“So do you all get the result you want?” Alice felt like a tour guide that showed the way for the people. Manstein did not get what he wanted but still, seeing that formation made his mindset change for the better.

‘There is something I don’t get at all.’ Manstein thought. His thought actually was the same with Han Lang, Ye Yingyuan, and Ye Xiaobai.

“They still not get it for now. As long as you study hard, I believe that you all can understand one day.” Wang Yu said to comfort them.

“True.” Alice then looked to Manstein who stared in a certain direction. It was the forest that stretched far from the city.

“Do you planning this from the very beginning?” Manstein then looked back at her. He could understand why they wanted to waste so much effort just for placing the formation. Not only this formation was used for defense but it can be used to attack as well.

“Right. After this, we planned to go infiltrate the forest. It was the incident three years ago that made our interest piqued, please don’t be angry.” Alice said apologetically.

Manstein could use his Wave Vision to see the structure of the formation. Indeed, the space around the formation was countless and the sturdiness of it was proven through the battle.

Then he could see the civilian peeked from the windows. They worried about the condition outside because the sounds of screaming and groaning reached their ears. It was good that all of this was planned beforehand.

After that, they returned by teleportation. The area was safe for them all to teleport and even if the enemies wanted to do the same to enter the town, it was not so easy because there were already some restriction that had been placed all around the town.

Then they heard a clash sound that reverberated in the area near the pond.

“Please observe, Splitting Rock Punch!” someone said. Then a boom echoed before dust flew and two figure could be seen inside the flying dust.

It turned out that someone had shown his battle technique. But for what purpose? The answer then revealed themselves because the figure that appeared from the dense dust was Ye Qingcheng with a dissatisfied expression.

“It’s good!” said Yi Xiaodie.

“Miss, don’t force yourself.” A maid reminded her and of course, that was followed by the rest of them.

“What? Are you not satisfied with that?” Yi Xiaodie felt that the reaction from Ye Qingcheng a moment ago was rather strange. She could not defend the strike completely and her condition was not good either.

‘That was why I will lose if she used her full strength.’

Even though he already used the technique that he learned from Wei Liang but still, that was not enough!

This made Yi Xiaodie have a positive impression of him. But then the next second after she thought about that, Ye Qingcheng’s expression turned grim. Only he knew what will happen after that. Soon, the only thing that Yi Xiaodie could see was a blur before a boom and a destroyed wall was visible.

A human-shaped hole had formed in the wall. Someone had been thrown there with huge strength!

“Good, good, good! You already improving yourself. Son, are you fine?” Yu Feng appeared while lifting her left leg. But that question actually referred to the special circumstances that Ye Qingcheng had since his childhood, not the current situation.

Of course, he also understood this. There was no way that Ye Qingcheng did not understand this double meaning.

He slowly stood up, clearing the debris that covered his body. He released his energy but a strike penetrated right at his strongest defense.

“Hmm, good. Looks like asking Senior Brother to teach him is a correct decision.” Ye Canghai nodded both literally and inwardly.

That Splitting Rock Punch was originally created by Wei Liang himself. Usually, the punch could shatter the rock but very hard to split it. That was the thing that someone had to learn from that technique.

“What is this? Did we miss something?” Ye Yingyuan excitedly came. When he saw that his mother raised her hand to his brother, cold sweat started to pour down. He knew, obviously knew that today was the testing day.

Nothing too special about it unless that both his parent would measure their strength and improvement.

“Can I join too?” they were all surprised to see that the one who asked that was no other than the ordinary face with half red and half black hair man.

“Wait! Don’t be rash, you will have time to do that.” Wang Yu said. But Manstein then continued without stopping as though what Wang Yu had said before was useless. In fact, Manstein already knew about it.

“What? Does he think that he can fight on equal ground with any of them?” displeasure was shown when Manstein said that. Of course, that was totally normal because someone without any kind of power tried to fight against cultivator.

“What I mean is, I want to spar with him only at physical strength alone.” Manstein detailed his explanation.

“Do you really want to do this again?” scratching his head, Ye Qingcheng said while walking to his direction.

“We did not finish both of it, understand. The treatment just started and I hope you can accompany me deep to the forest.” Manstein actually knew what Ye Qingcheng had worried about but the only solution for both of them to get a mutual benefit was to sparring.

Previously they did it and from that Manstein could think of several ways to treat the ‘special’ case that Ye Qingcheng suffered from.

“Uhm, then what are you need me for? I mean, you have someone that can protect you right?” Ye Qingcheng asked but in his heart, he had hoped that the cure for his condition will be found there.

“Yes, but the forest also contains your cure. The only problem is, you must consume it directly from its source though.” Because of the knowledge inside his Intelligence Assistance Device, Manstein could find the illness that this world know.

Not only that but there were several suggestions as for how to treat the illness itself, even there were several cures for the same disease.

