Zhuliu Mountains
underground palace
"Come on, eat more, eat more." Zhuliu Feng pulled off a piece of animal meat and handed it to the man in black cloak beside him with a smile, with a hint of pride in his kind eyes.
The man in the black cloak ate with his mouth full and nodded repeatedly as he took the meat in his hand.
Zhuliu Feng looked at him with a smile on his face. The whole scene was like a father watching his son eat.
The man in the black cloak also noticed his eyes, slowly raised his head and said, "Don't just look at me, eat quickly."
"Okay, eat!" Zhuliu Feng held the animal meat in his hand and suddenly asked: "By the way. You are not young anymore. Are you married?"
The man in the black cloak paused, and without hiding anything from him, he said truthfully: "I already have a son."
Zhuliu Kuang was shocked when he heard this, and asked with a smile: "How old is he? Does he look like you? Why didn't you bring him to see me?"
"Also! Which lady is she from? Could it be the alchemy practitioner from Wuzhou?"
"It's true of you. They are already married, and you don't know how to bring them, mother and son, to me."
The man in the black cloak said: "Who told you that I was married? I just said that I had a son, and I didn't tell you that I was married."
"What are you talking about?" Zhuliu Feng said slightly dissatisfied: "How can you get a son if you don't get married?"
The man in the black cloak explained: "I don't like to hold weddings with great fanfare, so I didn't get married, but I do have a son."
"Oh! What do you think you are doing? This woman has given you a son, but you don't give her a title." After Zhuliu Feng scolded him, he asked, "How old is your son?"
The man in the black cloak said while eating the meat, "Sixteen."
Zhuliu Feng nodded immediately. It took him a moment to react, and he immediately accused him: "What?! He's sixteen years old, and you didn't bring him to see me!"
The man in the black cloak picked up the teapot on the ground and poured him a cup of tea. Then he poured another cup for himself. He picked up the tea cup and said, "To tell you the truth, even my old man has never seen him." noodle."
Zhuliu Feng couldn't understand and said: "Marrying a wife and having children is not a shameful thing. What are you doing?"
"If you don't give people a birthright and even hide their children, is it possible that someone will try to steal your son from you?"
The man in the black cloak took a sip of tea and said: "You also know that my current prestige in the Northern Continent is too high for him to follow me. I don't want to put pressure on him."
Zhuliu Feng was so angry that he was out of breath: "Let me tell you, you are just as virtuous as your father. You even have children but don't get married. It's true!"
"Thanks to your good looks, girls don't care."
"She dares!" The man in the black cloak raised his face and said in a rather tough tone: "I alone have the final say at home, what does she, a woman, know?"
Zhuliu Feng said directly: "Don't blame me for being too outspoken. If you were really the alchemy practitioner in Wuzhou, you would still be inferior to them in terms of influence and connections."
The man in the black cloak ducked his eyes and said, "I... did I tell you who she is? Don't make random guesses, okay?"
Zhuliu Feng shook his head and smiled: "That's right. You have so many confidantes. Today you will come to see one, and tomorrow you will come to make an appointment with that one, alas!"
The man in the black cloak whispered: "It's all about old sesame seeds and rotten millet. Why do you bring it up?"
Zhuliu Feng suddenly remembered something important and asked, "Hey? I have to mention something to you. Your family is just you and Zi Fu. Is there anyone with the surname Zi on Beida Road?"
The man in the black cloak smiled and said, "You can't say that. Isn't it normal for some people to change their names for the sake of profit?"
Zhuliu Kuang's eyes widened and he said in disbelief: "Change your name?! How could someone do such a rebellious thing?"
The man in the black cloak said naturally: "As a human being, living is the most important thing. Some people change their names under forced circumstances for the sake of future generations."
"But there are also some people with evil intentions who want to rely on the reputation of others to do things and force themselves into unrelated families."
Zhuliu Kuang was not an unreasonable person. After hearing what the man in black cloak said, he said: "The former is understandable, but as for the latter, benevolent people have different opinions and wise people have different opinions."
"To be able to do such a bottomless thing is really extremely despicable."
The man in the black cloak said calmly: "Everyone has different ideas. What you think is important is just an ordinary thing in the eyes of others."
Zhuliu Feng was silent for a long time, his old eyes slowly blinked a few times, not knowing what he was thinking.
The man in the black cloak burped, stood up and bent down to salute: "Okay. Now that I've eaten enough and everyone has seen it, I'll leave first."
Zhuliu looked at his back and suddenly asked: "Did I do something wrong? Did I care too much?"
The man in the black cloak stopped slightly and said solemnly: "You are not wrong. They are also thinking about the future of the family, but this method is based on the pain of others."
Zhuliu Feng felt deeply guilty and said: "It seems I was wrong. If I hadn't given them the confidence, they wouldn't have bullied others. In the final analysis, I am the culprit."
"Although I didn't say a word, over the years they have implicitly agreed with me and acted without fear."
