Chapter 266: Brother, Want Some Noodles?
At the Energy Warriors Association.
The vice president and a few others watched silently.
Although they had dark eye circles, it was an easy feat for the Energy Warriors to stay up throughout the night. At most, they would have thinning hair.
There was no issue at all!
SuddenlyâŠ
The beam of light that represented the descent of illusory energy disappeared!
The Illusory Realm had come to an end. However, everyone was surprised that Lu Ming who should have broken through had yet to wake up.
âWhat is happening?â
âStill in the midst of a breakthrough?â
âThat cannot be. Lu Mingâs energy is much higher than the total energy of a dozen cultivators. Ye Liang broke through in ten minutes. Why would Lu Ming take so long?â
âGod knows.â
Everyone was puzzled.
Right thenâŠ
Pfft!
Lu Ming spat out a mouthful of blood.
Everyone was appalled.
They had yet to come back to their senses when Lu Ming spat another mouthful of blood.
âWhatâs wrong with him?!â
âLet me take a look.â
The vice presidentâs expression changed slightly.
They would be in big trouble if Lu Ming was in danger.
Therefore he leaned forward to sense and he had an odd and absurd look on his face.
âWhatâs the matter?â
Everyone found it odd.
âLu Ming is still a three-star.â
The vice president was confused. âI donât know the details. It is very messy inside. But, he seems to be lunging at the barrier and in the midst of breaking through.â
Shush!
The entire world suddenly quietened down.
Everyone widened their eyes in disbelief.
Breakthrough?
Lu Ming was still a three-star?
Wait a minute.
That was to say, Lu Ming did all that to break through to a four-star?! They thought that this was an easy feat.
Shush!
Everyone was dumbstruck.
âIsnât he a super genius?â
Someone asked weakly.
Yes.
Speaking of Lu Ming, everyone felt that he must be a super genius!
Given his performance in the Illusory Realm, one could tell that he was powerful and he was invincible among his peers. But why was it that he took so long to break through?
No.
That was not right.
This was not simply taking a longer time!
He used one hundred times the energy needed by others yet he still could not break through. This wasâŠ
âTherefore, he is only a loser?â
âHis energy increase was merely based on the energy given to him by Lu Yan!?â
Someone exclaimed in shock.
Everyone glanced at each other and felt upset.
If that was the caseâŠ
There was no need for them to re-cultivate! Perhaps Lu Ming knew that he could not break through to a four-star and hence he worked very hard at cultivating while he was a three-star!?
HenceâŠ
Their mindsets changed.
âOhâŠâ
The vice president was delighted.
Not bad! Not bad!
Look, the geniuses had a good mindset now.
Tsk tsk.
If that was the case, there was no need for the previous batch to come and counsel them!
HenceâŠ
He arranged for everyone to wait while Lu Ming completed his breakthrough.
He wanted the geniuses to know that the person who traumatized them needed an enormous amount of energy and an extra day to break through to four-star!
And afterwardâŠ
He had yet to break through!
Wasnât this exciting?
Wasnât this stimulating?!
Look, he might be stronger than them when he was a three-star, however, they had nothing to fear since they were four-star now!
They were heavenâs pride!
The future belonged to them!
HenceâŠ
The geniuses felt much better. Their mindset changed and they began to sympathize with Lu MingâŠ
Sigh.
What a pitiful fellow.
He had to go through great pains to break through to four-star. What about the future?
He would not be able to go far!
Since that was the case, they had nothing to worry about.
After a long timeâŠ
The aura around Lu Ming changed and he became a four-star.
âHe is a four-star now,â the vice president said lightly.
âYes.â
The geniuses looked indifferent.
Look.
He took so long to become a four-starâŠ
It turned out that Lu Ming was only powerful with the help of his cardsâŠ
Heh.
âŠ
âNot bad.â
The vice president was pleased with the geniusesâ attitude.
He was very pleased.
After a long silence.
Just when the geniuses had a correct mindset, Lu Ming woke up.
At that moment.
Lu Ming opened his eyes.
After the endless battle within his body, his sharp mental strength burst out when he opened his eyes.
Bang!
A thought landed!
At that moment.
Everyone could see a roaring ocean in front of them and a towering mountain rangeâŠ
Pfft!
The geniuses spat blood!
Ye Liang who had broken through to a four-star could feel tsunami-like boundless energy rushing at him when he met his gazeâŠ
Pfft!
Ye Liang spat out blood on the spot!
âŠ
How was that possible?!
Everyone was shocked.
It was understandable that two-star cultivators could not withstand the pressure. But Ye Liang had broken through to four-star. Why couldnât he withstand Lu Mingâs gaze?!
âYouâŠâ
Ye Liang stared at Lu Ming with disbelief.
That mental strengthâŠ
That energyâŠ
Shush!
Lu Ming stood up.
