A few days after taking Qi-Fu-Er out of his dimensional space, it had already been a week since the ten kids had gone to train with Dong-Kuang. And it was time for them to return to Zheng-Fu, as scheduled.

Thump, thump, thump!!!

"Respect, Young Master!!!"

It was not long before Dong-Kuang and the ten kids finally arrived at the courtyard where Zheng-Fu was waiting. When they arrived, everyone immediately saluted him, unlike when they first met Zheng-Fu, when there was no greeting or respect at all.

"How was the last week?" Zheng-Fu asked, staring at the ten kids.

"Young Master, we've been training hard for a week as you've ordered," a kid of the same age as Zheng-Fu walked out, clasped his hands, and replied to Zheng-Fu.

"Um… Then that's fine. Alright, you guys get this pill each. Eat it and then go to rest in the guesthouse. I will follow you later." Zheng-Fu said, handing each of the ten kids a pill and telling them to rest in the guesthouse first.

"Yes, sir, young Master!!!"

The ten kids responded as they took the pill before swallowing it. Then they went in orderly straight into the guesthouse immediately. But as they were about to walk in, Zheng-Fu spoke up, "Tonight you will all sleep in this guesthouse, and I already have someone making beds for you. Let's go in."

"Yes, sir!!!"

"Well, I hope you guys are patient enough!" As the ten kids entered the guesthouse hall, Zheng-Fu let out a voice with an expectant expression. He turned to Dong-Kuang, who was standing calmly, and said, "Brother Dong, I heard that during my test a few months ago, you and Brother Dan-Chun-Gu went to raid the bandit cave. Is that true?"

"Yes sir, young master... We received the order to search for more resources. We learned that in the northern forest, there was a large bandit cave. And they also had two Immortal Caves in their possession. So we moved our troops to take the Immortal Cave from them, but..." Dong-Kuang paused with a slight frown, then continued, "However, they are of great skill level. We almost couldn't survive.

But fortunately, an unexpected event happened. So, this task was accomplished very well."

"An unexpected event!? What happened, Brother Dong?" Zheng-Fu was puzzled because he still did not know what had happened. He had only heard that Dong-Kuang and the troops had obtained the resources by robbing the bandits, but he did not know much about the details, so he asked Dong-Kuang himself.

"The incident was that while we were attacking them, suddenly, a mysterious black-robed men's group appeared and killed all the bandits at the outpost, causing chaos until they had to retreat to gather together. And that's why we were able to plunder the low-level Qi energy stones from them but were unable to seize the Immortal Cave."

Black-robed men's group!?

The more Zheng-Fu heard Dong-Kuang tell the story, the more confused he became because everything that happened was very complicated.

Aaaa!!!

Aaaa!!!

At that moment, a sudden groan erupted from within the guesthouse hall where the ten kids had entered. Their voices sounded extremely painful and suffering.

Flap!!!

!!.............!!................!!

Zheng-Fu moved his hand back and forth once, and all the groans disappeared. That was because he had managed to stimulate the Protective Sealing spell further by blocking the sound, making the kids' voices silent. And the reason he did that was to prevent others from hearing and causing doubts, so he had to seal the voices.

"We're waiting for them here. If they can't stand it, we'll go to help them."

"Yes, sir!"

Zheng-Fu said with a calm expression, not showing any emotion, and Dong-Kuang just stood still, nodded, and responded without asking or saying anything further.

As time passed, the groans of the ten kids faded, finally silent. The whole time they screamed, Zheng-Fu kept checking. And finally, they were able to endure it and pass it.

"Alright, let's go see them," said Zheng-Fu as he stood up and walked into the guesthouse to see the ten kids.

"Yes, sir!"

Entering inside, they found the ten kids lying on the floor, scattered in different corners. Many broken items were scattered around as they tried to block their suffering. Their upper bodies and surroundings were filled with black liquid that flowed out, caused by the breakthrough of their energy on multiple levels.

Right now, those ten kids had broken through all levels of the Qi Gathering stage to the advanced level of the Foundation Building stage. With just a few more steps, they would break through to the Golden Core stage. Zheng-Fu looked at his work with great pride. He did not expect these ten to be able to break through to this point, but the result was better than expected.

Now, Zheng-Fu only had to wait for them to recover before he could proceed.

Four hours had passed...

Aaa!!!

