Unfortunately, there was limited space in the restaurant. Even if it opened from morning all the way to late night, customers had still lined up in long queues, which made Liu Yu Tong think of opening up a branch. After getting Ling Han’s approval, she immediately began looking for a new venue in high spirits.
In the blink of an eye, another ten days had passed, and Liu Yu Tong and the others have also experienced a real hell-like cultivation session within the Black Tower.
Ling Han was really training them to the point of near death. The difficulty of their training was enough to cause shivers. Everyday, when their training had ended, they would immediately fall asleep the moment they lay down. This also caused Liu Yu Tong’s plan to choose a new venue to be postponed until further notice.
However, the effects were also extremely shocking. After squeezing out the potential hidden in all of them, the cultivation of Liu Yu Tong and the others had very visibly improved. This made Guang Yuan envious, and he, too, joined them for the training.
As a result, very soon, they experienced both pain and pleasure at the same time. The four’s cultivation improved very quickly, but this experience had also become a nightmare that would follow them for the rest of their lives.
Ling Han went off to the Spirit Treasures Pavilion again and made some more queries about the Nine Leaf Black Ganoderma, but Yin Hong still told him to wait. He then went to Forget Not. At this moment, Liu Yu Tong and the others were training like crazy in the Black Tower, so he naturally had to take charge of more of the restaurant’s matters.
“Get lost!” However, he had just arrived at Forget Not and had not yet entered when two people stopped him from going further.
What a joke; this was his business, and there was actually someone hailing him over in front of his own business?
“This whole place has been reserved by my Young Master. It will not serve any others today, so get lost! Get lost!” One man waved his hand at Ling Han disdainfully.
Ling Han frowned. He had never allowed the whole restaurant to be reserved before. Looks like this so-called young master had done so by force. Since the latter had done things forcefully, he would not be reserved, either. He directly stretched out both hands and picked up the two of them. Then he pulled the two of them towards each other. Pa , the two of them were knocked unconscious.
He walked in and saw that his waiters were trembling with fear. Meanwhile, Shui Gu Cheng and Ji De Rong had a few footprints on their bodies; obviously, they had been kicked.
There was only a single table in the whole hall on the first floor, where a young man sat. He had an arrogant demeanor as if he wanted nothing more to walk around with his nose pointing up at the sky. He was at most twenty years old, and there were four servants standing behind him. All of them wore expressions of flattery.
“Hey, hey, hey, the taste is really not bad! Really not bad!” the young man said, as he continued eating.
Ling Han walked over, and those four servants immediately turned towards Ling Han, and rebuked, “My Young Master has booked this whole place. Get out of here.”
“This is the first time that I have heard that the owner can’t even enter his own place,” Ling Han stated calmly.
“Oh, so you’re the boss of this restaurant?” The young man glanced towards Ling Han, beckoned him over, and said, “You don’t have to open up business this month. After I have finished watching the Prodigy Tournament, you just follow me back. I guarantee that it will not be your loss.”
“Aren’t you going to thank Young Master Long?” the four servants reprimanded at the same time.
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Ling Han smiled and said, “Really, thanks a lot!”
That Young Master Long looked very pleased with himself, but he had just barely completed the thought when he felt his vision darken. With a bang, his face was already crashed onto the table. With such a huge impact, the whole table split apart into multiple pieces, and his face was covered in soup.
“How dare you!” the four servants yelled furiously and moved to grab Ling Han.
Peng, peng, peng, peng. Ling Han instantly shot out four punches; the four servants gripped their chests tightly, their faces pale. They fell seated on the ground, feeling as if they had a breath of air that was stuck in their air pipes. It was too horrible a feeling for mere words to describe.
“F***, who asked you to be arrogant!” Ji De Rong rushed forwards and gave the four of them a round of punches and kicks.
His cultivation had been sealed, and he had served dishes a bit too slowly. Furthermore, he was an elite cultivator on the Prodigy Roll, so it was inevitable that he would have his own pride. As a result, that young man ordered his lackeys to give him a few harsh kicks. If it was not for the fact that he had the Origin Power of Spiritual Pedestal Tier to refine his physical body, he would definitely have been severely wounded by now.
