Chapter 47: Returning Home (Seeking Recommendations and Bookmarks)

  Yang Tong had just left when he heard a shocking roar from behind, it was the beast group's roar, and it came from the place where they were fighting. Yang Tong secretly congratulated himself on running fast, if he had foolishly collected the spoils of war, he would have definitely died without a burial ground. What a pity, there were ten beast corpses, all low-grade high-level savage beasts, just collecting the beast corpses could sell for 10,000 spirit coins, and it would be even better if there were beast crystals.

  Riding his motorcycle, Yang Tong returned to his old haunt in just half an hour. Once he entered this area, he was safe because the intermediate beast dung made it so that there were no beasts within a radius of several miles.

  After entering the cave, Yang Tong supported himself for the first time to take out more landmines and set them up, then blocked the entrance of the cave with grass, wood and vines.

  Only then did he put his mind at ease and return to the stone bed to meditate and heal his wounds.

  The next day at noon, Yang Tong finally recovered some strength. His injuries were rapidly recovering under the treatment of high-grade medicine, and external injuries didn't matter.

  This was the first time Yang Tong had faced death at close range, and although he had killed many beasts in the past half month, this was the first time he truly felt the kind of tempering that lay between life and death.

  It took two whole days to calm down.

  Yang Tong's battle armor had been replaced with a new one. For the past two days, Yang Tong hadn't gone anywhere, either cultivating and absorbing the essence of the sun and moon or reflecting on himself and summarizing his experiences.

  A penny for a penny's worth, this sentence is not wrong at all. The war knife in Yang Tong's hand was the best of the second-rate war knives that cost a lot of money to buy. However, the defensive battle clothes on his body were just ordinary high-quality goods among the second-rate defensive battle clothes. It wasn't that Yang Tong didn't have the money to buy them, but even with money, he couldn't buy them because the scarcity of defensive equipment far exceeded that of attack weapons. It can be described as having many monks but little meat, and this thing is actually a consumable item. Even if it's the best of the second-rate defensive battle clothes, there will still be times when it gets damaged. Therefore, those old rivers and lakes mercenaries would often buy three or four spare sets of battle clothes to ensure their safety, and having more wouldn't make them feel like they're wasting money.

  This experience of being rescued and then betrayed also made Yang Tong mature, realizing that this world is different from the previous one. This is a world where the strong prey on the weak, and to live longer, you must first protect your own life. Sometimes you have to be ruthless and learn to turn a blind eye to others' suffering. This made the usually kind-hearted Yang Tong feel a bit melancholic. The four major families of Luoxing, I've taken note of that.

  This time it was indeed very dangerous. If the equipment on his body wasn't good, he would have been killed by the third and fourth Bull Horned Lizard.

  Don't underestimate the combat power of low-level high-ranking barbarian beasts. Yang Tong, a ninth-level apprentice with nine layers of internal energy, could barely manage to kill seven bull-horned lizards by exchanging injuries for his life. If another ninth-level apprentice warrior were to come, they would probably be unable to withstand even one or two of them.

  After experiencing life and death this time, Yang Tong did not awaken, but he also understood what willpower is! Willpower is obsession, it's a goal, it's the commander-in-chief of spiritual power. The willpower that Yang Tong understands is not special, it's even very common, it's the will to survive. When facing danger, Yang Tong's only obsession was to live on, I want to live and go home, I want to live!

  Most awakened people are awakened by the will to survive, and once they understand their will, it's only a matter of time before they awaken. Those who suddenly awaken like Zheng Mei Mei are in the minority. Zheng Mei Mei awakened in a state of indignation, so she naturally understood the will of anger. This kind of will can amplify one's strength in battle, but under the influence of anger, some rationality is lost.

  The will to survive, in battle there is no amplification, but it can make people more calm when facing danger, and burst out the potential that has not been shown in peacetime.

  For the remaining days, Yang Tong spent every day very quietly, practicing Tai Chi in front of the cave during the day to cultivate his body and mind, and sitting under the moon at night to temper his will. His injuries were fully recovered under the effect of the healing medicine.

  Yang Tong cleared all the traps and landmines around the cave, covered the entrance, and walked away.

  Down from the mountain, in the reception hall, Yang Tong returned the positioning ring, confirmed his identity, and signed the proof of completion of the trial. After leaving the trial field, Yang Tong rode a motorcycle towards the inner city.

  It's been a month since Yang Tong left home and he is starting to miss it.

  It won't be long before I get home, Yang Tong opened the door and entered the house, shouting loudly: "Dad, mom, I'm back."

  "Son!" Old Dad and Mom were both at home, hadn't gone out, and hearing Yang Tong's voice, they happily came to welcome him.

  "How was your trial?"

  "Look, is the son injured?"

  "Mom, I'm fine, aren't I?" Yang Tong turned around and jumped up and down to show that he was perfectly all right. He didn't plan on telling his family about the injury or the danger he had encountered; he didn't want his parents to worry.

  "Son, as long as nothing's wrong, that's all that matters. How did you feel about this trial? Did you go through the trial alone or with a team?" Yang Tong asked happily.

  "I was a human trial, feeling, still very dangerous, fortunately I prepared the intermediate beast's dung, resting without being attacked by the beast." Yang Tong replied, and then took out part of his trial process, saying some thrilling but safe experiences.

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  In a luxurious hotel in Nancheng District, Lin Jia Sheng, Qin Mu Feng and Wang Gang sat together, their faces somewhat gloomy.

  "What should we do?" Qin Mu Feng asked with difficulty.

  "What can we do? What else can we do? Zhao Bingkun and his brother weren't killed by us, what's there to be afraid of?" Wang Gang replied nonchalantly.

  "It's not that we killed the Zhao brothers, they were actually killed by Niu Jiao Xi. However, it was during our trial together that they died inside, and we can't shirk responsibility for this!" Lin Jia Sheng replied, "If the Zhao family finds out about this, it will damage the relationship between our four families."

  "What can we do about it? Are they going to know if we don't tell them?" Wang Gang said with a cold snort.

  "It's okay, this time we managed to escape, it's already a big deal. Anyway, it wasn't us who killed the person, what are we afraid of? At worst, we'll just go home and receive some punishment." Wang Gang said with a brazen attitude.

  "This time we're lucky too, running into a money-eyed fool, haha..." Qin Mufeng laughed.

  "Yes, if it wasn't for that idiot drawing fire, we would have probably died in there too. It's best if we don't enter this trial ground again in the future." Lin Jia Sheng still had lingering fear.

  Wang Gang sat there silently, drinking his wine.

  Lin Jia Sheng and Qin Mu Feng thought Wang Gang was just saying nice things on the surface, but actually worried about how to explain it to his family, neither of them paid much attention.

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  The second watch has arrived, it's late, and there is still one more watch left.

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