by Zhi Bai
It's just retrograde.
An Zheng took a deep breath, and told himself that he had only started off low, nothing much.
He turned and went back to his room and began to think about how to make himself stronger. He had been thinking about this problem and firmly believed that with his memory, he would not grow very slowly. But now he had to reexamine it, to not be too ambitious, and to keep going forward step by step. Before his fleshly body was destroyed, his physique could be called a peerless genius. Thus, he was familiar with how to follow the path of a genius to get himself back to his former height. But now, that was no longer possible.
He suddenly thought about what he had said to Du Shoushou … We're already starting out later than others, so the only hope is to work harder than others.
An Zheng left the room and walked to the training grounds. Although the Martial Arts Academy had been abandoned for a few years, the basic facilities were still complete. The wooden puppets were nothing to Phantom Institute, so they were still standing on the training grounds. When An Zheng stepped onto the moonlight as he walked towards the martial arena, everyone was still in deep sleep. A one and a half stars of potential in cultivation, a sleeping Du Shoushou, a four star, and a countless number of Xiao Qi Dao s. In the Phantom Institute across from them, everyone was sleeping.
An Zheng began to practice the most basic moves of a fist art. In order not to wake the others with the sound of the stake, he wrapped a quilt around the stake. This sort of most basic training only practiced the stability and speed of the punches, but it didn't help a lot in increasing the strength. So An Zheng tied two pieces of iron onto his arm, which was the same length as his forearm, and each piece weighed thirty kilograms.
Punch, punch, punch …
An Zheng felt that his arm was about to break. Although his flesh was still considered good, but his potential was not good, which meant that the Dantian Qi Sea could not hold more Cultivation Power. Therefore, strength did not last long. If one wanted to win against an enemy, one had to rely on explosive force.
Two hours later, the wooden pile that was covered by a quilt was broken, and An Zheng's fist was also swollen. The moment he removed the iron bar from his arm, he felt his arm fly away, leaving behind a sharp pain.
After resting for half an hour, An Zheng used the torches on the training grounds to write a summary of how Du Shoushou, Xiao Qi Dao and Qu Liuer trained. Regarding Xiao Qi Dao's physique, An Zheng knew that he could not really help much, because Xiao Qi Dao only wanted to develop his own potential. As for Du Shoushou and Qu Liuer, they relied on perseverance in their cultivation. Du Shoushou's physique was also very ordinary. If he wanted to become a strong warrior, he would need to constantly change his physique and persevere in his cultivation. Qu Liuer's potential was good, but his physique was too weak. He needed to continuously increase his training intensity.
After writing, An Zheng stood up, tied the iron rod to his arm again, and then broke a wooden stake. Two hours before daybreak, he returned to his room and fell asleep.
After the sun had risen, An Zheng finished washing up, changed into a new set of clothes, and walked out of his room. The early morning sun was soft and warm, its rays gilding the body with a layer of gold.
"Hello, sir."
Xiao Qi Dao, Du Shoushou and Qu Liuer were standing at the entrance. When they saw An Zheng coming out, they bowed and called out to him.
An Zheng said in all seriousness: "How can you call me sir? This is obviously a bit... It's against the rules. You should call me the Headmaster. "
After he finished speaking, he shook his head again: "No, no, this place is called the Heavenly Enlightenment Martial School, its name is really not good. I think it's better to change it, just call it Heavenly Awakening Sect … You can call me Sect Leader from now on. "
Du Shoushou and the others thought that An Zheng was being modest, they never thought that this person's skin was so thick.
An Zheng laughed and said: "Just leave the signboard outside the door hanging like that, when there's more people, we can change it to something else. Now you guys come with me to do the morning lessons, don't slack off. "
The three of them followed An Zheng into the training hall. An Zheng walked up to the stage and gave them the things he wrote last night, "Remember this, there is still a book about the entrance of cultivation for each of you. You will have to memorize all of it within three days."
"Three days!"
