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nThe tears didn't flow out while Zhao Luo cursed Wu Yang but it was because he missed his presence.

n'He could have at least said a proper goodbye.'

nZhao Luo felt dejected as his eyes went over the letter again.

n

"His writing is good.

"

nZhao Luo praised Wu Yang but unfortunately, Wu Yang will never know.

n

"WTF?

"

nZhao Luo suddenly shouted as reading the letter again with a clear mind, he saw something that had shocked him.

n'Why would he write (lol) here?'

nZhao Luo wondered and sook his head.

n'I may have seen it wrong', with such thought spouting in his mind, Zhao Luo read the end again.

nTo Zhao Luo, the future Sect leader (lol)....

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"This bastard....does he even know what 'lol' means?

"

nZhao Luo cursed again but this time he had a smile on his face while his eyes were directly focused on the letter in his hands.

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"He is challenging me. I will show you when we meet again.

"

nZhao Luo replied to Wu Yang's taunt that he had left in his letter.

nZhao Luo already had the successor badge, he just needed the strength to face the other successor.

n

"The Sect Leader position isn't even my goal but I guess I will have to stop by there for a while.

"

nZhao Luo grinned as he looked at the letter one last time.

nEven though Wu Yang was strong and also the secret disciple but a question still popped up in Zhao Luo's mind.

n

"Is he strong enough to be a core disciple?

"

nZhao Luo wondered as that is what Wu Yang had told him when he was telling Zhao Luo about the last mission.

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"Can I be a core disciple too?

"

nZhao Luo wondered as he folded Wu Yang's letter and stored it in his storage space.

nLeaving the empty room, Zhao Luo walked towards the direction of the exit of this hut area.

nOn the way, others joined him.

nEveryone was there except Wu Yang.

nZhao Luo didn't dwell on Wu Yang's presence for too long.

nThe letter was enough for him to get over this as he already had a new stop on the path to his goal.

nThe others, including Feng Mei, Yan, and Mo Lee had asked about Wu Yang but Zhao Luo didn't tell them much except.

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"He went with the third elder but they didn't tell me anything.

"

nZhao Luo kept up with this story as he didn't want to talk about a person who was already gone.

nHe would have if Wu Yang had told him in the letter or left something to tell the others but since there was no such thing mentioned in Wu Yang's letter thus Zhao Luo decided to keep it low.

n

"Let's go to the dining area first.

"

nZhao Luo told them as he could feel that the others would be feeling hungry.

n'Senior will be there too.'

nZhao Luo guessed as this was the other reason why he wanted to go to the dining area.

nWhile Zhao Luo was lost in his thought, Yan had her eyes in him.

n'He is acting differently.'

nYan mumbled as she glanced at Zhao Luo.

nAfter a while.

nZhao Luo with Feng Mei and others entered the dining hall.

nLike always it was filled to the brim.

nZhao Luo looked around and again found the only table where just a single disciple was sitting.

n'There he is.' Zhao Luo said in his mind.

nMite was sitting alone at the table in the middle of the humongous dining hall, stuffing his face as his head kept on moving towards his plate.

nZhao Luo's guess was right, and senior mite was indeed in the dining hall.

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"You guys get the food. I will be there.

"

nZhao Luo patted Feng Mei's head gently while telling the others.

n'Nod.'

nFeng Mei nodded.

nMo Lee, Yan, Feng Mei, Su Shi, Wei Bin, and Hong Ling went towards the area where the food dishes were while Zhao Luo went towards Mite.

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"Good morning Senior.

"

nZhao Luo said to Mite as he grabbed a chair to sit on it.

n

"Mhmm Yah 'Nom Nom' Hmm.

"

nMite who had meat blocking his mouth from letting out any intelligible words tried his best to say something.

nBang!

nBang!

n'Gulp.'

nMite used his fist to hit his chest to force the meat in his mouth to go down his throat.

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"You too.

"

nSenior Mite replied as he looked at Zhao Luo who was barely controlling his laughter while looking at the eating Mite.

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"You can stop calling me Senior. I already lost.

"

nMite suddenly told Zhao Luo as he wiped his face.

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"I did win but didn't you join the sect before me?

"

nZhao Luo questioned Mite.

nHe had come from a world where age mattered a lot. If someone was older than you, you were supposed to respect him.