He swept his gaze over everyone. When his sharp gaze landed on them, for a moment, they were reminded of the scene in the Illusory Realm.
They remembered the fear of being dominated by himâŠ
âLu Ming!â
The vice presidentâs voice boomed. âControl your senses.â
âYes.â
Lu Ming came to his senses.
As he had just broken through, he couldnât really control his energy.
HenceâŠ
He shut his eyes slightly and contained the aura that he released unknowingly. The huge pressure that was as stifling as a towering mountain finally disappeared.
âYour energyâŠâ
The vice president was shocked.
He could feel that Lu Mingâs energy was extraordinary!
How could this be possible?!
After breaking through to four-star, one could finally start the path of cultivation. The cultivators had two paths to choose from!
The first path was energy quality.
One could maintain ten thousand points of foundational energy to increase oneâs quality!
One could seek to break through as fast as possible!
One could improve oneâs speed!
One could seek to jump to another level!
The second path was the energy quantity.
If one was not content with ten thousand points of energy, one could increase oneâs energy level. One could use high capacity abilities to increase oneâs combat effectiveness!
Some people would be invincible among their peers!
Although they would take longer to advance, they still had high combat effectiveness!
HoweverâŠ
No matter which path they choseâŠ
They needed time and hard work!
But, Lu MingâŠ
The vice president sensed that Lu Ming had an enormous amount of energy. It seemed to be like the infinite sea.
To hell with it!
How much energy does the child have?
He must be very powerful if Ye Liang who has just broken through spat out blood on the spot?
The vice president was silent.
The geniuses were silent.
They were not fools. They could feel Lu Mingâs aura when he woke up. It was foolish if they continued to see Lu Ming as a loser who had difficulties breaking through!
Lu MingâŠ
Might have used a special method to break through!
He sought to be more powerful, to explore his limits and adopt more difficult methods!
To think that they sympathized with Lu Ming just now!
âŠ
âWhy did things turn out like this?â
Ye Liang looked dazed.
He knew that he could not be compared to Lu Ming. But he had never imagined that after breaking through to a four-star, the gap would be so huge! He knew that he could not defeat Lu Ming!
HoweverâŠ
He spat blood upon meeting his gazeâŠ
That was too much!
He did not have titanium alloy eyes!
Could it be thatâŠ
He was a real four-star genius?
SuddenlyâŠ
He felt regretful.
âOld Zhao. I feel like re-cultivating as well,â Ye Liang said.
Zhao Yunshan looked toward the sky.
Just when he thought that like him, Lu Ming would be stuck at the bottleneck, Lu Ming showed him with a glance that his breakthrough was unlike the rest.
Indeed.
It was totally different!
An ordinary breakthrough would not be that powerful!
The vice president looked at them and turned to give instructions to the assistant. âTell those people to come as soon as possible. They must be fast, if not it will be too late.â
âOkay.â
The assistant felt helpless.
âŠ
At this moment.
The Illusory Realm officially ended.
In the endâŠ
The results were: Lu Ming, Zhao Yunshan and Ye Liang have broken through, while the rest ended up as two-stars. The results for this batch was a new low.
There were all kinds of low records!
However, there was a good record.
âWell⊠President, there is a positive record, should we record it down?â the assistant asked.
âWhat is that?â
The vice president was shocked to know that there was a positive record.
âAlthough many people only took a few seconds, while Ye Liang and Zhao Yunshan took less than ten minutes, and Lu Ming has a longer breakthrough time, the average time for a break throughâŠâ
âYesâŠâ
âUhâ
The average breakthrough time has broken the record,â the assistant said weakly.
Shush!
The vice president looked glum.
This record had always been the most important aspect, however, right nowâŠ
âEnough of this.â
The vice president sighed.
This talk about recordsâŠ
Isnât it embarrassing to have a bunch of two-stars?
âYes.â
The assistant had no choice but to obey his orders.
âŠ
Over on Lu Mingâs side.
He had just broken through.
He had no understanding of what being a four-star meant.
In his impression, the Energy Warrior Association was ready for this. They had prepared materials for the four-star cultivators who had just broken through to have a deeper understanding of what being a four-star meant.
HoweverâŠ
He had yet to have any interaction or meals and he was being sent out.
Lu Ming was confused.
Why were the big-shots at the Energy Association being so stingyâŠ
It was just a mealâŠ
Forget it.
He would spend his own money.
âDeeâ I am sorry. The association refuses to have any transactions with you.â
Eh?
Lu Ming looked bewildered.
What was happening?
Perhaps they had black-listed him?
That should not be⊠he did not do anythingâŠ
Forget it.
He would just go back.
âŠ
It was very late at night.
Lu Ming hurried back to Qing Ming City.
Phew.
Cold winds flew past him.
The entire Qing Ming City was enveloped by the cold.
âThis is strange.â
Lu Ming frowned slightly.
The Lunar New Year was over. Why was it still so cold?
