7 Path of the Lilies-Chapter 373: We Can’t Get Along

Qin Zheng walked out of the tower and noticed that the others were still waiting for him. All four of them just chatted with one another.

"Qin Zheng, what did Master say?" 𝐟𝕣𝕖𝐞𝐰𝕖𝚋𝐧𝗼𝚟𝐞𝕝.𝗰𝐨𝐦

"Oh? He just hopes that you can keep your innate talent a secret," Qin Zheng smiled. "Just let them believe that you’re someone without innate talent."

Ye Jiao nodded. She also had the same plan because she understood that it would be a disaster if her enemies found out about it. They would never let her grow up safely, and her talent would only be useful when she has reached rank 5.

It is still too early.

"Qin Zheng, does it mean you already know about it?" Ye Jiao tilted her head as she looked over to Qin Zheng.

Qin Zheng flicked her forehead. "It’s Zheng Ge, and no, I just have some guess because you don’t look that weak."

"...."

Lin Cai rolled her eyes. Her junior brother still has that sharp tongue. "You should have told me about it beforehand. I would have preferred to be paired up in training with Ye Jiao rather than this dumbass."

"Hey! I’m not!"

"Yes, you are!"

"I’m not!"

Qi Huan shook his head. "They’ll get along well later. Let’s go back and have some rest. I don’t understand how you can still have so much energy after a long exercise in the morning."

Now that Ye Jiao thought about it, she didn’t feel that sore after running all day. Even though she did practice according to the book that Qin Zheng gave to her, it shouldn’t have that big effect, right?

"She has great recovery ability," Qin Zheng said plainly. "Starting tomorrow, you’re going to spar with me after class."

"What?"

"Don’t you want to?"

Looking at the smug smile on the young man’s face, Ye Jiao smirked. "Who’s afraid? I’ll surely beat you up in one of the spars."

"Just make sure that you can withstand my attacks like today. I’m not going to hold back anymore."

From the side, Lu Wan felt glad that he was not the one who has to spar everyday. Just from looking at the way they fought before, he already had the feeling that he would die if it was him. These two’s attacks nearly killed each other if only they were not careful enough.

Qi Huan patted Lu Wan’s back. "Before you finish the assignment, you won’t be able to spare any time to study herbs again."

"I have just found out that there’s a method to absorb the herbs’ Eon Energy by taking a bath in a special herbs concoction," Lu Wan moved away with a grunt. "I’m going to try it as I already have enough herbs in my disposal."

"Oh, is that possible?"

"It’s the natural type of Eon Energy, though. But it’ll be very helpful for me," Lu Wan shrugged.

Lin Cai listened to their conversation and grinned. "Right, I’ll introduce you to our academy’s pharmacist. He has a vast knowledge of herbs, so I’m sure that you’ll be interested in having him as your master."

"Really? Thank you very much, Senior Sister Lin! You’re the best!"

"Heh, if you already know that, you better make a breakthrough faster," Lin Cai snorted. She didn’t wish to attend that hellish training for four full months. It was already a great torture for her.

Lu Wan smiled bitterly. "I’ll do my best."

He had just broken through to rank 3 two to three months ago. Asking him to make a breakthrough to the middle stage would be close to impossible. His body didn’t have that much ability.

"Middle stage just commonly has much more Eon Energy compared to early stage. You also need to consolidate your control over your Eon Energy." Lin Cai spread her arms as threads of Eon Energy came out of her arm in green color. It looked beautiful as the girl controlled them to move around her as if they were dancing.

"It’s very thin."

"Yes~. If you wish to advance from the middle stage to late stage, you’ll need to have much higher control. You need to make it this thin at the very least," Lin Cai smiled. "Well, in Qin Zheng’s case, you won’t even be able to see the thread."

"Really?"

"Yes," Qin Zheng raised his right arm and played with his finger. They couldn’t see anything, but Ye Jiao faintly sensed the movements of Eon Energy. It was faint, yet it felt as if Qin Zheng was creating a beautiful flower on his arm.

"I can’t see anything," Qi Huan frowned.

"Me either."

"It’s beautiful," Ye Jiao murmured. She couldn’t see it directly, but her senses were telling her that there was a beautiful flower shape in Qin Zheng’s palm.

Lin Cai smirked. "You call that ball beautiful?"

"It’s not a ball. It’s.. guh!"

Qin Zheng directed his Eon Energy to Ye Jiao’s face, effectively stopping her from talking. The young girl glared back at him as she filled her palm with Eon Energy.

Bam! Bam!

The two of them traded several punches while the others turned blind eyes. In any case, they were not really fighting and only playing around. After all, if two Eon Energy Master Rank 3 were to fight, it wouldn’t be this peaceful.

"I’ll get going first," Lin Cai turned around. "Let’s go meet with that man, but let me remind you something, he’s quite eccentric, and it’s not easy to be his disciple."

"I’ll do my best."

"Good."

Qi Huan sighed. The three of them already entered the Core Disciple area’s compound. His residence was located not far from here, so he bid his farewell.

"I’ll be going too. Don’t fight too long. You two are already exhausted."

Bang!

"Sure," Ye Jiao retracted her hand after she hit Qin Zheng’s arm. She pursed her lips. "Do you still want to bully your cute little junior?"

"You’re not cute. Also, you’re just one stage below me," Qin Zheng responded calmly. "When you’re inside your residence, absorb a lot of Eon Energy to your entire body. It’ll make the training much more effective to strengthen your muscles."

Ye Jiao arched her eyebrows. "Won’t it make it longer for me to breakthrough to the middle stage?"

Advancing from early stage to middle stage usually only the difference in the quantity of their Eon Energy. Those at the middle stage have much more Eon Energy compared to those at the early stage. Because of that, when they were still in early stage, people usually focused on absorbing more Eon Energy to make sure that they could breakthrough much faster.

"It’s fine." Qin Zheng shrugged. "It’s better to have a stronger foundation rather than regretting it when you’re already at a much higher rank."

"Well, you should have fun doing the training then."

"You’re also doing it, so it’s fine."

Ye Jiao reached the door to her courtyard. She shrugged. "At least, it’s something that I know I have to do."

Slam!

"That little girl truly needs to learn her manners," Qin Zheng smiled slightly. He continued to walk. "Bai Xiang, accompany me for a spar."

"Yes, Master."