Chapter 25

The sparrow-headed beast had been dealt with by the third elder. Everyone stayed there for a while and then continued on their way.

All the monsters in this area were frightened by the breath that the Third Elder had just leaked, and they all slid back to their nests with their tails between their legs.

Therefore, the next section of the road was particularly quiet.

Suisui nestled in her brother's arms, her big black eyes rolling around, revealing a lovely cunningness.

When Jiang Mingyan lowered his eyes, he noticed the clever look of the little guy, and the corners of his lips rose for a moment.

He calmly looked away, pretending not to notice anything, wanting to see what the little fat boy was up to.

Sui Sui had no idea that someone was scheming behind the scenes. He peered in and observed for a while, and found that everyone was concentrating on getting on their way. He then looked up at his brother.

Jiang Mingyan looked straight ahead with his usual cold and calm expression. His sharp eyebrows were like a sword, clear and fierce.

My brother didn’t see Sui Sui.

Sui Sui was like a little mouse that had stolen some oil, blinking his black eyes and giggling.

The little guy felt that he was perfect, so he looked furtively towards his ultimate goal.

——The third elder.

Jiang Mingyan followed the little guy's gaze, raised his eyebrows, and couldn't help feeling a little confused.

What do you see the Third Elder doing every year?

Sui Sui has already started to study seriously.

Well, gray hair, gray clothes, black shoes...

Write it down, write it down.

He is always ready to fight, and his black round eyes are bright and shining, as if they contain two twinkling little stars.

Jiang Mingyan watched Sui Sui getting so excited and pondered over it, but in the end he still couldn't figure out the little fat boy's train of thought and had to give up with regret.

However, because he was observing the busy little fat cub with great interest, the chattering of Zhao Yongyu beside him and the thick fallen leaves on the road with one foot deep and one foot shallow did not seem so unbearable.

Jiang Mingyan smiled unconsciously, holding the heavy little fat baby in his arms, not feeling tired at all.

When they arrived at the resting place tonight, Zhao Yongyu looked at Jiang Mingyan, whose face was not red and breathless, with an envious look: "Brother, you have a good body exercise. I feel tired, but you are holding a fat baby and you don't feel anything."

As soon as he finished speaking, Sui Sui's eyes widened.

Fat Baby is furious!

Some things are better left unsaid, why bother saying them out loud and causing trouble?

This guy is really more annoying than Tang Jiu!

At least Tang Jiu’s sweet words can touch the little fat boy’s heart, making Sui Sui so happy that her heart is about to float to the sky!

When Jiang Mingyan saw Sui Sui's shocked and disbelieving expression, a smile flashed in his eyes, but he quickly hid it and gently stroked Sui Sui's little back, silently comforting the little guy who was about to be piss-pigtailed.

"Brother, how do you exercise?" Zhao Yongyu didn't notice the human cub who was still angry about being fat. He came close to Jiang Mingyan and asked in a low voice.

"Practice sword every day." Jiang Mingyan said concisely.

"That's it?" Zhao Yongyu muttered to himself.

The foundation-building stage is the true beginning of the path. Apart from being able to use spiritual power to cast some small spells, practitioners in the Qi training stage are actually not much different from mortals without spiritual roots in other aspects.

Some mortals who are diligent in training and have strong physical fitness can even pin down some Qi training practitioners who do not focus on strengthening their physical fitness.

Zhao Yongyu is a magic cultivator. Although he doesn't pay much attention to physical skills and swordsmanship, he is from a noble family after all, so he has a solid foundation. Among the cultivators of the same level, he can be considered to be at an upper-middle level.

Moreover, his cultivation was much higher than Jiang Mingyan's, but he didn't expect to be surpassed by Jiang Mingyan today.

His thoughts were turning, and the smile on his face couldn't help but become more enthusiastic.

What a good seedling.

When he looked at Jiang Mingyan again, his eyes couldn't help but show some eagerness.

Jiang Mingyan frowned, lowered his eyes to avoid Zhao Yongyu's gaze, and subconsciously raised his hand to lift up the little fat boy who was sulking in his arms.

"Oh, by the way, this is your biological brother, right..." When Jiang Mingyan moved, Zhao Yongyu seemed to have thought of something and turned his gaze to the small ball of milk in his arms: "Has this little guy started practicing?"

This time, Jiang Mingyan simply turned sideways to block Zhao Yongyu's sight, his eyes slightly gloomy.

"Okay, okay, I won't ask anymore." Zhao Yongyu curled his lips.

With this interruption, his heated mind calmed down and he soon realized that he had been too eager.

He had followed Changsun Lianwen across the Dusk Mountains to Wuzhou, so how could he bring Jiang Mingyan and the others back to Zhongzhou?

Besides, what's the harm in bringing him back? He's only at the Qi Condensation Stage, and the Zhao family doesn't lack a Qi Condensation Stage cultivator.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but feel a little bored.

The atmosphere around Jiang Mingyan and the other two became quiet for a moment.

Suisui was lying on her brother's chest with a puffy face. Suddenly she found that the incessant voice had stopped. She couldn't help but turn her head and look at Zhao Yongyu with some curiosity.

But before he could figure out anything, Wu Chen's angry voice came from the other end.

Tonight they stayed under an unusually tall and lush towering tree.

Just now, Wu Chen, Changsun Lianwen and the three elders were all standing under the tree.

Looking again at this time, the third elder had disappeared without a trace, leaving only Wu Chen and Changsun Lianwen standing together, and the atmosphere was tense.

"Are you still thinking about that Jiang Mingyan?" Wu Chen shouted, "How am I inferior to him? I followed you all the way here, and I didn't complain at all!"

"It was just a joke engagement! My uncle told me not to take it seriously, but you still insisted on coming to Wuzhou!"