Du Shoushou looked at the thick set of entry-level methods, and his eyes were wide open: "It's so thick, I can't finish all of it in a single meal. How can I finish reading it in three days?"
An Zheng said earnestly: "I've said it before, we're already starting much later than others. Therefore, if someone else were to finish the book in three months, we will have to finish it in three days. "
Du Shoushou scratched his head: "Alright, I do not believe that I will lose to you guys, but what if I do not know how many words to say? at least two-thirds of the words here are unrecognizable. "
Xiao Qi Dao spoke in a childish voice: "Big Brother Fatty, don't be scared, I'll teach you. When I was two years old, there were no words I couldn't read. Mother even said that I was learning too slowly. "
Qu Liuer praised: "Seven Paths, you're so awesome. Big Sister is far inferior to you, I only pretty much didn't recognize any of the characters when I was five years old."
Du Shoushou looked at An Zheng: "I feel that I'm the only one who is normal here."
An Zheng: "Then you have to work even harder than the two of them."
After that, An Zheng left the room and went back to the training grounds to continue his body training. He was well aware of those cultivation techniques, those routines, and those processes, so carrying those things on his back held no meaning to him. What he needed was to rely on his own efforts to improve his physique. He tied the iron bar around his arms and legs and continued his boxing routine.
The cat was squatting on another stump, looking at him lazily.
An Zheng smiled at Mao'er. "good old man, you're also much stronger than me. Once you finish eating that crystal, you will become a low-ranked magical beast. And if I want to change my physical body, I can't do it without a treasure with Purple-Rank. In my home, Da Xi, there are still some things related to Purple-Rank, but in this Fantasy City, I'm afraid there isn't even anything related to Golden-Rank, so there's no need to mention Purple-Rank. "
The cat jumped down from the wooden stake, landed on An Zheng's shoulder, and mewled lightly towards another direction. An Zheng looked in that direction and realized that there was nothing. On the other side of the library was a four-story wooden building. Outside of the building was the Nine Star Platform. There was nothing else.
The cat saw that An Zheng did not move, and seemed to be anxious. It jumped down from An Zheng's shoulder, bit his leg and dragged him towards the library. An Zheng felt that it was a little strange, so he followed the cat towards that direction. Mao'er ran over agilely, jumping down onto the Nine Star Arena and growled at An Zheng. An Zheng walked to the side of the Nine Star Terrace and looked around, but didn't see anything wrong.
However, he noticed that Cat's eyes were even more mysterious. Originally, that cat's eyes were as bright as the sea of stars. But now, the stars inside seemed to revolve rhythmically like a galaxy.
Seeing that An Zheng did not understand, Mao'er became even more anxious, using her little claws to continuously scratch the Nine Star Arena. Curious, An Zheng walked closer to take a closer look. He realized that where Cat's claws had scratched, there were shallow marks on them. An Zheng leaned forward, then suddenly opened his eyes wide... He noticed a faint purple light flashing where the cat's claws had scratched.
His mind buzzed as he thought to himself, "Could it be that this Nine Star Terrace isn't just limited to just this Nine Star Terrace?"
The Nine Star Terrace was located in the larger sects and almost all of them originated from th
e Grand Xi Star Precious Tower. The Star rank pavilion of the Great Xi Empire was the most famous workshop in the world for manufacturing magical equipment. It could even be said to be a huge sect. However, the people of the Star Treasure Tower were focused on refining and were not interested in the conflicts between clans. All these years, Xing Pingyuan had made a fortune, and it was said that he was already as rich as a nation.
Just at this time, the Old Huo walked over leisurely, laughing as he walked: "You're not better than that cat. You have looked at the Nine Star Arena quite a few times, but didn't notice anything different about this place at all. However, your cat's eyes are amazing. If I'm not wrong, it should be the Nine Cycle of Samsara. There was nothing in this world that could escape the cycle of nine cycles. However, it was also strange that such a pair of eyes would appear on such an ordinary cat. The only time that the ancient records said anything was that a Raging Flame Unicorn had a Eye of Nine Incarnations. "
An Zheng turned around, "Just who are you?"
