While someone was still planning his future,
On the other side, Clear Sky Sect, within the clouds.
Outside the Sect Master's pavilion, in a gazebo, two figures were idly playing chess and chatting.
However, not long after they started, the more robust figure couldn't hold back first.
"Damn… Big Brother, can we not drink tea? This stuff has no taste…"
The robust figure looked pained, while the middle-aged man in a sky-blue robe in front of him silently put down his teacup.
Slightly raising his eyes, he glanced at the robust figure and spoke calmly,
"When your mind is clear, that's when I'll let you drink alcohol."
"My mind is already clear!"
"Clear enough to give Little Dong'er alcohol?"
"Uh…" The robust figure's eyes immediately became unnatural, and he retorted in a low voice:
"I was being kind, you know… The monkey wine I buried thousands of years ago, I brought it out now because I thought its medicinal effects could strengthen Little Dong'er's Physique…"
"And then Little Dong'er slept for several months without waking up? She's not even six yet! How many times have I told you, don't apply Spirit Beast methods to Little Dong'er!"
The sky-blue figure said grumpily, and the robust figure dared not retort.
Just as the sky-blue figure was about to say a few more words, almost simultaneously, he and the robust figure stiffened.
Their original expressions turned serious, and without any hesitation, the two figures flashed and returned to a secret room in the Sect Master's pavilion.
As soon as they stepped into the secret room, both of them simultaneously touched their foreheads. Instantly, two blue-gold streams of light emerged from their foreheads, then quickly landed in front, slowly condensing into a blue figure.
It was Tang San.
With a gentle smile, he looked at the two figures in front of him and slowly said, "Da Ming, Er Ming, long time no see."
Da Ming paused slightly, then directly knelt on one knee, "Sea God Your Excellency."
Er Ming on the side reacted and quickly knelt down with him.
"Why are you so formal with me?"
Tang San said with a helpless expression, but he didn't tell Da Ming and Er Ming to get up. Without any pause, he said:
"I need you two to do something for me."
"Please command, Sea God Your Excellency." Da Ming still had his head bowed, his expression unclear.
A hint of satisfaction appeared in Tang San's eyes, and he slowly said,
"I want you to kill someone for me."
...A moment later, inside the gazebo,
Da Ming and Er Ming returned to their previous positions. They sat down, but they no longer had the same leisurely air as before; the atmosphere was somewhat heavy.
After a long time, Er Ming finally couldn't hold back and asked tentatively,
"Big Brother, about this… what do you think?"
"I'm going to lie down and think."
"Not killing him?"
"No rush." Da Ming's eyes were calm, and he said in a flat tone, "Although I don't know the exact situation, at least for now, there's no need to rush."
Da Ming pointed a finger at his head, "Since he withdrew his Divine Thought from our Sea of Consciousness, it proves he doesn't want other existences to know he ordered us to kill someone."
"And those he fears, presumably, would only be other Divinities. If we act… regardless of success or failure, I'm afraid…"
Da Ming sighed softly, not finishing his sentence, but the meaning was more than clear.
"Then… are we just going to go to our deaths?" Er Ming's expression was indignant, his tone full of unwillingness.
"What are you panicking about?" Da Ming glanced at Er Ming, "Let's drag it out for now. That guy is afraid of being seen as the one who ordered it, so he removed the Restrictions in our Sea of Consciousness."
"The Divine Thought in our minds is also withdrawn and self-sealed in the secret room. No matter what, at least he can't affect us for now."
"One day in the God Realm is one year in Douluo. Let's drag it out for a few years… That guy is so pure, how could he personally act against us? He thinks it's dirty."
Er Ming gave a self-deprecating laugh, but nodded in agreement, "…You're right."
"Remember to send someone to the Sun Moon Empire to investigate, just for show. We can't do nothing at all. If that guy doesn't urge us, let's leave it at that for now."
"Understood."
Er Ming nodded slightly, then turned and left directly, preparing to relay the orders.
Inside the gazebo, Da Ming drank tea alone, his gaze, however, looking into the distance.
And that direction was the Sun Moon Empire… In a blink of an eye, a few days later,
Sun Moon Empire, Kong Family mansion.
"Boom—! Boom—! Boom—!"
The sound of fists breaking through the air echoed in the training ground.
Xiao Hongchen, who had already doubled his daily workout, watched someone in the field with a twitching expression, and couldn't help but look at his younger sister beside him:
"Did you drug him?"
Miss Meng gave her brother a speechless look and shook her head: "No opportunity for that yet."
"Then why has he been so outrageous these past few days?"
Xiao Hongchen's voice rose a few degrees.
Four full hours of high-intensity, over-the-limit "Body Tempering Method" cultivation—this was no longer over-training, but thorough self-destruction!
If it were him, he might already be in the emergency room, so how could this guy still act as if nothing happened!
"Who knows? Perhaps… it's Ming'an's latest achievement."
Miss Meng's tone was casual, without any surprise.
Her Ming'an was like this; he would occasionally come up with some amazing achievements, progressing at a rapid pace. She had long grown accustomed to it.
Compared to these unimportant things… Miss Meng's ice-blue eyes were fixed on someone training shirtless not far away.
Hmm… so Ming'an's Physique was this good? She wondered what it felt like to touch… It should be quite nice?
Narrowing her eyes, Miss Meng's lips curved slightly, and she inexplicably adopted a more leisurely posture.
Time slowly flowed, and after a long while, someone finally slowly retracted his fists, closing his eyes to calm his body.
At the same time, a phantom, visible only to someone, watched someone with interest and commented:
"Using spirit power as a Foundation, simulating a special Spirit Ability to stimulate the Acupoints throughout the body to achieve the effect of Body Tempering…" "It's somewhat similar to the Cultivation Techniques practiced by knights, but there are significant differences…"
"This is just the difference in Foundation caused by different power systems… Moreover, compared to the framework I designed, the current 'Body Cultivator' is still too crude."
Kong Ming'an shook his head in his mind, speaking truthfully, without any false modesty.
Facing the possible threat of a certain God King, he only felt that the current achievements were not enough.
With calm eyes, he slowly spoke,
"The knight system is not suitable for the Douluo World, but regarding the 'Blood Refinement Golden Body' you gave me, I find it very valuable for reference."
Ilieks became interested. These past few days, he had been observing someone's experiments, and it was precisely because of these experiments that he became more certain that the young man in front of him was the same kind of person as him.
—Having great interest in exploring the unknown.
He initially thought of taking this young man as his Disciple, but now… his attitude towards this young man was more like treating a "fellow traveler" with equality.
"Are you planning to replace Demonic Beast blood with Spirit Beast essence blood?"
"No…"
Kong Ming'an shook his head, a hint of anticipation in his tone, "Actually, it can be more direct, for example… directly replacing Demonic God blood with 'Qi and Blood' to achieve… 'Qi and Blood Forging Golden Body'."