Wu Chen was furious, but Changsun Lianwen, who was standing beside him, was not moved at all and looked indifferent.

"You! Changsun Lianwen, you, you don't know what's good for you!" The calmer Changsun Lianwen was, the angrier Wu Chen became.

"I never made any promises to you, and I've advised you not to go to Wuzhou with me." After Wu Chen had vented his anger, Changsun Lianwen spoke calmly, "You made your own choice, why blame me? And why involve others?"

"You don't understand my persistence, so naturally you think I'm asking for trouble." Changsun Lianwen's beautiful eyes were particularly calm. "But for me, I don't think my persistence is wrong. I must give myself an answer."

Wu Chen sneered, "Good, good. You're worthy of being the eldest grandson of the main branch, who even specially sent a Nascent Soul cultivator to accompany you. You must have your reasons."

He walked to the side silently, chose a place to sit on the ground, closed his eyes and started practicing.

"Miss..." The two women in dark blue dresses looked at Changsun Lianwen worriedly.

Changsun Lianwen gave them a soothing smile, but ignored Wu Chen. Instead, she calmly sat down on the other side and closed her eyes.

A quarrel suddenly broke out and ended abruptly.

However, for Jiang Mingyan, the shock caused by this quarrel was so huge that it could be said to be earth-shaking.

He held Sui Sui in his arms, his eyes filled with confusion.

What engagement?

How come he doesn't know?

He and Changsun Lianwen?

What they just mentioned... was it really Jiang Mingyan and not something else?

However, the little fat boy in his arms who suddenly became excited told him clearly that he was not hallucinating.

"Brother!" Sui Sui suddenly heard his brother's name and immediately became excited. His chubby hands grabbed his brother's arms and kept arching his chubby little body, wanting his brother to take a few steps over there so that he could listen clearly.

Unfortunately, Jiang Mingyan’s mind was in a mess and he had no idea of ​​Sui Sui’s intentions.

"Yeah." He responded randomly.

Not only that, Sui Sui kept moving around, and Jiang Mingyan always felt that this dishonest little cub would slide down the gap between his arm and body at the next moment.

So, he exerted force with his arms and lifted Sui Sui up a long way.

Sui Sui’s eyes suddenly raised:?

Bad brother!

Sui Sui, feeling that he was being treated perfunctorily, became furious.

So, he took advantage of the fleeting opportunity when Jiang Mingyan's arms had not yet adjusted themselves, stretched out his fat arms and legs, hugged his brother's big head tightly, and stuck to him with a plop like a sticky glutinous rice dumpling.

Jiang Mingyan, who was forced to bury his soft belly: "..."

He didn't know whether to laugh or cry. The shock and disbelief he had just felt instantly subsided. He reached out his hand to hold Sui Sui's little bottom. "It's my fault. I shouldn't have treated our Sui Sui so perfunctorily."

His voice was muffled because it was covered by his soft belly.

"Hmph~" Sui Sui hummed in a baby voice, showing no emotion.

You always hold a grudge, you bad brother!

"Huh?"

Zhao Yongyu was listening to the quarrel over there with a bitter face, regretting in his heart why he had to go on this trip in the first place.

It wouldn't be impossible for him to come up and show off when Wu Chen returns to Zhongzhou.

He was just about to share his thoughts with Jiang Mingyan, but when he turned around, he saw such a funny scene and was stunned: "What are you doing..."

"I made Sui Sui angry." Jiang Mingyan explained sullenly.

"Oh." Zhao Yongyu suppressed his laughter.

He listened to the little fat boy's baby humming and didn't know what to say for a moment.

After all, the two brothers were willing to fight and be beaten at the same time, so nothing he said seemed inappropriate.

Zhao Yongyu hesitated for a moment, then glanced over and saw the woman in the stone-blue dress busy at work. He suddenly felt as if he had been pardoned. "It seems they need help over there. I'll go over first."

After he finished speaking, he immediately went over there to tidy up the forest.

Jiang Mingyan didn't care about Zhao Yongyu's departure. He took the time to respond and then continued to admit his mistake and coax the sulky little fat boy.

It was not until Jiang Mingyan's apology increased to five Ningling fruits that Suisui mercifully and slowly let go of her brother's big head and nestled back into Jiang Mingyan's arms.

Jiang Mingyan looked at the little guy in his arms, who held his head high like a rooster that had won a battle, and laughed.

He first took out a thick blanket from Lan Qiuying's bracelet, spread it out, put Sui Sui on it, and then started to get busy.

Wu Chen and Changsun Lianwen could sit on the ground and spend the night practicing, but Suisui couldn't do that.

Suisui usually slept on a small bed made of green-leaved Hypericum branches in the cave where they lived.

Today, due to limited conditions, Jiang Mingyan took out the small bed that had not been used for a long time.

This small bed was the one Suisui slept on when they were still in Wu'an City. Now when they took it out and compared it with the size, Suisui could still sleep in it.

Jiang Mingyan felt somewhat relieved, but more worried.

Is his child growing too slowly?

This was Jiang Mingyan's first time raising a cub, so he couldn't help but worry at the slightest sign of trouble.

Sui Sui had no idea and lay down in the little bed that he hadn't seen for a long time. He happily held his chubby little face and smiled sweetly.

Jiang Mingyan looked at Sui Sui's cute smile and sighed, but he couldn't help but relax his frown and smiled: "So happy? Are you not angry now? Don't need to cover your brother with your soft belly?"

"Hmph~" Sui Sui groaned, thought for a moment, jumped up, and went over to smear his brother's face with saliva.

This should be fine.

Sui Sui glared at her brother who just acted like a spoiled child every day with a proud look on her face.