by Dragon King
The seemingly weak Light Splitting Sword Shadow Scroll he had been cultivating required him to cultivate all five elements at the same time. However, it demonstrated its strength in the Nine Dragon Palace! Hao Ren didn’t rely on any Dharma Treasure but his own Nature Essence! His hundun sword energies were very similar to the innate power of the people in prehistoric times!
The biggest difficulty in the Nine Dragon Palace was that the cultivators couldn’t ride swords or use Dharma Treasures. Even the five elements were heavily restrained. Little White and his Light Splitting Sword Shadow Scroll were able to solve these problems easily.
Zhao Hongyu put the map away and looked at Hao Ren. As she saw more and more of his potential, she praised her own judgment in choosing her son-in-law.
“Stay here for the night?” She put the map in her Xumi Ring and asked Hao Ren.
“I should go back to school. It’s not very good to always stay out,” Hao Ren answered.
Zhao Hongyu respected Hao Ren’s decision and nodded gently.
After Hao Ren walked out of the attic, Zhao Hongyu turned to Zhao Guang after some quietness. “What do you think about Ren?”
“Um, he is thoughtful and patient with great potential.” Zhao Guang confirmed Hao Ren’s ability.
“I’ve always thought that Ren is a great addition to East Ocean. He got over 20 bottles of elixir pills for East Ocean at its most difficult time. There’s hope for East Ocean to recover after all,” Zhao Hongyu said.
“A person’s ability doesn’t have to depend on how powerful he is; it depends on how he deals with problems and different relationships. There are many super powerful cultivators around Ren, and each of them has the ability to flip East Ocean City over. However, he is able to coordinate them and make sure that all the relationships are okay; this is talent,” Zhao Guang said calmly.
Zhao Hongyu smiled lightly. “It sounds like our Zi is not good enough for him. Hehe, hope he can keep little Daoist Zhen in check as well.”
Hao Ren got back to his room on the second floor and changed into his normal clothes from the robe. He was worried about being absent from an entire day’s worth of classes.
He went to Zhao Yanzi’s room next. After he slowly opened the door, he found her doing her homework at the desk. After a day of adventure, she still needed to go to school as usual tomorrow.
She had probably heard the door open. Zhao Yanzi turned back to face Hao Ren in her pajamas.
“What?” Zhao Yanzi pouted and stared at Hao Ren.
Hao Ren laughed, “There’s something that I want to tell you.”
“What is it?” Zhao Yanzi straightened up her back nervously.
“Your waist is pretty soft,” Hao Ren said.
Zhao Yanzi was stupefied, and then she remembered that Hao Ren put his hands on her waist while they were on Little White today.
She frowned immediately and threw her back cushion at Hao Ren. “B*stard!”
Hao Ren quickly closed the door as the cushion came right at him. Then, he left happily.
Sometimes, it was fun to tease her.
(TL NOTE: Hey guys, here are the two chapters for today. MC has some chapters with Zi now. Su Han and the others will come back soon!)
218 The Pretty Girl is Greedy Too
When Hao Ren returned to his dorm, Zhou Liren and the guys were playing cards noisily. Zhao Jiayi came back from the stadium already, and they were having a lot of fun.
“What’s up? You didn’t come to school today again,” Zhao Jiayi asked Hao Ren.
“I went to deal with some issues outside of school.” Hao Ren yawned.
“Damn, you are so busy now!” Zhou Liren shouted as he played his cards.
“Did you cover me for attendance today?” Hao Ren asked.
“Cover you? You haven’t come to class for a few days in a row, and the teachers already remember you. How can we cover for you?” Zhou Liren shouted.
Hao Ren shrugged and took his basin into the public bathroom for a shower. Then, he went onto his upper berth and cultivated as he listened to them play.
When he was at Zhao Yanzi’s place, the aroma of the elixir pills helped him unlock 12 openings in the Dragon Core all of a sudden. However, some of the aromas turned into Nature Essence and was still in his Dantian.
He could take advantage of this time and slowly consume in the Nature Essence. He circulated the Light Splitting Sword Shadow Scroll again and again in his body as waves of sword energies went through his meridians, absorbing all the leftover Nature Essences.
