Towards Eternity
Ch 443's. The Semifinal Round (II)
Yang Guang looked at Weng Lou with a wry smile on his face.
"I don't think there's anything much heavier than my sword. Though my sword is bigger than this hammer" Yang Guang said as he caught his breath and began to get somewhat used to the weight of the hammer in his hand.
Weng Wan who was watching from earlier sighed, he did not expect that Yang Guang would be able to survive in one attempt to withstand the weight of Weng Lou's hammer. She recalled the night when Weng Lou gave her such a hammer, and she instead ended up falling to the ground in shock at its weight.
On the other hand, Weng Ying Luan was busy looking at Yang Guang's sword that was in Weng Lou's hands, and then picked it up and started swinging around while nodding.
"For a sword to be used as a practice, this is quite good as well," Weng Lou commented, ignoring Weng Ying Luan who was busy playing Yang Guang's sword.
"Thank you," Yang Guang replied.
"Do you want to come in right now?" Weng Ying Luan finally stopped moving the sword in her hand, and asked Yang Yang Yang who replied a nod by her.
"Then let's go in together" Ying Luan continued.
Yang Guang smiled and then they all walked in through the door that Weng Lou and the others had previously been to.
Just like yesterday, Yang Guang continued to pose a challenge to Weng Wan and was always silenced by Weng Wan because he thought there was only a small possibility of the two fighting each other in the semifinal today. Unlike the second selection round yesterday, in the semifinals this will be done in duels like usually done in tournaments in general where they will only fight once to determine whether they will go to the final round or not.
While they were all busy tracing the hallway that turned out to be behind the door they entered, Weng Lou just kept silent and stared at his Book of Immortality which suddenly let out a golden light as they passed through the door a moment ago.
"The Book of Eternity gives a reaction after 1 month? What's going on?" Ask Ye Lao astonishment.
Weng Lou remained silent, and then began to open the book on the page that gave off the golden light.
Before long, the light disappeared and several lines of sentences appeared on the page. Weng Lou began to read it as he continued to move his legs.
Just a few words he read on the page, and he had stopped stepping, making his friends all pay attention to him and put on question mark faces. Weng Lou's face was very pale, as if he was looking at a ghost.
"What's wrong?"
Lin Mei who was walking beside Weng Lou asked in confusion. Weng Ying Luan, Weng Wan, and the others stopped because Weng Lou stopped.
Weng Lou looked at Lin Mei and her friends, practice blinking a few times.
"A-Ah. no.nothing. Let's keep going, we may be the last to come," he said, who then immediately changed his facial expression back to how it was.
They all looked at Weng Lou strangely before they finally resumed their path.
It didn't take long for them to reach the end of the hall, which led them to a room that looked the same as the one they used to rest in yesterday.
In the room there are already several other participants who have also qualified for the semifinals.
In one corner of the room, Weng Baohu Zhe was seen meditating when the group of Weng Lou came and entered the room.
He opened his eyes and looked at Weng Wan, Weng Hua, and Weng Ning alternately for a few seconds, before continuing his meditation.
Weng Wan, Weng Hua, and Weng Ning also saw the figure of Weng Baohu Zhe for a while and their group stepped towards the edge of the room to sit down.
The other participants who were also already in that place stared at the group of Weng Lou one by one without doing anything interesting. They all wanted to stay focused during this tournament to the end, so no one had recklessly carried out the challenge like Yang Guang had done before.
Feeling stared at, Weng Lou turned his head and the two looked at each other.
"....."
Weng Lou just silently looked at him, as did the young man. They did not say a single word.
For the young man, he was indeed not interested in opening his voice and chatting with Weng Lou, while Weng Lou on the other hand was thinking about the sentence he had just read on the page of his Book of Immortality.
The writing on the page had messed up his thoughts that he had been speaking about since last night.
'What are you going to do in the face of death? Does your life mean more than the lives of your friends? What would you do to avoid death? Can you do something that can save your life and that of your friends? The figure of a destroyer will appear and take everything from you, be prepared.'
That was the sentence on the page of the Book of Immortality that Weng Lou had just read. For the first time, the words that appear in the Book of Eternity speak of his own death.
Usually the sentence that appears in the Book of Eternity only reads some events that will occur in the future, some time after the sentence appears in the Book of Eternity. And during these few months, no event foretold by the Book of Eternity would risk his life.
That's why at this moment, Weng Lou's thoughts were in such a mess. Although it looks calm, but not with the contents of his head.
"Stay calm, son. I know it's weird and weird, but you shouldn't be bothered by the words in the book. It could be that Zhi Juan is pranking you and just wants to see your response" said Ye Lao, who tried to calm down Weng Lou.
"Congratulate me? It would be a very stupid thing if he did it. There was no way he would bother to do this if he just wanted to prank me," replied Weng Lou who then closed his eyes and took a deep breath, then began to run the Soul Cleansing Technique.
The silence began to be felt by Weng Lou, and slowly his mind became clear again.
"Yeah...." Weng Lou let out a long breath.
Weng Lou, with a clear mind, began to rethink the words in the Book of Immortality. He slowly tried to understand further the meaning of each word.
"There is a chance that it will happen, my disciple. During these few months, never once did the sentence that appeared in the Book of Eternity occur. So this time there is also the possibility of words appearing in the Book that will happen soon." Qian Yu who felt that Weng Lou had calmed down, finally gave her opinion.
Unlike before, Weng Lou this time did not directly reply to Qian Yu's comments, but rather returned to thinking about it calmly.
"That's what I'm afraid of. So far the Book of Eternity has always accurately informed us what happens in the future. If this time is going to happen, I don't know what to do.
My friends and I are currently in a strange area where danger can occur at any time. If the words contained in the Book of Eternity really happened, then it would be difficult to predict when it would happen.
Moreover, the Book of Immortality clearly says that the person who would threaten my life and my friends is only 1 person, and obviously I don't know who is meant."
"That's what the two of us are for, isn't it? We are not just a spirit without a form that always hitchhike on your body like some time ago, remember? We can now use our strength without relying on your body. Now is the time to use the results of our hard work" Ye Lao said in a steady voice inside Weng Lou's head.
"Then why are you still talking inside my head?"
"You fucking kid! I'll-"
"It is already .. there is no need to fuss over something unnecessary. My student, now that you're focused on your tournament, leave it up to us to pay attention to your surroundings." Qian Yu hurriedly cut off Ye Lao before the quarrel of the two continued.
Weng Lou agreed with Qian Yu's suggestion and began meditating while waiting for the time for the semi-final Free Martial Tournament to begin.