After midnight

After Yin left, Lin Nuan left without staying for long. After she walked a long way out of the gate, she subconsciously realized that she had not seen Yin along the way. She had clearly followed him out.

But she soon decided to put this little intuition aside and not pursue it further. She had been very tired these days and didn't want to be distracted by insignificant things, because it would only get harder and harder in the future.

Yin left, and Lin Nuan also left. Only himself and An Yan were left in the study, which made Su Ziling feel a lot more relaxed.

"What are you thinking about?" Su Ziling asked An Yan who was staring out the window in a daze.

"I wonder if I'm the only one standing still."

Su Ziling thought that An Yan would just keep silent and shake his head, but An Yan gave him a clear answer. "After meeting this time, I feel that Lin Nuan has changed a lot, as has Yin, and you too. You have been moving forward positively all the time."

That's because you have already reached a height that we cannot reach, Su Ziling thought, but said, "Yes, Lin Nuan has become stronger. On the day of marriage, the family was broken up, and it was Lin Nuan who didn't fall down."

Thinking about Lin Nuan's situation that day, Su Ziling still shuddered. But An Yan, what did you go through that made you immune to all poisons when I met you?

"It's getting late, go to bed early." An Yan said.

"Oh, I can't sleep now. You go to sleep first, I'll read for a while."

An Yan nodded and came out of the study room, looking blankly at the empty villa, suddenly feeling a little at a loss. He was also a human being, and he would have thousands of sudden thoughts, but he was too forbearing and too resolute, which made people feel that he was too cold.

"Brother An Yan, are you still awake?" Ajiu rubbed his eyes and came out to go to the bathroom, then asked An Yan who was lying on the railing on the second floor and daydreaming.

When An Yan saw the sleepy Ah Jiu, his eyes lit up. His silent eyes suddenly became gentle, as if they were soaked in water. He walked down the last step calmly.

"Ajiu, do you remember the person named Lin Xuanfeng who came here last time?"

"Remember, the guy who has the same ability as me and is very strong." When Jiu said this, he was talking about his opponent as an equal.

An Yan clearly understood this, and he smiled slyly, "Will you go with me to meet him tomorrow?"

"Of course!" Jiu said excitedly.

"Now go to the bathroom and go to bed. See you tomorrow."

The next day, they met as planned. The place where they met was a fighting arena, which was specially provided for people with abilities who needed to cultivate their abilities. There were various types and sizes of the venues. As long as they paid a certain amount of money, they could wreak havoc in the selected venue.

An Yan chose a park with trees and artificial lakes. This was not very difficult for people with wind abilities as they did not need to determine the wind direction based on the terrain and buildings. Fortunately, the space was large enough to allow them to demonstrate their basic ability to determine the wind.

Apparently, Lin Xuanfeng, who had been standing outside the venue early in the morning, also took this matter seriously. He glanced at Ajiu and walked in first. An Yan patted Ajiu on the shoulder, and after Ajiu nodded solemnly to An Yan, he also pushed open the iron railing door and walked in.

The two men stood no more than five meters apart, both ready for battle.

Ajiu took the lead in testing. He got into position and swung his arms, and the branches and leaves of the tree began to shake.

Lin Xuanfeng seized the opportunity and flipped to the left, landing steadily on the ground. At the same time, the wind blade attacked the branch of the tree behind him on the right.

"Three centimeters." Lin Xuanfeng could accurately tell that it was a scar about three centimeters without looking back.

"That's not good enough." Lin Xuanfeng said as he leaped a few steps, opened his hands and brought them together like flapping wings. Wind blades surrounded Ah Jiu from both sides.

Ajiu was panicked, but he still reacted quickly. He used both hands and tried to fight back with force.

The wind is invisible and completely invisible, which gives it many advantages in battle. But this is useless for two people whose abilities are both wind.

The direction and angle of the wind's attack were clearly visible, and even the speed and strength could be glimpsed. It was obvious that the older Lin Xuanfeng was better.

