Chapter 16: A Glimmer of Dawn Before Daybreak
The morning sun is like a plate, and the purple energy comes from the east.
In the small courtyard at dawn, Tang Zheng's sweat flowed and dried, dried and flowed again, he had lost count of how many times.
Three days is actually neither long nor short.
Layer upon layer of star tides, bursting forth with thread after thread of new stellar energy.
In the past two days, the star power that had taken shape within Tang Zheng's body had doubled and was now close to thirty strands. Today was the third day, and if he could gather more than fifty strands of star power, he would have the confidence to try and shake the space of the Purple Gold Waistband once again.
"Seal the throat!" As Tang Zheng's footwork moved, the star power inside his body kept colliding, layer upon layer of star tides quickly piled up...
From before dawn till now, two hours of continuous cultivation, if it were someone else, they might not be able to take it.
But what does it count for Tang Zheng?
In the past, in order to bring gold masters to brush level lists, he was more hardworking than this and it wasn't unprecedented.
The gold owner can lie in the game cabin and sleep, while he has to keep fighting monsters and leveling up. In order to be able to bring more than others, his peers work ten hours a day, and he has to work twenty hours!
The 30th strand of stellar energy has taken shape...
The star tide receded for just a moment before Tang Zheng moved again: "Luo Xuan Stab!"
Layer upon layer of star tides, piling up once again, constantly surging in the stellar pulse...
Thirty-first thread...... Thirty-second thread......
Tang Zheng's cultivation during these two periods of time also produced a few strands of new star power.
After having breakfast later, the martial arts arena should also be open.
Although it was difficult to form the first star tide and converge the first strand of star power, Tang Zheng spent several days on it. However, once he had one, he had two, and once he had two, he had three. As his control over the star power grew stronger, the later ones became easier to practice.
His feeling was like when he first entered a leveling area, needing to spend some time adapting, but after spending a long time in this leveling area, he knew every monster's spawn location, time and characteristics by heart, could even fight with his eyes closed, making the training process much more efficient.
"It seems that with a bit more effort today, gathering fifty strands of star power shouldn't be a problem!" Tang Zheng returned to the house, casually wiped his face, and watered the Flower King's soil before going to eat breakfast.
Tang Zheng eats very quickly.
This is also a bad habit cultivated by his high-intensity career.
In order to save time, he usually spends no more than five minutes on each meal.
So as long as he gets up early, he must be the first one to appear in the primary martial arts training ground!
"The training grounds... are indeed a pretty mysterious thing." Tang Zheng clearly felt that the speed of star energy gathering in the training grounds was at least 10% faster than when he was in his small courtyard.
Tang Zheng's purple gold waistband had a strong star power communication ability, which should have been very powerful already. However, the primary practice field only used a few taels of purple gold and was able to increase the cultivation speed by 10%. This is probably the effect of the array method.
Tang Zheng thought for a moment before deciding that it would be best if he could take out the Zi Jin and also get some auxiliary cultivation equipment.
"Hmm, just look for that Bailemen or whatever it's called, this kind of global chain store should have good quality!"
……
The one who came to teach at the beginner's martial arts training ground today was not Meng Fenghua.
Tang Zheng exchanged a few moves with another instructor, and the star power flowed and surged, layer upon layer of star tides rising continuously. After an hour or so, the accumulated star power finally exceeded forty.
"Continue!" The afternoon's cultivation was also very smooth, with the help of the Zi Jin waistband, his perception of star power was extremely clear, and he layered the star tides one by one, getting faster and faster, and the star power became purer and purer...
Forty-five
Forty-six
Forty-seven
When the star tide thundered through the fifty great passes, Tang Zheng let out a long sigh, his chest heaving constantly, already exhausted to the limit.
"It's okay, you can rest for a while." Tang Zheng didn't even have time to return to his own courtyard and directly sat down on the martial arts training ground to rest.
As he sat down, several 15- or 16-year-old boys and girls from the intermediate martial arts training ground suddenly ran over, some handing him towels, others wiping his sweat, massaging his back, and rubbing his shoulders.
"Ah, that feels great! A good back massage is just what I needed after a workout! A bit to the left, oh yeah, right there, rub it in some more..."
"Heh, as long as Tang Fuzi likes it..."
"Husband, you are both civil and martial, wise and brave, we really admire you!"
Tang Zheng's eyes narrowed - this group of little rabbits, coming to offer their services for no reason, and doing it so clumsily, they're absolutely up to no good!
However, he should enjoy what he enjoys, and while listening, he nodded: "Hmm, the person is beautiful, and the mouth is also sweet."
"Thank you!"
"Remember that from now on, you have to say it to me twice a day!"
"Damn it......" A group of boys and girls were directly killed by his shamelessness.
"Alright," Tang Zheng was massaged by a few young girls and didn't mind their little tricks, smiling and asking, "Speak up, what's the matter?"
Those boys and girls exchanged glances with each other as expected.
Then, one of the girls said slyly: "Actually... it's not a big deal, just... there's a bit of a problem, and I'd like to ask Tang Fuzi for advice."
"Just speak." Tang Zheng waved his hand.
