Chapter 352: Incredible Talent - 352
Zhou Fan repeated his actions and created a fan for Feng Liu that looked exactly like the one on the wall. He then explained what a growth weapon was and how it worked.
Before long, Zhou Fan and the children went back to the same building with the pillars. When they arrived, they saw Ying Xiong and Tong, now back to their normal appearances.
"This is all I can teach you right now. Now, go to Ying Xiong and Tong and cultivate more." Zhou Fan said as he patted the children's backs.
Unwillingly, they went back to Tong and Ying Xiong.
Ying Xiong ignored their reactions and brought them away once again to begin another session of cultivation. Zhou Fan expected that they would be in the foundation establishment realm the next time he saw them.
Zhou Fan went back to his mountain and entered his courtyard. As he was walking back to his fishing spot, he sensed something and reached out with his hand.
As he pulled back, a ten year old child was held by the arm. When the child saw Zhou Fan, he kicked at him and twisted his body skillfully to escape, but his strength accomplished nothing.
Zhou Fan flung the child to the ground, and the child soon stood up at him, looking at him with cold eyes.
"Who are you?" The child asked with caution, and what seemed to be a bit of arrogance.
Zhou Fan ignored him and asked a question of his own.
"What's your name?" Zhou Fan asked.
"Don't have one, now answer my question." The child said, acting threatening.
Zhou Fan had experience dealing with this type of person, so with a backhand, the child crashed into one of the courtyard walls.
Of course, everything except for the child was unharmed. The child rubbed his wrist, it was broken.
Still, despite having a broken bone, the child did not appear to be in pain.
"Tell me about who you are and where you are from." Zhou Fan said.
The child, no longer daring to act arrogant, nodded his head unwillingly and sat down.
"I was born as a part of an assassination organization. There, one only gets a name after killing someone. I've spent the last 3 years honing basic techniques, and only began to cultivate a little more than a month ago. My teacher, the leader of the assassination organization, said that my talent was unparalleled throughout the universe." The child slowly explained.
"He was right. It was as if you were born to be an assassin." Zhou Fan agreed.
The child silently watched with wariness and coldness.
"With your talent, staying in an assassination organization with a leader only at the space shattering realm would be a waste of your talent. Join the cosmic sect." Zhou Fan said, leaving no room for negotiation.
He would not usually act in such a way to a child, but the child had essentially 0 emotions, and no hint of childishness was anywhere around him.
Although he said that a person in his organization only got a name when killing someone, that was not technically correct. After all, it was clear that the child had killed more than 1 person before.
It was more accurate to say that one only got a name after completing a mission. Although the child's eyes were filled with wariness and coldness, he actually did not mind the situation.
For someone to grab him in front of his master, they had to be incredibly powerful. Coincidentally, he had been talking with his master right as Zhou Fan grabbed him.
Joining such a person's sect was something that he was not necessarily opposed to. Although the assassination organization had already trained the emotions out of him, they had not had time to brainwash him into loyalty.
"Are you one of those lesser dao creation realm cultivators?" The child asked Zhou Fan.
"You're thinking too small. Have you heard of Ying Xiong?" Zhou Fan asked.
"That legend? I've heard the same thing as everyone else. Unparalleled, unmatched, and so on." The child responded.
"I could kill him with a thought." Zhou Fan said.
The child did not fully believe him, but he did not really care either. Even someone at the lesser dao creation realm would be enough for him.
"Pick a name for yourself. Quickly." Zhou Fan said.
The child thought for a moment before responding with the first thing that entered his mind. He did not care about a name.
"Hei Ren." He said.
Zhou Fan nodded. He reached behind his back and pulled out a dagger.
"This is a growth weapon. It suits you. Put a drop of blood on it." Zhou Fan said.
The child nodded and poked his finger with the dagger. It was soon his.
"You will be my personal disciple for the foreseeable future." Zhou Fan said.
He was only a half teacher to the other two children, but Hei Ren was more in line with Zhou Fan's personality, and not to mention, mature.
The child nodded.
Zhou Fan canceled his fishing plans and began to instruct the child.
"Firstly, you should know exactly what you are. Your affinities are Darkness Qi, Clear Qi, Shadow Qi, and incredibly, Black hole Qi." Zhou Fan explained. "Your meridians are at the immortal god 10 rank, 2nd in the universe if you don't include me."
The child nodded. He had received more information in a few seconds than he ever had from his master, or his old master.
His old master only noticed his affinity to Darkness Qi and Shadow Qi, but he could not even tell the rank of his meridians.
"You also have a divine physique. It will help you on your assassination path. Along with all of that, you have an emperor rank dagger talent. Consider me completely impressed. I will thoroughly train you until your fellow cosmic sect members come here again." Zhou Fan said.
Seeing that Zhou Fan had stopped speaking, the child spoke.
"Master, what exactly is the cosmic sect?" He asked. He had never heard anything about a cosmic sect, but his master was clearly extremely powerful.
"A sect founded by Ying Xiong. I came to visit recently." Zhou Fan shortly introduced.
"You'll see more of it later, but that will be after we train."
Chapter 353: Hei Ren - 353
Ying Xiong, Tong, Lu Zhong, and Feng Lie were walking up Zhou Fan's mountain in the direction of his courtyard.
