Chapter 10
The servants who took the opportunity to vent their malice towards Jiang Mingyan were all stunned, and the Jiang family members also stopped mocking in shock.
The only sounds left in the entire courtyard were the miserable wails of servants with shattered hand bones.
Jiang Mingyan hugged the cub tightly in his arms, took a few steps back, and looked at the strange situation in front of him with a frown.
The sunset is red, and the sunset glow is like blood.
The peach trees in the yard stretched out their branches wantonly, and the gorgeous flowers and emerald green leaves fell one after another, like a grand rain of flowers and leaves.
Then, as if entering a fantasy world, time condensed in this brief moment, the trunk of the peach tree extended with dense golden color, sprouted, grew leaves, budded, and bloomed. In a moment, the four seasons cycled, and the bright and fragrant tree swayed gracefully in the red glow.
The edges of the newly grown green leaves and pink flowers were surrounded by a faint golden light, which contrasted beautifully with the winding golden branches. It was a completely different brilliance from the peach tree that had previously stood quietly in the courtyard.
Jiang Mingyan's eyes changed, but the soft ball in his arms suddenly moved at this moment.
In an instant, he no longer had the mind to pay attention to those things. He nervously lowered his head to check the chubby arms and legs of the little cub in his arms: "Is Sui Sui hurt? Where does it hurt? Don't hide it from me, tell me everything, okay?"
"Ah!" The little cub's round black eyes shone. He struggled to pull his fat paw out of his brother's hand and pointed at the lush green peach tree in the yard: "Brother, this is it!"
Jiang Mingyan was startled: "What?"
"Nest! Brother!" The little cub babbled, "Taotao, it's my brother's!"
The little cub was filled with joy at this moment, and with his round face tilted up, his eyes curved: "I will protect my big brother."
It's rare that I only got one word wrong out of five.
The first thought that popped into my mind was something completely unrelated.
Jiang Mingyan was moved by the little guy's childish words, but also felt quite subtle.
But soon, he reacted.
"Is the tree controlled by Suisui now?" he asked in a low voice.
The little guy nodded heavily, his face full of pride.
Suisui, great!
But what the little one, waiting with his head held high and chest puffed out, received was not a warm hug from his brother, but an even more detailed inspection and a hurried voice: "Is Sui Sui feeling unwell? What did the tree ask Sui Sui for? What did Sui Sui promise it?"
If Jiang Ruke and others were not still in the yard, Jiang Mingyan would have directly stripped off the fat boy's clothes and examined him inch by inch to make sure that the fat boy was not in any danger before he could feel at ease.
The little chubby cub, who didn't get any praise from his brother but was almost turned over and over by his brother with his bottom naked, was like a kitten that had lost its dream. He drooped his head and muttered dejectedly: "No... No..."
"No?" Jiang Mingyan frowned slightly, his face solemn. "Didn't it ask Sui Sui for anything?"
"Taotao, okay!" The little fat boy puffed out the soft flesh on his cheeks and uttered a few words.
Taotao can beat up bad guys and protect her brother, that’s great!
Jiang Mingyan looked at the little fat boy's big eyes full of affection and love, and couldn't help but recall the origin of this peach tree.
At that time, A'niang was pregnant with Sui Sui, and his spiritual roots were still intact.
One day, after lunch, my mother drove them both out of the house and asked my father to take him to practice sword-fighting so that he wouldn't have to stay around her all day.
In the evening, he and his father returned to the courtyard, sweating, and suddenly found that there was a lush and tall tree in the middle of the courtyard, which was originally a bit empty.
A'niang said that she saw this outside today and liked it very much, so she asked someone to help transplant it back.
Jiang Mingyan didn't think much about it at that time.
This is their home. As long as A Niang is willing, then whatever happens is fine.
The only objection he had was that he hoped that next time there would be such strenuous work as cleaning up the forest, his mother would ask him and his father to come and do it.
When recalling these past events now, Jiang Mingyan's eyes are complicated.
Did my mother already know the true appearance of this peach tree?
What about dad?
He rubbed the fluffy hair of the baby in his arms, moved his thin lips, but considering that there were other people in the yard, he finally fell silent.
Jiang Mingyan's mind was in a state of flux, but he ultimately trusted his parents and relaxed for a moment. Meanwhile, Jiang Ruke was furious: "What the hell? I told you to destroy this shabby yard, so how come this peach tree is still standing?"
"It's Hypericum odoratum." A young man from the Jiang family looked at the lush peach tree in the courtyard, which was surrounded by golden light, and whispered, "From the looks of it, it's a second-grade spiritual plant, with the strength equivalent to that of a cultivator in the early stages of foundation building."
Upon hearing this, Jiang Ruke's expression became even gloomier.
Second-grade spiritual plant.
How could a second-grade spiritual plant hide in this shabby yard for so long without revealing any clues?
The most advanced cultivator in their group was only at the sixth level of Qi training. How could they break through the protection of the second-grade spiritual plant to teach Jiang Mingyan and the little kid in his arms a lesson?
"Heh." Although burning with anger, Jiang Ruke suddenly calmed down.
He flicked his sleeves and turned to walk out of the yard: "Let's go!"
The Jiang family members who followed Jiang Ruke looked at each other, not understanding what was going on with Jiang Ruke. But after thinking for a while, they finally followed Jiang Ruke's pace.
