Chapter 24
Sui Sui listened to the tone of the young man in the moon-white robe, pouted in dissatisfaction, and puffed up his cheeks, looking more and more like a soft snow-white bun just out of the oven. Not only did he not have any deterrent effect, but he also made people want to poke his chubby face to see if it would deflate and leave a few soft holes.
So, while the little fat kid was fuming, the young man in the moon-white robe didn't notice anything unusual and continued to talk to himself, "Tsk, you're only at the sixth level of Qi training. Lian Wen's two maids are stronger than you. But in Wuzhou, that's normal..."
Strictly speaking, the young man in the moon-white robe is indeed qualified to comment.
He is about the same age as Changsun Lianwen, only four or five years older than Jiang Mingyan, but he has already reached the Foundation Establishment Stage.
However, before he finished speaking, not only did the two women in stone-blue dresses change their expressions slightly, but even the young man in green who was only at the ninth level of Qi training and who was following him looked unhappy.
However, the three of them were concerned about the background of the young man in the moon-white robe. They moved their lips a few times, but ultimately said nothing. They just pursed their lips, lowered their eyes, and listened silently.
Changsun Lianwen, standing by, didn't tolerate him. Upon hearing this, her brows furrowed and she shouted, "Wu Chen, that's enough."
Wu Chen curled his lips, but perhaps it was because Changsun Lianwen had just suppressed her annoyance and explained to him, this sense of compromise made him feel better, and he actually shut up at this moment.
"I'm sorry." Changsun Lianwen looked at Jiang Mingyan and Sui Sui again, a hint of apology in her beautiful eyes: "Wu Chen was born in Beimingzhou, so his words are bound to be offensive."
"You two should leave with us," she said sincerely. "The Dusk Mountains are dangerous at night. I really like the little one in your arms and I mean no harm. Of course, if you really don't want to, there's no need to make things difficult. Just say so."
However, she still has some regrets.
Chang Sun Lianwen thought that the round-faced cub was as beautiful as an exquisite porcelain doll, and she really couldn't bear to just stand by and watch.
If not, why would she ask patiently again and again?
In fact, Jiang Mingyan didn't feel much about Wu Chen's condescending tone.
Moreover, even if there were some waves, they would all turn into calmness and gentleness when he saw Sui Sui's puffed cheeks, glaring eyes and indignation.
So cute.
Jiang Mingyan couldn't help but poke the soft cheek lightly.
Then, he saw the little fat boy's already round black eyes suddenly became even rounder, and he tilted his little head back and looked at him in disbelief.
Brother! How could you do this?
Sui Sui is angry with the bad guy, and you come to poke Sui Sui's face!
You should share the same hatred with Suisui!
Jiang Mingyan looked away guiltily.
When Changsun Lianwen asked again about where he and Suisui had gone, Jiang Mingyan, who had just calmed down the angry little chubby boy, nodded and said, "Thank you, Miss Changsun."
Didn’t my brother not want to be with them?
The fluffy little tuft of hair on Sui Sui's head shook in confusion.
However, although the little fat boy was confused, he still responded to his brother obediently: "Thank you~"
Jiang Mingyan stroked the little back of the obedient little chubby boy. His sharp eyebrows softened, and his thick and long eyelashes seemed to droop inadvertently, covering up the strange color in his eyes.
Jiang Mingyan did not plan to travel with Changsun Lianwen and the others at first.
However, when he heard the young man in the moon-white robe named Wu Chen mention the Jiang family in Wu'an City, he changed his mind.
Jiang Ruke and others just died here. This timing... is too delicate.
Coming from outside Wuzhou, Changsun... Is he the Changsun family from Luofan City in Zhongzhou?
Where's that young man in the moon-white robe? Wu Chen...
Beimingzhou.
Jiang Mingyan's thoughts were turning.
Just now, Changsun Lianwen said that coming to Wuzhou was her business, so this matter is related to the Changsun family.
But Jiang Mingyan had never heard of any connection between the Jiang family of Wu'an City and Zhongzhou.
Jiang Mingyan slowly stopped stroking Sui Sui's back.
I hope Changsun Lianwen and the third elder didn't notice anything unusual in Guiyue Beast Cave.
He should have made plans earlier.
Jiang Mingyan thought calmly.
