It took countless coincidences and accidents to make two people who had no connection at all become close friends.

"Wait, that's not right." The young man suddenly realized, "You haven't even heard of these things, so why are you in Taihua Mountain?"

Su Mingan was speechless. This reaction speed... was consistent. It was definitely him.

"I'm not a bad person, right?" Su Mingan said.

The boy looked at him seriously for a moment and nodded slowly.

"Then let's go." Su Ming'an asked indirectly, "Is your family a new family?"

"Yes." The boy looked like he had never had much contact with outsiders, and he spilled the beans: "We just recently learned about the ancient martial arts family, a big organization. Grandpa thought about it for a long time and decided to take us to join, to seek shelter, and also to get some better insect secrets."

"Seeking asylum? Do you have any enemies?" Su Mingan said.

The young man really didn't treat him as an outsider and continued to pour out the beans: "Grandpa did have some enemies when he was young. That era was very chaotic, but Grandpa was not wrong."

"So that's how it is. Thank you for your answer, Master Lu." Su Ming'an said.

The young man's calm expression suddenly changed, and he couldn't hold it in any longer: "Don't call me that... Our family hasn't reached that status yet, and I can't be called a young master..."

"Mr. Lu?" Su Ming'an said.

The young man walked in front, paused, and did not look back. Su Mingan was thinking whether he should tell Lu Shu about the extermination of the family. If he told him, would anything change?

The bamboo forest swayed as a group of two, one big and one small, walked down the mountain, their figures gradually sinking into the sunset.

…

[00:42 am]

The door of the hall was wide open, and a man with a knife walked in from the cold wind.

Inside the ancient martial arts hall, lights flickered, illuminating six rows of middle-aged and young people. They were dressed in simple costumes, sitting here as if they had walked out of distant history.

The columns in the lobby stand tall, with dragons and snakes coiling around and phoenixes spreading their wings, engraved with the history of the family from ancient times to the present. Heroes and heroes, countless legends, are all recorded in the carvings through the ages, filling the history books with the vicissitudes of time.

However, this place was like a nightmare to Lu Shu. Many years ago, he was expelled from the ancient martial arts family and left here alone.

"I'm back." Lu Shu faced everyone's gaze and said calmly, "Give me your answers."

Sitting at the top was a woman with two black ponytails.

"I will give you a frank answer, Lu Shu." Mizushima Kawase said. She is now the most powerful person in the ancient martial arts family: "Chi Liu."

A middle-aged man with white hair walked out and handed a scroll to Lu Shu: "Master Lu, this is the truth."

“Don’t call me Young Master Lu. Don’t use your way of addressing me.” Lu Shu’s eyes were filled with gloom.

You could hear a pin drop in the hall; people were very quiet.

In fact, they had been a little afraid of Lu Shu for a long time.

In their eyes, this white-haired young man had always been a crazy wolf cub who would not hesitate to bite off a piece of flesh from his enemies in his early years. During the last days of Lu Shu's terminal illness, they were still worried that Lu Shu would carry out a suicide attack and drag a group of people down with him, but fortunately, Lu Shu was so sick that he was almost unable to get up.

Why was it that only a junior like Lu Shu survived back then?

It was impossible for those enemies to not be able to kill a junior. They probably wanted Lu Shu to live alone and endure the torture of genocide forever. If it weren't for the advent of the World Game, Lu Shu's final fate would be to die of illness on the street.

People were waiting for Lu Shu to finish reading, as if they were waiting for an unknown judgment.

…

[00:53 am]

Su Mingan did not succeed in having tea with Xiao Lushu.

They only took a few steps, and Su Mingan felt himself becoming transparent. The next moment, he was no longer in Mount Taihua.

What came into view was a family gathering.

The young man, about sixteen years old, stood silently, with a praying mantis perched on his shoulder. He was wearing a dark Chinese costume and had grown quite tall.

Inside the hall, the people from the ancient martial arts family warmly blessed the young man and respectfully addressed him as "Young Master of the Lu Family."

It was truly a time of great prosperity. The newly-risen family was prominent, and everyone wanted to establish a relationship with them. Countless gifts were sent to the Lu family, and the threshold was almost broken by matchmakers.

Su Mingan didn't know whether he should approach or not. However, the young master of the Lu family, who was surrounded by people, saw him at a glance.

"It's you." Lu Shu called him: "Why did you suddenly disappear before?"

Lu Shu led him out.

On the rooftop, the smell of alcohol dissipated. Looking out, there were endless mountains, and facing us were peach blossoms and spring breeze.

Lu Shu's extraordinary abilities, Noel's information about immortality... It seems that before the world game began, there were many unsolved mysteries in this world.

"Run away." Facing the taller Lu Shu, the first thing Su Ming'an said was to run away.

If you don't run away now, it will be too late.

"Where do you want me to escape to?" Lu Shu said, "I know you are a magical person. You can suddenly appear and disappear. But if someone really wants to harm me, can I escape?"

"There is always a place, there is always a place where the light shines." Su Mingan suddenly thought: "Why don't you go to H City to find me."

Lu Shu looked at him quietly:

"If we leave the protection of the ancient martial arts family, the disaster may come faster. I know that the Lu family is now thriving, and many people want our insect training secrets, as well as grandfather's enemies... It's useless for us to escape anywhere."

"Then go ask for help, go to my house." Su Mingan said immediately.

"Ordinary people can't do anything about it... After all, who doesn't desire extraordinary power? Everyone will assume that they don't care about our affairs." Lu Shu shook his head: "Grandpa also thought of this, so he brought us under the protection of Guwu."

"...But what if the upper echelons of the ancient martial arts family also condone this?" Su Mingan's question was deafening. He had long discovered that the extermination of the Lu family was clearly condoned by the ancient martial arts family.

But Lu Shu's eyes remained silent.

“…There is no way out.”

They are clearly distinguished from ordinary people. The laws that protect ordinary people cannot protect him.

Su Mingan wanted to threaten the ancient martial arts family and asked them not to take action, but as soon as he had this thought, his body began to become transparent.

He immediately took Lu Shu's hand and wrote the address on his palm. He knew he would have to leave again soon, but at least he could leave a way out for Lu Shu.

"When there is nowhere else to go." He gradually disappeared in Lu Shu's sad sight:

"Please come find me here. At least... don't wander."

…

Lu Shu finished reading the scroll and raised his head.

"Shao Tao, Zhu Feng, Mu Xiu, Mu Er, and Mo Yongchun are the main culprits." Mizushima Kawanasora said calmly, "Back then, they joined forces with your grandfather's enemies and decided to set fire to the house and take away the insect control method."

"In addition, E Wenshan, Cen Lun, Duan Yangyu, Gao Hanhai, and Jian Yuyu are all accomplices. They blocked the Lu family's spies and prevented the message for help from being leaked, resulting in you being the only one who survived in the end."

"The names of the other accomplices are also in the scroll. We have detained both the principal offender and the accomplice."