Hu Zi.
Hu Zi was filled with excitement and hugged his second senior brother tightly. His eyes were slightly red, and there were faint traces of tears in them. Those were tears of joy that could only be released after seeing a family member whom he had not seen for many years.
"Second senior brother, why did you only come back now..?" Tears fell from Hu Zi's eyes, and just like when he first ran into Su Ming, he started bawling. His cries spread through the area, causing all the other people living in the ninth summit to walk out and look at Su Ming and his group in the sky.
Bai Su was also in the crowd. She looked at Su Ming and a smile appeared on her face. Dressed in a purple chiffon dress, her black hair danced in the wind as she stood on the mountain.
Yet soon, her gaze fell on a girl sitting on a yellow mutt behind Su Ming. She was sizing up the crowd with a grin on her face. That girl's gaze also met Bai Su's at that moment.
The girl pursed her lips into a smile and nodded towards Bai Su. Bai Su could not quite tell the relationship between the girl and Su Ming, but he also smiled and nodded.
She could not see through the girl's thoughts, but she did not know that Yu Xuan was already sighing in her heart. She cast a sideways glance at Su Ming, and suddenly had a feeling that there were always women around little dummy Su who had some sort of unclear relationship with him. There were women in Southern Swamp Island, and there were women in the ninth summit as well.
Based on the expression of the woman in purple from the ninth summit, Yu Xuan could tell that there was definitely something going on between her and Su Ming.
She did not know what was wrong with her either. Ever since her second senior brother set up the marriage that was mostly a joke, every single time she saw another woman beside Su Ming, she would feel slightly uncomfortable.
However, this time, she did not take the initiative to attack like she did in Southern Swamp Island. Instead, when she met Bai Su's gaze, not only did she smile, she also lifted her hand to tuck a strand of hair that had fallen in front of her eyes behind her ear. This action was filled with the gentleness of a woman, and it set off her beautiful face, immediately causing her beauty to become even more eye-catching.
Hu Zi was bawling, and his tears were about to wet second senior brother's robes. Second senior brother's body was slender, and he could not compare to Hu Zi's sturdy build. When Hu Zi hugged him, his entire body was in Hu Zi's embrace. As he listened to Hu Zi's cries, he patted Hu Zi's back. The smile on his face made Hu Zi cry even louder when he saw it.
"Second senior brother, I'm so sorry. When you left, the mountain was filled with flowers and plants, but when you came back, they were all gone … The plants and flowers are all gone …"
Su Ming watched this scene from the side, and his heart was filled with warmth. Hu Zi's honesty and adorableness, second senior brother's gentleness that was like a spring breeze, all of this caused the ninth summit to have a faint feeling of how it had been in the past.
Second senior brother patted Hu Zi's back and said with a smile, "Alright, alright. Hu Zi, don't cry anymore. It's fine if those plants are gone. I'll just plant them again."
"Second senior brother, you have to promise me that you won't blame me for these plants." Hu Zi blinked and squeezed out more tears before he started bawling.
"Alright, alright, I won't blame you." Second senior brother smiled and shook his head, but a hint of doubt gradually appeared in his heart.
"Really?" Hu Zi's crying immediately stopped, and his tears also disappeared in an instant.
"Really? Hu Zi, did you do something?" The doubt in second senior brother's heart grew deeper.
"That's good. You said it yourself … That year, after you left, I saw that these plants were taking up too much space, so I cleaned them up …"
"I see. It's fine, second senior brother won't blame you," second senior brother said with a smile.
"That includes the plants outside your house. I thought they were pretty, so I drank some wine and fell asleep, but when I woke up, I found that they were all dead …" Hu Zi let go of his hand and took a few steps back towards Su Ming.
"There's more." Second senior brother continued smiling. He would not be bothered by this sort of thing.
"The three small blue trees you planted in your house bloomed one day, and they smelled really nice. That day … I got hungry again, so while I was drinking, I plucked them off and ate them." Hu Zi took a few steps back once again and stood beside Su Ming.
"And the seeds in the four boxes hidden under your bed, I also ate them like melon seeds …"
"Also, behind your house, you used a series of spell formations to conceal and seal your flower garden. You didn't want outsiders to find out about it. I broke through the spell formations and turned the flowers inside into wine … and now, I've finished drinking the wine."
"I also ate the dried fruits you hid under a big rock at the foot of the mountain when I found them … They didn't taste good. They were dry. I don't know why you always hid them in a different place every day so that I wouldn't find them.
