Qin Fen received the nutrient fluid and handed it over to Xing Wuyi. The comet level expert's eyes flowed with ridicule, mocking Qin Fen for not knowing what was good for him.
Xing Wuyi pushed the nutrient solution back to Qin Fen. His tone revealed his exhaustion, "This is a good thing. It's a high-level nutrient solution. It can recover body fatigue."
Qin Fen didn't decline any further. He didn't want to fight with a comet level expert over who was more knowledgeable. He stuffed the nutrient medicine into the pocket of his military uniform.
This kind of action once again attracted a few people's mocking gazes, as if to say: As expected of a country bumpkin with no experience.
Qin Fen wasn't in the mood to argue with these high and mighty experts about who had more knowledge and experience. His true energy was nearly exhausted, and it wasn't something that could be replenished with a bottle of nutritional medicine. Enzo Rota's Super Berserker Pill and Super Armor Pill had extremely tyrannical side effects. Only those who had eaten them would know just how tyrannical they were.
The car drove steadily, and it only came to a slow stop after about an hour.
The car door opened, and Qin Fen carried Du Zhanpeng as he walked down from the car. He was given a fright when he saw where he was.
Such a big house? It clearly looked like a civilian residence, but there was a gatekeeper at the entrance, and there was a faint smell of a military camp. There were even two soldiers in ordinary army uniforms standing in front of the door, in charge of security.
Qin Fen studied these two guards with a glance. They were clearly dressed in the most ordinary of army uniforms, but their bodies faintly exuded the aura of an expert. Their strength was probably at the comet level.
Gatekeeper? He was wearing an ordinary army uniform and didn't even have a military rank? A Comet Grade Warrior? A series of questions flashed in Qin Fen's mind. This couldn't be Du Hen's residence, right?
Passing through the courtyard and approaching the gate of the two-story villa, Du Hen held a wisteria cane in his hand and sat on the wooden chair in the room.
He saw Qin Fen, and he gently raised the walking stick in his hand to point at Du Zhanpeng, who was in Qin Fen's hand. "Take Peng 'er away."
The seasoned soldier, who possessed the strength of a comet level martial artist, stood before Qin Fen and extended his hands.
Qin Fen looked at Du Zhanpeng in his arms. Du Zhanpeng's pale face was the same as usual, and his ice-cold body showed no signs of improving.
"Give it to me. You've done your best."
This time, the veteran who spoke did not reveal his lofty aura. Instead, there was a hint of sorrow in his words.
Qin Fen let out a soft sigh. Du Zhanpeng was a descendant of the Du Family, after all. They really did have the authority to take back their family members.
"If it's possible …." Qin Fen spoke softly to the seasoned soldier who was carrying Du Zhanpeng away. "Let's invite a doctor. Perhaps a miracle really can happen."
The veteran's body trembled slightly, and his footsteps paused for a moment before he quickly left the hall.
"Sit."
Du Hen's face was as dignified as it was at the beginning. However, the haggard expression between his eyebrows was still faintly accumulated and did not dissipate.
Wisteria casually tapped the ground with her walking stick. Her commanding words were hard to resist.
Qin Fen was far too tired. He didn't give up his efforts the entire way, causing his mind, true energy, and body to reach their limits. This sort of overdrawing all of his strength to the limit was something that had never happened even during the two weeks of training. He sank into the sofa all of a sudden.
"Before Peng 'er leaves, do you have any wishes?"
"He hopes that Du Peng …"
"Don't mention him." Du Hen raised his wisteria walking stick and gently swayed it. "Say something else."
Qin Fen looked at Du Hen, unable to understand. This old man wasn't the Viper King, who was most adept at calculation. Even if he had any love for Du Peng's bloodline, he should know that it was very likely that Du Zhanpeng was truly gone. Du Peng was a descendant of the Du Family, and he could allow the Du Family to continue on. Why was he so stubborn? Why did his eyes flash with an intense feeling of disgust when he heard Du Peng's name?
After a short period of silence, Qin Fen shook his head slowly and powerlessly. "That's all."
Du Hen was stunned for a moment at first. Then the corner of his mouth hooked into a faint smile. His eyes faintly flickered with tear-like moisture.
He put down the wisteria walking stick in his hand, and his two hands gently clapped.
Only the sound of Du Hen's clapping could be heard in the quiet hall.
Clap clap … clap clap …
"Good … good … really very good …" Du Hen's voice was filled with grief, but a faint pride seeped through it. "He is worthy of being the grandson that I, Du Hen, value. He even tricked me."
In a split second, the hall suddenly filled with killing intent. The ice-cold killing intent completely came from Du Hen's body.
The Viper King's eyes were filled with rage. He merely sat there, not even lifting his feet, but Qin Fen felt the sofa he was sitting on tremble.
It wasn't his sofa that was trembling. Instead, the ground within a five-meter radius of Du Hen was trembling a bit.
In this instant, countless cracks appeared on the exquisitely polished marble floor.
"What a pity … what a pity …" Du Hen shook his head over and over. "What a pity. My grandson. You are so smart, yet you did the stupidest thing of all. Du Peng's talent is limited. His future development is at best an expert. He is unable to become a commander, and he is even more unable to become a top-notch expert. If I knew earlier … if I knew earlier … I really would have killed Du Peng ahead of time. "
Qin Fen looked at Du Hen with worry. Before the Viper King, Qin Fen's strength had yet to return to its peak. Even if Qin Fen returned to its peak, he wouldn't have any strength to resist.
