Chapter 106 - A Disciple’s Responsibility (1/2)

”Hey, Tyrone. Have you seen master? I've been trying to figure out how to absorb void energy into my sword more efficiently, he said that I should just learn at my current pace and not speed through it. But I just can't collect enough energy to break through to the 40th layer.”

Jack sat down on a garden bench, tired and worried. He had been looking all over the palace for the last hour but he could not find any sign of Simon. He even tried checking Simon's study but he did not show up.

'This is all too unnatural.' Jack lamented in his mind.

Tyrone, who was sitting beside him, was eating away at a bag of ch.i.p.s. After a hard and long day of training, Tyrone found himself back in the refurbished gardens. Everything had been replaced again, yet nothing had changed. He silently admired the lush greenery before turning back to Jack.

”I haven't seen master since yesterday, I can't give you any insight.” Tyrone replied.

”Did he go out on a trip without telling us? If so, where did he go? I want to follow him wherever he chooses to go. I will stand beside him in the future, that is my pride as his disciple. However, I cannot do that if I don't know where he is…”

”Jack, relax. Master has left us plenty of instructions, enough to last us a month. When we are finished, we can go look. Until then, we follow his instructions to the letter. That is my pride as his disciple” Tyrone sighed. He knew that Jack was worried, but he himself did not have any ember of worry in him. Tyrone trusted that Simon would not leave without a good reason, he also trusted in Simon's instructions.

Do what must be done before doing anything else.

”Touché” Jack backed off.

”Fine, I will go back to training. But in one month, we are going to look for master if he doesn't show up.”

In the training room, a week later:

CLANG

”James, your sword is getting much better. You can find so many weaknesses in my stance and take advantage of every single one. I bet you are at the 45th layer at least.” Mu complimented James out of respect. It was not common to find such a talented individual. James has trained his Darkness Sword very well, enough to shock Mu in submission.

Mu felt rather winded after his sparring session, so he could only find a wall and slid down it until he landed flat on his behind.

”Thanks for the compliment, Mu. Are you alright though? Do you need me to get some water for you?” James easily noticed Mu's loss of stamina, quickly asking if the latter needed assistance.

As the MC or ML of the novel, James was of good nature. Therefore, things like this, he would do out of the kindness of his heart. That did not stop him from building a huge harem and disappointing all of the harem members at the end of the novel. As such, he could be considered a kind d.i.c.k.

More like a kind person that thinks with his d.i.c.k.

”Ah, I'm fine. I just need to catch my breath for now. I can't lose my intensity just yet, James.” Mu seemed rather under pressure.

”What's wrong, Mu?”

”Haven't you heard? The mistress has started spreading word that Master had to leave early because of important matters. That is why he's been absent. Since Master was not available, we did not do the ceremony. Thus, we have to train harder to make up for it.”

”I certainly will not disappoint him. I will train until I die. That is my resolve as his disciple.” Mu got back up with an iron will and drew his word again.

”James, let's do this!”

In the forest that surrounded the palace, the YuLuShu brothers had begun what seemed to be a barbaric sparring match. After being given the most pitiful looking techniques, the three brothers worked hard despite the unfairness. They were rewarded in the end, becoming the most genius disciples and easily surpassing their peers. Their misfortune became their treasure.

”Shu, I know that you have long surpassed the 100th layer of your technique. But today, I will defeat you and claim the seat of most genius disciple of master!” Lu grasped a pair of chopsticks and flicked them towards Shu.

SHA SHA

The chopsticks divided into hundreds upon hundreds of similar sized chopsticks, like birdshot approaching wel… a bird.

POOF

The chopstick were instantly blocked by a spectral flip flop and dissipated into nothingness.

”Lu, you'd better bring you 'A Game' if you want to beat me.” Shu sent a descending flip flop unto Lu, forcing the latter to retreat a few hundred steps.

BOOM

Hundreds of trees had disintegrated into ash just like that, painting the forest in a cloud of ash and vapours.