"Hehehehe..."
"Kekekeke..."
"Little brother!"
"Big brother!"
"If only we'd met sooner!"
An old man and a young man stood with their arms around each other's shoulders beneath the setting sun, as close as could be.
Both wore triumphant smiles, as though they had found their soulmates in life.
After spending most of the day in an intimate conversation, their relationship had advanced by leaps and bounds.
"Big brother! I had no one to turn to in this Immortal Realm. Who would've thought I'd meet a hidden master of such noble character as you here!"
"Becoming your sworn brother is the good fortune of three lifetimes for me, Tiezhu! Blue smoke must be rising from my ancestral graves!"
At that moment, Li Tiezhu's heart was practically bursting into bloom.
This was the master of Five Manors Temple! The progenitor of earth immortals!
Wouldn't Brother Monkey have to call him little brother when they met in the future?!
If he ever returned to Earth, he would absolutely need a page of his own in the family genealogy!
Meanwhile, in the eyes of Ancestor Si Mian, this young fellow named Li Tiezhu was simply a clear stream flowing through Undying Mountain!
His surname wasn't Si, he spoke so pleasantly, and his flattery left no trace, every sentence scratching him exactly where it felt best.
"Ah! You're mistaken there, little brother!"
"What master? Those are all empty titles! What I like is your straightforward, utterly unaffected nature!"
Li Tiezhu was deeply moved at once. "You're right, big brother. From now on, if anyone dares bully you here on Undying Mountain, just tell me!"
He patted his chest. "My cultivation might not match yours, but I have someone above me! I can definitely protect you!"
"Good! What a fine brother!"
Si Mian's old heart was