Chapter 42 - Conflict

 "The matter of awakening the life seed can be put aside for now..." At this moment, standing on the training ground, this thought flashed through Chen Heng's mind. The awakening of the life seed was extremely dangerous. Although Chen Heng had reached the minimum standard, he would not attempt it until he was fully confident. According to the practice in this world, for a knight to awaken the life seed, the best way was to awaken in the midst of battle. Under the pressure of life and death, the stimulation of life energy would reach its peak, thus awakening one's own life seed. This method had an extremely low success rate and was also very dangerous. Awakening in life and death might sound cool, but in reality, it was a gamble with one's life. If it didn't succeed, one would really die. Even worse, even if the awakening was successful, if one couldn't quickly get out of the weak period after the awakening of the life seed, it would still be fatal. If things went wrong, one would die an unnatural death. So Chen Heng would not easily take this path until his accumulation was sufficient. He was not a native of this world and did have other options. "Body Forging Method..." Instantly, the content of the Rock Body Forging Method emerged in his mind. Chen Heng's Rock Body Forging Method was given by Liu Yi and was the true inheritance method of the Rock School. Compared with ordinary body forging methods, this body forging method was more powerful and profound, but the prerequisites for cultivation were also very harsh. At least from the part of the content that Chen Heng knew, without reaching the perfection of body forging, one didn't even have the qualification to practice this Rock Body Forging Method. From the beginning of this simulation until now, nearly a year had passed. Chen Heng had cultivated the body forging method from scratch to the perfect level. At this time, his knight cultivation had reached a bottleneck, and it was time to turn around and devote his energy to the body forging method. Chen Heng hadn't forgotten his purpose. He was not from this world after all, but from modern society. Compared with the knight breathing method, the body forging method was his foundation and the purpose of his coming here. At the beginning, in this simulation, besides obtaining as many points as possible, wasn't Chen Heng's purpose to cultivate the Rock Body Forging Method and lay the foundation for body cultivation? So now was the right time. With this thought, Chen Heng's expression was calm, and he silently began to act. Time passed slowly. A few days later, a carriage drove by and then stopped outside a certain manor. "It seems that the relationship between Princess Oliman and you is quite unusual..." Looking at the manor in front of him, Chen Heng couldn't help but turn around and look at Carey beside him. At this time, his expression was a bit strange. This manor was exactly the one where Carey held the banquet before. And now, the place where Princess Oliman held the banquet was also this manor. "Well..." Facing Chen Heng's gaze, Carey was a bit embarrassed and finally could only say: "Princess Oliman has some relationship with my father..." He didn't say more, just revealed a little. But Chen Heng immediately understood Carey's meaning. It seemed that Carey and his family behind him were probably supporters of that Princess Oliman. Then the purpose of this banquet was worth pondering. Could it be that Princess Oliman wanted to take this opportunity to draw him into her camp? At this moment, this thought flashed through Chen Heng's mind. Of course, on the surface, he still had the same calm appearance before. He just smiled and nodded at Carey, then got off the carriage and walked out slowly. The outside world was shining with bright light. Pieces of candles were burning, illuminating the surroundings brightly. Chen Heng held his head high and walked forward. Then, under Carey's guidance, he walked in step by step. The place was still the same, and the decorations and such hadn't changed. But the people had changed. There were many changes at this moment. The most obvious was that there were a lot more guards around. And the change in the identities of the guests. At the last banquet, although there were many guests here, many of them were just the descendants of those nobles and didn't count for much. But this time, the guests were generally much older. Many of them were even old enough to be Chen Heng's grandfather. Obviously, most of the guests this time were those who could really make decisions, not the descendants of those big families. Looking at this scene, Chen Heng understood and continued to walk forward. He took steps and walked forward. Then, under Carey's guidance, he silently walked to his own position. In the current occasion, Chen Heng's arrival was very eye-catching. Among those present, many people were attracted by Chen Heng's arrival. Their eyes were drawn to him and fixed on him. "Is this Mr. Coribo's student?" A voice came from the side. It sounded at this moment, seemingly with some inexplicable meaning: "I originally thought he was an outstanding young man, but now it seems that's all there is to it." Hearing this voice, Chen Heng frowned, a bit puzzled. He had always been cautious in the city of Kutu and wouldn't easily provoke others. Why would someone speak ill of him on such an occasion? Did he accidentally provoke someone, or was someone simply displeased with him? Or was there some other reason? In an instant, Chen Heng thought of many things. But then he got up and said calmly: "I indeed haven't learned much from Teacher Coribo and can't be considered outstanding. But if you don't mind, I'm also willing to have a discussion with you." His expression was calm, but his eyes looked forward, at a middle-aged man in the corner. That was a middle-aged man wearing black light armor, with dark skin and a very tall figure. At this moment, he sat there. Looking at Chen Heng who stood up in front, his expression couldn't help but be a bit surprised: "You want to challenge me?" "Yes, yes." He laughed and got up. Looking at Chen Heng in front, there were some glimmers in his eyes: "It seems your teacher didn't teach you the principle of respecting elders..." At the moment he got up, a fierce momentum was displayed. The terrifying aura spread, extremely dangerous. Just looking at it made one's scalp tingle, as if seeing a wild beast. Around, the atmosphere gradually became oppressive. At this moment, many people's expressions changed greatly. Looking at the middle-aged man who stood up in front, their eyes couldn't help but shrink. Of course, many people also recognized the identity of this man. At this moment, their faces showed surprise.