Alaric Ye and Elder Sun spent several hours observing ants. Alaric could always find various ordinary or extraordinary stories among a pile of common ants, which made Elder Sun unprecedentedly happy.

Elder Sun was not a serious person by nature, and Alaric gradually shed the formality typically found between master and disciple, becoming more relaxed and casual.

During this time, Elder Sun repeatedly expressed regret for accepting Alaric as his disciple, suggesting they become sworn brothers under the witness of the ants. However, Alaric declined with the reasoning, "Once a teacher, always a father."

Elder Sun regretted this so much that he kept slapping his forehead, blaming himself for being too rash. Alaric, despite his young age, had surpassed him in the realm of observing ants, and he felt unqualified to be Alaric's master...