Chapter 059 – Outer Barracks Jing Hao
Translated by: BerrryBunz.
Edited by: Robin, Leo and De Andre
When Tang Tian opened his eyes, he felt unusually relaxed and energetic. This was his first genuine rest ever since he entered the recruit training barracks. Sleeping for eighteen hours straight, all his fatigue had flown away, and all the bruises had recovered and disappeared.
Pa, he jumped down from the bed, raised both of his arms in a stretch and greeted: “Tang Tian, go go go!”
Bang! Bang! Bang!
Knocks on the door suddenly sounded, as the impatient sound came from the door.
“Come out! We’ve reached our destination! Hurry up!”
Tang Tian looked blank, then immediately hurried himself and opened the door.
We’ve arrived?
He was curious. How would the outer barracks of Honorable Martial Group look? Listening to Old Fart Wei and the rest compliment Honorable Martial group like it was a heaven where flowers bloomed everywhere, Tang Tian had a lot of expectation towards the Honorable Martial Group. The time when he split up with Ah Mo Li and the rest was very sudden, adding on that, during this period of time, he was tortured by Uncle Bing day in and day out, whenever he left the training, he was left muddle-headed and fatigued.
Leaving the room, he met a few other youths on the way, and Tang Tian could not help but frown. Before, he did not notice them, but now, he just realised, all their faces actually had a look of dread on them. Tang Tian was extremely surprised because, in his eyes, a young man being chosen to enter the Honorable Martial Group should be at least as high spirited and brimming with vitality as Ah Mo Li and the rest.
What he saw on these people was not high spirits and vitality. They were still young, but they gave Tang Tian a heavy and declining spirited feeling.
That is really weird!
Tang Tian was puzzled, but he did not bother too much. He did not plan to stay in the Honorable Martial Group for too long, and planned to give himself time to complete his rank three martial techniques to perfection, then going to find Qian Hui.
His target was Heaven’s Road, and Honorable Martial Group was just his stepping stone.
The carriage door opened and an iron ranked martial artist shouted: “Get off the carriage.”
All of the youths looked at each other, but no one moved. Upon seeing this, Tang Tian moved his steps, and was the first to exit the carriage door.
When Tang Tian left the carriage door, he was immediately stunned by the scene in front of him.
In front of him was a tall and erect mountain. The mountain was majestic and winding, but it gave Tang Tian the chills. The entire peak was filled with densely packed cave holes, and it looked like an enormous beehive. A burst of biting cold air from the the mountains blew over, releasing an extremely terrifying ‘boohoo’ sound, as though there were countless monsters on the mountains, appearing and disappearing.
The youths all shivered with cold faces, becoming pale white, and the two iron ranked martial artists appeared to look sympathizing, with some ridicule on their faces.
“Wa! This place isn’t bad at all!”
Tang Tian’s shout was untimely as it sounded into everybody’s ears. He gazed at the peak of the enormous beehive-like mountain, with a face of excitement: “If we could climb that mountain, the scene must be hell of a great view!”
“No one can climb up to the peak.” A cold voice spoke behind him.
Tang Tian followed the sound of the voice, to see a middle aged man dressed in grey martial robes appearing behind him. His body had a prominent symbol that showed he was a bronze ranked martial artist.
The crew cut man and the bearded man immediately kept their smiles: “Master Jing Hao! All together there are eight new people, and they have all been brought here.”
Jing Hao looked indifferent: “And the goods?”
“All here.” The bearded muscular man immediately replied: “Because we thought the next time we make a trip here would be three months later, we specially brought one month’s worth of goods.
Jing Hao’s expression was somewhat sluggish, nodding his head: “I appreciate your sincerity.”
Finished, he walked to open the goods section of the carriage, and with one hand, the small pile of goods immediately disappeared with a wave.
“Eh, are you using the Aquarius Martial Cabinet too?” Tang Tian’s eyes lit up.
Jing Hao coldly looked at Tang Tian once, ignored him, and spoke to the two iron ranked martial artists: “You guys can go.”
“Yes!” The two of them immediately scurried.
In a short while, the carriage once again soared into the air and disappeared without a trace.
Inside the pilot cabin, as if he was relieved from a burden, the crew cut man wiped the sweat off his face: “Master Jing Hao’s qi pressure is simply too strong! I don’t know what the higher ups are thinking, actually putting Master Jing Hao here.”
“Isn’t it because of offending somebody?” The bearded man also released his tensed breath, speech brimming with regret: “If not, for someone to have Master Jing Hao’s strength, why would he end up here?”
Both of them burst out with a sigh.
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Jing Hao unenthusiastically shot a glance at the new people, and said: “Follow me.”
He immediately went to the front and started walking, while the rest hurried to catch up. The entire place was filled with densely packed holes of all sizes, and some places that were stepped on would have a hollow sound, causing people to feel frightened.
“If you drop in, no one can save you.” Jing Hao coldly informed the group from the front.
The new people became even more scared, while Tang Tian curiously asked: “What’s below?”
“The Death Hole.” Jing Hao dropped this on them, and initiated body arts.
Everybody immediately released their light body arts, and followed tightly, Tang Tian’s Eight Steps Overtaking Cicada caught the attention of all of them, and even Jing Hao had a curious look in his eye: “Rank three light body arts?”
“Yes, the Eight Steps Overtaking Cicada!” Tang Tian mischievously laughed.
Some of the people laughed lightly, while the rest expressed scorn. Jing Hao himself shook his head, and the gaze he gave Tang Tian, was a gaze given to dead people. Without the power of rank four techniques, it was impossible to survive there, but he had no plans to care about them.
