Yang Feilong left with Mia, and Na Luo Shang’s resentful gaze followed them.
“I’m sorry, Brother Feilong,” Mia said apologetically to Yang Feilong.
“Why apologize?” Yang Feilong asked with a grin.
“I always seem to attract trouble,” Mia said with a wry smile.
Yang Feilong shrugged, saying, “It’s not your fault for being beautiful, so don’t blame yourself.”
Hearing Yang Feilong’s comfort, Mia felt much better.
“This is a necklace I got for you. Do you like it?” Yang Feilong said as he opened a box and took out a necklace. It looked pretty, but it was quite a bit less impressive than diamond necklaces.
“I like it. I like anything you give me,” Mia said with a cheerful smile.
“This necklace isn’t ordinary. It contains a small spirit-gathering array that can nourish the body and is beneficial for your ancient martial arts cultivation!” Yang Feilong explained.
“That must be expensive!” Mia blinked her beautiful eyes.
“Wasn’t the watch you gave me expensive too? And I accepted it, didn’t I?” Yang Feilong shrugged. Of course, it wasn’t cheap; frankly, it was more expensive than Mia’s watch. But gifts shouldn’t be about exact equivalence; practicality and usefulness were what mattered.
“Thank you, Brother Feilong. Brother Feilong, can you help me put it on?” Mia gave a shy smile.
“Uh, sure.” Yang Feilong hesitated for a moment before agreeing.
Then, Yang Feilong fastened the spiritual artifact necklace onto Mia.
Mia had a wonderful aura, pure and radiating a flower-like smile. Although the spiritual artifact necklace wasn’t particularly dazzling, it looked incredibly youthful and radiant on Mia’s delicate fair skin.
“Does it look good?” Mia turned around, smiling at Yang Feilong, and asked.
“It looks beautiful, as if you’re an immortal from heaven,” Yang Feilong praised with a smile.
“Really? Hehe.” Mia giggled happily.
Then she linked her arm with Yang Feilong’s, feeling a sense of peaceful tranquility.
Yang Feilong couldn’t help but sigh inwardly. Anyone who wasn’t foolish could see Mia’s feelings for him, and the Mi brothers also hoped for him and Mia to be together.
But they didn’t know he had a girlfriend, and not just one!
Although Mia wished to be Yang Feilong’s girlfriend, she hadn’t voiced it. After all, as a girl, she was more reserved in such matters. However, her actions revealed her affection for Yang Feilong.
Afterward, Yang Feilong accompanied Mia for some more shopping and a bite to eat before they returned to the hotel.
As it was getting late.
After sending Mia back to her room, Yang Feilong entered the adjacent room.
“I haven’t tried merging the water and fire abilities before. I can try it now. However, merging them here might not be suitable. What if it causes an explosion?” Yang Feilong frowned, thinking about it.
This was a distinct possibility.
The night passed quickly with his cultivation.
He mainly cultivated his fire ability, and now both his water and fire abilities had reached the early stage of the second order, forming a temporary balance.
“If Master knew I had resolved the hidden danger of a single ability so quickly, she would be very pleased, I believe?” Yang Feilong thought to himself.
“The Hero’s Arena is about to begin. I wonder how many young prodigies will participate this time!” Yang Feilong mumbled.
…
The Tang Family.
The Tang family was considered a local overlord in Tang City. Their estate was vast; if compared to an ancient imperial palace in size, it would be close, if not equal.
“According to the information I’ve gathered, there will be several Yuanwu Realm geniuses participating in the Hero’s Arena this time!” Mi Lai said as he walked, speaking to Yang Feilong.
They had learned this last night, but Yang Feilong and his sister might not have known, as they had gone shopping and hadn’t discussed it upon their return.
“Yuanwu Realm geniuses?” Yang Feilong grinned.
“Alas, we cannot contend with Yuanwu Realm geniuses!” Mi Lai lamented. “Compared to those heavenly prodigies, we are still far behind.”
“Brother Yang can contend with Uncle Mi Dada, so isn’t Brother Yang also a Yuanwu Realm genius?” Just then, Xu Zhenqiang couldn’t help but interject.
“En?” Mi Lai was startled. He looked at Yang Feilong, his eyes filled with disbelief. “You are also Yuanwu Realm? When did you fight Uncle Da?”
“I possess Yuanwu Realm strength.” Yang Feilong nodded.
He wasn’t Yuanwu Realm himself, but equivalent to Lingwu Realm. However, in terms of strength, there weren’t many Yuanwu Realm experts he feared. If soul techniques were included, he could even contend with Earth Martial Realm experts.
“You possess Yuanwu Realm strength?” Mi Lai gasped. He had always assumed that even if Yang Feilong was stronger than him, he wouldn’t reach Yuanwu Realm.