As the saying went, when a tiger leaves the mountains and reached the plains, it’d be bullied by a dog; how could he not feel resentful? Shui Gu Cheng’s expression was not much better than his own. However, he was not as rash as Ji De Rong, and furthermore, did not want to fall to the same level as those servants.
Ling Han thought for a moment, stretched out his hand and, with a brush, unsealed the cultivation of both Ji De Rong and Shui Gu Cheng. He said, “Because the two of you have performed acceptably these ten days, I’ll consider the debt paid.”
Shui Gu Cheng and Ji De Rong were a bit disbelieving—until they felt the Origin Power gushing forth within their bodies. That was when they felt they had woken up from a dream. They were both extremely rueful. In these ten days when their cultivation was sealed, they lived like normal people, which allowed them to have a taste of a different life than their own. It seemed like they had unexpectedly obtained a deeper comprehension in martial arts as a result.
“Bastard, you actually dare to injure me?” Young Master Long got to his feet. There was still a piece of carrot dangling about the corner of his lips, and his whole face was covered in soup. His expression was one filled with absolute fury. “Do you know who I am?”
“Hearing such a familiar line, I can probably guess that you have a very awesome elder brother, or perhaps father?” Ling Han asked, smiling.
“Wrong, I have an incredibly awesome elder sister!” Young Master Long exclaimed proudly.
Pa , he was once again knocked down onto the ground by a smack from Ling Han.
“Really an idiot that doesn’t learn!” Ling Han shook his head.
Ji De Rong looked at the young man and said fiercely, “Han, just hand over this brat to Ji, no, to me to deal with, okay?” He licked his lips, fire in his eyes.
This young man was only in the seventh layer of the Gushing Spring Tier, yet he was actually thrashed by such a minor character; if he did not repay this favor, how could he still be considered human? In comparison, he was more convinced by Ling Han’s power. The latter was indeed very strong, and he could not defeat him.
“You all dare!” Young Master Long shouted loudly, “My elder sister is Zhu Xuan’er!”
“Yi!”
Ji De Rong and Shui Gu Cheng both exclaimed in surprise. Zhu Xuan’er, not only was she a well-known beauty of the north region, she was also well on the path to become the strongest of the younger generation of the north region. Her future accomplishment might possibly even exceed the Spiritual Infant Tier.
They could offend anyone—except for Zhu Xuan’er, because she had too much influence. She needed only to call out, and how many young geniuses were willing to go through water and tread on fire for her sake?
Peng , Young Master Long was once again smacked onto the ground by Ling Han’s hand.
“What are you shouting for? Pay compensation!” Ling Han said fiercely.
“Pay compensation? Pay what compensation?” Young Master Long looked very surprised. He was the obvious victim here, wasn’t he?
“You broke a table in my restaurant, so shouldn’t you
pay for it?” Ling Han asked fiercely.
“It was obviously you who smacked my head onto the table!” Young Master Long said weakly.
With a bang, he was once again smacked onto the floor tiles, and created a hole in the floor.
“How dare you, you actually broke the floor tiles in my restaurant!” Ling Han exclaimed darkly.
Young Master Long felt very wronged. He was obviously being thrashed by Ling, so why was he the one being blamed? However, after being smacked consecutively for a few times, he finally realized how things were. Ling Han was even more arrogant and forceful than he was, and was unreasonable too.
A person like him was usually arrogant, but was most afraid of encountering someone fiercer than them. Now, after being unreasonably beaten by Ling Han a few times, he was finally afraid.
“I’ll pay!” He asked obediently, “How much?”
Ling Han snatched the Spatial Ring that he was wearing, directly erased the divine sense that he had left on it, and swept his own divine sense within. There were actually a few thousand Origin Crystals inside. He could not help but smile and said, “I’ll just take this sum, I won’t bear a grudge for it being too little.”
“You are practically committing robbery here!” Young Master Long complained.
“En?” Ling Han tossed him a glare.
Young Master Long hurriedly shook his head and said, “Of course! Of course!”
