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nZhao Luo closed his eyes.

n'I can't bear the glares of the Sect Leader who is demanding an answer from me and the third elder, who has already witnessed something that he shouldn't have seen.'

nZhao Luo clearly understood the situation.

nWith his eyes closed, he unknowingly remembered the time when he and Yan were outside the thick cloud on the dragon road.

n(Image flashing in Zhao Luo's mind)

nAn image of him and Yan almost kissing popped up in his mind.

n(Image ended) with Zhao Luo shaking his head as his face turned a little red.

n'Tap.'

nHe opened his eyes and looked at his shoulder just to find out that the Sect Leader was grabbing his shoulder.

nBut Zhao Luo couldn't feel any pressure except the sound that he had heard when Xin Wang had placed his hand on Zhao Luo's shoulder.

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"Your ANSWER.

"

nXin Wang said while giving Zhao Luo a threatening look.

n'He looks scarier than the psychopaths of my time.'

nZhao Luo thought as he finally had an answer ready that will surely calm down the leader.

nZhao Luo hurriedly kneeled and looked at the leader with wet eyes.

nEscaping the leader's grip was his first action, then the innocent look was to melt the leader's heart.

nThe final strike was ready and Zhao Luo was going to deliver it.

n

"I am not interested in girls

", Zhao Luo shouted with a hardened yet partially hurt look.

n'CLAP.'

nImaginary thunder fell, in the ears of the sect leader and the third elder.

nThey looked at Zhao Luo whose expressions showed that it was a secret that had caused him many troubles but he had to say it now because of the pressure from Xin Wang.

n

"WHAT?

"

nBoth Sect Leader and Bao Fei believed that painfully expression and were stunned.

nThe truth had hit them so hard that the Sect Leader, the number one entity living on the Xin Range, the leader of the Xin Sect had taken two steps back and another step towards the right.

nZhao Luo's truth had forced the leader of the Sect to move like a horse (chess knight).

nXin Wang looked at Bao Fei and blinked forcefully.

nXin Wang was telling Bao Fei to take responsibility for this situation.

n'If it wasn't because of his misinformation that I caused this brilliant kid to be saddened.....TSK.'

nThe Sect Leader thought as he moved back to the broken chair and waved his hand to take out another plastic chair.

n'Bam.'

nXin Wang sat on the new chair as he looked at Zhao Luo with a deep and regretful expression.

n'I just wanted to scare him, not scar him.'

nHe thought as Bao Fei went over to Zhao Luo to help him get up from his kneeling position.

n

"Zhao Luo.

"

nThe sect leader called out.

n'What now?'

nZhao Luo looked at Xin Wang and saw the leader throwing a scroll at him.

nGrab!

nZhao Luo grabbed the scroll and looked at the leader with confusion in his eyes.

nThe leader was scratching his nose with his index finger while looking away from Zhao Luo.

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"I realized that you were quite amazed by my foot technique. I call it FLASH STEP. This scroll has the first stage of my Flash Step.

"

nThe sect leader told Zhao Luo and turned his face to look at him.

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"First Walk.

"

nThe sect elder announced the name of the first stage of the 'flash step' technique.

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"Thank you.

"

nZhao Luo clasped his hands and bowed to the Sect Leader.

nThe sect leader looked at Bao Fei.

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"Little third take him back.

"

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"Don't forget what I told you. I will wait for you

", then said his final words to Zhao Luo.

nThe third elder grabbed Zhao Luo's arm and took a step towards the exit of the palace.

n'TAP'

n

"AHHH.

"

nZho Luo cried out to keep up the 'my feelings are hurt' act.

nThe space around him changed and Bao Fei had brought Zhao Luo back to the Trainee hall as Zhao Luo's hut appeared in front of his eyes.

nBao Fei had already released Zhao Luo's arm and while looking at him, he opened his mouth.

n

"Zhao Luo, don't mind the sect leader's reaction. He treasures Lady Yan so he was just trying to scare you.

"

nElder Bao Fei told Zhao Luo while gently patting his shoulder.

n'My plan worked. Haha.'

nZhao Luo felt glad that even the third elder had fallen for his amazing acting skills.

n'I didn't know I could act so well.'

nZhao Luo felt quite good after praising himself.

nZhao Luo looked at the elder then he tilted his head downwards.

n'I guess he needs more time to get over what happened.'

nBao Fei mumbled.

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"I will be going now. Take care kiddo.