"Uh-huh, it's like this, our teacher who taught us to read characters before, every time after class would look for us"
The Rebellious Lord's Quill Pavilion in Another World
"A few individual tutoring sessions that last less than a minute, and every time we go to eat lunch, the food is cold. Tang Fuzi, don't you think... aren't we really miserable?"
Tang Zheng smiled to himself.
No wonder they came to find us, it turns out they are the poor students in our class!
Now you come to find him, isn't it just to ask him not to delay class after school in the future?
"What's so pitiful about this?" Tang Zheng curled his lip and looked at them. "As students, when you encounter things, you should use your brains."
"Huh? What's going on in your head?"
"Your master is also a human being, he needs to eat, drink and urinate. Can't you ask him one question at a time instead of repeating it two or three times?"
"Uh..." A group of people's eyes widened in unison.
"If he continues to ask questions like this for a few more days, and still insists on having you guys tutor him every day, then I'll be impressed!" Tang Zheng stood up after being massaged comfortably, pointed at his own head, "That's why I say, use your brain...use your brain..."
After finishing speaking, he left a sentence "Give me a good back massage tomorrow" and turned around to leave the martial arts arena.
A group of young boys and girls who were left on the spot were stunned for half a day: "He... is he really a bookworm?"
"Anyway, Eldest Brother has already said that he's staying behind, so no matter if it's true or false, as long as they're not from Hidden Blue Mountain Villa and don't stop us from eating, they're all good masters!"
"But somehow I have a feeling that our days will be even harder than before..."
"Why? Hasn't he already shown his attitude, won't he be like the previous husband?"
"I don't know. Probably just a woman's intuition!"
……
Tang Zheng returned to the small courtyard and tidied up a bit.
He just waited for him to take out the purple gold from his waistband, and he would set off tonight under the cover of darkness to Wulong Town!
"Time really flies." Tang Zheng calculated the time, he had been on the Starlight Continent for almost half a month now.
Tian Meng has not yet received any news back.
Nor did I know if I had seen Xiao Xianzhi again, or if I had received Xiao Xianzhi's help.
"Alright, let's begin." Tang Zheng sat down on the bed and quickly sensed the spatial realm of the Purple Gold Waistband. He carefully gathered the fifty strands of Star Force, slowly and gradually pouring them into the spatial realm like wisps of smoke.
The entire space brightened up once again.
Because the belt contains Zi Jin, the star power not only will not be hindered, but after entering, it becomes even more lively and vibrant. The star power scattered in space makes the space appear brighter than before.
Endless purple gold bricks, shining brightly under the starlight.
Tang Zheng controlled the Star Force to probe into the corner of space, which was the place where he had crashed many times before but didn't move at all...
Fifty strands of star power were suddenly gathered by him, and then quickly transformed into a cone shape like pinching plasticine. Those wisps of smoke instantly turned into Tang Zheng's sharp weapon, ferociously pouncing towards the corner of space!
In Tang Zheng's perception, that space finally produced a slight fluctuation.
Dispersed once again, gathered, collided...
Tang Zheng found that calling upon Stellar Energy was extremely exhausting, the intensity of which was dozens or even hundreds of times greater than that of cultivation.
However, since there has been a loosening, he won't give up for no reason.
Constant star power convergence and fierce collision, let Tang Zheng feel that the corner has produced a slight crack, just add a bit of effort to get the purple gold out!
It was just a few splashes, but Tang Zheng's whole body was soaked...
"Just two more, just two more." Tang Zheng's senses were extremely clear, he knew that victory was already within sight.
However, his star power has become somewhat dispersed and is showing some uncontrollable trends.
Just like a person who is extremely exhausted, clearly knowing that the wall in front of him can be shattered with just a few more hits, but no matter how hard he tries, he just can't pick up the hammer on the ground!
"Hah, old buddy, don't mess with me!" Tang Zheng suddenly gathered a mouthful of air, almost using the last bit of strength he had left, and concentrated his star energy to charge at that corner once again...
And this time, it's already the limit.
"Are we going to fail again?" Tang Zheng wouldn't be too depressed about failing, but since there was hope before, now he would definitely feel a little disappointed.
Just as he was gradually loosening his control over the star power, suddenly, a very faint and seemingly weak force poured into his perception, and the star power that he had lost control of began to gather again under the influence of that wisp of energy.
Tang Zheng glanced sideways, and the jade pendant that Tian Meng had given him as a token of their promise floated up with a faint, ethereal glow, like the soul of a maiden dancing gracefully in the air.
Tang Zheng didn't think much about the jade pendant for now. He seized this opportunity to complete another assault on the spatial waistband!
A faint light finally entered this space like a ray of sunlight entering a room.
Space Channel!
Although it was just a circular hole about the same thickness as his thumb, Tang Zheng knew that this was the space channel!
With a space channel, it's naturally easy to store and retrieve items!
Tang Zheng lay on the bed, he didn't bother to change the wet sheets, nor did he rush to put away his things, but instead fixed his gaze on Tian Meng's jade pendant...
"Brother, you've helped me again!" Tang Zheng picked up the jade pendant and examined it carefully.
