Chapter 45: Rapid Progress

  "What? You little brat say you broke through the second layer of One Qi Mixed Yuan Gong?" Xuan Tianba seemed to have seen a ghost, looking up and down at Zhang Huaming before bursting into loud laughter.

  "Good boy, indeed worthy of being my Killing God's disciple! Haha! Actually cultivating to the second layer in just one year, haha!" Xuan Tian Ba burst into loud laughter, his voice filled with delight.

  "Killing God?" Zhang Huaming's face showed a puzzled expression as he looked at his master, as if waiting for some kind of answer.

  "Uh!" Xuan Tian Ba, who was in high spirits, saw the puzzled expression on his disciple's face and thought to himself: "Not good, I got too full of myself and misspoke."

  "You little brat, have you ever looked at your master like this before? Still looking?"

  Zhang Huaming ignored his master's intimidation and smiled: "Master, it seems like you haven't told your disciple a lot of things!"

  "What's going on?" Xuan Tian Ba asked, pretending to be completely clueless.

  "It's like 'Killing God' or something, this disciple seems to have a nickname that sounds really bad, who would be called that?! And yet someone gave him such a nickname, and... oh my..."

  Xuantian Ba burst out in anger: "You little brat, how dare you scold your master me? Just because I have the nickname of 'Killing God', what's it to you? In ancient times, as long as you mentioned your master's name, which expert wouldn't tremble with fear?"

  "Antiquity period?" Zhang Huaming heard his master's words, and his eyes lit up. He immediately showed a flattering smile and said: "Master, tell your disciple about the glorious things you did in ancient times, okay?"

  As expected, a thousand flatteries and ten thousand flatteries are nothing compared to one genuine praise. Even Xuan Tian Pu, who possesses the strength of a top-notch expert, cannot withstand being flattered by others. In high spirits, he began telling Zhang Hua Ming about events from ancient times, and before he knew it, they had talked for an entire day. It wasn't until nightfall that he finally stopped speaking.

  "Alright, young one, you now know everything you wanted to know. Are you satisfied now? Some things are better left unknown, lest you trouble yourself in the future. Go back and rest for now. In a few days, I'll take you somewhere." With that, Xuan Tian Ba's figure vanished into thin air.

  Shocking! The topic of Xuan Tian Ba's one-day conversation in Zhang Hua Ming's heart was no less powerful than a nuclear bomb explosion. Originally, all his thoughts were overturned today. Grandma drop, with a wave of his hand, the mountains and seas were turned upside down. This is not something that only legendary great gods possess on earth. In the ancient times of this space, it was just an ordinary thing, and even instantaneously moved planets, can roam in the universe. Yes, I must work hard, if I cultivate to the level of Master, then I can also return to Earth? At this moment, Zhang Hua Ming finally found his goal to strive for, and at this moment, his eyes were shining with a brilliant light.

  Halfway up the mountain, Xuan Tianba's single move had blasted out a gigantic arena, where two figures were constantly fighting. Meanwhile, another old man sat on top of a giant rock, eating and pointing with his finger.

  "Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!" The sound of flesh hitting flesh echoed, and Zhang Huaming's skin was covered in bloodstains. He had a serious expression, guarding against his opponent Kain's attack. On the other hand, Kain, as his opponent, attacked with an indifferent expression. The gap between the realm of the Martial God and the realm of the Martial King couldn't be filled by just techniques.

  An hour later, Zhang Huaming lay on the ground, panting heavily, his whole body seemingly falling apart, with no part of him intact, and bloodstains all over his body.

  "Alright, Xiao Ka, go prepare lunch, let Ming Er recover from his injuries by himself." Xuan Tian Ba waved his hand.

  "Yes, Grandfather!" Kaiyan immediately responded, and in the next moment his figure disappeared into thin air.

  Only to see Zhang Huaming, who was crawling on the ground with bloodstains all over him, after Karyn left, a circle of blue light appeared on his body surface and quickly surrounded him. The spiritual energy in the middle of the mountain rushed towards his location.

  "This disciple's technique is truly against the heavens, he's simply a guy who can't be killed." Xuan Tian Ba thought to himself as he gazed at his disciple rapidly recovering from his injuries in the green light.

  In less than half an hour, Zhang Huaming, who was on the verge of collapse, suddenly sprang back to life. If it weren't for the bloodstains still on his clothes from his earlier battle with Karyn, no one would have thought that he had almost kicked the bucket just half an hour ago.

