Transmigrated into a Grandpa, Embracing the Laid-Back Life

Shadow blinked its eyes as if half-understanding, sensing the sternness transmitted through Su Ming’s divine sense. It finally curled its neck with grievance and became docile again.

Continuing down the mountain path, Su Ming suddenly stopped when he reached an open, flat area halfway down the mountain.

“Boom!”

A violent explosion erupted without warning not far away, accompanied by a tremor that shook the ground. A large amount of dirt and gravel, mixed with black smoke, blasted into the sky.

Su Ming frowned slightly and immediately activated his protective spiritual light.

This wasn’t an enemy attack, nor was it an alchemy furnace exploding.

As the smoke began to dissipate, a familiar figure appeared at the edge of the deep crater ahead.

A violent explosion erupted without warning not far away, accompanied by a tremor that shook the ground. A large amount of dirt and debris, mixed with black smoke, blasted into the sky.

“Little Junior Brother!”

Seeing Su Ming approach, Luo Feng waved excitedly, completely ignoring the pungent smell of gunpowder in the air.

Su Ming walked closer, glanced at the pitch-black crater on the ground, which was a full half-zhang deep, then looked at another palm-sized miniature puppet Luo Feng was holding in his other hand.

“Third Senior Brother, still researching this puppet?” Su Ming asked helplessly.

Luo Feng proudly held up the spherical puppet in front of Su Ming, speaking enthusiastically with spittle flying. “The ‘isolation zone’ concept you mentioned last time was a stroke of genius! I used the ‘Seal’ character rune to completely isolate the Thunder Fire Sand in the core, and then I added a set of mother-son Resonate array lines!”

Pointing at the damaged talisman in his hand, Luo Feng’s eyes burned with maddened excitement.

“See! This is the mother talisman. I was standing ten zhang away just now. As long as I crush this mother talisman, the ‘Seal’ character rune inside the puppet will instantly collapse, causing an internal spiritual energy imbalance and backflow! This is called remote detonation! A safe distance of ten zhang is enough to tear anyone at the center of the explosion into shreds, while I remain completely unharmed!”

Su Ming looked at the exquisitely designed miniature puppet and felt a secret admiration in his heart.

Although Luo Feng seemed deranged, he was undoubtedly a genius in formations, especially explosive formations. This technique of perfectly combining array lines, materials, and remote control was absolutely a devastating weapon in actual combat.

“Exquisite. The power hasn’t diminished but increased, and the direction of the explosion is more concentrated.” Su Ming offered sincere praise.

“Hahaha! I knew you would understand me!” Luo Feng laughed proudly.

Just then, the aftershock of the massive explosion finally faded.

Shadow, who had been standing on Su Ming’s shoulder and startled by the loud noise, finally came to its senses. Its feathers instantly puffed up, making it look like a black hedgehog. It let out an extremely sharp screech at Luo Feng, the culprit.

Luo Feng’s laughter abruptly stopped.

Only then did he notice the strange creature standing on Su Ming’s shoulder.

Luo Feng took two steps closer, frowned, and looked at Shadow up and down with an extremely critical gaze.

“This… is the thing that hatched from the ancient beast egg Senior Brother Qin Yi gave you?” Luo Feng pointed at Shadow and gave his ruthless aesthetic assessment without mercy. “My god, it’s so ugly. Pitch black, like a crow scorched by gunpowder.”

Luo Feng proudly held up the spherical puppet in front of Su Ming, speaking enthusiastically with spittle flying. “The ‘isolation zone’ concept you mentioned last time was a stroke of genius! I used the ‘Seal’ character rune to completely isolate the Thunder Fire Sand in the core, and then I added a set of mother-son resonance array lines!”

“Chirp!!!”

Shadow was completely enraged. As a beast with extremely high intelligence, it fully understood the insult.

Its wings suddenly spread wide, and the originally hidden radiance in its golden pupils burst forth explosively. Deep within its brow, the law rune “Edge” branded by Lin Yu stirred violently under the surge of anger.

A sharp aura, centered on Shadow, instantly locked onto Luo Feng’s face.

The disdainful expression on Luo Feng’s face froze.

As a Golden Core stage cultivator, his instincts for danger were incredibly sharp. The moment he was locked by that sharp aura, he even felt his protective sword energy uncontrollably activate on its own, and a sharp stabbing sensation shot through the area between his brows!

Luo Feng’s pupils contracted sharply as he stared at the little black bird, only the size of a fist. He swallowed hard.

A cultivator’s survival instinct at this moment triumphed over all aesthetic considerations.

“Uh… on second thought…” Luo Feng stiffly moved half a step backward, and the disdain on his face instantly transformed into an exaggerated exclamation of wonder. His attitude made a complete one-eighty-degree turn. “Majestic! This bird has an extraordinary bone structure! Its feathers are black with a colorful sheen, and its gaze is as sharp as a blade! It looks like something that could suppress an entire region… no, it’s clearly a divine bird that can protect your path! So majestic!”

Feeling the surrender in Luo Feng’s attitude, Shadow’s golden light gradually receded, and the sharp aura locking onto him dissipated. It raised its short chin proudly and shrank back into the crook of Su Ming’s neck.

Su Ming reached out and gently stroked Shadow’s smooth feathers, a flicker of shock and contemplation passing through his eyes.

He knew his Master’s law rune was powerful, but he hadn’t expected that merely a passively triggered aura could make a Golden Core stage cultivator feel an instinctive threat.

This little black chick was even more formidable than he had imagined.

After taking leave of Luo Feng, who was staring blankly at the scorched crater, Su Ming continued down the mountain path toward Beast Peak.

Shadow on his shoulder still seemed to hold great hostility toward the human with hair like a chicken’s nest. Its short beak opened and closed from time to time, letting out a few faint “chirps,” its pure black feathers gleaming with a faint, cold blue light under the sun.

“Alright, stop holding grudges.” Su Ming extended his index finger and gently smoothed the downy feathers on its neck. “Third Senior Brother might not have a right mind, but if he really tossed a formation plate over, you wouldn’t even have a feather left.”

Shadow blinked its golden eyes as if half-understanding and rubbed its head against Su Ming’s finger, finally withdrawing the faint presence of the “Edge” law rune between its brows.

As they crossed the Cloud Bridge between the two peaks, the cold, acrid smell of gunpowder that belonged to Formation Peak gradually faded, replaced by the scent of various spirit herbs, earthy soil, and the odor of wild beasts.

They had arrived at Beast Peak.