Chapter 2218 Relief
"Before your brother got into the accident, this particular friend of his was targeted by someone with bad intentions."

"The other party is very powerful."

"Your brother wanted to protect his friend from being hurt by the other party..."

“Finally I came up with this solution.”

Xiao Xiao deliberately slowed down his speech to give the old man more time to understand.

"Your brother hid his friend."

……

"Hidden in the jade ball?"

The old man felt like he was listening to a fairy tale.

What kind of friend...can be hidden in a jade ball?
Bugs? Butterflies?
Whatever it is, after all these years...

"Is it still alive?"

In fact, this sentence is just the old man's self-talk.

Because he knew the answer.

No wonder my brother had to tell him these two words at the end...

It was to let him open the jade ball and release the creature inside.

As a result, he disappointed his brother.

My brother's cherished friend...

Regret suddenly filled the old man's heart.

……

but-
"Alive."

……

The old man was shocked.

The voice had changed a little, "Still alive?!"

How can it be?

"What the hell is it?!"

Isn’t it an insect like rhinoceros beetle or butterfly?
If it were them, how could these insects survive until now?
If not for them, what other creatures could hide in such a tiny jade ball?
The old man doesn't know.

……

"It's a monster."

Xiao Xiao seemed to have just said two ordinary words.

The old man seemed to have suffered a huge shock.

"Monster?!"

The old man screamed.

But the hoarse voice was not as loud as he thought.

……

Xiao Xiao told the story of the old man's brother and the monster.

……

As Xiao Xiao continued to speak, the intense emotions on the old man's face faded away.

The doubt in his eyes gradually disappeared.

Naturally, he knows best about his brother's affairs.

Many of the things this young man said, and repeated what he had said back then...there was not a single deviation.

……

“…Is it really in the jade ball?”

The old man was silent for a long time before he spoke again.

"Ah."

Xiao Xiao nodded.

“Monster… ah…”

My brother actually has a monster friend...

"I do not even know……"

"I never found out..."

"wrong."

The old man shook his head. “I can’t see it, can I?”

The old man looked at the young man in front of him.

Xiao Xiao nodded.

……

"I can't see...Xiao Rong can't see either..."

"Only my brother saw it..."

The old man murmured.

"Monster..."

"Is it all right?"

The old man thought about what the young man had just said.

"It's good."

Xiao Xiao smiled.

"I just stayed in there for too long and wanted to come out."

That's why some people heard its voice.

……

"Yes."

The old man couldn't help but smile, "It's been a long time."

He has long since changed from a vigorous young man to a gray-haired old man.

"It is my fault."

"If I hadn't been so cautious because it was the jade ball my brother left behind..."

Perhaps through constant exploration, he would be able to open the jade ball sooner.

The monsters inside can also come out earlier.

……

"Do not."

Xiao Xiao shook his head, "You don't have to blame yourself."

"You can't open that jade ball."

……

“……Ah?” The old man was puzzled.

He can’t open the jade ball?

……

Xiao Xiao's eyebrows curved slightly.

"If there is nothing special about it, how can this jade ball protect monsters?"

The old man was startled.

Also...yes.

If the jade ball can be opened easily by anyone, what is the protective function of it?

"Then my brother..."

The old man hesitated.

……

“He can open it.”

Xiao Xiao explained, "The moment the monster entered the jade ball and the ball was closed, the protection mechanism of the jade ball was activated."

"Only the person who closed the jade ball at that time can open it again."

"If others want to open up..."

"It's just a matter of brute force."

Xiao Xiao said it lightly.

The old man was taken aback.

Brute force?

Can it be opened by brute force?

……

"Your brother probably doesn't know this, so he hopes you can release the monster from the jade ball for him."

Xiao Xiao's words interrupted the old man's confused thoughts.

He reached out and pressed his temple.

He knew so many things at once that his head felt a little swollen.

"...What a powerful jade ball..."

He hesitated.

The function sounds smart.

However, such a powerful jade ball...

"Where did my brother get this jade ball?"

"It was given to your brother by a monk."

Xiao Xiao thought, indeed, most of the masters are among monks and Taoists.

……

"Monk?"

The old man was a little surprised and also a little confused.

After all, when talking about masters, monks are one of the must-have images.

"I wonder which temple this monk is from..."

The old man looked at Xiao Xiao expectantly.

If he could know, he would like to meet the monk.

Thank you for extending a helping hand to my brother at that time.

The elder brother was still thinking about his monster friends until the very end, which shows the deep friendship between the elder brother and his monster friends.

Knowing that someone has bad intentions towards his monster friend, the brother must be very worried and uneasy.

At that time, I didn't realize it at all...

The old man regretted his carelessness and slowness.

I was also angry about my brother's concealment.

Although he also knew that even if his brother told him, he would not be able to help at all...

……

Xiao Xiao shook his head.

"do not know."

"Back then, your brother went to many temples and Taoist temples in order to find a way to protect monsters."

"He went there alone."

"He didn't let the monster go with him in order to protect it and not let the monster take advantage of him."

"So, except for himself, no one knows which temple he got the jade ball from."

All Yu Niao knew was that he got the jade ball from a monk in the temple.

……

"That's it..."

The light in the old man's eyes dimmed.

"Too……"

The old man smiled.

Although he felt a little regretful, he quickly let it go, "There's nothing I can do about it..."

That happened so many years ago.

It is simply impossible to find it now.

……

"Thank you, young man."

The old man's back, which was formerly somewhat hunched, was now straightened.

"You have solved my doubts for many years."

"I can finally stop worrying about that."

"When I see my brother down there, I can be justified."

……

The old man looked relaxed.

"God has really been kind to me..."

"The old man almost thought he would hold on to this doubt until the end."

……

"Old man, you don't seem to have any doubts at all?"

Xiao Xiao's eyes were filled with smiles.

After the initial surprise and disbelief, the old man naturally accepted everything he said.
(End of this chapter)