"Stay careful here, pay attention to safety. I’ll be back soon."
Li Ming deftly put shoe covers on Dahei, instructed the personnel to stay alert, then mounted Dahei and headed back into Zhongzhou City.
Along the way, his True Energy circulated within him. His enhanced physique and energy granted him keener perception. Along with the use and range of his telekinetic power, he felt more at ease traversing the urban landscape.
He cautiously reached the vicinity of the special plant that he had observed. His telekinetic power scanned the area, noting that all zombies within a hundred ters were clustered around the vibrant, Earth Energy-infused green fruit.
Zombies outside the hundred-ter radius seed completely oblivious to the happenings inside.
However, compared to before, the zombie horde seed slightly agitated. It seed the Earth Energy inside the green fruit was starting to solidify.
"Is the fruit about to ripen?"
A smile tugged at Li Ming’s lips as he silently assessed the level of solidification. After confirming that it wouldn’t mature for a while, he got back on Dahei and left.
"Once I’m done here, I might as well guard this place."
On the way back, Li Ming couldn’t resist glancing back at the green fruit. Rembering its level of solidification, an idea cropped into his mind.
After all, his current cultivation simply required persistence. He had no great need for a training location, and it wasn’t too disruptive.
And it seed like the fruit is about to complete its solidification. To harvest the fruit at the earliest, it would be wise to keep a close watch on it.
As the first Elental Energy-infused fruit since the end of the world, he didn’t have to spend too much thought to know how precious it was.
On his way back, Li Ming thought, weighed, and decided it would be worth staying. As for the danger...well, it wouldn’t be too dangerous.
After all, he just had to stay there for a couple of days. His current level of strength was sufficient to do this.
"Brother Ming."
While he was evaluating the situation, he had unconsciously returned to where he had left his convoy. Soone shouted his na. Li Ming gave a nod, "Let’s get moving."
Having explored Zhongzhou City already, it wasn’t a suitable place to stay any longer. Li Ming led these people onwards, reaching Xinxiang City amidst the chilling wind.
To Li Ming’s surprise, the zombies within the city seed to have been deliberately cleared. As he journeyed through, his telekinetic power scan of the area showed that there were no zombies in the various regions he had previously left uncleared.
Unlike small counties, Xinxiang City was massive. Clearing it of zombies was a tricky task. After rescuing the survivors, he hadn’t bothered to clear out the ordinary zombies.
Only when they had to traverse through the middle of the school did he clear out the nearby ordinary zombies. In areas far beyond his detection range, he had been too lazy to put in the effort to clear them.
But now, even these areas were devoid of zombies... Had Pan Fanhua cleared them out?
"Pan Fanhua, he didn’t clear them out all these days..."
Li Ming was musing this when his voice trailed off. Montarily deep in thought, he waved his hand, "Everyone, speed up."
With his command, the cars behind him increased their speed. Li Ming nodded silently and picked up the pace on Dahei, his forehead furrowed.
Pan Fanhua hadn’t bothered about clearing out zombies before, so why would he do so now? This made him wonder about the zombies...
Could there be soone else here?
Feeling a twinge of unease, Li Ming was cautious as he sped towards the school where Pan Fanhua was. In no ti, he reached the school and was greeted by an ecstatic reception before even arriving.
"Brother Li Ming, you are finally back. Boss Pan has been on pins and needles waiting for you. Please, follow ."
The man leading the way could scarcely contain his excitent, ushering Li Ming quickly inside the gathering place.
"What happened that he’s so eager to see ?"
Li Ming quirked an eyebrow, glancing around even as he asked curiously.
"A group of people ca from the north recently, they’re rather... well, just go and see for yourself. Boss Pan has been waiting for your news these past few days."
The guide pursed his lips, pointing to the area where Pan Fanhua was and frequently glancing at the people behind Li Ming.
Seeing his expression, Li Ming just smiled, said nothing more, and went directly to Pan Fanhua, who had co downstairs to personally et him.
"Brother Li Ming, did you encounter any problems on your trip? Why did it take you so many days to return?"
There was a disheveled man in Pan Fanhua’s room, who had just co out from inside. Li Ming sneaked a glance and casually looked away, turning his gaze to Pan Fanhua and smiling, "Indeed, so cultivation matters delayed . After I had accomplished my cultivation, I imdiately brought everyone here."
"Oh, cultivation?"
Pan Fanhua raised an eyebrow, unconsciously echoed, "Looks like you achieved sothing. Congratulations!"
"It’s okay, I guess. I got the managent office to prepare for your return on the first day I got your people back. I’ve mainly been cultivating since then, so I was a bit neglectful. But the true energy I cultivated could be seen as an achievent."
Li Ming smiled lightly as he spoke.
"Congrat... Wait, true energy???"
Pan Fanhua frequently looked at a handso man behind Li Ming, her beloved Sun Yu. Seeing him unaffected and giving her a look, followed by the smiling faces of the others, she couldn’t help but feel relieved and unconsciously offered her congratulations, her mind full of thoughts.
Only when she fully realized what Li Ming had said, did she stare blankly at him.
"Yes, true energy, like the inner strength that cos from martial arts cultivation."
Li Ming smiled, "It can make a person capable of incredible agility and speed. It puts a regular person’s body on the sa level as an evolved one. This week I just managed to consolidate a strand of true energy, not a major breakthrough."
...
Sun Yu was back, and he brought with him a piece of news that invigorated the school’s gathering spot — Guxi Gathering Place was exactly as Li Ming described!
After several days of psychological stress brought on by the crazies from the north, the school’s survivors were all cheered up and started packing for their journey.
At the centre, where Pan Fanhua was, everyone noticed that since Li Ming’s return, Pan Fanhua had been excitedly talking non-stop to the handso Li Ming.
"Did Pan Fanhua fancy that hunk?"
Everyone in the gathering place couldn’t help but have this thought, especially considering Pan Fanhua’s previous behavior in chasing after good-looking n. She made every boy realize that lust is not exclusive to n.
In fact, won were even more lustful...
But what nobody knew was that, in fact, the heated discussion was not about love affairs.
"Is it true that there are martial arts in this world, the kind that can cultivate inner strength?"
"What are the levels of martial arts, and how is inner strength cultivated?"
"Can I cultivate it too? Are there any techniques I can learn?"
"..."
A series of questions were excitedly asked by Pan Fanhua, evidently, everyone held strong expectations and trust for this fantastical power passed down from ancient tis.
Li Ming didn’t find it strange. He could completely understand her mood and patiently answered each question. When Pan Fanhua got a definitive answer from Li Ming, she was surprised before bursting into joy again.
"In theory, the cultivation of true energy can be achieved with any martial art, or even without practicing martial arts, as long as you continuously exercise your body. It is the accumulation of vigor and physical strength. In short, when you’ve cultivated enough, you will feel it."
Li Ming wasn’t joking, Lin Yu and Liu Minghui were examples. Having heard his words, Pan Fanhua solemnly nodded in understanding. After calming down, she realized she had asked too many questions and hurriedly apologized and escorted him to his lodging.
"Get Sun Yu to see imdiately."
Upon Li Ming’s return, a sparkling-eyed Pan Fanhua gave the order.
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