Towards Eternity
Ch 525's. Exit

While everyone was watching Shengshi Huangdi's execution event in the town square, the figure of an eight-year-old boy was busy practicing hitting a large tree outside the capital.

His figure was bare-chested, revealing his tiny body that had started to muscular. Not far from him, the figure of a giant creature was lying down casually while observing the boy who was busy training.

The boy who was none other than Du Zhe was currently practicing a martial technique he had received from Weng Lou. The name of the technique was the Iron Hand Punch, which was able to make the user's hands become as strong and hard as iron. This was a modification created by Weng Lou so that Du Zhe could train him easily, and also the power he possessed grew.

However, after continuing to train for these ten days, Du Zhe did not show the slightest development. This was because there was no guidance from an expert like Weng Lou or a Martial Practitioner who was more senior than him. He was purely practicing alone, and tirelessly struck a tree that he had made training materials for.

*sheess...*

Air went into Du Zhe's lungs and made his chest expand. Both of his legs immediately put up the position of the horses that looked similar to the Iron Hand Punch Technique Book he was training in.

His right hand was clenched hard, the muscles on his entire body seemed to tighten, and then quickly his right hand was immediately struck on the tree before him.

*buy!* Her punch landed hard on the tree, but it did not cause any damage marks at all.

Watching that, Du Zhe's body collapsed to the ground and he let out a long sigh full of disappointment. He had been training for approximately 3 hours today, but was still unable to practice Iron Hand Boxing. All the information he had on the Iron Hand Fist Technique Book had been well read, and he had even simulated it in his head.

But no matter how hard he tried, every time he tried to practice it, he had absolutely no results. Normally, Du Zhe would immediately give up if faced with a pitiful position like this. However, now he was a disciple of Weng Lou who was a very powerful Martial Practitioner!

If he, as his student instead made Weng Lou's name become ugly because he could not practice a martial technique that was 'visible' like Iron Hand Boxing, then he was not worthy of being a disciple of Weng Lou.

Du Zhe looked at his clenched right hand. There was nothing wrong when he practiced all the movements that existed in the Book he had read, but the power that should have appeared when the punch was unleashed did not appear at all. This made Du Zhe confused.

In certain situations, it is usually a Martial Practitioner who will practice a new martial technique, will consult with other Martial Practitioners who also master the same martial technique if he experiences obstacles in practicing the martial technique. But the Iron Hand Boxing martial art technique is a technique created by Weng Lou, and only Weng Lou and a few people can practice it.

If there was no direction from an expert, it was impossible for Du Zhe to be able to do Iron Hand Fist, even for the first part alone!

"Give up and wait for your teacher, son. There's no way you could practice something you've never even seen before." The Black Ape Fighter who was watching Du Zhe's training spoke with his inner voice.

Hearing that, Du Zhe simply shook and immediately got up to his feet and intended to start his practice once again, "I mustn't just give up! Master would probably feel disappointed if I couldn't even master a single attacking technique he had given me!"

Sweat poured down from his forehead, and Du Zhe wiped it with a cloth that was already wet from his sweat during the exercise. The Black Ape Fighter did not speak anymore after hearing the decision from Du Zhe. He felt that the brain of this child was wrong. How could Weng Lou be disappointed in his own student because he could not properly practice the martial technique that his disciple had never seen with his own eyes?

Even on Black Sand Island, it was impossible for there to be such a genius child. Weng Lou even managed to learn many martial techniques because of the help of the Book of Immortality and its flagship Soul Cleaning Technique.

If indeed Weng Lou expected his disciple to be able to practice that martial technique, he should have given Du Zhe the Soul Cleaning Technique, compared to techniques that were not clear at all.

"Oh yeah, by the way, have you checked in the southern region like I asked you to?" Suddenly Du Zhe asked the Black Ape Fighter.

The Black Ape Fighter nodded his head in response.

"Then did you find any signs of Master?"

"No, nothing at all. That teacher of yours, the traces of Qi we followed earlier completely stopped at the imperial palace. Like it's lost to the earth, your teacher has somehow disappeared to where."

Du Zhe's face looked a little gloomy hearing it, but his facial expression immediately returned resolutely, "No, Master must have a very important affair so as not to leave even the slightest trace. I'm sure he doesn't want anyone to bother him so he doesn't give me any clues at all."

Although Du Zhe's words sounded very convincing, but his expression looked much different.

