After Zhang Tao's "fist-to-flesh" instruction, Fang Ping's Power Mastery had indeed improved. After all, Zhang Tao had beaten him until he was swollen from head to toe, evenly all over, allowing him to clearly feel every cal of his vital blood. Once Zhang Tao finished giving him instructions, he followed up the stick with a carrot and gave Fang Ping a Rank 9 suit of armor. Divine weapon armor was the most precious type of divine weapon and extremely difficult to forge. This Rank 9 armor had been in Zhang Tao's stockpile for many years. Since Fang Ping already had Lu Hao's Mental Energy Avatar, Zhang Tao no longer needed to worry about his ultimate trump card. With this armor, even if a Rank 9 attacked Fang Ping, he could withstand a few blows rather than be killed outright.
When Fang Ping saw the Rank 9 armor, all his resentment over Zhang Tao's beating vanished. After all, if a beating earned him a Rank 9 suit of armor, he could keep taking beatings until Zhang Tao went bankrupt!
In the archives beneath the Ministry of Education, Fang Ping also found records about the Forbidden Zone. Since very few humans had ever set foot there, the descriptions and intelligence were pitifully scarce. They could only give him a rough idea of what the Forbidden Zone was like, enough to keep him from going in completely blind. There was nothing more detailed. After reviewing all the material, Fang Ping left the Ministry of Education and headed straight for the Jingdu Earth Cave, preparing to enter the Forbidden Zone.
Meanwhile, Zhang Tao summoned Li Zhen and Nan Yun Yue. He told them that, during their upcoming patrols of Sea-Guarding Mountain, they should warn the Absolute Peak seniors stationed there to be wary of