"Also, I was thirsty one day and didn't have any wine, so I drank it … It made me suffer from diarrhea for a few days." "Also, the water in those bottles that you treasured so much in Master's Cave Abode.
"Also, after you left and before the Catastrophe of the Eastern Wastelands arrived, I didn't think that many people in the other mountains besides me knew that you left, so I invented a Rune that could change my body. That's why I pretended to be you and wore your clothes to peek at you …"
Second senior brother's expression had already changed, but he still looked at Hu Zi with a smile.
"What else?"
"What else? Hmm … second senior brother, I can promise you that I've found all the places you hid your things in the mountain. Truth be told, you might be able to fool others with those seals, but who do you think I am? I can break them with just one glance.
"The only thing that was slightly more difficult and took me a long time and a lot of effort to break were the ones you hid seven steps away from Master's cave abode … Heh heh, second senior brother, I didn't expect that you would have that sort of hobby. You actually hid some really interesting beast skin books. There was a man and a woman fighting in them, and it was really fun to read …"
"Darn it! Master hid those books!" Second senior brother glared at him and his face turned slightly red. He instinctively cast a glance at the crowd on the ninth summit beneath him, then with one move, he instantly appeared beside Hu Zi and grabbed his neck.
"You said you won't blame me! Youngest junior brother, save me …" Hu Zi shuddered and immediately started shouting, but second senior brother still grabbed him by the neck and flew straight to the ninth summit, right into Tian Xie Zi's cave abode.
Screams of pain came from the cave abode. A strange expression appeared on Su Ming's face, and he let out a fake cough. When he returned to the ninth summit, Hu Zi had not been like this, so it could be seen that he should be full of energy now.
"Little dummy Su, what's that beast skin book about a man and a woman fighting that your senior brother mentioned? Could it be some sort of divine ability? But why would it only depict a man and a woman fighting? "Yu Xuan frowned and thought about it for a moment before she asked Su Ming, puzzled.
Su Ming was also momentarily stunned. Once he thought about it carefully, he shook his head.
He had seen second senior brother's expression change when Hu Zi said those words just now, and he looked as if he was in a hurry to defend himself. He then looked at the crowd underneath before bringing Hu Zi into Master's cave abode and packing him up.
"Could it really be some sort of divine ability? And I can't let anyone else know about it? " Su Ming cast a glance at his Master's cave abode and listened to Hu Zi's screams of pain coming from within. He wondered if he should find some time to ask just what sort of divine ability it was.
Qian Chen, the bald crane, and the mutt were by the side. The mutt rolled its eyes and a disdainful look appeared on its face. Qian Chen also had a dirty look on his face. Only the bald crane was stunned. Its expression was about the same as Su Ming and Yu Xuan's. It scratched its head and started mumbling to itself.
"A man and a woman fighting? It must be some sort of strange divine ability. If I have the chance, I'll have to learn it. "
Besides them, there were quite a number of people on the ninth summit at that moment. Most of the men and women immediately had incredibly strange expressions on their faces. They would occasionally look towards the cave abode from which the screams of pain were coming from, then look at Su Ming, whom they respected like a god.
Bai Su's cheeks turned red. The so-called beast skin of a man and a woman fighting was a Rune that Hu Zi had used a long time to break when Su Ming had gone out to search for his Master a few years ago, and Hu Zi had recovered his power.
At that time, she had heard Hu Zi mumbling under his breath that he had tried to break the Rune several times but failed. He had only managed to do so a year ago. Out of curiosity, Bai Su had also seen the beast skin of a man and a woman fighting by the side.
Most of the people in and around the ninth summit had strange expressions on their faces, and they were trying their best to hold back their laughter. Only Su Ming, Yu Xuan, and the bald crane did not know what was going on. At that moment, Hu Zi's aggrieved voice echoed from the cave abode from which the screams of pain came.
"Second senior brother, you didn't keep your promise..? I just saw the beast skins you collected, and they're just a man and a woman, a man and two women, a man and three women, a man and four women, and so on, fighting naked..? Ah …"
"Those aren't mine, they're Master's!" There was anger in second senior brother's voice.
"Nonsense. Your presence is clearly on that Rune, and it's the same as the other seals. Don't even think about lying to me. That's right, there's also the battle between the two women on that beast skin …"
"That's Master imitating my seals. Damn it, Hu Zi, I'll definitely teach you a lesson today!" "If you like this work, please come to Start Point and vote for me. Your support is my greatest motivation."
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