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"Do you think age matters? In this world, only strength matters. You will be able to enter the inner hall soon after becoming an inner disciple so I will be the one calling you senior then.

"

nMite was on point.

nThe old ways that Zhao Luo knew off had already changed.

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"I did come to you to talk about just that.

"

nAfter listening to Senior Mite talking about the inner hall, Zhao Luo remembered the reason he was here.

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"How do I become an outer disciple?

"

nZhao Luo asked Mite.

nTo Zhao Luo, Mite was the only one who could tell him about how he could advance to become an outer disciple. As among all the other disciples of the trainee hall, Mite was the only outer disciple here.

n'Tap, Tap.''

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"We want to become an outer disciple too.

"

nThe others had also joined Zhao Luo and Mite at the table.

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"To become an outer disciple...

"

nSenior Mite brought out a square token and showed it to Zhao Luo.

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"I will give you this and once you enter the outer hall with this token, meet the senior who is taking care of the outer disciples and pass the token to him.

"

nMite told Zhao Luo as he passed the white token to him.

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"Okay.

"

nZhao Luo looked at the token and stored it in his robe's storage.

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"As for you all, you can advance to become an outer disciple too but I would suggest that you wait a year while training yourselves in the trainee hall. Otherwise, you will just end up being a burden on him.

"

nSenior folded his arms in front of his chest as he knocked the others away with the reality hidden in his advice.

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"But what would a year in this place do?

"

nWei Bin was the first to ask this question while the others also had the same thought.

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"We would rather stay with Brother Zhao Luo.

"

nHong Ling added as staying in the trainee hall for half a year didn't make any sense to him.

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"In half a year, the new trainees will be entering. When another half-year passes by that time, the training area challenges will begin again. Are you all satisfied by your performance in the challenges?

"

nSenior Mite imposed a question as he explained to them the idea behind gis advice.

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"That is why you should aim to do better in the challenges next year and then advance to be an outer disciple.

"

nMite ended his explanation there as he looked at Zhao Luo.

n'If he waits for them then he would fall behind.'

nMite thought about Zhao Luo.

nZhao Luo was already strong enough to beat him, a

/|| (7th) level outer disciple so he would be able to advance to an inner disciple soon.

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"He is right. Not the burden part, but for you all, becoming strongest should be your goal. Take those steps that will help you in your goal.

"

nZhao Luo also added his thought and told the others.

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"Brother...

"

nFeng Mei said as she looked down.

n'I don't want to stay here without a brother.'

nFeng Mei thought as she didn't like this idea.

n'Pat.'

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"Don't worry...I will wait for you just a little ahead.

"

nZhao Luo smiled at her as she gently rubbed her head.

n

"Mhmm.

"

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"We will stay here for another year but don't think you can slack off in the outer hall.

"

nYan told Zhao Luo realizing that this was indeed the best thing for everyone.

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"Good that you all understand.

"

nSenior Mite told them.

nAfter everyone had finished their food, they left the dining hall.

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"You are going to the outer hall?

"

nMite questioned Zhao Luo right after they had left the dining hall.

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"Yes, it's time for me to enter the outer hall.

"

nZhao Luo said as he had his eyes looking upwards and far away.

n

"Hmm, good. I will meet you in a year then.

"

nMite was on a mission to look over the trainee disciples and the trainee disciples for a year.

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"Brother take care.

"

nFeng Mei grabbed Zhao Luo's hand and told him.

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"You took little sister

", Zhao Luo showed her a gentle smile.

nThe others also wished Zhao Luo well while Yan remained silent.

n

"Mhmm.

"

nYan went up to Zhao Luo and felt nervous while staring into his eyes.

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"He is leaving.

"

nShe mumbled but didn't know what she should be saying.

nAfter a moment of looking at each other passionately, Zhao Luo remembered the face of Sect Leader zooming in front of his eyes.

nThe others were getting confused too as their little brother Yan was acting strange.

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"I will be going now.

"

nZhao Luo told them while he scratched the back of his head.

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"Don'....

"

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"Don't forget me.

"

nYan said as she ran away from the place as Wei Bin and Mo Lee followed her.

n'I won't.'

nZhao Luo shook his head as he left the dining area.

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