Pa! Pa!
The left-over Nature Essence opened another two openings, and the Nature Essence merged into his body like waves of water. The Dragon Core was like a fully charged engine, controlling the Nature Essence.
“Hu…” Hao Ren took a deep breath, feeling refreshed. He had unlocked 27 openings so far. He had jumped from low-tier Li-level to mid-tier Li-level, all thanks to the aroma of the elixir pills!
However, Hao Ren still felt uncomfortable breaking through with the assistance of external help. Therefore, he circulated the Light Splitting Sword Shadow Scroll another 50 times to secure the realm and polish the new openings.
It was hard to imagine that more than 300 openings could be created on the little Dragon Core. If he could, he would be qualified to try to get into the Heavenly Dragon Realm!
Hao Ren slightly grasped onto the metal rail of the bed, and it got crushed flat!
Hao Ren was already more powerful than those men of unusual strength on TV right now!
If Hao Ren were to release the sword energies, he could easily cut through an iron rail like this!
Hao Ren noticed that the guys were putting the cards away. He slightly used some force and tried to rub the metal rail back into its round shape before closing his eyes to rest.
Perhaps it had been a while since Hao Ren woke up in the dorm, he was a little unfamiliar with the feeling of sunshine coming in through the curtains and waking him up.
Zhao Jiayi on the lower berth was already getting dressed; it seemed like he was about to go out for his morning practice with the Basketball Team. Hao Ren hopped off the upper berth with ease, taking out his basin and towel. “I’m coming with you.”
Zhao Jiayi looked at Hao Ren in surprise and nodded.
The morning breeze was a little chilly but comfortable, and Hao Ren and Zhao Jiayi slowly walked to the front gate. No matter if he were in the Dragon Tribe or not, the friendship between him and his buddies would never change.
Although Zhao Jiayi wasn’t tall, his body had become stronger than before after training for some time.
“You have been busy lately? I rarely see you in school now, and you don’t spend nights in the dorm often as well,” Zhao Jiayi asked Hao Ren as they walked.
Zhao Jiayi was the oldest in the dorm, and he was also the one who cared the most about Hao Ren amongst the three.
“Um… I’m busy with some family issues,” Hao Ren answered.
“Is everything ok?” Zhao Jiayi was worried.
“Yeah, yeah; just some trivial matters.” Hao Ren didn’t want to lie to him, but it was also hard to explain the Dragon Tribe to mortals.
“Um… Let me know if there are any problems. I will surely help out either financially or else wise!” Zhao Jiayi looked at Hao Ren sincerely and patted him on his shoulder.
At that moment, Zhao Jiayi felt Hao Ren’s stone-hard shoulder. But he soon convinced himself that it was only a delusion because Hao Ren didn’t seem like a strong person.
Hao Ren was a bit touched. He thought about it and asked, “Speaking of which, you have had so many days of training now. Is the regular game this week?”
“Yeah, the first game is this weekend,” Zhao Jiayi said.
“Um, good luck!” Hao Ren smiled at him.
Xie Wanjun, who was very strong, was already waiting for his members by the gate. He was surprised to see Hao Ren there.
Hao Ren only nodded at him without further conversation. Hao
Ren respected Xie Wanjun, whom he had only met a few times. Even though this man was leaving for the U.S., he was still scrupulous about every detail in the training and the games.
If Hao Ren didn’t have further goals, he might have joined the Basketball Team and followed Xie Wanjun’s lead. They would fight for the national championship together as East Ocean University’s Basketball Team.
Hao Ren walked toward the street outside of campus as Zhao Jiayi gathered with the team in front of Xie Wanjun. He woke up early in the morning to exercise; however, instead of doing it on campus, he wanted to run on the streets off-campus.
He stretched his arms and legs before running toward an intersection ahead. Xie Wanjun squinted his eyes, looking at Hao Ren from behind. He wanted to recruit Hao Ren, but he also thought that Hao Ren might have bigger goals; he knew that this young man wasn’t as simple as he appeared to be!
