Zhang Fei - The Abandoned Son

Chapter 1622: The Gate Key

The sounds of battle startled Dugu Yuanshen and Dugu Liangsen, who had just returned from their two challenges. They looked at Zhang Fei, who was fighting in the air with Ju Jushen and Lu Wangyi.

Dugu Yuanshen was not surprised to see Zhang Fei able to keep up with the two leaders of the giant and druid races, even though he had to use a strengthening technique to fight them.

On the other hand, Dugu Liangsen was shocked to see Zhang Fei able to fight against Ju Jushen and Lu Wangyi. He knew about a strengthening technique, but he had never heard of a speed technique that could increase a person’s speed that much.

Dugu Yuanshen nodded his head several times. "Did you see that, Liangsen? Zhang Fei did use a strengthening technique to increase his strength, but his speed is his original speed, and I feel that he can still move faster than that."

"Did he use a special technique to increase his speed, Master?"

"I don’t know how he trained his speed to such a level, but I can clearly see that he didn’t use any technique like that. In this Paradise Realm, I have met many speed cultivators, including the speed demon, Su Shentian. However, I have never met a cultivator who can move as fast as Zhang Fei, and he obviously hasn’t used all his speed." Dugu Yuanshen looked at Luo Yunxiao, who was thinking to herself at the side. "You can ask that young lady to spar with you, but you have to suppress your strength according to her cultivation level."

Dugu Liangsen looked at Luo Yunxiao, but he felt hesitant to spar with her. He didn’t underestimate her, but he wasn’t used to sparring with a woman. He often lost control of his strength during battle, and he was afraid of injuring her.

"Go on! I’ll stop you if you lose control."

"Yes, Master." Dugu Liangsen flew toward Luo Yunxiao. "Young miss, are you willing to spar with me?"

Luo Yunxiao snapped out of her thoughts, looked at Dugu Liangsen, and stood up. "I’m bored waiting for my next challenge, and I rarely spar with anyone other than my husband, so I’ll spar with you now."

"Don’t worry, I won’t use all my power, and I will suppress it down to your level. Besides, we won’t use our abilities, and we will spar normally."

"Alright." Luo Yunxiao instantly disappeared from Dugu Liangsen’s sight, leaving him in shock.

Dugu Liangsen tried to detect Luo Yunxiao’s movements, but his eyes couldn’t follow her. He tried to track her using his senses, but she suppressed her aura so deeply that it seemed as if she had vanished from the place. ’What the hell? Her speed is as fast as her husband’s, and she can suppress her aura so deeply that I can’t track her.’

"Don’t daydream in battle." Dugu Liangsen turned around to catch Luo Yunxiao, but she also moved at the same time as him and dodged behind him. She swiftly struck his back, causing him to stagger a few steps forward.

Dugu Liangsen immediately moved from his spot, but Luo Yunxiao suddenly appeared in front of him. He tried to block her punch with both hands, but she moved behind him and struck him back again. "Shit! I couldn’t see or sense her movements at all!"

Dugu Liangsen tried to use his maximum speed to evade Luo Yunxiao, but her speed simply surpassed his by far. After all, she had perfectly adapted to level eight gravity, which meant it was 256x heavier than normal.

In the Paradise Realm, no cultivator had such a place, so no other cultivators could match Luo Yunxiao’s speed, except for the people Zhang Fei allowed to train in his training space.

Witnessing that, Dugu Yuanshen rubbed his white beard as his eyes tried to track Luo Yunxiao’s movements, but he couldn’t do so either. ’How exactly did they train? How could their speed be so fast? I’m not surprised that Zhang Fei could do it because he has many advantages, but I didn’t expect his wife to be able to do it too.’

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Just like Dugu Liangsen, Ju Jushen and Lu Wangyi were also frustrated facing Zhang Fei. They fought him together, but they were never able to hit him with a single blow.

In contrast, Zhang Fei could easily launch attacks against them, and the force of his strikes caused them significant pain.

No matter how fast Ju Jushen and Lu Wangyi attacked Zhang Fei, he was always one step faster than them, even though he still hadn’t used his maximum speed like Luo Yunxiao.

Zhang Fei raised an eyebrow when he felt movement from the tower, and he was sent into the next challenge a second later, forcing Ju Jushen and Lu Wangyi to stop chasing him.