‘Thanks to this device and the people from the past, this knowledge become useful once again.’ Manstein thought that the search of knowledge was both the happiness and uncurable poison at the same time.

‘I became addicted from that.’

“Now, let’s begin. No need to explain, right?” Manstein was the one who moved first to have initiative. Of course, he used Natural Flow Sync to move undetected, making the first strike more deadly than usual.

But from the first exchange, Ye Qingcheng learned to prepare for that so he intentionally made some gaps for bait, waiting for the prey to bite it.

“Good move, but it’s a step too slow!” without using energy, Manstein was not a bad opponent. He struck the hips part with his fist, continued with a palm to the back. Manstein used his full capabilities this time.

‘This is...still unexpected.’ Even when he prepared, Ye Qingcheng could barely recognize the strike that landed on his body. He just wanted to raise his arms when that strike landed but a step late would become a mile step late!

Then, Ye Qingcheng swiped the ground, raising the dust and made the sight rendered useless.

“How’s that?” By doing this, he could completely focus on the movement from Manstein. He would focus his senses to the maximum, allowing him to detect every movement and even the attack from opponent!

‘Changing the condition?’ Manstein surprised that he could even do that. But Manstein also had his own circumstance that was, he could not execute his technique, Nature Flow Sync for a long time.

‘Sadly, my stealth technique cannot be maintained for too long. Is this another kind of restriction?’ Manstein realized that he had limited time to activate his stealth technique. This was the critical weakness that must be solved at all costs!

“Really? Well, considering the fact that you started to use your reflex to automatically counter my move you improved far greater than before am I right?”

Manstein then hid again. Even Ye Qingcheng could not easily detect him while in his Nature Flow Sync mode. But only by his instinct that Ye Qingcheng could know where the strike would land.

Suddenly, Ye Qingcheng swung his right leg to swept the place that right in front of him!

Unexpectedly, his leg felt that something was holding onto his leg. But that was short when he finally realized another hit directly to his face.

“Ugh!” not only it hit face but also his eyes, losing his sight for a slight moment and the pain caused by it made him unfocused.

“Now it’s done.” Manstein stopped his attack. He looked to his hands while lost in thought. He almost released it due to the excitement!

‘This feeling again...I really, really, really hope that in this world, I will not have the chance to unleash it.’ From another person point of view, Manstein released a certain aura that made everyone around him felt numb on their leg.

“Are you alright?” seeing that Manstein completely stopped, a crowd started to form around him. They could only gasp in awe especially those who did not believe that someone with only using physical strength could defeat someone that strengthened through both training and cultivating.

“Great! As expected of Elder Brother, you can use the weak point to your advantage and this time it was to induced something?” Ye Yingyuan could understand a little about the method that Manstein had used.

“It’s because..he is a special case.” Replied Manstein.

“Thank you for letting me go sparring with him.” Manstein then thanked all of them. Even though he said it to all of them but actually, he said it to both Ye Canghai and Yu Feng.

They could only nod their head. But of course, in their mind, they really did not care about trivial things like this.

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“Troublesome!” Han Lang was forced to work by Wang Yu. It was because there were so many people that were saved, mostly from another sect. Although he felt irritated in his heart but Han Lang had a principle as a doctor that he would help to the very end!

“Not only I have to treat them but also remove their Subordinate Crest as well!” that was the main reason for his irritated feeling. Subordinate Crest was something that could control someone that had already been implanted.

“If I knew that then I would not be here, helping you with removing this.” This time, the person that assisted Han Lang was Hou Fei.

“Right. Are you sure that she will not become a trouble for us later?” Han Lang was asking about Wu Qing. Han Lang had heard about her from the stories, rumors and even some of the records that have information about her.

“She is the student from Seven Great School, from Alchemy School branch. As far as I know, she once made a mid-grade pill which effects can be increased to seven folds. That time, the world turned into a mess due to the invasion afterward.”

Han Lang did not continue to explain about it. At least, he knew there were probably more vast worlds outside and after met with Alice, he had determined to go outside of the box that he called ‘this world’.

“Young Miss was still young that time. She had been forced to change if she wants to survive and that event also where..” Hou Fei knew about the rest.

“Yeah, whatever. But the most crucial thing here is about that man.” Han Lang had never seen anyone that could stay calm after meeting with cultivators that emitted their energy.

“What are you two talking about?” a melodious sound came from a side of the room. Even dozens of beds would not make any difficulties to move for Wu Qing as she arrived at their position.

Fortunately, they had finished their job and chatted for a bit. Hou Fei greeted her politely as usual.

“It’s about him?” Wu Qing then looked at them but for them that look was the looks someone with clear intention, searching for whatever the person wanted.

“Yes. The entire Ye family have a trust in him. I believe that he is someone important even though his origin is unknown to us all.” Said Hou Fei apologetically.

“It’s fine. If they trust him then so be it. After this, we will return to the school. I’m afraid that the headmaster will lack some power to assist him.”

“Yes.”