Towards Eternity
Ch 527's. The Fannrong Island

'What did this kid just say? My employer? Can you still joke around in front of me?'

The Red Devil College's head looked inexhaustible as he listened to Weng Lou's reply. Not only did he disrespect her, but he also seemed to be unafraid of her who was the strongest Martial Practitioner in the Huwa Islands. Huwa Islands is an area consisting of 6 islands located close to each other, and Hong Mugui, the Chairman of Red Devil College is the strongest Martial Practitioner on all six islands.

What he wanted, he must have gotten as long as the thing he wanted was in the Huwa Islands area. With his strength, he built a branch of Red Devil College on all six islands, and in the shadow of controlling the government in the Huwa Islands. When Shengshi Huangdi was still the Emperor, Mugui was able to reap huge profits from the White Rice Metal mine and make it very rich.

But nevertheless, the, everything changed after a few days ago when he received news of an extremely powerful Martial Practitioner having ravaged Heishin City as well as his Red Devil College branch in that city. He did not think there would be a Martial Practitioner hidden in Fanrong Island, so immediately ordered for his subordinates who had not met the Martial Practitioner to retreat because they could not consider how strong the Martial Practitioner was.

Then, a few days later. His subordinate number 1, who was the person he was assigned to protect Shengshi Huangdi was killed at the hands of the Martial Practitioner, but afterwards there was news that the Martial Practitioner had disappeared somewhere.

Hong Mugui also thought that the Martial Practitioner must be seriously injured after finishing fighting with his subordinates who had reached the realm of Soul Cleansing stage 1. Therefore, he had personally come here to take advantage of the Martial Practitioner's injuries by taking back Heishin City and the White Rice Metal Mine he had released earlier.

But now, a child who even looks not to be 20 years old has been presumptuously calling himself his master. If he did not finish off this child today, then he swore he would commit a massive massacre.

"You....are you looking to die, huh?" Hong Mugui's voice seemed to be ice-cold, and all of his killing naps were immediately directed at Weng Lou below him.

Receiving all of that killing napsu, Weng Lou's deep-power, Qi, and Soul Power was trembling slightly, before returning stable after seeming accustomed to the killing naps directed at him.

"Hm? How can?!" Mugui's expression immediately changed. He realized the strangeness in Weng Lou.

Supposedly, an ordinary human would instantly faint, or shiver in fear as soon as it accepted hers' killing naps, but at this moment Weng Lou looked fine and even a wide smile could be seen on his face. The smile immediately made Hong Mugui feel a great danger and he immediately alerted himself.

"Isn't it rude to talk to your new employer like that?" Weng Lou spoke softly and his figure faded before Hong Mugui.

A second later, the figure of Weng Lou had arrived beside Mugui who was still floating in the air. Danger signals rang from all over her body, and she stared in surprise at the figure of Weng Lou who appeared beside her and prepared to make an attack on her.

"This speed?!" He could not finish his words, and hurriedly created a protector of his Soul Cleansing level Qi.

*BANG!!!* His Qi Protector was instantly smashed to pieces when hit by a kick from Weng Lou's right leg.

His figure darted down to the ground and crashed hard on the palace walls. "Khoacks!"

Blood spewed out from his mouth, and a shocked expression turned into a frightened look. Hong Mugui was currently sitting on the ground in an extremely miserable condition and he looked at Weng Lou who had landed before him like he was staring at a monstrous monster. He had never felt such a great fear before.

"I didn't think you had the power of a stage 5 Soul Cleansing, you seemed to have recently leveled up. Your Qi control is quite fast, even though the foundation is very bad," commented Weng Lou who seemed to be indifferent to Hong Mugui's current condition.

"A-I..I.m...to-please forgive me Master!" With his high survival instinct, Hong Mugui could tell just how much of a power difference this young man in front of him had with him.

If a single kick without any Deep Power or Qi from Weng Lou could get him in his present condition, then what if he wore it? He will die in the blink of an eye! He was grateful that Weng Lou seemed to have restrained himself in his kick just now.

"Hehehe, you seem to be smart enough to know your current condition right away, great." Weng Lou nodded his head.

While still nodding his head, suddenly Weng Lou's facial expression changed, and his right hand immediately slapped on his own face.

*PLAK!* That loud slap echoed, and made all who witnessed it bewildered by what Weng Lou was doing.

'I only realized it after a long time with Ye Lao, but it turns out that my attitude and nature have changed a lot, not like before. How many months have Ye Lao and I been together? But his nature had already changed by one hundred and eighty degrees, there seemed to be a negative trait after I was together with Ye Lao that I was not aware of before.' Weng Lou looked pondering after slapping himself.

