Chapter 176: Making Friends

Chapter 176: Making Friends

Qingfeng naturally recognized him. The young man in the silver robe was the top prodigy of this generation, very famous, and many senior brothers and sisters admired him. They just didn’t understand why he was here.

“Remarkable and extraordinary, the top prodigy. He used to stay in our Genius Camp, extremely powerful with amazing potential,” they said.

Upon hearing this, Xiao Tian's mouth twitched. He disliked such praise. He had once been selected for the Genius Camp and was later swiftly picked up by an old monster, so he had naturally met Qingfeng.

Little Point also grinned. What a coincidence, meeting him so soon again. However, he was fearless and said confidently, “Why are you stopping me here? What do you want to teach me?”

Xiao Tian’s face darkened. He had reason to believe that the “familiar” he encountered in Hundred Breaks Mountain was most likely Little Point, who had hit him more than once before.

The more he thought about it, the angrier he became. His face grew darker and darker, and he wanted to immediately leap at Little Point and fight.

“You’re the brat from the Void Divine Realm who ambushed me on the second battlefield and sought the True Water of Taiyi with me in Hundred Breaks Mountain, aren’t you?” He wanted to hear the other party confirm it.

“Really sad to see you so gritting your teeth at me when I’ve done so much for you,” Little Point shook his head.

“So it really is you.” Hearing this response, the young man in the silver robe jumped up as if someone had stepped on his tail, feeling utterly frustrated and almost spitting blood.

He had been hit with a blunt instrument repeatedly, holding in his pent-up frustration. Entering Hundred Breaks Mountain only to find the brat he considered a confidant made his face darker than ever.

“You’ve gone too far. I’ll fight you,” he shouted, his entire body glowing with silver light. Like a white dragon, he rushed forward with his strongest power.

Without saying a word, Little Point removed the Divine Strike Stone from his hair and threw it directly. It drew a crooked trajectory but hit Xiao Tian’s forehead with a resounding clang.

“Ah, it hurts so much, it’s killing me!” came the scream. The stubborn stone rolled on the ground, howling loudly.

Qingfeng was dumbfounded. How could the stone talk and scream in pain?

The young man in the silver robe, covering his forehead, staggered back, feeling tremendous pain. He wanted to scream too but was confused by the stone’s constant cries. Who was actually in pain and why was it making such a racket?

“It hurts!” The stubborn stone continued rolling and screaming, exaggeratedly.

Xiao Tian was stunned for a moment before coming to his senses. He touched his forehead and immediately flew into a rage, wanting to curse. Damn it, another great wound. A large bump quickly formed.

“Ah, I’ll fight you!” The young man in the silver robe charged forward, raising his hand with blazing runes, summoning a silver beast with immense fury.

“I really don’t want to hit you,” Little Point said, but his actions were swift. He charged forward, smashing through the silver beast and retrieving the Divine Strike Stone.

“But I want to beat you up,” the young man in the silver robe was very powerful, claiming to be the top prodigy of the Buxian Pavilion. His attack immediately caused a stir, drawing a crowd of young men and women who gathered in the bamboo forest to watch.

“Kill!”

Xiao Tian roared, his body covered in silver symbols, turning into a series of white feathers that shot up into the sky like bird wings, attacking from above with dazzling brilliance like a rain of light.

Little Point acted simply and directly, throwing the Divine Strike Stone again, to the same spot with the same force. With a loud bang, Xiao Tian held his forehead and screamed.

The legendary Divine Strike Stone never misses its target. It hits precisely every time and is impossible to avoid; otherwise, how could it be called a treasure?

“Ah, is this ever going to end? Why are you hitting me again? It’s killing me!”

The stubborn stone rolled on the ground, screaming in pain. Everyone was dumbfounded, and Xiao Tian was knocked down, squatting on the ground, gasping for breath, nearly crying from the pain.

The most humiliating part was that the stone, which was clearly unharmed, kept screaming first, making him feel embarrassed to complain about the pain.

“I’ll fight you.” The bump on the young man’s forehead had become a horn, bigger and higher.

But before he could shout “fight,” Little Point stopped him, saying, “You should be grateful to me. Why are you trying to fight me?”

“You’re unforgivable. Why should I thank you?” The young man in the silver robe gritted his teeth. Though angry, he had to control his expression to avoid aggravating his forehead wound.

Little Point said, “Think about it. If someone else had hit you twice with a blunt instrument, would you still be alive? If someone else had found the Buxian Stone, would they have returned it to you? If someone else had been with you in Hundred Breaks Mountain, would they have peacefully coexisted and shared the True Water of Taiyi with you? Most likely, they would have killed you outright.”

Xiao Tian was immediately deflated. He knew well that if it had been someone else, they wouldn’t have spared his life after suppressing him. His heart was always conflicted.

“In short, I have done you a tremendous favor. You could even say you owe me two lives,” Little Point said with a smile.

At first, the young man in the silver robe was deflated, but as he listened, he began to grit his teeth again, saying, “There are so many evil people in this world. Should I remember and thank every big bad guy who hasn’t killed me?”

“Brother is a good person who never bullies others,” Qingfeng said indignantly.

Xiao Tian looked at him so seriously with such pure eyes and was utterly defeated. If that brat was a good person who never bullied others, there would be no great evil in the world.

“Qingfeng understands me best.” Unfortunately, that annoying child still looked so smug, thinking of himself as a great person.

