Chapter Ninety-Four: An Unexpected Reunion

  "What kind of people are you? Are you together with this little devil?" The man glared coldly at the old beggar and Zu Ji Tian.

  "Hey, Ah Shuang, don't be rude. This hero is an acquaintance of mine. You step down, I'm here, no need to worry." The old woman spoke as she gestured for the man to back off. Immediately, a smile spread across her face as she invited him in: "Please come this way, sir."

  The old beggar's face turned slightly awkward, and he smiled bitterly without answering the old woman. He just walked towards the direction she pointed to. The old woman also walked with her cane, but in a few steps, she was almost out of sight of the crowd, which shocked everyone present.

  At this time, the old woman and the old beggar arrived at a dense forest. The old woman waved her hand lightly, and a thick aura wall covered the surroundings of the two people. From the outside, it was impossible to know what happened inside.

  "Disciple pays respects to master." The speaker was the old woman, who had already thrown her staff aside and knelt on both knees, her eyes filled with moisture and excitement.

  The old beggar immediately knelt down and rushed to the front of the old woman, helping her up with a smile. "Aoxue, what are you doing? You're already in your sixties, hurry up." As he spoke, the old beggar had already helped the old woman up. The old woman heard the old beggar's words and the moisture in her eyes had turned into tears on her cheeks. She also burst out crying like a child. "Hey, don't cry, or I'll leave right away!" The old beggar comforted the old woman. Perhaps frightened by the old beggar's words, the old woman immediately stopped crying, composed herself, and looked at the old beggar with excitement: "Master, I won't cry anymore, please don't go!" "Ah, that's more like it, that's my good disciple." The old beggar said with a relieved expression. The two of them now looked like two children playing house, but who knew they were both already elderly people in their sixties?

  "Master, you are indeed the one that my disciple has been searching for all these years. After more than a decade of searching, I have finally found you today! My disciple has never forgotten the meticulous teachings you imparted to him back then." As the old woman spoke, she became somewhat agitated again, and the image of the weathered old woman from before was completely gone; now, in front of the old beggar, she looked more like a little girl.

  "Arrogant Snow, didn't I tell you back then not to look for me again? I'm a carefree person, don't waste your thoughts looking for me. Look at you now, you're even bigger than me." The old beggar sighed.

  "Oh, since Master doesn't like my current appearance, I'll just change back to my original form." The old woman said, and with a turn of her body, a soft white light enveloped her entire being. Her originally hunched figure slowly straightened up, transforming into a plump and slender young woman's physique before the eyes of the old beggar. However, this woman's appearance seemed mature and elegant, with a face as beautiful as a celestial being, smiling warmly at the old beggar. The old beggar didn't show any surprise at this transformation, but instead smiled back at the beautiful woman in front of him, occasionally stroking his own unkempt beard.

  "Master, look, isn't it much better now?" At this time, a refreshing and sweet voice came from the woman. The woman was constantly dancing with her elegant figure, which was simply two generations away compared to the old woman's appearance before.

  "This is more like it, this is indeed my good apprentice." The old beggar said with a very pleased expression.

  At this time, the woman had stopped her actions and laughed: "Master, you have really tormented your disciple. You've been gone for over a decade, I almost died from thinking about you."

  "Hehe, it's nothing now that we've met, right?" The old beggar said with a smile.

  "Master, how have you spent the past decade or so? I didn't know that I had sent out many people to find your whereabouts, but none of them were able to track you down." The woman said with a smile.

  "Hehe, wherever I am free is where I'll be." The old beggar laughed.

  "It's true that heaven doesn't abandon those with a kind heart, I've finally found you. Now, no matter what you say, you can't leave, my disciples haven't even properly paid their respects to you yet." The woman said as she pulled on the old beggar's arm, not letting him go.

  "Heh heh, you've lived with me for so many years and yet you still don't know my temperament?" The old beggar said with a smile.

  "Master, I beg of you, don't go, okay? Just stay and let your disciple properly show filial piety," the woman pleaded.

  "Never mind about this for now," said the old beggar in doubt, "I'm asking you, where are you going?"

  "Oh, I'm taking my little grandson home. We could have taken a flying machine, but the little guy was too mischievous and insisted on walking back home. I had no choice but to accompany him," the woman said with some helplessness.

