Chapter 199

One cannot be arrogant, but one must not be self-deprecating either.

Cognition is extremely important.

Heaven and earth are vast, the world is boundless, and heroes and outstanding figures are as numerous as fish crossing a river, countless in number.

Only with accurate self-cognition can one walk this path of martial arts contention eternally!

He withdrew his mind.

Meng Zhangqing looked at the last two attributes.

Neither was of any use.

So he simply decomposed them directly.

His luck was a bit poor; only one item dropped.

Profound-Grade Martial Technique Attainment Card ×1

This thing seems useless now, but... let's keep it; perhaps it will have some miraculous use later.

After organizing what he had obtained.

Meng Zhangqing suppressed his aura and walked out of the pavilion.

He saw the azure sky, boundless in the distance.

A gentle breeze blew, the bamboo forest behind rustled, yet outside the Spirit Peak, the wind rose and clouds surged.

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Time passed in a flash; another half-month went by.

During this half-month.

Many major events occurred.

That was, the mysterious Zhang Sect finally emerged from seclusion.

It seemed he had been in seclusion all along before.

He only appeared once within the Zong Sect, but Meng Zhangqing was cultivating, so he did not notice.

As for the other major event.

It was that the sect elders decided to reclaim the position of the Hidden Dragon taken by other forces, and even seize more from those forces' hands!

Thus, the relatively powerful True Disciples basically all received missions from the sect!

Meng Zhangqing was among them.

"A sect mission, huh."

Sitting cross-legged in the pavilion, Meng Zhangqing looked at the glowing jade slip floating before him, raised his hand, and grasped it.

In an instant.

An old voice sounded.

"True Disciple Meng Zhangqing, please set a date to depart, go to the Xu family at Dongminghu, and reclaim the position of the Hidden Dragon."

The words ended.

The jade slip shattered on the ground, leaving only a map.

"This is a major disturbance."

Meng Zhangqing stood up and stood with his hands behind his back.

Clearly, with the Seven Pulse Martial Arts Competition not far off in time, one should logically let the disciples maintain their condition.

Otherwise, if they were injured outside or something similar, it would all affect their performance in the competition.

Yet the sect chose this moment to send the disciples out to fight.

It truly made him smell a hint of something abnormal.

"Never mind; overthinking is useless. It's just right to go out and relax, and also take a look at the experts on the Hidden Dragon List."

A fighting spirit flashed in Meng Zhangqing's eyes.

Remaining in seclusion forever is meaningless; the martial way requires contention, requires constantly defeating opponents, only then can an invincible momentum be gradually condensed!

To achieve an absolutely strong martial heart!

"The Xu family's Hidden Dragon."

Meng Zhangqing picked up the map.

The front showed the route; the back contained numerous texts, and there were portraits on it.

Doing anything requires intelligence and information.

In this regard, the sect has done very well.

"Senior Brother Meng!"

Suddenly, a familiar voice sounded from outside.

It was the Shi brothers.

Meng Zhangqing immediately put it away and walked out.

He saw the two brothers still standing obediently outside the fence; their upbringing was excellent; without permission, they would absolutely never enter on their own.

"Come in; treat it as your own home."

Meng Zhangqing said with a smile.

"Exactly, exactly!"

Shi Yao immediately walked in; "Brother is just an old stubborn man; he insisted I stand outside."

Shi Guang helplessly shook his head.

One must always listen to Mother's words.

"Senior Brother Meng, you must have received the sect mission as well."

Shi Yao said excitedly.

He still held a map in his hand.

"Mm."

Meng Zhangqing nodded and took his out from his robes as well.

Comparing them, their mission points turned out to be quite close, not far apart, separated by only about a hundred li.

Shi Guang's was much the same.

Was this a coincidence, or...

By all rights, with so many mission points, it would be hard to encounter ones that were together.

However, Meng Zhangqing did not think much of it.

"When traveling outside, keep this thing safe and do not show it to others easily."

Meng Zhangqing warned.

"Understood."

Hearing this, Shi Yao nodded.

When he came out, his own old man had said the same.

"Sea Opening Realm, second layer."

Sensing the auras of the two, they had clearly broken through.

It was just that they had not progressed as fast as him.

In half a month of cultivation, he had already reached the peak of the Sea Opening Realm, third layer, and was about to step into the fourth.

However, for him, actually, breakthroughs in minor realms did not bring much benefit.

Because judging solely by true qi volume... he already had a great deal, a very great deal.

Having even more would merely be adding flowers to brocade.

However, one must still hasten to advance in realm; the fortune after Sea Opening is another transformative major realm.

"Senior Brother Meng, shall we go together then?"

Shi Yao said.

"Sure."

Meng Zhangqing nodded.

If the general direction is much the same, one can travel the same path, though they must separate in the end.

"Junior Brother Meng."

Just as Meng Zhangqing was preparing to leave with the two brothers.

A sword light flew over from the distance.