Fu Xiaolou clicked her tongue as she watched the interaction between the two, laughing until her stomach hurt.
Geng's third son's lightness skill was among the best in the mountain, which shaped his aloof and arrogant personality; in other words, he was defiant towards everyone.
The Fu family's secret guards rarely show themselves in public. Even An Yi, apart from a few direct descendants of the Fu family, is regarded by the people on the mountain as Jiang Huai's bodyguard.
"Master!" Geng Xiaosan gritted his teeth and called out to someone hiding behind a tree, who was secretly laughing.
Jiang Huai turned his head and smiled, cheerfully calling out, "Second Grandpa!"
Fu Xiaolou emerged from behind the tree and exclaimed, "Hey!"
Jiang Huai clung tightly to Geng Xiaosan's leg, but his eyes were fixed on Fu Xiaolou, his face full of conflict.
From the moment Fu Xiaolou first saw Jiang Huai, she treated him like her own precious jewel, cherishing him dearly and unable to bear seeing him suffer even the slightest setback.
"What's wrong, Geng family brat? You don't even think much of my Fu family's precious darling?"
Geng Xiaosan's lips twitched, and he said disdainfully, "Are you kidding me? This little guy is more suited to playing in the mud than learning kung fu!"
Fu Xiaolou was not annoyed; the aura of the head of Qingcheng Mountain was nowhere to be seen in him.
He took off his straw hat, twirled it in his palm, and chuckled, "Little San'er, don't say the patriarch is bullying you. You and Huai'er have a match. If you lose, you can play with Huai'er, whatever you want. If you win, the patriarch will grant you one request, how about it?"
Geng Xiaosan raised an eyebrow again, a strange look appearing on his usually aloof face. "What are we competing in?"
Fu Xiaolou looked around and kicked a rock under the big tree over, saying, "Let's have a rock-splitting contest."
"Pfft!" Geng Xiaosan chuckled, patting Jiang Huai's head. "He wants to compete with me in breaking rocks? He's not even as heavy as this rock, how can he compete with me in internal strength?"
Fu Xiaolou said firmly, "Don't worry about that. The two of you will complete the competition on your own, and no one else is allowed to interfere!"
Geng Xiaosan chuckled and bent down to Jiang Huai, saying, "Little guy, this is what your second grandfather said. Don't say your uncle is bullying you! You're not allowed to cry if you lose, and you can't bother me anymore!"
After saying that, he calmly walked up to Fu Xiaolou.
Fearing that Fu Xiaolou might cause trouble, they even made him step back a bit.
He then took a deep breath, secretly gathered his inner strength in his palm, and slashed down with a powerful palm strike.
The stone shattered into two pieces.
Geng Xiaosan's lips curled slightly as he took a step back and looked at Jiang Huai.
Jiang Huai scratched the back of his head and gave his second grandfather an innocent look.
Fu Xiaolou waved his hand, pointed to the stone that had broken into two pieces on the ground, and said in a gentle tone, "Look, Huai'er, you have to find a way to break these two stones, otherwise Brother Geng San won't be able to play with you anymore!"
Jiang Huai looked at Geng Xiaosan with a troubled expression, meeting his slightly teasing gaze.
"If I break Brother Geng's body, will he be able to take me flying?" Jiang Huai asked Geng Xiaosan seriously.
Geng Xiaosan's expression turned serious, and he nodded, "That's right, as long as you can break the stone, I'll be at your beck and call from now on!"
Anyway, this kid is the future head of the Qingcheng Mountain family, so he has to live under his command. That's no lie.
Jiang Huai lowered his dark eyes and looked at the two stones. He walked over, touched them, and kicked them. They were quite heavy.
An Yi appeared out of nowhere and stood not far behind Fu Xiaolou, calmly uttering two words: "Leverage!"
Jiang Huai looked up and called out "Master" in a childish voice.
Geng Xiaosan's dark eyes narrowed slightly, and his gaze toward An Yi held a more scrutinizing quality.
This guard... is no ordinary person!
He arrived without making a sound; he didn't even see when he appeared!
Jiang Huai bent down and picked up a stone, slowly raising it above his head under the watchful eyes of three pairs of eyes.
A rock, larger than Jiang Huai's two heads, was held aloft on the head of a three-year-old child, and time seemed to stand still at that moment.
Geng Xiaosan's eyes widened, wondering how the child could lift such a heavy stone, when he saw Jiang Huai suddenly "hey" and the stone in his hand fall to the ground.
I knew it, how could he lift it... Before Geng Xiaosan could even relax, he saw Jiang Huai's stone slam heavily onto another stone with a "bang," shattering the stone on the ground into pieces.
“It’s broken.” Jiang Huai chuckled as he looked at Geng Xiaosan, his eyes gleaming with eager anticipation.
Geng Xiaosan hurried forward to examine the broken stones.
It really smashed!
The breakage was caused by gravity!
He stared at the child behind him as if he were looking at a ghost, his eyes filled with disbelief.
No wonder! No wonder that guard needed his help!
"Little San'er, let me tell you the truth, my grandson is born with superhuman strength, a natural-born martial arts prodigy! How about it, want to consider earning a few years of master-disciple relationship?"
Fu Xiaolou's jokes were not funny at all to Geng Xiaosan.
The future head of the Qingcheng Mountain family will have all the power and resources of the entire Qingcheng Mountain to cultivate him into a qualified head of the family. Not to mention his master, even his personal guards must be direct descendants.
He is not qualified.
After calming himself down, Geng Xiaosan clasped his hands in a fist salute and lowered his eyes, saying, "Patriarch, I have lost. From now on, I will obey Young Master's orders!"
Fu Xiaolou waved his hand and laughed, "It's not that serious. Huai'er is still young. He'll be back in the capital in a year or two. After all, his home is in the capital, under the emperor's nose. The capital is not like Qingcheng Mountain. He can't be without our people by his side. I'll just ask you one question: are you willing to stay by Huai'er's side to protect him?"
Without hesitation, Geng Xiaosan knelt down on one knee and replied, "I would gladly die for you!"
Fu Xiaolou looked at Jiang Huai and gestured towards him with her lips.
Jiang Huai stepped forward and took Geng Xiaosan's arm, chuckling, "Brother Geng, let's go flying!"
Geng Xiaosan's expression softened a bit, and he smiled, "Okay, but you need to change into some comfortable clothes."
Jiang Huai's eyes lit up, and he shouted at the top of his lungs, "Lili!"
Then, beaming with joy, he said to An Yi, "Master, I've finished all my homework this morning! I've also memorized all my books! You can test me again when I get back tonight!"
An Yi nodded expressionlessly, then turned and left.
Geng Xiaosan stared thoughtfully at An Yi's back.
With the help of An Yi and Geng Xiaosan, both openly and secretly, Jiang Huai became the overlord of Qingcheng Mountain.
Throughout the entire Qingcheng Mountain, whether on the mountaintop or at the foot of the mountain, there was no place he dared not go!
He even ventured into the forbidden area behind the mountain twice, and each time he returned, he looked like a little beggar who had been wandering for three years.
Nevertheless, Jiang Huai continued his explorations with great enthusiasm, learning from each mistake and managing to explore every inch of Qingcheng Mountain on foot within just six months.
After each expedition, he would write to his parents in the capital, his letters filled with interesting anecdotes, concealing all the bloodshed and danger.
Only Fu Ting was hiding behind the scenes, grinding his teeth in fury. What outrageous things had his two unreliable fathers and brothers made their precious grandson do?!
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