Ah Jiu's resistance lasted less than a minute. He leaned over and could only barely avoid the attack from the right. This caused less damage to him, but unfortunately, his left forearm began to bleed, and the wind blade cut his sleeve.

Seeing the blood flowing out, An Yan stopped moving forward and retreated. He knew that his senior brother knew the limits.

Unexpectedly, instead of crying out in pain, Jiu stared at Lin Xuanfeng's movements with even greater concentration.

Lin Xuanfeng was also not polite, and used one move after another, as if he wanted to see how capable the kid standing opposite him was. He didn't use any big moves, but he just used one move after another to make the kid breathless.

As time passed, Jiu was already exhausted and out of breath. Every time he raised his arm, he had to endure the overwhelming pain. Every time he used his ability, the expression on his face was even a little distorted.

Finally, he clenched his teeth and roared, delivering the final blow. The blow was like a whirlwind, directly destroying the fist-sized tree trunk behind Lin Xuanfeng. After Lin Xuanfeng barely dodged it, he watched the tree trunk being cut in half, a gleam of light flashed in his eyes, he concealed his excitement, adjusted his breathing, and walked out of the venue calmly.

"I was stronger than he is now when I was ten years old, but I agreed to what you said. Send him over after he recovers." Lin Xuanfeng said to An Yan.

An Yan nodded and walked in quickly. When he got closer, he found that the little animal lying down was whimpering softly. An Yan sighed and gently took him into his arms.

"Just now, my senior brother praised you for being awesome. Don't cry anymore. You are a little man!"

Ajiu wiped her tears on An Yan's clothes, and then forced herself to hold back the tears.

"Okay, I'll bandage your wound." When Jiu's mood improved a little, An Yan took out the gauze and bandaged Jiu carefully. He was afraid that this situation would happen accidentally, but he didn't expect Jiu to be really injured. Senior brother is too ruthless, An Yan couldn't help but complain in his heart.

Ah Jiu watched An Yan bandage him with great concentration, and couldn't help but ask what he had been wanting to ask. "Brother An Yan, do you want me to take that person as my master?"

"Then would you?"

"I am willing. Only by learning from those who are stronger than me can I become stronger. I can feel that he is guiding me just now."

After hearing this, An Yan gently helped him up and said, "Ajiu, you have always been very sensible. Let's talk about this after your injury heals."

"Well, Brother An Yan, I'm hungry."

"So what do you want to eat tonight? I'll make it for you."

"Okay!" Now Jiu was completely happy.

Su Ziling sat at the desk, looking at the book in front of him, feeling extremely irritated. After waking up from a nap, he couldn't read the book at all.

To be honest, Song Hongtian was about to die, and he was so happy. But he always felt something was wrong, maybe because of An Yan's attitude, An Yan was unwilling to face the consequences of Song Hongtian's death, why? Or maybe it was because of some other strange intuition, just like the biggest villain in the movie must stay until the end to die.

Su Ziling leaned back and fixed his eyes on the ceiling. He sat there blankly for a while, then suddenly stood up and walked out of the study quickly.

"Brother Ling!" Xiao Su saw him standing in the living room and called him. "Dad and Jiu disappeared after breakfast, and I can't find them."

"They are out now, so let's go out too. I'll take you to play with Sister Wuying."

Xiao Su understood what he was going to do, so she nodded, "Okay, I'll go up now."

Su Ziling and Xiao Su came all the way to where Yin lived. This time, the living room was also empty. In fact, since Su Ziling moved out, he rarely saw Wu, Qing, and He every time he came. The one he saw most was Wuying, and he had only seen Ye two or three times.

After giving Xiao Su to Wuying, Su Ziling turned directly to the stairs and went up to the study on the second floor to find Yin. The structural designs of the two houses were exactly the same. He knocked on the door and only pushed it open after hearing Yin's reply.

"What's wrong, Zi Ling?"

"Brother, I want to ask you for one thing, oh no, two things."

"What's the matter? Tell me." Yin clasped his hands together and listened to him.

