Chapter 84: First Task (1/2)

Chapter 84: First Task

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Time slipped by swiftly as usual.

Another half a year flowed away just like water.

Junior Leopard had gradually established a foothold among the important inner core disciples of the Wu Family.

In fact, after defeating Shi Jing in one movement last time, he had established his reputation, though at the same time he made Shi Jing his enemy.

But he wasn't afraid, as his cultivation had already reached Level Two a year ago, ranking top among those important inner core disciples.

Among the whole Wu Family, only 17 people reached the Bone-Forging Realm and they were all Elders. Others were all below Level Four.

Besides the First Elder Lyu Yiyue and Xu Yong, only three or four of the Elders took disciples. Together with some immediate relatives of these Elders, the total number of important inner core disciples was only a dozen. Only four or five of them were of the same age as Junior Leopard.

And only one of them was Junior Leopard's enemy, and that was Shi Jing. Even so, he couldn't deny that Shi Jing had great talent in cultivation, as he had broken through Level One and entered Level Two.

Shi Jing had quite a good cultivation base. It was precisely because of such cultivation aptitude and savvy that Lyu Yiyue tolerated him.

After the lesson of the Fiery Eyes and Junior Leopard, Shi Jing backed down a little and he got along quite well with other disciples, except for Junior Leopard and his senior.

More than that, with generous character and high status, he got acquainted with a group of inner core disciples who would follow his lead. The shadow left by Junior Leopard faded as time went by, and he became haughty again.

As for Junior Leopard!

He was a quite mysterious person in the eyes of other inner core disciples, just like his master Xu Yong. Though seldom be seen in public, he was gentle and nice to all the inner core disciples. He had reached Level Two and stood out among all the inner core disciples. But that was all.

No one knew his real strength.

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”You summoned me, teacher?”

It was a sunny day. Junior Leopard was practicing when he was called into the house by Xu Yong.

”You've been here for two years, right?” Xu Yong asked thoughtfully, stroking the short beard on his chin.

”Yeah. Already more than two years,” Junior Leopard answered.

”Yeah. You were still a child when you came here more than two years ago. Now you've become a young man and made rapid progress in martial arts cultivation. It seems that I've made the right decision!”

Xu Yong smiled with satisfaction, looking at the young man standing before him.

In the past two years, with one teaching without reservation and the other learning by heart, Junior Leopard had made rapid progress in martial arts, and also accumulated a deep affection for his master.

Xu Yong was a low-key, humble, and steady man, having a character to Junior Leopard's liking. And he spared no efforts in teaching Junior Leopard, for which Junior Leopard was deeply grateful. Junior Leopard knew he must have important things to say by summoning him here, as he was quite familiar with his disposition.

Not surprisingly, after sighing, Xu Yong raised his head and said, ”You've been here for two years. That's not a short time. And you've made great progress in martial arts. But you spent the whole two years here and seldom went out, nor engaged in any task, so you lack experience. Now that your cultivation has been consolidated at Level Two, it's time for you to take on some tasks. What do you think?”

Junior Leopard understood immediately. He'd been virtually too obsessed with martial arts in the past two years. Others might get bored cultivating in the same way as his. But he had too many secrets and things to study, and also great interest in martial arts, so he nearly forgot that as an important inner core disciple, he had access to many tasks.

In fact, in Xu Yong's opinion, he could have finished his apprenticeship long ago with his present cultivation base and his understanding of martial arts. Two years ago, Xu Yong had already taught him all he could, even including his experience of breaking through the Skin-Toughening Realm and entering the Bone-Forging Realm. So it was really all about Little Leopard himself in the rest of the study.

Teachers open the door and you enter by yourself. Now what Junior Leopard needed was the grinding and toughening of time.

So Xu Yong had long been waiting for Junior Leopard to come to him, asking for tasks to experience. But Junior Leopard was too emerged into the vast ocean of martial arts to notice his intention. In the end, Xu Yong even doubted that, if not reminded, he might spend his lifetime cultivating martial arts in this yard.

He had no choice but to summon Junior Leopard and ask him about the tasks.

The reason why he chose now was that he found a task perfectly suitable to Junior Leopard.