Once the Jiang family left, the servants lost their backbone.
They hesitated for a while, and finally, two tall servants came out and dragged the servant whose wailing was gradually getting weaker, and the group quickly retreated from the courtyard.
The gate of the courtyard fell to the ground, the messy footprints were particularly glaring, and the courtyard was also in a mess.
But Jiang Mingyan ignored all this.
He carried the little fat boy into the house, closed the doors and windows tightly, and lit the candles.
The chubby kid who was placed on his brother's bed tilted his head in confusion, and looked at his brother standing beside the bed with his watery eyes: "Ah?"
"Brother, check it out." Jiang Mingyan stretched out his hand to open the little fat boy's robe.
"Ah!" Unexpectedly, he still couldn't escape the fate of being naked. The little fat boy collapsed wilfully into a soft pancake with a thin skin and rich filling.
Jiang Mingyan found it funny and gently put it on the fat boy's round face as a 'compensation' for him.
The little fat boy got the care of his long-awaited brother, and his face suddenly brightened up, no longer listless, and even his hair stood up.
He was quite conscientious in "doing his job", and would lift his arms and legs when asked to do so, being very well-behaved.
Seeing this, Jiang Mingyan smiled.
After checking, he didn't see any bruises on the little fat boy and breathed a sigh of relief.
But he didn't end there. Instead, he pondered for a moment, sat on the bed, and held the little fat boy in his arms.
"Brother, let me use my spiritual energy to check it out. It won't hurt, don't be afraid, Sui Sui." He discussed with the little fat boy in a gentle voice, "Although this peach tree was brought back by my mother, I'm still a little worried. My spiritual energy is very weak now, so I can only check some of Sui Sui's meridians on the periphery. But the meridians in the human body are integrated, so even if it's just the peripheral meridians, I can still find some problems. Sui Sui, don't move around for a while, let me check it out, okay?"
The little fat boy only half understood what he heard, but he also knew that his brother was doing it for his own good. He nodded babblingly and nestled obediently in his brother's arms without moving.
The little fat boy was so obedient and well-behaved that Jiang Mingyan's heart melted.
Even if the little fat boy stretched out his claws to reach the stars in the sky, Jiang Mingyan thought, he would try his best to fulfill his wish.
Jiang Mingyan placed his fingers on the fat boy's left wrist, and the spiritual power was compressed into a very thin and soft one, and he gently probed into it.
Jiang Mingyan could not "see" the specific situation, but he could vaguely perceive some of it.
He was pleased to find that the meridians in the little guy's body were very wide and flat, which indicated that when the little guy practiced in the future, he would absorb spiritual energy much faster than others.
However, the spiritual energy of the third level of Qi training is still too weak.
Jiang Mingyan barely made a circle around the little guy's peripheral meridians before he was already covered in sweat and his spiritual power was exhausted.
He withdrew that trace of spiritual power. Although his body was extremely tired, he was in a good mood.
"Sui Sui is fine." He opened his phoenix eyes, smiled and touched the little guy's soft face.
"Sui Sui can control the peach tree, perhaps because he's a spirit-devouring being?" he speculated. "When the test results came out, A Niang was very calm and not worried at all. It seems she knows that our Sui Sui is different from the other spirit-devouring beings. Sui Sui is the most special child."
But from now on, no one else can test Sui Sui’s spiritual roots and physical condition.
Jiang Mingyan's eyes darkened, thinking in his heart.
Don't let others notice the difference between you and me.
People's hearts are treacherous, and this secret can only be known by him and Sui Sui.
The most special little kid didn't know that his brother was currently preoccupied with hiding his peculiarity. The little kid's big round eyes only reflected the sweat on his brother's face.
He stretched out his chubby little hands and clumsily wiped the sweat off Jiang Mingyan's face.
Jiang Mingyan was stunned, a smile climbed up the corners of his eyes and eyebrows, his heart softened, and the tiredness in his body was slightly dispelled.
"Brother, go wash up and then cook for Sui Sui." He paused and changed his words: "It was a mess just now, Sui Sui must be dirty too, Sui Sui, come with me to wash up."
The little fat boy pouted, but his brother still carried him like a cat to take a bath.
After taking a bath, eating sweet fruit puree, and chewing a Ningling fruit for a long time, the little fat boy was watched by his brother while he washed his face and brushed his teeth before being finally sent to bed.
However, because so many things happened today, Jiang Mingyan felt a little uneasy, so he wrapped the little fat boy in the quilt as well.
The little guy was not dissatisfied with being separated from his own bed tonight. Instead, he was very happy that he had successfully squeezed into his brother's bed.
Therefore, the little guy was a little excited. He nestled in Jiang Mingyan's arms and mumbled for a long time before falling asleep.
Jiang Mingyan found it difficult to fall asleep despite hearing the soft breathing of the cub.
The expression on Jiang Ruke's face before he left just now always left a heavy burden on his heart.
Jiang Ruke would not give up on humiliating them so easily, and no one knew what tricks he was thinking of now.
The fact that Suisui can control Hypericum virginianum must not be known to the Jiang family.
Moreover, now that the Green Leaf Hypericum has been exposed, it is still unknown whether he and Sui Sui can keep the Green Leaf Hypericum from the Jiang family.
Otherwise... take this opportunity to leave Wu'an City?
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