“The show’s over. There’s nothing more to see.” Er Tuozi spoke up, asking the onlookers to leave.

At this moment, the sun was about to set, the evening glow reddening the sky. Everyone dispersed quickly, worried that Little Point’s demons might appear.

“Let’s go. I’ll treat you to a drink. Authentic monkey wine, a priceless rare brew,” Little Point patted his shoulder.

Xiao Tian was still upset. After getting several lumps on his head, he couldn’t calm his frustration and said, “Can’t we have a proper fight? No more using that damn stone. Otherwise, I won’t accept it.”

“Alright, I’ll grant your wish and show you what a fair and mighty top expert looks like,” Little Point said, looking down at him and waving.

Qingfeng blushed, wondering why Little Point could be so annoying sometimes.

“Boom.”

The void trembled. The young man in the silver robe charged forward, his runes interweaving, using his full strength to battle Little Point and trying to suppress him. Then he aimed to give him a good beating.

Unfortunately, his wish was hard to fulfill. Not to mention Little Point’s supreme physical strength, even in terms of cultivation, he surpassed him. He had opened the ninth heaven, which was rare among humans.

“Bang,” “Bang.”

The young man in the silver robe was knocked dizzy by Little Point, struggling in the battle, using all his strength but still not a match. Now, not only was his forehead extraordinary, but his ears, chin, and eyes were also quite prominent. His large ears drooped to his shoulders, thick lips, and dark panda eyes, with a head full of bumps. He resembled a deity from the Little Western Heaven’s stone carvings.

In the end, he surrendered. He had no choice. If this continued, his appearance would go from a deity to a vengeful spirit, and after a few more hits, he would lose his human shape.

“Let’s go. Time for drinks.” As the sun set and the evening breeze blew, the bamboo forest rustled.

They found an open space without bamboo, selected a few clean rocks, set up a copper cauldron, and began cooking golden roc meat. They also lit several bonfires to roast the ancient beasts.

“Those are ancient species,” Qingfeng’s eyes widened in disbelief.

Next, various meats were roasted to a golden, oily sheen, and the roc meat in the pot also began to glow, becoming a treasure medicine. Its aroma spread throughout the entire bamboo forest.

“Qingfeng, eat more. You’re too frail. Although your mastery of runes is impressive, your physical body isn’t strong enough,” Little Point said, serving him more of the golden roc meat.

“It’s so delicious!” Qingfeng ate with gusto, savoring both roc meat and tiger meat, his mouth covered in oil and his happiness evident. In no time, his body seemed to ignite, radiating a blaze of light.

“Ah, I feel like I’m going to fly,” Qingfeng said, scared and unable to eat more. His runes inside were awakening, and his energy surged, rolling in waves.

“Then eat a bit less. Take some with you and eat a little each day. The medicinal properties of these blood and meat treasures are very strong. Eating too much will be too overwhelming for you,” Little Point said with a smile. Qingfeng was showing signs of a breakthrough.

The young man in the silver robe, who had been brooding, couldn’t take his eyes off the abundant ancient species and the sumptuous blood and meat feast.

“Let’s eat together,” Little Point said with a smile.

“He should be more polite. I don’t think there’s enough food,” Er Tuozi commented. This guy had a huge appetite, but the main consumer of food was the golden furball. No matter how many meat pieces were sent over, it would quickly devour them, like a bottomless pit.

Eventually, Xiao Tian couldn’t resist his curiosity and joined in, eating with great delight, almost swallowing his tongue.

Suddenly, the furball stopped eating, wrinkled its little nose, and then darted over to Little Point to grab the wine cup. The wine inside was crystal clear, shimmering under the moonlight, with a fragrant aroma.

“Don’t snatch. There’s enough for everyone.”

“Legendary monkey wine!” Xiao Tian was stunned, his eyes glued to the wine, forgetting all his frustrations. His gaze was fixed.

Drinking divine wine under the moon, with its rich fragrance and sparkling light, they all felt like they were floating, as if about to ascend.

Xiao Tian hurriedly sat cross-legged, feeling that he could breakthrough to a higher level, but he held back because he wasn’t ready yet.

As for Qingfeng, his body rumbled. His rune mastery was high, and his comprehension was sufficient; what he lacked was the divine radiance. At that moment, he broke through and opened his second heaven, his runes flashing all over his body.

Er Tuozi was babbling nonsensically, showing off in a language that no one understood.

The golden furball wobbled around, practicing monkey punches by the fire, drunkenly almost stumbling into the flames.

In the end, everyone was drunk, stumbling around, and even Er Tuozi was drooling and passed out.

Only the Divine Strike Stone was awake and suffering because the furball, having eaten and drunk its fill, held onto it in its sleep, occasionally grinding its teeth in a way that was truly torturous for the stone.

In the middle of the night, Little Point woke up. The fire was still burning, but he felt a chill and quickly sat up.

Not far away, an old man with disheveled hair and an ancient sword stuck in his head was trembling, constantly rubbing a broken sword, with a gaze full of indescribable complexity.

“Ancient times, you have buried too much. Time flows like water, never to return,” he spoke with sadness and an immense sense of desolation.

Little Point noticed a black aura appearing on his forehead, slowly dissipating. He knew the curse had been lifted and had completely disappeared.

“Senior, I have recovered this sword. If there are any extraordinary techniques, please teach me one or two,” Little Point said, his face as thick as ever, especially after having done such a great service.