Chapter 288: The Reunion of the Tong Brothers

After Duan Fengyun left, Men Laotou suddenly remembered that his Millennium Cold Iron was still inside the Sword Furnace.

Men Laotou ran back to the Sword Furnace, saw the Millennium Cold Iron lying safely on the ground, and carefully picked it up, saying:

"My precious treasure, how on earth can I melt you down?

But it doesn't matter, I will definitely find a way to forge you into an unparalleled divine weapon.

When that time comes, you and I will become famous together."

After muttering to himself for a while, Men Laotou brought the Millennium Cold Iron back to his room and carefully hid it away.

And just as Yin Zhong appeared at the Men family's Sword Furnace and Tong Bo was reborn in Shuiyue Dongtian, the third person from the Spirit Mirror, Tong Xin, had now followed the guidance in his heart and arrived outside the barrier of Shuiyue Dongtian.

Looking at the familiar environment before him, Tong Xin muttered:

"Why is this place so familiar? Have I been here before?"

The three people reborn from the Spirit Mirror had all lost their memories of the past, but Tong Xin was merely the one with the mildest amnesia among the three.

Tong Xin only needed external objects to constantly stimulate him to recall the past, which was why he felt an incomparable familiarity with the environment before him.

Based on the remaining memories in his mind, Tong Xin skillfully performed a series of dharma seals, and then the barrier of Shuiyue Dongtian opened before him.

Tong Xin smiled and leaped into the barrier.

When Tong Xin walked into Shuiyue Dongtian, Dou Dou, Han Batian, and Yin Tianxue were all weeping bitterly while holding the corpse of Long Po.

Meanwhile, Tong Zhan was looking at Tong Bo with a face full of concern and asked:

"Big Brother, how are you feeling?"

Tong Bo pushed Tong Zhan away and said:

"Who are you? I am not familiar with you, don't get so close to me."

Tong Zhan looked at Tong Bo in disbelief and said:

"Big Brother, it's me, Tong Zhan. I am your younger brother, Tong Zhan."

Tong Bo shook his head and said:

"I don't know you. I want to go out and find a young lady."

Upon hearing this, Yin Tianxue walked up to Tong Bo and slapped him, saying:

"Tong Bo, Dou Dou has waited for you for five years.

Because of you, Dou Dou almost took her own life.

Now you say you want to go find a young lady; how can you let Dou Dou bear this?

You heartless man, I'll beat you to death!"

Seeing this, Dou Dou hurriedly wiped away her tears, grabbed Yin Tianxue's hand, and then walked up to Tong Bo and hugged him tightly, saying:

"Tong Dage, where have you been these past five years?

I missed you so much, I thought of you every single day.

I thought I would never see you again!

Tong Dage!"

Dou Dou's expression of affection was like wind passing by Tong Bo's ears; he gently pushed Dou Dou away and said:

"Young lady, I don't know you, and I don't know any of you. I am leaving; I need to go find a young lady who has been waiting for me for a long time."

After speaking, Tong Bo turned to leave.

"Big Brother, where are you going!

Stop Big Brother, don't let him leave."

After saying this, Tong Zhan moved to block Tong Bo, and the Six Great Elders also surrounded them.

Tong Zhan, Yin Tianxue, and the Six Great Elders—eight people in total—surrounded Tong Bo.

Seeing this, Tong Bo attacked and began fighting with the eight of them.

Although Tong Bo had lost his memory, his muscle memory remained; all his movements were effortless, and he did not fall behind in the slightest.

Seeing this, Yin Tianxue spoke up:

"Tong Zhan, this won't work.

If we don't use our full strength, we are no match for Tong Bo.

Let's capture him first."

Tong Zhan nodded and shouted:

"Six Great Elders, follow me and subdue Big Brother."

Just as the eight of them were about to use their full strength to subdue Tong Bo, a voice that was incomparably familiar to Tong Zhan and the others rang in their ears.

"So many people bullying one person, this is truly something."

