Childhood Friend of the Zenith – 492 (Part 1)



492 (Part 1)

”’Chapter 493 – Do You Need It?

A small hill exists outside the Tang Clan.

In terms of usage it was a place where the wolves raised by Tang Shaoyue particularly resided.

Thud-! Thud-thud-!

However at this moment the wolves were nowhere to be seen due to the presence of a single individual.

A black-haired man having thrown off his shirt was engrossed in training holding a boulder the size of a house in one hand.

Sweat dripped down his body soaking his skin and flowing through the gaps in his muscles.

The densely packed muscles filled to the brim would naturally elicit admiration from onlookers.

“Huuh….”

After repeatedly training with the rock the young man finally took a breath and set the boulder down.

Boom-! The ground sank as the weight of the rock hit the earth.

Twisting his body to check his condition the young man then grabbed a cloth nearby to wipe himself down.

As he was wiping himself a man watching from a tree came down to see the situation.

The young man showed no particular reaction as he seemed to have been aware of this from the start.

The man who had come down remarked as he saw the young man wiping himself.

“Not a pretty sight.”

Hearing that the master chuckled.

“Right off the bat that sounds like nonsense.”

“Are you worried about your disciple yet he comes back all beaten up?”

“Haha!”

The master reacted with amusement to the words of the Dark King.

In fact the left cheek of the master was swollen and red.

It was the aftermath of a fierce battle he had with his disciple the previous night.

“I told you he was tough and he really is quite the stubborn one.”

He had thought his disciple would give up easily but recalling how he clung on until the very end made the master shudder.

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At first he had gone to see what had happened after hearing that his disciple had been poisoned in the Tang Clan.

But after just a few days Gu Yangchen had changed so much.

Leaving aside the improvement in skill the physical transformation was astonishing.

‘What on earth did he consume to become like that?’

He understood that he had experienced a miraculous encounter.

Whether it had turned into a miraculous elixir or some kind of enlightenment he couldn’t say.

‘His very body has changed.’

Regardless of what kind of miraculous encounter it was the results were too evident.

His skeletal structure had grown and his skin had strengthened.

It resembled what is commonly referred to as Body Reformation…

‘But the qi center itself changing is simply bizarre.’

The lower qi center had disappeared and everything had concentrated in the middle qi center.

In such a case what kind of situation would arise was something even the master could not predict.

What kind of experiences had he gone through to change so drastically in such a short time?

He was curious but the master did not ask Gu Yangchen about it.

After all he had a face that would likely not provide an answer and it wasn’t something that was important to the master at the moment.

As long as Gu Yangchen could inherit the Tua Pa Cheon Mu nothing else mattered.

Moreover.

‘He doesn’t seem like the type to misuse this.’

Even if he inherited the Tua Pa Cheon Mu and his own name.

Knowing that Gu Yangchen wouldn’t do anything foolish with it the master didn’t pay much attention to the changed Gu Yangchen.

However.

‘I’m envious of his very body.’

Whatever it was the body that Gu Yangchen had achieved was something the master could only envy.

Though he claimed to have let go of his regrets in the end the reason the master felt he couldn’t elevate his own level was due to his body.

‘Hmm….’

He repeatedly clenched and opened his hand.

Even if he cultivated outer arts and filled his qi the essential vessel was not fulfilled.

It was impossible to elevate his level in this state.

‘How frustrating.’

Had he reached a limit?

After the Ban Luo Huan Dong precisely when he turned sixteen under the name of Bi Yi Jin.

The master had swallowed the elixir he had brought from his secret vault and reached a peak easily attaining a mature peak afterward.

However reaching the transformation stage was still out of reach.

‘Tsk.’

If he forcibly achieved Body Reformation using qi it might be possible.

But he didn’t have enough qi for that.

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This inefficient body no matter how much elixir he consumed couldn’t fully accumulate qi.

It was rather a loss.

“So do you regret it?”

At the Dark King’s question the master turned his head.

The man had reverted to his original appearance having changed back from the altered form.

He had become an old man with white hair beyond just blonde.

“No I don’t regret it. If I had stayed the same I wouldn’t have reached where I wanted to go.”

He sometimes thought about it.

Wondering if it would have been better if he hadn’t gone through Ban Luo Huan Dong.

But that was as far as it went.

Even if the situation had changed this was his choice.

Since the path he wanted to take hadn’t changed he would continue on the path he was on in silence.

“You let a young disciple slap you did you?”

At the Dark King’s words the master’s lips twitched slightly.

“… Are you mocking me right now?”

“I’ve been doing that from the start; you’re just slow to catch on. Bi Ju.”

“Hah.”

Hearing him joke with such a cold expression was simply absurd.

“Tsk….”

That said he had no retort. That too was a result.

*Sigh.*

What a state to be in at the end of his life.

‘… Damn it.’

Thinking of his disciple made him curse involuntarily. That brat was infuriating.

Feeling the disconnect with his body and the frustration after the elevation he wanted to let it go.

Moreover sensing that his qi was somewhat tangled he used the excuse of a workout to perform Tui Gong Guo Xue on him.

It was already difficult to attempt given that his muscles had grown stronger and his movements had become quicker.

‘But that brat….’

Recalling Gu Yangchen who was joyfully rampaging the master ground his teeth.

Gu Yangchen was not someone who lacked talent in martial arts so he must have known that he was attempting Tui Gong Guo Xue on himself.

‘And he used that as an excuse to attack instead?’

The master recalled how the attacks had intensified the moment he realized that.

It was absurd. How could a disciple do such a thing?

‘… I took in a madman as my disciple.’

The master finally realized this but it was already far too late.

And rightly so.

‘If that brat had no talent I would have kicked him out long ago.’

To the master’s eyes Gu Yangchen was an exceptionally talented individual.

It seemed he had some unrecognized inferiority complex. The master couldn’t understand it.

Leaving aside the fact that he was his chosen disciple.

The level and martial arts that Gu Yangchen had reached were already beyond what someone his age could achieve.

Including himself those who were now in the position of the Three Ancestors had reached the transformation stage after turning eighteen.

Even that was considered a genius of the century and the Central Plains had been abuzz about it.

The moment the news of Gu Yangchen reaching the transformation stage which was now treated as nonsense became true.

‘It would cause an uproar.’

It was a story that would make all the sects and families stamp their feet in frustration.

The news that a youth who had not yet reached adulthood had reached the transformation stage was undoubtedly a sign that he would become the world’s best in the future.

Even if he were to be engaged to someone from the Namgung Clan a family with a pretty daughter might just lay down the law.

The reason why Gu Yangchen who had such an impact lacked confidence was something the master could not fathom.

He would surely manage on his own but if it came to it the master might intervene.

If that foolish inferiority complex caused problems in learning martial arts.

Having thought that far the master suddenly remembered something he wanted to ask the Dark King.

“By the way have you finished everything you were doing?”

For the past couple of days the Dark King had been away saying he had something to check in Sichuan.

The Dark King nodded slightly at the master’s words.”’