In the past, because he knew some movements, Zhao Xingcheng would gather a group of hooligan teenagers to bully others in the slum. He enjoyed the state that others feared him and he thought that was what a strong man should be. However, during this period of time, when he cleansed his heart from sin and saw the respect and gratitude from the bottom of their hearts, he felt how naive he used to be.
Ding Hao patted Zhao Xingcheng on the shoulder, saying, “Let’s keep doing it!”
Time flew slowly.
It took about two hours to check the progress of the children’s cultivation. Ding Hao gave directions one by one and took the children to practice. Soon, laughter was everywhere, and the whole slum was full of vitality. Never like this period of time, everyone felt the place of hope and was no longer lifeless.
The sun had set.
On the huge pillars around the training arena were flaming torches, making crackling sounds, which lit up everywhere in the whole training field.
After teaching the children, Ding Hao thought for a moment and called Zhao Xingcheng to his side, saying, “Xingcheng, I may have to leave Swordsmanship-seeking Sect for a period of time in a few days. Everything here counts on you. We both come from here. As a nominal disciple of Swordsmanship-seeking Sect, I believe you can take good care of these children. I am relieved to have you.”
Zhao Xingcheng was surprised and asked, “Brother Ding, are you… leaving the Sect?”
Ding Hao nodded and replied, “There are some things that need me to solve.”
“But…” Zhao Xingcheng was extremely surprised and said, “Four days later, the second five academies competition will be held. Don’t you join in? Besides, as far as I know, our Sect does not generally allow listed disciples to go out casually.”
Ding Hao smiled and said, “Now the five academies competition is not meaningful to me.”
Zhao Xingcheng thought about his words and suddenly understood. In the five academies, only a few people such as Ding Hao were qualified to speak like this. If another person said like that, people would laugh at him.
After a while, Ding Hao continued, “When I left, if you have problems that cannot be solved, you can go to find Wang Xiaoqi and Fang Tianyi of the Eastern Academy of green shirts, or Wang Juefeng or Ximen Qianxue.”
Zhao Xingcheng nodded excitedly and said, “Brother Ding, you have my words. I will take good care of this place.”
He had no reason not to be excited. Today’s commitment meant that he had finally entered the circle of Ding Hao and won the approval of Ding Hao. Although he got nothing useful, for Zhao Xingcheng, getting Ding Hao’s friendship was a kind of pride and glory.
Looking at him, Ding Hao smiled and said, “Of course, don’t shelve your own training. I think no one will come here to make trouble.”
…
Two days had passed in the blink of an eye.
Ding Hao had secretly made plans and preparations by spending his contribution points to exchange a large number of things and then told his close friends such as Wang Xiaoqi, Zhang Fan, Fang Tianyi, Li Canyang, Xiao Chengxuan, and Li Yiruo what he was doing and what they would do. Then he was about to make the trip.
He originally wanted to say goodbye to Xie Jieyu.
However, the bloodline girl was still at the critical moment to stimulate the blood force in her body. The Sect attached great importance to the blood disciples and had sent the elders to protect her and declined all visits. Ding Hao had been there for two or three times, but he still could not see her, so he had to give up.
This day, Ding Hao finally found Wang Juefeng, the black-bellied man and the teacher-in-charge, and put forward his request for a free trial test down the mountain.
“Free trial test?” Wang Juefeng was a little surprised. For the first time, he did not disdain Ding Hao but frowned and said, “It seems that the three-year agreement with Mu Tianyang has put a lot of pressure on you. It is true that martial artists’ strength will be rapidly improved by going to the wilderness for a free trial test and experiencing the stimulation between life and death, but the death rate is also quite high. Moreover, with your present strength… I suggest you consider going out for trial after reaching the Martial Soldier Realm, which is the wise move.”
Ding Hao smiled and clapped lightly.
Boom!
Not far away, a huge rock broke into dust.
Wang Juefeng’s eyes were blazing with lightning. He kept a close eye on Ding Hao for a moment, and then suddenly a smile appeared on his face. He said, “Good boy, although you were only at the seven-apertured Martial Disciple Realm, your attack is as strong as that of a one-apertured Martial Soldier. You’re really a d*mn monster. Well, since you can do this, I will grant your request. It is better to go out and see the world. You can’t train a real sailor in a greenhouse. It’s time for you to go to the wilderness to have a good experience.”
Ding Hao bowed down and said, “Thank you, teacher Wang.”
“Why thank me?” The ventral black man touched the stubble on his chin and said, “You’d better pray that you can come back alive. D*mn, as soon as you leave, the ranking of our Eastern Academy of green shirts will definitely drop, I’m f*cking upset when thinking of this.”
Ding Hao just smiled and did not say anything.
“Well, you’ve caused a lot of trouble before. If people know that you’ve gone out for training, they will possibly conspire against you secretly.” The bearded teacher touched his chin, thought for a moment, and said, “Well, don’t disturb others. Just go down the mountain quietly. I will announce to the public that you will practice and close the door to outsiders, which will reduce your danger and trouble.”
Ding Hao said with a smile, “I thought about this before. Since you are so willing to help me, then I must thank you.”
“You d*mn brat, you’re expecting this!” The black-bellied man felt upset. He thought for a while and took out three palm-sized stone plates, handed it over, and solemnly said, “These three Sapphire stone plates’ are six-level auxiliary magical weapons, each of which contains a full blow of my power. However, they are all disposable consumables. You can keep them and maybe they will save your life at the critical moment.”
Ding Hao took the plates and looked at them carefully. The pie-like sapphire plates were like UFO that had shrunk countless times. On their surfaces were inscribed with complex inscriptions of different thicknesses and lengths. Like stars all over the sky, the inscriptions were dense and numerous, which contained very imperceptible powerful forces.
Ding Hao was rather grateful.
Although this black bellied man often disdained his students with an annoying expression, he treated everyone well, especially Ding Hao. He was always very kind to Ding Hao. Today he gave Ding Hao such valuable presents…
“Thank you, teacher Wang.” Ding Hao bowed honestly.
“It will be the best thanks for me if you can come back alive.” Wang Juefeng sighed. For a while, he then added, “Well, I’ll teach you the next level of Taixuan Sword-seeking Scripture. You can practice it yourself in the wilderness. During the basic mental cultivation methods, ‘Taixuan Sword-seeking Scripture’ is a Human Rank top-level cultivation method. It is perfect for Martial Disciples and Martial Soldiers. You can still use this method to practice the second meridian of ‘Hand’s Minor Yang’. After you have thoroughly opened Hand’s Minor Yin and Hand’s Minor Yang, and have practiced all the 18 acupoints, the Sect will prepare you with better skills.”