  "Wow, can't believe it, my dear apprentice has a grandson now, haha, that little kid standing next to you just now, hehe, is also my great-grandson! I'd better prepare a gift for my great-grandson!" The old beggar laughed loudly.

  "That's right, that little brat is so mischievous, he's been tormenting my old lady all day." The woman shook her head and laughed.

  "Here, take this, consider it a gift from me to my great-grandson when you meet him." As he spoke, the old beggar held out a silver-white soft armor. The woman's eyes widened in surprise as she saw the soft armor in the old beggar's hand and exclaimed: "Snow Silk Soft Armor."

  "What's strange?" said the old beggar with a smile.

  "Master, you're so biased! Back then, I asked you for so long and you weren't willing to give it to me. Now, you're giving such a precious gift to my grandson as a meeting gift." The woman said with a stifled mouth.

  "Haha, your strength is enough without this Snow Silk Soft Armor, why are you still eating vinegar for your grandson?" The old beggar spoke as his finger drew a line on the woman's nose tip.

  "Hehe, I was just kidding. Then I'll take my grandson to thank you properly, old sir." The woman said with a smile, putting away the soft armor given by the old beggar, and looked at him: "Master, why don't you stay with us for a few more days?" As she spoke, the woman's eyes revealed a pleading gaze.

  "Hmm, that's it." The old beggar stroked his chin thoughtfully and said: "It's okay, but I won't be able to stay for long, when the time comes you don't cry again, I really can't bear it."

  The woman's face was filled with smiles as she listened to the old beggar, and she exclaimed excitedly: "It won't happen, it won't happen." As she spoke, she wrapped her two hands around the old beggar's arm, revealing a happy expression.

  "Don't tell anyone about today's events," said the old beggar.

  "Alright, don't worry. By the way, Master. Who was that little devil who blocked our path just now?" the woman asked.

  "Haha, you're talking about that little devil? I've only just met him too. This kid is interesting, I think I'll train him properly." The old beggar laughed loudly. The woman saw the old beggar's excited expression and said: "You mean you want to take him as your apprentice?"

  The old beggar saw through the woman's thoughts and smiled: "What, worried that I'll find a little brother for you? Don't worry, I've sworn an oath not to take any more disciples." Upon hearing the old beggar's words, the woman fell silent for a moment, as if she had remembered something.

  "Oh, that little devil seems to be drunk, what did you do to him?" The woman looked at the old beggar with a puzzled face.

  "What can I do to him? I just asked him to help me find some wine to drink, but this little scoundrel secretly drank my wine away, so..." The old beggar spread his palms in a helpless manner.

  "Oh, I see, then why don't you bring him along and hurry up with us?" the woman asked.

  "Want, of course want it, this kid is fun." The old beggar said with great enjoyment. As they spoke, the two had already walked out of the Yuanqi Ring Wall, and the Yuanqi Ring Wall also disappeared instantly. In a short while, the two came to the front of everyone.

  "Grandma, where are you running off to? It's been such a long time." The young man asked with a stifled mouth. At this moment, the woman had transformed back into an old lady.

  "Hehe, it's nothing, I just ran into an acquaintance and we chatted about old times." The old woman said with a smile.

  "Acquaintance, who is it? Where?" The young man looked around in all directions. However, except for the old beggar, no one else was found. He couldn't help but take a closer look at the old beggar.

  "You're an acquaintance of Grandma's? How come I've never seen you before?" The young man looked at the old beggar with suspicion.

  "Hehe, little devil, when I knew your grandma, we didn't even know where you were." The old beggar chuckled.

  "Rain is constant, but you are being rude to your elders." Old Du glared at the young man.

  "Grandma..." The young man was about to speak but was stopped by the old woman's gaze.

  "Haha, don't be like that, little kids are innocent and lovely, it's nothing." The old beggar chuckled and stroked his beard.

  "Please, old sir, get on the carriage and hurry along." The old woman spoke while gesturing for the old beggar to sit down in the carriage. However, the old beggar waved his hand and said, "Hehe, you're not unaware of my habits, I don't want to ride this carriage, I think it's better if I walk, what do you say?" The old beggar spoke while looking at Zu Ji Tian.

