"Wait a minute, sir. Are you guys going now?" But before Zheng-Fu and Bao-Jin with his group left, the elder's voice rang out.

"Yes, we are going now. Do you have anything, Elder?" Zheng-Fu turned around and asked with slight suspicion.

"Um, I just want to beg Young Master, if you and others pass through the capital, please bring this letter to my granddaughter," the elder pleaded, hurriedly holding out an old piece of paper that had been written on.

"Yes, alright. What part of the capital does she live in?"

"She is at the Purple Dragon Auction House. Her mother works there," the elder said in a slightly sad tone.

Purple Dragon Auction House!?

"Alright, we have to go through the capital anyway. I'll bring this letter to her myself. But what is her name!?" After Zheng-Fu heard of the place where the old man's granddaughter was, he was silent for a moment before agreeing.

"Her name is Fong-Er-Lin, sir."

"Well, I'll take it and give it to her myself. You guys are here. You have to take care of yourself. Always train yourself so that no one else can do anything else. When I finish my errands, I'll come back and visit."

"Yes, sir!"

Their conversation was like a master and a servant. This caused the villagers and Bao-Jin's group to feel a little confused about what had happened. Why was this possible? There were only a few of them who knew all of this, and in fact, they wanted to pay their respects to Zheng-Fu as well, but Zheng-Fu had forbidden it.

"Alright, then we'll have to say goodbye. Let's meet again." When the conversation was over, Zheng-Fu and Bao-Jin's group immediately said goodbye to the elder and the villagers.

Zheng-Fu and Bao-Jin's group immediately continued their journey. The path they had to walk through was a black forest filled with more and more black trees. However, within this forest, there were not many high-level monster beasts, and no one knew why.

But that was not a problem for them at all because even if they emerged, they would be able to fight to a certain extent. And if they could not fight, they still had Zheng-Fu. Therefore, they all travelled comfortably without having to hide or go on such a difficult path as they had to escape from the monster beasts like before.

Back to In-See City...

Two days after Zheng-Fu left and Dong-Kuang received a technique book from Zheng-Fu, he immediately brought it to the sect's textbook hall. But now, no one could go up and borrow one to practice because those textbooks were placed on the third floor, which only people at the level of the Nascent Soul stage were able to access.

However, everyone was able to enter the first floor of the textbook hall, even though they were on the first level. That was because the lowest-level cultivators here were already at the advanced step of the primary level and the elementary step of the intermediate level.

As for the second floor, there were intermediate to advanced martial arts technique textbooks, as well as physical techniques and body gesture skills. The third floor, which had just received a new textbook, would be the elementary step of the advanced textbook.

As for the city now, more and more people were immigrating than before, and Lao-Ying-Ba had to expand the city area to accommodate more people. This city accepted everyone, regardless of who they were, but the people who came to live might first register and verify their identity, and then they would be allocated a space to live.

They could not choose their own land. No matter how big a shot they used to be, they had no right. As for the law, Zheng-Fu had already written it for Lao-Ying-Ba as well. The law was not difficult to implement or enforce.

Zheng-Fu's ruling system had given In-See City the ability to be both powerful and strong. Compared to a large city, it was second only to the capital city. Combined with the Beyond Earth Sect, which was the balance of powers, it made In-See City a mention all along the way they passed.

At the City Lord's manor...

"Dear Lord, there's a message sent from Sai-Tarn City, sir."

"A message from Sai-Tarn City? Let me see it."

Blob!!!

"What did Sai-Tarn City send, City Lord?" Commander Lu-Su's voice rang with curiosity.

"This message is written that they want to sign a brotherhood commitment with us," Lao-Ying-Ba replied with a frown.

"Tsk!!! Are they going to make a pact for a brotherhood commitment? Before now, we used to ask them for help, and they didn't seem interested in anything. Now that we're stronger, they'll make a brotherhood with us? How shameless!!!" Commander Lu-Su immediately said angrily upon hearing Lao-Ying-Ba's reply.

"That's right. Before, we almost lost our city. They haven't even sent a hand to help us. Now they're asking you to cooperate with them. Please don't say yes, sir."

"Yes, City Lord, don't say yes, please!!!"

Two middle-aged men, Yun-Zhang and Yun-Kem, the vice-admiral that Zheng-Fu had met at the tavern, had the same displeasure as Lu-Su. Since the two of them were the ones who had gone to Sai-Tarn City to ask for help but were ignored, they were very dissatisfied with that city lord.