  Zhang Huaming got up from the ground, stretched his waist, and a burst of explosive sounds came out all over his body. As expected, his strength had increased again, and the Longevity Technique was about to reach the threshold of the second layer. Zhang Huaming secretly exclaimed in his heart.

  "Master."

  "Well done, kid. Your strength has increased again. Not bad. Let's continue this afternoon." Xuan Tianba said with a pleased expression, his eyes narrowed in satisfaction.

  "Yes, Master, I'll go cultivate first."

  "Go!" Xuan Tian Ba waved his hand casually.

  "Whoosh!" Zhang Huaming directly flashed from the middle of the mountain towards the direction below the waterfall, disappearing from Xuantian's line of sight in just a few short breaths.

  Spring goes and autumn comes, cultivation has no years, in the blink of an eye, more than half a year has passed. In this more than half a year, Zhang Huaming changed again, from his originally robust physique to a creamy little fresh meat. The reason is that he has broken through the second layer of Gongfa in the Changsheng Jue method, the stage of practicing the body to perfection, and the Yiqi Hunyuan Gong has reached the peak state of the second layer, which may break through at any time, now only one contract opportunity is left. He is currently a high-ranking Wu Dou Wang realm, but his actual strength has already reached the middle-ranking Wu Zun realm's strength, even if it is a high-ranking Wu Zun cultivator, he can still fight against him, this is the conclusion given by his master Xuan Tianba.

  "Disciple, you don't need to practice today. I'll take you out for a walk." Xuan Tianba called out to Zhang Huaming, who was about to start his new day of training.

  "Huh? Where are you going?" Zhang Huaming asked with a curious expression, in his impression, his master rarely mentioned outside matters, let alone go out to play.

  "Stop talking nonsense and go change into good clothes, Kaiyan. You too, hurry up."

  "Yes, Master! Yes, Grandfather!"

  "Go." Xuan Tianbing waved his hand and in an instant, three figures vanished into thin air.

  Darkness, suffocation, a strong sense of oppression, this was Zhang Huaming's feeling when he blacked out in front of him, but fortunately, this feeling only lasted for less than three breaths.

  Whoosh! Three figures appeared on a mountain ridge, and as soon as they did, a loud voice boomed out: "What person dares to report their name!"

  Only to see a team of about ten people surrounding the three Xuan Tianba with tense expressions, all of whom exuded strong auras, and surprisingly, they were all high-ranking Wu Zong? Zhang Huaming was secretly shocked in his heart, what kind of place is this? Even the patrol teams used are all high-ranking Wu Zong, isn't that too rich?

  "Is this Beast God Mountain?" Xuan Tian Ba asked with a casual expression.

  "That's right."

  "Shòu Shén Mountain?" Zhang Huaming's heart skipped a beat when he heard the name, and the face that had been sealed deep within his mind suddenly appeared before him. He remembered that Yu Yan was from Shòu Shén Mountain; he wondered if he would be lucky enough to meet her on this trip.

  "Did those people come home that day?"

  "What family?" The leading man's expression changed upon hearing Xuan Tian Ba's words, and he respectfully asked: "May I ask for your esteemed surname and name, so that I may go report to the master of the house."

  "Never mind, go tell that little brat in the Yu family's Yu Zong to come out and see me. Tell him his lifesaver has arrived." Xuan Tianba said with a domineering tone, completely different from his usual attitude towards Zhang Huaming and Karyn.

  "Ah!" The ten-man squad heard Xuan Tianba's words, and each of their expressions changed, but under the leader's hand gesture, the nine men behind him stopped all movements.

  "Please wait for a moment, senior. I'll go and report it at once."

  "Go! Go!"

  Whoosh! The leading man disappeared halfway up the mountain, and in less than a hundred breaths, two figures suddenly appeared in the line of sight of Xuántiān Bà and others. The newcomers were an old man and the burly man who had just gone to report earlier.

  "Benefactor, is it really you?" The old man trembled all over upon seeing the appearance of Xuan Tian Ba, and immediately knelt down in front of him, saying: "Junior Yu Zong pays his respects to Senior."

  "Get up, you're still so young and yet you're doing this, aren't you annoying people?" Xuan Tianba said with a casual expression, waving his hand.

  "Yes, yes, yes! Junior is indeed surprised. Junior only saw Senior arriving and got a bit excited for a moment." Yu Zong's face showed an excited expression, this time he completely didn't expect his lifesaver to come after receiving the invitation.

  "Have all those people from the Tian family arrived? Has that old man Tian Wang come too?"

  "Yes, senior, the Tianjia people are currently guests at the summit."

  "Emperor is here too? Interesting, take me to see this old guy."

  "Yes, senior."