Chapter 575: Resolving A Knot In The Heart
Translator: Larbre Studio Editor: Larbre Studio
After regaining consciousness and having the doctor check on him, Lou Cheng’s blurry mories from before were slowly getting clearer and clearer. He rembered the young man with strands of silverish hairs within that head of black hairs, the feeling of Jindan he was emanating, the man using the Nine Words Formula and that the man specialized in long range attacks while his body was the equivalent of one who had just entered the Dan stage.
Bits and pieces of his mories ca together and Lou Cheng had a preliminary judgent on it.
He was a real Cultivator!
He was here for the Jindan from the Longhu Immortal!
As to whether he had accomplices or if there would be subsequent assaulters, no one would know at the mont.
Therefore, for his own safety and to protect his parents, Ke, his friends and relatives, he got to tell his master everything about it. He got to make it as clear and accurate as possible to Dragon King and the rest so that they could target accurately and severed any future implications!
Based on this consideration, he got to muster his courage and reveal everything to Ke. At the sa ti, he could get rid of this matter that had been bothering him all along and to remind himself about it.
Moreover, after being at the edge of life and death, he really did not want to lie and hide anything from Yan Zheke.
“What kind of secret?” Yan Zheke blinked her eyes and was lost.
What is there about Cheng that I’m still unaware of?
Lou Cheng continued with a hoarse voice,
“I am not a natural born talent in martial arts. The reason why I have a sudden outburst of stamina and talent in Solemn Silence was because I had a strange encounter previously.”
“Strange encounter?” Yan Zheke was filled with doubt and asked. At this mont, she did not feel too much about it and treated this as listening to fairy tales.
“Yeah.,” answered Lou Cheng while panting. After laughing mockingly at himself, he continued, “After I approached you at the doorstep of the martial arts stadium, I thought about my seriously weak body after the sumr holidays of my third year in junior high school. I got extrely tired after just a short period of running and thought that this would be embarrassing once the martial arts training started. Therefore, I attempted to have so last minute practices by running along the lake at night. When I was at the turn, a saw a carp that was half frozen and half charcoaled. In its belly, there was a star-like Jindan, a Jindan from the Longhu Immortal.”
At the initial phase, Yan Zheke couldn’t help but smile while listening. She felt that Cheng was just as silly as before, and especially so when it ca to matters that involved her. When she reached the part about “carp”, “Jindan” and “Longhu Immortal”, she sank into deep thoughts. “So you absorbed that Jindan and gained the talent in Solemn Silence and that incredible stamina?”
“I wouldn’t call it absorbing as it entered my body on its own. At that ti, I was scared out of my wits. I was afraid of becoming the sa as the carp that was half frozen and half charcoaled. Subsequently, nothing happened to so I decided to wait and see how it goes. I wanted to see if it is really a strange encounter. It allowed to enter Solemn Silence quickly and when my stamina falls below a certain level, it would emit energy to replenish them for .” Lou Cheng explained the situation honestly.
Salted fish? Although Yan Zheke felt a little conflicted, she still couldn’t help but burst into laughter. With a half-doubting, half confirming tone, she asked,
“So the awakening of your supernatural ability also cos from the Jindan? The reason why you mastered Nine Words Formula and simplified physical invulnerability moves were because of this too? The one who assaulted you is really a Cultivator?”
“Yeah, when I was pinned down by Ye Youting to my limits, a simple replenishnt couldn’t have any effect. The external layer of the Jindan disintegrated, allowing the Ice Force to be released with Brutal Blizzard and leaving the Fire Force remaining in the body to rge with the body. This was the first awakening. With regard to the Nine World Formula, I’m sure you know that they are the core training of Longhu Immortal. As long as there was so remaining energy, I could master them directly with the help of the Jindan... That person... That person should be the disciple of a branch where Longhu Immortal ca from and ford his own Jindan. His ntal ability could have preliminary interferences to the reality...” Lou Cheng panted from ti to ti as he divulged honestly on how the Jindan had impacted him over this period of ti.
