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Chapter 91 - One Year
Chapter 91 - One Year
The summer sun shone down warmly, casting the white fountain's shadow over half of Cassius's body. He gazed up at the exceptionally blue sky. It was so pure, Cassius thought this must be how the skies looked when souls went up to heaven.
From that day on, Cassius resumed his days of relentless training at the Wind Elephant Sect. Except this time, there was no one left to instruct him. He had to rely solely on his own understanding to practice. As for Instructor Lisa, she needed rest. A very long rest.
Lisa was quite obedient while Cassius made these arrangements. It was like the roles of teacher and student were reversed. Just like parents with their children, the child listened to their parents when they were young, but once they grew older, their parents would be the ones listening to them.
Perhaps Lisa didn't object to Cassius's plans because she wanted to prolong her life, drawing out whatever time she had left so that she could stay by her student's side longer.
When summer began, Cassius did recovery exercises and Covert Martial Arts training. Although he was initially awkward with only one hand, he gradually got used to it. Six months later, Cassius was only beginning to understand just what his First Senior Brother Hykal went through.
During this time, he started working on mastering the true essence of the second stage of Wind Elephant Fist known as the Elephant Herd. Leveraging his pugilist's physique, he began to practice the two ultimate moves of Elephant Herd. He had fully mastered one of them, the straight punch called Elephant's Roar, and had also almost mastered the other one, the swinging punch called Wind Elephant Torrent.
[Wind Elephant Covert Martial Arts: Stage Two (Total Three Stages)]
[Elephant Soul Incomplete: Bug Bite 25.9% (Total Three Stages)]
[Wind Elephant Fist Incomplete: Elephant Herd 47.5% (Total Three Stages)]
This was the fruits of his year-long cultivation: the second stage of Elephant Soul went from about 5% to 25%, and Wind Elephant Fist increased from about 32% to 47%. The reason for the latter starting at 32% was due to the frequent fights between Covert Martial Artists in Beiliu County coupled with that rainy night where their lives were hanging in the balance.
In fact, it was evident from his progress that it was becoming increasingly difficult to gain each and every percentage of Wind Elephant Covert Martial Arts' later stages. Talent alone was useless for many things in life; he would still need time, and a lot of it, to perfect things. Fortunately, there was a sort of cheat or "experience pack" waiting for Cassius to come collect in the real world.
Cassius got up right on schedule, made breakfast for himself and Instructor Lisa, then took a cold shower to wake himself up. After breakfast, he went on a walk with her, going to a nearby garden close to the city center to chat. When he got back, he went into the basement to practice Covert Martial Arts until it was almost noon before taking a shower and making lunch.
Tick.
The hand moved. It was 5:30 p.m. After a short nap, Cassius opened his eyes. He was practically bursting with energy, eager to enjoy the enhancement from the Shadow Demon.
"Hey, White Wolf, we have the key. No need to climb through the window," a middle-aged man's voice came from outside the warehouse.
"Then let's go in through the door and wait inside for the Black Fire gang. They should be here in fifteen minutes with that shipment of goods," another slightly hoarse male voice said.
"Hehe, those goods are worth quite a lot. A good chunk of that money is going into our pockets once the boss sells them," The owner of the voice spoke as he opened the door.
As the iron door creaked open, a smell of decay mingled with a faint scent of sweat wafted out. The man holding a key waved his hand in front of his nose. "Damn, that really stinks."
A gang member with dyed hair was carrying a box. "Who cares about that? Let's go in."
The two had just stepped inside when they felt a piercing gaze from the darkness. The next second, a large, imposing figure appeared before them. It was like he was a ghost and he had teleported.
White Wolf looked up stiffly. A pair of large hands turned into a blurry shadow. Their heads collided with a loud bang like an explosion. The unfortunate gang members instantly lost consciousness, collapsing onto the ground with a thud.
"What a nuisance..." Cassius's imposing figure was shrouded in the darkness as he gazed down at the two bodies on the ground. His eyes darted around briefly before being drawn to a small box nearby.
When he picked it up, he opened it to find a whopping 150,000 Hongli Federation dollars inside!
"Never mind." Cassius flicked through the bills, smiling.