Chapter 181
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Chapter 181: Huang Xiaolong’s Thoughts
Fang Yu returned to the training ground.
Xia Xiaoying followed beside her, and Xia Heguang gave her a questioning look.
Xia Xiaoying nodded in response.
By this time, the team members had been maintaining their positions for nearly half an hour.
Strangely enough, those who initially felt extreme pain gradually adapted to the positions.
Their muscles and bones still ached, but the pain wasn’t as intense as it was at the beginning.
Meanwhile, they could feel their meridians and blood vessels becoming warm, but it wasn’t uncomfortable; rather, it was a pleasant sensation.
Xia Heguang kept watching the team members, observing their every movement and change in expression.
The team members who were in extreme pain at first now seemed much more relaxed.
This situation made Xia Heguang feel more at ease.
It seemed that Fang Yu’s body technique did have its mysterious aspects.
Fang Yu looked at his teammates and yawned.
“Training like this once or twice a day for a week will definitely show results,” Fang Yu said to Xia Heguang.
“Let’s hope so,” Xia Heguang thought.
“I’ll leave the rest to you. I need to go back and rest. I didn’t get much sleep last night and I’m a bit tired,” Fang Yu said.
“Uh… no problem,” Xia Heguang hesitated before answering.
Beside them, Xia Xiaoying frowned deeply upon hearing Fang Yu’s words.
How could he delegate his responsibilities to the military commander?
Isn’t this too irresponsible?
But since Xia Heguang didn’t express any dissatisfaction, Xia Xiaoying naturally wouldn’t say anything.
As Fang Yu turned to leave, Xia Heguang remembered something and said, “Captain Fang, I can give you part of the promised payment now.”
“Oh?” Fang Yu stopped in his tracks.
…
Ten minutes later, Fang Yu returned home contentedly with twenty-five monster beast cores given by Xia Heguang.
Currently, Xia Heguang only had these twenty-five monster beast cores on hand, and the remaining forty-five would need some time to collect from across China.
Fang Yu wasn’t worried about Xia Heguang defaulting on payment, so he wasn’t in a hurry.
…
Shortly after Fang Yu left, Xia Heguang finally announced that the team members could take a break.
But by this time, they didn’t feel pain or fatigue anymore, and instead felt energized!
“Hey, do you all feel like your body is full of power?”
“Yes! I thought my limbs were about to break earlier, but now after completely relaxing, there’s no discomfort at all!”
“I feel like my body is at its peak condition! I even want to go run several kilometers right now!”
The team members discussed excitedly with surprised expressions.
Huang Xiaolong remained silent, only searching for Xia Xiaoying’s figure in the training ground.
Looking around, he saw Xia Xiaoying walking out of the training ground with Xia Heguang.
Huang Xiaolong quickly followed.
“Xiaoying!”
Xia Xiaoying turned around, saw Huang Xiaolong, and frowned, “General Huang, please mind your form of address.”
Huang Xiaolong’s expression changed slightly as he said, “Group Leader Xia, hello.”
At the same time, Huang Xiaolong saluted Xia Heguang beside them, respectfully saying, “Commander!”
Xia Heguang beside them nodded, looked at Huang Xiaolong, then at Xia Xiaoying, and said, “You two can talk.”
After saying this, Xia Heguang walked out of the training ground alone.
“Xiao… Group Leader Xia, why didn’t you tell me you were coming to the Jiangnan Military Region?” Huang Xiaolong asked with a smile.
Xia Xiaoying’s expression remained cold as she said, “I accepted Commander Xia’s invitation to handle some matters at the Jiangnan Military Region. Why would I need to inform you?”
Huang Xiaolong seemed familiar with Xia Xiaoying’s temperament and wasn’t bothered by her cold attitude, continuing to ask, “Then how long will Group Leader Xia be staying in the Jiangnan Military Region?”
Xia Xiaoying shook her head and said, “It’s uncertain, and besides, that’s none of your business, is it?”
Huang Xiaolong still didn’t give up and wanted to speak more.
“General Huang, take advantage of your free time to rest. I have matters to attend to, so I’ll be going now.” Xia Xiaoying didn’t give Huang Xiaolong a chance to continue speaking and turned to leave.
Huang Xiaolong’s expression froze as he stood there, watching Xia Xiaoying’s slowly retreating figure with fascinated eyes.