Before Yan Zheke could continue asking, he continued and said, “However, I tried my best not to rely on the Jindan most of the ti. It is an external thing after all. In order to really improve myself, I can only rely on myself, train my body step by step and hone my will... For my subsequent battles, as long as it was not a life and death match and I’m still in control, I will try my best to fight based on what I have learnt, pre-match assessnts and improvisation...”
He was speaking slowly and focused on the hard work he had placed in the martial arts path he had taken. In between his words, he added a little content about Jindan and tried to minimize the negative impacts with his choice of words.
This wasn’t scheming but because he cared too much about them and was afraid of losing them.
Yan Zhengke listened on quietly and suddenly felt Cheng, who was just right in front of her, was foreign to her.
This was a side of Cheng that she had never seen before...
This was a side of Cheng that she would not have expected of in the past...
He had hidden these so deeply...
At this mont, the image of Lou Cheng in her heart had slightly deford. Cracks were appearing on the image of being a super talented “Martial Artist”.
“I have wanted to tell you since a long ti ago but lacked the confidence to do so. I was thinking of telling you after I have consolidated myself at the inhuman stage. In this case, even if I lose the Jindan, I can also pick up the responsibilities of our future. However after I advanced, other than during the training of Lant of the Ice Queen, I have not touched it at all. This includes my great mastery of Ice Mirror and the realm of All Seeing God. At that mont, I was thinking of telling you after I get the full set of Nine Words Formula.” Lou Cheng thought about it as he spoke and revealed his thoughts at different stages of his progression.
“Why do you have to wait till you have gotten the full Nine Words Formula?” asked Yan Zheke curiously
“Aren’t you born with congenital deficiencies? The origin of Cultivation and Martial Arts are different. There might be chances to make up for your problems. The reason why I did not talk about this previously was because I was afraid of the higher the hopes, the greater the disappointnt.” Lou Cheng answered seriously.
Yan Zheke moved her lips a little and looked at Lou Cheng with conflicted emotions. A thousand thoughts revolved around her mind but she only scolded a line in the end,
“You are an idiot...”
After saying these words, her mind broke free from the shocks this secret had caused. She started recalling back her mories and re-examining her own emotions.
Initially, the reason why she had so feelings for Lou Cheng was indeed because of his talents in martial arts. For soone who had no hopes of walking down this path, she had seen him as an extension of fulfilling her dreams...
The reason why she fell a little in love with him was because they hit off really well. It was because of him sharing the bits and pieces of the Phoenix Cup Warrior Sage Candidate Challenge Tournant with her, and making her feel a little like it was her taking steps down the path of glory. It was because of his improvisation and the rapid improvents from being totally foreign to mastery...
As to the reason why she really fell in love with him, it was his attentiveness, his silly actions, the importance he attached to her, the great mories they had together, his persistence, his hard work, his will and how his views on the three aspects of life were so align with her.
Within these reasons, the shadow of Jindan was getting fainter and fainter.
“Ke?” Seeing that his little fairy girl kept silent for a long ti after scolding him, Lou Cheng called out anxiously.
Yan Zheke frowned, waved his hand and scolded in a gentle voice,
“Don’t interrupt . I’m thinking about sothing!”
... Lou Cheng imdiately shut his mouth and waited anxiously while remaining extrely still.
After several minutes, Yan Zheke pouted and looked at him,
“Who said that you have no talents in martial arts? Talent in the improvisation in battle is also a form of martial arts talent! In this aspect, Jindan couldn’t help you at all!”
“Yes yes yes!” After hearing this line, Lou Cheng heaved a sigh of relief in his heart and quickly seconded.
Yan Zheke looked up and continued,
“I have imagined having such strange encounters in the past too. I thought about it making up for my congenital deficiencies and becoming a heroine. Since you obtained the Jindan, you have beco an expert despite being an ordinary man having little talents in martial arts previously. You could say that you perfectly fitted my expectation. Sigh. I’m so jealous of you!”
Speaking of which, it felt even more like she had seen him as an extension of her dreams! For a girl that was born with congenital deficiencies, wouldn’t an ordinary guy with average talents in martial arts be more of a match?
