Chapter 27 Divergence
Feng Shier pursed his lips, unable to suppress a hint of resentment as he spoke, "Am I supposed to just stand by and watch you get hit?" He couldn't do anything about it.
Feng Shier suddenly raised his head, looking at him in disbelief: "What did you say!?"
“I’m telling you,” Su Yu patted his head, “when you know there’s danger, you should take good care of yourself first.”
Su Yu's smile was faint, the bloody memories of the apocalypse lingering in his mind. He believed he was telling Feng Twelve the correct survival rule: in the face of life and death, putting oneself first was the only way to increase the chances of survival in a world fraught with danger.
A deliberate betrayal, a silent burden, a bloody debt of grievances, hands clasped together that cannot be let go...
They will all drag people into the abyss called death.
Feng Shier stood up abruptly, causing Su Yu's hand to slip away for the first time.
He was breathing heavily, his chest heaving violently.
"Aren't we brothers? Aren't you my older brother? You have to acknowledge that!"
"So when I'm in danger, you'll just leave me alone?"
Su Yu was stunned for a moment by his reaction, then blinked and said quite matter-of-factly, "How could that be? Since I've recognized you as my younger brother, I'll naturally protect you."
He's still just a little kid, and it'll be a long time before he grows up and is kicked out of the house.
As parents, we should protect our children, but children don't have to bravely face dangers around their parents.
Su Yu's logic is very self-consistent.
Feng Shier was so angry that he fell backward and couldn't speak for a long time.
Su Yu looked him over and over and thought that Mo Gui was indeed a divine medicine of the demon race. The little cub looked quite energetic, so there was probably no need to worry about his cultivation. He could just look for a suitable cultivation method for him later.
I wonder if the little brat has awakened any powerful bloodline. He only has a pair of red eyes. There are quite a few ancient demons with red eyes in the inherited memories, so it's hard to tell.
Although Feng Twelve remained silent, he still glanced at him every now and then. Seeing that Su Yu had also fallen silent, he shifted uneasily, then turned around and said with a serious expression on his pretty face, "The magical plant that brother gave me seems to be quite special..."
It seems he has awakened a very powerful bloodline...
He will catch up with his brother soon, and then he won't be able to use his abilities as an excuse to exclude him from participating.
At this moment, the cave trembled again.
It appears that there is a fight.
Su Yu's eyes immediately turned cold and stern, indicating that Feng Twelve would speak later.
They need to be evacuated as soon as possible to avoid being buried by the collapsing earth and rocks.
Outside the cave, the fierce battle shook the heavens and the earth. The clash of moves produced explosions that shot straight into the sky, and the aftershocks swept across the ground like a storm, tearing up the earth and causing the grass and trees to bend and fall.
As rocks and soil continued to fall from the cave, Su Yu led Feng Twelve to hide in a triangular safe zone supported by several boulders, covering themselves with defensive talismans and waiting for the battle between the unknown experts to subside.
Even the lingering force brought an unprecedented sense of oppression to the two of them; this was not a battle they could participate in.
The sound seemed to gradually fade away.
After a loud bang, there was no sound outside for a long time.
Su Yu whispered in Feng Shier's ear, "Let me go out and take a look."
With his head turned away, there was no reaction. Su Yu gently poked his waist again, which resulted in him shaking his head firmly.
In his haste to find a place to dodge, Su Yu was caught off guard and Feng Twelve blocked his way. If Su Yu wanted to get out, Feng Twelve had to step aside to make room for him.
Feng Shier turned his back, grabbed Su Yu's finger that was poking him to stop him from moving, and tilted his head to listen warily to the sounds outside. Only when he was sure it was completely quiet outside did he let go and say, "I'll go take a look."
"Hey!" Su Yu exclaimed anxiously, grabbing his clothes. "I'll go check it out myself."
In the dim light of the small safe zone formed by the boulders, Su Yu did not see Feng Shier's clenched fist beside him, but noticed that after a long silence, his shoulders suddenly relaxed.
"Just going to take a look."
"I've never been able to help."
"Brother, am I really that useless...?"
Su Yu's pupils dilated.
How to address the psychological problems of low self-esteem and depression in infants?
He quickly released his grip on the back of his clothes and reassured him, "How could that be? Twelve is very capable; he even saved me before."
Su Yu pulled out a stack of talismans and stuffed them into Feng Twelve's arms. These were the Concealment Talismans that Feng Twelve had recently learned. As the name suggests, they could conceal one's aura and reduce one's presence, but if the difference in strength was too great, one would still be detected. Su Yu then stuck one more talisman directly on Feng Twelve's back.
Because we're not very skilled yet, the effective duration of this batch of concealment talismans is still somewhat unstable, so having a few more is safer.
"Go ahead, call me if anything happens."
Even if we can't win, we can still escape with Twelve.
"Okay." Feng Twelve gripped the talisman in his hand and responded softly.
As he walked away, a faint smile played on his lips in the shadows.
Amidst the chaotic pile of rubble, a silent, charred scene unfolded, with only a young child lying face down, almost silently, with some rubble pressing down on him.
Feng Shier keenly sensed that faint sign of weakness. He took a few steps over the ruins blocking his way and stopped a dozen steps away from the child.
Seeing that it was just a weak child who posed no threat to them, Feng Twelve turned away with a cold expression and no interest.
With such a commotion just now, the child who appeared out of nowhere must be in trouble and danger. He must have been stupid to get involved.
Unbeknownst to him, the child's tightly closed eyelashes trembled silently.
"Since there's nothing else, let's leave quickly."
Su Yu welcomed Feng Twelve back and, upon hearing that there was no more commotion outside, quickly made a decision.
With such a commotion, if other demons nearby come to investigate and discover them, who knows what trouble that will cause? It's best to retreat first.
The twelve seals should naturally be the one.
But before they had taken more than a few steps, they saw the unconscious child not far away.
The location is different now.
Feng Twelve's red eyes darkened, and he gritted his teeth inwardly. Turning to see his brother's somewhat puzzled gaze, he said to him with a hint of shyness and shame, "I didn't even realize there was a demon here..."
“It’s alright,” Su Yu calmly patted Xiao Twelve’s shoulder, “I’ll go take a look, this cub seems to be quite small…”
He's even younger than Feng Twelve, whom I met before. Judging by his height, he's probably only five or six years old.
"Hey, brother," Feng Twelve hurriedly called out to him, a hint of hesitation in his expression, "Isn't this kid's appearance a bit too strange?"
Su Yu was taken aback for a moment, then smiled at Twelve.
He often smiled at Feng Shier, but this time his expression softened, and the coldness that often gathered between his brows and eyes dissipated, like spring flowers blooming. It made people feel that they just wanted to drown in those smiling eyes.
"He's so young. If we don't take care of him, we don't know if he'll even survive."
Feng Twelve stared blankly at the faintly smiling face before him: "Well, alright then..."
I jerked my head to clear my head, and when I looked up again, my brother was already walking towards the strange child.
What did he just say?
Overwhelmed with regret, Feng Twelve felt as if he was about to faint.
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
