Little Haozi hurriedly gave in. "Sis, I'll go, so stop carrying me around."
A dozen or so minutes later, the siblings arrived at the bamboo grove at the foot of the mountain.
"Sis, what are we doing here? There isn't even a ghost around."
Bored, Little Haozi plucked a bamboo leaf and chewed on it.
"Xiao Hao, tell me honestly. You really don't want to study, take the Imperial Examination like Big Brother, and become an official in the future?"
Little Haozi's face was full of rejection. "Sis, whenever I see those words, my eyes get blurry and my head starts spinning. Then all I want to do is sleep."
"..." What, are you farsighted? Your eyes get blurry and your head spins whenever you see words?
"Then tell me, do you want to learn martial arts?"
"Learn martial arts?" Little Haozi froze for a moment before quickly understanding.
He gestured excitedly with both hands. "You mean like that person who came to our house that day, who could fly all over the place?"
Su Qiao snapped off a branch from a bamboo tree. "Not just flying around. There's also horseback riding and archery, boxing, kicking, swordsmanship, hidden weapons, and so on."
The brighter Little Haozi's eyes grew as he listened, the more excited he became. "Then I want to learn."
"When I grow up, I want to be as impressive as that person, too."
Su Qiao looked disdainful. "What's so impressive about that?"
"If you want to be truly impressive, you have to go into battle and kill enemies. You have to become the Protector General, take the enemy commander's head from among ten thousand troops—that's what you call truly impressive."
Su Qiao lured Little Haozi in like the wolf from a fairy tale.
Little Haozi became even more