章 32: Chapter 32
Chapter 32 — Goodbye, for now.
It was early in the evening.
Ning Fengzhi went to solve several issues involving the clan with Xue Qinghe.
Xue Qinghe was currently learning some lessons under Ning Fengzhi.
While walking around, Ning Fengzhi curiously asked Xue Qinghe about what happened with him and Ning Chen.
"Things went okay — We became friends by sparring and then trained together," Xue Qinghe responded with a small smile.
He as well felt down after mentioning the part about sparring and training.
"I'm glad it all went okay. Now, I don't have to worry much about my son not having a friend," Ning Fengzhi was relieved.
He then remembered something very crucial and said it quietly toward Xue Qinghe.
"Also, Ning Chen's training is quite sinister and perverted, so prepare your mind very well. He would only be soft when it comes to his sister."
Xue Qinghe's complexion grew pale and nodded while smiling weakly.
They continued their discussion and study session — only returning when it turned night to have dinner.
...
Ning Chen was inside his room, sitting cross-legged on his bed.
He was training his spirit power control, but realized he was currently stuck in a bottleneck.
Ning Chen stopped training as he didn't know how to advance even further.
He just left his room and went toward the dining hall since it was already time for dinner.
Ning Chen soon reached the place and heard faint laughers joyfully resounding inside.
Growing slightly curious, Ning Chen entered and saw his whole family sitting inside with Xue Qinghe.
All of them soon stopped talking after he entered.
"Son, quickly come over here to eat! I am also very pleased to see you becoming friends with the sweet-tongue Xue Qinghe here," Ning Xiao'er said with a light smile, laughing quietly.
"Big bro, I don't understand why Xue Qinghe looks like a girl, but also looks handsome! He's also charming and funny."
Ning Rongrong questioned in confusion.
Ning Chen frowned deeply after hearing his sister's question since he had also wondered about this.
"...." Xue Qinghe grew silent, feeling slightly embarrassed hearing what they were saying.
Ning Chen then approached Xue Qinghe and patted his shoulder.
"Let's talk alone outside for a few seconds."
Xue Qinghe was quite confused, but nodded in agreement.
"Excuse us."
The two of them left the room and stood outside the dining hall.
Ning Chen then abruptly placed his arm around Xue Qinghe's shoulder which appeared to be very slender.
Xue Qinghe flinched in surprised, not expecting this at all.
He swallowed his saliva, wondering what Ning Chen was gonna do next.
Ning Chen stared straightly into Xue Qinghe's trembling eyes and then opened his mouth.
"Listen carefully because I will tell you this warning in advance. If you dare lay your lustful eyes upon my sister(or mother), I'll gouge both of it and shove it inside your mouth. Got that, my dear friend?" He warned sternly.
This was also gonna be the first test for his sister's future suitors to see if they had the courage to be with his sister.
Xue Qinghe nodded and was lost for words.
He was left speechless — Especially, when he didn't even have the slightest interest in Ning Rongrong.
In fact, he was more interested in Ning Chen himself for being unique and different from normal people.
"Good, good," Ning Chen nodded in satisfaction.
The two of them shortly returned afterwards and Ning Rongrong curious asked about what they did.
"Nah, we didn't do anything, right?" Ning Chen asked Xue Qinghe while wearing a thin smile.
"Yes, nothing at all..." Xue Qinghe sweated, feeling slightly pissed.
Ning Chen was unique — Xue Qinghe couldn't help, but feel the desire to explore more about him.
....
A month had passed since Xue Qinghe stayed over at the mansion, but unfortunately, he was gonna leave soon
In the training ground, Ning Chen was currently facing Xue Qinghe.
"This is our final training together, so come and throw everything you've learned towards me! I'll receive it all!" Ning Chen said as his eyes glowed brownish.
<Third Sword Color: Brown Dragon Defense>
Ning Chen's crystal pink sword transformed — becoming very wide like a shield and extremely heavy.
Tiny brown draconic scales also covered his entire skin and it looked like a crystal.
Ning Chen had recently realized that his third spirit ring also had the effect of creating a defensive zone around him.
It allowed him to clearly perceive any attacks accurately without missing a single thing.
And using this defensive zone as the main core, Ning Chen created the third stance of his 'Dawn Breathing Sword Art'.
The third new form was the 'Earth Stance: Absolute Defense'.
With this new stance, Ning Chen can block and deflect attacks easily and allow small damages to slowly accumulate in his body in order to activate 'Revenge Counter'.
He would also hardened his muscles to be like steel by breathing in a large amount of air, making it harder to penetrate his defence.
Xue Qinghe stood before Ning Chen with a serious expression.
He have experience some small, but evident changes after training with Ning Chen.
Xue Qinghe's slender and lean physique didn't changed much, but his muscles became very defined and filled with compact explosive power and great flexibility.
This was the result of him undergoing an intense physical training that almost the majority of spirit masters didn't bothered to do.
