As the saying went, the tree wished to stand still, but the wind would not cease. That was how the two of them had planned it, believing they had done all they could out of duty and kindness. Yet in Ma Ruzhen's eyes, it might not have seemed that way at all. Instead, he might see their actions as betrayal, as harm to Ma Family Manor.
Thus, Zhao Zhen now suspected that although Ma Ruzhen had claimed he was entering another death-seclusion, calling the two of them over at such a critical moment might be part of some scheme.
Ma Tianyi was not without the same concern, but at this point, retreating was likely no longer possible. As for falling out with Ma Ruzhen outright and cutting all ties with him, they seemed insufficiently prepared for that as well.
After turning it over in his mind, he could think of no particularly good solution and could only say,
"Whatever else, he is still our sworn Elder Brother. He should not go so far as to harm the two of us.
"Still, this sudden behavior of his is indeed rather strange.
"How about this? Take the Heavenly Thunder Seed with you. If there really is danger, we will at least have a chance to escape with our lives."
The Heavenly Thunder Seed was an extremely precious and rare great weapon of destruction in the Jianghu Martial Arts World. Its explosive principle was roughly similar, but the materials used to make a Heavenly Thunder Seed varied, and so did their power by worlds apart.
Ever since Ma Tianyi and Zhao Zhen had drifted further and further away from Ma Ruzhen and begun planning to establish their own household, they had feared Ma Ruzhen's martial arts and searched everywhere for means to counter