Chapter 84: Cheng Wei's Shock

  "Forced submission?" Putting down the "Spirit Beast Master's Manual" in his hand, Li Mǎng had a faint knot in his heart. So-called forced submission was undoubtedly to use force to subdue the Crystal Dragon, making it submit and acknowledge its master, but thinking of its strength, Li Mǎng didn't have much confidence, despite the fact that the Crystal Dragon would be weak for a period after being awakened.

  However, apart from this method, all other methods involve magic and array techniques, which are at least as simple as witchcraft. Li Mang is completely clueless and cannot use them at all. By the time he learns these things, he may not have any opportunities left. Now he is racing against time, and the inner hawk will not let him off easy.

  Leaving the library, Li Meng came to Gui Yi's mansion, but found that the gate of the courtyard was tightly closed, and only Da Wang was still there. After taking a bowl of Hu Jiao Bao medicine, Da Wang suddenly grew taller and longer, his appearance became more majestic, although he was not a spiritual beast, his strength was also extremely powerful, and his spiritual intelligence was re-developed. Seeing Li Meng's arrival, he welcomed him with a wagging tail.

  Li Mang then went to visit Xiao Pi Hai, but was disappointed to find that he wasn't there either. It wasn't until Snake Granny from next door told him the answer: "Xiao Pi Hai has gone for his annual treatment, Ghost Doctor is his physician."

  "Will there be any danger?" Li Mang asked worriedly, although the little kid often made big jokes, but after all, he was his friend.

  "There's a 30% chance of recovery, a 30% chance of getting worse, and the remaining 40%... might just kick the bucket." Snake Granny said with an ominous tone, as a small snake slithered in her hand, causing Li Mang to twitch his mouth.

  "Why is the risk so great!" Li Meng was shocked upon hearing this.

  "This is a group of people who should have died long ago. Although Huang can administer medicine to suppress the disease, there is no 100% guarantee. Birth, aging, illness and death, just accept it." Snake Granny shook her head, dismissing Li Meng's worries as unimportant.

  "...Li Mang fell silent for a moment, it's just good to let go, but who in the world can truly be free from the four words of birth, aging, illness and death."

  It's still early, and it's not suitable to enter the Shan Hai Jing space, so Li Mang goes down to the underground training base 44th training room.

  Cheng Wei was still in intense training, several copper men were beaten by him, and the floor made of special materials was still shaking. Li Mang's arrival did not stop him, he continued to punch out every fist and kick out every foot in order. If Li Mang's training method was extreme, then Cheng Wei was on a perverted level, training day and night without rest, just for an inch of progress, this kind of willpower made Li Mang admire every time he saw it.

  "You were there at the time too!" Cheng Wei suddenly spoke up, but his movements didn't stop because of it.

  "What...?" Li Mang was bewildered and couldn't understand what was going on.

  "Crystal Dragon." Cheng Wei spat out these four words heavily.

  Li Mang looked at him with a strange gaze, unsure of how to respond, and was also curious in his heart - how did Cheng Wei know?

  "Are you wondering how I knew?" Cheng Wei finally stopped his movements, wiping the sweat off his body with a towel as he said, "Same feeling."

  "Feeling......" Li Meng knew that Cheng Wei was mocking the excuse he had just made, and for a moment, he could only laugh dryly without saying anything. Feelings couldn't make someone say something so certain.

  "After failing to find the Crystal Dragon, I returned to the scene of its tribulation and found that the old man with a hump had disappeared. However, there were no footprints left behind, which was impossible for him to leave on his own given his injuries at the time. Moreover, the shed skin of the Crystal Dragon was also nowhere to be seen." Cheng Wei slowly spoke out his analysis in his usual cold tone: "The person who was taken away by you for questioning is after all related to the reason why Xi You wants to assassinate him, and the skin of the Crystal Dragon is also in your hands."

  Li Mang was originally just quietly listening, but at this time he couldn't help but interrupt: "It can't be concluded that it was done by me just because of this, right?"

  "Not bad, I never suspected it was you before, but your performance this morning finally made me understand that you are the biggest winner, and you have fooled both Yan Huang and Chi You!" Although he said so, Cheng Wei rarely used a tone of praise.

  "Haha......" Li Mang just laughed and neither acknowledged nor opposed it.

  "Haha……" Cheng Wei also chuckled, and then stopped asking about that matter. He looked him up and down, with a hint of surprise in his eyes: "I noticed your skin was different this morning in the group, now I'm sure, you've gotten stronger again!"

  Cheng Wei's use of the word 'again' is actually a testament to Li Mang's terrifying speed of improvement. Cultivating martial arts requires a tremendous amount of time, especially after breaking through twenty years of cultivation, where every bit of progress requires months or even years of effort. Who has ever heard of making such huge breakthroughs in just three to five days? It's frightening, and even he feels ashamed.

  Li Meng learned from the old man in the library, with a helpless expression on his face, saying: "Talent is different, I am also helpless."

  "......" Cheng Weidong was speechless for a moment, then laughed and scolded: "You said you're fat and now you've started training!"

  However, what happened next shocked Cheng Wei. Li Meng's progress was already terrifying, but after a round of intense training, his strength actually improved even more. This was because the medicinal effect of the Body Tempering Pill still lingered in Li Meng's body, and as he began to train intensively, these residual effects gradually took hold, allowing Li Meng to improve unknowingly.

  In addition, Li Meng's skin defense was astonishing. If he didn't use his inner power, even Cheng Wei would have to admit defeat. Cheng Wei couldn't believe the conclusion he had drawn. He was a martial arts master with over 50 years of cultivation, yet he was no match for a young man who had only been cultivating for twenty years and had only practiced martial arts for less than a month. This was a significant blow to him.

  His heart was turbulent, but on the surface, Cheng Wei remained as cold as ever. He had no intention of prying into Li Mang's secrets, despite his curiosity about how Li Mang managed to do it. Innate talent? That was an excuse for fooling children. Li Mang's awakened abilities were based on brute strength, not a body made of copper and iron.

  Li Meng did not know what was on Cheng Wei's mind, he is now trapped in the madness of training, the increase in strength within his body made him more courageous in battle, although every time it was he who lost.

  "Stop for today, you can go back!" Three hours later, Cheng Wei suddenly stopped. Li Mang's progress was too fast, he was worried that his foundation was not stable, so he deliberately reduced the training by two hours.

  "...so quickly?" Li Mang's words were left unspoken, but he bid farewell and left. If he wasn't mistaken, this was the first time he had left training room 44 without injury.

  Cheng Wei was speechless, everyone said he was a martial arts freak, but only today did he realize that he didn't deserve this title, and instead seemed more like a martial arts fool. What's the use of his day and night training? Not even comparable to Li Meng's three hours.

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  P.S: Book friends skirt 362, 104, 434.