Seeing Jiang Mingyan agreed, Changsun Lianwen's beautiful eyebrows relaxed a little: "In that case, let's set off now."
Naturally, everyone had no objection.
Changsun Lianwen and Wu Chen walked in the front, and the third elder was beside Changsun Lianwen, slightly one step behind.
Behind them were a young man in green and two women in stone-blue dresses.
Jiang Mingyan followed behind them with Suisui in his arms, keeping a slight distance and not blending in.
"Hey, little brother, what's your name?"
Jiang Mingyan kept his distance, but he couldn't resist Sui Sui who was clinging to his arm and peeking around with her round, dark eyes blinking.
When the young man in green turned around, he saw the white and tender human cub, who looked like a lively kitten that was forcibly picked up by someone. His expression was serious and cunning, and he seemed to be eager to escape from prison.
So, he couldn't help but move closer and stretch out his hand to pinch the little tuft of hair that looked like a furry ear.
Jiang Mingyan paused and dodged without leaving a trace.
"Oh, so stingy." The green-clothed boy rolled his eyes and introduced himself, "My name is Zhao Yongyu. Your brother is so cute, much better than my half-brothers who only know how to cry with a runny nose."
Jiang Mingyan: "Yun Qiming, this is my younger brother Yun Qisui."
Zhao Yongyu responded, teasing the little cub: "How old are you? Can you talk?"
Sui Sui hummed a little babyish sound through his nose, then loudly announced: "I'm three years old! I can say 'fa'!"
Well, everything is perfect.
——Besides being too excited, the last note was a little distorted.
A hint of smile flashed across Jiang Mingyan's phoenix eyes.
Zhao Yongyu laughed out loud without mercy: "Hahaha, you can say 'fa'!"
Sui Sui angrily buried his chubby face in his brother's neck.
These adults always ask these questions whenever they tease the kids! Over and over again, and Sui Sui doesn't laugh at them; instead, they laugh at Sui Sui's unclear pronunciation!
Hate!
My brother is still the best.
Sui Sui thought angrily, not knowing at all that his brother was actually laughing as well, but just more secretly.
"Are you from Quyuan Village?" Seeing the little cub getting angry and embarrassed, and only facing him with the back of its round head, Zhao Yongyu sighed regretfully and turned to talk to Jiang Mingyan.
"No." Jiang Mingyan mentioned Wu'an City calmly: "We are from Wu'an City, and later came to Quyuan Village to make a living."
"Wu'an City..." Zhao Yongyu's expression was subtle.
He hesitated again and again, but finally couldn't help but whispered, "Where did you grow up?"
Jiang Mingyan: "Yeah."
"I heard there is a Jiang family in Wu'an City..." Zhao Yongyu winked.
Jiang Mingyan lifted the fat kid up by Sui Sui's little butt, and said calmly, "Yes, the Jiang family has been there for a long time."
"Then do you know that the Jiang family has a young man named Jiang Mingyan..." asked the taller woman in a stone-blue dress.
Before they knew it, the three people at the back of the team came over.
Even Changsun Lianwen, who was standing in front of her, cast a curious glance. Wu Chen stood beside her, his face sullen and silent, but his pace slowed down a bit.
Jiang Mingyan was slightly stunned.
Changsun Lianwen went to the Jiang family...Are they going to look for him?
Before Jiang Mingyan could figure out how to answer, an unusual sound suddenly came from the front.
"Roar--" A monster with purple hair and about three feet tall leaped down from a tall tree. Its movements were as fast as lightning, and its target was Wu Chen.
——Sparrow-headed beast.
Jiang Mingyan frowned and felt a chill in his heart.
A third-grade demon beast.
But over there, Wu Chen looked at the monster with an unmoved expression, and even a hint of mockery in his eyes.
The Third Elder raised his eyelids and raised his hand slightly. A vast amount of spiritual energy gathered in his palm, and a powerful pressure flashed across his face. Countless tall trees snapped, and the demonic beasts that had been lurking in the darkness slowly retreated. The roars of the beasts gradually weakened until they disappeared.
The purple monster fell heavily to the ground, without a sound.
One hit.
It was just a careless blow, and the third-grade monster was killed.
No power to resist.
Although the Third Elder deliberately controlled his spiritual pressure to bypass them, that powerful and unfathomable aura still left a deep impression on Jiang Mingyan's heart.
