After a short rest and stabilizing of their injuries, the Longhu Club members left the hotel in the Coaster and began their journey back south.
By the time they reached Huacheng, it was already late at night. It wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that it was the middle of the night.
"I'll sleep in the club's room tonight." Lou Cheng walked out of the car and looked up at the sky.
Dragon King, Chen Qitao, and Empress Luo, Ning Zitong, were both severely injured. They alighted at the club's affiliated hospital. Although their self-healing abilities were strong and they could recover quickly by themselves, as martial artists, they had to have enough self-awareness. That is, if they could recover a little earlier, they had to do so. If they could reach their peak condition a little earlier, they had to do so earlier.
Accidents wouldn't wait for you, and neither would your enemies. Any Mighty One with rich experience in war-torn zones understood this, including Chen Qitao, Geezer Shi, Lou Cheng, Peng Leyun, and Ren Li.
Therefore, using modern medical technology to speed up the recovery of injuries was a natural choice. Even the proud and awkward Dragon King wouldn't reject it.
Hearing Lou Cheng's words, Coach Lu Yan shook his head and muttered,
"At times like this, I need the bed I'm most familiar with."
With that, he got his personal chauffeur to drive the SUV over and drove away from the entrance.
"Alright, I'll get Old Zhao to rest first." Auman turned around and jogged a few steps to inform the chauffeur, Zhao Zhenhua.
"Let him give you a ride," Lou Cheng instructed with a smile.
"It's fine, I'll sleep in the club too. I have a room in the assistant team. It's already two in the morning. Instead of going back and forth, I might as well get more sleep." Auman was in a good mood.
Lou Cheng didn't nag her. After seeing that Guo Jie had also chosen to stay in the club, he passed through the guarded door and took the elevator to the fifth floor. He planned to tidy up and rest.
Yan Zheke had just finished her dinner and was listening to the upcoming meeting. Lou Cheng, who was full of energy after a deep sleep in the car, suddenly felt a little bored.
At this hour, other than a few night owls, no one he knew was active … Lou Cheng stood by the window and looked at the lake in the distance. He looked at the flashing neon lights and the quiet and cold darkness. For some reason, he felt like he was the only one sober when everyone else was drunk.
Priest didn't relax at all. Instead, he used me as a small target and exploded with even stronger and more persistent motivation …
This time, they were able to win against the High Clarity Sect mainly because of luck. If their super-class Daoist Yun Yan was not injured, everything would definitely be different …
I did pretty well in this match and defeated the "Warrior Saint" who only had a sliver of health left. However, the gap between us was still very obvious …
He had to guard against arrogance and rashness, and continue to work hard!
Lou Cheng was suddenly in high spirits. He picked up his phone and sent a message to his little fairy.
"I slept too much … I'm going to train!"
"I have a big goal. I want to catch up with the Dragon King and the Warrior Sage!"
After a while, Yan Zheke sent a smiley face emoji.
"Does that mean we should get high?"
Lou Cheng couldn't help but laugh. He put away his phone, changed into his martial arts suit, and walked down the safety passage to the bottom floor. He passed through the cloister and arrived at the entrance of the Volcano Laboratory.
There were people on duty twenty-four hours a day, which was the Dragon King's request!
After keying in the password and going through the scan, Lou Cheng entered this place that had a sci-fi feel to it. He instructed the staff to activate "volcano mode".
In one of the silver-white metal rooms, the heat was slowly eroding, gradually becoming scalding hot.
Before long, the density of the air changed, causing the light to turn into a haze. Lou Cheng's long and deep breaths began to slow down. It seemed that he had to filter the air before he dared to let the air into his body to prevent it from burning his fragile body.
Red and orange colors swam before his eyes. Lou Cheng felt as if he was completely engulfed in flames. His skin and pores were burning painfully.
Invigorated, he activated "Emperor Yan Force" and controlled the flames around him. He tamed them like a child's toy and let them roam happily on his clothes.
The temperature rose higher and higher until it reached a limit. Lou Cheng endured the burning sensation all over his body, got into a stance, and started practicing his punches and kicks.
After the battle with the Warrior Sage, he realized that his opponent's ability to control the environment was very strong. Unlike himself, his supernatural ability and "Heaven and Earth Blessing" were simply mixed together and didn't achieve the effect of "one plus one equals two."
More importantly, the Warrior Sage had turned his own experience, thoughts, and understanding into moves that were closely connected to his surroundings. Therefore, it was mysterious and full of hidden changes. It was very much like the connection between man and nature.
This is something I can't compare to him in … Apart from the training of my mind, I can't slack off in other areas …
As he thought about it, Lou Cheng became more serious in his training.
There wasn't a single drop of sweat on his body because it evaporated as soon as it came out.
After an unknown period of time, he finally felt tired. He stopped his training and turned off "Volcano Mode" from the inside.
Not bad … He smiled and warmed up his punches and legs. He slowly walked out of the laboratory and saw Guo Jie outside.
Guo Jie expected to see Lou Cheng coming for morning training, but she didn't expect him to leave. She was a little stunned and blurted out,
"So early?"
"You're pretty early too," replied Lou Cheng with a smile.
She's indeed a martial arts fanatic. Just watching from the side made her work harder!
Guo Jie frowned slightly and didn't say anything else. She stepped into the "Volcano Laboratory".
