Chapter 14 (1/2)

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

The next morning, Ou Yangming went to the West Camp happily.

He had become familiar with the place, and the soldiers under Chen Yifan no longer found him strange, so he met Chen Yifan successfully.

The general was training his soldiers, and under his supervision, hundreds of soldiers in armor practiced Joint Attack Art. Normally, outsiders were not allowed to observe the practice of Joint Attack Art, but who really cared about an underage fellow?

Ou Yangming watched with great interest and could not wait to do that as well.

Nonetheless, he knew very well that those on the drill ground were at least Force Artists, but unlike him, they underwent severe training to acquire Dantian Light and grasped certain powerful techniques. If he were to battle them… Unless the same situation with Zhang Hanyu appeared again, he would definitely die.

“Hehe, young fella, you seem fascinated.” A hearty laugh was heard beside Ou Yangming. “Do you want to join them?”

Ou Yangming, who was surprised, quickly turned to look.

As soon as he saw who it was, he exhaled deeply. “Captain Liu, are you trying to scare me to death?”

Captain Liu was not an outsider. His full name was Liu Zhengye, and he was General Chen’s guard captain, in charge of the Guards that had a hundred elite people. As such, he was one of Chen Yifan’s confidants.

Naturally, Ou Yangming was insignificant to him, but being one of General Chen’s confidants, he was aware that the general valued the young fellow, so he was extra friendly and polite to him.

About Ou Yangming watching the soldiers drill… Since the general said nothing about it, he would not care too much.

Liu Zhengye asked with a smile, “You’re here to find the general? I think he’s not here today.”

Ou Yangming quickly replied, “Captain Liu, the old man asked me to come.”

Liu Zhengye then said seriously, “Old Craftsman? Why did he ask you to come? Is there something wrong with the martial tool he’s making for General Chen?”

Ou Yangming waved his hand. “Captain Liu, don’t worry, do you not trust the old man’s skill?”

Liu Zhengye was relieved. He knew that the general was very hopeful about the smithing of his weapon, and would be extremely unhappy if something were to go wrong.

He stared at Ou Yangming snappily, then said, “Why are you here if it’s not about the martial tool? Hmph, the general is very busy, he doesn’t have much time for you.”

Ou Yangming pouted his lips. “Okay, I’ll leave then.”

Liu Zhengye was stunned. He grabbed the young fellow, then demanded, “Don’t go, tell me what it is.”

Normally, he would not have cared, but since Old Craftsman was smithing a divine weapon for the general, it would be more harm than good if Old Craftsman was upset about anything.

Ou Yangming shrugged. “I managed to acquire Dantian Light yesterday, so the old man asked me to come and look for the general.”

“Oh, Dantian… What? You acquired Dantian Light?” Liu Zhengye was unconcerned at first because he had seen many martial artists in the military, thus he thought little of a Force Grade martial artist who had just obtained Dantian Light. However, at that instant, he understood why Old Craftsman had sent Ou Yangming here.

Ou Yangming nodded. “Yes, I can’t lie about something like this.”

Liu Zhengye twitched his mouth, then asked, “If I’m not mistaken, you’ve only strengthened your muscles and bones in less than half a month, right?”

Ou Yangming thought for a while, then answered, “Almost.”

Liu Zhengye cursed to himself. ‘What do you mean by almost? You became a martial artist by doing the martial-art squat for half a month, that’s… That’s unbelievable.’

He suddenly reached his hand out to place it on Ou Yangming’s dantian.

Ou Yangming was stunned and could not react in time, so Liu Zhengye managed to get him.

“Not bad, you really attained Dantian Light.” Nevertheless, Liu Zhengye did not mean ill. He withdrew his hand a brief moment later and nodded. “General is drilling soldiers at the moment, and he’ll only be done in half an hour, so you can wait in the tent.”

Ou Yangming nodded with a lingering fear, then hurried away. He cursed silently. ‘Captain Liu’s strength is much higher than Zhang Hanyu’s, but a sudden attack is not a good habit.’

Half an hour pa.s.sed by in the blink of an eye.

Soon, Chen Yifan walked into the tent majestically, then looked at Ou Yangming with his lightning eyes. “Nice, your apt.i.tude is decent. You didn’t let me down.”

Ou Yangming s.h.i.+vered a little because the look from Chen Yifan actually made him slightly afraid.

Old Craftsman and Liu Zhengye verified his status as a Force Grade martial artist by touching his dantian, yet Chen Yifan had verified it by just taking a look at him.

However, what Ou Yangming did not know was that Chen Yifan was equally shocked.