While Elder Jing hurried back to return to Yang Wei's side, Yang Wei was excited to finally burst the tree open a little bit.
"Heh, although it's just a small opening, at least I can finally use the Octane Punch technique." Yang Wei mumbled softly as he touched the part that had been opened.
Sometime later, Elder Jing returned and saw Yang Wei still practicing the Octane Punch with a surprised expression.
'Yang Wei is in his third tree now?' Elder Jing exclaimed inwardly as she dashed toward the first two trees and started inspecting the impact.
Meanwhile, Yang Wei was too busy concentrating to notice Elder Jing has returned and continued to use Octane Punch in the third tree.
BAM!
The loud impact made Elder Jing glanced at Yang Wei as she narrowed her eyes to check on the tree.
The tree trembled slightly before bursting open from the inside, making a complete mess in the area.
Yang Wei's eye flickered in excitement when he managed to comprehend the beginner level of Octane Punch.
Yang Wei quickly walked toward the tree to inspect the inside and made sure everything was done correctly.
"You don't need to inspect it, you have indeed comprehended the beginner level of Octane Punch," Elder Jing's voice suddenly echoed, causing Yang Wei to turn around in surprise.
"You came back already?" Yang Wei asked unconsciously without realizing what time it was already.
Elder Jing twitched her brows as she raised her finger and pointed at the sky.
Yang Wei followed her finger and looked up at the sky and was dumbfounded to see the sky had turned dark.
"H-How much time has passed already?" Yang Wei mumbled softly as he recalled it was still daytime when Elder Jing left to do something.
"Did you really place your entire concentration in the Octane Punch that you didn't even realize your surroundings?" Elder Jing asked slightly with a disbelief expression.
Yang Wei didn't reply but it was clear for Elder Jing to know the answer to that question.
Elder Jing sighed softly at Yang Wei's behavior when focusing on a technique.
Although it's a good thing to be fully concentrated in learning the technique, it could become worse when you don't know what's going on in your surroundings, especially when you're out here in the wild where magical beasts are constantly lurking around.
"Yang Wei, that habit of yours must change. It's good to focus on one task completely but you cannot have your guards lowered at any cost," Elder Jing then said, hoping Yang Wei can change his behavior.
Alas, it was easier said than done when changing a person's habit as they have gotten used to doing it for a long time.
"I-I will try my best to keep my guards up whenever I'm practicing a technique," Yang Wei said as he punched his chest lightly to show that he was serious.
Elder Jing merely nodded her head, "I hope so… otherwise, that will be a weakness that your enemy will take advantage of."
Sometime later, Elder Jing and Yang Wei proceeded to enter inside the miniature house to get some sleep for the night before returning to their usual routine.
"Since you managed to comprehend the beginner level of Octane Punch, it's time for you to have an actual fight with the technique itself," Elder Jing said as she stood a bit away from Yang Wei.
"I'm guessing the opponent would be Jing Feng right," Yang Wei chuckled softly as he wondered if he could even land a hit on Elder Jing before getting knocked out.
"You don't have to lose confidence right away. It's not a good thing to always think of the negative outcome," Elder Jing giggled softly as she made some cracking noise in her fist.
Yang Wei held a deadpan expression when he saw what Elder Jing was doing.
'Lose confidence? How is this even going to be a fair fight when your cultivation base and comprehension in Octane Punch is higher than mine?'
Yang Wei sighed inwardly as he would do his best to win even though it's an impossible task unless Elder Jing goes easy on him.
"Are you ready Yang Wei?" Elder Jing then asked when Yang Wei got into his fighting stance.
"Do I get a reward for landing a hit?" Yang Wei asked cheekily, hoping to gain some more reasons for trying his best.
Elder Jing pondered for a while before smiling, "If you do land a hit on me… then I shall let you have a kiss."
Yang Wei's expression turned extremely serious and focused when he heard Elder Jing's words.
"As a sect elder, you are not allowed to lie," Yang Wei shouted as he propelled himself toward Elder Jing and said, "The match begins now."
Yang Wei would do everything in his power to land one hit on Elder Jing to get his victory kiss.
Alas, right when Yang Wei was about to surprise attack successfully, a loud explosion suddenly occurred.
BOOOOOOOOOM!
Elder Jing noticed the explosion as she quickly grabbed Yang Wei and cast a spatial barrier around them to protect them from the blast radius.
Dust started appearing everywhere and Elder Jing had to use her spiritual sense to check what happened.
Her complexion soon changed when she realized what's happening as she quickly retrieved the miniature house and started escaping with Yang Wei in her grasp.
"What's happening, Jing Feng?" Yang Wei asked.
Since his spiritual sense was limited, unlike Elder Jing, he couldn't detect what's going on with the current situation except that a loud explosion had occurred.
Elder Jing continued to move at a fast pace and said, "The Pagoda has exploded and many sects were injured. However, the main problem isn't that but the fact that I have just detected something dangerous… it was a demon."
Yang Wei turned pale when he never imagined Elder Jing's premonition turned out to be true and that there are really demons in the mysterious realm.
'T-The demons were hiding in the Pagoda…' Yang Wei exclaimed inwardly as that was the only possibility for their sudden appearance when the Pagoda exploded.
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