In the morning, Zhang Yong was walking through the house when he noticed a broom by the side
"I can't just stay home and just take advantage of them."
Zhang Yong grabbed the broom and started sweeping the floor. Zhang Yong continued to sweep the floor quietly. He didn't want to burden the Zhang family with his problems. He just needed some time to sort things out on his own
After a while, a girl came out from one of the spare rooms. If Zhang Yong remembered correctly, that was the maid he saw when he woke up.
She looked at Zhang Yong and then at the broom in his hand, "What are you doing?! You are still injured and you should rest."
Zhang Yong shrugged his shoulders and continued sweeping, "I don't want to look like I'm taking advantage of the family's hospitality, so I have to do something even if it's small."
From behind the maid in the wooden building came out a young boy, he was the son of the family and if he remembered correctly his name was Jian
The little boy next to the maid stepped forward, "Sister Xiao, you are still going to the village, I am going with you."
The maid who seemed distracted for a moment nodded to the little boy, "Okay, let's go then." Then she raised her head towards Zhang Yong and said with a smile, "There's no need to stress yourself out."
The little boy stared at Zhang Yong for a while before looking back at the maid. Then he turned back to Zhang Yong and said, "Big brother, why don't you come too?"
Zhang Yong smiled and patted the boy on the head, "Okay, as you wish."
With that, Zhang Yong joined the two towards the village. The village was not far from the house, it was an ordinary village with a market, shops and the like.
While they were shopping, the maid left the two for a while
Suddenly there was a small voice next to them, the voice of a boy, "Look who came here, the son of the Zhang family."
The two turned towards a voice and it was a young boy with short yellow hair and dark brown eyes, behind him were two other children
Jian immediately hid behind Zhang Yong. Zhang Yong looked at him from the corner of his eye and whispered to him, "Are these your friends?"
Jian weakly nodded, "No, the one in front is the son of the Zang family, Zang tian and the ones behind him are his followers."
Zhang Yong looked at the boys and felt only a little annoyed, 'Are they bullying him?' It's possible, but I can't act against young boys.'
Zhang Yong took a few steps and stood in front of the boy, "Boy, I think your family is well-known in the city, but that doesn't make you bully a boy, so you should stop."
The boy stopped his laughter and raised his finger towards Zhang Yong angrily, "Who are you and what is your business, you old man?"
The words struck a nerve in Zhang Yong's head of anger, 'This kid, I'm obviously still fifteen years old and yet he calls me old.' However, he maintained his calm, in any way, the other side was still a child.
Jian jumped up from behind Zhang Yong and spoke angrily, "You don't talk about Big Brother like that, even if he is old, he is older than you , you should respect him"
Zhang Yong felt a little grateful for Jian's defense of him, but his words also stabbed him, even for Jian, he was old.
Zhang Yong sighed and couldn't help but be frightened, "Boy, you're too arrogant, haven't you learned respect?"
The boy took a step back, yet his tone was still arrogant. "You dare to do something to us. I am warning you. Do something and you will court death , my master will take revenge on you."
Suddenly a man stood behind the boy in a black robe, however upon seeing Zhang Yong the man's eyebrows furrowed, "Brother, this is a problem among the younger generation, so I think they should solve it themselves. How about a fight between them a week from now?"
Zhang Yong looked in surprise at the man, he suddenly appeared and offered to fight them, so this made him put two possibilities, either he is afraid of something, or he is planning something, but in the end it is just children fighting
"Are you an idiot? Not only do you force two children to fight, but you also appear out of nowhere as if nothing had happened."
At the bottom, Zhang Yong felt something tugging on his clothes. It was jian "I...I agree."
Zhang Yong's jaw couldn't help but drop a little, 'Hey, this is happening so quickly, he agreed so easily?'
Zhang Yong sighed deeply, "Since he has agreed, then we will meet in a week."
The man bowed slightly and left with the boy. On the way, the son of the Zang family asked his master, "What? Why did you make it a fight between us?"
The man looked at the young boy and sighed, "Young Master, I'm afraid this was the most peaceful solution. As you know, there are many levels of martial arts and I am only at the rank of Grand Master, but I'm afraid that this boy, despite his young age, is at the teacher (guru) stage or perhaps even higher."
The Zang family's son's eyes couldn't help but reveal shock, "teacher It doesn't matter that since he agreed to a fight I'm sure he'll lose, I'm confident I can defeat him."
After a while, the maid returned and Jian explained to her what happened. Her eyes looked somewhat shocked, "A week from now? This is bad. We have to prevent this."
Jian looked at the maid and clenched his fists, "No...I want to face him."
Zhang Yong approached him and knelt down on one knee to be at the same level as his height, "Tell me why you insist on fighting him so much."
Jian swallowed hard and looked at Zhang Yong with determination, "Because...if I don't do this, he will never stop. I have to get stronger. My father is already struggling with the Family Competition, and I don't want to burden him any more."
Zhang Yong looked at him and smiled, it kind of reminded him of his previous life, at the same age he was already being bullied, he didn't tell anyone or confront those who hurt him, unlike Jian.
Zhang Yong simply hit Jian's forehead with a light tap, "It's good to care about your family, but you should choose your opponents carefully."
Jian held his forehead tightly with both hands with a pained expression
Zhang Yong got up and started to walk away, "Come on, we have a lot of work to do."
Jian looked at Zhang Yong in surprise, "What do you mean?"
He turned towards him for a moment, "I will help you with the training. Since I may have caused it, I bear some responsibility."
Zhang Yong then turned his gaze towards the maid, "ahm, Sister Xiao, can you help us convince the family master?"
