Chapter 361: The Stranger from His Past

Xiao Shou was truly helpless about this. If the two of them had genuinely malicious intentions, things would have been much easier. He could have confidently shut them down and cut them off. But unfortunately, neither of the siblings had any ill intentions.

They did not use words, violence, or any other means to force him into anything. They simply sincerely stayed close to him and constantly treated him well.

What could Xiao Shou possibly do against people like that?

At the time, he was still a young person who had not yet entered society. The most he could do was greet them politely whenever he happened to encounter them.

Fu Young noticed that his Master’s expression had become extremely strange ever since he saw the male cultivator named Meng Huo. There was disbelief, confusion, and even surprise in his Master’s eyes.

What is going on?

This was the first time Fu Young had ever seen his Master show such an obvious reaction toward someone other than himself.

Does this male cultivator named Meng Huo have some kind of relationship with Master?

Yet judging from his expression, Meng Huo clearly did not recognize his Master.

A strange sense of danger immediately arose in Fu Young’s heart. He immediately walked over to Xiao Shou’s side and asked in an intimate tone, "Master, you know him?"

"Uh! I..."

Fu Young’s voice pulled Xiao Shou out of his thoughts about unexpectedly encountering someone from his former life and what an unbelievable person to encounter, too.

However, after considering his current situation, Xiao Shou realized that although his name had remained unchanged, almost everything else about him had changed.

He had no idea how he could possibly explain this. So he could only give a vague answer and nod. "I happened to meet him once in the past."

"But this junior doesn’t remember ever meeting Senior!" Meng Huo looked at Xiao Shou in confusion.

When Xiao Shou heard this, he finally recovered from the shock of seeing Meng Huo.

He carefully examined the man standing before him. There was no mistake.

His appearance was exactly the same. His build seemed almost identical as well. Even his eyes looked somewhat similar. Aside from the fact that his hair was long, everything about him looked exactly like Meng Huo.

As Xiao Shou’s gaze moved around, he finally noticed the pattern embroidered on the man’s clothing. It was the symbol of the Heavenly Void Sect.

The Heavenly Void Sect? Does he transmigrated into the Heavenly Void Sect?

The question flashed through Xiao Shou’s mind. So, he cautiously tested the waters. "Did Meng Jie come with you?"

"Senior even knows Jie’er. It seems you really do know me." Meng Huo’s previously respectful but slightly guarded attitude relaxed somewhat, although he still remained a little reserved. "Jie’er is currently at a critical stage in her attempt to break through to the Golden Core stage, so she couldn’t come to participate in the Heaven Origin Grand Competition."

Golden Core stage? Those two strange siblings are cultivating too?

Only then did Xiao Shou finally recover from the shock of encountering someone from his previous life and begin reacting like a proper cultivator.

He discreetly sensed Meng Huo’s cultivation. To his surprise, something seemed slightly off. His cultivation was at the peak of the late Golden Core stage and his spiritual energy was pure without many impurities. It seemed he had not cultivated any unorthodox techniques.

As for his other physical characteristics... His physique was quite good.

Wait! His original Yang energy is still intact?

Something was wrong.

Xiao Shou finally realized that this situation might not be what he had initially assumed.

Although this world already seemed to have been transmigrated through countless times, there was no way it could be such an absurd coincidence that everyone he knew from his former world had also transmigrated here. Perhaps it was simply a coincidence of appearance and name.

After all, given the personalities of those two strange siblings, even if they had transmigrated into this world, there was no way they would obediently stay apart from each other and somehow preserve their original Yang energy.

Xiao Shou thought about it for a moment before tentatively saying, "Oh, I see. If we have the opportunity another day, I’ll invite you and your sister to Dragon Well Manor in Golden Dragon City. I’ve heard that their spirit lamb is particularly delicious."

Should he accept or refuse? How should he answer?

After saying this, Xiao Shou waited for Meng Huo’s response. Lamb was a food that the strange siblings from his former world both avoided and neither of them could tolerate anything that even had the slightest smell of lamb.

Even if the Meng Huo before him had the same appearance, the same name, a similar personality, and even similar eyes, surely his dietary preferences could not possibly be exactly the same too?

"Senior is too kind. Unfortunately, my sister and I won’t be able to accept your invitation. We both avoid lamb and really can’t eat it."

This Senior is far too familiar. We only just met, yet he’s already inviting me and my sister to dinner. Does he need something from us?

Meng Huo could not help becoming suspicious.

No way.

The food they avoided was exactly the same too?

Xiao Shou froze. He almost blurted out a direct question about Meng Huo’s origins. But at that moment, Fu Young’s voice suddenly transmitted into his mind.

"Master, why are you so concerned about him?"

"Uh, Young’er, it’s like this..." Fu Young already knew about his Master’s transmigration into the novel, so when he asked, Xiao Shou simply left out the parts related to himself and told him about his suspicions. "That’s why I wanted to test whether he really came from my original world."

"So what if he is? And what if he isn’t?"

After hearing Xiao Shou’s explanation, Fu Young keenly sensed that his Master was hiding something. His guard toward Meng Huo immediately increased, and even the strand of hair on top of his head quietly stood upright.

However, he pretended to be indifferent and slightly puzzled as he said, "Master, you said yourself that you only know him casually and aren’t particularly close to him. So what difference does it make whether he’s a transmigrator or not? We cultivate our own paths, and he cultivates his own path."