Chapter 419 - Null (2/2)

”Throw an attack towards me,” she said.

”Pardon? Attack?” Alex asked.

”Yes, use an attack on me,” she said.

”Um… okay,” Alex said. His master was super strong so he wasn't worried about hurting her. ”Physical, Elemental, or Mental?”

”Do all three,” Ma Rong said.

”Okay,” Alex said and took out a common sword before lighting it up yellow as he filled it with metal Qi. Once it was fully glowing, he cautioned his master.

Once Ma Rong was ready, He walked close to her, and slashed his sword at her.

The sword moved down fast, but as it got close to her, it lost its energy rapidly. By the time the sword hit her, it was nothing but metal, encased in frost, falling due to the effects of gravity, and not Alex's.

”What?” Alex said in shock.

”Now try an Elemental attack,” Ma Rong said.

Without hesitation, Alex punched at her using the Iron Fist punch. The yellow fist of metal energy flew at her, but as it got close to her, it started slowing down.

When it finally reached her, the energy had all but dissipated into thin air. What hit her was nothing more than a puff of air.

”That's… are you freezing the energy around you?” Alex asked.

”More accurately, my body is,” Ma Rong said. ”Hit me with Heaven's impact.”

Alex nodded and immediately sent out an attack using his spiritual sense. His spiritual sea churned as a hefty amount of it escaped from the sea and formed a fist shape that flew towards Ma Rong.

Even as his spiritual attack flew towards her, it slowly lost its energy and in the end, nothing remained when it touched her body.

Alex was shocked that his Master's body was so strong that he couldn't even damage it at all. ”You are way too strong, Master. You can easily win against anyone in a fight,” he said.

”No. It's only easy against you because I'm stronger. When people around my own strength fight me, I will only have a better stance than them, not become invincible like right now.”

”I don't think my body will be able to stop their attacks fast enough to be of very good use. That's just speculation though. In the end, it could certainly be that my body is strong enough to nullify attacks, but that's for later,” Ma Rong said.

Alex thought for a second and said, ”Oh, wait master. Can I attack once more?”

Ma Rong looked at him weirdly and said, ”Sure, go ahead.”

Alex firmed up his resolve and sent out a palm attack. Suddenly, yellow energy escaped out from his palm as it formed the shape of the palm itself.

It flew towards Ma Rong with great energy, but like everything else, it slowed down. However, for some reason, despite being slow, it had enough force to fly in all the way and hit Ma Rong.

Ma Rong was strong enough to handle that attack, but she was still surprised that the attack even managed to hit her. ”What…” she was shocked.

She then checked the residual energy in the air that was rapidly going away. ”Yang?” she asked.

”Ah yes, I thought it would work,” Alex said. ”Since your body is Yin, it might easily stop everything else, but I doubted it would be fast enough to stop Yang energy. Turns out I was correct.”

”I also want to see how Yin energy would interact with you, but unfortunately, I don't have any yin attack skills,” Alex said.

”Ah, I see. That does make sense. Good to know,” Ma Rong said.

”Anyway, why did you come here in the first place?”

”Ah right,” Alex said and pulled out a few pill bottles. ”These are all the pills I made during the last week or two, Master. I want to sell them, so I was coming here to ask if I should sell it in the sect's alchemy shop or in the auction house,” Alex asked.

”Show them to me,” Ma Rong asked and checked the pills. ”Hmm… are these the claw and mental ones? Sell anything less than 40% harmony in the sect and the higher ones in the auction house.”

”I see,” Alex said and checked his pills again. There were about 200 or so usable pills and of them, about 30 were over 40% in harmony.

'I guess that works for me,' he thought.

”Is that all?” Ma Rong asked.

”No master, there is something else I need to talk about with you,” Alex said.

”Hmm… What is it?” Ma Rong asked.

”You see,” Alex said. ”It's been around 2 weeks since I've been in the sect, and I think it's about time I leave for Tiger sect.”

”Oh, that. Right, you should do that. When will you leave?” Ma Rong asked.

”I was thinking of leaving right now actually,” he said.

Ma Rong thought for a second and said, ”Alright, go.”

”Thank you, Master. And take care of yourself,” he said. ”Don't fret much if you cannot make pills again. You gained a boon and a curse at the same time.”

”If you cannot make the pills, I will make them for you. I will get stronger and learn more soon, I promise, master.”

Alex bowed towards Ma Rong once and walked out. Ma Rong looked towards where he went and simply smiled.

She then stood up and walked out too— she had work to do in the sect.