Chapter 226: Old Second and the Others are Having Too Easy a Time with Cultivation

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Ling Shuang is no dummy. Di Baijun refuted him fairly stubbornly.

w.a.n.g Hu was secretly amused. In other words, she was saying that the cowardly fox was a dummy.

At once, he followed suit. Yes, yes. Ling Shuang isnt a dummy. Su Lings a dummy, a big dummy. She has really let down all the teaching that my baby gave her.

Hmph. That fox is really

As though she had been reminded of something, frustration couldnt help but surge up within Di Baijun. However, in the midst of her words, she swallowed her words back down, and her gaze flickered a little.

No, no matter what, Im the one teaching them. Im the one who will be disgraced no matter how much I complain anyway.

The reason why she could change her expertise to a special ability like bewitchment is also that Im modifying my way of teaching to suit what shes good at.

I mustnt say too much to that rascal.

Although shes a little stupid, shes still improved a fair bit because I modified my way of teaching to suit what shes good at.

Wouldnt you know that? Youve been peeping at us for so long, right? Di Baijuns eyes narrowed slightly, and she looked at w.a.n.g Hu again.

Calm and unperturbed, w.a.n.g Hu returned her gaze with a clear conscience. As though he had nothing to hide, he said, Lets not use the word peep anymore. How can you use the word peep when Im just looking at my wife?

Besides, I only watched you guys a few times, and my attention was even fully on you, Baijun. How would I know how that cowardly fox is doing?

No wonder you said that I was asking the obvious, Baijun. Youve misunderstood. I really had no idea.

Di Baijuns eyes were full of suspicion as she glared at him a little. I dont believe you.

Heaven and earth can testify to the truth of my words, and the sun and the moon are my witnesses. How would I possibly lie to my baby? w.a.n.g Hu hugged her even more tightly. At the same time, he also leaned toward her neck and gave her a kiss.

Di Baijun immediately started to struggle, and her resolve almost broke down. Miffed, she said, Stop fooling around. This isnt over yet.

Im not fooling around. I just feel like kissing my baby, thats all, said w.a.n.g Hu in a m.u.f.fled voice as he refused to s.h.i.+ft his head away.

Youre not allowed to call me baby. Thats so mushy. Di Baijuns voice, whose level of intimidation within had fallen greatly, rang out.

w.a.n.g Hu disregarded everything and went a step further. He pushed his luck, went with the momentum, and pushed her down.

A series of unmentionable romping around ensued. Under Di Baijuns intense objection, w.a.n.g Hu held her in his arms and lay on the bed.

Tenderness filled his heart as he took in her unique fragrance. He asked sincerely and lovingly, Do you love me, Baijun?

No, I dont. A slightly red-faced Di Baijun replied without any hesitation.

Youre lying. All you do is lying to me. w.a.n.g Hu wasnt affected. Instead, he tightened his embrace around her more and more.

Di Baijun scoffed lightly to express her disdain and pride.

No matter what, Ill always love you, w.a.n.g Hu whispered.

Di Baijuns closed eyes curved. On the surface, however, she b.u.mped him disdainfully with her shoulders and uttered, Thats so mushy.

Yes, Ill be mushy to you for life. w.a.n.g Hu spoke sweet-nothings to her as if it came naturally to him.

Im going to ignore you. Before she knew it, Di Baijun started to sound as if she was being coquettish.

Its fine as long as I pay you attention. w.a.n.g Hu gave her flawless cheek a kiss.

Geez, get away from me. A disdainful Di Baijun pushed him and said stubbornly, Im not finished with you about the peeping incident yet.

Alright, alright. Its not over yet. So, tell me, what would you like to do about it? w.a.n.g Hu didnt mind her reaction at all. Instead, he spoke in a cajoling manner.

Di Baijun found herself at a loss for words all at once. What should she do?

How should she punish that rascal?

Thoughts flashed through her mind, yet she couldnt think of anything good.

At the sight of Silly Girl thinking hard, w.a.n.g Hu took the initiative to suggest with a smile, How about this? You can punish me by making me give you three ma.s.sage sessions?

Di Baijun was rather tempted the moment she heard his suggestion. Without much hesitation, she opened her eyes and replied seriously, No, you have to do it five times.

