Chapter 18: Clinging to His Thighs!

  Leaving Lingchi Peak, Wang Lu used the Shrink Array to arrive at Sifeng - the transportation hub on Lingshan Mountain, which has a shrink array leading to various peaks, and is a must-visit route for cultivators before their training.

  Wen Bao had been waiting for a long time on the Four Images Peak platform, and when he saw Wang Lu, he ran back and forth enthusiastically, like a favored rural dog. Wang Lu's face was smiling, and there was no sign of his recent fierce argument with the relevant departments of the Lingjian Sect, nor did it show that he had just made a life-and-death bet.

  Everything will be alright, just wait and see.

  ——

  Once again set foot on Xiaoqingyun land, it is another kind of feeling.

  Although it has only been a little over a month since their last trial, Wang Lu and Wen Bao have become unrecognizable in this short period of time. Despite no major changes in their cultivation realm, their strength has increased by several folds?

  So even if it's Wen Bao, deep down in his heart, amidst the hesitation and uncertainty, there was a hint of expectation.

  The last time, the limelight was almost all taken away by Wang Lu Shixiong, but apart from not mentioning Wang Lu, his own performance was really unworthy of the black and white long gown on his body. In just three short days, he barely managed to keep up, and his performance wasn't even as good as that of Wen Yinnu Shimei who wore a blue and white gown. And in this past month, with his strength advancing by leaps and bounds, Wen Bao sometimes couldn't help but think: if he could do it all over again, he would definitely be able to perform better, and become a strong person worthy of being admired by Yue Shimei, rather than that clumsy dead fatty.

  Unfortunately, this time revisiting the old place, it's impossible to have that gentle and soft girl accompanying him by his side. On the contrary, he is accompanied by a red-and-white-robed senior brother who makes him extremely respectful... Even if Wang Lu's cultivation was only at the Body Tempering stage and didn't possess the indestructible destructive power of the Xuan Tie Sword Method, in just one month, every single injury on Fat Ball's body made him more clearly aware that although he had also made progress, this true senior brother's progress was even faster than his!

  But it's better this way, otherwise he really wouldn't dare to venture into this small Qingyun with Wang Lu.

  "So, senior brother, what's the plan for our next training? Are we going to do it the same way as before? Although there are only two of us this time, I believe we can do better than last time."

  Wen Bao's face floated with a smile, and his tone surged with pride. For someone who was still timid and cowardly just a month ago, this was a rare progress.

  Unfortunately, with Wang Lu as a reference, Wen Bao's progress was instantly overshadowed.

  "That's right, this time we're going all the way."

  Wen Bao hehe laughed a few times, then his smile gradually solidified: "Shixiong, what did you just say...?"

  Wang Lu said: "Let's just kill our way through, the previous training can only be considered survival mode, dodging left and right is really too boring. This time let's just go with the no-double mode."

  "......Senior brother, this is suicide mode."

  Wang Lu looked at Wen Bao with a gaze similar to that of watching a pig, and then said: "Wen Bao, think carefully with your meager intelligence, although you are now only a 9th rank Qi Practitioner..."

  Wen Bao suddenly interrupted: "Thanks to your guidance, senior brother, I've recently shown signs of breaking through to the eighth rank."

  "Good, congratulations on escaping the 9th boundary. I believe you should also be clear that in terms of attack power, you have even surpassed your brother-in-law Yue Yun."

  "Wen Bao hastily waved his hand: "How can I compare to Master Yue Yun...?" However, thinking of the hardships he had endured for over a month, a surge of pride rose in his heart. "But if it's just a comparison of explosive power at this moment, I, I have confidence that I can surpass him!"

  Fatso said, clenching his fists with force, showing determination.

  That's right, although Wen Bao is now only a 9th rank cultivator, he has abandoned most of his exquisite techniques and focused on mastering the Xuan Tie Sword Technique, which develops attack power to the extreme... So it's not surprising that his explosive power surpasses that of a 6th rank cultivator like Yue Yun, who excels in defense.

  However, it's just that his attack power is strong enough. Once in actual combat, the excellent inner door disciples of Lianqi Six Pin have a hundred ways to avoid Wen Bao's edge and strike at his weakness, winning the battle. In fact, a month ago, Wen Bao couldn't even beat Wang Lu, who was then a second-rate cultivator of physical skills and is now a first-rate one.

  "It doesn't matter, having explosive abilities is enough, the rest I'll take care of." Wang Lu smiled and looked at Wen Bao who still seemed a bit incredulous, deciding to be a more responsible teacher by sharing some of his experiences as a professional adventurer.

  "If it's just a normal exercise, undoubtedly, a comprehensive and well-rounded cultivator like Yue Yun would have the upper hand. Even in a place like Xiao Qingyun, you can't accurately predict what will happen next, so the more prepared you are, the stronger your ability to respond to complex situations, the better. But challenge mode is different, because the difficulty setting makes it almost impossible for a steady and stable adventurer to pass through. Only those with extreme attributes, under the guidance of an extremely correct strategy, can burst out with incredible power and complete an equally incredible challenge."

