fantasy novels Chapter 718: VIP Customer (III)
Chapter 718: VIP Customer (III)
Chapter 718: VIP Customer (III)
“So the Human King also has his own martial legacy?” Li Hao asked with curiosity.
“Of course, who among the powerhouses doesn’t?” responded Troop Leader Jiang. “But I recommend that you... just ignore the specific terminology used. Pay attention only to the core knowledge. What you have right now is normal enough, but some disciplines... have... really embarrassing names!”
“What is the Human King’s legacy?”
“Not telling you!”
“......” Again??
The Seventh Troop leader rummaged through his memories to satisfy some of Li Hao’s curiosity. “We’re not at liberty to discuss the teachings of the Human King and others, but we can talk a bit about the monster spirits. It might also have something to do with your dog...” He looked mischievously at Panther. “What do you think about the method name ‘Eating In All Directions’?”
“The hell?”
“Hahaha, you think it sounds silly too, don’t you?” Troop Leader Jiang roared with laughter. “But I tell you, this method counts in the top three of monster spirit history, even if we start counting from the beginning of time!”
Off to the side, Panther blinked with faint recognition. It... seemed to have some memory of this name, it had something to do with devouring. However, all it had was faint remembrance and nothing about the actual cultivation method.
Eating In All Directions?
What a good name!
“Top three in monster spirit history?” Li Hao sucked in a sharp breath.
“Yes!” chuckled Troop Leader Jiang. “What do you think? Some battle methods are so much stronger than you can imagine, but their names are mediocre. They sound like something you’d find by the side of the road, but they’re actually powerful beyond belief!”
Li Hao was at a loss for words. This was gossip, wasn’t it? So it seemed that even soldiers like to gossip. He understood Jiang Shixun’s meaning.
“The Seventh Troop leader is correct. Experimentation and innovation is what those of us in this age all lack. It’s only my master who likes to study and do research.”
He could somewhat sympathize with other people now. Creating new martial methods was a monotonous, uncomfortable, and incredibly difficult affair. Whether it was martial masters or supernaturals, they liked to follow a prescribed routine. It was best if there were ready-made methods to study.
This age lacked innovation because no one liked to engage in it!
Or rather, no one was aware of the need to do so. It might have something to do with the environment, or it might have something to do with the lack of education. There were few with such ideas around Li Hao—his teacher was one of the very few.
Take Ying Hongyue and the rest, for example. They only knew to seize the Five Styles if possible. They didn’t create anything for themselves.
While Jiang Shixun hadn’t given him any cultivation pointers, he gave Li Hao a direction. The more the young man came in contact with these people, the more he felt that New Martial was truly a great time period. Even a troop leader would tell one to modify and create their own material, not to just outright ask about everything, that one was not a child.
They would tell you that the times were different, the human body was different, and the focus of martial learning was different. There was no need to proceed according to the old rules, even if a battle method was created by an invincible powerhouse, the so-called Battle King.
In Jiang Shixun’s words, those methods were easily overturned. Rules and the mundane world were made to be broken.
This was what Li Hao sensed here. To break the restraints! There was no need to think that a cultivation method was very strong. There was no strongest method, just the most appropriate method. Even if a technique was created by a grandmaster, that didn’t matter either. One believed that they would create an even stronger method!
I need to shatter the god in my heart because I am the god!
“It has nothing to do with me.” The old turtle refused to be involved. Demonic Martial had produced the Human King, Capital Martial produced His Imperial Majesty, and Southern Martial clamored that they were the first beneath the world instead. What would a weapon be doing in that squabble?
Not to mention, this was Battle Heaven. Whether it was Demonic Martial or Capital Martial, they did not come first. The army commander graduated from Southern Martial! Thankfully, none of the highest characters were present at the moment, or legs would be broken upon hearing this talk of school superiority.
The mice will play when the cat is away. It was only under these circumstances that the director general dared to voice these words.
......
Li Hao walked out of Battle Heaven. Although the cliff face shimmered, the Night Watchers on duty did not sense anything. Li Hao was a troop leader and raised very little fuss when he entered. Neither did he want anyone to know that he’d been present, so he swiftly vanished after leaving the ruins.
......
Less than one hour later, Li Hao appeared in the mountain cave that the little tree was in.
“You’re here!” rustled the little tree. “I turned all of the mysterious power stones and origin weapons that you sent into Water of Life. There were 120 drops total, did you get them?”
It was rather apprehensive as it wondered why Li Hao was here. Was the human visiting because it’d given too little? But... it had to embezzle some, ahem, collect some processing fees to nurture itself, didn’t it?
It was a reasonable fee! The boy wasn’t here because he felt that he’d gotten the short end of the stick, was he?
The little tree swayed with newfound nervousness because it knew now that Li Hao was a very important customer. After the human supplied so much energy last time, the little tree had thought that would be it for a few years.
Who would’ve thought that tenfold that would come a few days later! Should it give more to such an important customer like this one?
“I haven’t yet, but that’s alright.” Li Hao smiled. “I’m here because I want to ask how many mysterious power stones will the senior need to fully recover?”
“Fully recover?”
“Yes, to command the strength of an Apex again, that of a true divine...”
“Eh?” rusted the little tree. “A lot!”
“One million stones?”
“Not enough.”
“Ten million?”
“...perhaps... just about... But there’s no hurry. You can take your time collecting that sum and I’ll repay you once I’m recovered...”
“No worries!” Li Hao grinned. “I’m also here to ask that if there is no more core origin dao in the outside world, will it still be possible for the senior to emerge?”
“No more?” hesitated the little tree.
“Most likely!”
“Then... unless I restrict my strength, I’ll probably collapse if I emerge in my prime!”
As he thought!