Boom! Hao Ren suddenly accelerated after the intersection!
A driver who passed by Hao Ren wondered if he had an illusion. “At that speed, it must have been an Olympic runner! He covered a few hundred meters in just a few seconds!”
When he turned back to double check, Hao Ren was long gone from the corner!
As a Li-level cultivator, Hao Ren’s physical strength could only be better than that of an Olympic runner! He would be able to easily achieve first place in every single event in the Athletic Games.
The reason he suddenly wanted to exercise today was that he unlocked a dozen openings yesterday. His felt very good as if he had enough strength to lift a mountain! As Su Han said, breaking through the third level of Spirit Concentration Scroll meant unblocking the acupoints in the human body and reaching the realm of a martial arts master
Hao Ren was an actual cultivator now. If he were previously in the World of Cultivation, he would be a cultivator who had successfully established his foundation.
Hao Ren jogged and sprinted from time to time along the quiet morning streets for half an hour until he felt a little tired.
When he was about to turn back, a familiar figure came into his sight, coming toward him.
Su Han!
Hao Ren thought he was seeing things, so he took another look. It was indeed Su Han!
She was in a set of white sportswear, and her hair was tied into a ponytail. Her steps were firm and rhythmic, and she had a bit of flush on the cheeks. She ran toward Hao Ren in the street lined with trees on each side.
Su Han didn’t seem surprised to see Hao Ren. She kept her steady pace, and her curves were shown through the set of white sportswear. Comparing to the coldness from before, she appeared to be livelier.
“You jog as well?” She came over and asked first.
“Um, I’m doing some exercises. You jog to school every day?” Hao Ren turned to her and ran together with her. He was wearing his regular outfit, so he looked a bit weird beside Su Han who was wearing a set of sportswear.
“Yeah,” Su Han adjusted her breathing and answered.
It would even take a while to drive from the Flower City Complex to the school. Maybe running to school every day was a type of cultivation as well.
“Cultivating every day may not help you with comprehending natural laws. Running in the morning helps with that,” Su Han said.
Hao Ren sighed secretly and thought, “She really couldn’t talk three whole sentences without mentioning cultivation. Most people would have never guessed that she is a cultivator in the city since she seemed like an energetic and healthy white-collar lady. An office lady who runs in the morning and goes to the gym on the weekends and have a boyfriend in a manager position in a big company.”
When they jogged to school, it was just about time for the students to go to their classes. Su Han would usually go to her office to get changed and start cultivating, but she suddenly wanted something to eat. Since she didn’t have a Prepaid Cafe Card, Hao Ren had to go with her.
In others’ eyes, Su Han, the beautiful teacher, was having breakfast with a student. Hao Ren ignored the looks and sat beside Su Han, chewing on his two vegetable steamed buns and drinking a bowl of soy milk.
“It seems like you have made some progress lately.” Su Han chewed on her steamed bun elegantly, staring at Hao Ren with her pretty eyes under the long lashes.
“I was lucky to unlock several openings,” Hao Ren answered. Although he was technically Su Han’s assistant, Hao Ren didn’t want to tell her about the elixir pills.
“It must have been quite an adventure in the Nine Dragon Palace, right?” Su Han stared at Hao Ren and asked.
Hao Ren laughed and didn’t say anything. As an Inspector in the East Ocean area, she definitely knew about Four Ocean Dragon Clans entering the Nine Dragon Palace for treasures.
“Um, kind of. But I’m not going to tell you about the details,” Hao Ren said. It seemed like Su Han had sensed him running near the school, so she came to meet him on purpose.
It would be a big mistake to treat Su Han as an ordinary beautiful woman. Hao Ren knew that fact better than anyone else since he had fallen into her traps a few times now.
“Alright. I’m not here to get information out of you.” Su Han glimpsed at him. “But… I have never been to the Nine Dragon Palace.”
Hao Ren looked at her, wondering what she meant by that. As a Qian-level Master, she was a small part of East Ocean Dragon Clan before she entered the Inspector System. There was no chance for her to become a core member of the clan and enter the Nine Dragon Palace. However, masters like her must be extremely interested in the Nine Dragon Palace.
