Max Level Return—I'll Protect That Fragile One

The so-called notion of a dog relies on its master’s power. The dog knew that Huo Canghai was dissatisfied with Xu Xingguang, so it started to swagger.

Xu Xingguang immediately locked eyes with the hunting dog, and a chilling aura burst forth from her gaze. Huo Canghai didn’t feel much, but the hunting dog sensed a terrifying presence more oppressive than the leading wolf of a forest.

It whimpered a few times, suddenly tucked its tail, and crawled under Huo Canghai’s wheelchair, not daring to look directly at Xu Xingguang anymore.

If it could, it wanted to dig a hole and hide in it.

Noticing the change in the hunting dog Bobbi, Huo Canghai was a bit surprised. He looked incredulously at Xu Xingguang and thoughtfully asked, ”Do you also know how to train dogs?”

Xu Xingguang simply replied, ”All animals can be tamed.”

Huo Canghai raised an eyebrow and snorted, ”So, is that how you tamed Huo Wen’an?”

Xu Xingguang smiled sweetly, ”If you’re going to say it like that, Mr. Huo, I can’t argue. But taming animals only requires aura and gaze. Taming Huo Wen’an requires sincerity.”

Huo Canghai stared gloomily at Xu Xingguang for a while before sneering, ”You’re certainly eloquent.”

Seeing that Huo Canghai was constantly diverting the topic and unwilling to discuss the battlefield matter with her, Xu Xingguang had to bring the topic back herself. ”Mr. Huo, how much do you know about that battlefield? And how much are you willing to share with me?”

Xu Xingguang didn’t have the patience to beat around the bush with Huo Canghai. He was an old fox, and playing mind games with him was exhausting.

Seeing that Xu Xingguang was determined to get to the bottom of it, Huo Canghai said coldly, ”Just a battlefield that’s somewhat hidden and unknown to ordinary people, nothing much to discuss.”

Xu Xingguang didn’t believe a word of Huo Canghai’s nonsense. ”If it were that simple, Huo Wen’an wouldn’t have been searching for so many years without finding its location. Mr. Huo, the reason you refuse to tell Huo Wen’an the location of that battlefield is actually to protect him, isn’t it?”

Upon hearing this, Huo Canghai’s gaze slightly narrowed.

He leaned against the back of his chair, his murky eyes fixated on Xu Xingguang for a long time before questioning her, ”What exactly do you want to know?”

Noticing Huo Canghai’s slight change in attitude, Xu Xingguang took the opportunity to say, ”Mr. Huo, I have a few questions I’d like to verify with you, and you can just tell me if they’re right or wrong.”

Not giving Huo Canghai a chance to refuse, Xu Xingguang said, ”Xia Country’s civilization has developed for nearly ten thousand years, and it should be dazzling and brilliant. Traditional Chinese medicine also has a long history of nearly eight thousand years, but in the entire field of traditional Chinese medicine, there is only one ancient medical text that has been passed down to this day, the ’Ancient Medicine Transmission’. Does that really make sense?”

”Doesn’t Mr. Huo think that there’s a gap in our civilization?”

Upon hearing this, Huo Canghai’s pupils constricted slightly.

He suddenly looked at Xu Xingguang with a gaze filled with wariness and shock. ”Xu Xingguang, what exactly are you questioning?”

Xu Xingguang didn’t directly answer Huo Canghai’s question.

She brought up another unrelated matter.

Xu Xingguang said, ”I’ve heard about the heroic deeds of Mr. Huo in his youth. It is said that after your father’s death, the new Pilot, to eliminate hidden dangers, expelled your mother and you from Divine Concealment Island. Just after you left Divine Concealment Island, he sent assassins off the island intending to root you out.”

”But strangely, as soon as Mr. Huo’s ship set sail, it mysteriously disappeared in a fog. People say that Mr. Huo is blessed and protected by heaven.”

Upon reaching this point, Xu Xingguang deliberately paused.

She made a harmless joke, ”But I feel like Mr. Huo simply became immortal and vanished from this world.”

Huo Canghai’s eyebrows twitched, and his gaze towards Xu Xingguang unknowingly turned dangerous, with hidden murderous intent in those cloudy old eyes.

Xu Xingguang remained indifferent to Huo Canghai’s hostility, casually picked up a piece of jerky from the chair, and threw it toward the trembling hunting dog.

The hunting dog was eager yet didn’t dare to touch the jerky.

It seemed as if Xu Xingguang was oblivious to the dog’s fear of her and couldn’t feel Huo Canghai’s murderous intent towards her. She continued, talking to herself, ”That Pilot certainly wouldn’t give up. His men searched all over Xia Country and the world, without finding a trace of you. So, the Pilot suspected you were dead.”

”Until twenty years later, at the age of 26, you made a high-profile appearance at the Divine Concealment Island Sacrifice Festival, publicly acknowledging your ancestors and forcing the Pilot to acknowledge your return. After that, you were like a drawn sword, cutting down every obstacle in your path to reclaiming the Pilot’s position.”