As for the female assassin’s strength, he only knew she was stronger than him, but he didn’t know by how much. In his opinion, she was still Lingwu Realm, not exceeding that category!
“Don’t you know about this?” The others looked at Mi Lai.
“I, why would I know? Why do you think I would know?” Mi Lai said helplessly.
“Uh, didn’t we tell you?” Xu Zhenqiang scratched his head and looked at Mi Kang.
“It seems we really didn’t,” Mi Kang thought for a moment and nodded.
“I seem to have forgotten to mention it too,” Mia said somewhat sheepishly.
“Previously…” Mia paused, then recounted what had happened in detail.
After listening to Mia’s description, Mi Lai was speechless for a long time. He looked at Yang Feilong as if he were looking at a monster.
“You, you actually possess mid-stage Yuanwu Realm strength. Does that mean you genuinely have a chance to win the championship?” Mi Lai exclaimed, looking at Yang Feilong in amazement.
“Uncle Da didn’t go all out back then!” Yang Feilong mused. Of course, he didn’t say the unspoken part: that he hadn’t gone all out either.
“Even if you’re not as good as Uncle Da, you’re not far off,” Mi Lai sighed. “You’re going to make a name for yourself today.”
“I’m wondering if I should participate,” Yang Feilong said. He had originally intended to, but he was hesitant today because there would undoubtedly be many experts, not just young prodigies, but possibly even those in the Yuanwu, Earth Martial, and even Heaven Martial Realms.
Would those individuals not see through his true cultivation level?
As for revealing his true qi, that wasn’t a major issue for Yang Feilong. Although Qi refiners were rare, they weren’t nonexistent.
Of course, it would be even better if he didn’t have to reveal it!
If it weren’t for the insufficiency of his abilities, Yang Feilong would have even considered fighting with his abilities!
In Longguo, although ability users were not as numerous as ancient martial arts practitioners, they outnumbered rare Qi refiners. Of course, compared to ancient martial arts practitioners, the ratio might not even reach ten to one.
This meant that for every ten ancient martial arts practitioners, there might not be one ability user.
The gap in their numbers was that significant.
“You all didn’t notice, did you?” Just then, Mi Kang suddenly spoke up.
“Notice what?” everyone was stunned.
“My cultivation has broken through to Lingwu Realm!” Mi Kang said with a smile.
“Ah, you broke through?” Xu Zhenqiang was taken aback. He truly hadn’t noticed.
“Third Brother, you’re also Lingwu Realm now. Does that mean you can participate in today’s Hero’s Arena as well?” Mia was also incredibly excited. She hadn’t expected it and hadn’t noticed either. Her cultivation was negligible compared to the others.
“I noticed. I just thought you were holding back. Brother Yang probably noticed too, right?” Mi Lai teased his younger brother with a smile. He could tell because he paid close attention to his brother. Even if Mi Kang concealed his aura, he could perceive some signs.
“Congratulations, Brother Kang, on your breakthrough and realization. As for me, I truly did not notice. Shameful, shameful!” Yang Feilong said with some shame.
He didn’t notice because Mi Kang had concealed his aura quite well using a concealment technique, and secondly, his attention wasn’t focused on Mi Kang.
“I actually didn’t expect myself to break through!” Mi Kang said excitedly. “I originally wanted to surprise you all when registering for the Hero’s Arena, but I really couldn’t hold back.”
Heh heh.
Mi Kang couldn’t help but chuckle.
As they chatted and laughed, they arrived at the Tang family’s territory.
At this moment, the ancient martial arts practitioners who had arrived could be described as immense.
There was a gap compared to a sea of people, but hundreds, even thousands, were definitely present!
And this was just those who had entered the area arranged by the Tang family. There were still more arriving, and if added together, the number would be even greater.
Thousands of ancient martial arts practitioners gathered together; the thought alone was exhilarating. To miss such a grand event would truly be a regret.
They also followed the crowd into the Tang family estate, not the inner residence, but the outer residence. Even the outer residence was vast, and thousands of people entering didn't seem particularly conspicuous.
There was a martial arts training ground.
In the center of the training ground were five arenas, with four smaller arenas encircling a larger central arena.
The material of these arenas appeared to be extremely extraordinary. These were the arenas typically used by the Tang family for regular training or for holding internal challenge matches during festivals and holidays.
After all, the Tang family had a large population. The entire Tang City was almost entirely populated by the Tang family, with members divided into close and distant relatives. The Tang family had hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of members. Although only a portion were qualified to watch or participate, their numbers were still substantial.
This was also a significant reason why few forces dared to offend the Tang family. Not only were they numerous, but their hidden weapon skills were also divine. Sometimes, when you opposed them, you wouldn’t even know how you died!