“You can get lost now.” With a casual toss of his hand, Ling Han had thrown Young Master Long out, and did the same with his four servants.
“Just you wait and see, I will definitely come back!” After Young Master Long had raced off a certain distance, he cast out a line that fit the situation, then broke out into a mad run again.
Ling Han could not help but laugh loudly. Profligate young masters were really profligate young masters; they only knew how to use their powerful connections as an intimidation tactic.
“Ling Han, twenty days later, I shall see you at the Prodigy Tournament. By then, I will definitely not lose to you!” Shui Gu Cheng declared coldly.
Ling Han had heard about the rules of the Prodigy Tournament before. In this kind of battle, it was not allowed to use any kind of alchemical pill or Spirit Tool to prevent an unjust battle. However, the Spirit Treasures Pavilion would prepare a great amount of weapons which were all forged from Level Five materials. Thought they were not Spirit Tools, they were extremely sturdy, and could sustain the powerful attacks of the Spiritual Pedestal Tier.
In Shui Gu Cheng’s eyes, Ling Han had been able to defeat him merely because he had the Demon Birth Sword. Thus, since the Prodigy Tournament did not allow the use of Spirit Tools, he naturally had a high chance of victory.
Ling Han was too lazy to explain. He only waved him off. He’d just have Hu Niu ravage Shui Gu Cheng by then.
Ji De Rong broke into a run and fled as well. After being tortured by Ling Han for ten days, he was filled with wariness of the former, and so naturally wanted to maintain a big distance from this demon.
Young Master Long, whose real name was Zhu Long Xing, was indeed Zhu Xuan’er’s younger brother. In truth, his martial arts talent was not too bad, either, but compared with Zhu Xuan’er, there was a very big gap. Furthermore, he did not have the heated drive to pursue martial arts. As a result, since he only liked to have fun and play around, he was currently only in the seventh layer of the Gushing Spring Tier.
How could he bear to swallow such a huge loss by himself? He immediately raced off to look for help, and his first choice was someone who had just recently addressed him as brother and mingled with closely—Liu Qi Yuan.
When he arrived at Listen to the Rain Pavilion, Liu Qi Yuan received him warmly. Good wine and good food, and there were beauties and singers to accompany him as well, fully giving him face.
“Big Brother Qi Yuan, I was bullied by someone today.” After drinking a few cups of wine, Zhu Long Xing could no longer hold back and began to grumble about his grievances to Liu Qi Yuan.
“What, there is actually someone who dares to bully a brother of Liu Qi Yuan, me, in this Extreme Yang City? Tell me, who is so bold? I shall go and cut off his head for you!” Liu Qi Yuan immediately declared, patting his chest.
“Thank you, Big Brother Qi Yuan!” Zhu Long Xing quickly offered his thanks, “I’ve made my queries, that guy’s name is Ling Han.”
Pu!
Liu Qi Yuan suddenly spat out a mouthful of wine directly onto Zhu Long Xing. This made Zhu Long Xing very confused. They were having a nice conversation, so what do you mean by suddenly spitting wine in my face?
“Ke! Ke! Ke!” Liu Qi Yuan coughed unstoppably. He hurriedly drank some tea to calm himself, and with hope that things were not like what he had thought, said, “It can’t be Ling Han from Forget Not, right?”
“It’s indeed that guy!”
Pu , Liu Qi Yuan spat again. Extraordinarily accurately, it was Zhu Long Xing’s face again.
Zhu Long Xing: “…”
Ten thousand curse words flew through his mind. F***, I’ll forget about you spitting at me once, but twice? Do I have some kind of enmity with you?
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Chapter 432: Results of the Special Training
Translator: DarkAngel_ Editor: Kurisu
“Big Brother Qi Yuan…” Zhu Long Xing began weakly. ‘You spat two times consecutively at me, and every time was so extraordinarily accurate, hitting my face directly; you did it on purpose, didn’t you?’
Liu Qi Yuan’s expression became serious. He warned, “Don’t you ever trifle with that guy!”
“Yi, Big Brother Qi Yuan, why is it that even you are scared of that guy?” Zhu Long Xing asked strangely.