'Could it be...The reason Zhi Juan took back Ye Lao was because of this? Ah, no, don't jump to conclusions, Weng Lou. You know you've seen how bad that guy is, where he might be nice to you.'

Weng Lou's eyes then looked back at Hong Mugui who was currently still silent on the ground. Although he saw what Weng Lou had done before he did not dare to say anything out of fear that Weng Lou might even finish him off. Watching Weng Lou who had now looked back on him, Hong Mugui could only pray that he would still be given a chance to live.

"You, you said you were the Chairman of Red Devil College, didn't you?" Weng Lou suddenly asked Hong Mugui.

"Truly my Master! I am the Chairman of the Red Devil's College in Huwa Islands." Mugui replied respectfully mixed with fear.

"Huwa Islands?" Weng Lou looked puzzled hearing that.

"Yes, my lord. The Huwa Islands are an area that includes six adjacent islands, and Fanrong Island is one of the six islands." Hong Mugui explained simply so that Weng Lou could easily understand it.

Weng Lou's eyes flickered, as if he had just uttered something he couldn't believe.

"You mean..... Your Red Devil College controls six islands of the same size?" There was a look of disbelief in Weng Lou's words.

It was not that he did not believe there was someone who could do something like that. While still in the basement, he saw stories about the empire that controlled many islands including Fanrong Island, so he would believe if he heard there was a group that could control several islands.

But what he could not believe was, with a strength that was only at the 5th stage of the Soul Cleansing realm, Hong Mugui could rule over 6 different islands! Is there no one stronger than him among the other 5 islands so that Hong Mugui can control the Huwa Islands?

"Truly Sir! I'm not lying! With my strength, and the Red Devil College I lead, I have taken control of the Huwa Islands and no one is stronger than me!" But Hong Mugui's face immediately turned pale upon noticing the words he had just said.

"But surely you are the Strongest, my Lord! I am nothing compared to your great strength!" move on quickly.

Weng Lou did not bother about it at all, and was instead fixated on something else.

'I don't know my current position is as far away as Black Sand Island. I'd better strengthen myself before I go back. But my development would not be able to go smoothly if it did not find an opponent stronger than me. This old man said that if he was the strongest in the Huwa Islands, then I had to get out of the islands to look for something stronger than me, ' thought Weng Lou.

"You, how long did it take you to get to Fanrong Island from where you were before?"

"Report Master, it took me about six days to board a sailing ship from Gui Island in the west of Fanrong Island." Hong Mugui immediately replied.

'Six days, that should be a short time. Looks like it didn't take me long to get out of here."

"Alright, now tell me your name."

"My name is Hong Mugui, sir! Both my parents gave me that!"

"Good, Mugui. Since I am your Master, then I order you to take me to the Central Headquarters of your Red Devil College."

"All right, Master! I will take you to Gui Island, the location of our Red Devil College headquarters."

"But not now, I need a minute. You can go to the harbor first than me. I'll see you later," Weng Lou waved his hand and threw a pill at Hong Mugui.

Hong Mugui swiftly caught the pill and looked at him in confusion. "What is this, sir?"

"Slow it down, no need to ask."

Mugui's eyes stared at the pill in his hand. He hesitantly put the pill into his mouth and then swallowed it.

*lek....* Warm sensation could be felt, and slowly the wound on him healed in the blink of an eye.

"I-This!! Thank you very much, Sir!" Hong Mugui bowed respectfully to Weng Lou and then immediately darted away from it.

The pill given by Weng Lou was the healing Pill left on his shirt earlier. He always kept some medium quality healing pills in his clothes in case anything happened.

He had previously planned on using the pill for himself, but since he already had no more Qi and Deep Power, he could not absorb the efficacy of the pill.

After seeing the figure of Hong Mugui darting away, Weng Lou turned around and looked at the soldiers who had been watching everything from the beginning to the end. They were all confused because Weng Lou did not kill Hong Mugui and instead let him go.

"You guys, hurry up and clean up all this mess. As for what happened earlier, let's just say you never saw him at all, do you understand?" Weng Lou's tone of voice seemed threatening. The soldiers immediately nodded in understanding and hurriedly cleared up all the damage previously made by Hong Mugui.

Although some of their comrades had died from Hong Mugui's attack, they were much more concerned with their own lives than the lives of their dead comrades. After all, there was no point in harboring something that they could not possibly retaliate for.

Weng Lou nodded at the sight of all those soldiers, and immediately left the place.

***

Outside the capital, the forest outskirts.

