4 Chapter 4: Sorry, Master Mage!

The curtain to the underground smithy was opened.

The person who spoke was a wretched man with colorful hair and a tattoo of an azure dragon on his body.

Behind him stood a tall and thin man with his hands hidden in his long sleeves as if he was planning to do something.

Outside the door, was a young boy who looked to be eleven or twelve years old. He kept looking around as if he was keeping watch.

These three people were not here to repair anything. Instead, they were here to rob!

It was now ten o'clock in the evening. The area around the shop was dark, and there were no pedestrians outside.

In the past, when the wretched man only had himself to look out for, stealing was the only thing he was brave to do. However, ever since his team began to grow in size, it was no longer enough to satisfy everyone's needs.

Sneaking around was no longer enough to fulfill everyone's needs.

And so, the three of them combined their heads and decided to rob!

However, they don't want to target the rich looking houses. Who knows how many martial artists' disciples, martial artists, and even martial masters living in those homes!

If these martial artists killed a few ordinary people who attacked them, nothing would happen. They might even brand them as 'martial artists' attackers'. 

If they decide to rob pedestrians, normally, they won't be carrying anything too valuable out and about. Who would?

Therefore, the three of them set their targets on these shops.

After all, these places would have earned a lot of income.

After many scouting trips, the three of them decided to prey on this old and frail Su Yun's smithy.

Could an old guy turn the world upside down?

The wretched man looked around the shop and found that there was no one else inside.

Just as he was thinking about how to make Su Yun hand over the money, someone pulled him from behind.

"What's wrong?" The wretched man frowned and asked in a low voice.

The tall and thin man behind him stammered, "Fire... fire... human!"

"What?" The wretched man raised his head.

After Su Yun realized that the fire was already caught onto his clothes, he threw them away.

"He's an old man. His reaction response should also be slower."

At that moment, Su Yun raised his head.

The three of them looked at each other.

The wretched man was so scared that he staggered and fell to the ground.

What kind of situation did they put themselves into? Why was that man standing in the middle of the fire without any sort of reaction? Why does he look so calm?

Could it be that the man didn't feel the heat?

The wretched man kept saying, "Oh my God! It's a burning man!" Then he slapped himself in the face and carefully said, "Sorry to disturb you, Master Wizard!"

Then, he frantically crawled out of the door with his hands and feet.

Hearing the shouts from inside, the young boy on the lookout curiously watched the scene in front of him.

He couldn't believe his eyes. What am I seeing?

Did I rob a wizard's shop?

The boy began to sob.

 I am going to be executed!

With these thoughts swirling in the boy's mind, the boy in red could not help but loosen his 'tap'.

He was so scared that he stood rooted to the ground. His entire pants were instantly drenched.

Water droplets kept flowing down to his shoes, and there was a large pool of water stained the ground.

When Su Yun saw the three people who had come to his shop, he thought they were customers, and a smile immediately appeared on his face.

No matter the circumstances, he will always greet his customers.

"Dear guests, is there anything you need..."

Before he could finish his sentence, the two people who came in disappeared like lightning.

Su Yun only saw their silhouettes.

Then, he lowered his head to check the blue light emitted from his body.

"This place is too open. I should find a more secluded area, otherwise, people would be horrified by the state of my nudity!"

...

Under the dim light.

The three robbers frantically fled fled.

After running for about ten minutes and making sure that no one was chasing after them, the tall and thin man asked with an uncertain expression on his face, "Boss, didn't you say that we're robbing an ordinary old guy? Why on earth was he playing with fire? He looked so sinister!"

The boy in red beside him was still in a state of shock. He panted heavily.

The wretched man narrowed his eyes and thought for a moment. He replied cautiously, "That old man must have awakened his fire ability!"

"He became a fire mage!"

As he spoke, his eyes scanned the surroundings from time to time, afraid that the very person they were talking about would suddenly appear.

Then, he seemed to have smelled something strange.

He looked in the boy's direction and saw that the boy's pants were completely soaked, and the smell of urine was coming from his body. 

"Kid, what the hell were you doing? Did you pee your pants? Hahahaha!" As soon as he finished laughing, the wretched man put away his smile and looked at the teenage boy with a serious face. "You actually dare to lie to me and say that this guy is just a very old, ordinary man!"

He kicked the little brat to the ground and raised his fist to hit him, but he was stopped by the tall and thin man.

"Boss, let's run away first! Who knows if this mage has any long-distance eavesdropping ability!"

The little brat's face flushed red.

Then, he remembered his classmate, Li Jinjin, who told him that one of the old man's grandchildren was his classmate.

His eyes couldn't help but flashed in anger.

If he hadn't believed in that girl's nonsense, he wouldn't be in this predicament!

He shouldn't have listened to women's crap, especially when they were in bed.

Screw this! He will go back and give this school prostitute, Li Jinjin, to his two big brothers and teach her a lesson!

…

After he finished testing his strength, Su Yun rolled the smithy's shutter door.

He started walking home.

When he passed by a bakery, he realized that one of the children looked like his granddaughter.

Why is she wearing one of those uniforms? Is she working here?

Su Yun was a little surprised. This young girl actually sneaked out to do part-time.

Sigh. I was wondering why the food she made had been much better recently.

His little girl has grown up!

Now she knows how to take some of her family's burden!

Just as Su Yun was feeling emotional, someone called out to him.

"Grandpa!"

The young girl's voice sounded like she was 15 or 16 years old.

Su Yun looked at his granddaughter, Su Youwei, who was wearing the bakery's work uniform.

"Why did you decide to work part-time here?" Su Yun asked kindly and looked directly into her eyes as he waited. 

"Because... because..."

The more Su Youwei spoke, the quieter her voice became, and she slightly lowered her head.

She looked very shy.

Su Yun whispered, "How long do you have until you get off work?"

"It's almost time. I'll go and inform the head waiter."

Su Youwei ran back to the shop. After a few simple words with the head waiter, she took off her work clothes and came back out.

She held her grandfather's hand and walked home with a smile.

...

When he returned home, Su Yun had finished washing up.

He saw his little grandson, Su Yuan, wolfing down his food.

He felt a little helpless at the sight of him. Perhaps all children this age were like this.

These two grandchildren were left behind by his son.

More than ten years ago, the beast disaster had caused the deaths of his wife, son, and daughter-in-law.

At that time, Su Yun was carrying his grandchildren out for shopping, when they quickly ran to hide in the underground bomb shelter.

When they came out again, there were human and beast's corpses scattered everywhere on the ground.

The air was filled with the smell of rust, and the sky seemed to have been dyed in blood red.

Broken limbs were as far as the eyes could see, and the sound of crying could be heard everywhere...

"I'm old, I'm old, I'm always going to reminisce about the past," Su Yun sighed.

Then he remembered that there was one lottery ticket he hadn't used yet.

If he didn't draw now, then when? 

"System, start the materials lottery!"