Towards Eternity
Ch 565's. Conflict & Investigation

Despite having a higher level of practice compared to Nu Qianren, however when viewed only from physical strength, he was clearly inferior against the girl.

After ascending to the Soul Cleansing realm, he rarely increased his physical strength, and focused on clearing his soul to hasten the rise in his practice level. Therefore he could be at the top of the rankings in the development of his many teacher disciples.

After ascending to stage 3 in the Soul Cleansing realm, teacher Gaouji warned him to keep a close eye on his physical development. Therefore, three weeks ago he decided to go to the physical training ground where his juniors, Nu Qianren and Weng Lou had always been.

Back then, Qianren was on a mission from his teacher, so there was nothing in the training ground.

Gauji De is famous for not wanting to lose in everything, recklessly trying to get into the place where Weng Lou was training and as a result he ended up unconscious after spewing large amounts of blood.

There were no other disciples near where Weng Lou was then, so inevitably Weng Lou who had to deliver Gaouji out of the crater and give it to the officer who was always on guard outside the crater. When he regained consciousness, Gaouji had heard the mockery and insults about him collapsing inside the crater of physical training.

He had to go to great lengths to silence the mouths of those disciples who could not be silent. Qianren had only just come home when all those issues died down, and left him with nothing to know.

But it was clearly different to Weng Lou, he was the one who brought out Gaouji, of course he could not forget such a thing, let alone he had a very sharp memory. Gauji De was too busy keeping the mouths of those who mocked him, that he forgot the person who had helped him. He didn't even care, who helped him back then.

Hearing Weng Lou discuss the extremely embarrassing incident in front of him alone made the anger and shame on Gaouji to be at an extreme level. He's ready to explode at any moment.

Qianren? He did not even understand what Weng Lou was saying.

"You...close your mouth! You're looking to die, huh?!" A gaze full of anger and killing intent was shown by Gaouji.

A golden Qi enveloped his fingers, and his figure shot towards Weng Lou. Within five seconds, he had arrived before him, and the five networks were ready to pounce on Weng Lou's innocent face.

Weng Lou's expression did not change, he just tilted his body, so that Gaouji's attack just passed him. Weng Lou's left foot was slightly forward, and it was accidentally kicked by Gaouji, causing him to slam forward and hit the ground hard.

Weng Lou's face immediately changed, he was surprised to see Gaouji who had fallen and hit the ground. He had just seen someone as pathetic as himself. He could not help but laugh and instead aggravated the mood of the young man.

"Yahyouuuuuu!!!!!! I'll kill you!!!!"

Without a cue, a long sword appeared in Gaouji's hand. He immediately got up, and instantly slashed the sword at Weng Lou.

*tap.....*

Weng Lou dodged it easily, but Gaouji did not seem to want to take it off. With more Qi flowing down his sword, a barrage of energy slashes shot towards Weng Lou.

"Ck, really an emotional person. Aren't you afraid of getting old fast?" asked Weng Lou who immediately repelled one by one the attacks using both swords in his hands.

Qianren who was still in his place could only look at the actions of his senior. He was confused as to what to do. Before he could make a decision, Gaouji's eyes were suddenly directed at him. There were hostile looks from both of his eyes.

"He's your friend, isn't he? Qianren??!!! Don't think of running away, I'll make sure you'll have them in the aftermath of messing with me!!"

Being threatened like that, did not scare Qianren at all, he was just thinking about what kind of fate this senior would face for having dealt with Weng Lou. He was one of the few people who had seen the real power that Weng Lou possessed.

The senior would only die into meat dough if Weng Lou had been serious from the start of the fight!

Qianren's eyes looked at Weng Lou. Weng Lou understood the meaning of the gaze, nor did he want to get into trouble for killing the young man. Master Gaouji had the same status as his Master, that of a Core Elder within the Jade Bamboo Sect. I don't know what his teacher would do if he saw Weng Lou kill him.

"You're lucky, man, I'm not looking for trouble. It's better to leave us alone, and we'll settle this peacefully" Weng Lou told Gaouji, who was constantly giving Weng Lou energy slashes.

Weng Lou didn't know why, but it seemed Gaouji didn't know the elemental change technique, because he didn't see any signs the young man was going to do it.

"In your dreams! Before I cut off those two foul mouths myself, I won't be satisfied!"

This time a different attack was given. The Qi layer immediately made the sword form in Gaouji's hand become elongated. He immediately ran forward and gave a long slash from the direction five meters away from where Weng Lou was. Weng Lou's forehead frowned slightly staring at it, he clicked his tongue and immediately retreated when he saw the attack was about to hit him.

*Shuu-BUMMMM!!!!* As he expected, the Qi that had made the sword to be long exploded where the place he was standing before.

"He's this. It looks like he's seriously trying to kill me. If it wasn't for me infiltrating, I might have let the man who tried to kill me live, damn it." He muttered with annoyance.

What made Weng Lou feel irritated was the fact that Gaouji felt himself scared so that he could only continue to survive from then on. And there was a chance that he thought Weng Lou was not too strong compared to him, so he could only dodge his attacks.

Weng Lou desperately wanted to release both of his swords at this moment, and punched Gaouji in the head, but he could only hold back his emotions.

"Well, if it's like this I'm forced to malkukan this."

Suddenly, the figure of Weng Lou who was not far from Gaouji disappeared in the air. The Eve of her existence had disappeared completely, and silence occurred in that place. There was no sound of demons or beasts inside the labyrinth. This made Gaouji feel tense and he was trying to find Weng Lou's whereabouts like a fidelity.

"Based coward! Stop playing hide and seek! Get out and fight me!. Or maybe this is how to fight a cripple like you? Huh!" Gaouji tried to provoke Weng Lou to lure her figure and show himself.

