Chapter 943: Brothers Reunion
By the time Wu Zhou and his people had arrived, he was welcomed with the sight of his elder brother who is supposed to be bedridden chasing after a young man with a familiar face. This young man is none other than Shen Jueyang, the infamous Immortal Sun Emperor in their minds, but right now he is running away from Wu Yao who is chasing after him with a duster in his hand with an obvious intention of wanting to beat him up. It seems that after turning the living room into a disaster, the two, Shen Jueyang and Wu Yao can only continue the chase outside of the mansion.
Upon seeing the scene outside the mansion, Wu Zhou and the others were dumbfounded especially when they saw that the person who they saw bedridden for years suddenly looked like a healthy person that can even run around.
With tears strolling down his face, Wu Zhou stared at his brother in disbelief. He calls, "Big brother!?"
The tone was that of someone who was asking a question but couldn’t even move his gaze on the very figure of the person he had been missing for such a long time. Wu Yao, finally noticing their arrival, welcomed them with a smile. He looks at his younger brother who is completely different from how he remembers before he fell sick beyond his control. Seeing the immaturity not only on the traces on his face but also within his eyes, Wu Yao realized that his sudden fall had made not only himself suffer but also his family and people who cared for him.
Wu Yao pulled his younger brother, Wu Zhou in a hug who was still staring dumbfounded at him as the person himself couldn’t believe that he had truly been cured.
"Don’t cry, you brat~. I’m completely alright now. Xue’er had treated me and said that I only need to drink medicine for a whole month to return to my healthiest state," said Wu Yao as he coaxed his young brother who failed to control his emotions at this moment.
Finally, Wu Zhou felt that the burden he had taken over from his elder brother’s fall could finally be lifted off him. Before he became the new principal the first time his elder brother had fallen into slumber, a lot of people in the academy who used to smile at him had suddenly changed. They had become strangers who now look at him with disdainful eyes even looking down on him as if he is some kind of dog. It was due to these experiences that he had learned how to wear a poker face to fool not only his enemies and his comrade but also himself.
He needs to look strong, make believable so no one would dare to bully him. In just a few months, the carefree second master of the Wu Clan had changed into someone ruthless, stern and someone who can hardly bully anymore. He became someone that even the supreme elder can only suppress with the difference in their cultivation, but the force behind him was enough to contend against the enemies.
Now that Wu Yao has woken up, the old Wu Zhou seems to have returned. The man who seems to be dependent on his elder brother, a weakling who easily cries. Not the leader type who had been leading a faction with authority and power.
Wu Zhou said while crying, "Brother, you are finally awake. You can stand up and no longer look sick. I’m so glad! Very glad!"
"Alright, stop crying. How embarrassing!" Wu Yao said as he tried to pull away his younger brother used his sleeves to wipe his tears.
All of the sudden, he frowned and started sniffing around his younger brother. "Where did you go? Why do you smell blood?" Wu Yao finally noticed the tied up vice-principal behind his younger brother surrounded by people from the Wu Clan.
The Immortal Sun Emperor who had stopped running after noticing no one was chasing him anymore approached the group only to hear these questions from Wu Yao.
"Old man, they’ve just finished a faction war and eliminated that one called Supreme Elder. But things aren’t simple, it seems that those fools had gotten the Blood Sea Tribe involved and sold half of the academy to them. That tied up one that looked like shrimp has a blood parasite in him. Don’t touch him directly. Ask Xue’er how to properly remove it without killing its host," said Shen Jueyang.
The news that involves the blood sea made Wu Yao wear a serious expression on his face. He then looked at the vice principal and made some gesture creating a cage of ruins that traps the man and prevents anyone from having direct contact with him.
"Xue’er is still cooking. Let’s talk about the rest after dinner," Wu Yao said.
Coincidentally, at this moment, Hei Yu and Su Kan had returned with lots of groceries and all eyes had landed on them as soon as they arrived carrying sacks of ingredients and seasoning from their shopping errands. They were both panting as some food was too heavy for them to carry on their own. Moreover, their storage rings were full and not everything they had bought could be placed inside.
Hei Yu said, "If you break the eggs again, I’m going to fight you!"
"Why don’t you just carry the eggs then!?" Retorted Su Kan.
Annoyed, Hei Yu said, "If you can carry the meat then I would have carried the eggs instead. Is all alchemy weak physically? Are those muscles for show?"
"Come on, bro. I told you to rent a cart and you don’t want to!" Su Kan shouted back.
Hei Yu rebuked, "Do you think we can fly with a cart with us!?"
The two were bickering about something nonsensical and were hit on the head by the Immortal Sun Emperor. It was only then did they notice that they had arrived at the mountain peak at some time and was being watched by the people who had gathered in the area.
OW~
"Who the hell hit us!?" Hei Yu and Su Kan turned mute the moment they saw Shen Jueyang’s face and then saw people staring at them as if they were at some hot seat.
"L-Lord Shen... H-Hello~"
"Xue’er had been waiting for you. Go head to the kitchen," said Shen Jueyang,
"Yes. Yes..."
The two nodded their heads like a good grandson and were about to run towards the kitchen only to learn that they didn’t know the way. They paused their movements while looking a bit in a pinch and can only return to where everyone else is.
"Excuse me, everyone~."
"Which way is the kitchen?"
Hei Yu and Su Kan asked with embarrassed looks on their faces which definitely do not match their identities. They now look like minions who love to flatter their boss and were sent to do some errands for them. No one would believe that these two are the Assassin King of the Evernight Manor and one of the Grand Elders of the Pill Tower, if they saw them at this moment.
Shen Jueyang said, "In the backyard, just head there and you will see Xue’er."
"Yes, Sir. Please excuse us!"
After the two idiots ran off, everyone who was left behind was staring at their backs. Wu Yao seems to have seen them somewhere but couldn’t recognize him.
"Those two look familiar?" Wu Yao murmured.
The Immortal Sun Emperor on his way back inside the house cleared his confusion from him and said, "One of the King of Assassin from the Evernight Manor and the other is a Grand Elder from the Pill Tower. They are Xue’er’s subordinates, you might see them more frequently."
"You brat! Where are you going?" Wu Yao asked as he grabbed the Immortal Sun Emperor by his hair.
OW.
"I want to find Xue’er. Let go of my hair, Old man! I’m going to get bald!" Shen Jueyang complained.
Hmp!
"Don’t go to the kitchen. I don’t want to eat charcoal for dinner," said Wu Yao.
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While waiting for dinner, Wu Zhou had told everything to his brother about what had happened while he was sick. Including the things, he had hidden from him because he didn’t want him to worry while still sick on the bed. When Wu Yao heard how he was bullied by the Supreme Elder from the Wu Clan even after he had surrendered the resources he was asking for, Wu Yao was fuming in anger. Unfortunately, this supreme elder was dead. Killed by the blood parasite on his body and was eventually turned into ashes by the Immortal Sun Emperor.
At this moment, Wu Yao, Wu Zhou and Shen Jueyang were standing in front of the cage observing the blood parasite on the Vice-principal’s chest. It wasn’t moving yet they could hear the sound of the host’s heartbeat, as if every heart beat of the host signified the breathing of the parasite on him.
The Immortal Sun Emperor said, "This parasite is dormant. That’s why he is still alive."