After coming down the mountain, Jiang Liang went to see Grandpa Ma Xiunuo.
Grandpa Ma Xiunuo still lived in his old house, with three servants looking after him.
When Jiang Liang arrived, he found his grandfather reclining in a chair in the courtyard, eyes closed and a contented smile on his face.
He looked just like Dugu Bo.
"Grandpa." Jiang Liang had barely called out when Grandpa Ma Xiunuo opened his eyes.
The moment he saw Jiang Liang, he leaped excitedly from the chair.
"Xiao Liang? When did you get here?"
"Just today."
Smiling, Jiang Liang caught his grandfather's hands and looked him over from head to toe.
"You look much healthier than before, Grandpa. You've put on some weight too."
Grandpa Ma Xiunuo laughed. "Life's different now."
"Back in Nuoding City, I was forever busy with one little matter or another. It left me with all sorts of lingering ailments."
"Here in Spirit City, I eat well and sleep well."
"Once I've finished my work for the day, I come back and lie here. You wouldn't believe how comfortable it is."
With that, he glanced past Jiang Liang. "Why did you come alone? Where are Xiao Wu and the others? Haven't they returned from their training?"
"They're back, but they've gone to Sea God Island again."
Jiang Liang helped Grandpa Ma Xiunuo settle back into his chair, then told him everything that had happened over the past two years.
Grandpa Ma Xiunuo listened in a daze. Even after Jiang Liang finished, it took him a long while to recover.
They had been apart for only two years, yet Jiang Liang had become a Titled Douluo—and a Level Ninety-Seven Super Douluo at that!
More astonishing still, a Deity had chosen Xiao Wu.
Now she had taken the others to Sea