Du Zhe was seen doing his physical training. He did a push-up, with a stone half the size of his body on his back.

Without feeling any objection, Du Zhe moved his hand and did a push up without any difficulty at all.

At this moment, not far from him, the figure of Weng Lou appeared before the Black Ape Brawlers who were lying down staring towards the clear and blue daytime sky.

"You really lost all your power, huh? I think it's karma because you've done a lot of bad things before." The Black Ape The fighter spoke without the slightest fear to Weng Lou.

"Ughh!! That's sick!! Forgive me!"

"Hmp! Even though I no longer have the Qi and the Soul Power, but with my physical strength this is more than enough to teach you a lesson," the sneer of Weng Lou who then sat quietly on top of the body of the Black Ape Fighter.

The Black Ape Fighter did not reply to Weng Lou's words and just silently looked at the blue sky.

"I will leave this island, I will not force you to come with me. I know you want this kind of freedom, but wish you'd come along. You know all the Qi and Soul Power in me is gone, the only power I have is this physical strength of mine. Danger will always lurk me, and I need someone who can take care of Du Zhe always." Weng Lou spread his body over the Black Ape Fighter and looked up at the sky.

The Black Ape Fighter was silent for a moment before laughing lightly, "Hahaha.....What then? You already know I'm gonna spend my life relaxing, right? Why don't you ask Kirin who you tamed? He looks more useful than me. Not only could he conduct energy attacks, he could even control the power of the earth element. His strength clearly surpasses mine."

Although it looked like it was humbling itself, yet the Black Ape Fighter spoke calmly without any change to his tone.

"Hm? Then I'll conclude you've met him when I wasn't around." Weng Lou spoke with an interested tone.

"Hm...well.it was not a good enough meeting, of course. Not only did he possess extraordinary arrogance, he even had a truly bad personality. I'm guessing he hasn't reached his adult age."

"Well! You yourself have said that, and you still advise me to take her?" Weng Lou's body turned around and looked at the Black Ape Fighter's face expectantly.

"What the fuck with those eyes? We haven't known you for so long, and you put your trust in me so high? Aren't you afraid that I might kill your beloved disciple?" The Black Ape Fighter rolled his eyes and covered Weng Lou's expectant face with one of his big fingers.

Hearing that, Weng Lou chuckled, "Will someone who would take the time to train a child, kill that child?"

"I'm guessing you didn't really lose all your abilities. You've been sleeping for 3 days, but you can still know all that" Black Ape Fighter sneered.

"Three days? Ahahaha.I can't believe I slept that long. It's worth my body feels a little stiff, maybe I should hit some 'training object' to stretch my body," he said with a meaningful smile.

"Fucking asshole! Stop that! All righty! I'll come with you, are you satisfied?"

"Good! Now finish your preparations, I'll call you as soon as I finish my business. We should arrive at the port before noon."

Weng Lou with a happy face descended from the body of the Black Ape Fighter and walked away to where Du Zhe was doing his training.

"Eh?! Wait, what are you saying?! We're leaving today?! You mean really today?!" Black Ape Fighters looked shocked and in disbelief.

"So soon finish the preparations you need! I'll call soon!" Weng Lou's hand was waved at him and did not even turn around to look at the Black Ape Fighter.

"This bastard, he is really seriously going to leave today?! I-aahhh." With a hint of annoyance still lingering in his heart, the Black Ape Fighter rose to his feet and immediately went into the forest to make preparations according to the direction of Weng Lou.

On the other hand, Weng Lou who was walking towards Du Zhe deliberately stepped a bit harshly in order to be heard by Du Zhe.

Du Zhe was currently training to pull a large stone that was much larger than his body. He immediately turned his head when he heard someone's footsteps and saw the figure of Weng Lou with surprise mixed happily.

"Teacher! The shirt is awake!" Deftly Du Zhe removed the rope tied to his body attached to a large rock he pulled and rushed to Weng Lou.

'This boy, despite the lack of upbringing I gave him, has developed very quickly. If only a few days ago I could continue to train him, he should be able to master some attack-type martial arts techniques, Weng Lou thought.

As Du Zhe got in front of him, he patted the student on the shoulder and spoke to him, "Du Zhe, it seems like you've been busy doing some physical exercise lately."

"En! Right, Teacher! Because of my incompetent self, I cannot practice even a single attack technique from the martial technique book you gave me! So I thought about strengthening my body foundation first, before trying to practice it again." Du Zhe stroked his nose and looked embarrassed at him.