"Okay, I'll beat you into submission," Xue Qinghe was eager to make Ning Chen pay for all the torment he gave toward him.
<1st Spirit Ring: Holy Concentration>
A golden ball appeared above his palm, spinning in multiple multiple directions and caused the air to be chaotic.
Xue Qinghe was truly a monster, being able to make his spirit power control rise greatly in just one month.
Swooosh!
"Chaotic Exploding Ball," Xue Qinghe ran toward Ning Chen, the chaotic ball slamming straight toward his face.
Ning Chen didn't knew why people always chanted their abilities aloud, but then realized it made the abilities stronger ever so slightly.
"Earth Stance: Absolute Defense," Ning Chen took a deep breath as his concentration reached it's peak.
His feet firmly rooted on the ground as his heavy sword quickly swatted the chaotic ball away.
Boom!!
The chaotic ball suddenly exploded powerfully after the sword touched it.
A powerful shockwave blasted toward Ning Chen's face as he felt the space in front of him being grinded into pieces.
It was dangerous, but it didn't managed to touch him.
"Hmm, it's definitely powerful, but not enough to hurt me! Throw your next spirit ability!" Ning Chen remarked.
Xue Qinghe gritted his teeth as he saw his attack failing.
That attack was something he could only use once at a time because his control wasn't enough to create multiple versions of it at once.
If he created it into many smaller versions for more versatility, Xue Qinghe would still able to control all of it, but it's power would drop.
It wouldn't still be enough to hit Ning Chen.
<2nd Spirit Ring: Heavenly Descent>
Xue Qinghe's golden wings flew out toward the sky.
Ning Chen knew this couldn't be blocked completely even with the 'Absolute Defense', unless he awakened the sword intent...
He quickly ran away to avoid the golden bird, but the bird swiftly changed it's direction and followed after his trail persistently.
Ning Chen decided to confront it in the end and raised his sword in front of him.
His muscles hardened to it's limit, becoming tough like steel to deal with the impact.
Boom!
The golden bird crashed loudly against Ning Chen's body, causing his foot to slide away from his spot.
Ning Chen gritted his teeth, feeling his whole body experiencing a painful numbing sensation.
His body was abnormally tough, making the damage he suffered negligible, but the pain wasn't.
Xue Qinghe smiled widely as he saw his second attack hitting Ning Chen.
It was a very satisfying sight to see.
"It was a great attack, next!" Ning Chen instructed with a smile.
<3rd Spirit Ring: Heavenly Possession>
A golden sun appeared on Xue Qinghe's forehead with small six wings at both of it's side.
Xue Qinghe's already powerful and now trained body was reinforced greatly — raising his entire strength by a huge margin.
His fists and legs glowed intensely in golden light, making it looked like it was casted in pure gold.
He leaped forward and charged toward Ning Chen.
Ning Chen placed his sword back inside the scabbard and made it float besides him.
He dropped into his own stance and wondered how much had his mastery over his fist had risen after sparring continuesly with Xue Qinghe.
Xue Qinghe didn't know the reason why Ning Chen placed his sword away, but ignored it and continued to charge forward.
They both clashed, arms to arms, muscles to muscles, and technique to technique.
It was a clash between their strength and techniques with Xue Qinghe attacking aggressively and Ning Chen calmly blocking it all.
Xue Qinghe's fist flew repeatedly through the space and distorted the air.
Ning Chen watched Xue Qinghe's movement carefully and saw him perfectly mastering on using feints and also adding it to his straightforward attacks.
His punch also contained more force and weight to it after Xue Qinghe's forms and stances were corrected.
Ning Chen felt his hands hurting and getting numb each time he blocked Xue Qinghe's fist.
It was because he was only using his base strength without any buffs.
<First Sword Color: Red Dragon Power>
Ning Chen's eyes glowed with crimson light as his muscles suddenly swelled and filled with behemoth-like strength.
It was now time to stop being passive and test out Xue Qinghe's defense.
Ning Chen punched lightly several times and Xue Qinghe was able to avoid it all without moving from his spots.
Xue Qinghe's use of footwork had also improved, but it was still very far from reaching Ning Chen's level.
Ning Chen threw out several sharp and quick punches with some feints and and also his full power.
The air suddenly seemed to freeze as Ning Chen's fist slowly closed at Xue Qinghe.
Xue Qinghe felt it difficult to breath by just seeing Ning Chen's dangerous attacks.
He was barely able to block Ning Chen's strike with his excellent physical body and combat experiences, but the more he blocked it, the more quicker and powerful it became.
In the end, Xue Qinghe couldn't managed to block it all and was sent flying away from Ning Chen.
"Your close-combat is also excellent. Next, use your final spirit ring," Ning Chen said while grabbing his sword again.
Xue Qinghe wiped his aching face and nodded while glaring hatefully toward Ning Chen.