"

nBao Fei let out the news of his departure with a smile.

nHe thought that Zhao Luo would be sad thus he even added the word kiddo when Zhao Luo was already a fully grown adult.

n'Woosh.'

nThe moment Bao Fei disappeared from that place, Zhao Luo hurriedly turned around to enter the hut.

nAfter entering his room.

nZhao Luo laid down on his bed as his legs dangled downwards from the other end of the bed.

n

"Haaaa~

"

nZhao Luo released a deep sigh but there was no bitterness in his eyes.

nHe didn't look awful instead there was a victorious grin hidden under his mysterious and deep 'sigh'.

n

"Finally.

"

nZhao Luo said as he felt relieved that he was back in his room.

nThe moon was still shining brightly outside his hut.

nThe morning was far away as the night's darkness covered the trainee hall.

nZhao Luo thought about how he should act around Yan from now on.

n

"Wahhh, why should I stay away from her?

"

nZhao Luo shouted as he remembered the moment that he had experienced.

nThe exploding and powerful aura of the Sect Leader.

nHis build.

nHis presence.

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"Why am I so weak?

"

n'Bang.'

nZhao Luo complained and punched his bed.

nYan was the second girl that had caused Zhao Luo to experience the special feeling of being loved romantically.

nEven though it was a short-lived experience, Zhao Luo didn't mind it but, it was different now, as Yan was the daughter of the Sect leader, Xin Wang.

n

"I should just focus on becoming stronger.

"

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"No, no. I WILL ONLY FOCUS ON BECOMING STRONG FROM NOW ON.

"

nZhao Luo made a promise to himself.

nWhile being enveloped by different emotions, he repeated his goal in a convincing and unwavering voice.

n'Hmm.'

nZhao Luo looked at his hands. He was still holding the two rewards that the Sect Leader had given him.

n

"The successor badge.

"

nZhao Luo looked at the badge which was in his right hand.

nThe jade dragon though was small, that is, around 4-5 inch but the artistry was so realistic that it looked more ferocious than Zhao Luo's Bimba, the sand lion.

nThe golden background gave it a more fierce touch.

n

"So this is my ticket to join the other disciples' who are training to succeed the sect leader's seat?

"

nZhao Luo said while turning around the badge and looking at the jade dragon.

nAfter a while of staring at the golden badge, Zhao Luo stored it in his robe's storage space.

n

"Let's open this.

"

nZhao Luo held the foot technique scroll with both of his hands.

n'FrFrFr.'

nHe opened the scroll slowly.

n

"Technique created by Xin Wang, The leader of the Xin Sect.

"

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"Once a cultivator reaches the bronze stage and starts gathering the energy inside his core, that is, he can store internal energy for later use. Only then will the cultivator learn the first stage of the Flash Step, Firs Walk.

"

nZhao Luo read the title of the scroll.

nEach stroke of the characters in the title was amazing just like the technique itself.

nThe title was followed by the condition to use the first step of the technique.

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"Internal energy again. Core?

"

nZhao Luo didn't meet the condition required to learn the technique.

nHe didn't even know what the core was and where it was, so how could he store energy in his core.

n'It's a puzzle.'

nZhao Luo was just a black stage trainee disciple according to his black badge. There was still a long way to become a bronze stage disciple.

n

"I will have to become an internal disciple. Just like senior Zi Fei.

"

nZhao Luo remembered the creepy psychopathic senior of his.

nZi Fei was a bronze stage disciple ( cultivator ) as he had a bronze badge, that is, he was an inner disciple.

nZhao Luo felt confused as everything he had to do was all over the place but he didn't stop reading the scroll.

n

"Ten steps, taken in a single breath, cover a distance of 100-meters.

"

nThe line told what the technique was all about but in short breaking sentences.

n

"100 meters in ten steps?

", Zhao Luo was amazed but the thing that excited him, even more, was,

"I will be able to cover 100 meters in a SINGLE breath.

"

nZhao Luo said with rising passion.

nThe content of the scroll had just started.

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"The First Walk is divided into five different levels

n•Beginner: One step, One breath, 10 meters.

n•Advanced Beginner: Two steps, One breath, 20 meters

n•Intermediate: Four steps, One breath, 40 meters

n•Adnanced Intermediate: Eight steps, One breath, 80 meters

n•Expert: Ten steps, One breath, 100 meters (Limit)

nOnly after reaching the expert level of the First Walk, can you break to the second stage of the Flash Step.

"

nThe eyes of Zhao Luo were shining with enthusiasm as he learned how powerful just this 'first walk' was.

n

"Let's continue.

"

nZhao Luo started moving his gaze downwards.

n

"It's here.

"

nZhao Luo was already on the part which he wanted to read the most.

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"Learning the First Walk of the Flash Step.

"

nZhao Luo read from the scroll with a smile on his face and excitement filling his eyes.

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