Upon hearing this incredibly familiar voice, Tong Zhan looked at the newcomer with excitement and joy and shouted:

"Tong Xin, you're back!" After saying this, Tong Zhan opened his arms to embrace Tong Xin.

He had waited for this day for over five years; the three brothers were finally reunited.

The one who had just spoken was indeed Tong Xin, who had followed his inner feelings to Shuiyue Dongtian. Seeing Tong Zhan and the others bullying Tong Bo, he had spoken up for him.

Seeing Tong Zhan coming to embrace him, Tong Xin stepped back twice with a look of disgust and said:

"I'm not familiar with you, don't come and hug me like that!"

Hearing this, Tong Zhan looked at Tong Xin and Tong Bo in disbelief and smiled:

"We're not familiar?

Tong Xin, I am your second brother, Tong Zhan, and that is our big brother, Tong Bo. We are three brothers who grew up together.

Do you not remember me and Big Brother, nor Yinxiu and Shuiyue Dongtian?

In these five years, what on earth happened to you and Big Brother?"

Tong Xin sneered:

"I'm not a three-year-old child anymore; why should I believe what you say?

I just saw a whole bunch of you trying to bully one person."

Hearing Tong Xin speak up for him, Tong Bo hurriedly ran to Tong Xin's side, and Tong Bo said gratefully:

"Many thanks, brother, for your help!"

Tong Xin smiled knowingly:

"To see injustice on the road and draw one's sword to help is but a small effort for people like us; it is not worth mentioning."

Watching the conversation between Tong Bo and Tong Xin, Yin Tianxue suddenly had the feeling that Tong Bo and Tong Xin had swapped identities.

Yin Tianxue voiced the feeling in her heart:

"Do you all have the feeling that Tong Bo and Tong Xin seem to have swapped places?

Tong Xin is no longer that silly person he was before, while Tong Bo is now exactly like the way Tong Xin used to be."

Tong Zhan nodded; he had also discovered this problem.

Tong Zhan truly could not understand what could have happened to Tong Bo and Tong Xin in the past five years that they would no longer recognize him.

Tong Zhan walked forward and said to Tong Bo:

"Big Brother, do you still remember?

Back then, the two of us fought side by side and sealed Yin Zhong into Hell Valley.

Do you still remember when we were young and learned martial arts together, and when I was doing a terrible job and was scolded and lectured by Father, how you protected me?"

Tong Zhan then said to Tong Xin:

"Tong Xin, do you still remember when you pulled out Yinxiu's beard, when you were locked in the Underground City by Yin Zhong, and then Big Brother risked his life to save you?"

Tong Zhan looked at Tong Bo and Tong Xin with red eyes; he had not expected that after waiting bitterly for five years, they would have become like this when they finally met again.

Seeing Tong Zhan crying, Tong Bo, who now had the personality of a child, was suddenly flustered; he stepped forward to hug Tong Zhan and comforted him:

"Don't cry, don't cry, you are such a big person, why are you still crying?

Although I don't recognize you, I feel very familiar with you.

I feel that we must have known each other before."

Tong Xin also nodded and said:

"I have the same feeling; although I don't remember this place, I am very familiar with everything here."

After hearing what the two said, Tong Zhan turned his tears into a smile; if Tong Bo and Tong Xin still had feelings for this place, it meant they could still remember.

As long as he took them around more, they would definitely remember.

Tong Zhan said:

"Since you are both so familiar with this place, why not stay in Shuiyue Dongtian?

I believe that if you live here for a while, you will definitely remember some things."

After Tong Bo and Tong Xin looked at each other, Tong Bo said:

"Alright, then I will stay here."

Tong Xin did not speak, but nodded to show there was no problem.

Then, Dou Dou picked up the Shenlong Sword from beside Long Po's corpse, brought it to Tong Bo, and said:

"Tong Dage, do you still remember this sword?"

After seeing the Shenlong Sword, Tong Bo felt a very intimate connection to this sword.

He took the Shenlong Sword from Dou Dou's hand, looked at it carefully, and muttered: "Shenlong Sword!"

