Towards Eternity
Ch 572's. Towards the Ocean (I)
In a very large and dense mangrove forest, there is a small path covered by thickets and leads to a beach that is well hidden by some tall mangrove trees so that it cannot be seen from above the sky.
Unless you follow two special routes from land and water, it is impossible to get to this very hidden beach.
However there remained an exception, if there were people who were in the realm of Soul Unification stage 5 and above, they would just spread their entire Soul Power throughout the mangrove forest, he said, the beach can be found easily. At this time on the beach that barely got the sunlight, a boy no older than ten years old, was seen meditating on a very clean stretch of white sand.
Several small crabs were seen rising above his body, and the boy was not bothered at all.
He sighed, and white smoke came out of his mouth.
*crack! Krakk....*
The sound of broken bones rang out from his body, but the expression on the child's face did not change in the slightest. But the crabs around him immediately ran away because of the sound. They were obviously afraid to hear it.
Opening her eyes, she clenched her hands and looked at him expressionlessly.
"Basic foundation level 4, this...." Seen a disgruntled face from the boy, he bit his lower lip to the point of bleeding and cursed himself for not trying his best.
"Du Zhe, let's eat first, you've been practicing from the morning. You'd be so skinny if you kept doing this kind of exercise. Your teacher will scold us later, he will think we are not giving you the food you deserve!"
From inside a simple wooden house, a man wearing a blindfold in his right eye cried out to Du Zhe who had just finished training.
Du Zhe opened his eyes and turned his head towards the man, he nodded in understanding then immediately got up to his feet. Taking a slow breath, he focused his mind on a breathing technique taught by Weng Lou. He immediately ran fast on the sand. His figure soon arrived at the house, in which several other people who were the crew of the ship Weng Lou seemed to have sat neatly on a long table.
"Hey Du Zhe! Come and eat this meat! This is the Giant Claw Crab I caught this morning! It helps build your muscles and bones. At your current age, eating something like this is very useful for your future!"
One of them who was a large and muscular man stood up and immediately pulled Du Zhe to immediately eat beside him. A hand-sized crab claw Du Zhe placed in front of the boy.
"Uncle, this is too much for me, we can share it and eat together" said Du Zhe who quickly refused to eat the crab claw alone.
But it just made everyone laugh, "Hahaha? Everyone has their own share! Do you think I only get one crab? Of course not! I got it four and this one is your part!" obviously the big man with his wide and friendly smile.
He patted Du Zhe on the shoulder and told her to eat immediately. But his face changed when he felt the sensation of his hand patting the child's shoulder.
"Du Zhe?" ask her doubtfully.
Du Zhe clapped softly in response while trying to smash the shell of the crab that was almost as thick as his thumb. The entire table instantly fell silent, they were shocked by his extremely fast development. It hasn't even been three months since she parted ways with Weng Lou, yet she's been leveling up again. And that was the 4th level Foundation Base, which meant that he already had enough Inner Strength to be accommodated within his Dantian.
The technique taught by Weng Lou made Du Zhe able to absorb the Power In Nature that was around him and turn it into his own quickly without realizing it. If had Weng Lou been here and guiding her, it might only take a week or two for her to rise to level 4.
"So, have you been able to use your Inner Energy?" ask one of them.
Quickly Du Zhe shook his head. He had not tried to do so because he wanted to quickly level up in order to go see Weng Lou immediately. After all using Inner Energy without the guidance of an expert will only harm the person.
"Then eat a lot, I will teach you this afternoon! I can feel your Inner Energy has the element of earth, which is the same as me. I'll teach you everything I know. Although it is only at the 8th level of the Foundation Base, but my knowledge is enough to teach you until your Master returns," said the big man who immediately made Du Zhe's lethargic feelings disappear instantly.
Learning to use Inner Energy was what he wanted the most since rising to the 3rd level of the Foundation Base, but Weng Lou warned him not to learn to use Deep Power when he had not reached the 4th level of the Foundation Base.
Weng Lou had long since examined his Dantian, and he had the Power Within the element of pure land. But that was what Weng Lou said, but it was actually not just the earth element dantian alone on him. But Weng Lou chose to keep the truth a secret for his good, after all having a land-based dantian was not a bad thing.
Also, the Black Ape Fighter had earthy strength, which meant that he could help Du Zhe train to become much stronger.
After he finished eating, Du Zhe immediately left to go into the forest. He walked towards a natural cave of rocks where there was a beach that was much more hidden than where their group lived.
On the beach, a black figure was seen sleeping. His ears reacted to the light sound of Du Zhe's footsteps, and immediately his figure rose to his seat and looked at the boy with a lazy face.
"Hey, it's not even late in the afternoon yet, why did you come here? It's still my bedtime, go home." The Black Ape Fighter spoke lazily before then returning to sleep comfortably.
Du Zhe's face pouted listening to his words and immediately jumped over his body. The Black Ape Fighter did not react in the slightest, but after a while, he felt a change in the boy's body weight.
He who was still lying on a reef immediately looked at Du Zhe and laughed softly, "Your Practice level has gone up, huh? So you mean coming here would want me to teach you the martial technique that that boy left me."
The right hand of the Black Ape Fighter immediately raised the body of Du Zhe who was above his body while he again got up to sit down. He placed Du Zhe before him and immediately stared around the cave where he was.
