"Hey, no, don't you understand what I'm saying? That's not..." Xu Feng said anxiously, and even wanted to pick up the trash can to prove his innocence.

"What are you doing? Don't bring back that trash can. It's so dirty. Throw it away. I'll buy you a new one this afternoon. Be good and I'll make you something delicious." The woman pointed to the two bags that she had put aside when she changed her shoes and said, "Help me put the things in the refrigerator. They're so heavy. I've left red marks on my hands."

Xu Feng: “…”

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The woman is Xu Feng's aunt, named Song Yuqing. She is four years younger than his father Xu Nantian. After his mother passed away, it was his aunt who had been taking care of Xu Feng because his father Xu Nantian was often not at home.

In the kitchen, Song Yuqing was cooking dinner, while Xu Feng was lying on the sofa watching TV with a look of despair on his face.

Ding-ling-ling~ The phone in the living room rang. Xu Feng picked it up lazily while staring at the news.

"Hello?"

"Hey, Crazy, I heard that your father was injured when he entered the secret realm, and you have been taking care of your father at home. Is it true?" A familiar voice came from the phone.

"Zhang Hong!" A familiar figure appeared in Xu Feng's mind.

Zhang Hong is Xu Feng's best friend. In his previous life's college entrance examination, he tested out as a B-level qualification and was admitted to a second-tier secret university in Xijing. After Songtao City was destroyed by the undead creatures in the secret realm of the Dry Bone Temple, Xu Feng fled all the way and stayed in Xijing for several years. It was Zhang Hong who took care of him all the time.

"Of course it's true, but my dad is almost recovered now, and I can go to school tomorrow." Xu Feng said.

"Hey, that's not right. I heard that your school has been suspended. Didn't you know?" Zhang Hong's surprised voice came from the phone: "It seems that classes have been suspended for several days. When I passed by your school, it was empty and there was no one."

"Ah, why didn't anyone notify me?" Xu Feng asked in surprise.

Zhang Hong and Xu Feng were not in the same high school, but their schools were not far from each other. When Zhang Hong went home from school, he would pass by Songtao No. 1 Middle School where Xu Feng was.

"It seems like it was a few nights ago. I heard that a golden beam of light suddenly appeared in your school and shot straight into the sky. Many people saw it and were stunned by how cool it was. A notice of suspension of classes was issued the next day."

"Could it be that the night a few days ago was the night when I became the talisman master?" Xu Feng guessed in his heart.

"That's great. I don't want to go to school yet... By the way, what's the matter with you calling me?" Xu Feng asked.

"Brother Bing is back. He said he wants to treat us to a meal and asked me to invite you to come along..." Zhang Hong said excitedly, "You may not know this, but Brother Bing has become a Secret Realm Apostle, and a Class B Professional Axe Thrower. He is completely different from before. You will definitely not recognize him if we meet again..."

"Brother Bing?" Xu Feng frowned slightly. He knew who Zhang Hong was talking about. Brother Bing, whose full name was Li Zibing, was in the same class with Zhang Hong and Xu Feng in junior high school. Because they often fought, Xu Feng always kept his distance from him, but Zhang Hong could play with him.

After graduating from junior high school, Li Zibing's parents had a car accident, leaving him alone as an orphan. Since then, Li Zibing has not been to high school, and Xu Feng has lost contact with him.

Later I heard that Li Zibing went to another city and took refuge with his uncle, but unexpectedly he returned to Songtao City three years later.

Xu Feng remembered that Zhang Hong had also called him in his previous life, but Xu Nantian had just passed away at that time, and Xu Feng was not in the mood to go out for dinner, so he refused and did not go.

"In his previous life, Zhang Hong went to explore the secret realm of poisonous swamp insects with Li Zibing. As a result, Zhang Hong died in the secret realm, but Li Zibing came out of the secret realm and obtained a top-grade spiritual treasure. From then on, he had smooth sailing and even earned the nickname 'Insect King'..." Xu Feng said in his heart.

At that time, Xu Feng was just a C-level juggler without any attack ability. Li Zibing did not take him seriously at all. He was even unwilling to meet Xu Feng, so he directly asked Zhang Hong to go to the secret realm of poisonous insects in the swamp together.

Later, Zhang Hong died in the secret realm, but Li Zibing came out of the secret realm safely. Although Xu Feng felt something was wrong, with his ability at the time, he had no way of finding out the truth.

Afterwards, the secret realm of the Tower of Babel appeared, followed by the Heavenly Ranking, the Earthly Ranking and the List of Gods. All secret realm apostles can climb the secret realm of the Tower of Babel, get a ranking, occupy a place in the three lists, and thus obtain a large number of secret realm rewards.

Li Zibing died unexpectedly in the secret realm of the Tower of Babel when he was challenging the ranking on the Earth List. The death of Zhang Hong became a complete mystery. After Xu Feng grew up, even if he wanted to find out the truth, he had no way to do so.

"Haha, today let me see what kind of personality Li Zibing, who has always been called Brother Bing by Zhang Hong, has. Is he someone who can sacrifice his friends for spiritual weapons..." Xu Feng said secretly in his heart.

In his previous life, Xu Feng had explored hundreds of secret realms and met countless secret realm apostles. He had heard so many stories of brothers killing each other for a magical weapon and spiritual weapon that his ears were almost callused.

Xu Feng has seen countless people who used to drink together arm in arm, and then stab him in the back for profit the next moment.

"I can smell the disgusting odor of a traitor. As long as I meet him once, I will know whether he was the one who killed Zhang Hong!" Xu Feng's eyes suddenly became deep, and he seemed to have regained the demeanor of an eighth-level secret realm apostle.

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"Okay, tell me the address and I'll be there, but a little later." Xu Feng said. After hearing Zhang Hong say an address, Xu Feng hung up the phone.

"Who called?" Song Yuqing walked out of the kitchen with food and asked casually.

"Zhang Hong, a friend of mine invited me to go out for a drink tonight." Xu Feng stood up and walked towards the bathroom.

After hearing the answer, Song Yuqing showed a look of loss on her face, but she quickly recovered.

After washing his hands, Xu Feng sat at the dining table, picked up the bowl and drank a mouthful of porridge, then picked up a piece of food with chopsticks and started eating.

"Aren't we going out to eat tonight? Eat less and save some room for a good meal outside." Song Yuqing pushed the plate of food that Xu Feng had just picked up in front of him.

"The food outside is not as delicious as my aunt's cooking. If Zhang Hong hadn't invited me, I wouldn't want to go out so late." Xu Feng said while eating.

Song Yuqing smiled slightly, stopped talking, and lowered her head to drink her porridge.

After dinner, Xu Feng went back to his room to change his clothes. After hesitating for a moment, he stuffed a few talismans into his pocket, said hello to Song Yuqing, went out and hailed a taxi, sat in the back seat, gave an address, and closed his eyes quietly.

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(End of this chapter)