  Zu Ji Tian also saw the old beggar ask himself, with a smile on his face: "Then let's follow the elder's meaning, and I'll just go along with the elder."

  "Oh, old sir, I had forgotten that this little hero is..." The old woman spoke with a smile as she looked at Zu Ji Tian. Zu Ji Tian also understood the old woman's meaning and told her about how he and Du Fei met the old beggar. As they walked, they chatted idly along the way, except for Du Fei who was still in the carriage with the young boy, the boy because he didn't want to walk, and Du Fei because he was drunk and unconscious.

  The young man looked at Du Fei's sleeping face, his mouth open, drooling, and snoring loudly. The sight was quite unpleasant. The young man was bored on the carriage ride, and Du Fei's snores made him even more annoyed. He couldn't take it anymore, so he kicked Du Fei with one foot. However, Du Fei slept too soundly and didn't notice someone kicking him. At this time, he continued to talk in his sleep: "Wine... wine... bring me the wine..."

  The young man also heard Du Fei's sleep talk and thought he had kicked him awake. After pretending to be calm for a while, he saw that Du Fei didn't react at all and let out a sigh of relief, saying: "It turns out you were just talking in your sleep. I thought you little brat woke up. You dare to scare me, look how I'll deal with you." The young man looked at Du Fei with a mischievous grin.

  The young man slowly approached Du Fei and saw that he was still fast asleep. With a sly smile, the young man suddenly pinched his hand on Du Fei's face, pulling and tugging repeatedly. However, Du Fei didn't wake up, as if he didn't feel any pain at all, and continued to snore loudly.

  The young man saw that Du Fei didn't react and became even more reckless in teasing him. He started by flipping Du Fei over, then back again, and Du Fei was tossed around like a ball, but no matter how much the young man messed with him, he just slept peacefully. The young man probably got tired of playing and sat down next to Du Fei, looking at his ugly sleeping face.

  The boy took a deep breath and carefully looked at the man sleeping in front of him. He was shocked by the numerous scars on Du Fei's body, but as he looked closer, he saw that despite his dark and youthful appearance, there was an air of unyielding determination between his eyebrows, and a strong aura emanating from his clear-cut facial features. The boy couldn't help but approach Du Fei again, this time not to tease him, but to gently stroke the scars on his body. It was the first time he had seen someone with so many scars, and as he looked at Du Fei, he estimated that they were probably around the same age, likely 17 or 18 years old. However, from the scars on Du Fei's body, he could sense that this boy had experienced unimaginable hardships, which would have taken years to form, and must have been through numerous life-or-death struggles. A normal person wouldn't be able to inflict such severe scars on themselves, and the boy looked at him with a mixture of shock and bewilderment. He wondered what kind of childhood and experiences Du Fei had gone through to end up with so many scars on his body. The boy's eyes now held a hint of sympathy, and without realizing it, he had placed one hand gently on Du Fei's chest, staring blankly at the young man who had been through so much.

  "What are you doing?" A cold, low voice suddenly came, also startling the young man who was deep in thought. The young man was taken aback and looked towards the source of the sound, at which point Du Fei was sprawled on the ground with a cold, stern expression, staring at the young man.

  The young man only then realized that his behavior had been somewhat excessive, and said in a flustered tone: "N-nothing." As he spoke, the young man withdrew his hand from Du Fei's chest and subtly shifted backwards. However, Du Fei suddenly reached out with one claw-like hand and grasped the young man's arm.

  A loud, shrill cry was heard: "Ah, what are you doing? Let go!" The young man tried to shake off Du Fei's tight grip on his wrist, but no matter how hard he struggled, he couldn't break free. He had no idea just how strong Du Fei was.

  "I'm asking you, who are you and why am I here?" Du Fei said menacingly. The young man, possibly in pain from Du Fei's grasp, cried out: "It hurts! Let go!" As he spoke, he began to release his internal energy to struggle free from Du Fei's hand. Du Fei also sensed the fluctuations in the young man's energy and immediately reacted.

  The actions of the two also attracted the attention of several people under the car, especially the old woman. After hearing her grandson's cry, she was the first to rush onto the car. As soon as the old woman got on the car, she saw Du Fei holding her grandson and slapped Du Fei's arm with a loud slap without saying a word. The old woman's action was so fast that it happened in just one breath. Du Fei felt a heavy blow on his hand and loosened his grip on the boy's hand in pain. Just as Du Fei saw who the person was, a foot had already kicked him. Du Fei didn't have any chance to react, and the foot heavily kicked him in the body.

