At night both of them returned to their house and Gai Tao was standing there waiting for them just like yesterday.
When he saw Ye Xin's condition Gai Tao's eyes widened and he quickly ran towards him.
"Ye Xin, what happened?" He asked in a worried tone.
Ye Xin looked at him and sighed. "Nothing, we were just unlucky and ran into a King Rhino." He said.
When Gai Tao heard Ye Xin's words his eyes widened in shock. "A king! Thank God you guys are safe." He patted Ye Xin once more. "Come in, I will give you some ointment. We can eat food after that. It's good that you guys choose to escape instead of catching that King Rhino." He said and nodded in approval.
"Uncle but we did catch that rhino." Ye Xin said and pointed at the sky.
Gai Tao furrowed his brows and looked at the sky. "What do you mean..." His mouth hung open when he saw the direction of Ye Xin pointing.
Hong Hai slowly landed from the sky and in his arms was the huge body of the King Rhino. He placed the Rhino on the land and moved near Ye Xin. Rubbing its head against Ye Xin's hand.
Ye Xin smiled and patted Hong Hai a few times, "Good boy." He said.
Gai Tao on the other hand was still flabbergasted as he kept looking at the King Rhino with a dumb expression on his face.
While Gai Luo on the other hand was smiling from ear to ear. He has never seen his father so surprised.
After a few minutes, Gai Tao finally came to his senses and looked at Ye Xin and Gai Luo as if he was looking at monsters.
"You guys caught this?" He asked.
"Yes, we did." Ye Xin said.
"Most of the work was done by Ye Xin. At first, we thought that it was a normal Blue Lotus Rhino however later we found out that it was a king and Ye Xin risked his life to catch this beat." Gai Luo explained.
"Is it true Ye Xin? You did great. I am proud of you." Gai Tao said and patted Ye Xin's back again.
Ye Xin looked at him and smiled. He was happy that Gai Tao was proud of him, after all, he considered him as his father, because after the death of his mother, he was the one that taught him everything.
"I think we should eat the King Meat today, it would be better if we use it, selling it would put a lot of eyes on us." Gai Tao said and looked at the giant beast again. He then sighed.
"It would be hard to move around and preserve this beast." He said and summoned a giant oax, its body was red and there were two large horns on its head.
This was called a Mud Oax and it was Gai Tao's beast.
"Let's get to work." Gai Tao patted his Oax and sighed.
"Uncle we will help you."
"Yes, father we will help you."
Both Ye Xin and Gai Luo stepped forward to help. "No thanks, you guys have already exhausted yourself, you should go and change, while your mother prepares the food." Gai Tao said.
"No father I will help you!" Gai Luo said with a stubborn tone. He then looked at Ye Xin, "Ye Xin you should go and take a bath, while me and father sort this out."
Ye Xin looked at him and stayed silent for a minute, after this he took in a deep breath and nodded. He then moved towards his house and after half an hour he came back freshened up, he also tied some bandages around the places where he was bruised.
When he got to the door of Gai Luo's house he could smell the sweet fragrance of food and his mouth watered.
Gulping his saliva he stepped inside and saw that Gai Luo and Gai Tao were also finished. Both of them looked at Ye Xin and smiled.
"Come, let's eat some food." Gai Tao said and entered the house.
Ye Xin and Gai Luo stepped after him. And after eating the food Ye Xin came back again to his house and laid down in his bed.
He then summoned Hong Hai who floated above his bed. Glowing dimly in the darkness of the night. Looking at it he sighed.
"You are strong Hong Hai." Ye Xin murmured.
Hong Hai listened to him and spun around in the air happily, it then came near Ye Xin and rubbed its head on his arms.
Ye Xin chuckled and patted him.
"I hope we can get into a good sect." Ye Xin thought as he contributed to pat Hong Hai.
After some time he de-summoned him and went into deep sleep.
