Chapter 13: Brothers Reunite

  Five black-clad soldiers stood in a row, their faces solemn, and raised their left hands flat against their chests to pay respects to their fallen comrades.

  Then, the big man who was the captain walked out, and with a fierce flame, he incinerated these remains into ashes, which he packed away in his cloth bag.

  At this time, Da Han looked at Qi Bei with a surprised expression, and the more he looked, the more he resembled Qi Bei's younger brother, Nord.

  "Just as the great Han was about to ask a question, a sudden tiger's roar came from afar, interrupting his words."

  "It's the commander, the commander has arrived." The rest of the black-armored soldiers showed excitement on their faces, this tiger's roar was unmistakably the commander's magical pet, Lidi Tiger.

  Leidi Hu, ranked fifth among the nine-tiered demonic beasts, must be recognized as its master from a young age. With dual attributes of earth and wind, it possesses immense strength but moves with incredible speed like the wind, making it an invaluable combat-type magical pet.

  Zi Bei also figured it out, Lie Di Hu was his older brother Hua An. The gift he received when Nuo De became a primary warrior at the age of ten, and he was also very familiar with him.

  Zi Bei's mind was a bit complicated. His body was still the same, but his soul had completely changed. Could he really blend in with this identity so calmly?

  He rubbed a simple, dull ring on his left middle finger, which was the family crest of the Golden Leaf Empire's Norden family. Every legitimate son of the Norden family had one, symbolizing their identity and power.

  Nord family's first patriarch, Simon. Nord followed the Golden Leaf Empire's founding emperor, Emperor Jin Ye, in his southern and northern campaigns, becoming the empire's first meritorious subject, with power that rivaled the heavens.

  Eight hundred years have passed, the Golden Leaf Empire has changed ten emperors, many families who were once powerful at the beginning of the dynasty gradually declined, but the glory of the Nuo De family remained unchanged, and its position as the first family of the empire was as stable as a rock.

  Many ordinary people think that the reason for the prosperity of the Nuo De family is due to the sacred connection, but in fact, it is because the Nuo De family has always firmly grasped one-third of the imperial military power.

  As for the sacred dynasty, it is indeed so on the surface, but as long as the people at the core of power know, this is actually a huge joke. Think about it, if you are an emperor, but your ministers control one-third of the country's military strength, can you be safe?

  However, the Nords' family, despite their constant infighting, are united in their pursuit of family interests and each generation produces a few geniuses, which is the foundation for the Nords' stable position over the past 800 years.

  Zhi Bei. Nuo De, the current head of the Nuo De family, Ke Ti. The fifth son of Nuo De's direct line.

  The Nuo De family has produced many geniuses, but at the same time, there are also many useless people in every generation.

  Unfortunately, Zhi Bei is the representative of this generation's waste. At birth, his mother had a difficult labor, and he was weak due to being trapped in her body for too long, making it impossible for him to practice martial arts. When he was five years old, the test for magical talent also proved that he couldn't sense natural elements, so the path of a nature magician was cut off for him. Moreover, his personality is eccentric and his thinking is childish, as if he's missing a screw, and he naturally became marginalized.

  But with his identity and an extremely protective father and brother, a life of wealth and glory is guaranteed.

  And Zhi Bei appears here because of a sudden event.

  That was eight months ago, when Zhi Bei sneaked into the palace to find Ming Yue Princess, whom he had been pursuing. Although Ming Yue Princess always kept a distance from him, he believed that a virtuous woman fears being bothered by a rogue and so he went to bother her every other day.

  On that day, a ghostly magician snuck into the imperial palace and took Princess Mingyue hostage. At the critical moment, Qi Bei risked his life to charge at the ghostly magician. Princess Mingyue was rescued, but he fell into the clutches of evil.

  A seriously injured necromancer fled with him all the way and drilled into the Ghost Mountains that made people's faces change color when they heard about it.

  The dying spirit magician was seriously injured and unable to heal himself, while the frail Ziqi Bei could no longer withstand the torture and was on his last breath.

  Both of them fell down and died.

  Yes, they're all dead, Qi Bei. Nuo De is already dead.

  The current Qi Bei is no longer the original Qi Bei, but a transmigrator from another world called Earth. He was a university student with the same name, Qi Bei, who loved adventure and stumbled upon an ancient dragon-shaped stone in a relic of an ancient civilization. After being crushed to death by its mysterious power, his soul transmigrated into this body, gaining all his memories in the process.

  As he traversed with the Northern Qi's soul, there was also the divine dragon imprint on his left palm and an inner strength technique called the Divine Dragon Decision.

  In the desolate mountains where vengeful spirits ran amok, Ziqi Beinuo had no choice. Having died once, he didn't want to die again, so he could only try to cultivate that inexplicable Divine Dragon Technique.

  After practicing the Divine Dragon Technique, Qi Bei's weak body surprisingly became stronger day by day, and his six senses became extremely sharp.

  Zi Bei rummaged through the remains of the undead wizard and obtained some evil magic potions, some gold coins, some magic crystals, a magic wand, and a strange magic book.

  However, Qi Bei was completely ignorant of magic and couldn't even recognize a single magical character. But through his memory, he remembered the concealment array set up by the deceased spirit magician earlier. This array required a large number of spirit pearls, and only one incantation was needed to activate the magic power on that magic book, which could start this array.

  Hiding in a cave that never sees daylight for a month, Ziqi Bei began to attempt to venture out and kill some low-level undead.

  In this way, for the next seven months, Qi Bei spent his time in a state of slaughter, repeatedly hovering between life and death. His will became extremely strong and calm, with an aura of death that chilled people's hearts. However, he did not lose himself.

  He was so skilled that he knew the characteristics of various undead creatures like the back of his hand and knew how to eliminate them in the most relaxed and effective way.

  During this time, he obtained a bow from the corpse of an adventurer, a quiver of arrows and a book on archery techniques, which gave him a means of long-range attack and saved his life several times.

  Just then, a strong gust of wind blew in, interrupting Qi Bei's thoughts. A giant blue-striped tiger, as tall as a person, appeared before everyone. On the tiger's back sat a sturdy young man wearing heavy armor - it was Huan An Nuo De.

  Hai An. Nuo De scanned around in a circle, his pupils suddenly dilating, staring fixedly at Qi Bei, his breathing growing heavier, his body trembling with excitement.

  As soon as Zhi Bei saw Hua An, Nuo De's expression, his heart skipped a beat, and that thread of unease dissipated without a trace, replaced by the surge of kinship from deep within his bones.

  "Big brother, I'm back." Qi Bei smiled, but his eyes were slightly moist.

  "You little stinker." Hua An. Nuo De flipped over and dismounted, rushing two steps to stand in front of Qi Bei, opening his big hands to tightly hug him.

  "It's good that you're back, it's good that you're back. I knew the Nord family wouldn't go down so easily, haha." Wai An. Nord's large hand patted a few times on Qi Bei's back before releasing him.

  That big tiger also ran to Qi Bei's side, let out two low growls, and rubbed its head against his chest.

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