What’s a Heavenly son of the era and one in twenty years? Who cared about shining radiantly and making others only capable of looking up to. That’s not closed to my dreams at all!
Speaking about this, Yan Zheke smiled,
“Didn’t I say that I felt that the distance between us is getting wider? There no such feeling anymore~! Are you very disappointed about it?”
She seed to have finally resolved a small thing that had been bothering her a little in her heart.
“That’s great!” Lou Cheng could tell the change in emotions in Yan Zheke and felt the sincerity in her words. At this point, he was finally able to heave a sigh of relief. Suddenly, all he could feel was that the clouds that had been hanging over his mind over the years had dissipated. He felt refreshed, cleared mind and no longer bad about hiding things from her.
“What’s so great!” Yan Zheke scolded despite laughing out. After which, she asked concerningly, “Did you tell Coach Shi about this? You have been hiding it from him for so long. I’m afraid he would be disappointed with you.”
“He had found out about this long ago...” Lou Cheng smiled while replying.
“He’s indeed a physical invulnerability stage expert...” Yan Zheke looked down in “embarrassnt”.
I have even slept on the sa bed as Cheng. Why didn’t I notice anything previously and give him a scare?!
Not feeling conflicted about this anymore, she changed the topic and asked,
“Your handphone is destroyed. I have helped you to reserve the sa number and change a new phone. Hmph. Regarding this, I have not tell your parents as I’m afraid of scaring them. You can rest assured though. The military has sent people to protect them from the dark. For the last two days, I have logged in to your QQ and WeChat to tell your cousin not to worry and asked her to tell your parents that your injuries aren’t serious and just needed so rest...”
Speaking of this, Yan Zheke suddenly recalled sothing. Her dimples got deeper and her eyes clearly showed that she was thinking about sothing funny.
Priest, Hipster and Chihuahua’s sure have the talent in giving nickna!
Previously, Lou Cheng was injured and she didn’t have the energy to think about these. However, looking back now, it’s funnier the longer she thought about it!
“What’s the matter?” Lou Cheng discovered the abnormality in Yan Zheke and asked.
It’s right to not inform his parents about it. With such serious injuries, they would be scared out of their wits. Moreover, they had both aged and weren’t martial artists. In the worse case, his whole family might be all admitted to the hospital.
Sothing similar had happened in Xiushan before. There was a child that got into an accident in the past and was in the process of receiving ergency treatnt. His grandfather was so worried that he had a stroke attack.
“Nothing, nothing.” Yan Zheke covered her mouth and shook her head. “I just recalled the conjectures the outside world had on your injuries. So said that you have improved too quickly; that your foundations aren’t solid and sothing went wrong during your training, resulting in “devil possessing your body”. So even said that after you won against Zhi Tong, you found over ten models. With both your ntal and body in the fatigue state and after a night of drugs, a problem finally arises...”
“That’s a little too exaggerated!” answered Lou Cheng who found it both infuriating and hilarious.
“There are also so who guessed that you had a third supernatural ability awakening but failed in the process. This reason isn’t bad...” Yan Zheke was about to continue when Geezer Shi, Dragon King, Ji Jianzhang and the rest had rushed over, filling the single bed ward up.
Lou Cheng repeated what he told Yan Zheke previously in a simple and summarised way while emphasizing on the enemy’s identity of being a Cultivator.
“Jindan? The thing you got was a Jindan?” Geezer Shi’s eyes were wide opened and he was dumbfounded.
This type of thing was similar to highly concentrated ntal thoughts and energy. Ordinary people wouldn’t have a way to preserve it. Once the “master” passed away, based on different situations, they would either explode or dissipate slowly into nothingness in several tens of days.
Lou Cheng was even more surprised and asked curiously,
“Master, didn’t I tell you about it previously?”
“I thought you ant natal artifact...” As he spoke, Geezer Shi’s voice got softer as he felt that he had really misunderstood sothing.
Before he could complete his sentence, he noticed Ning Zitong, Ji Jianzhang and the rest had diverted their attention to him, seemingly on the verge of laughing.
Among which, the eyes of Dragon King was clearly saying: How did you even survive in the war zone in the past?
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