Luo Fu's Hatred
Wa'ersi turned into a streak of silvery-white light and flew swiftly toward the Northwest Province.
"Wa'ersi, you're getting faster and faster. By the way, you count as an expert among the Silver Dragons now, don't you?" Luo Feng, seated on the Silver Dragon's back, suddenly said with a smile.
"Yes, Master. We Silver Dragons become level nine magical beasts when we reach adulthood, but breaking through to become a Saint Domain magical beast is as hard as ascending to the heavens. Even now, there are only a few Saint Domain Silver Dragons. I never imagined I'd manage to break through and become a Saint Domain magical beast myself. It's all thanks to you, Master," the Silver Dragon said excitedly. In his eyes, Luo Feng was now the person he admired most.
Luo Feng nodded at the Silver Dragon Wa'ersi's words. In the original story, the Spined Iron-Armored Dragon and the Purple-Striped Black Bear had both been level nine magical beasts. Even in the M Mist Forest, where the natural elements were a hundred times as dense, they had struggled to advance. In the end, the Purple-Striped Black Bear had entered the Saint Domain through its own innate talent. That did not mean its talent was greater than the Spined Iron-Armored Dragon's; rather, the dragon's own innate talent had held back its breakthrough.
The Silver Dragon Wa'ersi likewise belonged to one of the more outstanding types of dragon, and it was just as difficult for him to break through to the Saint Domain. But thanks to Luo Feng, Wa'ersi had unexpectedly obtained a Light Element Saint-level magic core and had thus been lucky enough to break through. If left to his own devices, Wa'ersi probably would not have had the slightest hope.
Then Luo Feng suddenly thought of the M Mist Forest. It was a place where the Gebados Plane was sealed, and the seal there was relatively weak. The natural elements in the M Mist Forest were over a hundred times denser than outside, so conditions for cultivation were naturally much better. Never mind the miniature plane Beirut had once used and Linley would later find-if it were that easy to find, Cesar, Fain, and the other three Peak Saint Domain experts would have long since fought bitterly over it. Linley could only be said to have been extraordinarily lucky to find it.
Luo Feng now had an idea: he would build a manor in the M Mist Forest. Yes, a manor, not a castle. Having transmigrated here, Luo Feng still preferred the Suzhou garden-style manors of Earth. The castles on the Yulan Continent today were lavishly built, but had no substance whatsoever. Since the natural elements in the M Mist Forest were already hundreds of times denser than outside, why shouldn't he build a manor there?
"Wa'ersi, pick up the pace. Let's try to reach the provincial capital, Basil, before dark," Luo Feng finally said to the Silver Dragon, coming back to his senses.
"Hey, have you heard? Today, Instructor Luo Fu, the genius of our Philipzi Warrior Academy, got into a dispute with Masi, a direct descendant of the Jax Family. Now there'll be a good show! On one side is Lord Luo Fu, a talented young man who graduated from the Philipzi Warrior Academy as a genius and stayed on as an instructor. On the other is a direct descendant of our Northwest Province's Jax Family. Who do you think will win?" a young man with a somewhat mischievous grin asked casually.
"Isn't it obvious? Lord Luo Fu was only twenty-six this year and had already reached the peak of the eighth-level warrior, and some time ago he broke through to become a warrior of the ninth rank. A warrior of the ninth rank that young-need I say more? I bet Lord Luo Fu wins." The person speaking beside him had a shrewd look in his eyes.
"Speaking of geniuses, though, did you know that Lord Luo Feng had a level nine Silver Dragon as his magical beast companion when he was only nineteen? That means Lord Luo Feng was already a warrior of the ninth rank back then. And did you know Lord Luo Fu is Lord Luo Feng's younger brother?" This person was probably also a student of the Philipzi Warrior Academy, so he knew all about the relationship between Luo Fu and Luo Feng.
"Brother, that's where you're wrong. The match hasn't even started and you're already betting on Luo Fu? How do you know he'll win for sure? Don't you know his opponent is a direct descendant of the Jax Family? Everyone knows the Jax Family is the uncrowned king of our Northwest Province! Their ancestor is a Saint Domain expert. With a Saint Domain expert teaching him and the resources of a great family behind him, Young Master Masi must be stronger than Luo Fu," a student nearby said sourly.
"By the way, does anyone know why they're dueling? Surely they can't be fighting for no reason?"
