Shi Hao was baffled by Huo Ling'er's strange behavior, but he couldn't tell what had happened.
Huo Ling'er talked around the subject, offering all kinds of explanations and changing the topic, and his doubts gradually faded.
After all, what bad intentions could Huo Ling'er have? Surely she wouldn't want to see a stranger beat him up for no reason.
That much was true. Huo Ling'er certainly didn't want some inexplicable enemy from who knew where to give the valiant Shi Hao a beating.
But there was nothing wrong with an elder teaching a child a lesson.
Shi Hao took Huo Ling'er by the hand and rushed deep into Heavenly God Academy to see Meng Chuan.
Four or five years had passed since they parted, and Shi Hao had been following Meng Chuan's footsteps all that time.
The Three Thousand Dao Provinces, Border Wasteland Emperor Pass, Immeasurable Heaven, Heavenly God Academy...
Shi Hao strongly condemned Meng Chuan for deceiving him when he was little.
But a young swallow still longed to return to its nest.
"Uncle Meng! Uncle Meng! I'm here!" Shi Hao called outside Meng Chuan's Cave Abode.
"I know, I know. What are you making such a racket for?" Meng Chuan's faintly disdainful voice came from inside.
"Ling'er, come in. You can leave. I don't want to see your smiling face, and you don't have to smile at me."
"No! How could you treat me like this?" Shi Hao cried in anguish. Seeing the Cave Abode's doors open, he muttered, "You don't mean that," then pulled Huo Ling'er inside.
Meng Chuan watched Shi Hao, now a young man, come rushing in and couldn't help smiling.
Shi Hao let go of Huo Ling'er and charged toward Meng Chuan, howling.
"Uncle Meng, I missed you so much!"
Meng Chuan stopped him.