Some of them flew higher, and upon reaching an entrance to a cave, they realised, that the caves beneath their feet and the other caves had differences.
There was a rope, tied to a rock at the entrance of the cave, with the other end going into cave.
Without saying a word, Jing Hao bent his waist, like a nimble bat, he tiptoed lightly up on the rope, and rushed into the darkness. Upon seeing this, the newcomers hurriedly followed behind, some of them even had an expression as if it was a joke. The rank three [Eight Steps Overtaking Cicada], widely known for its explosiveness, was extremely difficult to use while walking on a rope.
This brat could only grab onto the rope, using his legs and hands to climb down.
Tang Tian did not say anything, and leapt in.
Everyone stared with their eyes open, was this guy crazy?
Tang Tian stood firmly on the rope, and relaxed himself. Then, the other people’s gaze finally noticed the unremarkable bronze boots on his feet.
A person with good eyes was surprised: “The Soaring Boots of the Pony!”
“No wonder….”
Everyone’s gaze immediately became heated. The Soaring Boots of the Pony was an extremely useful treasure, and could greatly raise the standards of light body arts. This kind of treasure was beloved by everyone. No one could dislike their own light body arts from being too good, after all, the stronger the light body arts, the easier it is for them to grasp control over battle.
Tang Tian did not like the look of them, they all had unkind eyes, which Tang Tian could tell straight away.
Tang Tian could not be bothered to talk to them, as he stood straight on the rope, lightly following the undulations of the rope.
JIng hao’s displeased voice came out from the front: “What is everybody doing?”
As though they were awoken from a dream, everybody immediately started to rush forward, where Tang Tian leisurely followed behind everybody.
The cave was pitch black, and the walls had a kind of moss that emitted light, releasing a calm and dim brightness into the cave. Everybody’s eyes, as compared to ordinary people, were much more acute, and with this little bit of light, they could already see everything clearly.
The rope was at a length of roughly ten meters, where people, after reaching the end of the rope, would walk onto an arm-width wide rock alley.
Tang Tian looked down at his feet, only to see himself suspended in the air, it was filled with densely packed criss crossed rock alleys that warped and weaved, intertwining and connecting everywhere. All these intertwining rock alleys were like energy channels in the inside of a beehive, it was extremely peculiar. With a look, Tang Tian could not actually see the floor.
Such a weird place!
Tang Tian felt apprehensive. This place had an impenetrable, cold and gloomy atmosphere, causing Tang Tian to dislike the place.
Jing Hao’s movement speed was very high, continuously flying through the rock alley, while the rest of them were already blurred by the complicated rock alleys. Very quickly, flowing water could be heard from the front, as they continued moving forward, where there was a violent river flowing, right in front of them.
The river had a width of roughly thirty meters, an extremely abundant volume of water. The surging flow of the water was so loud that it overwhelmed all other noises.
Following the riverbank to advance, after a little distance, a gigantic underground waterfall appeared in front of Tang Tian’s eyes. On the high ground, near the riverbank, a few houses were spotted, as if it was a small town.
The surging river water dropped in torrents, causing snow white foam, like a pile of snow, to form, which was able to extinguish fires.
Jing Hao brought the group to the side of the waterfall, where water vapour was overwhelming, and the sound of water crashing down was deafening. Jing Hao’s body suddenly lit up with a dim light ball, actually directly following the waterfall and rushing to the opposite side.
The water, which was flowing so fast and strongly that it was similar to a sharp blade, was forcibly being sliced in half by Jing Hao.
Everyone only felt a wave of a sharp light blade, chopping the waterfall in half!
Everyone stared with their eyes and mouths wide open. Such power!
So powerful….
Tang Tian blankly watched Jing Hao cross over to the other side of the river, and was completely overwhelmed by Jing Hao’s strength. The strength of Jing Hao, as compared to Mr. Wu from the Labyrinth of the Spirits, was simply too far apart.
This realization caused Tang Tian to burn with excitement!
As expected of the Honorable Martial Group. Choosing an outer barracks at random would still produce such a powerful expert.
Tang Tian excitedly clenched his fists tightly, his entire body was shivering due to being too excited. For some reason, his entire body was high in spirits and desired battle, as in Star Wind City, it was impossible to find such a strong martial artist!
This is the the goal that I must overcome, that I must defeat!
He was really too strong…
All of a sudden, Jing Hao, who was on the opposite bank, raised his head and gazed at Tang Tian.
That pair of bright and starry eyes were burning and dazzling.
Seeking a fight with me?
Glancing quickly to examine the emotionless Jing Hao on the opposite, the corner of his mouth had a trace of a pondering smile.
Everyone else regained their senses. They were not able to follow Jing Hao’s method to cross over. The people with sharp eyes quickly noticed that rocks had appeared in the middle of the waterfall, as though they were like stepping stones, allowing them to quickly cross the river.
One after another, the youths quickly crossed the river.
Without saying a word, Jing Hao soared and flew up into the air.
After a while, a small town appeared in front of everybody. A group of muscular martial artists stood by the town’s entrance, all with unkind faces filled with ridicule, as they stared at the youths. Jing Hao did not stop, and went into the town.
After Jing Hao had passed through, the muscular men all walked out and stood in a line, headed by a baldie, who had a ferocious appearance, grinning nastily.
“Haha! Kids, take out all of your good items and hand them over to me! Do not wait for me to search you! Declare everything, you had better not anger us!”