"You've asked the right person. Apparently, Lord Luo Fu applied to graduate as soon as he became an eighth-level warrior, but for some reason he didn't leave like Lord Luo Feng did. Lord Luo Fu stayed at the academy and also served as an instructor. Later, a collateral descendant of the Jax Family harassed a female student, and Lord Luo Fu taught him a lesson. Then he called in other collateral descendants of the Jax Family, and things between them kept escalating until they ended up like this," the speaker, apparently a senior student at Philipzi Academy, said with a smile.
"I don't think this duel makes any sense. Lord Luo Fu's opponent is also a genius of the Jax Family and an eighth-level warrior. He reached the eighth rank several years ago and is now at the Peak of the Eighth Rank. Senior Luo Fu might not be able to beat him, and even if he does, he'll thoroughly humiliate the Jax Family. There's absolutely nothing to gain from it. I really don't know what Senior Luo Fu was thinking, accepting a duel that can only do him harm."
While everyone was busy discussing the matter, the person at the center of it was cultivating in his instructor's apartment. A trace of disdain passed over Luo Fu's lips. He paid no attention to what others were saying. He did his own thing, so why should he care how others saw him? But, Brother, where are you? It's been ten years, and you still haven't come back to find me. You'd be very surprised to see me now, wouldn't you, Brother? The immature little boy you knew is a warrior of the ninth rank now. You'd be proud of me, wouldn't you?
At that thought, Luo Fu broke into a silly smile, imagining whether Luo Feng would be shocked to death when he saw him and discovered that he had become an expert.
"The Jax Family? So what? Since you dared attack me while I was training in the Magical Beast Forest, why should I hold back? Everyone thinks the current situation came about because I taught a collateral descendant of the Jax Family a lesson and drew out the other Jax Family descendants. Little do they know that you attacked me over a level nine magical beast, the Crimson Water Serpent Emperor. In the end, because I wasn't strong enough, I was gravely injured and could only watch helplessly as my magical beast companion died in front of me. If the Saber-Toothed Tiger hadn't risked its life to save me, I would have died long ago. I was only an eighth-level warrior back then, but now I'm a warrior of the ninth rank. Why should I fear you? If you want a fight, I'll fight!" Luo Fu clenched his teeth, his eyes filled with hatred as cold glints flashed through them.
After reaching the eighth rank, Luo Fu had gone to the Magical Beast Forest to train. There he encountered the level eight magical beast, the Saber-Toothed Tiger, which was then under attack by two level eight Velocidragons. He had joined forces with the Saber-Toothed Tiger to kill the two Velocidragons, and the Saber-Toothed Tiger had signed a Master-Servant Contract with him. Over the following six months, Luo Fu and the Saber-Toothed Tiger had formed a deep friendship. Afterward, he took it with him every time he went to the Magical Beast Forest. It could be said that Luo Fu had spent every day with the Saber-Toothed Tiger since his breakthrough to the eighth rank.
But what business was it of those Jax Family bastards if he trained in the Magical Beast Forest? He and the Saber-Toothed Tiger had been fighting a Crimson Water Serpent Emperor that had just broken through to become a level nine magical beast. Though they could not beat it even together, it was a way to temper himself. But those Jax bastards—Masi had relied on his strength at the peak of the eighth-level warrior, his Level Eight Magical Beast Golden-Eyed Lion Mastiff, and a warrior of the ninth rank under his command to attack him when he had only been at the middle stage of the eighth-level warrior. Luo Fu had still been fighting the Crimson Water Serpent Emperor at the time and was no match for it to begin with, yet they had launched a sneak attack. They had wanted to take advantage of the Crimson Water Serpent's unstable cultivation after its recent breakthrough to level nine and subdue it. The Golden-Eyed Lion Mastiff had completely dominated the Saber-Toothed Tiger, and Luo Fu had watched the tiger die before his eyes to save him. The pain had been heartbreaking.
From then on, Luo Fu had trained even harder, to the point that it could be called self-torture. At last, though, it had paid off. Luo Fu was now a warrior of the ninth rank, while Young Master Masi of the Jax Family was still only at the peak of the eighth rank. Luo Fu could no longer hold back. He needed an outlet, so he had found excuses to "train" with each of the other Jax Family descendants, all to draw Masi out. Now Masi had appeared and wanted to challenge him. How could Luo Fu refuse?