The Old Huo laughed: "In this Fantasy City, there are all kinds of people fleeing for their lives. You asked who I am, but I really don't know how to reply … If I told you who I am, you might not have heard of me. "
An Zheng squinted his eyes as he looked at Old Huo, his entire mind on guard.
"Don't look at me like that. If I had any intentions towards you, would I still have waited until now? Besides, what do you guys have that could move me? "
Old Huo sat down on the Nine Star Arena and took a deep breath before saying, "This is a good item. I had to use thirty-six years to create it before."
An Zheng suddenly came to his senses. "Are you a person from the Star Pavilion?"
Old Huo said, "Let me tell you a story …. Inside the Star Treasure Tower, everyone was focused on refining and no one cared about the martial arts world outside. However, there was a young man who had never been interested in refining since he was young. He wanted to enter society and go to the martial world to gain experience. He had secretly escaped from his home, and in order to prove his strength, he had done quite a few things to force others to compete with him. Due to the pleasure of winning, he did more and more bad things. In the end, he alarmed the people of the Great Western Ming Fa Si. "
"Do you know what kind of place the Ming Fa Si is?"
Old Huo was silent for a while, then he shook his head: "That is a place where even Hades would be scared to death if he went in … When the young people came out of the martial arts world, they didn't dare use the name of the Star grade building, and they even changed their name to Huo Wu Fu. After being closely followed up by the Ming Fa Si, he had no choice but to sneakily return to the Star Treasure Tower to seek help from his father. His father felt that even though his son had made a mistake, he can't die. Thus, he took him and left the Star Treasure Tower, left Da Xi and came to Mount Cang Man. "
"A military man is like a fish in water here." Relying on his own abilities, he defeated everyone in Fantasy City and became the new City Lord. However, the Jianghu Newspaper was about to open its doors. When his father went out, he was killed by someone called Mu Changyan. The divine artifact that his father made especially for him, which can extend his life, is actually useless to him. "
Old Huo gently caressed the Nine Star Terrace with his hand: "This thing is the upper rank among Purple-Rank, called Heaven Defying Seal."
Chapter 29 - Kicked Hall
Old Huo was a person with a story.
An Zheng sat on the Nine Star Arena, listening to the Old Huo tell his story about Huo Wu Fu.
"I am a refiner and have spent my life refining. In his own hands, he had forged many great weapons that many people in the martial arts world coveted. But I was a loser because I couldn't make my son a big deal. I have refined most of my life, yet I destroyed the most precious treasure. I didn't teach him well. Ever since he was young, he cultivated and lived his life by himself. Every time he comes to find me, I always say that I am very busy for him to play by himself … "
Old Huo took a sip of the wine and coughed, "So the heavens are fair. Maybe the heavens think that I don't care about this son of mine, so they brought him back."
An Zheng patted Old Huo on the shoulder, "But you didn't take revenge."
Old Huo shook his head. "Revenge? I will not take revenge, because my enemy is not Mu Changyan, but myself. Mu Changyan had injured the martial uncle, but not killed him. He was the one who forcefully swallowed a Wise King Jindan in order to retrieve his lost face.
An Zheng's face suddenly changed... The Wise King's Jindan was the most precious treasure of the Great Xi Zen Sect. It was said that there was an incomparable medicinal effect, and it was the Jindan used when the Zen Master reincarnated. After eating the Aurous Core, Duke Ming could guarantee that his reincarnation would be smooth. Furthermore, the new Duke Ming could perfectly inherit all the abilities of the old Duke Ming. This thing was a secret of the Zen Sect, who would have thought that there would be one in the Old Huo.
"So I did it to him."