Soon the days passed and their training continued, the beasts they had to catch got increasingly difficult and their strength also increased day by day.
Even Gai Luo's Sand Eater started to absorb Qi from the surroundings just like Hong Hai and Gai Luo's strength also started to increase.
Gai Tao on the other hand was stupified every time Gai Luo and Ye Xin came back home as they suppressed his expectations every time.
Soon the day before the Sect Examination came and both Ye Xin and Gai Luo stood before Gai Tao, there was a new wildness in their eyes.
Gai Tao had also lost a lot of weight and now looked like a giant muscular beast, instead of a blob of fat. There was even a cut going through his right eye giving him an even wilder look.
This quick change was mostly because he has learned to absorb Qi from his surroundings.
Ye Xin's looks didn't change much, but his composure had gotten a lot calmer. Not like the previous one who was curious and overactive. It may have been because he had to take care of Gai Luo all this time.
Ye Xin had to make sure that nothing happened to Gai Luo, as he wouldn't be able to face Gai Tao if something did happen.
Because of that, he has become more calculative and calmer than before, now he calculates every one of his next moves.
"Your examination will start tomorrow, I tried to get you guys a Qi Collecting Pill, however they were too expensive." Gai Tao said and a shameful expression appeared on his face.
"Don't worry uncle we won't be needing those pills. Our strength is enough to get into a good sect." Ye Xin said.
"Dad, don't worry, we have killed so many strong beasts this month, I don't think we will need those pills, we won't disappoint you." Gai Luo said and smiled.
Gai Tao looked at both of them and patted them on the head. "You guys have surpassed all my expectations, I never thought that you would become so powerful in such a short amount of time."
"Hehe dad, even I didn't think so." Gai Luo grinned. They never thought that their growth would be so exponential. "I am sure that we will give a good shock to the sect examination this time." He continued.
"Don't get too arrogant. The sky is pretty big, there will be many people who will be more powerful and more talented than you. You two must remain humble if you wanna live a good life." Gai Tao said with a serious expression on his face.
Although he was shocked by their growth, however he didn't want them to get arrogant and do something stupid.
"Don't worry uncle we won't do anything stupid." Ye Xin said.
Gai Tao listened to him and nodded. He then took in a deep breath and came in front of him, "Ye Xin, you are the wiser one in the two, you have to make sure that Gai Luo doesn't do anything stupid in the sect."
"Yes, I will make sure of that." Ye Xin nodded.
"Dad, I am not that stupid." Gai Luo interjected with an annoyed expression on his face.
Gai Tao looked at him and knocked on his head. "Make sure to always listen to Ye Xin, and remember not to trust anyone other than Ye Xin."
Gai Luo looked at his father and turned silent and seeing the serious expression on his face, Gai Luo took in a deep breath and nodded. "Yes, father." He said.
"Go on then, go and make me proud." Gai Tao said and smiled.
Both Ye Xin and Gai Luo nodded at him. However just as they were about to leave Gai Luo's mother came out of the house and hugged Gai Luo.
"Little Luo, don't forget your mother and father once you get selected in a sect." She said.
Gai Luo could see tears in her eyes.
A saddened expression appeared on his face and he patted his mother's back, "Don't worry mom, I will come back as soon as I can." He murmured and tears even formed in his eyes.
"Don't stop him now, let them go, I am sure that they will come back and make us proud." Gai Tao said and held his wife back.
She wiped her tears and nodded. "Take care." She brought out a big tiffin and handed it to Gai Luo.
"Make sure to share the food you two."
Both Ye Xin and Gai Luo nodded and smiled and moved out of their house.
After walking for about ten minutes Gai Luo looked at Ye Xin.
"Ye Xin why did they have to leave at the end moment, if they stayed here and took the test in our village then Mother would not have been as worried." He said.
"Maybe they found what they were looking for." Ye Xin murmured, they were talking about the capital sect examination elders, they have left the village a few days ago.