Despite being in his own sect, Ying Xiong did not use his divine sense to look at Zhou Fan, mostly out of respect. Tong was the same. He also did not fly with the children, and instead walked up most of the way.
Of course, his walking speed was incomparable to a normal cultivator's full speed, but the children walking with him did not sense anything abnormal.
It had been a little more than a month since Zhou Fan and the rest of them had gone their separate ways, and the children were now at the 1st level of the foundation establishment realm.
As they got closer to Zhou Fan's courtyard, they heard the sound of metal clashing.
Not a single person in the group was uninterested in what was making the sound, and they soon reached the doors.
The two children went ahead and opened the doors with excitement.
As they looked inside, they saw two black blurs flashing around the courtyard, occasionally meeting, causing the clashing sounds.
When the two children were noticed, Zhou Fan appeared in front of the lake and the tree, while the child, Hei Ren, appeared behind him with sweat covering his entire body.
Hei Ren was wearing custom made black clothes, and his black pupils intimidated Lu Zhong and Feng Liu for a moment.
Suddenly, Hei Ren's facial expressions changed and they saw what seemed to be an innocent child behind Zhou Fan.
Over the past month, Zhou Fan had not only taught Hei Ren techniques and fighting skills, but also how to act.
Zhou Fan did not mind Hei Ren's personality, but the children would.
With Hei Ren's intimidating looks gone, Lu Zhong and Feng Liu began to approach Zhou Fan with excitement.
They seemed so energetic that Zhou Fan feared they would begin to climb on his body, but they became interested in Hei Ren behind him.
"Who is this, Uncle Zhou Fan? Is he a new disciple?" Feng Liu asked.
"Indeed. He will join the cosmic sect, but he is my personal disciple." Zhou Fan said.
Both Feng Liu and Lu Zhong instantly showed faces of jealousy.
"Why is he your personal disciple, but we aren't?" They asked.
"He's a little bit different from you. I don't know if Ying Xiong could handle him." Zhou Fan said with a laugh.
He gestured for Hei Ren to step out in front of him, which he did.
"Hello. I've heard a lot about you. My name is Hei Ren." Hei Ren said with a smile.
Feng Liu felt a slightly uncomfortable feeling when Hei Ren spoke, but Lu Zhong did not. Feng Liu called herself crazy and acted normal again.
"Hello Hei Ren. My name is Lu Zhong. This is Feng Liu." Lu Zhong excitedly introduced.
Hei Ren shook his hand, and then Feng Liu's.
Only then did he turn his attention to Ying Xiong. He could instantly recognize him, although he seemed different from the paintings he had seen.
In the stories, he seemed domineering and arrogant, but the man in front of him seemed like a peaceful old man.
As for Tong, Hei Ren instantly considered him on the same level as Ying Xiong.
Over the past month, he had begun to believe what Zhou Fan had told him, but only now did he finally lose any doubt.
"Go and greet them. They can also be considered your teachers." Zhou Fan said with a nudge.
Hei Ren hurriedly trotted forward and slightly bowed his head.
"Student Hei Ren greets teacher Ying Xiong and teacher Tong." He said with respect.
"Hello Hei Ren." Ying Xiong said. "It seems you found a respectful and calm student. I wish I could say the same."
Zhou Fan chuckled.
"You kids go out, me and uncle Zhou Fan are going to talk for a little bit." Ying Xiong said to Feng Liu and Lu Zhong.
Zhou Fan said the same to Hei Ren, and the three went out on the mountain to do who knows what.
Only Ying Xiong, Tong, and Zhou Fan were left in the courtyard.
"I don't think I like that kid." Ying Xiong said.
"Me neither." Tong agreed.
"Don't worry, I won't let him corrupt the other two. He is my personal disciple. If you don't want him to, he doesn't even have to join the cosmic sect." Zhou Fan said.
"Don't worry about it. It's just a personal thing, he can join." Ying Xiong assured Zhou Fan.
"I expected so." Zhou Fan said.
"Still, I am interested. Can you explain his talent?" Ying Xiong asked.
Tong was also curious.
"Sure." Zhou Fan said as they walked over to a table with chairs. Ying Xiong even brought out tea.
They spent around 10 minutes talking about Hei Ren before leaving the courtyard to go find the children.
The children had gone up the mountain, and Zhou Fan, Ying Xiong, and Tong soon found them next to a river, sparring.
Both Lu Zhong and Feng Liu were teaming up on Hei Ren, but Hei Ren was effortlessly fighting them off without counter attacking.
They had only cultivated and barely learned a few techniques, but Hei Ren had been undergoing harsh training with Zhou Fan.
When he saw Zhou Fan arrive, Hei Ren helplessly glanced at him. Zhou Fan gave him a signal, allowing him to defeat the children, though not harshly.
The battle was mostly being fought with weapons, but there was no intent to kill or seriously harm. Only a little bit of Qi was occasionally being used.
When Hei Ren saw Zhou Fan's signal, he suddenly fell into the ground as if he had been turned into water.
Both of the other children were confused, and as they were looking at where Hei Ren disappeared, he silently came out of the ground behind them.
Another knife had appeared in his hand, and he held both of them to the other children's throats.
"I win." He said.
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