Lou Cheng laughed and walked into the quiet and empty corridor.
The sky was still dark. The moon was low, and the stars were low. The faint light shone in quietly, dragging his shadow long. There was a hint of excitement in his tiredness.
Lou Cheng felt the cool breeze. His footsteps suddenly became lighter, as if the morning sun was coming after a long journey.
At this moment, he had that feeling of "my future is not a dream".
…
The next day was Monday. As usual, Lou Cheng participated in the "guidance class" of the reserve team as a Physical Invulnerability Mighty One.
Unexpectedly, he saw a familiar face among Tu Zheng and the others. It was the elegant and handsome Li Xiaoyuan who looked like an immortal with his long hair draped over his shoulders. Li Xiaoyuan, the Li Xiaoyuan whose aesthetic taste had always left him dumbfounded, the Li Xiaoyuan whom he had met at the Martial Sage Candidate Challenge Tournament in Yanling.
Isn't he from Haiyuan Club? Lou Cheng muttered to himself, but he didn't show it on his face. Only when the "guidance class" ended did he stop Li Xiaoyuan and "drag" him to a corner.
"You're here to observe?"
"Exchange learning, exchange learning," replied Li Xiaoyuan with a smile. Li Xiaoyuan chuckled and replied, "The higher-ups said that we can barely be considered as part of the same system and have some connections, so we need to interact more. So I was sent here."
Lou Cheng's mouth twitched. "I just poached Optimus Prime, and now I'm sending you here. Are you trying to make enemies?"
"Sss, you guys will fight?" Li Xiaoyuan seemed to be shocked. He widened his eyes and asked, but it wasn't clear if he was really afraid or just joking.
Lou Cheng's face darkened.
"How would a Physical Invulnerability Mighty One have the time to deal with you …"
Have some dignity!
Following which, he pouted and pointed at Jia Lu and the rest. "I'm afraid the members of the Reserve Team will get hot-blooded."
"They …" Li Xiaoyuan followed Lou Cheng's gaze, ran his fingers through his hair, and clicked his tongue. Then, he replied with interest, "That's pretty good."
Why does this guy look like he's not afraid of trouble … To think that he looks like Ren Li, quiet and gentle … Lou Cheng took a deep breath and invited Li Xiaoyuan out for seafood as a host.
…
In a seafood restaurant that Lou Cheng had "verified," Li Xiaoyuan was holding a mantis shrimp that was much bigger than a palm.
He smiled and said, "I heard that there's a special way to eat this. You can use a pair of chopsticks to get rid of the shell."
"Isn't that simple for us?" Lou Cheng chuckled and pressed down with his finger.
A faint purple line of fire spread rapidly, and the mantis shrimp's hard shell opened completely, revealing the plump and fair flesh.
Lou Cheng stuffed it into his mouth. The light taste of salt mixed with the freshness and sweetness of the shrimp echoed perfectly in his mouth, making him sigh in satisfaction.
"This move …" Li Xiaoyuan glanced at it and suddenly thought of something. "Back then, in the Warrior Sage Challenge Tournament … there was a Mighty One with Physical Invulnerability in the first Challenge Tournament … I heard that they wanted you to be their guest this year?"
"I don't think I'm available." Lou Cheng shook his head and smiled. "Actually, there are quite a few outstanding martial artists in the first Challenge Tournament."
"But that's it." Li Xiaoyuan shook his wrist and shook off the mantis shrimp's hard shell. He said as he ate, "Ye Youting is still at Sixth Pin. She's the same age as me. Jiang Lan is also stuck here. It's impossible for her to reach Physical Invulnerability. I hope she can reach the Inhuman stage soon … That guy who defeated you, Wang something, just reached Seventh Pin. Not bad."
Speaking of this, he suddenly sighed with emotion. "If I hadn't come to Guangnan to study, joined the Martial Arts Club, and was not chosen by Haiyuan, I'd probably be like them now."
"It was really good back then. We were carefree all day long. Other than practicing martial arts, hehe, we also often caused trouble. When we were eating at the food stall, we had a group fight with some gang members not far from here. We beat them until their bones were broken."
"You don't look like a gentleman at all!" Lou Cheng was reminded of his college life and couldn't help but shake his head and laugh.
Li Xiaoyuan also laughed and said,
"I've always been a person who doesn't talk nonsense when I can fight."
"Is this the gangster version of Banished Immortal …" Lou Cheng secretly complained. "Then why did you go to Haiyuan? With your style, you should come to Longhu to practice the Fire Sect."
"Well, compared to a frontal attack, I prefer to attack from the side." Li Xiaoyuan answered frankly and self-deprecatingly.
Lou Cheng almost laughed out loud. He had a good chat with Li Xiaoyuan on similar topics. After all, they had known each other for a long time and were both from the martial arts circle in the university.
After eating and drinking, Li Xiaoyuan glanced at Lou Cheng and tapped the rim of the cup. He sighed as if he didn't mean it.
"I hope I can make the great leap and reach Physical Invulnerability before you get the title …"
As soon as he said this, Lou Cheng suddenly had a feeling that the bright moonlight had illuminated four years and illuminated countless different paths.
At that time, who would have thought that he would meet Li Xiaoyuan in Guangnan today? One of them was at Physical Invulnerability and the other was at Inhuman.
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