Chapter 21 - Grandmaster (1/2)
After the trip to Star Dou Forest, the seven of them along with Teacher Zhao returned to Shrek. It was almost night right now so they didn't do anything and went towards the dorms, but before they went Rongrong asked Tang San,
”Brother San, can we talk for a bit??”
No one apart from Xiao Wu bothered about that and went back, Xiao Wu who remembered Tang San saying about having a harem was quite distressed about it, so she went back with a sulking expression.
Tang San and Rongrong went to a secluded place to talk since Rongrong didn't want anyone else listening to their talk,
”Brother San, can you tell me more about your Second Spirit??”
He was a little astonished, why did she want to know about his second spirit so badly. He knew that everyone was interested in it but she was acting a little different from usual.
”I've already told you most of it, what more do you want to know??”
”Brother San, do you know why our Seven Treasured Pagoda has only Seven floors??”
He kept a thinking expression and said,
”Does it have something to do with your spirit rings??”
”Right, our spirits are limited to only seven rings and we can't even cultivate to the Spirit Douluo level. So there has been a rule in our clan that, the direct descendants should take in strong spirit masters as their husbands, me having an innate spirit power of nine improved my chances of being the next clan head of the Seven Treasured Glass Clan and it is even strict for me to do so. With your great talent and intelligence, along with your twin spirits and these past few days I too have developed some feelings to you so can you be my boyfriend!!”
When he heard that he was shocked, he knew about the problem with the Seven Treasured Spirit which could only have 7 spirit rings to it and the method to solve this problem but he had never expected her to propose to him so early. He was happy but he didn't know how to convey his intentions to her.
”Rongrong, I have someone I already like and though that person has given me permission to have other lovers and wives I'm not sure you will be willing to do so, don't misunderstand I too have feelings for you but I can't only belong to you so based on that if you still think you want to be with me then I will always accept you no matter what. You don't have to answer me right now and think about it for a while, these feelings we have for each other may be small but they are true”
”.....Is it Xiao Wu??”
”No, it's my teacher's daughter. I met her when I was six years old and I'm not even sure if she remembers me now but I still remember her and would never be able to forget her in this lifetime”
”Your teacher's daughter??”
”Yes, I haven't seen her myself for six years now and who knows when in the future I would be able to do so and I can't tell you more about her for now so please don't ask me. Based on this if you still think that your fine then as I already said, I will accept you no matter what!”
After that Rongrong went back to the dorms while thinking deeply about something.
He just gave a gave out a sigh and went back to his dorm and just slept in, every night he would sleep he used the Magical Space from the Samsara Eye and practiced his Blacksmithing, Alchemy and his cooking skills. After getting the cooking set he went to the kitchen in the pagoda and started to practice his cooking skills.
The only thing he felt a little sad about was that he couldn't practice his Medicine skills in the space and only brush up on the Medical knowledge but without practice, it was almost worth nothing.
The only reason his medical level was so high was due to his previous lives knowledge and theories, he also started his medical research in this world but that didn't progress too much mainly due to his current cultivation limitations.
The ranks he had in the Status was stagnated due to his cultivation and hadn't risen much in the past few years. Even his medical rank was so high only because of his Eye of Life which helped him skip a few ranks to obtain the 7th rank in medicine.
His other professions which depended on spirit rank was bypassed due to his Divine Buddha Meridians which gave him more Qi than compared to others of the same rank.
He had already opened his Eight Great Meridians due to the immortal herbs and improved his cultivation so he found no other way to improve his cultivation speed at all.
He gave up on that and focused on other matters so he continued with his Alchemy right now. A set of pills for everyone was already refined and he only needed to give it to Grandmaster while explaining their uses, he could give them to the other himself but giving it for free would surely hurt their pride so he didn't do so. Instead, if it was grandmaster then he would know a much better way to use these pills, when it comes to training he found no one greater than grandmaster that was including himself.
Though having memories of two lives his actual knowledge on the path of cultivation was truly limited so he was truly thankful to grandmaster for everything he did for him.
Right now the time ratio in the space was 30 times compared to outside and spirit density was nearly 39 to 40 times compared to outside. Outside the pagoda, he found that his plants and spirit herbs were now 1200 - 1500 years old and the same for his spirit wine.
He occasionally planted more herbs after a while as he used most of them for his Alchemy as ingredients, due to the spirit density and time ratio the plants were growing nearly 1000 times compared to the outside. This batch of herbs he had right now was only 1200 - 1500 years old only due to this reason. He also had herbs which were even 5000 - 6000 years old, once he broke through to the 40th rank the time ratio would increase even more so he was trying his best but due to his multiple spirits this difference was a little tough but he was sure to do so soon enough.
After spending some time in the Magical Space he came out and had some proper rest.
The next day,
In the principal's room of Shrek, Flender and Wuji were talking about the events that happened in Star Dou Forest.
”So a Titan Ape with at least 50,000 years of cultivation attacked you and you all escaped safely thanks to Tang San's second spirit??”
”Yes, not only that but Tang San is a true monster no he is a monster among monsters. His skills, planning, coordination all of them are truly great, I can say that even without me he would have found a way to escape from that situation”
While they were talking another sound came from outside the room,
”If that's all you think then you have greatly underestimated my disciple Motionless Bright King”
Flender who heard that laughed a little and invited the person inside, he was a middle-aged man with a little white hair growing and had a cold look on his face, he was none other than Yu Xiaogang, or also known as Grandmaster.
”Wuji meet my friend Xiaogang, he is also Tang San's master and is commonly known as the Grandmaster”
He then remembered about him and greeted him with respect, though he didn't have much in cultivation, he was unparalleled in theories. Only this person can raise a student as monstrous as Tang San.
”Grandmaster what do you mean by me underestimating Tang San?? I don't think I've missed anything and even gave him a great evaluation”
”In your trip was there any instance where you all were separated from Tang San or that he mysteriously disappeared for a while and appeared later with a reasonable explanation??”
Thinking for a while he remembered that in the night there was truly such an instance where he said that he went to relieve himself, he too felt a little weird about it but dismissed it as nothing so he didn't notice anything unusual about that. Now that it was mentioned by grandmaster he actually felt something weird happening.
”There was actually such an instance, but I don't think that it was anything important so why did you ask??”
”He should have done so to get a spirit ring for his other spirit and since he returned early that means he was successful in doing so, this means that he hunted for a spirit ring in the forest all by himself and that too in the night so that proves his combat power is more than you think”
Waiting for a while, he saw the surprised expressions on their faces and continued,
”Five years back, during a month's time he went to the Far North on his own and at that time he was only seven years old and he went there to get his second spirit rings, that's not all he even got four spirit bones during his trip”
When they heard that, they spat out all the tea they had in their mouth, but when they heard his next words they spat out blood from their mouths,
”Two of those bones were even external bones and all the bones were even absorbed by him completely. Torso bone and Left Arm bone were the other two bones which he had absorbed and both were from the same species the Ice Jade Scorpion”