"Alas! I really didn't expect that even if I sit here and do nothing, I would still bring disaster to this continent."
The man in the black cloak trembled and turned his back to him and shouted loudly: "I told you! It's them who are wrong and it has nothing to do with you!"
"That's it, that's it." Two traces of tears flowed from the corners of Zhuliu Crazy's eyes. This was the first time he shed tears in so many years in the secret room, which showed that he was really disappointed in his heart.
"Do what you should do, don't constrain your own thoughts because of me."
The man in the black cloak stood there without replying, his trembling body still not stopping.
He knew how uncomfortable it would be for him to let this stubborn master say such words.
Zhuliu Feng slowly opened his trembling lips and said with difficulty: "Those who repent of their past mistakes will live, and those who do not want to repent will be killed!"
"I understand." After the man in the black cloak finished speaking, he raised his feet and was about to leave.
Zhuliu Feng suddenly laughed and said: "A few days ago, I found a handsome boy who looks very similar to you. His surname is also Zi, and his name is Ziyang."
"At first, I thought he was your son. After listening to what you just said, now that I think about it, I was overly worried."
"I won't say anything else. When you have time, just bring the two of them to see this bad old man like me."
"But... the child I saw will have limitless achievements in the future, alas!"
The fact that hundreds of millions of people in the Northern Continent can be favored by the divine beast Thunder Tiger and inherit it is enough to prove his extraordinary qualities.
Zhuliu Feng's long sigh was obviously because he didn't want to see such a talented child from someone else's family. When he thought of this, he felt a little disappointed in his heart.
The man in the black cloak laughed out loud and said, "Okay, old man, what's there to regret? There are so many geniuses in the world, you can't relate them all to you, right?"
Zhuliu Feng wiped away the tears on his face and said with a smile: "I'm used to it. My talent-loving problem is hard to change, and it can't be changed, hahaha!"
The man in the black cloak also laughed along with him. After a few breaths, the laughter stopped.
He looked sideways at Zhuliu Feng and said, "I won't disturb you anymore. I'll see you again when I have time."
Zhuliu Feng rarely said in a scornful tone: "Just do whatever you want to do. If anything happens, I will take care of you."
The man in the black cloak felt sour in his heart and said with great emotion: "I understand."
Desert ruins
Ziyang and Zhufeng were walking in a tunnel. A row of candles hung on each of the two sand walls illuminated the tunnel.
"Zhufeng, say..." Before Zi Yang could finish speaking, the sand beneath his feet collapsed, and a deep pit quietly appeared.
Fortunately, he reacted in time and grabbed the sand wall on one side with both arms. Zhufeng held his ankle tightly with both hands and did not dare to let go for a moment.
Because, the pit is full of smooth and bright swords standing upright. Once you fall down, you will be pierced by the sharp blades and die miserably.
Zi Yang gritted his teeth and tried his best to lean his arms against the sand wall. His body began to sway and exert force, his knees rubbed up and down against the wall, and the gravel fell down.
"Pfft!" Zhufeng spat out the gravel that fell into his mouth, and immediately warned: "Zi Yang! Don't shake it. If you shake it again, I won't be able to catch you."
Zi Yang ignored him, pressed his arms hard on the sand, and said, "Hurry up and step on my shoulders. I won't be able to hold on for long."
Just because Zhufeng grabbed one of his ankles, he couldn't drag Zhufeng up at all, so he had to find a support point for himself first and let Zhufeng go up first.
"Zi Yang, hold on tight, I'm going up right now." After Zhu Feng said, he pulled down with both hands, kicked the sand wall beside him, and jumped up. He first grabbed Zi Yang's lower back, and then He jumped up again and placed his two feet on Ziyang's shoulders.
Finally, with a slight jump, he jumped over Zi Yang's head and successfully stood on the solid sand.
When he looked back, he saw that Ziyang's cheeks were red from holding back, and veins suddenly appeared on his arms and forehead. Zhufeng was about to reach out and pull him up.
He struggled a few times, stepped on the sand wall with his feet, and successfully escaped from danger, breaking out in a cold sweat.
Zhufeng looked at the other shore, which was more than ten feet away, then looked up at the gap above his head, and said anxiously: "Zi Yang, the distance from here to the other side is too long, we can't get through it at all."
Zi Yang wiped the sweat from his forehead with the back of his hand and said, "It's okay, I have a solution."
He placed his right palm on the sand, and several thunder patterns slowly appeared, then began to spread to the opposite side.
After a few breaths, silvery thunder patterns crisscrossed and formed a large silver net, connecting the collapsed areas with thunder nets.
Zhufeng pointed at the big thunder net in front of him, smiled and said: "Zi Yang, look...this is me..."
Zi Yang nodded and half-crouched in front of him, turned to him and said, "Come up, I'll carry you over."
Zhufeng immediately jumped on his back, and Ziyang carried him on his back, stepping on the thunder pattern and walking to the other side step by step.