  This remark left Wen Bao stunned for a long time, and Fatso was clearly unable to adapt to the theory of professional adventurers.

  But Wang Lu was such a master at educating people: "Although your intelligence is not high, you should have learned the basic history of the Nine States' cultivation. The battles that were called great miracles several times, which one wasn't created by extreme individuals? You and I, one extreme in offense, one extreme in defense... Di, who is extreme in defense, is precisely the best combination to create a miracle."

  It is also one of the main reasons why Wang Lu was willing to accept this disciple, or rather, this pet.

  With a few doubts and some expectations, Wen Bao followed Wang Lu and set foot on the path of Xianyun's trial.

  The last time I walked here was under the leadership of Yue Yun Shixiong. At that time, a group of people rushed forward in a hurry, and constantly sensed the surroundings with spells to avoid the dangers of Jingguai in time, as Wang Lu said, it belonged to survival mode.

  This time, the leader was Wang Lu. This true master brother didn't take the usual path from the start and directly took Wen Bao to climb a solitary peak, scaring the fatty so much that he almost knelt down on the spot.

  "Big brother, this...this is just a solitary peak. What's the point of going up? To get to Qinglong Gorge, we need to take another road."

  Wang Lu said: "It's only weird after going up."

  "Hit it! Hit the monster!"

  "Yes, a second-grade three-rank Stone Wooden Ape. There's a nesting point of the Stone Wooden Apes on that solitary peak. Let's go deal with it."

  "Shí Mù Yuān!?" Wen Bao exclaimed in shock, unable to believe that Wang Lu's ambition was so strong! A second-grade third-class spirit beast, and even if it were Yue Yun, he would have to expend some effort to defeat it one-on-one. And yet, you want to go and destroy a Shí Mù Yuān's lair?! Brother, you truly live up to your reputation of not being satisfied until you've shocked people to death!

  Wang Lu sneered: "According to the sect's calculation method, our average cultivation is stuck between Body Tempering and Qi Refining, not even considered a formal cultivator. If we can defeat a Stone Wooden Ape, the challenge points will be at least 20."

  Wen Bao was taken aback: "Only twenty?"

  "Otherwise, do you think you can get 200,000? Then our Lingjian Sect will just wait for the continuous stream of new people to come and try to challenge us, this score setting is very reasonable... Wait until you go back alive, then you'll appreciate the value of challenging scores."

  "Go back alive..."

  Moreover, as the old saying goes, "a single grain of sand can form a tower, and a small amount can become a lot". A stone monkey is worth twenty points, but in this vast place like Xiao Qingyun, there are countless existences like the stone monkey.

  Wang Lu said as he took the lead to climb up the steep mountain rock. For someone who had grown up in a mountain village and spent every day climbing the Wuxiang Peak after becoming an apprentice, climbing mountains had almost become second nature. Although he didn't have any extraordinary lightness skills or assistance from spiritual energy or magical powers, his climbing posture couldn't be considered elegant, but his speed was incredibly fast. Before long, he had already climbed to the middle of the mountain!

  As for Wen Bao, carrying a body of fat and a heavy xuan iron sword, he could only look up at the starry sky at the foot of the mountain, at a loss.

  After a while, Wang Lu threw down a section of rope from above. With the help of the rope, Wen Bao finally began to slowly climb up, and the speed was so slow that it was humiliating compared to his cultivation at the peak of Qi Refining 9th Grade.

  It wasn't until nearly half a watch later that Wen Bao finally crawled to the summit with humiliation and difficulty, took a deep breath, and looked around at the small patch of empty space: "Senior brother, where's Shi Mu Yuan?"

  Wang Lu smiled and said, "It's not a dead house, how can it be possible to stay at home all day? Shi Mu You is mostly wandering around the neighborhood looking for food, until... he senses that his home has been invaded by outsiders, then he will quickly return."

  No sooner had he finished speaking than Wen Bao heard a terrifying beast howl coming from below the solitary peak.

  "Ishiyōen is a territorial yōkai with strong awareness, likes to live among dense vegetation on rocky mountains. Although it looks slow in movement, it has the ability of earth escape and can move quickly through rocks." Wang Lu was recalling the results of his cramming of Kyushu Yōkai-shi for the past month while giving instructions to Wen Bao, "Stand at your current position, wait for Ishiyōen to appear, then use your strongest power to blast it."

  Upon hearing the howl of the Stone Monkey, Wen Bao's legs involuntarily weakened slightly. However, under Wang Lu's stern gaze, he quickly and nimbly removed the heavy sword from his back and grasped it in his hand. After taking a few deep breaths, his eyes gradually began to turn red.