He looked at the old man, whose aura changed drastically just by raising his hand slightly and revealing a trace of spiritual power, making people no longer dare to look down on him. There seemed to be a raging fire burning in his phoenix eyes, revealing a flourishing and fiery ambition.
The world fell silent for a moment, with only the sound of the night wind blowing gently, the rustling of leaves, and the faint light cast by the stars in the sky.
"So awesome..." The next moment, a soft baby voice full of amazement broke the almost frozen atmosphere.
Changsun Lianwen turned her head and saw the chubby little boy in Jiang Mingyan's arms with his mouth open and a face full of admiration. A smile appeared in her beautiful eyes.
"Impressive, isn't it?" Zhao Yongyu came back to his senses and continued with a smile, "The Third Elder is a Nascent Soul cultivator. This Sparrow-headed Beast is only a third-grade cultivator, barely reaching the Great Perfection of Foundation Establishment. It's a blessing for it to be able to trouble the Third Elder to take action."
Jiang Mingyan's eyebrows moved slightly, and a dark color filled his eyes.
Nascent Soul cultivator.
Changsun Lianwen and the others came from Central China, so they had to pass through the Dusk Mountains.
The Dusk Mountains can be said to be a dangerous place in the Qianyuan Realm. Even if you bypass the deep center, you still need the protection of powerful cultivators to pass safely.
Therefore, although Jiang Mingyan guessed that the third elder had extraordinary cultivation, he did not expect that it was so extraordinary.
A Yuanying cultivator has achieved great spiritual awareness and a lifespan of three thousand years. He can change the world with a wave of his hand.
There has been no news of Nascent Soul cultivators in Wuzhou for a long time. The most powerful one is only at the Golden Core stage.
"Nascent Soul..." Sui Sui muttered, his watery, dark round eyes filled with confusion, like a dazed kitten.
He wrapped his chubby arms around Jiang Mingyan's neck, his soft round face pressed against his brother's slightly cool skin, and murmured softly, "Brother, you can do it too."
So don't worry, brother.
Suisui rubbed against her brother and comforted him in a soft and sweet voice.
The corners of Jiang Mingyan's lips curled up, and his heart felt hot and soft, as if it was being playfully poke by the pink and tender pads of a kitten.
"Yeah." He also whispered, "Sui Sui is right."
"What are you two brothers talking about?" Zhao Yongyu asked suspiciously.
Jiang Mingyan glanced at him indifferently.
"Alright, alright." Zhao Yongyu looked away awkwardly, "Why are you so angry..."
Jiang Mingyan: “…I didn’t.”
Sui Sui echoed in a baby voice: "Just like that!"
"You have a strange aura about you," Zhao Yongyu muttered. Perhaps he felt embarrassed that he was afraid of someone whose cultivation was inferior to his, so he changed the subject: "Although it was the Third Elder who took action just now, you must not underestimate the Fifth Young Master. The Fifth Young Master is from the Tianji Clan of Beiming Continent... By the way, you know the Tianji Clan, right?"
Jiang Mingyan was a little confused as to why he suddenly mentioned Wu Chen, and looked forward.
Sure enough, Wu Chen was looking over here.
“…”
Seeing that he didn't respond, Zhao Yongyu was quite shocked: "No, you really don't know?"
"...I know. The Zhongzhou aristocratic families, the Beiming hundreds of tribes, and the Jiuli Immortal Sect." Jiang Mingyan said.
"That's good." Zhao Yongyu sighed in relief. "Let me tell you, the Fifth Young Master has already established his foundation at such a young age..."
Zhao Yongyu was still chattering beside him, but Jiang Mingyan's thoughts had already drifted away.
Today, Changsun Lianwen and her group suddenly appeared in front of him and Suisui, as if the vast world outside Wuzhou had quietly lifted a corner of its veil in this cool night.
It was a completely different world. Jiang Mingyan looked at it from afar and couldn't help feeling a little anxious.
The noble families of Zhongzhou, the hundreds of tribes of Beiming, the Jiuli Immortal Sect, and the monsters of Wuzhou.
And there is the mysterious endless sea.
This world is so grand and wonderful. Jiang Mingyan lowered his eyes and looked at the ignorant Sui Sui in his arms, quietly watching the sweet smile on the little guy's face.
He thought that the world should be full of flowers and lush greenery every year.
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