"Haahhh... alright alright.let me give you a little advice. From what I have seen, your physical strength is not enough to practice that Iron Hand Boxing. It was obvious that it was a Martial Technique that no Martial Practitioner could learn at the Foundation Level 2." The Black Ape Fighter spoke for the last time before then he started to close his eyes and fell asleep.

"My physical strength isn't enough?" Du Zhe continued to mutter those words inside his head, before finally getting a great idea.

He immediately left the Black Ape Fighter and started running around the capital without hesitation. Next to the eyes of the Black Ape Fighter opened and saw Du Zhe's actions. He laughed softly and closed his eyes again, and slept again.

Meanwhile, Du Zhe who was currently running looked at his determined eyes, "Right! If my strength is not enough in practicing the Iron Hand Punch Technique, then just add it with physical training!"

He really felt like he was enlightened. Although the thought is correct, what it does now has far deviated from the form of physical exercise. The circumference length of the Imperial capital of Fanrong reached eight kilometers, and for a Martial Practitioner who was at the 2nd level Foundation Base like Du Zhe it was not a form of physical exercise, but a stamina exercise.

Du Zhe had actually run without reducing his running rate, and had now run for a kilometer in a few minutes. But at this moment, his condition already looked miserable. His breathing was irregular and sweat poured out profusely from all over his body, making him appear to be bathed in sweat.

The soldiers currently serving on the city wall stared at Du Zhe from a distance and saw him like an insane person. Which madman would be willing to run for eight kilometers nonstop?

However, this was all done by Weng Lou. Without caring for himself, Du Zhe had run around the city within half an hour. It was obvious that he had to stop running several times to replenish his strength.

"Hahaha.you're destroying yourself, son. If you want to get stronger, training one day like crazy isn't the solution," said the Black Ape Brawler who had now risen to his feet and held onto Du Zhe's body which could be knocked down at any time due to exhaustion.

"No..still not....." The spirit flames on Du Zhe's word still looked smoldering, and the Black Ape Fighter simply shook his head.

"You don't have to"

*BUUMMMM!!!!* When the Black Ape Fighter will give his advice, a huge explosion echoed from the direction of the palace in the middle of the city, and caused a huge commotion.

Simultaneously, the eyes of the Black Ape Fighter narrowed then glanced towards Du Zhe.

"Good boy, it looks like your teacher just got back."

***

Inside the basement, ten days after Weng Lou was locked up.

*bang!!! Bang!!! Boom!!!*

Sounds echoed throughout the room. Seen in front of the huge door made of gigantic boulders, the figure of Weng Lou was standing steadily and endlessly hitting the door of the huge boulder before him.

*Bum!!!*

At this moment, on the large door was visible the marks of blows and cracks that had occurred at one point. Reply to the punch and crack was created by Weng Lou who had delivered his punch for 240 hours without stopping.

Even so, Weng Lou had to pay a price that was not small. On both of his hands, wounds and blood could be seen, and there were even patches of blood stuck to the door he struck. Weng Lou unknowingly continued to painfully hit the big door and looked like a possessed person.

His face was expressionless and just stared with focus at a single point on that stone door. Large eye bags can be seen under his eyes. He had not slept for ten days, and kept hitting.

*Buk!!!! Buk!!!!! Buck!!!!*

His fist seemed to have no idea when to stop, and before long, an even bigger crack was created from his punch marks. As he saw a precious treasure, Weng Lou's fist moved faster and blindly beat the door.

"Ayooo......ayoooooo...you fucking bastard .....aayoooooo!!!!! SHATTEREDAAAHHH!!!!!"

*HOO!!!!!*

Weng Lou unleashed all the remaining power and power that was on him in one final blow, and then the stone door that had locked itself for ten days was now filled with huge cracks that continued to spread. A satisfied smile was seen on Weng Lou's face, and with one last move, Weng Lou put on his horses and took a deep breath.

*shuaa....* White origin came out of his mouth, and his right leg muscles tightened completely.

*Whuusshh- PRUAACKKK!!!!! YUMMMM!!!*

Finally, the large door was shattered, fragments of stone scattered in all directions, but Weng Lou remained standing upright with his big smile staring at the dark stairs leading up.

"I..it works...." Weng Lou tried his best not to show his joy, but his big smile made him unable to.

In the end, Weng Lou began to step forward and pass through the chunks of rock scattered on the ground and began to climb one by one the stairs that lead up to it. The dark conditions, made Weng Lou very alert with every step.