  This is a skill that Wen Bao finally understood after being ravaged for a month, through deep meditation, constantly replaying the memories that made him angry, to accumulate anger and avoid physical suffering.

  In fact, this has already involved the category of mind cultivation. With Wen Bao's wisdom and cultivation, it is reasonable to say that it is impossible to master this skill, but in a month-long painful cultivation, Fatzi successfully burst out his potential.

  Unfortunately, this move takes effect slowly, and the anger is exhausted in one blow, without too strong practical value, unless it can be like now, waiting for the rabbit to guard the tree, and wait for labor.

  Shi Mu's speed was indeed very fast, Wen Bao hadn't even fully accumulated his anger when a thick grey arm suddenly rose up from under his feet and shot straight towards his groin!

  Shi Mu borrowed the earth escape technique to move within the mountain body of Gufeng, except for a loud roar, it was silent and soundless. This claw came quickly and fiercely, completely unexpected, even Wen Bao himself had no perception!

  However, Wang Lu was not aware of it beforehand. The purple vine soft sword flew out like a long whip, and the transformation ability of the Ruyi Soft Sword Art was instantly brought to its peak. After a loud sound of gold and stone colliding, the purple vine soft sword contracted into a ball under the action of the giant force, and the stone monkey's inevitable blow was blocked head-on. The giant ape that broke out from the mountain wall was stopped in its tracks and suddenly sank down.

  And when it had accumulated its strength again and broke through the ground once more, it was met head-on by a heavy sword that resembled a fire poker.

  Bang!

  In the flurry, the arm that tried to block was swept away by a soft sword that unfolded in a circular shape. The Xuan Tie heavy sword hit the exposed top of Shi Mu's head without any hindrance. After a loud noise, the gray stone skin on the giant ape's head suddenly burst open, and the giant ape let out a mournful cry, fainting unconscious, with half its body stuck in the rock unable to move.

  With a light and easy swing of his fist, he knocked out the second-class demon king. Wang Lu was overjoyed, but before he could even speak, King Land had already slapped him with a loud crack.

  "Hurry up and accumulate your anger, the next one is coming right away!"

  Wen Bao hurriedly urged himself to fall asleep, and his eyes turned bloodshot once again.

  At this time, the second stone ape also arrived, taking lessons from its companion. This stone ape did not use that earth escape sneak attack, but instead appeared quietly in a slightly distant place, trying to observe before making a decision.

  Unfortunately, Wang Lu didn't give it any time, and with a swift kick, he rushed up to the top of the solitary peak. The space was limited, and Shi Mu Yan couldn't dodge in time. With an angry roar, he prepared for a head-on battle, but then...then Wang Lu directly hugged his thigh!

  The giant ape was hugged by humans and was spoiled, raised the fist that could crack gold and split rocks, and slammed it down fiercely!

  As a second-class third-grade spirit, Shi Mu Yuan's attack was enough to kill a fierce beast like a lion or tiger with one blow. However, no matter how hard he hit this time, the person on his leg seemed to be under no pressure at all and even took advantage of the situation to strike his lower body!

  Shi Mu Yuan had lived in Xiao Qingyun for many years, but he had never seen such a shameless move. In his astonishment, a black shadow suddenly stabbed towards him, and he was no longer able to dodge.

  Bang! Shi Mu Yuan was struck in the chest by the Xuan Tie Sword, and with a muffled groan, he fell to the ground amidst the scattered stones.

  After taking down the two stone apes, there was no third one, which made Wen Bao breathe a sigh of relief. The extreme explosion of Xuan Tie Jian was very exhausting, and even if he had been practicing hard for a month, he wouldn't have been able to muster up the strength to thrust out three swords at full force.

  However, exhaustion is still exhaustion. Looking at the two Stone Wooden Apes that had fainted to the ground, Wen Bao's sense of accomplishment was about to overflow! A month ago, it was also two Stone Wooden Apes, and even Practitioner Yu Yun, who was at the sixth level of Qi Refining, could only barely delay them with his life on the line. But now, working together with Wang Lu, they had actually achieved a stunning victory! And it was all thanks to his own hands that he had struck them down!

  Of course, Wen Bao clearly recognized that more than 80% of the credit for this battle belonged to his senior brother - it was his senior brother who found the opponent's lair, allowing them to wait in comfort, and it was also his senior brother who tied up the opponent's hands and feet, leaving them unable to resist. As for what he himself had to do, it was just like the countless times he had repeated on the martial arts stage over the past month: accumulating anger and then releasing it... there wasn't even any difficulty involved. But a victory is still a victory, after all; if only Yue Shi Mei could see all of this, that would be great~

  While Wen Bao was still basking in the joy of victory, Wang Lu had already started down the mountain: "Don't be dazed, the next match is about to begin."

  "Ah, so soon!?"

  "Musou mode, of course it's fast..."

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