The maid sighed quietly, "Okay, but just this once."
Back at home, when the maid was told about the incident, there were small tears on the face of the family master. No one knew whether they were tears of pride, worry, or something that really entered his eyes.
In front of the house Zhang Yong and Jian stood in front of the house
"So, Jian what are the cultivation ranks in this world."
Zhang Yong asked gently. To him, this world was mysterious and there was nothing special about it. Especially with Yuni telling him that this world was the meeting point of many worlds, there was a chance that he knew one of them.
Jian scratched the back of his head slowly, "This world? Oh, you mean the Tian Yuan Continent? Yes, from what I heard from my father, there is one continent, which is where we are now. The training stages are divided into Apprentice, Warrior, Master, Grand Master, teacher, Ancestor, and Venerable. As far as I know, there are higher stages, but I don't know what they are."
Zhang Yong held his chin as he thought, the levels here were no different from those in the Douluo World, except that the names were just different.
"Then, what level are you at now?"
Jian scratched the back of his head and smiled stupidly, "Hehe, I am at the fourth stage of the apprentice level, while the son of the Zhang family, Zang tian is at the sixth stage."
"There are two stages of difference between you, but he is bullying you? Forget it." Zhang Yong squatted down and raised his hand towards Jian, "Smack your fist into my hand."
Without thinking too much, Jian punched Zhang Yong's palm. From what Zhang Yong noticed, his strength wasn't that great, and maybe even his foundation wasn't very solid, but that didn't stop him from training.
"Hmm, well I think we'll start with a warm-up. You see that hill, I want you to run to it and back ten times back and forth." Zhang yong pointed to a hill perhaps half a kilometer away.
Jian looked incredulously at Zhang Yong, "I thought you were going to teach me a powerful Mystery-rank cultivation technique or something like that."
Zhang Yong smiled gently, "I don't know about Mysterious Rank techniques, but to master my skill you must have a strong body. Unfortunately, we have to quicken our pace because you only have one week. If it were up to me, I would have trained you better. Now go jogging."
Without further discussion, Jian left to run
Zhang Yong went inside and got a bucket and a cup of water
The Ice Empress couldn't help but ask, 'Why did you decide to help a boy she didn't know?'
Zhang Yong only showed a calm smile, "I just see my little brother in him, regardless of their having the same name, I just felt like I shouldn't leave him like that."
Zhang Yong only knew this training method
After returning from the first round, Zhang Yong poured one cup of water for Jian and then sent him back running
Jian was panting hard as he ran, his lungs were burning, but he persevered and continued.
As the sun set, Jian finished his run and collapsed on the ground, exhausted
Zhang Yong stood above his head, "Good job, but don't waste your time like this panting, use that heat you generated from running and start meditating."
Jian nodded, sat cross-legged, and began to meditate
Zhang Yong focused his gaze on the energy Jian was gathering and thought deeply, 'Hmm, it's okay for his first day, the distance is not much but it is difficult for someone his age.'
Zhang Yong looked towards his empty hand and tried to sense the spiritual energy but to no avail, even the powers of the laws no longer worked
He immediately took a look at his vault and extracted a card from there
That was a random card he got from Ye Zhiqiu's quest, that card was an attribute card
As long as Zhang Yong possessed an attribute in his body he could put it into almost anything, weapon, tool and the like
After Zhang Yong thought, among his attributes, next to the Five Elements he had the Void, Darkness, and Life attribute so he left the card matter for later.
But his daggers did not seem to be affected and he could summon them as before
Slowly, night began to fall, and Jian woke up from his training, at that time Zhang Yong threw a mysterious water pill at him, "Go to your room, swallow it, and slowly absorb its effect."
Jian nodded and immediately went inside the house
The next day, Jian was amazed, he had broken through to rank 5 after only one day of training which felt like magic.
In front of the house, Zhang Yong stood in front of Jian, "Good, you have reached rank five, so you will stop meditating until your body gets used to your current strength."
Jian nodded and clenched his fists excitedly, "Yes what's next now, I'm ready for anything."
Zhang Yong laughed lightly, "Since you're ready, carry this on your back and start running." Zhang Yong pointed to a basket he placed on the side. It was holding rocks, and the weight reached five kilograms in total.
Jian looked at the basket and counted its weight, and his jaw immediately dropped, "Wait, I'm kidding, how can I run with these weights?"
However, Zhang Yong did not give him the answer he wanted, "This was the way I trained. To be honest, I had lifted more than thirty kilograms my first time, and the distance was ten kilometers back and forth. What do you think? Do you want to try this?"
Jian quickly shook his head, "No, no, no, there's no need for that." Jian desperately held the rocks on his body and started running
At this time, Zhang Yong took Kuro out of the pet space
'my dad!'
Kuro's bird body immediately jumped on top of Zhang Yong and she started scratching her beak with her head
"I know, I know, I missed you too, how are your injuries?"
Kuro stood aside to let Zhang Yong get up and raised her beak high proudly, 'My injury has already healed, I'll be fine, but what about you, Dad?'
Zhang Yong nodded, "I'm fine, but I have a request."
Kuro raised her wings and pointed to her chest, 'You can count on Dad.'
"I want you to explore the area for me."
Kuro tilted her head in surprise. 'Just that?' 'Consider it over'
Kuro flew away from the place high above, while Zhang Yong stared at her. Jian had returned from his first tour.
In the following days, Zhang Yong focused on making Jian do different intense training each time and gave him a short rest every three days, and the night before the fight Jian had broken through to the sixth level.