Qin Kun returned to the Kun Earth Court in a daze.
"Kun, what's wrong with you? You went to the Kui Water Court, and now you look as though you've lost your soul. Have you taken a fancy to some girl there? Is it that girl called Sang Sang?"
Qin Kun looked up and realized that, at some point, he had arrived at the Kun Earth Hall.
A bare-chested, bald old man stood in the middle of the hall. He was of average height, but his muscles bulged all over. At first glance, those raised knots of muscle looked like little mice crawling all over him, a sight that struck fear into the heart.
The bald old man was none other than Peng Yue, master of the Kun Earth Court!
Peng Yue was lifting a Hundred-Thousand-Jin Stone Lock to train his strength. Seeing that something was off with Qin Kun, he bent down and lowered the stone lock.
Thud-
As the two stone locks, each several times larger than his entire body, hit the floor, the impact seemed to shake the whole hall.
"Master, Sang Sang and I are just ordinary friends-"
Qin Kun was speechless. He had explained this many times already, yet his master kept teasing him about it.
Then his expression turned grave. "Master, I met a powerful opponent at the Kui Water Court!"
"How powerful?!"
Peng Yue picked his ear with his little finger and asked offhandedly.
"Twelve Refinements! His skin, flesh, sinews, and bones are all tempered far beyond others of his level! Astonishing strength! He's mastered Blade Force! He's developed the Tiger-Roaring Golden Bell from the Golden Bell Shield." At first, Peng Yue paid little attention.
But when he heard "Blade Force," his finger paused. At "Tiger-Roaring Golden Bell," his gaze sharpened!
"The Tiger-Roaring