Chapter 5490: They Had a Good Relationship?
Young Scholar frowned again.
Dirty thing...
It had latched onto him...
The Black Monster was a dirty thing...
The Black Monster was indeed annoying.
But to call it a dirty thing...
Young Scholar felt that was somewhat inaccurate.
Even though he had no evidence to support that conclusion.
Prove that the Black Monster wasn't a dirty thing?
Young Scholar curled his five fingers into a fist.
How was he supposed to prove that?
"Master."
The woodcutter's voice was low, his expression solemn. "Please, you must help my younger brother."
"He was bewitched by the Black Monster."
"His mind is filled with the Black Monster."
"He even ran into the mountains alone in the middle of the night for the sake of the Black Monster."
"...Fortunately, it was the mountains at night."
"If it had been the market during the day, or somewhere with other outsiders..."
"My younger brother's reputation would have been ruined."
"They would all think he'd read himself stupid..."
They would remember the rumors from before.
Then they would take that as proof.
At that point, no matter what they said, everyone else would think that, as his family, they were merely making excuses for him.
Besides, some of them had personally seen... his younger brother go mad...
That made it even harder to explain.
If things truly reached that point...
It would be a dead end.
Fortunately...
They had not reached that point yet.
They could still think of a way.
Now, they had found an Eminent Monk.
They hoped...
The Eminent Monk could truly give them some... useful advice...
The Eminent Monk looked at Young Scholar.
Young Scholar's body suddenly stiffened.
A trace of nervousness and unease rose in his heart.
But Young