31 Mao Lus boyfriend??? (1/2)
CHAOYANG- MAO LU'S HOME
In the courtyard Chàng Bo trained under the cool afternoon sky, his punches splitting the air and causing loud booms to shake the earth. His fists moved slowly yet the impact was immense.
This was Chàng Bo's skill Supernova, he was honing his control of the technique by limiting the output of his power.
Supernova was a skill that could shake the heavens and send a blast strong enough to explode a star. At the moment he'd mastered the skill to 60% proficiency. With a single thrust from his fist he could blow up a planet and cause shockwaves to ripple through space.
Supernova is a very powerful attack technique, however it requires a lot of essence to use. Just performing Supernova once drained Chàng Bo of the majority of his life and star essences, putting him into a weakened state.
Such a skill was like having a gun with only one bullet, if he used it in battle there was a 50% chance of success but also a 50% chance of defeat.
That wasn't good enough. He needed to be able to use the skill more than once whilst suffering minimum backlash.
\”I need to improve!\”
Despite Chàng Bo's tier 1 skills and Dao Stage cultivation, he was still easily plotted against.
Strength is a necessary foundation, but a strong man can easily end up working under a knowledgeable man who is in control.
Strength wasn't the only thing Chàng Bo needed, he also needed greater control over his abilities, and greater control over his senses. So what if he could blow up a planet with his fist, if he was easily defeated by some poison then such strength proved meaningless.
He needed to train, he needed to be reckless, he needed to take risks, he needed to hone himself so hard that he'd be screaming the same way Mao Lu did. That was how he needed to improve.
Even the Sovereign System, despite being such a powerful tool, would end up useless in his hands if he didn't learn how to control it. Similarly his body was a powerful tool that he'd been making stronger everyday. If he didn't know how to control it and every skill he had, then it would also become useless.
That's why Chàng Bo was repetitively punching out using only 0.0001% of the Supernova skill, so that he could improve his control of the skill.
As his fists went \”BAM BAM BAM\” he couldn't help but think about his situation.
\”Mao Lu mentioned that he was unable to remove the poison inside, and even now it's still lying dormant in my system.
Whoever plotted against me must have been planning this for many years. They must have poisoned me before I obtained the Immortal stage, else I would have detected such a thing.
If that's the case then I was possibly poisoned more than 60 years ago. But for what aim? If they wanted to kill me they could have done it any time, especially when I was much weaker and younger. Yet they chose now.
So then was it for the Gatekeepers key? Did they want to put me into a position where I would use it? But that wouldn't make sense, the only reason I used the Gatekeepers key was because I didn't have any other escape tools on me, how would they have known that I had used up all my other escape talismans and treasures? Also if they knew I had the Gatekeepers key they would have known I had the system, and if they knew about the Sovereign System they would have come after me a long time ago for such a treasure. So then what is the real reason????\”
The more Chàng Bo tried to understand the aims of whoever framed him the more bewildered he became.
The only thing that came from thinking about it was more questions.
And now Mao Lu had left to go to the Gatekeepers Association.
Chàng Bo had gotten a feel for Mao Lu's character and he could tell Mao Lu was an honest, friendly, trustworthy type. So since Mao Lu had said \”I'll clearly tell them your side of the story\”, Chàng Bo trusted that he would.
But Chàng Bo had met other Gatekeepers and he knew that they wouldn't care much for his lowly practitioner circumstances. They'd be angered that he kept the key from them and even dared to use it, regardless of the reason.
Chàng Bo felt that there was a large secret surrounding the Gatekeepers key.
All the public knew was that a Gatekeepers key could take you to any Realm without permission and would become useless after one use.
The Gatekeepers announced long ago that they'd lost eight of these keys and that it was of the utmost importance that anyone who found them must report them to their Gatekeeper. If they they didn't they shall suffer the consequences.
It was these \”Consequences\” that Chàng Bo was afraid of.
Why would the Gatekeepers create such a key? A Gatekeeper can go to any Realm they want, they don't need permission. The ones that need permission are the normal practitioners. So this key could only benefit normal practitioners, right? So then why did they make Gatekeeper keys if they didn't want them to be used, and how did they lose them? There had to be some greater secret towards all of this that the Gatekeepers were hiding.
It wasn't just Chàng Bo that thought this way, there were many books out there with titles such as the \”Conspiracies behind our Gatekeepers\”, \”What is a Gatekeepers key?\”, \”Why do they have such a power?\”, \”What are the Gatekeepers protecting us from?\”
Since the beginning of the 400 realms the practitioners that lived within them were always curious and threatened by the existence of Gatekeepers. No matter how much a practitioner trained they would never be able to defy the absolute power of a Gatekeeper.
This powerful group were neither elected by the people, nor did they appear in the public domain. They kept themselves so private yet they had so much power over everyone. This obviously made many people very uneasy over the countless billions of years.
Many had wanted to start uprisings or made petitions trying to make Gatekeepers and their secrets public, but obviously they didn't succeed. A Gatekeepers power is absolute.
Truly undefiable for normal Practitioners.That was why Chàng Bo wanted to become the Celestial Sovereign and be supreme over everything, including the Gatekeepers. Because he wanted to have undefiable power and be second to none.
Of course him becoming the Celestial Sovereign was still a long way to go. And at the moment if the Gatekeepers decided he should be executed because of his use of the key, then he would be at their mercy.
The idea made Chàng Bo nervous, but at the same time he doubted they would kill him. Firstly, It wasn't like he'd done something extremely terrible. Secondly, it would be too cruel to kill him. And thirdly, he was famous among practitioners in the 400 realms as an Absolute Heaven defying talent. If he was murdered while young, and by Gatekeepers no less, then that could cause all kinds of waves in the cultivator and mage communities.
The Gatekeepers probably wouldn't want to complicate matters, and hopefully they wouldn't resort to executing him.
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Chàng Bo's fists were bloody from the constant practice, his breath ragged, and odorless crystal clear sweat slid down his muscled torso.
He only wore the pants of his garments, his main robes laying in his East Wing room, as he didn't want to tear them through training. Since he only had the one outfit here in Realm 145 and he hadn't yet acquired some more clothing.
As Chàng Bo's fists dripped with his mercury blood that hissed and burned as it fell to the ground, he didn't bat an eye as he continued to punch left and right.
\”If I can't handle even this much pain then I'm not worth becoming the Celestial Sovereign.\”
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10 Minutes away from Mao Lu's home in a six seat Land Rover were; Tanaka Kato, Bei Lao, Zhao Detong, Fei Bing Bing, Frank Wang, Qi Zhou, and Fang Kai.
Fei Bing Bing's phone rang out as she dialled Mao Lu for the fourth time.
\”His phone isn't off but he's not picking up, and it's not like Lu to ignore me when I call. And all those wechat messages I sent him are unseen.\” Fei Bing Bing sighed.
\”Well he probably deleted the app for some reason then, and maybe he lost his phone.\” Zhao Detong tried reasoning.
\”Or maybe he's getting busy.\” Tanaka giggled mischievously.
\”GETTING BUSY?!!!\” They all shouted at Tanaka in unison.
\”What do you mean by that huh?\” Fei Bing Bing interrogated. Turning her head around in the passenger seat so she could look directly at Tanaka.