Chapter 175: Disclosing His Intentions (1/2)

“What’s the matter?” Cheng Ruilong put down the book he was reading and looked at his grandson. Cheng Ruilong was getting more and more satisfied with the maturity of this grandson.

“I have requested for leave from Grandpa Xu today. I am going to leave for a few months.”

“Request for leave? You have only started teaching the soldiers for a few days and you want to take leave? Furthermore, it’s a few months. Did Grandpa Xu agree to it?” Cheng Ruilong was startled. At first, he thought that Cheng Yu was going to ask for some allowance. He did not expect it to be requesting leave.

Even though Cheng Ruilong had already retired, everyone were educated people, they were all able to roughly guess the importance for this new squadron. Now, Cheng Yu had only taught them for a few days, so how were his superiors going to allow him to leave. If they agreed to it, wouldn’t it mean that they were going to make him give up his position as well?

Cheng Ruilong had spent so much time convincing his grandson and only after much difficulty had he managed to obtain this martial instructor position. Now that the Cheng Family had stepped into the military world, why would Cheng Ruilong be willing to throw away what he had already obtained it.

“Grandpa Xu agreed to it, but we still have to wait for him to convince some others as well,” Cheng Yu spoke frankly. Cheng Yu felt that there was no need to conceal such things.

“What kind of urgent matters need you to leave right away? Now is the best time for you to establish your own network in the military world. If you leave now, isn’t it equivalent to you giving up this position?” Cheng Ruilong disapproved of Cheng Yu leaving. After all, as the head of the Cheng Family, he needed to consider the future prospects of the family.

“I think Grandpa Xu would fight for me, but I really have to leave. Now that my strength has already reached a bottleneck. I need to look for an opportunity to breakthrough. Or else, I will not be able to live my life with ease,” Cheng Yu knew that he needed to disclose some part of his true identity to his grandfather. This method was able to assist him in solving this problem.

“Tell me frankly, are you part of those kinds of people right now?” Cheng Ruilong’s expression was extremely serious, but there were traces of expectation.

“Those kind of people? What do you mean?” Cheng Yu was taken aback as he asked in response.

“I previously met an outside world expert and he possessed a set of supernatural abilities. He told me that he was not part of our kind. As for which realm he was talking about, I have no idea. Even though I don’t know which realm you achieved, I believe that your master should also be an outer world expert,” Cheng Ruilong recalled the words of an outer world expert whom he had met before.

“Judging by what you said, I think I should be in the same classification as them,” What Cheng Ruilong had said was not very distinct, but Cheng Yu was able to tell that Cheng Ruilong was referring to the Cultivation World. To be addressed as an outer world expert was usually reserved for those who possessed extraordinary abilities and people who were likely to be cultivators.

“Really?” After getting Cheng Yu’s confirmation, Cheng Ruilong was excited. To him, those outer world experts were people who could only be sought for. At that time, he also wished to request that expert as his teacher, but that expert said that he was lacking of natural aptitude making Cheng Ruilong feel regretful. Never had he expected that dozens of years later, his grandson would actually have the opportunity to become one of them. This was truly a blessing to his Cheng Family.

“Should be.”

“Then what kind of people are all of you classified as? Immortals?” Cheng Ruilong started to become curious. He had always hoped to understand them more and had also sent people to seek them. But there was never any good news from them. Ever since he had met that expert, Cheng Ruilong never stopped investigating about them. Take for example his study room, a lot of the books were related to the secrets of this world, but even so, he was still not able to comprehend what realm the expert was talking about.

Now that his grandson had such a good opportunity, it’s natural for Cheng Ruilong to wish to know more about it. Looking at Cheng Ruilong’s eager expression, Cheng Yu felt that there were some things he should be frank about and it could be beneficial for the Cheng Family as well. He would also not need to find anymore excuses and would even get the support from Cheng Ruilong.

“We are addressed as cultivators. Normally, we would seek the way of immortality to become an immortal. As for the realm we belong to, it is named the Cultivation World.”

“Seek the way of immortality? Becoming an immortal?” Cheng Ruilong had flipped through all kinds of ancient books and records for the recent years. He found out that there were once people that had seeked immortality before. All the daoist traditions originated from ancient times. But in their eyes, all the daoists were very ordinary just like those monks. A majority of them were fakes.

“Correct.”

“Are there really people who can live forever in this world? And become immortal?” At this moment, Cheng Ruilong was like a curious little student as he voiced out all his questions.

“Yes. Previously, I said so when I gave everyone a Longevity Pill. It was to prolong a person’s lifespan. That pill allows someone to prolong their lifespan for 50 years.”