Chapter 38: Who hurt my brother!

  In the deepest part of the bamboo forest, there is a flower bed. Although it's already deep autumn, there are still dozens of fresh flowers blooming.

  Through the flower bed, there is a red-tiled house surrounded by green bamboo, which is more majestic than other houses. Moreover, this house is also the largest one in this green bamboo forest.

  Although it was already late at night, the entire Wache was still brightly lit and extremely noisy.

  "Come on, Dragon Brother, let's drink!" Although Mu Yi and Long Hu had only just met for the first time, after a few rounds of wine, they were already addressing each other as brothers.

  "Alright, drink up, Mu brother! A good man should be able to eat and drink!" Longhu grabbed the remaining half of a roasted suckling pig from the wine table, tore off a leg with his mouth, chewed on it while grabbing the wine jug and pouring it into his mouth.

  "Slow down, Dragon Brother, roasted suckling pig, leave me half! How can we drink without food?" Mu Yi's right hand stretched out quickly and grabbed the roasted suckling pig from Long Hu's hands.

  Long Hu Hehe smiled and said, "Mu brother, Long certain really didn't look wrong, you are indeed a man, more capable of eating than me. I clearly remember that you stuffed yourself with twelve whole roasted suckling pigs and still had room to eat! Long certain admires you, these suckling pigs are yours if you want them!"

  "As a killer, one must drink more wine and eat more meat. Otherwise, where would the strength come from to hold a knife and kill people?" Mu Yi chuckled and took over the half suckling pig, not saying another word, opening his mouth and devouring the half suckling pig wildly.

  Chen Kong and Ling Luo exchanged a smile, raised their wine cups and took a light sip.

  "Ling brother, since we've arrived at Chen's territory, are you all planning to rest for two days or set off immediately?" Chen asked with a faint smile.

  Everything depends on your decision, Brother Chen. It's been thirty years since you last returned here, I think you should stay for a couple more days!

  Chen Kong nodded and said: "I think so too. Let's stay here for two more days! After all, the passage to the third floor is not far from here!"

  "Is the passage nearby? Is it just this one?" Ling Luoyu suddenly asked.

  Chen Kong smiled slightly and said, "The passage here is just above the mountain top. However, there are four such passages in this second layer. This second layer is neither big nor small, and the nearest passage from here is also several days away! Brother Ling must be worried about Zi Die's safety!"

  Her thoughts were guessed by someone else, and Ling Lu's face turned slightly red without her control.

  "But please rest assured, Brother Ling. I will pass it down to the people under my command. If Miss Zitian really comes to this level, Chen guarantees that no one in the second level will make things difficult for him!" Chen Kong's next words made Ling Luoye feel much more at ease.

  "Second Master..." The Yin Nan sitting beside him suddenly spoke up, but then hesitated.

  "Yin Nan, if you have something to say, just say it! Don't be so ambiguous!" Chen Kong's eyebrows furrowed slightly, because he knew that Yin Nan was not one to beat around the bush for no reason, and his ambiguity must be hiding something.

  "Second Master, originally, the transmission arrays on this second floor were all guarded by our group of people, you also know! When you were here, everyone was considerate of you and didn't dare to have any ulterior motives. But after you left, you disappeared for thirty whole years! Now, more than half of the transmission arrays in the second layer have fallen into other people's hands! Alas!" Yin Nan hesitated for a long time before slowly speaking with a sigh.

  "What kind of people are you?! You actually set your sights on me! Can't so many of you even defeat them?!" Chen Kong's expression changed, and he said sternly.

  Yin Nan glanced around and said, "Now, there are only twenty-eight people left in our area, plus seventeen people from another area, we have a total of forty-five people. When Second Master left, the four areas had a total of one hundred and eight people, this point, Second Master should be clear!"

  "Could it be..." Chen Kong's eyes widened slightly in surprise.

  Yin Nan nodded and said, "That's right, it's just as Second Master thought. The other sixty or so brothers have all fallen! They were lost in the battle with those people over the transmission array! Now, we only have this transmission array and another one that leads to the third floor left in our hands!"

  "What kind of people are you? Can't you handle them with so many of your men?" Chen Kong's face grew colder and even Ling Luoyu, who was sitting in front of him, felt a chill run down his spine!

  "I don't know what kind of people they are! When Second Master was around, we never saw them in this second layer, but ten years ago, they suddenly appeared out of nowhere! Although at that time, there were several masters among us who had reached the Innate Realm, but one person on their side was too formidable. We sent ten Innate masters to deal with him alone, and he didn't even break a sweat, while our side suffered seven deaths and three injuries. Ah! After that, we've been suppressed by them!" Yin Nan nodded and sighed.

  Chen's eyebrows were tightly locked, and he was slightly silent for a moment before saying, "What does that person look like? Has any of my brothers seen him?"

  Chen Kong swept a glance around, at this moment, everyone stopped their movements, you looked at me, I looked at you, awkwardly staring at Chen Kong.

  "Me! I saw that man back then!" A hoarse voice rang out.

  Along with the sound's origin, everyone looked over together.

  At the banquet, only one person was seated, a middle-aged man in black with one eye, a scar from his forehead extending all the way down to his neck, looking so ferocious and terrifying.

  That one-eyed man in black slowly stood up, his right arm empty and his left leg cut off at the knee.

  "It's him! How could we have forgotten about him!" Seeing the one-eyed man in black, everyone let out a sigh and revealed very strange expressions.

  "Jiang Ming? Is that you?" Although the one-eyed man in black before him was vastly different from the charming young man who always wore a green robe in Chen Kong's memories, Chen Kong still recognized him at a glance.

  "Second Master, you still remember me? You must avenge me! These scars on my body were inflicted by that person!" The one-eyed man in black clothes' voice was choked with emotion.

  "Jiang Ming, don't worry, I will definitely let you avenge this grudge! Don't rush for now, slowly tell me about the situation as you know it!" Looking at Jiang Ming, who was once handsome but had become like this, Chen Kong couldn't help but feel waves of sadness.

  Jiang Ming nodded and said, "Ten years ago in that battle, I was also lucky to escape with my life. That person was truly terrifying, his true strength contained a heavy yin chill power. Even if you were a pre-heavenly strong cultivator, being hit by that yin chill power would be fatal or crippling at the very least. His treasured sword could destroy any of our weapons upon contact, and what's even more terrifying is that it could even automatically pursue and attack his enemies! If it weren't for that, we wouldn't have lost seven people back then, and among the three who were injured, only I would have survived!"

  He sighed and said, "After that one battle, I became like this, my strength also dropped from its original level! I also know that in recent years, my temper has become worse and more eccentric, to the point where my brothers don't even want to be around me anymore. This is Jiang's fault, Jiang apologizes to everyone! I hope you can all forgive Jiang!"

  Jiang Ming looked at everyone and bowed deeply.

  "Brother Jiang, what are you doing! Everyone knows the bitterness in your heart, no one will blame you!" Longhu jumped up and gently helped Jiang Ming to his feet.

  "Yes! Brother Jiang, you will always be our good brother, no one of us will blame you!" The crowd exclaimed.

  "Second Master! Dragon Brother, fellow brothers..." Jiang Ming's hands were tightly clasped together with Long Hu's.

  This is the emotion between men, this is the trust between men.

  Who says men don't easily shed tears? At least, Jiang Ming's eyes are now welling up with glittering teardrops.