EspeciallyâŠ
This type of sinister coldnessâŠ
âBrother, did you just come back?â
The boss of a roadside stall asked with a smile.
âYes.â
Lu Ming nodded slightly.
âDo you want a bowl of cold noodles?â the boss asked.
âNo.â
Lu Ming was speechless.
This was crazy. Who would have cold noodles in the winter!
âŠ
âIs this our target?â
âNo.â
âShall I make a move?â
âDonât complicate things.â
âAlright.â
âDonât be reckless. It has been very chaotic in Qing Ming City recently. Due to the appearance of the spirit bodies, people from all trades have gathered here. Behave yourself!â
âAlright.â
âDonât give me a perfunctory answer. Let me tell you, the Qing Ming City is very dangerous. Xiaojiuâs team has been caught.â
âIs this true or not? Why?â
âBecause they sold hot dried noodlesâŠâ
âHuh?â
âArenât they out of their mind to sell hot dried noodles in the winter? This will make people gather at their stall. I heard that on the day they set up the stall, long queues had already formed. Many people frequented the stall and then they were done for.â
âWhy?â
âTwo police officers went for noodles as they were very popular⊠They thought that they were discovered and they exposed their abilities on the spot and fled. In the end they were caught.â
âThis is why we sell cold noodles. Do you understand?â
âAlright.â
âDonât give me a perfunctory answer! Remember, this place is very odd! We are here to complete the task, donât complicate things!â
âDo you understand?!â
âŠ
A distance away.
Lu Ming who had moved away stuck out his ears, as they twitched.
Sigh.
This was the con of being a four-star, his hearing had become more acute. The two men were clueless and they did not keep their voices downâŠ
What else could he say?
After leaving that street, Lu Ming called Zhang Wei.
âHello.â
Zhang Weiâs voice was deep.
âWhy arenât you sleeping?â
Lu Ming was surprised.
Zhang Wei was silent.
He suddenly had the urge to beat someone.
He called in the middle of the night and woken him up. Yet he asked why he wasnât sleeping? Damn it. He had just fallen asleep!
HoweverâŠ
He knew why Lu Ming would ask that question.
âQing Ming City has become like this recently,â Zhang Wei said in a low voice, âThe alerts on our communication devices have been set to the highest level. We have to respond whenever we are needed.â
âUnderstood.â
Lu Ming was in awe.
It was hard on these people given the state Qing Ming City was in.
âThen I will get to the point.â
Lu Ming said, âThere is a man who sells cold noodles by the bus stop⊠He seems to be in cahoots with another gang. You can decide what to do with them.â
âReally?â
Zhang Wei was surprised. âThatâs good. I can have better meals tomorrow.â
Lu Ming was speechless.
He suddenly came to his senses.
Could it be that the gang that was caught a few days ago was preparing hot dried noodlesâŠ
Tsk tsk.
Outstanding!
âŠ
He hung up the phone.
Lu Ming hurried back.
On his way, he saw several cultivators who were dressed up weirdly. They seemed to be from other districts. They must have come in the middle of the night to search for spirit bodies.
HoweverâŠ
It was not that easy to catch spirit bodies.
Heh.
Lu Ming ignored them and hurried toward a familiar street downtown.
In the shop.
There were faint lights.
He opened the door and saw that a young lady was dozing in the shop. She rested her elbow on the table, while her head swung about.
Duang!
There was a loud sound and Xiaobai knocked onto the table.
âAh!â
Xiaobai massaged her head. âThatâs painfulâŠâ
Upon finishing her wordsâŠ
She leaned against the table with a dazed look.
Heh.
Lu Mingâs lips curled to reveal a smile.
âXiaobai?â
Lu Ming touched her little head.
âHum.â
Xiaobai sensed a familiar aura and she leaned against him. âMaster, you are back⊠Eh, youâre hot! Master, you are back!â
Lu Ming looked confused.
What did it mean?
Since when was he cold?!
âWhy donât you go inside to sleep?â
Lu Ming was helpless.
âI am not sleepy yet.â
Xiaobai said happily, âOh, by the way, the food is still hot.â
Eh?
Lu Ming looked toward the table. The lights on the rice cooker were still on. He opened it and saw piping hot dishes inside it. It seemed that Xiaobai had prepared them in advance.
âLetâs have dinner.â
Xiaobai served the food.
Heh.
Lu Ming felt warm inside.
After the meal, he realized that Xiaobai was leaning against the table, deep in her sleep.
This girlâŠ
To think that she said she wasnât sleepy.
âXiaobai.â
âHmmâŠâ
âGo back to sleep.â
âHmmâŠâ
Lu Ming was helpless.
He had just broken through to a four-star and he had many things to handle. But he was clear about what was important. He would think about cultivation tomorrow.
The time was just right.
He felt drained these past two days. He should get some rest.
HenceâŠ
He carried Xiaobai to bed and went to sleep.
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