Old Huo took another sip of the wine: "That Jindan was originally meant to be used by me to extend his life, just like this Heaven Defying Seal. He's so competitive that I know he's going to lose sooner or later. So, he used thirty-six years to build Heaven Defying Seal, and used six Purple-Rank treasures to fuse them together. After this, I spent another ten years to repair the Wise King's Demon Fighter Pestle for Zen Sect, so I traded it for a Jindan from Wise King. I feel that, with the Heaven Defying Seal and the Duke Ming Jindan, I can let my son live well. "
"But when he was severely injured, he did not know how to use it. He directly swallowed the golden core of the Wise King, to the point that his body could not withstand the medicinal strength of the golden core and exploded …"
Old Huo looked at An Zheng and laughed bitterly: "It's been so many years since I last spoke, so I talked a bit more today. Sect Master, please do not take offense to it."
An Zheng shook his head: "Senior, don't call me that, that's just me joking with them."
"No."
Old Huo said, "This Heavenly Enlightenment Martial School was built by my son, but he was unable to continue this academy. You've come to take over this responsibility. That day, you said that you wanted to change the name of the Heaven's Enlightenment Martial School to Heavenly Awakening Sect, and make the Martial Arts Academy shine … Maybe you don't understand how I felt when I heard you say that. The martial uncle is gone. I did not leave because, in the end, there is still the martial uncle's effort here. "
"So, you have to be this Sect Master."
Old Huo took out a key from his chest pocket, and gave it to An Zheng: "In this Nine Star Platform, is a small world. This key was used to open this small world. Do you know why I took thirty-six years to build a Heaven Defying Seal? This was because the effects of this thing were truly heaven-defying. Heaven Defying Seal could ignore the rules of time. You enter the Heaven Defying Seal's small world to cultivate, the time inside is still and motionless. You go in for a year, and after you come out, it's still the day you go in. You went in for three years, and when you came out, it was still the same day as when you went in. "
An Zheng's heart shook violently. "This is indeed too heaven defying."
The Old Huo said, "It is precisely because it defies the heavens that it steals time from the heavens. The heavens have their own heaven's law. Therefore, I used meteoric iron to make a Nine Star Platform and hid the Heaven Defying Seal inside it. However, I have never used it before, so I don't know if I would be able to use it and receive the punishment of the heavens. If you want to use this thing, you have to consider it well. "
An Zheng nodded his head: "Thank you senior!"
Old Huo shook his head. "I don't have anything else. Rather than throwing it into the martial arts world to cause a huge commotion and slaughter, it was better to just send it to someone who was fated for it. You're a nice kid. Even though I'm not some expert in cultivation, I have ne
arly a hundred years of experience in life. This thing is much better for you than if it were in someone else's hands. "
He stood up shakily: "There is still one more me within this Heaven Defying Seal, that is my thirty six years of focus. Even if I die in the future, and encounter any difficulties, you can ask me in the Heaven Defying Seal. "
An Zheng stood up, and for a moment, he did not know what to say.
Old Huo waved his hand to indicate An Zheng not to follow him. Inside the Heaven Defying Seal, there was a small world. The good and the evil, the good and the evil, were all decided by the people who entered. The Fantasy City was also a small world, but it was just a miniature version of the big world. Therefore, I hope that you won't be tainted by the mortal world's emotions. If you are contaminated, then my Heaven Defying Seal is as well. White or black, it's all up to you. "
Old Huo did not see through An Zheng's origins, it was not because his cultivation was weaker than Mu Changyan's. The reason why Mu Changyan guessed that An Zheng was someone who had reincarnated was because An Zheng had written that manual for Xiao Qi Dao. When Great Mother Ye first saw An Zheng, he only felt that An Zheng was special and couldn't see anything wrong with his body. In this world, there was no Fiery Eyes of Truth. No matter how powerful a person was, they wouldn't be able to see the depths of their soul.
An Zheng looked down at the key in his hand in a daze, thinking that all of this was just a dream.
Old Huo laughed as he walked: "Get lost and cultivate. If you want to succeed with that broken physique of yours, how can you still have time to be in a daze?"