"Fuuuuuhhhhh!!!!"
In one blow, the sand around them immediately disappeared, and made Du Zhe able to see where they actually stood which turned out to be a very large rock. He was not too surprised to see that, because in the Huwa Islands many beaches have rocks near the beach.
"Take a good look at me, I'll show you, the martial technique of a true beast."
The Black Ape Fighter took a breath and mounted the horses like a human. He clenched his left hand and his right hand clasped his right hand grasping his clenched left hand.
Du Zhe's eyebrows shot up, he had never seen such a form of attack. Before he could give his opinion, the Black Ape Fighter had already first continued his movements.
He raised his hands above his head, then with one quick move, the two of them immediately hit the ground and the cave immediately shook violently. Du Zhe's body fell to the ground due to the tremors, while the Black Ape Fighter was still standing quietly and paying attention to the reef he hit earlier, there were some cracks on him.
"Good, these rocks and caves can hold about 5 percent of my strength, which means you can exercise as much as you can here while still at Foundation Base. But there's no need to think about it, before you ascend to the realm of Soul Cleansing, we'll definitely be gone from this place."
The explanation of the Black Ape Fighter was not heard at all by Du Zhe, he actually seemed very interested in the technique that the Black Ape Fighter had just shown him. His eyes seemed to tell the rabbit that he wanted to be taught the technique immediately.
The Black Ape Fighter snorted softly and spoke to him, "If you don't listen to the explanation, how can you practice it?"
Du Zhe only realized it and he felt embarrassed and apologized immediately. Before long, the two of them started training.
The technique taught by the Black Ape Fighter is a simple fighting technique that is almost known by all wild animals such as gorillas or monkeys like him. This technique centers on both hands being knocked to the ground, where all the strength and fulcrum are converted into one, namely in both hands.
This technique cannot be done by humans because it can make their blood vessels explode instantly. However unlike Du Zhe, he had received special training by the Black Ape Fighters for two more months, and Weng Lou himself had told him to.
According to him, Du Zhe was more suited to training with the Black Ape Fighters. Not only did both of them have the same element, but Du Zhe's body was very quickly formed, thus allowing him to practice martial arts using the techniques of the ferocious beasts. The Black Ape Fighter himself did not matter, as he felt it could fill his time that was very empty.
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Time passed quickly, it did not feel like it was late afternoon. Du Zhe and the Black Ape Fighter had finished training, and at this moment Du Zhe with a sweaty body ran towards the back to the beach where his group lived.
However, the atmosphere of the beach was very much different from what he usually felt.
There are no crew who usually go around checking the surrounding environment, or the aroma of cooking that will usually have been smelled once he entered the beach area. Immediately, Du Zhe entered into standby mode, and he subconsciously put up a ready-to-fight position.
While walking slowly, he moved towards the wooden house of their group which was located between two large mangrove trees that made the entire beach covered from the sunlight. The closer to home, Du Zhe's heart was beating even faster. All sorts of thoughts flashed through his head, he was trying to calm down but the more he tried to think positively the more all sorts of bad thoughts flashed through his head.
His breathing began to irregular, and he had involuntarily arrived at the door of the wooden house.
Swallowing his saliva, Du Zhe opened the door slowly and found that there was no one there other than a shadowy figure standing back against the window so that his face was not visible.
Du Zhe's eyes narrowed, he tried to look at the young man's face, but suddenly a thread of gold emerged from the young man's body and tightly closed the door behind Du Zhe. Du Zhe's body jolted in shock, and he unintentionally ran a small forward and approached the young man's figure.
He was about to run from there, but as soon as he saw the face of the young man in front of him he immediately dispelled all his desires and his mouth opened wide.
"TEACHER!!!" Du Zhe exclaimed loudly and immediately jumped towards Weng Lou who was none other than the figure of the young man in front of him.
Weng Lou smiled warmly at Du Zhe. He let the child hug himself for a while before finally inviting him to speak.
"We're leaving tomorrow morning, so you don't have to do any training today and just rest. I see it looks like you've climbed to the 4th level of the Foundation, very good, you are indeed my disciple." Weng Lou rubbed the boy's head gently, but Du Zhe's face immediately turned gloomy upon hearing Weng Lou's remark.
"Compared to the teacher, I am nothing at all. It took me almost three months just to go up 1 level, and not even be able to use Deep Power at all. I'm just a disgrace to the teacher" Du Zhe said with embarrassment.
"Pfft-What kind of shit is that? This teacher of yours has even just become a Tier 1 Foundation Martial Practitioner at your age! I am even less talented than you, Du Zhe! Don't ever think like that again, I told you no, no! I will completely discard the teacher-student relationship with you if you continue to think that you are a disgrace to me! You hear?!"
Du Zhe fell silent and hurriedly nodded. He wouldn't want it until it happened. To him, Weng Lou was everything, and he didn't know what else to do if he wasn't with Weng Lou as his teacher and student.
"It's good if you understand. Now come with me, there's a place I want you to see."
"What place is a teacher?"
Weng Lou smiled mysteriously at the student's question, "Hehehe. It is the most beautiful place on the island. The abode of the true ruler. The residence of a Soul Ruler, Chizi Ryuan."