'He won't even blame me, as his teacher for not guiding him properly. Truly a true dreamer disciple! Even though I was very young, I don't know why my heart was so happy to have him as my disciple. Aye! I must guide and train him with all my soul and body, as a good Teacher I must do that!' A burning determination appeared within Weng Lou's heart.

"That's good, although mastering martial arts techniques is a good thing, but it's useless if a Martial Practitioner does not have physical strength that is the main foundation of his strength. The training you did was correct, I as your teacher am proud of what you've been doing for the past few days." Weng Lou stroked Du Zhe's head with a small smile.

"But you have to stop your training today, we're going to Gui Island and you're going to have to pack your things" he continued.

"Go to Gui Island?! Is that really a teacher?!"

"of course. We're leaving today too, so you need to finish the preparations you need. If there's anything you need, just tell me."

"Today?! Alright Teacher! I'll pack my things now!"

Du Zhe with a happy face ran back to the city, while Weng Lou who was still in his place stared at his back that disappeared in the distance while laughing loosely.

"Regardless of my experience, I'm still a child. Traveling off the island? I've never even done it before. If it wasn't for the teleportation back then, I wouldn't have gotten out of the Black Sand Island in that one second."

After he finished telling Du Zhe, Weng Lou also immediately returned to the palace. He had deliberately not invited Du Zhe before because he thought Du Zhe could use this as a form of training. At least he could train a little stamina he had.

***

In the afternoon, on the North of Fanrong Island. The land area where many steep cliffs on each coastline is one of the areas that serve as one of the four main ports of the Fanrong Empire.

The magnificent harbor was built on a very large and sturdy rock. There were several large ships seen mooring in the harbor, and not even a few smaller ships that seemed to be private ships belonging to the nobles.

The ship's workers were busy transporting goods and raising them on board. Some people who were passing passengers scrambled to board the ship.

"Consideration!! The ship will leave soon! The passengers who were still below were asked to board immediately!" The cry of a burly man echoed from one of the large ships.

Hearing the man's voice, the passengers and the ship's workers accelerated their movements, and within ten minutes, they had all boarded the ship, all of them already, and the goods have been raised by the ship's workers.

"Consideration!! The ship will sail! For the workers and non-passengers, it is expected to come down soon! I repeat, the ship will sail! For the laborers and those who are not passengers, it is expected to get off soon!!" The voice of the man who had previously returned was heard.

Soon, one by one the boards that serve as a bridge on the ship are released.

*trang!!! Ohhhhh!!!* A large bell on the ship rang and then all the sails were lowered. The wind blew and blew the sail of the ship, making the ship move forward.

The large and sturdy sailing ship began to sail into the open ocean and disappeared from the harbor at sea.

On the deck of the ship, a young man was busy enjoying the afternoon sun that was about to set with a boy younger than him.

Weng Lou took a deep breath and exhaled slowly. The cold sea air made his drowsiness disappear instantly. On the other hand, Du Zhe was busy noticing some seagulls that looked to be plunging into the water and catching fish directly in their beaks.

"Teacher! The teacher! Lookie! The gull caught three fish at once!" Du Zhe exclaimed excitedly while pointing at a gull in the distance.

In the eyes of ordinary people, what Du Zhe pointed at was just a black dot twitching in the distance, but to Du Zhe who had successfully practiced the Eagle Eye Technique given by Weng Lou, he had already learned, he could clearly see the black dot as a gull carrying three fish in its beak.

Weng Lou laughed bitterly and stroked the student's head.

"You seem very happy, Du Zhe. Is this your first time getting on a ship like this?" Weng Lou asked Du Zhe.

"Yes, Teacher! This was my first time riding a sailing ship that crossed the sea! I had been on a boat with my parents before, but only through a river not too wide on Fanrong Island! What about you, Teacher? Surely Master has often climbed like this, right?" Du Zhe smiled widely as he answered Weng Lou's question.

"I...." Weng Lou smiled wryly, unable to answer the student's question. He couldn't possibly say this for the first time to his disciple, where would he put his face?

As Weng Lou was still searching for answers, the figure of the old man walked towards the two of them and cleared his throat softly, "Ehm....Signore. The room is ready, you can rest with your students if you want. For dinner, it will soon be finished cooking, I'll call you again when it's done." Hong Mugui spoke respectfully to Weng Lou without daring to raise his head at all.

"Ens. I'll go into the room after dinner, what about you, Du Zhe?"

"I still want to take a look, Master!"

"alright. You can go Mugui, we'll find our own dining room."

"I understand, Sir."

Hong Mugui left immediately, while Weng Lou looked back at the sun that had now half sunk in the ocean.

"Gui Island. I hope it's a fun trip."

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