9 Forbidden Rush (1/2)

Like this, a month went by. During this month, Xue Wei was spending all his time at the back of the mansion on the training ground. Here, he practiced the Azure Light Finger alongside the cultivation of his internal Qi.

During this time, Xue Wei had managed to break into the fourth layer of the Ordinary Warrior rank, and he even managed to reach the peak of the fourth layer.

In this month he was never alone. Manager Su would spend most of his time watching over Xue Wei, and when he was needed elsewhere, a set of guards would be present.

Xue Wei completely ignored the people around him. He would gobble down the food when it arrived as he was often hungry, but he would do nothing more than practicing his martial art and cultivating his internal Qi.

Xue Wei had gotten familiar with the Azure Light Finger, and although he had not perfected it, his understanding of it was far better than he had expected.

Azure Light Finger was a superior martial art, and it would take a long time to fully grasp every single detail of it and reach perfection, but as a superior martial art, it was truly superior to low, middle, and high-ranked skills.

Although Xue Wei was only at the peak of the fourth layer, he was armed with an Azure Light Finger, a superior martial art. Although he could not defeat the other younger geniuses of Tiankong City, he would be able to surprise them and hopefully also wound them, giving him time to escape if he was ever bullied again.

Xue Wei had nodded his head in approval when he managed to shoot a hole through one of the dummies. The dummies were made of black gold, which was many times tougher than a human body, at least an Ordinary Warrior's body as that was still considered within mortal limits.

As the rank went higher, one's body would be transformed by the Qi, and it would become tougher than even black gold, but that would not be before the middle of the Earth Warrior rank.

”Time for me to begin understanding the Forbidden Rush technique,” Xue Wei decided and was just about to begin when he heard Manager Su behind him.

”Ahem, young master, you have visitors,” he said with his dreary and old voice. ”Young Master Shen has come every day to visit you and I am unable to continue keeping him from entering. Today, he even brought men from the City Lord's Mansion with the purpose of forcing his way in to see you. It seems that the City Lord fears that you have been killed.”

”Killed?” Xue Wei chuckled and shook his head. ”Well then, lead him in,” he said before he returned to focusing on the Forbidden Rush.

Right now, Xue Wei was within Tiankong City, the major city within the southern administrative region of the Kingdom of Heping; the southern administrative region was located in a hot climate, the temperature rose every day while dropping drastically during the night.

The sun shone all the time, and there was hardly any wind or even a gentle breeze. The Forbidden Rush was a superior supportive martial art, and it allowed for the cultivator to merge with the wind and use it as a means to move faster and more agilely.

Practicing it in the middle of the southern administrative region might be difficult because wind was scarce here, but Xue Wei found that he had no problems remembering wind.

When he closed his eyes, a small village in the middle of a snow-covered landscape appeared, and this place was filled with wind. Snowstorms were the norm and Xue Wei could feel as if he was back in the middle of this landscape whenever he closed his eyes.

Although there was no wind in Tiankong City, the moment Xue Wei closed his eyes, he felt wind all around him. He could feel as if wind was making his hair and clothes flutter and he started moving in accordance to this wind he remembered.

Fluttering like a butterfly, Xue Wei spread out his arms and moved faster than he had ever moved before. It was as if he had grown wings and was capable of taking flight.

Jumping allowed for him to fly into the air and even reach above the mansion's walls, moving forward allowed for him to become a blur that merged with the little wind that was within the city.

Xue Wei had completely immersed himself in the changes of the wind. He could feel the frost wind surround him and it all felt so real as he started fluttering around.

”Your friend, young master Shen Mu, is here.” sounded Manager Su's voice suddenly behind Xue Wei, interrupting him and causing the illusionary world he had been in to shatter.

The wind he had been merged with vanished, and he lost control of his movements, losing his balance, and fell to his butt.

Truthfully, Shen Mu and Manager Su had been there for some time, observing Xue Wei. Manager Su had felt pride upon seeing Xue Wei, but Shen Mu had been filled with disbelief.

He had feared that Xue Wei had died and had even gone as far as to have his father lend him the City Guard to enter the mansion to ensure that Xue Wei was still alive, but what he found was that not only was his friend alive, he was doing much better than ever before.

He had been cultivating, and now he was practicing martial arts. Xue Wei stood up as if nothing had happened and dusted his outfit clear of dust.

”Shen Mu, what brings you here?” he asked, his face once again completely expressionless. Seeing this face that showed no emotion, Shen Mu could not help but sigh.