He did not want to after he managed to get out of the door that locked him, he instead ended up dead silly by falling from a height of hundreds of meters.

*Tap...tap....*

Weng Lou's handsome footsteps were steady, his right hand touched the wall of the staircase leading up to it, and felt the vibrations that were on it. Although Weng Lou had lost all of his Martial Practices, yet his instincts and senses that he had been training all along still he had and could feel the footsteps of many people at the end of the stairs he climbed.

"Haha ...Zhi Juan's. Even without Qi though, my physical strength already exceeds that of people in the Soul Unification realm. Even monsters in the Soul Unification realm do not have physical strength like me," said Weng Lou who looked pitiful.

While Weng Lou started to step one after another in the underground stairway, the situation in the imperial palace seemed to be in chaos due to the sound of the explosion that had occurred earlier. Liu Ning, and the others who had just returned from the town square were immediately evacuated by the soldiers for thinking they had received an enemy attack.

"What the fuck?! Aren't all those criminals we've caught?!" one of the soldiers in full uniform walked into the palace with several other soldiers heading to the source of the sound.

They all appeared to be on full alert and ready for battle.

Li Min, who wore a metal protector on his body, walked into the throne room inside the palace. Behind him, soldiers who had been dressed in full-armed uniforms entered the room.

They all put on serious faces, "Everything! Set the position ready for battle!"

Li Min who led his soldiers exclaimed firmly. The soldiers carrying the flavours with them were immediately positioned at the very front, then followed by the soldiers carrying spear guns, swords and other close weapons. And at the very back of the line, a group of archers were placed and they had already drawn their bows, ready to shoot at any time.

At the very front, Li Min unsheathed the sword in his hand, and walked step by step towards the throne which was the origin of the previous explosion. His eyes looked solemn and looked at the throne before him in silence.

Shortly afterwards, the sound of footsteps rang out from behind the throne, and made everyone even more wary.

*bom!*

A huge blow was heard again, and Li Min immediately raised his right hand, signaling his troops not to attack first.

*BAMM!!!! BRUACKS!*

The sound of lacing was once again heard, and followed by a voice like something was shattered. Dust billowed in the air, and then the sound of footsteps they had previously heard was now becoming clearer.

"Uhuk! Uhuuk!!!! Ahhh...my feelings of dust were not that much as before...."

A person's voice rang out from within that cloud of dust, and Li Min still raised his hand.

When the dust disappeared, the figure of a young man he knew was visible from within the fog, and Li Min was immediately shocked and accidentally lowered his right hand, which means the signal fired an arrow shot at his troops.

*shu!*

"Hm?!"

Weng Lou, who had just come out of the last wall blocking him, was immediately greeted with a rain of arrows pointing at him.

"What the fuck?!" he exclaimed in shock and hurriedly jumped up high, dodging all those arrows.

*No! Prak! Tsha!*

All the arrows hit the stone floor, and none hit a single target. The figure of Weng Lou who jumped earlier now landed perfectly in front of the soldiers and showed his displeased gaze.

"You guys....are you Shengshi Huangdi warriors?" Weng Lou asked in a cold voice.

The sudden appearance was immediately greeted with a sword incision by the soldier in front of him.

*spring!* Weng Lou easily dodged the attack and snorted angrily, "I take the attack as the answer yes."

After cracking it, Weng Lou's left leg was immediately raised high, and with strength like a wild beast, the leg hit the ground hard and caused a great tremor that messed up the attack formations of those soldiers.

Due to both of his injured hands, Weng Lou chose to attack using both of his legs which still looked fine. His right leg was pulled back, and violently kicked the head of one of the soldiers.

*Bum!!!* The soldier's head hit the ground hard, the head protection he was wearing did not protect him at all, and left him instantly sprawled on the floor. Blood came out of his mouth and ears.

Weng Lou did not stop there, he immediately darted another kick technique. This time he leaped back, and then kicked the air and instantly a sharp wind blade was created and hit over three soldiers and instantly killed them.

While the fight between the soldiers and Weng Lou had broken out, the previously shocked Li Min had now regained her composure and realized the chaos that had ensued.

"Tu-Master Hero Lou! Stop that!! It's us!!!" Li Min shouted in panic. He knew if they started a war with Weng Lou then they would all just be slaughtered without being able to put up a fight. So, before the war actually happened, it was better for him to immediately stop this misunderstanding as soon as possible.

