Chapter 49 - Extra Value

"Sure enough, the effect is quite good..." After one practice session, feeling his own progress, Chen Heng nodded to himself secretly. Just as he had thought before. Burning life, combined with mobilizing qi and blood, had a very good effect, which greatly accelerated the speed of his body tempering method cultivation. Of course, there were also big problems. At least the sense of exhaustion had increased a lot all of a sudden. He believed that if this continued for a long time, it would probably have a considerable impact on Chen Heng's body. However, for the time being, this wasn't a big problem yet. After all, his current body was still young, just in his early twenties. Such a level of wear and tear was nothing at all. "However, I should be as careful as possible and take more supplements later." Feeling the intense sense of exhaustion coming from his body, Chen Heng rubbed his forehead, and this thought couldn't help flashing through his mind at this time. Since coming to this world, he had always paid great attention to his body and attached even more importance to the nutritional balance of his body. Although in the eyes of outsiders, the food he ate for each meal was very simple, and it could even be said to be extremely unpalatable. In fact, many of those things were nutritious meals. Although they might not taste very good, they could supplement nutrition. Moreover, secretly, Chen Heng would also take some supplements to complement his own nutrition. Otherwise, with his way of practice, he might kill himself before achieving any results. Acting was one thing, but if it was exactly the same as acting, there would be some problems. Thinking of this, Chen Heng's face was calm. He silently put down the sword in his hand and was about to walk aside. At this time, a rush of hurried footsteps came from outside. It seemed that someone was coming from outside and was walking towards the place where Chen Heng was at this moment. Chen Heng turned around to look and happened to see that not far away, Kurudo was striding towards him. Judging from his appearance, it seemed that there was something urgent. "Did you have a fight with Maidel?" Walking up to Chen Heng and looking at Chen Heng in front of him, Kurudo's face was solemn, and his first sentence was this question. "Yes." Hearing Kurudo's words, Chen Heng was a bit surprised: "How did you know?" "It's been spread everywhere now." Kurudo shook his head and said, "I was training in the academy this morning and heard some people discussing your matter there, so I rushed over to visit." "Fortunately, judging from your appearance, you should be okay." "Has it spread so widely already?" Chen Heng was a bit surprised. After last night's battle, he had originally been thinking about whether to send someone to do something and take the initiative to spread the content of last night's battle. After all, this was also a way to gain reputation, and he naturally couldn't miss it. But now it seemed that what happened last night had spread much faster than he had imagined. He hadn't even started to take action yet, and this matter had already reached Kurudo's ears. And when a piece of news could be known even by someone like Kurudo who was usually not well-informed about such things, presumably everyone else should also know about it. He thought that those who should know probably all knew about it by now. Thinking of this, Chen Heng couldn't help but smile. Unlike those small fights in the past, this time, he had a head-on battle with a knight who had been famous for a long time, and he didn't show any signs of defeat throughout the whole process. Such a record was much more impressive than those in the past. He believed that those who knew the ropes should understand what this meant. Frankly speaking, after this battle, Chen Heng's reputation in Kutu would be enhanced, and even those big shots would probably hear about it and know his name. And this was exactly what Chen Heng wanted. Thinking of this, his mood couldn't help but improve a lot. "You guy, you did such a big thing without making a sound." Looking at Chen Heng in front of him, Kurudo couldn't help showing a bit of worry on his face and said at this time, "After having a fight with Knight Maidel, are you okay?" "Don't worry." Chen Heng had a smile on his face and subconsciously said, "Knight Maidel is a senior after all and wouldn't hit me too hard." "I wasn't injured at all." "Senior? Him?" In front of him, hearing Chen Heng's words, Kurudo's face changed, and he seemed a bit disdainful at this moment: "According to my grandfather, he's just a mad dog. Once he starts barking, he won't stop until he bites someone to death." "Did Mr. Shile say that?" Hearing Kurudo say this, Chen Heng couldn't help being a bit surprised. Kurudo's grandfather was named Shile, an old and aging knight, and a very kind old man. During the past half a year or so, for some purposes and also to win over Kurudo, Chen Heng had deliberately gone to visit him once. Perhaps because he came from a commoner background, Knight Shile didn't put on airs and got along quite well with Chen Heng. They had a good impression of each other. Chen Heng hadn't expected that this seemingly kind old knight would have such an evaluation of Maidel. However, soon, he thought of something. Princess Oliman's territory was none other than in the north, occupying the most fertile piece of land in the north. And Kurudo and his family behind him didn't seem to be very fond of this eldest princess. It seemed that there had been some conflicts between them in the past. As one of the three knights under Princess Oliman, Maidel might have had some conflicts with Kurudo's family behind him because of this reason, and they might even have fought before. If so, it wasn't hard to understand why Knight Shile would say such a thing. Chen Heng was lost in thought, and this thought flashed through his mind. He suddenly realized one thing. Compared to others, he actually had another advantage. The nobles in this world would be divided into one circle after another. These circles were often closed and exclusive. Among them, as the poorest place in the Kutu Kingdom, the northern lords were particularly famous for their closure and exclusiveness. Otherwise, with the nature of these nobles, they wouldn't have been called barbarians by the nobles from other places. However, no matter what, it was undeniable that the power of these northern lords was not weak. Although the north was poor, precisely because of this, the soldiers produced there were actually quite excellent. Even among the lords, there were also knight families like Kurudo's. It could be said that they possessed very powerful military strength. There was no doubt that this was a very powerful force. Just because of the consistent exclusiveness of the northern lords, even if Princess Oliman and another prince wanted to win over this force, they probably wouldn't be able to do it. Especially Princess Oliman, because of some remaining factors from the past, had aroused great反感与排斥 from the collective of the northern lords. And in this situation, as a person who had a good relationship with the northern lords, Chen Heng's value suddenly emerged.