"What... what happened?" The boy, at the age of Zheng-Fu, spoke up, with his hand supporting his body, and stood up from the floor, holding his neck tilted back and forth while speaking. But suddenly, his gaze fell on the others who were still sleeping, so he ran to everyone and hurriedly woke them all up.

"Everyone, wake up!!!" said the boy, shaking the two girls in front of him and slowly moving towards the others, all nine of them.

Umm...

"May I have a little more sleep? It's still dark... Hmmm."

"Teddy Bear, let me give you a hug. Come on, come on!"

Snap!!!

The kids were drowsy and did not want to wake up, but soon they finally woke up because they heard something loud. It was the sound that gave them goosebumps every time they heard it. That was the sound of Dong-Kuang's fingers snapping.

Thud!!!

"Respect, Young Master!!!"

All the kids who had just woken up, seeing that Zheng-Fu was sitting in a chair in the middle of the room, immediately wiped their eyes and ran to pay respects to him. Although they wiped the saliva stain and grime off their faces, the sloppy black liquid on their bodies was still staining.

"You guys go take a bath and wash first. Look, it's all over your bodies."

Zheng-Fu spoke with a joking smile to the ten kids. As for the kids, when they heard Zheng-Fu's words, they looked down at themselves and saw that black liquid had stained all of their bodies before nodding in response and dispersing to their own room in this guesthouse.

And after a while, the ten kids finished their baths and changed into new clothes. Then they gathered in the same hall, where Zheng-Fu, Dong-Kuang, and another lovely-looking girl were sitting waiting for them with food packed on the table. The food smelled so delicious that they had to swallow several gulps of saliva.

"You guys must be hungry now... Come on, come on! Let's eat first." Zheng-Fu immediately beckoned them when he saw that they were all staring at the food on the table, alternating with the girl sitting opposite Dong-Kuang.

"You all probably already know her well. No need for me to introduce her."

All the kids nodded in response. Everyone in the clan knew her well because she was the most beautiful and smartest woman in this clan (except Zheng-Fu, for this matter). But she did not like to talk or keep company with anyone much. So no one dared speak to her.

"You seem to be well-known to everyone in the clan. Unlike me, no one knows me at all!!!" Zheng-Fu said with a frown, looking at the girl before turning around, looking at the kids again, and saying, "Alright guys, let's eat before the food gets cold."

"Yes, sir!!!"

Yum yum yum!!!

As soon as Zheng-Fu told them to start, they jumped into the food like a swarm of hungry butterflies ready to eat everything in their path, leaving no remains. And that was true, too, because soon, some food was completely wiped out in the blink of an eye, and other dishes followed.

Half an hour had passed...

Burp!!!!!!!

Aaa!!!

"I've never had such great food like this before!!!" said a kid who was the smallest and ate the most, stroking his stomach with satisfaction.

"Yes, yes, yes!!! Master Zheng-Fu, these dishes are very yummy." Then another girl beside him added while holding a large piece of meat in her hand before sending it into her mouth with gusto.

"Ha ha ha!! Is that so? It's good that you guys like them. Eat a lot, the meat used for this meal is all the meat of a high-ranking monster beast," Zheng-Fu said and smiled proudly while explaining to the ten kids that the foods were made of the meat of a high-level monster beast.

"Tch! High-ranking monster beast, and then!!!? If it weren't for my cooking skills, they wouldn't taste good like this!!!" The girl spoke up as soon as she saw Zheng-Fu's proud expression, pinching his arm.

"Yes, yes, yes, alright!!! Your cooking skills are the best in this world. Please cook for me too. I'm starting to get hungry as well." Zheng-Fu said, reaching out his hand to grab the girl's arm, but suddenly she pulled her arm away, causing his hand to miss until he almost fell from the chair.

Tck!!!

"You have no right to speak! I won't cook for you. If you're hungry, cook for yourself!" the girl said, turning her head away so that no one could see her red face.

"Oh… you are so mean to me," Zheng-Fu said with a sad look on his face, but the girl ignored him because she knew that Zheng-Fu was teasing her.

"I can even be much meaner if you still think of taking advantage of me," said the girl without turning to look at him.

Their conversation caused the ten kids sitting at the dining table to turn and stare strangely at them because the expressions of Zheng-Fu and Qi-Fu-Er were like a couple, which was very contrary to what they saw. Zheng-Fu still looked like a child, while the girl looked much more like a young woman.

Suddenly, Zheng-Fu noticed the kids' eyes staring at them, so he quickly turned around, giving a dry smile and raising his hand to scratch his head to hide his embarrassment.

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