"I'd like to ask you, could you be my first friend?"

When this question came out of Lu-Bei's mouth, Zheng-Fu was a bit shocked. Most of the people who had come to be with him had only thought of following him. No one ever thought to ask him to be a friend. So, he was slightly shocked.

Lu-Bei was the first to speak to him like this. Usually, Zheng-Fu did not have many friends, or to say that he had never had a friend was better. He was obsessed with the work and the development of the people, the clan, and In-See City. He had spent all his time on these things.

"Prince Lu-Bei, are you sure you want to be friends with me?" Zheng-Fu asked with a calm expression.

"Of course, I'm sure that I'd like to be your friend. Even though you are younger than me, age is not a dividing line or an indicator that we can be friends or not, right?" Lu-Bei still smiled and replied to Zheng-Fu with the same expression as before.

"Hmm... Then I have no problem, Your Highness. We can become friends. But let me tell you first that my enemies are so many. If you're my friend, you might get in trouble," Zheng-Fu continued to test Lu-Bei once again by threatening that he had many enemies. If Lu-Bei thought of becoming his friend, Lu-Bei might face some bad things.

"I've never been afraid. Although I can't help you, I'll try my best!"

"Ha ha ha! Prince Lu-Bei is such a sincere and strong person. It's different from your appearance, which seems to be a quiet person who does not dare to act, like a shy young man."

"You're the same. You seem like a young fop, but who would know that you're actually a childlike demon, especially for your age, only thirteen years old?"

Ha ha ha!

"You've praised me too much. What kind of devil is this handsome!?" Zheng-Fu said with his head held high, arrogantly and confidently.

"How humble you are!!!"

Ha ha ha!!!

The two looked very happy after agreeing to be friends and chatting for a while. The main conversation was still a general topic. But Lu-Bei suddenly turned his gaze more serious and asked Zheng-Fu, "Then what are you going to do when the frontier city that their sect resides in has already been seized by the Birdy Holy Fiery Heaven Country?"

"I'm going to go to Blossom Meadow City first. Maybe there is still hope that the people within their sect will escape and recuperate there?" Zheng-Fu replied with a heavy frown of worry. He had already promised Bao-Jin and the others that he would lead everyone to find the people of their sect.

"Um... Then I wish you good luck. Whenever you return to the capital, you can visit me at any time. Just show this to the guards at the entrance of the royal palace," after speaking, Lu-Bei took out a palm-sized plaque from his dimensional ring and handed it to Zheng-Fu for Zheng-Fu to use as a pass to meet him.

Blop!!!

"Of course, if I come back from Blossom Meadow City and have no business," Zheng-Fu got the plaque Lu-Bei handed to him and nodded in response before he could think of anything else, then spoke up, "Even if you have knowledge of war mechanics and science, you still lack energy.

And if you don't have the energy, it'll be difficult to achieve your dream." Finished speaking, Zheng-Fu took out ten water elemental spiritual stones and handed them over to Lu-Bei.

"The... these... these are!!?" Lu-Bei's face became extremely shocked when he got the stones that Zheng-Fu brought out to him.

"These are water elemental spiritual stones. I think they'll be of great benefit to you in the future. From what I see, you have water-elemental energy, right?" Zheng-Fu said as if he had seen everything in Lu-Bei.

"How do you know that I have water-elemental energy?" Lu-Bei suddenly asked after regaining consciousness, as it was very difficult to detect if that energy was not used in the battle.

"Let's just say I know," Zheng-Fu did not explain anything. Even if he explained it, Lu-Bei still might not understand it anyway.

"Sigh... I understand. Everyone has secrets that they can't tell. But even if you know what hidden energy I have, it doesn't matter because I can't take these spiritual stones..."

"If you don't accept it, our friendship will be over. But if you consider me to be your friend, take it. Think of it as a gift that we get to know each other," Zheng-Fu immediately interrupted Lu-Bei when he saw that the other party was about to refuse.

"You're such a... Hmm! Alright, I'll take it. And I'll surely find a gift that is more precious than the one you gave me to give you in return as well!" Lu-Bei knew that he had no choice but to take the water elemental spiritual stones. But he still did not give in, insisting firmly that he had to bring something back to Zheng-Fu as well.

"Alright! If you want to give it to me, I wouldn't deny it. But please give me a doll that is moveable next time. I'll keep it for use when I'm lonely!!"

Huh...!!?