<4th Spirit Ring: Judgment Time>
A large army of golden blades surrounded Xue Qinghe and all of it pointed menacingly toward Ning Chen.
Xue Qinghe then started to move his arms around as if he was a leader of some kind of orchestra.
The army of blades obediently heeded his gestures and danced freely on the sky.
"Raining Explosive Blades," Xue Qinghe coldly said as his arms moved around faster.
The army of blades abruptly split into two — the first one charging straightly toward Ning Chen and the other one charging behind him.
Ning Chen smiled deeply after seeing that Xue Qinghe's spirit power control had indeed grown better compared to before.
"Earth Stance: Absolute Defense."
An invisible domain expanded around Ning Chen as he smirked.
His senses sharpened to their limits as he took a deep breath.
Wooooshh!
Ning Chen silently dropped his sword very low and started to run around the training ground.
He repeatedly rotated his body around, blocking and deflecting the blades coming in front and behind him.
As Ning Chen continued to run without stopping, several blades suddenly appeared behind him and charged toward him.
A third eye seemed to grow on the back of Ning Chen's head as he twisted his entire body around on mid-air with incredible flexibility to narrowly avoid all of it.
Ning Chen continued to swing and slash his sword to block and deflect everything coming toward his way with his legs not stopping.
He danced freely while holding his sword and with the hundreds of raining blades.
Ning Chen managed to survive the raining blades in the end.
He recalled his sword back while sweating profusely and breathing quite unevenly.
Xue Qinghe was disappointed to see that he had lost again, but he quickly recovered because she knew that all of this defeats will eventually lead him to victory.
Ning Chen on the other hand was inwardly happy because Xue Qinghe was the only one around his age that could push him into this state.
Clap! Clap!
Ning Chen clapped his hands several times and complimented Xue Qinghe.
"You've improved greatly compared to when you first started and I have nothing else to teach you! All you need now is to work on making your combination between each spirit abilities and physical attacks better."
"Hmmp! This is simply natural with all those damn training you've given to me!" Xue Qinghe said proudly.
"That might be true, but it's also because of all the efforts you've poured to grow stronger and didn't even quit and complained in the end," Ning Chen said while smiling widely.
Xue Qinghe was stunned and then lowered his head to not let Ning Chen see his face.
It was because his face was currently bright red as a small smile formed on his face.
"Oh wait, you did complained in the beginning," Ning Chen said while scratching his head.
"..." Xue Qinghe grew silent.
This guy was just damn too hateful, but despite that, he couldn't find himself truly hating Ning Chen.
This made his heart grow conflicted.
...
Ning Chen and Xue Qinghe took their medicinal bath to recover for the last time.
It was after all time for Xue Qinghe to leave today and return back to the palace.
Ning Chen and Xue walked slowly toward the large gate of the clan.
They walked silently and finally reached their destination.
Ning Chen saw his whole family were already standing there.
There was a luxurious carriage in front of them that was embroided with golden ornaments.
Xue Qinghe stood next to the carriage and bowed lightly toward them.
"Everyone, I'm very grateful for letting me stay and taking care of me, making my study under teacher go smoothly."
Xue Qinghe then walked toward Ning Chen and extended his hand.
"I also appreciate you for becoming my friend and although training with you was unexpected, I've grown significantly due to it. I, thank you sincerely, Ning Chen."
Ning Chen nodded and shook Xue Qinghe's hand.
Xue Qinghe then suddenly placed his arms around Ning Chen and hugged him with a somewhat reddish face.
Ning Chen was surprised, but quickly thought this was merely just a friendly hug.
He as well noticed that Xue Qinghe strangely smelled extremely good — like he was some kind of immortal flower.
Ning Chen awkwardly started to pat Xue Qinghe's slender back.
He felt Xue Qinghe's body appeared to be delicate and felt comfortable, making him have the feeling to hug Xue Qinghe tighter.
(A/N: Huh?)
Xue Qinghe let go off Ning Chen and slowly climbed the stairs of the carriage.
Before entering inside, he waved his hand and shouted.
"Next time we meet, I'll definitely defeat you for sure!"
"I got it! I'll patiently wait for that time!" Ning Chen responded with a smile and waved back.
Xue Qinghe's face brightened as he smiled widely and then entered the carriage.
The carriage soon left and Ning Chen watched it slowly fading into the horizon.
The gates slowly closed with Ning Chen still standing on his spot, feeling empty to see his friend finally leaving after staying for one month.
He then wondered.
The next time the two of them meet each other, would they still be friends or enemies?
Shaking his head, Ning Chen returned back to the mansion.
Time passed without meaning; just like his fate without any value.
One year had passed without Ning Chen even knowing it...
...
This should be good enough, right?
Bruh, I can't sleep properly because my sleeping schedule got wrecked. I think I have insomnia...
Also, please make me a better synopsis since I suck at making one.
point out the errors since this things is long and I can't find it all.
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