The killing intent gradually disappeared, and Du Hen returned to his calm state as the Viper King. He slowly raised his walking stick. "I know what you are thinking. Don't worry. I won't kill him for Zhanpeng's sake. "
In an instant, Du Hen seemed to have aged quite a bit. He waved his walking stick. "You guys go rest first."
The family's servant quickly arrived before Qin Fen, bowed, and said, "Mister, please come with me."
"Wuyi, is there anything else you need?" Du Hen looked at Xing Wuyi, who stood in place and didn't leave. He was a bit curious. This child, who normally didn't even dare to breathe loudly when he saw him, really had a lot more guts today.
"Grandpa Du." Xing Wuyi took a deep breath. "I want to sleep in Zhanpeng's room …."
Du Hen was stunned for a moment. Then his ice-cold eyes became moist once more.
He didn't say anything this time. He just nodded his head slightly, raised his arm, and waved.
Xing Wuyi bent his waist ninety degrees and gave a deep bow. He didn't need anyone to guide him. He quickly walked up to the second floor.
At this moment, Du Hen slowly leaned against the back of the carved wooden chair. He stared blankly at the chandelier in the hall. He murmured in a low voice, "Peng 'er, you have an incomparable cohesiveness. You can make Little Wingsy, who is incomparably afraid of me, fight against me for you. You have an astonishing talent in martial arts. You have a mind that surpasses others. You have the skill to command your subordinates. Why is it that you, who should be perfect, actually …. "
The hall sank into an incomparable silence. All the servants and bodyguards quietly withdrew from the room. Everyone knew that this Viper King needed silence right now.
Qin Fen entered the guest room. He didn't even have the strength to take off his clothes and take a bath.
The door closed, and his entire body went limp. He simply lay down on the soft carpet and fell asleep.
The master of the school of theory slowly walked out from the endless darkness of the space.
"Tired, kid, right?"
Even though his body was resting, even though this was just a dream, Qin Fen still felt that his mind was incomparably tired. He slowly nodded, not saying a word.
It wasn't that he didn't have the strength to speak. It was that Qin Fen didn't want to speak. Everything about Du Zhanpeng was deeply engraved in his mind. An indescribable feeling accumulated in his chest.
"You've done two things wrong this time."
The master didn't care about Qin Fen's mood. As a master of the school of theory of the martial dao, he needed to manage Qin Fen's progress on the martial dao.
"Two things?"
Qin Fen raised his head. The master's words just now possessed a special penetrating power. Even though Qin Fen's mood was gloomy, it still roused Qin Fen's entire mind.
"First, you shouldn't have infused the purest of advanced true energy into someone else's body when you just entered the five-star meteor level." The master looked at Qin Fen with a face of disappointment. "Do you know? Why is there such a huge change between the four-star level and the five-star level? It's because there is a fundamental change between them! In theory, the five-star level will never lose to the four-star level …. "
The master spoke up to this point and looked at Qin Fen. He shook his head and said, "You are an exception. An exception that doesn't count. Of course, if you use auxiliary equipment, the four-star level can indeed defeat the five-star level. But purely in theory, in a situation where the two sides don't borrow any external power, this should be an iron law. Why? It's because of the innate true energy! "
"Innate true energy?" Qin Fen was stunned for a moment.
"That's right! Innate true energy. " The master's state returned to the demeanor of a university professor in this moment. "Cultivators under the four-star level can only cultivate acquired true energy. And when one breaks through to the five-star level, one can stimulate the innate true energy within one's body. That innate true energy is of utmost importance. It can slowly transform all of the acquired true energy of the four-star level into the innate state. That is true energy of an even higher purity. And after undergoing transformation, the acquired true energy will experience a leap in both quantity and quality. "
Qin Fen didn't say anything. He waited for the master to continue speaking.
"Therefore, there is another general title after the five-star level. The innate expert." The master thought for a moment and added, "Of course, the meteor level is the first time the innate true energy is stimulated. Theoretically speaking, they can be considered innate experts. It's just that …. "
"This has nothing to do with me …." Qin Fen curled his lips. "What about me now?"
"Right now you …." The master had an awkward expression on his face. "You really did enter the meteor level. If you had properly solidified your foundation after that fight, you would have become a true meteor level expert."
"So you're saying that I fell back down?" Qin Fen's words didn't carry a hint of regret. If the situation back then had been like this, he would have done the same thing without the slightest hesitation.
"Yes, but that's not all." The master sighed. "After you fell back down to the four-star level, you didn't know the slightest bit of restraint. You sent your true energy out endlessly, even to the point that your dantian region is practically dried up …."
"I fell back down to the three-star level?" Qin Fen was a bit puzzled. He should have been able to sense it if he had really fallen back down to the three-star level, but he clearly still felt like a four-star martial artist.
"Not really …." The master denied Qin Fen's guess. "It's just that if you hadn't done what you did, I could have used the method of wisdom imbuement to help you return to the meteor level. Right now, you can only rely on yourself for everything. However, you need to be mentally prepared. You improved and then gave up on yourself to fall. It will be harder for you to break through than other martial artists. "
"It doesn't matter." Qin Fen shrugged his shoulders. "I don't regret it. If I were to do something like this again, I would still do it even if I knew that this would be the outcome."
The master gave a thumbs up. "Very good, kid. Though you've fallen back down to the four-star level, this isn't necessarily a bad thing for you. When you rely on your own efforts to kill your way back to the meteor level, your strength will let all the five-star level experts know what it means to be truly breathtaking. How can you become a proud son of heaven without experiencing nirvanic extermination? "
"Nirvanic extermination?"
"That's right! Nirvanic extermination doesn't mean that there's nothing left. The word 'nirvanic extermination' actually means' nirvana '. "The master's eyes flickered with excitement.
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