"What the fuck? Why does my head hurt so much?"
Xiao Wu clutched his head and sat up from the bed. Feeling the throbbing pain in his skull, he only felt as if his memory had blacked out.
Huh? It seemed he had been sparring with his teacher, and then... what had happened?
Just as Xiao Wu was puzzling over it, the door was pushed open, and Shi Tou, white-haired but still hale and hearty, walked in.
"Awake?" Shi Tou said with a smile.
"Mm..." Xiao Wu held his head and said somewhat hesitantly, "Grandpa Shi, what happened to me?"
"You... you..." Shi Tou looked both amused and exasperated. "Weren't you overestimating yourself?"
Seeing that Xiao Wu still looked worried and confused, Shi Tou explained:
"Brother Xiao said you insisted on using your Natal Ice Crystal for no reason." Shi Tou already knew Xiao Han's true identity, so he addressed Xiao Han as Brother Xiao.
"In the end, in his urgency, he knocked you out directly. This really is..."
"Hah!" Then he could not help but sigh again.
"What's wrong? Can't the Natal Ice Crystal be used?" Xiao Wu was still utterly lost. If it couldn't be used, then why had I gone through so much hardship to condense it?
"Brother Xiao said that using the Natal Ice Crystal is extremely dangerous. It can only be used when you're fighting someone with your life on the line.
"Who would've thought you'd bring that thing out in a mere little spar? If he hadn't seen things going wrong and knocked you out, your life would've been ruined!"
At this point, Shi Tou could not help knocking Xiao Wu on the head, making him rub his head in embarrassment while grinning foolishly.
"Was it Teacher who brought me here?"
Then he seemed