Chapter 428 - Challenge (1/2)
Alex walked up the mountain towards his master's manor but didn't go there. Instead, when he reached the top of the mountain, he took a left.
He searched for the house and didn't take long to notice it. This house looked remarkably better than the one he was living in, almost to the same level as his senior sister.
He walked up to the door and knocked on it.
KNOCK KNOCK
He waited for a while and finally heard the door click open. Slowly, the door opened and a young man stepped out of the house. He had a lean and stoic body with a handsome face that was underused thanks to his usual emotionless face.
”Hello bother Yuhan, do you have some time?” Alex asked.
Du Yuhan looked at Alex with a weird look on his face. ”I heard you were alive. Congrats,” he said. ”Say quickly what do you want?”
Alex gave an awkward smile when he saw how on point Du Yuhan's conversations were. He really wasn't one for the small talks.
”I was hoping you could teach me the ways of the sword,” Alex said.
”… Just ask your teacher,” Du Yuhan said and closed the door, leaving Alex alone.
KNOCK KNOCK
He knocked on the door again, and Du Yuhan opened it again. ”What?” he asked.
”Master can't help me. I need to learn about the Sword Intent,” Alex said. ”You are the only person I know that is farthest in their understanding of the sword,” Alex said.
”… you want to learn Sword Intent?” he asked.
”Yes,” Alex said.
”What makes you think you can learn it?” he asked.
”I already have some achievement in it, but it's at a rudimentary level,” Alex said.
This caught Du Yuhan's attention for sure. ”You know Sword Intent?” he asked.
”Yes,” Alex said happily. It seemed he was about to get what he wanted.
”Then you are already on your way. Learn on your own,” Du Yuhan closed the door once again and disappeared. This time, no matter how much Alex knocked, he did not open the door.
In the end, Alex had to leave with no result. He went to his master and trained for another 3 to 4 hours. Even Pearl joined in on this fight.
His skills which he improved over the course of the month-long entrapment were definitely getting refined so that they didn't have glaring problems he might have missed here and there, but his Sword Intent wasn't getting improved at all.
Wen Cheng tried his best, but he didn't know Sword Intent like people who had grasped it did.
Alex really did need Du Yuhan's help. So, he decided to ask for it tomorrow.
He left for the night and cultivated the entire night. He also gave Pearl a monster core to break through fast and help him get a stronger body.
When Alex woke up in the morning, he saw that the plan was working. Pearl was now at Organ Tempering 6th realm in cultivation base, which meant his body cultivation was the same too.
He smiled and logged out. He had breakfast with the ladies and went to his classes with Emily. His assignments were done, so he only had to wait for the exams now. After that, he would move on to the 2nd semester of the 1st year.
Alex returned back home and had his afternoon lunch with Emily. They talked for a while and decided to go to the amusement park soon on a romantic outing.
Alex was glad that his obsession with the game hadn't hindered his budding relationship with Emily. He was super grateful for her to be so understanding of him.
After lunch, he returned back to the game and logged in. Once he was up, he decided to go ask Du Yuhan once again.
He trekked up the mountain again and reached the place with Du Yuhan's house. He walked up to it and knocked on it.
Du Yuhan opened the door and frowned when he saw that it was Alex.
”Stop bothering me,” he said.
”Teach me about Sword Intent and I won't bother you again,” Alex said.
”Go learn on your own. I'm not teaching you,” Du Yuhan said and closed the door. Alex tried knocking again, but it didn't work.
”Sigh, do I really have to do that?” Alex said lightly and walked away from the house. Instead of going back to his home or up to his master's house, he walked to the crater.
Once he reached there, he walked over to the fighting hall and got in the queue. People were surprised when they saw him there. By now, his name was one of the most popular amongst the disciples.
Alex waited until it was his turn and debated whether he should do this or not. However, he couldn't think of any other way, so when it was his turn to register the fight, he made up his mind.
”I would like to register a fight with Du Yuhan, Rank 2,” Alex said.
The elder that was about to register the fight stopped. He looked back up towards Alex and asked, ”Did you just say Du Yuhan?” he asked.
”Yes, Du Yuhan Rank 2,” he said as he handed his badge up to the elder.
”Disciple I want to confirm one last time, do you really mean the 2nd ranked disciple, the direct disciple of the first elder, that Du Yuhan?” the elder asked.
”Yes, Elder,” Alex said.