Hao Ren looked at her and could already sense the ‘plot’ she had been planning.
“I must not fall for it this time,” Hao Ren said to himself as he ate half of a bun.
219 The Principal’s Grandson-In-Law
Seeing that Hao Ren was chewing on his bun, Su Han couldn’t help but nudge him. “Say something.”
In the students’ eyes, Su Han was touching a guy on purpose, and it made them so surprised that their mouth opened wide.
Hao Ren kept on eating, deciding not to fall for Su Han’s new trap.
“I have a way to get into the Nine Dragon Palace, but I need you to lead the way. The palace could be opened by the Four Ocean Dragon Clans and has a time limit of six hours. But there won’t be any time limit if we sneak in. Then, we can share the treasures 50/50.”
Seeing how Hao Ren was, Su Han directly put everything on the table.
“No time limits? 50/50?” Hao Ren finally looked up with half a bun in his mouth.
“I’ll give you a week to think about it. The Nine Dragon Palace doesn’t belong to East Ocean anyway. If you get something, it will be East Ocean that benefits.” Su Han stood up with the tray and returned it at the door. Then, she left the cafeteria.
Hao Ren sat there and considered if the deal was worth it. He would be providing the information, and Su Han had the strength. They could share the elixir pills, treasures, and techniques equally. It did sound very tempting.
After a while, Hao Ren stood up, returned the tray, and left the cafeteria as well.
When he went back to the dorm to get his books for class, the guys had already left; he had no idea that the jog and breakfast in the morning took so much time. When Hao Ren rushed to the Academic Building with his textbooks, it was already time for class.
Hao Ren hesitated at the door of the classroom. Zhou Liren, who was sitting in the back row, noticed Hao Ren at the door and waved at him.
He pointed at his mouth and then the empty seat beside him, hinting that the teacher was taking the attendance.
Hao Ren bent his back and tried to sneak into the classroom from the back door, heading toward the back row where the guys were.
“Hey! You are late, and you are trying to sneak in?” The teacher, ‘White Tiger,’ who was famous for being strict, lifted his arm, pointed at the back row and shouted.
Hao Ren had no choice but to turn around in embarrassment and stand up straight.
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br /> “Now that ‘White Tiger’ caught you, you are screwed, Ren. I forgot to tell you that you weren’t here last time he took attendance too. You will probably fail this course…” Yu Rong whispered to Hao Ren from the side of the aisle.
Hao Ren somehow felt like he was taking pleasure in his misfortune.
Xie Yujia turned back to look at Hao Ren with worry from the front row.
“What’s your name?” The teacher in his white suit went through his list with a pen in his hand as he stared at Hao Ren.
“Um… Hao Ren,” Hao Ren gritted his teeth in embarrassment and answered.
This class, Engineering Theories, was jointed, and Class One and Class Two took it together. Right now, all the students from both classes, familiar with Hao Ren or not, were staring at him.
“Hao Ren…” The teacher slid the pen down his list and asked, “You weren’t here for the last class either, right?”
“Last class… I had some family issues…” Hao Ren answered. He was standing in the aisle in the back of the classroom like a model for everyone to look at.
The teacher finally spotted Hao Ren’s name on the list. Then, he noticed a gold star marked in front of Hao Ren’s name and remembered something. His stern face immediately softened. “Oh, Hao Ren. Go ahead and take a seat. It’s alright to be a bit late.”
All the students from both classes were stupefied.
They had all learned about ‘White Tiger’s’ temper after a year, and they wouldn’t have given him this nickname if it weren’t for his bad temper and interest in scolding students.
Hao Ren couldn’t react in time, and he stood still.
“Why are you still standing? Find a seat and sit down for class,” the teacher said. Although he sounded like he was rushing Hao Ren, the soft tone was nowhere near his usual ‘White Tiger’ tone!
“Oh…” Hao Ren squeezed into the seat beside Yu Rong who was stupefied.
“Alright, let’s go on with our attendance! Yu Rong!” ‘White Tiger’ shouted as he noticed that the students all seemed a bit stunned.
The shout dragged everyone back to reality.