As the three words "Shenlong Sword" left his lips, images of himself holding the Shenlong Sword and fighting a great battle against Yin Zhong suddenly surfaced in Tong Bo's mind.

The bloody, intense battle caused Tong Bo to be so startled that the sword in his hand fell to the ground.

When Dou Dou heard Tong Bo say the three words "Shenlong Sword," she excitedly pulled on Tong Bo and said:

"Tong Dage, have you remembered?"

Tong Bo shook his head and said:

"After seeing this sword, I suddenly blurted out its name.

Then I remembered a scene of myself and Tong Zhan fighting against a white-haired old man."

"Right, I remember now, you are Tong Zhan.

You didn't lie to me, you really are my younger brother!"

Tong Bo ran to Tong Zhan like a child and said to him.

"Big Brother!

Big Brother!

You finally remembered me!"

Seeing that Tong Bo had remembered him, Tong Zhan was extremely excited and embraced Tong Bo.

Watching Tong Bo remember Tong Zhan but still not remember her, the disappointment on Dou Dou's face was fully revealed.

Seeing this, Yin Tianxue comforted her:

"Dou Dou, I don't know what Tong Bo and Tong Xin have been through!

But since Tong Bo can remember Tong Zhan through the Shenlong Sword, he will definitely be able to remember you through other things.

You have to give him some time; I believe the Tong Bo from before will definitely be able to return."

Dou Dou managed a forced smile:

"Tianxue, I understand what you are saying.

Don't worry, I have waited through Tong Dage's long disappearance, and now I will definitely be able to wait for him to recover his memory."

Yinxiu stepped forward, grabbed Tong Xin, and said:

"I haven't seen you in five years, Tong Xin, you've grown up!"

Seeing Yinxiu before him, Tong Xin felt very close to him in his heart, so he did not push Yinxiu away.

Everyone in Shuiyue Dongtian was overjoyed by the return of Tong Bo and Tong Xin, while only Han Batian remained there, wailing loudly over the death of Long Po.

They had only reunited after thirty years apart, and he never expected that after spending just over five years together, Long Po would leave him behind and pass away.

"Yan Er, slow down, I am coming to join you now."

After Han Batian finished speaking, he slammed his head into a pillar nearby; none of the others had time to react.

Watching Han Batian fall to the ground with a thud, Dou Dou hurriedly and frantically picked him up and said:

"Dad, why did you do this?"

Han Batian revealed a faint smile and said:

"Your mother and I only reunited after thirty years apart; I cannot bear to let her go on alone now, so I am going down to accompany her.

Dou Dou, Dad can no longer be by your side to take care of you; you must take good care of yourself.

I believe that one day Tong Bo will remember you all; you have waited for so many years, you will surely find your happiness.

Yan Er, slow down, I am coming!"

Having said this, Han Batian departed with a smile on his face.

"Dad!"

Dou Dou cried out in agony.

Today she had found Tong Bo again, found her true love, but it had also cost her the person closest to her, leaving Dou Dou's heart filled with incomparable sorrow.

Tong Zhan, who had originally wanted to drink and celebrate the reunion of the brothers, immediately lost all desire to celebrate upon seeing this scene.

"Dou Dou, since Long Po was a descendant of the Long Family, let them be buried together in Shuiyue Dongtian; let the ancestors of the Tong Clan protect them so they may continue to be lovers in their next life.

I hope they can stay together forever and live a happy and fulfilling life in their next incarnation."

With the help of Tong Zhan and the others, the graves of Long Po and Han Batian were soon erected.

Dou Dou buried Long Po and Han Batian together so that they could always be with each other.

Seeing Dou Dou's sorrowful face, Tong Bo felt a deep ache in his heart; he felt he needed to comfort her.

Tong Bo walked to Dou Dou's side, took her hand, and said:

"They will always be together."

Looking at Tong Bo, the sorrow and longing in Dou Dou's heart finally erupted completely, and she collapsed into Tong Bo's arms, sobbing bitterly.

Brought to you by the great author Duan Fengyun, from "Crossing the Heavens Starting from Wind and Cloud"