The tribe members all came out to see A Ding, because A Ding is the pride of the tribe, the only one who got into the Spring Autumn Academy.

At this time, the tribe’s gate opened, and many people rushed in. Upon seeing A Ding, they began to praise him.

"A Ding, how come you have time to return to the tribe?"

"I see you’ve grown a lot taller. Is it because of your training at the Spring Autumn Academy?"

"A Ding is becoming more handsome. I wonder if he has found a girlfriend in the Spring Autumn Academy."

More and more people were chattering excitedly.

A Ding stood there with a naive smile.

"I’m doing alright at the Spring Autumn Academy, thanks for your concern."

"Right now, my heart is focused only on training. I don’t want to think about other things. I’m putting personal relationships aside for now."

"I’m going to see my mother now. Uncles and uncles, see you later." A Ding turned and waved to those people as he said.

In just a few sentences, he answered all their questions.

Then he left the place with Tang Zhong.

Once they were out of the crowd, Tang Zhong remarked from the side, "I didn’t expect you to be so loved in your tribe."

"Ah, it’s a long story. These people didn’t treat me like this before. Their attitude changed because I got into the Spring Autumn Academy." A Ding sighed as he spoke.

"Before, these people used to beat and scold me, not even letting my family eat. Back then, I swore I would rise above, determined to train hard. Even if I was at the bottom, as long as I could get into the Spring Autumn Academy and change my family’s fate, that would be enough. And later, I really did it." A Ding said.

Tang Zhong stayed silent; he understood this feeling. Everyone is like that—they flock to you when you’re strong, but abandon you when you’re weak.

Not to mention they’ll ignore you.

Soon, the two arrived by a house.

The house looked particularly rustic, yet especially cozy.

At that moment, by the door of the house, an old woman was hanging laundry.

The old woman’s attire was very ordinary, blending into a crowd as any common farmer’s wife.

Seeing the old woman, A Ding immediately rushed over and shouted, "Mom, I’m back!"

The old woman was hanging clothes and turned her body upon hearing the voice, seeing A Ding standing there, dropping the clothes from her hands to the ground.

Her hands trembled incessantly as tears quickly welled up in her eyes.

"Is that A Ding?" the old woman asked in a trembling voice.

"It’s me, Mom, I’m back." A Ding rushed to embrace the old woman, tears pouring down his eyes like a breaking dam.

The old woman held A Ding tightly, continuously saying, "My son."

Tang Zhong watched the scene nearby, feeling especially warmed, smiling and thinking about his own parents and family, who were still back in the Origin Dynasty, waiting for him to grow stronger.

Of course, along with the children he hadn’t yet met.

At this point, the old woman noticed Tang Zhong and asked A Ding, "Son, who is this person?"

Standing by his mother, A Ding spoke honestly, "This is my big brother from the Spring Autumn Academy, who took good care of me."

Then, introducing to Tang Zhong, A Ding said, "Yi Zhong, this is my mom!"

Upon hearing A Ding’s introduction, the old woman immediately turned to Tang Zhong and knelt down, saying, "Thank you for taking care of our A Ding in the Spring Autumn Academy."

Tang Zhong quickly panicked and rushed over to help the old woman up, "Auntie, please don’t do this, I’m much younger than you, having you kneel would really shorten my lifespan."

"Besides, in the Spring Autumn Academy, A Ding follows me around. If I don’t protect him, who would I protect?"

The old woman easily started crying, touched by Tang Zhong’s words.

She smiled and said, "Well, you both sit down, I’ll make some food. We only just hunted some fresh demon beast meat yesterday."

Tang Zhong was just about to say not to trouble herself since their stay here might not be long.

But seeing the old woman’s demeanor, he couldn’t bear to say it.

Moreover, A Ding had been away for a long time.

So he agreed.

This time, A Ding shouted, "Mom, where’s my sister? Why isn’t she home?"

The old woman laughed and said, "Your sister went out with the people from the tribe. She now takes you as a role model, wanting to get into the Spring Autumn Academy, persistently saying she wants to be like her brother, so she joined the tribe’s hunting team to go hunt demon beasts."

Upon hearing the old woman’s words, A Ding said, "That mustn’t be right. How old is she anyway?"

"I did tell her, but she wanted to go, so there was nothing I could do; I had to let her go." The old woman replied.

Hearing this, A Ding murmured, "That little girl, when she gets back, I must properly talk to her."

A Ding couldn’t rest assured at the thought of his sister going out to hunt demon beasts.

Knowing just how ferocious those demon beasts are.

Moreover, entering the Spring Autumn Academy is no easy feat, something only A Ding fully understood; back when he hadn’t yet met Yi Zhong Ge, he was frequently bullied at the Academy.

The bitterness of those times, only he knew.

Others wouldn’t possibly comprehend.

Now having nothing else to do, Tang Zhong sat cross-legged and began to cultivate.

The air in this tribe is significantly better than that in the Spring Autumn Academy.

He quite liked this place.

But unexpectedly, someone came hurrying outside the house.

The person yelled anxiously, as if encountering something big.

"Brother A Ding, Brother A Ding, something bad has happened!"

Upon hearing the voice, A Ding immediately stepped out to see the person, asking, "What happened, Erlengzi?"

It was indeed Erlengzi speaking, the one who was guarding the gate when they entered the tribe.

Erlengzi hastily said, "I just saw the village people’s signal flare. Our village’s hunting team has encountered a demon beast attack, the team might be in danger!"

Upon hearing this, A Ding jerked up, exclaiming, "What?"

If the hunting team is in danger, and his sister is in the team, that would be even more dangerous, wouldn’t it?

"Quickly, take me to where the signal flare was launched!" A Ding shouted at Erlengzi.

Erlengzi led A Ding running toward the tribe’s outskirts, seeing a firework-like signal flare ascending in the northeast direction.

Meaning the hunting team is now in the northeast direction.