Chapter 75


    In another part of the North was a dreamy ce unlike Four Season Mountain. There was no mountain range, but a range of exquisite pces and fog that surrounded the area all year round.


    This was another powerful organisation situated in another well-known danger zone of the world, the Imperial Sunset Pce.


    At the core of the pce stood a courtyard, which was the Imperial Emperesss residence. It was such a simple home which made it hard for others to believe that this was where Man Ching Hung, the renowned gliphist lived.


    She was currently sitting in the pavilion, stitching something with a long needle, while outside the pavilion stood a teenager. He tried to remain motionless, but it was apparent that he was shaking slightly in the horse stance. Not only that, there was an emery wheel on each of his fingers.


    Besides doing the horse stance, having emery wheels on your hands was the worst exercise. As the saying went, the pain from your fingers reached your heart. This exercise wasnt designed deliberately to make his fingers hurt, but it was extremely tiring for his entire arm, especially his fingers. This was a challenging exercise as it trained one both physically and mentally.


    Times up. Man Chin Hung smiled gently and stopped.


    The teenager didnt rest immediately at her words, but he rxed slowly and only sat down to rest after cing all the emery wheels onto the ground. Man Ching Hung watched him silently. She had high expectations, but this teenager beat every single one. This teenager was extremely gifted in cultivating, but to Man Ching Hung, the thousand-gliphic state gliphist, his aptitude was nothing to her. Many talents in the world either died early or ended up getting stuck in the hundred-gliphic or four-chambered state for their entire lives.


    Aptitude wasnt everything when cultivating. What she admired most was the teenagers self-discipline that bordered on cruelty. The teenager arrived at this ce every day at the same time, with only a few seconds difference. He also cut his rest time short before forcing himself to stand up.


    <em>With his talent and hard work</em>


    Just then, the teenager stood up. He bowed towards Man Ching Hung and said, I''ll get going.


    Hold up. Man Ching Hung stopped him, and he stood still, looking at her nkly.


    Man Ching Hung made her way out of the pavilion. She mightve been more than a hundred years old, but a cultivators age was different frommoners. Even her loose, red robe couldnt hide her slender figure. You might still be a boy, but you cant go around wearing nothing all the time. She returned with a dark green robe in her hands and a wide smile.


    Wear this when youe back tomorrow.


    The teenager looked at her, dazed, without replying. After some time, he got back to his senses and nodded slowly, then left with the robe. There were no thanks or unnecessary words as if it was an ordinary affair. But he did keep this in his heart.


    He walked out of the courtyard towards a particr ce, reaching out his middle and index fingers. There was energliph on the tip of his fingers. If anybody else were here, they would be stunned to see a teenager control two gliph strings before even entering the one-gliphic state. However, he was alone, so there were no such cries of surprise.


    It seemed like he was drawing something in the air. After some time, the fog in front of him dispersed, and the teenager disappeared into the Thousand Mile Layered Yarn. After identally entering the mountain previously, Man Chin Hung told the Imperial Sunset Pce members not to stop him when he entered the mountain. Moreover, considering his age and Man Chin Hungs prowess as a powerful gliphist, everyone thought that he could do nothing to her.


    Below the Imperial Sunset Pce were the Spiky Tree Woods, the woods that not even ordinary gliphers or gliphists dared to enter. Yet it was like home to the teenager. He jumped up high, dashing across the spiky trees without getting injured.


    After some time, he went into a mountain range outside the woods. Many cries belonging to various beasts rang across the mountain range along with his footsteps. Numerous iron-armed apes came from all directions, calling out to the teenager. There were even a group of baby iron-armed apes tugging on the teenager as if looking for hispanionship.


    Smiles rarely appeared on the poker-faced teenager, but this time, he was smiling as only this way could the apes feel his kindness. What mattered more was that he was truly happy to be here, living in the woods with these beasts, unlike life in hectic cities full of conflict and schemes.


    He was satisfied with this simple life. The teenager said no more and walked towards the depths of the mountain range with a smile.


    There was a residence made of wood which was weirdly satisfying to look at. Amongst all the iron-arm apes, only one qualified to live in such a ce, and it was their leader. The teenager walked into the house, and the apes following closely behind him left immediately as they knew the house was restricted.


    A huge iron-armed app walked towards him. It had a weird body, with its metallic and shiny arm extending to its chest before changing into a bolt of gold lightning which formed a crisscrossed lightning picture. It was a mystical sight.


    My son, youre back? The giant ape spoke in the humannguage. But the teenager wasnt even slightly shocked, as he was the one who taught it.


    Yes, mother. Im back.