Chapter 426 - Training With Luo Mei (1/2)

Alex walked down the stairs under the gazes of the hundreds of disciples and elders that were gathered there. He made no effort to change his aura and let the people see and feel it clearly. Only then would the small fries leave him alone.

However, this would also mean that he was now a viable target from anyone in the higher ranks that were threatened by him.

'Let them come. I doubt I will lose to anyone other than the top 3 now,' Alex thought and kept walking.

He looked at Huo Tu's lackeys who were looking at him with horror in their eyes. Alex couldn't help but sigh. He rummaged into his storage bag and brought out a pill.

He suddenly tossed it towards them. The lackeys who had been watching the match quite intently mistook the pill for an explosive and stumbled backward in horror only for it to land on their body without anything happening to them.

”It's a healing pill for your boss. Give it to him, and tell him never to bother me again. I won't be as lenient next time.”

The lackeys immediately started nodding like crazy and ran to where Huo Tu was. Alex shook his head and walked towards his senior sister.

”You… have become quite strong. Just like those new people,” Luo Mei said with a sad smile on her face.

”Yes, well, I guess I count as one of them,” he said.

Luo Mei's face got even sadder when she heard that. ”Does that mean you will leave us when you get what you want?” she asked.

”What? Of course not. I will stay in the sect as long as the sect welcomes me. The Hong Wu sect and Tiger sect are like my home now,” Alex said.

This refreshed Luo Mei's mood a little and smiled. ”Alright, let's go to Master's place. I want you to tell me how you got so strong,” she said and started walking.

Alex followed behind her too. With the Prime Disciple taking way Alex, no one dared bother him anymore. Event he First Elder who was looking from the side didn't do anything but keep smiling.

Through the right part of the crater, they walked back up to the front side of the mountain.

”By the way, Sister, how did you know to be there?” Alex asked.

”Oh, Huo Tu made quite a noise about how he was going to beat the person that underhandedly beat him and get his honor back,” Luo Mei said.

”Oh, he must've made quite a noise for so many people to wait for him there,” Alex said.

The two of them soon reached his master's manor and entered. Seeing that there was no one there, Luo Mei took Alex to the training hall behind the manor and entered.

She then sent a message to her master. ”Alright, master will be here soon. Come on, tell me then, how did you become so strong in such little time,” she asked.

”Well, like everyone else that cultivates fast,” Alex said.

Luo Mei thought for a second and asked, ”Pill?”

”Yeah, I made and ate a lot of pills during my month-long entrapment. I had nothing to do but train and cultivate, so I got strong quite fast,” he said.

”That's… bad you know?” she said.

”I know. I made sure to put in training between each breakthrough. If not for waiting, I could've probably reached the True Realms by now,” Alex said.

”Woah, I knew you were fast, but this is just…” Luo Mei didn't know what to say.

”I can't be as fast anymore though, with each increasing realm, the time I need to wait in between to stabilize my foundation is increasing. ”

”It wasn't until 5 or so days of hunting in the jungle that I felt comfortable breaking through to my current realm from the last one,” Alex said.

”5 days to breakthrough… if the others heard you, they would flay your skin to see what you are made up of,” Luo Mei said with a chuckle.

Suddenly, Luo Mei looked to the side. ”Master is here,” she said.

After 2 seconds, Alex too felt him fly towards the Training hall through his spiritual sense. 'Sister's spiritual sense must be quite strong. I will need to give her that pill too,” Alex thought.

”Yu Ming, are you okay?” Wen Cheng asked the moment he entered the training hall.

”I'm fine, master,” Alex said.

”Oh, I see. I heard you gave quite a beating to— Woah, that's your true cultivation base?” Wen Cheng asked. He could finally see his cultivation base clearly thanks to Alex not hiding anything.

”Yes, master,” Alex said.

”Ah, I see. I had nothing to worry about then,” Wen Cheng said. ”Alright, I have a little task that will take me an hour. You two stay by yourself for that time okay?”

Wen Cheng left before they could even say anything. ”What do you want to do?” Luo Mei asked.

”I want to fight you, sister,” Alex said with a voice full of determination.

”Fight me? You aren't satiated from fighting with Huo Tu?” Luo Mei asked with a smile.

”No. That wasn't even enough to make me really use anything. I want to have a real fight against you. I have been training for a while now, and I want to know if I made any mistakes while training by myself,” he said.

”Very well then. If that is what you wish,” Luo Mei said and brought out a blue rapier-like sword. Alex brought a normal sword as well.

”Huh? Didn't you have another better sword?” Luo Mei asked.

”Yes, but I'm trying to learn swordsmanship with this common sword. Just like how Du Yuhan learns,” Alex said.

”Tsk, don't say his name,” Luo Mei got annoyed when she heard his name.

'She must still be angry from the time when he refused to fight her in the competition,' Alex thought.

”I have a True Mortal Armor, sister. So you can attack my body without reservation,” Alex said.

”Very well,” Luo Mei said and immediately disappeared. If it was not for focus mode, he wouldn't have noticed when she arrived right next to him.