Great Teeth

Fortunately, Eldest Senior Brother was nearby to keep watch. He quickly dove into the water and fished the boy out. Keeping a safe distance from the four who were breaking through, he carried his precious little junior brother back to the shore.

"How are you? Did you have any breakthroughs?" Tian Buyi felt a tinge of regret seeing that among his disciples, only the eldest had failed to advance. However, considering the Eldest Senior Brother was already at the fifth level, he knew that breaking through further was no easy feat.

"I gained quite a bit. The bottleneck has loosened, and with time, reaching the sixth level shouldn't be difficult!" Song Daren replied, his voice tinged with excitement.

"Good! Good! Good! Hahaha!" Repeating the word three times was enough to prove Tian Buyi's excellent mood at that moment.

"Did Little Junior Brother fall asleep again?" He Dazhi was also happy for his fellow disciples, but he was left speechless seeing the little boy already fast asleep on Eldest Senior Brother's shoulder.

"Stinking brat!" Tian Buyi no longer cared about his youngest disciple's tendency to sleep; he just laughed and scolded him before turning his full attention to the four disciples on the lake who were still stabilizing their cultivation.

An hour later, the four in the lake stabilized their cultivation and ran happily to the shore to report to their master and mistress.

Tian Buyi was so delighted he couldn't stop grinning.

One by one, they summoned their magic treasures, and after dividing into groups, they all flew away from the back mountain.

Back at Big Bamboo Peak, everyone remained immersed in the joy of their breakthroughs.

He Dazhi looked at the boy, whose head was lolling on Eldest Senior Brother's shoulder, fast asleep. Suddenly feeling playful, he took his Rivers and Mountains Brush and used the bristles at the tip to tickle Luo Yunji's nose.

At first, the little fatty just twitched his nose and rubbed it against Eldest Senior Brother's shoulder. Seeing this, He Dazhi's playfulness grew, and he continued to tease him.

There is a saying that extreme joy begets sorrow.

"Awoo!" Luo Yunji bit down, snapping off the entire tip of He Dazhi's Rivers and Mountains Brush and swallowing it. He Dazhi held the now-bare shaft before his eyes and went completely blank.

"Fourth Senior Brother?!" Sixth Senior Brother, who was following behind, noticed He Dazhi had suddenly stopped. He called out, then followed his gaze to the hairless brush shaft, which still bore clear tooth marks at the tip.

"Ah!" Sixth Senior Brother let out a cry.

Only then did He Dazhi cough up a mouthful of blood that had been pent up in his chest. A magic treasure is linked to the life of its cultivator; when a treasure is damaged, the consequences vary—a light injury results in vomiting blood, a heavy one can destroy one's cultivation, and in the worst cases, it can even lead to death.

"What happened?" Hearing the commotion, Tian Buyi and Su Ru turned around. Seeing the blood at the corner of He Dazhi's mouth and his pale complexion, they asked with concern.

"Fourth Brother, Fourth Brother's magic treasure..." Sixth Senior Brother pointed at the hairless Rivers and Mountains Brush in He Dazhi's hand, his face full of panic.

"What is going on?" Song Daren turned around as well, looking at the Fourth Senior Brother with worry.

"I..." He Dazhi was regretting it to death. Why did he have to go and tease the little monster that was his junior brother? If he hadn't, his treasure wouldn't be ruined.

"Speak! Did something go wrong during your breakthrough?" Su Ru was extremely worried and began to carefully examine He Dazhi's injuries.

After He Dazhi spat out another mouthful of blood, the tightness in his chest eased significantly.

With a face full of frustration and annoyance, he looked at everyone gathered around him in concern and let out a long, weary sigh. "It's all my fault! I'm to blame!"

"I saw Little Junior Brother sleeping so sweetly and wanted to tease him. I used the Rivers and Mountains Brush to tickle his nose. He got annoyed, opened his mouth, and bit the tip of the brush right off."

"Bit... bit... bit it off? That's a magic treasure!" Not only did Tian Buyi not believe it, but everyone present—except for Zhang Xiaofan, who didn't know much about magic treasures—found it impossible to believe.

Song Daren moved the little head resting on his shoulder and gently pinched the boy's mouth open. Sure enough, he saw a few brush bristles between his teeth.

"Little Junior Brother! You can't eat that, spit it out!" No one had ever heard of someone eating their own magic treasure. Song Daren was terrified.

Seeing Song Daren pull a few bristles from Luo Yunji's mouth, the others rushed over in shock, trying to pry his mouth open.

After a chaotic scramble, they didn't manage to pull out many bristles, but they did manage to wake the boy up.

"Stinking brat, spit out what's in your mouth right now!" Tian Buyi, filled with worry and disbelief, glared at his bewildered youngest disciple and shouted.

Perhaps out of habit, Luo Yunji obediently went "Ptoo! Ptoo!" and spat out the contents of his mouth. Finally, he reached out a chubby hand and pulled the last few bristles from his lips.

Seeing this, everyone breathed a sigh of relief. "Fourth Brother, see if it can still be used!" Wu Dayi handed the bristles and the small piece of the shaft that Luo Yunji had spat out to He Dazhi, asking with a glimmer of hope.

"Find some materials, and it should be restorable," Tian Buyi said after looking at the two nearly intact pieces of the treasure.

"I don't mean to criticize, Fourth Senior Brother, but magic treasures are for fighting enemies! Can this even be called a treasure? It's so fragile," Sixth Senior Brother said, looking at the remains of the treasure in He Dazhi's hands with disdain.

"Why don't you try biting it yourself! If you can bite through it, I'll provide the materials for your magic treasure!" He Dazhi glared at him with contempt.

"Is it really that exaggerated?" Sixth Senior Brother didn't believe it. If the little junior brother's baby teeth could bite through it, how much worse could his own be?

He reached out, took the long, unbitten part of the shaft, put it in his mouth, and bit down hard.

Snap! Sixth Senior Brother threw the shaft down, clutching his mouth as a trickle of blood seeped through his fingers.

Seeing this, Tian Buyi was speechless. What kind of people had he taken in? Monsters, fools, and idiots?

After wailing for a while, Sixth Senior Brother pinched a tooth between his fingers and looked at the Fourth Senior Brother, speechless.

Had he been set up? He had definitely been set up!

"Haha! Sixth Senior Brother is so funny, you actually bit it!" Tian Linger laughed until she was doubled over, unable to stop herself.

The others also laughed at Sixth Senior Brother's expense. Once the commotion died down, they suddenly realized that their little junior brother possessed teeth even more formidable than a magic treasure.

At this, those with quick minds began to covet Luo Yunji's teeth. Song Daren's eyes lit up; he had been the one to handle the teeth when the little junior brother lost his baby teeth. Perhaps, as a supplementary material, they could be used to forge a powerful magic treasure!

"Senior Brother! You say Little Ji is..." In the bedroom, Su Ru looked at Tian Buyi, who was sitting by the tea table in front of the window, drinking tea. She hesitated, wanting to speak but stopping herself.

Tian Buyi had also seen with his own eyes the moment his youngest disciple spat out the half-broken treasure of the Fourth Brother. Was that something a human could do? Was that even possible for a person? He was now starting to doubt the little disciple's identity.

"Perhaps you should go to Small Bamboo Peak and ask your Senior Sister, especially about whether there was anything unusual when she found Yunji," Tian Buyi pondered for a moment, saying with a sense of inevitability.

"Tell me! What if Little Ji really isn't human..." Su Ru looked at her husband, her face full of worry and panic.