Dugu Liangsen, who was sparring with Luo Yunxiao, was also surprised because she was suddenly sent to the next challenge, so he stopped and returned to his master’s side.

"Haha," Dugu Yuanshen laughed at his first disciple’s expression. "Can you see that young lady’s movements?"

Dugu Liangsen shook his head helplessly. "I’ve never seen a cultivator as fast as her before, Master. I’ve sparred with Su Shentian before, but that woman is much faster than him."

"Their speed is simply absurd." The two men looked at Ju Jushen and Lu Wangyi. "Every time we increase our speed, Zhang Fei always becomes faster than us, which makes us think his speed has no limits."

Lu Wangyi sighed. "No wonder Zhang Fei can defeat Jia Zizhen! The former fairy king was one of the fastest cultivators in the Paradise Realm, but he managed to defeat him so easily."

"Eh? Did Zhang Fei really defeat the fairy king, Senior?" Dugu Liangsen and Dugu Yuanshen were both shocked to hear such news.

"Yes," Ju Jushen nodded to them. "Zhang Fei came to the Floral Mirage Domain about six years ago, and he defeated Jia Zizhen himself. If I remember correctly, his cultivation was still at the Three-Sun Celestial Lord realm at the time, and—"

"What?" Dugu Liangsen screamed. "How... how did he manage to break through to the Celestial Emperor Realm in less than six years?"

"Zhang Fei is a dual cultivator, and he has many powerful female cultivators here."

Dugu Liangsen shook his head at Ju Jushen. "Senior, even if Zhang Fei had a thousand women by his side, he couldn’t have reached that stage in less than six years."

"Well, that’s true." Ju Jushen nodded. "I don’t care how he improved his strength, but I won’t ask him if he has no intention of telling me. After all, all cultivators have their secrets, including us, right?"

Dugu Yuanshen agreed with him and spoke to his first disciple. "Liangsen, don’t tell anyone about everything you saw today. Do you understand?"

"I understand, Master." Dugu Liangsen immediately sat down beside his master, but his thoughts were preoccupied with Zhang Fei and Luo Yunxiao, especially their speed.

"Hehe," Lu Wangyi chuckled. "Hey, Jushen! Since we’ve met Zhang Fei, I plan to return to our domain and talk to my druid race about him."

Ju Jushen nodded. "I also have to tell my wife and the members of my giant race about him, but I think we should wait for him to return from his challenge first."

"Let’s wait for him to come back." Lu Wangyi and Ju Jushen went to the side and waited there for Zhang Fei.

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Meanwhile, Zhang Fei was in an empty space with heavy pressure, but it wasn’t a problem for him at all.

[Master, look in front of you.]

"Hmm?" Zhang Fei looked ahead, where a large key was floating.

[That must be the key to the gate, Master.]

"Yes." Zhang Fei nodded and walked in that direction. "Feng Yao seemed to have sent me here on purpose to retrieve the key because she knew all the challenges on the third floor were useless to me."

[What are you going to do about Feng Yao, Master?]

Zhang Fei stopped in front of the key, but he didn’t immediately take it. "What can I do about her, Mei? In the past, I always believed that I could surpass Feng Yao someday, but it seems reality isn’t on my side, and I’m no longer confident that I can surpass her even if I evolve into a ten-tailed fox."

[Does that mean you’re going to give up on getting her, Master?]

"How can I get her if I can’t surpass her?" Zhang Fei replied in a desperate tone. "You know that my demon abilities are useless against her, and she still has the hot-tempered Huo Ling by her side. Perhaps Feng Yao is not destined to be mine, so I won’t think about her anymore. Even so, I still want to know her true reasons for manifesting herself, including her reasons for helping me all this time."

[Do you think Feng Yao is using you for her personal gain, Master?]

"Isn’t that obvious?" Zhang Fei sighed. "Feng Yao probably had her reasons for doing all that, but I’m truly disappointed that she used me for whatever it was. If she had told me everything from the start, I might not have been as disappointed as I am now, and I would have willingly helped her achieve her goals."

[Do you want to ask her about her reasons, Master?]

"Even if I asked her, I’m sure she wouldn’t be willing to tell me the truth, so I won’t waste my time on that."

After he took the key, Zhang Fei was sent out of the place and returned to the third floor.