Even though my mind was heavy with a lot of different thoughts I still managed to finally go back to the Hill that we came through here by .
Evading any more conflict with the Beasts that lurk in every direction here, my short encounter with the the wolf pack from before taught me an important lesson, in the woods or in the Pit, it was wise not to indulge in fighting monster in packs .
This was one of the advantage that the these Monsters have in this place, they can group together to take us down, as for humans we can do the same, but their bonds would still be much stronger than ours, so we would be at a disadvantage always .
But even though this was quite an important lesson, I acquired another lesson that might be In contrast with that lesson or maybe even destroying this argument completely, this other lesson was related with my fight with that guy jut now .
The Strength trample all methods, witnessing that even with all the planing I made and all the actions I took to make sure my plan work still failed due to insufficient strength before allowed me to finally understand that in this world, being strong enough can allow you to trample every rule and method .
Once again, I got to understand that everything in this world can be resolved by by having the strongest punch, even background was meaningless if you opponent's strength was much more sufficient than yours, I'm now very clear about that .
Even though my enemy just now had a so-called strong master behind him, where was that Master of his when the Resentment Wisps appeared and when I dealt with that disciple of his, my enemy's insufficient strength was the reason he died, my injuries were also caused by my own insufficient strength .
But again I didn't feel that much threatened to be surrounded by those Black Fur Wolves, if not for being followed back then, I would have dealt with all of them, I'm able to tell that they were grade 1 Ferocious Beasts, but at most in the 5th to the 7th Layer at most .
Even though I had a brief encounter with a pack of Ferocious Beasts, I don't think that I saw them as anything but wild animals at most, either because of their low strength or they anything unique to them, but they really didn't startle me much .
Maybe the ferocious aura around them could be labeled as unique, but other than that and their big size, I really couldn't grasp why they were feared that much .
I get quite the loot this time around, I couldn't help but have this thought looking at the three pouches strapped to my waist, as I found out, I can't put a Pouch inside another, the moment I try to do this, the two pouches will repell each other and directly release the items inside them on the floor .
My biggest gain this time would be the gains and gifts I got after meeting Tian Long, that guy was the reason I was able to come out alive out of this conflict, my regret was that he needed to sacrifice himself just so that he can help me with this big push forward .
Mental Strength had a breakthrough, Acquiring the weird Mental Energy, all these things were great and beyond great, but my conversation with him was actually what benefitted me the most, I didn't want to live when I had met him a few minutes ago .
Yet, not only he asked me to find a reason to live, he gave me his blessings in living my life whether I liked, I who before didn't really care much about my life and death, now wanted to continue pushing forward even more than before .
His words also carried some obscured words to the current me, but something deep within me was telling me that every word he said had a meaning, it's just I wasn't ready to accept it just yet .
One of the things that I was clear of was the fact that there was something indeed strange with this body of mine, in the invasion of resentment before, I thought that it was my imagination just now .
But surprisingly after calming down and the headaches finally receding, I found out that I can actually recall the scene from my mind just now clearly and even recalling the already previous notifications that I couldn't focus on before .
This was most likely related to the breakthrough in Mental Strength, what was important about this, was the fact that a notification appeared telling me that the resentment was trying to cause a mutation with a strange thing in my body .
But that weird thing took initiative in absorbing the resentment on its own accord and the Panel had no way to deal with it, at that time I didn't have neither the time nor the energy to dwell much on something like that, but now that I found out about, I couldn't help but first mentally inspecting my whole body, but I wasn't able to found anything hiding in my body .
This was quite alarming, as even the ink droplet of Resentment that guy left me was still traceable, it seem that the hunch of mine was indeed correct, there was something weird regarding Tian Long and my own body, as for when I might be able to find the truth about it, I believe that it will all be cleared when I'm ready .
Shaking that thought off, I rejoiced the new changes that happened to me, breaking through the 5th Layer of Flesh Tempering, change in mindset, promoting my Blood Sucking Sword, no it can be no longer called that, I will name it Retribution Sword, gaining a huge amount of fighting experience through this troublesome situation .
Those were all my most important gains from this campaign, I'm not completely sure about my other gains, that guy Pouch fell into my hand, but due to the current time constraints, I hadn't had a chance to inspect it yet .
