This was the second time Mo Hua had seen his childhood companion Da Hu in the Great Wilderness.
The first had been during the Great Wilderness Sect's rebellion, when the mutiny broke out at Wind Wave Ridge.
Back then, while Mo Hua had been fleeing with Big Tiger, they had been intercepted by a prodigy of the Great Wilderness Sect. Defying his sect's orders, Da Hu had not stopped them and had instead let Mo Hua pass.
Amid the chaos of war, the two had only exchanged a fleeting glance and had not spoken much.
And now, they had met again.
In Mo Hua's memories, Da Hu as a child had been tall, honest, and kindhearted.
The first time Mo Hua had seen Da Hu in the Great Wilderness, he still remembered how, beneath the bleak and frigid moonlight, Da Hu's towering body had resembled a fierce tiger. A long scar had slashed across his face, from his left cheek to his right, and his whole body had radiated savage brutality and ferocity.
Yet now, inside Golden Rhino Tower, Da Hu's tall frame was slightly bent as he endured Young Master Tuoba's scolding and abuse, exuding an indescribable air of humility.
Mo Hua's feelings were complicated.
After Mo Hua saw Da Hu, it took only a moment for Da Hu to recognize him as well—to recognize that little brother from childhood, engraved in his memories like a brand, like moonlight on snow, whose kindness had been as profound as that between blood brothers.
Bit by bit, memories of the past rippled through his heart.
For a moment, Da Hu's eyes revealed a tangle of contradictory emotions—shock, nostalgia, regret, pain. In the end, all of them turned into indifference.
He stood coldly at Young Master Tuoba's side, like a vicious Hyena