"You're too noisy, sleep...."

*Brukk!!!* Without showing any presence, Weng Lou's figure appeared right behind Gaouji. Before he could do anything, his head had already been pushed forcefully to the ground and crashed heavily into it making his gaze become completely dark.

*buk....* Gaouji's body fell to the ground because he was unconscious. Qianren recognized his breathing with relief seeing that Weng Lou had managed to handle the senior without having to seriously injure him.

Qianren immediately walked up to Weng Lou and took a closer look at the unconscious senior. Blood was seen flowing from his head as well as his nose. But he didn't seem to be hurt too badly. Fortunately Weng Lou was still able to hold himself back in the dings. If it went wrong slightly, Gaouji's head could break when he hit the ground.

"Thank you for holding yourself back, I promise I'll repay you next time" Qianren said.

"Hm. This bastard, he said too much nonsense. If just killing a fellow sect member was not an act of evil, he would have already died," Weng Lou lamented looking at Gaouji's pitiful face.

Qianren agreed with Weng Lou. This one senior had indeed never guarded his mouth when it was carried away by emotions. To be honest, many of his other teacher's students were also in trouble with Gaouji, but had never fought each other like Weng Lou had done.

"Oh yes, right. How did you escape from those ants? Did you kill them all? You must have had enough trouble taking out dozens of those General Ants. But we can't linger, their Queen will definitely send the others to chase you. Let's get out of here."

"Who said that I only finished off General Ants?" asked Weng Lou in surprise.

"You mean?"

This was when Qianren only realized, that on Weng Lou's waist, there was a cloth package the size of an adult human head tied up. The bottom of the package looks dripping a strange liquid continuously from earlier. The package even looks still moving.

Weng Lou casually picked up the package and showed the contents to Qianren. The girl's eyes widened when she found a giant insect head with a crown-like lump on its head.

"The head of the Ant Queen! So you've actually wiped out one ant colony just now!" This was something very surprising, even for Qianren who had seen many times the strength of Weng Lou.

The young man had all this time still displayed his physical strength which he had long displayed during these two months in the physical training area, and inside the labyrinth, he had long since displayed, he slowly showed her that the physical strength he possessed was still more than that.

"They are individually not very strong, when you cut off their antennae, their power will be reduced considerably because they cannot communicate with each other. It didn't take long to finish them all off. Unfortunately the special route gift was only the head of this Ant Queen, so I felt a little disappointed even though it was actually quite expensive if it was sold."

The head of the Ant Queen in Weng Lou's hands was slightly showing movement, her mouth looking open and closed every few seconds. High level ferocious beasts were indeed difficult to kill, especially this type of insect.

"Oh yeah, do you have a spare cape? I have no change of clothes. Oh yes, and water too. I want to wash my body."

A pungent smell could be smelled from Weng Lou's body, and Qianren who was nearby could confirm that no one would want to get close to him if he was in an ordinary situation. The girl immediately gave Weng Lou a plain gray robe and a bucket of water from inside the storage ring on Weng Lou.

After Weng Lou cleaned himself up, they continued their journey while carrying the unconscious Gaouji with them.

***

"Hey...are you sure this is okay? Constantly carrying it like this..Isn't it the same as helping him to continue to enter the deeper parts of the labyrinth?" Qianren asked Weng Lou who was grilling the thigh of a sheep-shaped beast he had just defeated.

"Hm? Ah, just calm down. Let's just say it's an indemnity charge for having hurt her before. After all, maybe your teacher will give me a reward for helping both of his students at once," Weng Lou replied lightly and tasted the grilled thigh before then he nodded in satisfaction.

"Yes, I understand what you mean. But aren't you too nice?! I mean, it's been an entire day and she hasn't even regained consciousness!! Is he going to come with us to the center of the labyrinth just like that?!" Qianren suddenly raised his voice.

Another day had passed since they had met Gaouji, and by night he was still unconscious as well. Qianren who previously felt quite happy that there was no need to feel guilty leaving his senior alone inside the labyrinth, finally became impatient and started to get annoyed himself.

He even thought about leaving the senior several times during the trip, but the suddenly kind-hearted Weng Lou told him that it was better for them to continue taking Gaouji with them until he woke up. But until this second, Qianren had not found any signs the young man would wake up soon.

"Let's calm, you'll attract the attention of the demons and beasts if you keep talking loudly like that." Weng Lou reminded.

"There's no harm in us bringing him with us. Let's just say we are doing charity to the underprivileged, and someday we will get the right reply."

Weng Lou who spoke like that made Qianren look at him strangely. Weng Lou's words make him look like someone who is very religious, when in fact Weng Lou is a crazy cold-blooded slaughterer who is not afraid to die.

Tearing the tongue sounded from Qianren, "Just be honest with me, what are your real plans? Are you expecting a thank you or a gift from this guy or something?"

A grin was seen on Weng Lou's face, and he laughed softly while pointing at Gaouji.

"Maybe you don't know, but this noisy bastard came from one of the great families in the empire. Your teacher paid great attention to him because of this. If he dies in this labyrinth, then your teacher, you, and I will be the wrath of the family. But on the contrary, if we help him, try to imagine how much of a gift we will get?"

The grin on Weng Lou's face finally turned into an evil smile. Qianren gulped his saliva listening to Weng Lou's words, he nodded in understanding, then followed by looking at Gaouji who was near the fire that Weng Lou used to burn meat.

"But even so..why did he not wake up as well? To be honest, I'm a little worried that something's wrong with her without us noticing."

"Ah, about that. I actually closed one of his meridians to keep him unconscious. Until I reopen that meridian point, he won't wake up. No problem anyway, right? I'm sure you don't like to listen to obscure babble either."