So it will be best to keep it for now and inspect it thoroughly after my return, I now was standing in front of the steal door that I came through, I was beginning to hear some noises from behind the door,that guard was reprimanding someone for blocking the way .
Then in response the person who the guard was trying to kick out said that he was waiting for someone that will come through the door at any moment now and was asking the guard to be kind enough and open the door at that time .
As long as he got a permit, or you buying another one .
It didn't take much thought to understand that Li Fu was true to his words and was the guy behind the door, the tone of the guard was somewhat malicious and filled with ridicule, but I also understood that these were the rules here .
One permit is for one round trip after that the permit would be confiscated or something like that, neither of us know that beforehand, so now falling into this predicament, of course Li Fu behind the door didn't have a clue on what to do .
I hearing that the two seemed at odds was about to knock on the door, but the guard then said :
Tell you what, have any of the female slaves with you share a one night with me and I promise to keep this door open for as long as you want .
You, you .... .
Don't keep pointing at me like that, I'm someone with integrity and complacency, I'm doing you a great favor you know, your friend had already offended Young Master Gu, so no need to even think about coming back, the woods is better for him .
~Clank~ .
Cough, cough, cough, what's going on ? .
Senior Brother Tian .
Li Fu face lit up after seeing me and throwing all cautious away, he directly called my name and hurried to my side, checking me completely and seeing if I got hurt somewhere, I was able to see that his eyes looked normal, but filled with sadness .
I didn't understand if this was him feeling sad about me or something else, but I owed that guy my thanks and that was very clear to me .
I don't know how to repay this favor of his, just as the two of us were rejoicing our reunion, a guy voice filled with malice directly appeared, saying :
You dared to be so presumptuous and destroy the door of the Secret Doors, I will report you to the Gang Leader, you are dead, you hear me dead .
" Oh, did I broke it, sorry for that, I had just broken through and wasn't able to control my strength effectively, how about I compensate your Secret Doors and your Blood Wolves Gang for the damages ? .
You, a begger compensating who, can't see the state of your own clothes, do you even have money to eat, I will be getting a compensation alright, but after I report this to the Hall Master and Young Master Gu Xing .
After hearing that guy answer, I completely understood that today's matter won't end up peacefully, that guard was actually trying to carry favors for Gu Xing by getting rid of me on the basis of damaging the place he guard intentionally .
It was indeed intentionally, but confessing this out loud won't be anything but asking for troubles, the reason I did was because after hearing what he said earlier, I couldn't contain my anger and instead of knocking, I directly broke the hinges holding the door from the other side that was why it broke down .
This Mental Energy thing was awesome for this kind of prank, after doing this I tried to solve the issue using some money, but I didn't expect that this guy had actually other plans of his own, so I no longer cared about keeping my humble act towards him, I said :
" Since you need to go and call your boss, then go and call him, why all this nonsense ? .
I directly slapped the face of that domineering guy and he flew out like a broken kite out of the tight tunnel while spitting a mouthful of blood, after landing, he pointed his finger at me and seeing the look on my eyes and being reminded of what just happened before, the forcefulness tone in his voice receded, but he still said :
You, ....just wait .
Then as if afraid that I will beat him up again, he directly fled the scene, I looked at him like that and nodded to myself, keeping a passive attitude for a long time will make people look down on you .
Being tolerant to anything, will make other think that you are easy to bully, knowing right from wrong can make you tread a poisonous swamp without caring about being contaminated by its miasma .
I began to lay some principals for myself, things that I have realized after going through life-death experience, my mind was now quite clear and strong too, I knew what exactly did I want to do, I also know what I shouldn't do .
For example stirring a hornet nest like the Blood Wolves Gang, but I also from now on had my own principals, if that Hall Master in his words agreed to be compensated, then everything will be great, if he didn't, then there would be a chance for me to force him to through the use of my identity as Master Chen's disciple .
I don't believe that even the Gang Leader Shu Luo would dare to deal with this slightly, Solid Rock Fist Dojo was one of the strongest dojos in the city after all .
Senior Brother, what happened to that guy, what did happen after we left ? .
As I was contemplating on what my next move should be, I heard Li Fu asking me about this, I was conflicated about how to answer him, in one way telling him the truth would be not anything but asking for trouble, on the other side, it just felt wrong to decive him, so after sorting my thoughts out, I gave him my answer .
