Chapter 898 - Never Forgot or Ceased... (1/2)

“My strength has increased by more than one level!”

Fang Qiu stood up and clenched his fist.

He felt that with this breakthrough, the internal Qi inside his body had almost doubled!

When he clenched his fist, the overwhelming power in his body surprised him even more. This breakthrough actually doubled his strength!

“Although the meridians have been reopened, the feeling I got after this breakthrough is still the same as that of a normal one!”

Fang Qiu sighed with emotion.

He suddenly thought of Ruan Changhong’s master, the old man who was a Half-step Guru, in Southern Yue!

At that time, with the strength of a seventh-class Martial Superior with three opened meridians, Fang Qiu was no match for him at all. But now, after breaking through to the eighth class, Fang Qiu was confident that he was absolutely able to fight with him given his current strength!

Even if Fang Qiu couldn’t win, he could flee.

He would not be knocked to the ground.

That was to say, without using the power of the Guru Realm, Fang Qiu’s combat capability was already close to the Half-step Guru Realm!

In the future, even if he met an expert at the level of the Sword Fanatic, he could go all out to fight!

“I still have to consolidate my foundation,” Fang Qiu thought.

With that in mind, he immediately began to practice.

He practiced a set of fist techniques, palm techniques, and sword techniques respectively. After sitting down and meditating for a while, he finally stabilized his strength.

“Phew…”

After doing all this, he stood up again, exhaled deeply, and murmured with some lingering fear, “In the future, I must be steady. Fortunately, I got the Luotu Ginseng this time. Without the Heaven Treasure, my meridians would have been destroyed!”

After finishing his words, he took a deep breath and then moved. He jumped down from the high peak and quickly rushed into the forest.

“Beep, beep, beep…”

As soon as he landed, the phone in his trouser pocket rang.

He took it out and had a look.

It was Director Li Huawen.

“Hello?” Fang Qiu hurriedly answered the phone.

“Where are you?”

Director Li Huawen’s questioning voice came from the other end of the line. “I’ve been waiting for you in the capital for more than ten days. Where are you?”

“Director Li, I’ve been busy lately.”

Fang Qiu patted his head and remembered that he had forgotten this matter. He quickly explained, “When I finish my work in two days, I will definitely go to the capital as soon as possible. How about that?”

“Okay.”

Li Huawen nodded and said, “That’s a deal. I’ll wait for you in the capital. If you don’t come, I’ll definitely catch you in person, no matter where you are!”

“Don’t worry. Please rest assured.”

Fang Qiu quickly added, “I’ll definitely go there.”

He made a promise and chatted with Director Li Huawen for a while before hanging up.

He kept it in mind lest he should break his promise.

“Now, everyone on the Sword-hidden Mountain should have left, I guess.”

Fang Qiu looked up at the sky. The sun was setting, and then he looked at the time on his mobile phone. It was already six o’clock in the evening.

He did a careful calculation.

Two hours had passed since the battle ended at four o’clock in the afternoon.

Presumably, almost all the people on the Sword-hidden Mountain had left.

At the thought of this, Fang Qiu left for the Sword-hidden Mountain at once.

Fifteen minutes later, he came to the foot of the Sword-hidden Mountain again. With a sweep of his Divine Consciousness, he found that the Sword-hidden Mountain was already empty and everyone had left.

He arrived in front of the Sword Enlightenment Stele and found that the only person left in the valley was the sword guard.

At that moment, the senior was sweeping the floor.

“Many thanks, Senior!”

Seeing the senior, Fang Qiu cupped his hands to express his gratitude toward him without hesitation.

“I have to thank you too.”

When the old man saw Fang Qiu, he instantly smiled with satisfaction. As he smiled, he said, “It’s been more than 2,200 years. I’ve finally completed the mission of guarding the sword, and my next generation is free because of this. You have liberated my family. I should thank you!”

“Senior, since the divine sword has appeared, will you continue to guard this place?” asked Fang Qiu.

“Yes!”

The old man smiled and nodded, saying, “For one thing, I’ve already accustomed to staying here. For another, some people are unwilling to give up, thinking that there must be more divine swords hidden in the Sword-hidden Mountain. I have to stay here to persuade them. There were dozens of people sitting here this afternoon trying to comprehend the Sword Enlightenment Stele. They wouldn’t go if I hadn’t talked them into it.”

“That’s true.”

Fang Qiu nodded with understanding and admired the old man a lot.

Dozens of generations of a family stuck to a promise.

They neither forgot nor ceased to fulfill their promise.

Even with the mission completed, the old man continued on his last journey.

The old man said with a smile, “From now on, I will continue to protect the forest here, and I will become a real forest ranger.”

“This place is worth defending!”

Fang Qiu nodded.

“Yes.”

The old man turned to look at the scenery around him and said, “Even without the divine sword, this place is still the Sword-hidden Mountain, and there is still the Sword Enlightenment Stele here!”

Fang Qiu looked at the Sword Enlightenment Stele and then cupped his hands to say goodbye to the old man.

He left the valley and went to the middle of the back mountain.

According to his memory, he dug at the places that attracted him one by one. In the end, he dug out three more ancient swords in the back mountain and five more in the front mountain.