"Don't I have to fight with the people you arranged every day?"

"Ah."

"But their abilities are similar to mine. They are more of a guide in battle. I want to find some people with different abilities, such as Zhao Yunqi's ice and Song Yu's wood. I want to have a real fight. I must know how good I am, even if I get hurt."

"Okay." Yin agreed immediately. Even if Su Ziling didn't mention it now, he would have arranged it this way in the future, but now that Su Ziling had brought it up first, he was very happy. Because this meant that his brother had started to actively choose instead of passively accepting it.

"What's the other thing?"

"I want to become a disciple, I want to find a real master. I know they are all trying their best to help me, but my current level is far from enough."

Seeing the relief on Yin's face, Su Ziling was encouraged to continue. "I remember that night in the water maze, you said someone was very powerful."

"Do you know who that person is?" Yin was a little surprised that Su Ziling would mention him.

Su Ziling shook his head. He had heard Xu Xing mention him briefly, but he really didn't know who he was.

"I will write you a letter in a few days. You can go to the address written on the letter and find him. As for whether he is willing to accept you as his disciple, it depends on whether there is a destiny between you two."

"Okay, thank you brother!"

Yin was a bit mysterious, but Su Ziling didn't care about that. He chose to be his disciple not because of his identity, but because of his strength. He was praised by his brother and mentioned respectfully by Xu Xing, so he must be very strong. But what attracted Su Ziling the most was the passion he showed in the water maze square at night. This little old man must be a kind and interesting person.

After dealing with Yin, Su Ziling, who had a new vision for the future, walked back happily with Xiao Su. But when he got home, his joy immediately disappeared.

"what happened?"

"I... I was injured." Jiu shrank behind An Yan and said evasively.

"I'll go get the medicine box." Su Ziling's heart skipped a beat when he saw Ajiu's arm wrapped in gauze and oozing blood. He ignored Ajiu's ambiguous answer and hurried to get the medicine box. What on earth did An Yan take Ajiu to do?

"Xiao Su, keep an eye on Ah Jiu and wait for your brother Ling to come over and rebandage him. I'm going to go cook first."

"it is good."

After the two adults left, Xiao Su turned his head and looked at the wound carefully and asked him, "Does it hurt?"

"It doesn't hurt." Jiu shook his head.

"Liar."

"Brother Ling will be here soon." she said again.

As soon as Xiao Su finished speaking, Su Ziling jumped down from upstairs. After untying the gauze, he found that Jiu's wound had stopped bleeding. Fortunately, An Yan had treated it before. But looking at the five or six centimeters long wound on Jiu's arm with flesh turned over, Su Ziling still felt extremely distressed. He quickly lowered his head and cleaned it with alcohol for fear of hurting Jiu.

After Ah Jiu grimaced for a while, Su Ziling finished bandaging the wound again. He breathed a sigh of relief and rushed to the kitchen. Xiao Su took this opportunity to throw all the changed gauze outside.

"An Yan, how did Jiu get hurt?" Su Ziling's tone was mixed with a hint of accusation that he himself didn't even notice.

"I'm taking him to fight Lin Xuanfeng today." An Yan stopped what he was doing and looked at Su Ziling seriously.

"Fight? Jiu is still so young..."

"If you want to take me as your master, this is essential."

Su Ziling was stunned. An Yan continued, "Ajiu's performance today was very good. It was beyond my expectation."

"...Okay." Su Ziling sighed, rolled up his sleeves and helped An Yan cook.

"Your senior brother is indeed a very serious person, but this is too cruel. The wound is so deep." Su Ziling changed his mind and couldn't help complaining.

"Ah."

After the meal was ready, Su Ziling brought the first bowl of millet porridge to Jiu. He took a look at Jiu's injured arm and deliberately said loudly, "Jiu, remember to be careful in the future. Learn the moves for me as soon as possible so that you can defeat your master!"

"Yes!" Jiu saluted mischievously with his right hand.

An Yan smiled helplessly.