I first removed the newly acquired pouch and put it in my hand and showed it to all the people that were present, the girls included, those guys existence was what troubled me most, no one knows when will they say anything they shouldn't on a whim .
I have a broken heart that is still burning from trusting someone with the truth before, so I don't want be distrustful, but it was better to be cautious regarding important stuff like this .
Seeing the pouch that appeared in front of them, they all gaped, especially the two guys Li Fu and his girlfriend Liu'er, the the two were the people with the most clear judgment among all the people present .
They were able to know how strong was that guy and how much of a threat he was, Li Fu after what seemed to be a few seconds finally said :
Senior Brother, did you... did you beat him ? .
Hearing the conclusion he came up with, I shook my head and said :
" If you consider playing him and catching him off guard barely to get his pouch and flee a win, then you could indeed say that I had won, but better not tell anyone about this, our identity are still a mystery for him, so it better not allow him to get any clues about who we truly are, won't you say ? .
I Li Fu would follow whatever Senior Brother ask me to say or do, senior brother is my benefactor, no, wrong, I had already gave out senior brother's identity just now, let's hurry and escape senior brother, before we get buried here .
There will be no one leaving here today without giving me an explanation .
Just as Li Fu finished talking and was pulling me, a cold strong voice sounded from a distance ahead, there was a guy putting a Blood Wolf Mask and donning a wolf furred coat on his body .
His face wasn't clear to me, but if something stood out about his appearance, it would be his scar that went all the way to the side of his neck, his black eyes seemed to carry a sense of forbiddance, he was a burley man carrying a spear on his back and looking like humans from the prehistoric era .
Looking at this man, I was able to understand that he was at the Organ Quenching Realm, already familiar with the air around those guys from the previous encounter, but sadly which layer wasn't clear to me, but most likely above the 4th layer .
Even with using my current trump cards, I can't seem to see myself beating that guy, without catching him by surprise and dealing with him using Mental Energy and my Retribution Sword of course .
Accepting that a wise man know when to move forward and when to retreat, I cupped my fist towards the burley man and bowed slightly in greeting and said :
" This junior here greet senior, I wonder what should this junior call you ? .
Oh, acting quite sensible now won't help you today, but since you asked, I'm Meng Lang, the Master responsible for this Hall .
Looking at him he really seemed to look like a Ferocious Wolf, his aura is similar to the Ferocious Wolves I met before, maybe it's the fur, I wonder, even though I was contemplating about this, my actions didn't slow down, I again repeated my greeting but this time asked :
" Can I ask what did senior came here for ? .
You still have the nerve to ask ? .
From the shadow of Meng Lang came the voice of the guard from before, hearing his outburst, I turned to Meng Lang and said :
" I believe that there seemed to be a misunderstanding here, senior .
That door, is that your doing ? .
I nodded my head .
Thatguy'sface is your doing too ? .
I once again nodded .
Then there is no misunderstanding and there is no need for wasting my breath, guards cripple his hands and feet and get his belongings then throw him outside .
From his shadow came five figures dashing towards me, these guys the strongest among them was 7th Layer of Flesh Tempering, each was holding a sword and were dashing towards me, but just as they were about to slash me, I used the entry Gliding Swallow and the Great Success Crouching Tiger to give each one of them a palm to the abdomen .
The 5 guys that were so hot-headed just now was forced to move back and they directly spat blood, no longer able to circulate their Blood Qi as efficiently as before, all of them suffered from internal injuries .
So do you really want me to do it myself, fine .
" Senior, don't give me a chance to defend myself, so you can't blame me for defending myself, can you ? .
Actually, I can and will .
He said this and directly dashed towards me aiming to attack me as well, I readied myself and began circulating my Blood Qi and was on the verge of breaking through with my full force, but just as I was about to withdraw my Retribution Sword, he stopped in tracks suddenly and seemed to be alerted by something .
Who are you ? .
Already able to feel him getting tensed slightly from my actions, I thought to make him unable to guess my identity even more, so I said :
" Someone you can't offend carelessly, so what now, do you want to hear my own part of the story or continue your attack recklessly and see who will come out alive .
I still believe that this guy was reasonable so I gave myself and him the chance to discuss this reasonably, it seem that even though he didn't liked this situation one bit, he still said :
Let me hear what you have to say first, then I will decide what to do .
" Well, I'm not asking for more than that, things are like this ..... .