*Brack!!!*

Weng Lou's kick kicked hard on one of the soldiers' chests and made him spit out a large amount of blood. Weng Lou's attention was immediately directed at Li Min. He narrowed his eyes, and finally remembered himself.

However, the attacks from the soldiers would stop, and re-ignite the emotions of Weng Lou who had just calmed down. Like a human-bodied monster, Weng Lou's right foot was stomped to the ground, and a much larger vibration than before was created and, making all the soldiers who were there fall to the ground except Li Min who did have a higher level compared to the soldiers he led.

"All of you stop!!!! He is the Hero Lou who has freed everyone from the Slums!!! Anyone who dares to attack, then I will be cut off right now!!!"

Li Min's inner strength immediately swept through the room and made all of his subordinates become speechless in their place. On the other hand, Li Min immediately walked over towards Weng Lou and bowed respectfully to him.

"Hero Lou! We apologize profusely for attacking you before! This is just our misunderstanding! We hope you can forgive us!" Li Min licked in front of Weng Lou, asking for forgiveness from him.

Weng Lou's eyes silently stared at Li Min for a moment, and immediately controlled his emotions. He was carried away by his emotions earlier, so mindlessly attacked the soldiers, but still those who had attacked him first.

"Hm! The next time something like this happens, I won't hold back on you all" Weng Lou said in an icy voice.

*glek!* They all gulped when they heard the threat of Weng Lou.

When the situation was still in such an awkward state, suddenly from the direction of the entrance, a boy who was none other than Du Zhe ran in and immediately headed towards Weng Lou with a happy look on his face.

"Teacher!!!! You're finally back!!!"

Du Zhe who could not help himself finally cried and tightly hugged Weng Lou's body regardless of the surrounding conditions. Weng Lou did not dodge and let Du Zhe hug him. This kid must have had some difficulties when he wasn't around, Weng Lou thought.

"Since my disciple is here, I will forget about all the troubles today. Immediately prepare a big banquet for me, and you better not hold back in serving food, because I am very hungry right now." Weng Lou waved his hand and walked away along with Du Zhe out of the place, while Li Min stayed in place with a feeling of relief in his heart.

As Weng Lou walked away, Li Min's eyes involuntarily looked at the blood that kept dripping from both of Weng Lou's hands and was a little confused. Because, Weng Lou attacked his soldiers before using only his two legs, and not with his hands.

He then took a closer look and finally found some wounds on Weng Lou's hand that kept bleeding.

Seeing that, Li Min could not help but speak to Weng Lou, "Hero Lou! I'm sorry if I offended you, but it looks like both of your hands are hurting really badly right now. If you don't mind, let us take you to a special room for you. You can clean yourself up first and then treat your wounds while waiting for the waiter to prepare a banquet for you!" Li Min respectfully spoke to Weng Lou who was just about to pass through the exit of the room.

Du Zhe who was with Weng Lou was surprised to hear that and immediately saw the two hands of Weng Lou who was actually injured. In just one look, he could tell it was not all a minor injury as his eyes caught several white protrusions that were nothing but bones in the wound on Weng Lou's hand.

With such severe injuries, Weng Lou could control his emotions well and cover up the pain he was in, how strong and experienced was this teacher? Du Zhe in his heart could not stop praising this Master who had changed his fate.

"Hmm.your advice is pretty good. All right, I'll take it. Take me and my students to our room!" said Weng Lou who noticed the gaze of his student.

"Teacher, I already have my own room. If Master wants, Master can take it!" Du Zhe spoke frankly.

"Oh? Did ya? Then give me the room next to my student's room!"

"Sure Lord-I mean Hero Lou! We have a lot of rooms that are still empty! The waiter! Bring Hero Lou to the room next to Young Master Du Zhe's room!" Li Min exclaimed, and a servant with a trembling body walked in from outside. He should be getting ready in that place if he is needed.

The female servant looked at Li Min for a moment, before nodding to him and immediately carrying Weng Lou and Du Zhe as per orders from Li Min.

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Author's Note:

Hmmm.answers some comments about the previous chapter. There are some who say that Weng Lou reset the season, but in fact not. He had only lost his Qi and some abilities that required Qi to wear.

In fact, the physical strength of Weng Lou is far from the word OP. And even I had planned to eliminate this physical strength, and let Weng Lou with the bloodline strength of his descendants, but with various calculations, I chose to eliminate his Qi alone.

For the strength of the bloodline of the Weng Lou lineage, it's the same problem Zhi Juan, not author🗿**