Then the two talked a little more before Lu-Bei left to return to the royal palace because he had to help his father do their work. Meanwhile, Zheng-Fu returned to the Purple Dragon Auction House again to talk to Bao-Jin and his men about going to Blossom Meadow City tomorrow.

Late at night, the sky was clear, and the stars could be seen. Zheng-Fu sat cross-legged in his room, cultivating the level of his energy that was stuck at a bottleneck once again. No matter how hard he tried, he was unable to break through to the next level. And the reason for that was that he was able to absorb energy so quickly, causing such a case to happen every time.

Pheeew!

"If it continues like this, breaking through my energy level will definitely be more difficult than before. And if I can't find a solution as soon as possible and I face someone with a high level like those three dragreepers, what should I do? Huh! Dragreeper... That's right… ever since I got the Aquatic Dragon Sword, I've never used it."

Zheng-Fu suddenly thought of the Aquatic Dragon sword that he had sensed, causing him to fall into the Aquatic Dragon's dimension space and almost be killed. But luckily, because he was sharply intelligent, he survived and was also recognized by it. But after he had been accepted, he had not even used it once, including the flying Winter Flame Saber as well.

"But I mostly use the saber in combat. I've never used a sword, so do I have to be retrained? It is said that the sword is the weapon that cultivators like to use because it is a solid weapon and is heavy in attack. But so far, why do I only see people using the sword as well?"

After thinking for a long time, Zheng-Fu gave up. In any case, he had to find time to practice using the Aquatic Dragon Sword that he had received because the Aquatic Dragon Sword was even the Primordial stage weapon. But now, Zheng-Fu did not have enough time. He had to continue his journey in the morning.

Zheng-Fu spent the rest of the time going into his dimensional space to see what Black Lotus and his giant cat had been doing over the past few days.

Whirrl!

Thump!

Awoooooo!!!!

Thump, thump, thump!!!

As soon as Zheng-Fu's feet touched the ground, the howl of a dog rang out, with the sound of feet running with speed and force towards him before a black figure that was half the height of him leaped at him. It made Zheng-Fu fall and sit on the ground. He then felt the sticky liquid on his face, and a pale pink tongue slid up and down.

"Huh, this guy is… Black Lotus?"

Woof!!!

Just by Zheng-Fu's calling its name, it immediately barked in response, waving its tail back and forth and slightly sticking out its tongue. It sat down and stared at Zheng-Fu.

"Nonsense! How did you get this big in just a few days…? …Oh, but Jin-Tian was like this when its level was higher. Let me see what level you are at now."

When Zheng-Fu saw Black Lotus's body size growing rapidly, he was somewhat shocked. Then he calmed down because Jin-Tian had been like this before as well. As the energy level increased, its size also increased. Until it reached the level of the Nascent Soul stage, it would stop growing further. He then immediately checked the energy level of Black Lotus.

Whoosh!!!

Wow!

"Have you reached the fifth level of the Nascent Soul? So fast!" Zheng-Fu said, both delighted and shocked at its rapidity of cultivation. But he could understand why.

That was because his dimensional space was filled with many Immortal Caves that had been sucked in, causing the surrounding air to be filled with Qi energy. Let alone Black Lotus, because even if the common people had entered here for a month, Zheng-Fu believed that they would be able to advance by leaps and bounds just like this Black Lotus.

Groan!!!

But as Zheng-Fu was admiring Black Lotus's energy level, the surrounding area trembled as a dense and formidable mass of energy emerged from within Zheng-Fu's first Immortal Cave. And what caused this tremor was definitely nothing but Jin-Tian.

Zheng-Fu sensed a terrifying stream of energy and could sense Jin-Tian within the cave. Zheng-Fu smiled and said, "Hey, are you fart? Eh! Do you level up again!?" and walked slowly towards the entrance of the cave, followed by Black Lotus.

Roaarrrrr!!!

A roar suddenly rang out as Zheng-Fu reached the entrance of the cave. The area shook violently before a huge red-black figure emerged from within the cave. Then that figure flew towards Zheng-Fu with a long tongue aimed at Zheng-Fu's face.

"Stop now!!!"

Screeeech!!!!

As soon as Zheng-Fu's order to stop sounded, the large figure halted until its body bucked, then sat silently staring at him, before moaning softly, feeling glad to see him. But it could not say it in words other than its body language.

"How are you, you giant kitty? You're slowly stronger than me!"

Roarrrr!!!

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