Ye Chen opened his eyes and jumped down from the bed. He did a set of [King Kong Fist] without using his Zhen Qi.
"My goodness, all of a sudden there’s an increase of five thousand Jin to my physical strength, reaching twenty thousand Jin." Ye Chen immediately felt the substantial increase in his physical strength, his whole body felt as if it had limitless energy, he felt that he could kill five big buffalos with a single punch each.
Inspired by the shining sun, Ye Chen came to the [Floating Cloud Martial Palace].
Inside the hall was only emptiness, there were just three or four people choosing their missions, it can be said to be deserted.
Task Difficulty: Five star grey rank.
In its early days, the [Ancient Water Lake] was not dangerous, but nowadays it was abnormally dangerous. It was as if the major earthquake had released some kind of ancient monsters that dominated the whole Ancient Water Lake, even turning some of the originally not monstrous fish and shrimp to some kind of monsters.
At the foot of the mountain, he started to ride towards the North.
Coincidentally, there was a small run down restaurant on the shore, with four black characters on the plaque, they were almost chipped away.
'Ancient Water Restaurant!'
Ye Chen patted the horse on its head after he dismounted, "You worked hard these past few days, I should change you when we go back later, you would have a life filled with suffering if you follow me."
Ye Chen nodded, "Take care of my horse."
"Sure, this way, please!"
The restaurant was more dilapidated than he expected, the walls were mottled, the table surface was rough and uneven, and even the chairs were pieced together and looked very shabby.
Ye Chen chose a chair that was pleasing to the eye and sat down, he ordered a few small dishes.
While eating, unexpectedly, there were hoof beats coming from the outside of the restaurant.
The waiter’s spirits were immediately lifted up.
Soon, a young man dressed in green walked in.
The young man in green frowned when he saw Ye Chen, "You are an inner-court disciple of the Sky Cloud Martial School, are you going to the Pan Shan Island of the Ancient Water Lake?"
"Yes." Ye Chen could see that he was an inner court disciple of the [Emerald Martial Palace].
"Then you do not need to go, Qu Family matters should be handled by the members of the Qu Family."
Ye Chen lifted his eyebrows, "So, you are a member of the Qu Family."
"The member of the one hundred and sixty sixth generation of the Qu Family, Qu Ming." The young man in green sat down next to a table opposite Ye Chen.
"Sorry, since I accepted the mission, I will try to finish it."
Ye Chen did not intend to give up on the mission.
Qu Ming sneered, "I will remind you that this Ancient Water Lake cannot be crossed by just any boat, there is a distance of four hundred and fifty miles from here to the Pan Shan Island. At the slightest mistake, you will be dragged under water by the monsters, and would die without a complete corpse. The [winding path] is an even more dangerous place."
"There’s danger in everything we do, how can we achieve great things if we fear everything."
They never had any conflicts before. After all, not every [Emerald Martial Palace] disciple was annoyingly proud.
At the shore of the Ancient Water Lake, the lake water was surging. Lights were sparkling on it, at first glance, the skyline and the water surface seemed to have merged in the distance.
Qu Ming took a glance at Ye Chen and took out a piece of wooden log from his storage ring. It was as thick as his waist and had a length of about ten feet.
The wooden log was shot out more than a dozen feet away, it whistled through the air as it moved above the lake waters. Its movement was fast, but Qu Ming was faster. Even before one could see him do something, the moment the wooden log touched the water, he was already stepping on it, as if he was as light as a feather. He went farther and farther as he rode on the wooden log. Soon, there was only a small dot visible.
With a few flashes of light from the sword, a huge tree fell down.
Ye Chen feared that he might encounter monster attacks on his way and the wooden log could not make it, so he cut a dozen more, each equally thick and weighing several hundred pounds.
Ye Chen came to the shore and he did the same. He threw the wooden log out and stood on it.
The scenery on the both sides went by extremely fast. Ye Chen felt that his heart had never been this happy ever. For a brief moment, he felt that the sky was high and the earth was vast and he was free like a bird.
The wooden log’s momentum ran out, Ye Chen ushered his [Zhen Qi] and erupted it at the rear of the wooden log, successfully turning it into a source of power.
Brawl! brawl!
Although he did not catch up to Qu Ming, he was not exactly slow. In addition, he felt that it was nice to view the scenic lake while standing on the wooden log.
After he travelled for over a dozen miles.
Under the water behind the wooden log, a huge shadow continued to follow him quietly.
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Translated by : Ace