"I know that everyone was displeased with the situation at that time. But that city lord is just like my younger brother, so how can I do this!?" Lao-Ying-Ba said with worry. He did not know how to reply when the other party was a brother who had sworn together before.

But an unforeseen incident caused the two of them to be separated for decades until each of them became Lords of the Cities after that. Both parties did not meet face-to-face until there was a conflict about the woman. And that young lady was now Lao-Ying-Ba's wife and was the mother of Lao-Ying Su-Su. Because of that, the two cities had conflicts.

But when it came to today, Sai-Tarn City sent a message to ask for a brotherhood commitment, despite the estrangement, by referring to the old relationship and reconciling the discord that occurred between him and the city lord.

"This is what I thought as well as Uncle Lu-Su, Father!!!" Suddenly, the teenage girl's small and beautiful voice rang out.

"Su-Su!?"

"Yes, it's me, Father. I have an opinion that this matter shouldn't be accepted at all. They have mistreated us so much before. Especially when our city was in trouble, they never reached out to help us. So how is this for us to accept that offer?" said the girl with great confidence and firmness, which looked very charming and fitting for the word 'princess.'

"I think the same as you about that, but… we should first consult with Master Zheng-Fu on how to deal with this issue," Lao-Ying-Ba responded with a heavy heart and handed the matter over to Zheng-Fu to decide instead.

Everyone agreed with this because, although Lao-Ying-Ba was the city lord, the person behind everything was Zheng-Fu. Therefore, to decide on such an important matter, the city lord decided to consult with Zheng-Fu first. So, Lao-Ying-Ba then ordered his man to send the messenger back to tell Sai-Tarn City's city lord to wait.

Right now, he was not ready to make any commitment because the city's planning had not been completed yet.

Two days had passed...

Zheng-Fu's group had finally left the very dark Black Forest. The reason it took two days was that Zheng-Fu had given Bao-Jin's group some training. Therefore, it took almost a day longer than before. But the time spent on training was worth it.

Their martial arts skills were much better. Besides, they also had fewer flaws than before. In particular, the movements were shortened to allow faster attacks with significantly fewer vulnerabilities.

"How far is it to reach the capital?"

"Probably another hundred or two hundred li!"

"Is that far, Senior Bao-Jin?"

"Yes, from what I remember. Probably around that."

"Then we have to drag our legs along the way. I've been trying to acquire a new posture skill, but I haven't been able to use it." the young man said, glancing at Zheng-Fu with pleading eyes.

"From now on, we'll use the lightness skill to travel. And to train the lightness skill, I also want you all to put these on your ankles," Zheng-Fu said while taking out the spherical ore he had secretly made earlier from his dimensional ring and told everyone to attach it to their ankles to use for training.

Huh!!!

"Training more!"

"Come on, this is for ourselves. Can't you see how much we've evolved!?"

"Alright, if it isn't for Junior Bao-Bao, I'll... do it anyway!"

All of them immediately took the spherical ore that Zheng-Fu had made and attached it to their ankles. But at that moment, when the spherical ore was attached to their ankles, everyone's weight had increased tenfold until their bodies collapsed on the floor unconsciously.

Ugh!!!

"Huh… What is this? W… why can't I lift myself at all!?" Bao-Jin was the first to ask when he finally came to his senses.

"It won't be too heavy if you guys release the Qi energy into the ore," Zheng-Fu, seeing Bao-Jin and the others doubted, answered the question and made a few explanations before walking forward casually.

"Huh… releasing the Qi energy into it!?"

Whirl!!!

As soon as he heard the advice from Zheng-Fu, Bao-Jin did not hesitate and immediately released his Qi energy into the ore. In an instant, his body felt lighter, and he was able to stand normally. As for the others, seeing Bao-Jin doing it, they started to follow and were able to stand up like Bao-Jin.

"Yay... I ca…"

Thump!!!

But before the young man could even shout joy, his body collapsed once more when he accidentally lowered the Qi energy sent to the spherical ore at his ankle. He then returned to release the energy again and rose with a face as pale as a boiled egg.

"You guys will just stand there and not move on!? It's getting dark soon," the voice of Zheng-Fu, who had walked forward in the distance, called out to the group of Bao-Jin, who was standing in a daze.

"This is clearly brutally tough training. If I had to stay with him for a month, I would surely die first," the young man, who always liked to act in a funny way, even spoke up in fear as his arms got goosebumps, looking to follow Zheng-Fu's back.

Everyone thought in various ways. Only the young woman and Bao-Jin thought differently from them because they both knew that what Zheng-Fu did was to help them become stronger. Even though it was a bit tough and hard, it was quite effective.

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