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Translator: Silavin
In a standalone villa within the inner city district of Luyang Base, a middle-aged man with an imposing appearance and mighty aura had a gloomy face as he roared, “My son is dead, and the murderer still hasn’t been found!? What are you being paid for then!?”
Zhou Cheng was filled with rage. He had been waiting at home for his son to send back good news, but instead he received devastating news.
How could he accept this?!
Across from him was Ke Nian, who was an Early-Stage Martial Artist. He was being scolded.
Ke Nian was lowering his head and timidly agreeing to whatever Zhou Cheng said.
After raging for a while, Zhou Cheng’s anger dissipated a little. Resolute, he said in a deep voice, “although Zhou Qi’s strength isn’t’ that high, that hunting zone has been cleared out. There are only Level 1 Ferocious Beasts there. How could Ferocious Beasts have possibly killed him? Even if he encountered danger, with his Wind Element Talent, he wouldn’t have been in a situation where he couldn’t send out a message! He must have gotten ambushed by someone! Struck down and killed! You! You better investigate! Investigate if my son had any enemies or conflicts with anyone. Dig out everything!”
Hearing this, Ke Nian felt bitterness swell up in his heart.
He was very clear about Zhou Qi’s personality. Arrogant and despotic, he must have countless enemies. Trying to find the murderer through this was like looking for a needle in a haystack.
However, just then, he suddenly thought of something and couldn’t help but say, “Speaking of this, your subordinate recalled a matter. When gathering information, I learned that Young Master had a crush on Chen Xiwei from the elite class at First Academy. Chen Xiwei has a fiance named Chu Mo. This person has no Cultivation Physique nor Talent. He can only attend First Academy because of Chen Xiwei and is Young Master’s classmate.”
“Young Master was very hostile to him and often publicly humiliated him. But at the end of the hunting trial, it was Chu Mo who obtained countless Ferocious Beast Materials and became the top of the class!”
Hearing this, Zhou Cheng’s expression changed slightly. “Such important information, why didn’t you report it to me immediately!”
“This person is an ordinary person who can’t cultivate, so I didn’t pay much attention to him,.” Ke Nian said.
“You fool!” Zhou Cheng’s expression became uncertain as he said in a deep voice, “This person has no Cultivation Physique, yet was able to survive the hunting trial and obtain first place. He must have a myriad of connections to my son’s death! Even if he wasn’t the killer, he definitely saw and collected my son’s belongings… Ke Nian, go. Personally bring Chu Mo to me!”
Upon hearing this, Ke Nian said with some hesitation, “Master, inside the base, Martial Artists aren’t allowed to act against ordinary people as they please. Moreover, Chu Mo is the fiancé of a First Academy elite class student. If discovered, I’m afraid we’ll be placed in a horrendous position!”
“Who said I wanted you to kill him?” Zhou Cheng continued in a deep voice, “I’m just telling you to bring him over to me. I’ll interrogate him personally. If he’s not the murderer, then it’ll naturally be easy to handle. If he really is my son’s killer, I definitely won’t let him off!”
“Besides… can’t you do things a bit more covertly? As long as no one sees and there’s no evidence, even if the base gets suspicious, they can’t recklessly make things difficult for me over an ordinary person!”
Hearing this, Ke Nian nodded. “I understand. I’ll head out now!”
Seeing how Zhou Cheng had no other orders, he withdrew.
After Ke Nian left, Zhou Cheng, still in the room, could no longer suppress his rage and smashed his fist against the table.
With a loud bang, the table turned to dust.
Zhou Qi was dead, and the dead would never return.
After grieving, he would eventually have to let it go. It was just… news of that secret treasure was of grave importance! He had to treat this matter with great caution!
“Chu Mo…” Muttering this name, a hint of murderous intent flashed in Zhou Cheng’s eyes.
…
“I’m back.” Chen Xiwei carried a large bag of Ferocious Beast meat and pushed open the door to enter.
With one glance, she saw the table full of dishes.
Ever since that day, as long as Chu Mo was home, he would cook a table filled with food and wait for her to return.
After the initial surprise, Chen Xiwei had now grown somewhat accustomed to it.
Usually, every time she got home, she needed to secretly cheer herself up in her heart before entering this house, which felt cold with not a shred of warmth. But now, she even looked forward to coming back. She even held some anticipation.
Putting down the meat, Chen Xiwei washed her hands and came to the dining table.
The dishes had already been laid out, with some portions taken.
She knew that Chu Mo had already eaten.
The dishes still had some steam, representing Chu Mo’s thoughtfulness.
[He specifically started to cook when I was about to get home. It was prepared so that I would be able to eat the dishes while they were still warm. Although he didn’t say anything, I could feel how much attention he had put into this.]
This was the first time she felt Chu Mo’s care, but this trivial bit made Chen Xiwei’s heart jump with joy.
After all, compared to before, the current Chu Mo had greatly changed.
Every time she thought about it, it felt like a dream. A dream she didn’t want to wake up from.
After finishing the meal, Chen Xiwei washed the dishes. After resting for a bit, she came to the training room again and started her intense training.
There was less than a month left until the school-wide hunting trial!
She had to become a Martial Artist within this month! Only then would she have the confidence to obtain first place.
It was only once she became a Martial Artist that she would have the ability to face the Two-Headed Python in the hunting zone and slay it!
Otherwise, Chu Mo would be expelled by the academy!
[Right now my strength is only 9,500 kilograms. I am still 500 kilograms short! Chen Xiwei, you have to work hard!] After secretly cheering herself up, Chen Xiwei was about to start training.
But just then, she suddenly saw an unfamiliar number on the strength testing machine in the room.
9900!
“Strange, why would this number appear on the strength testing machine? Could it be broken?” Chen Xiwei was taken aback.
Thinking that must have been a mistake, she didn’t dwell on it too much and planned to have someone come repair it tomorrow.
She cast aside any other thoughts and continued training.
…
[After several days of bitter cultivation, I’ve finally brought my physical strength to 9,900 kilograms. I’m just a step away from the 10,000 kilograms, the benchmark for a Martial Artist! But no matter what I do, I still can’t fill in the last 100 kilograms! I guess I’ve already reached the Peak Stage Martial Apprentice Realm. I would need to break through this bottleneck to become a Martial Artist!] In the room, Chu Mo’s eyes were bright as he silently thought.
As for how to break through the bottleneck, Chu Mo wasn’t sure. According to what he knew, many Martial Apprentices had faced this hurdle. Some broke through very quickly, while others could never break through for their entire lives.
Everything seemed to rely on fate and opportunity. There were no set rules.
Som Chu Mo wasn’t in a hurry.
“Since there are no clues for now, I might as well practice the Martial Skill I got first!” Chu Mo took out a secret manual. The cover clearly had a line of words: ‘Luo Yan Steps!’
This was the reward he got from the academy for getting first place. A Bronze-Grade Movement Technique!
It had been several days since he had obtained it. Chu Mo had been immersed in body tempering, so he hadn’t started learning it.
Now that he was facing a bottleneck, Chu Mo wanted to get started with it.
[The room is too small to fully use it, and it might get too loud. In that case, I’ll go outside to cultivate first.] Thinking this, Chu Mo planned to go out.
Since he had heard Chen Xiwei return, he didn’t bring his keys. After closing the door, he directly left.
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Barely more than a month and he is stronger than everyone in his age group. From a starting point of nothing… stronger than his ‘Genius’ of a fiance with just his base strength. Is everyone else just going to be cardboard cut outs then?