Years ago, when he first met Xia Xiaoying, he fell in love with her.
Among the three Xia sisters, Xia Xiaoying was the most outstanding, holding an important position at such a young age.
Huang Xiaolong felt that he and Xia Xiaoying were a match made in heaven, so he kept looking for opportunities to get close to her.
Unfortunately, Xia Xiaoying was like a solid iceberg, completely ignoring his feelings.
Instead, it was Xia Weiyu who gradually fell into his embrace.
Huang Xiaolong didn’t particularly like Xia Weiyu, but he didn’t reject her outright either.
His ambitions were great; he hoped that one day he could take Xia Heguang’s current position.
Therefore, he had to proceed carefully, gradually getting closer to the Xia family.
Although he hoped to be with Xia Xiaoying in his heart, if that really wasn’t possible, Xia Weiyu would be a decent backup option.
“Just wait, in this military region competition, I’ll definitely show you a different side of me!” Huang Xiaolong thought while staring at Xia Xiaoying’s retreating figure.
…
When Fang Yu returned home, it was already two in the afternoon.
Only Su Lengyun was at home.
When Fang Yu returned, Su Lengyun was on the balcony of Fang Yu’s room, gazing into the distance.
Noticing Fang Yu’s return, Su Lengyun turned around, smiled faintly, and said, “Brother Yu, you’re back.”
“What are you looking at?” Fang Yu asked.
“Looking at the city scenery. I rarely leave Frost Cold Palace,” Su Lengyun said, gently tucking back her sky-blue hair that had been scattered by the breeze.
“Oh, there’s actually nothing much to see, it’s about the same as twenty years ago,” Fang Yu said.
As he spoke, Fang Yu sat on the bed and took out the wooden box Xia Heguang had given him from his storage bag, containing twenty-five monster beast cores.
Su Lengyun curiously walked to Fang Yu’s side, watching as he opened the wooden box.
“Brother Yu, these are…”
“Monster beast cores, excellent spiritual energy supplements,” Fang Yu said.
“Spiritual energy supplements?” Su Lengyun was somewhat stunned.
She only knew that monster beast cores could be used in medicine; she had never heard they could be used as spiritual energy supplements.
“Sigh, these are all just low-level monster beast cores,” Fang Yu sighed, shaking his head, then took one core and directly put it in his mouth.
Seeing this, Su Lengyun’s beautiful eyes widened.
He actually swallowed it directly…
“Brother Yu, can monster beast cores be swallowed raw like that?” Su Lengyun asked.
“Of course, this is the best way to absorb as much of the spiritual energy contained in the cores as possible,” Fang Yu said, putting another core in his mouth.
Seeing Su Lengyun’s stunned expression, Fang Yu explained, “Of course, this only applies to me. As I told you before, my meridians and dantian are quite resilient, which is why I can do this.”
“Would you like to try one? Though I don’t recommend swallowing it raw like I do, as it might damage your meridians,” Fang Yu said.
Su Lengyun shook her head.
Fang Yu didn’t say anything more and continued swallowing the cores one after another.
However, as more cores entered his body, his brow furrowed deeper.
He discovered that these low-level cores were having less effect on him now.
Previously, swallowing five or six monster beast cores would have been enough for him to break through one level.
But this time, even after swallowing more than ten, he felt nothing, let alone breakthrough.
“The higher the realm, the more spiritual energy needed for breakthrough… Now, these low-level cores hardly have any effect on me,” Fang Yu thought.
“Brother Yu, is this how you increase your cultivation now, by swallowing these cores?” Su Lengyun asked softly from beside him.
“Yes, there’s no more efficient method besides this,” Fang Yu answered.
“I remember there are quite a few monster beast cores stored in the treasure pavilion of Frost Cold Palace…” Su Lengyun said thoughtfully.
“Really?” Fang Yu looked up and asked.
Su Lengyun nodded and said, “Yes, but those monster beast cores have been stored for a long time, I’m not sure if they’re still useful…”
“Of course they’re useful. As long as the cores are intact, the spiritual energy won’t dissipate,” Fang Yu said. “However, now only fifth-rank or even sixth-rank and above monster beast cores would be effective for me.”
“When I return to Frost Cold Palace in a few days, I’ll check the treasure pavilion. If there are suitable monster beast cores, I’ll bring them to you right away,” Su Lengyun said.
