Devil Training

"Ziye, you're awake! I heard you got hurt fighting a powerful monster yesterday! Are you feeling any better?"

Seeing Ziye, Wukong rushed over and asked with concern.

"It's nothing serious."

Ziye shook his head and replied.

"I'm so envious of you, being able to fight such a strong monster! I really don't know how I managed to fall asleep yesterday!"

Hearing this, Ziye understood Master Roshi's intentions. It seemed he didn't want Wukong to know the truth, likely fearing that Wukong wouldn't be able to handle the blow if he found out he had killed his own grandfather. Ziye tacitly agreed and had no intention of exposing the truth.

"Given your injuries from last night, you don't have to participate in today's training, but you cannot be absent tomorrow!"

Master Roshi said with a stern expression.

"I understand."

Ziye nodded quickly.

"In that case, get some rest! Wukong, Krillin, let's go!"

With that, Master Roshi led the two away.

After they left, Ziye went to the forest where the battle had taken place the night before. After a careful search, he finally discovered that familiar cyan glow in a deep crater.

Ziye hurried over. This time, the cyan glow was different from before; the color was much deeper, and the number inside had changed. It actually read "+50," a sight that made Ziye overjoyed.

Without hesitation, Ziye reached out and touched the cyan glow. The familiar warm current flowed through his entire body once again, and a steady stream of power surged within him, filling every part of his being.

"What a miraculous feeling!"

Feeling the changes within him, a satisfied smile appeared on Ziye's face. His expression then tightened as he assumed a fighting stance.

"Ka~me~ha~me~ha!"

BOOM!

A white beam of energy shot out, instantly engulfing a large portion of the forest. The sheer destructive power left Ziye speechless.

"What terrifying power!"

Ziye exclaimed in awe.

Following this, Ziye performed some simple training in the forest to fully master this new power before returning to Kame House.

Back at Kame House, having nothing to do, Ziye turned on the television. This was his first time watching TV since arriving in this world, and he felt a complex mix of emotions.

Soon, the sun set behind the mountains, and Master Roshi returned with an exhausted Wukong and Krillin. As soon as they entered, the two rushed to the dining table and began devouring the food like madmen.

"Wukong, how was your training today?" Ziye asked with a light chuckle.

"We spent the whole day delivering milk and plowing fields; we didn't learn any martial arts at all!"

Krillin rolled his eyes and complained.

BANG!

Hearing this, Master Roshi struck Krillin's bald head with his cane and scolded him:

"You want to learn martial arts but can't even handle this much hardship?"

"I'm sorry, Master Mutten, I was wrong!" Krillin said apologetically.

After dinner, the exhausted Krillin and Wukong went straight to their room and fell fast asleep. Ziye intended to help Launch with the dishes, but was ruthlessly rejected, so he had no choice but to return to his room as well.

ACHOO!

Just as Ziye returned to his room, Launch in the kitchen suddenly sneezed. Her hair instantly turned golden, and she pulled a machine gun from out of nowhere and began firing wildly into the room.

"You bastards, daring to make me do this kind of work? You're asking for death!"

The massive commotion woke up Wukong and Krillin, who had just drifted off to sleep. Faced with Launch's frantic gunfire, everyone had to flee for their lives. Although none of them were afraid of her in terms of strength, no one wanted to hurt her, so they had no choice but to let her vent her anger.

Her temper came and went quickly. As Launch sneezed again, her calm self returned. Everyone breathed a sigh of relief and went back to their rooms to rest.

The night passed without incident. At dawn the next day, Ziye, Wukong, and Krillin were woken up early by Master Roshi to begin another day of training: delivering milk in the morning, plowing fields for farmers in the forenoon, and working at a construction site in the afternoon. Their entire day was packed full.

In this way, the three of them had been performing these boring tasks for over half a month, and everyone began to harbor complaints.

"Old man, stop making us do chores. When will you finally teach us martial arts?" Sun Wukong complained.

Hearing this, Master Roshi flew into a rage and roared at the three of them: "Children are so ignorant! If you don't build a solid foundation, learning techniques will be a waste of time!"

He then pointed to a large rock nearby and said: "See that? If you want me to teach you martial arts, move this rock in front of you!"

Hearing this, Krillin frowned and said in disbelief: "Such a huge rock? How is that possible! This is something no human can do!"

"Who says?"

With that, Master Roshi set down his cane, placed his hands on the rock, and pushed with all his might. The rock instantly moved several meters away.

"See? Only by training according to my methods can you reach this level!"

Hearing Master Roshi's lesson, Krillin's jaw dropped in shock, and he could only nod in agreement.

Wukong, however, quickly ran to the side of the rock, focused all his strength into his hands, and pushed hard. The rock moved instantly.

"Old man, look, I did it!"

Goku said excitedly.

"Th-this... this... I didn't mean this rock, I meant that one. I'm getting old and mixed up the sizes, haha."

Master Roshi rubbed his head and laughed awkwardly, then hurriedly pointed to a much larger rock nearby.

"A rock this big?"

Seeing such a massive boulder in front of him, Krillin couldn't help but shudder in shock, while Goku, still feeling unconvinced, ran up quickly and tried again.

However, even with Goku exerting all his strength this time, the rock didn't budge an inch!

"Let me try!"

Just as Master Roshi was about to speak triumphantly, Ziye suddenly stepped forward and walked up to the rock.

"Haha, no need to try! Your training isn't enough; it's impossible!"

"That's not necessarily true!"

Ziye sneered, placed both hands on the rock, and pushed with all his might!

Rumble!

The next second, the massive rock was actually pushed several meters.

"How is this possible!"

Master Roshi's jaw dropped in astonishment!

"Ziye, that's amazing!"

Ziye Combat Power: 90
Combat power increased by 4 after half a month of training