“Not only you and I should not trifle with that guy; even if your elder sister was here and my grandfather moved personally, they would be able to do nothing against him, either!” Liu Qi Yuan said, shaking his head.
“How could that be possible!” Zhu Long Xing exclaimed in shock.
“He is an Earth Grade alchemist!” Liu Qi Yuan revealed the secret.
Pu!
Zhu Long Xing spat out his mouthful of tea, and very coincidentally, it was right onto Liu Qi Yuan’s whole face. He suddenly erupted into a long bout of coughing. Earth Grade alchemist? A young man who was not even twenty years old yet? That was really too shocking.
Liu Qi Yuan could not help but wear a bitter expression. ‘You did it on purpose, didn’t you? Smearing my whole face in revenge, right?’ But it was he who had first spat at Zhu Long Xing, so it would not be appropriate for him to say anything in rebuke. There was naturally a beautiful female attendant who delivered a wet towel for him to wipe his face.
“Really?” Zhu Long Xing finally spoke.
Liu Qi Yuan sighed, thinking, ‘Am I that kind of fellow who would be willing to be spat on just for the sake of a lie?’ He nodded and said, “Listen to my advice, and don’t trifle with that guy. Previously, I offended him, and was almost beaten to death by grandpa.”
Hiss, so ruthless!
Zhu Long Xing was extremely shocked and exclaimed, “Big Brother Qi Yuan, you’re the only descendant of the Liu Clan!”
“There’s nothing to be done. Just think, how old is that guy now, but yet he’s already an Earth Grade alchemist. It’s very possible for him to become a Heaven Grade alchemist in future. So do you think that my Grandpa should give him face or not?” Liu Qi Yuan shook his head.
Zhu Long Xing’s face was also filled with astonishment. When he thought that his elder sister was currently looking for Heaven Grade alchemists, and if Ling Han became a Heaven Grade alchemist, then with his sister who had a request to make of him, how would he be able to measure up to Ling Han? Perhaps, this guy might even possibly become his brother-in-law!
Yi, brother-in-law? That didn’t sound too bad. With an Earth Grade alchemist, or even a Heaven Grade alchemist as his brother-in-law, how awesome was that?
“Thank you, Big Brother Qi Yuan. I almost cause
d a big mess!” He breathed out a breath of relief.
As the day of the Prodigy Tournament grew increasingly closer, there were also more and more young elite cultivators appearing in Extreme Yang City. It was inevitable that young people would be impetuous, and fights and trouble were unavoidable. However, no other fight happened in “Forget Not”.
There was nothing to be done. Two elites on the Prodigy Roll worked here for about ten days, and they were both about the twentieth place. This made all those ranked below twenty think of this restaurant as some place sacred.
If you want to make trouble here, no matter what, you should be more powerful than Shui Gu Cheng and Ji De Rong.
Moreover, even Zhu Xuan’er’s younger brother met with a defeat here yet there was no sign of Zhu Xuan’er coming here to stand up for her brother, which showed how strong the background the restaurant’s owner had!
It wasn’t that no one had borne any devious schemes, but with two such shocking situations there, who would dare attempt sponging off of Forget Not?
Another twenty days passed. The Prodigy Tournament would begin officially tomorrow.
Within the Black Tower, Ling Han finally ceased the special training for Liu Yu Tong and the others. Today would be for them to take a good rest, and from the next day onwards, it would a real battle. When they came out from the Black Tower, all of them exuded a terrifying aura.
…After this one month’s of hell training, they were practically able to kill anyone in their way, whether it was a human or a ghost!
Can Ye’s cultivation was the highest; he had reached the ninth layer of the Spiritual Ocean Tier. Guang Yuan had returned to the ninth layer as well, whereas Liu Yu Tong was at the eighth layer. Zhu Wu Jiu was the weakest, but even he had reached the seventh layer. The reason why they had managed to improve so quickly was because Ling Han had used Golden Needle Ferrying Acupuncture Points on them to stimulate their hidden potential. That was how they managed to improve so much in a mere month’s time.
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