  A loud crash was heard, and Du Fei "broke out of the window" and was kicked out of the carriage by the old woman with a single kick. The old beggar and Zu Ji Tian also stood in place, looking at Du Fei flying out of the carriage for several meters before landing heavily on the ground in front of them. The two couldn't help but exchange a glance, looking down at Du Fei's miserable face on the ground.

  "Look at me, I won't kill you this little devil." At this time, a scolding voice came over, and an old woman rushed down from the car with a furious face, holding up her cane to hit Du Fei, but was immediately blocked by the old beggar. The old beggar asked in confusion: "What are you doing? Can't you calm down?"

  "This little devil has been unreasonable to my grandson, I'll teach him a good lesson today. Old sir, please step aside." The old woman said angrily, Du Fei also seemed to feel the old woman's strong and hurriedly got up and ran behind the old beggar.

  "Let's talk it over, we can clarify what happened and then deal with it. What do you say?" The old beggar held up his hands, tightly grasping the old woman's staff.

  "Alright, I'll spare you for now because of the old man's face, but if things don't go well later, I'll teach you a lesson, you little devil." The old woman put down her raised cane and glared at Du Fei.

  "Alright, let's sit down and talk slowly." The old beggar comforted. Several people came to the side of the carriage and looked at the young man sitting in the car with a wronged face. "Speak up, speak up, what's going on?" The old beggar looked at Du Fei.

  "How was I supposed to know? It turns out everyone knows each other, I thought they were just some people." Du Fei said with a wronged expression.

  "Oh, it seems so too, this little devil has been sleeping all along and doesn't even know what happened just now." The old beggar said to the old woman.

  "What else can you do, dare to lay hands on my grandson?" The old woman glared at Du Fei.

  "I didn't lay a hand on him, I woke up to find your grandson's hands on my chest, and I thought he was going to do something to me?" Du Fei said with some annoyance.

  "You..." The old woman was even more enraged by Du Fei's words. "You're talking nonsense, I got on the bus and saw you holding my grandson's hand and not letting go, don't think you can deny it."

  "I'm telling you, old woman, aren't you being reasonable? A stranger with ill intentions staring at me, how am I supposed to know what he's thinking about me? What I did was a very normal thing to do." Du Fei said.

  "What did you just call me?" The old woman heard Du Fei's words and also looked at Du Fei with a terrified face.

  "What's wrong? I called you old woman, old woman, old woman." Du Fei also furiously shouted a few times.

  "Look at me, I won't kill you today, you little devil." The old woman spoke and raised her staff again to hit Du Fei, but was intercepted by the old beggar in a hurry. "Old man, get out of the way, let me die well today with this little devil."

  "Calm down, calm down." The old beggar waved his staff anxiously and said, "You're going to die if you don't speak up!" The old beggar turned around and looked at Du Fei, who also shook his head in annoyance. After a few minutes of commotion, everyone finally calmed down and sorted out what had just happened. It turned out to be a misunderstanding, and the group sat down by the carriage, relieved, to rest.

  "I think it's getting late, let's spend the night here tonight, what do you think?" The old woman looked at the old beggar.

  "Hehe, I don't care, anyway I'm free and easy, the ground is my bed, the sky is my blanket, as long as there's wine and food, that's all that matters. You guys can think whatever you want." The old beggar said with a relaxed tone, lying on the horse carriage, holding the wine given by the old woman, savoring it with great pleasure.

  "The junior will listen to the senior's arrangement." Zu Ji Tian smiled and said.

  Seeing that everyone had no objection, the old woman also gave a nod to her entourage, and the man understood the old woman's intention. He took out many items from his sleeve and used his martial skills to build a small wooden hut. The few people were delighted and burst into laughter. Several people ate and chatted inside the wooden hut, but only the old woman's grandson looked displeased. The reason was none other than that this kid seemed to have been stifled by Du Fei today. At this moment, he was staring at Du Fei with a strange expression. Du Fei, however, just continued eating his own food, completely unaware of any 'crisis'...