Okay, five times it is. w.a.n.g Hu agreed to it right away.

Di Baijun pouted. She suddenly felt like the punishment was too lenient.

However, it wasnt quite appropriate for her to go back on her word either.

Here, this is the first session. Ill definitely let you be the one to request to stop. w.a.n.g Hu got up enthusiastically and started the first ma.s.sage session.

Di Baijun lay down comfortably.

However, a short while later, her face became red and rosy

The sweet daily life between a husband and his wife went by. On the third day, there was good news.

Another peak-level Second Realm animal under the Tiger Kings Caves command was going to break through.

Although it wasnt w.a.n.g Liang or w.a.n.g Shan, w.a.n.g Hu was still pretty happy about it.

As though the rest had been thoroughly spurred, more than ten other animals also reached the verge of breakthrough in the following couple of months.

Both w.a.n.g Liang and w.a.n.g Shan were within their ranks, which made w.a.n.g Hu even happier.

These ten-odd animals breakthroughs meant that those under the Tiger Kings Caves direct command had finally fully stepped onto the Third Realm stage.

From now on, these animals under the Tiger Kings Caves direct command would no longer be mainly in the Second Realm but in the Third Realm.

At the same time, the spiritual energy density level in China had also quietly reached the eleventh stage of the Third Realmin other words, the peak of the Third Realm.

The subsequent increase would be the transition from the peak-level Third Realm to the Fourth Realm.

This increase didnt cause much of an impact within the China Alliance because the threat brought about by the tenth stage and the eleventh stage was more or less similar.

After all, how many creatures possessed individual strength that could reach the tenth stage or even the eleventh stage of the Third Realm?

To do that, one needed to go through eight or even nine rounds of metamorphosis during their breakthrough to the Third Realm.

There were simply too few existences that could achieve something like that.

Therefore, as long as the spiritual energy density level increase within the China Alliance didnt reach the Fourth Realm, it would still bring more benefits than demerits.

The spiritual energy density level increase outside the China Alliance wasnt anything positive, though.

The spiritual energy density level outside the China Alliance had also quietly reached the sixth stage of the Third Realm.

The threats brought about by the alternate worlds became even worse.

Wars continued to fill almost the whole Earth, and they even became fiercer and fiercer as time went by.

Apart from the China Alliance, all the other alliances suffered losses that became bigger and bigger on each pa.s.sing day.

The attacks from the alternate worlds in their countries left them frazzled and overwrought. From time to time, large numbers of people would die as a result of the attacks.

There was nothing they could do about it. Their Third Realm experts were far from adequate, be it in terms of quant.i.ty or quality.

Firearms were still their main means of resistance against the alternate worlds, even within their own countries.

Some weapons among these firearmsfor example, nuclear weaponsnaturally brought harm to the common people as well.

Apart from the human alliances, more and more wars also broke out in other areas on Earth.

Like what the humans had predicted, the wars between the many alternate worlds were even fiercer than theirs.

They didnt care about Earths original masters either. The profits dangling before their eyes were the most real and the most alluring instead.

While the human alliances dealt with the enemies before them, they also closely followed the wars between the alternate worlds.

This was in case overly-strong alternate worlds would appear and upset the balance in the current situation.

Thanks to the human alliances efforts, Earth was currently maintaining a fairly fragile power balance.

In a flash, the thirteenth year since the awakening of spiritual energy ended.

In the Tiger Kings Cave

The fourteenth New Years Day, as per Chinas customs since the awakening of spiritual energy, pa.s.sed. The first big meeting of the year, which held fairly great meaning, was held.

The twenty-odd strong Third Realm cultivators belonging to the Tiger Kings Caveincluding Hei Fan, the five Patriarchs, and all the twenty-odd animals under the Tiger Kings Caves direct command that had broken through to the Third Realmwere present.

All of them had transformed into their Dao forms and a.s.sembled in the Tiger Kings Cave.

Greetings to the King and the Queen!

All of them bowed and paid their respects after w.a.n.g Hu and Di Baijun appeared.

w.a.n.g Hu sat on the throne together with Di Baijun. He raised his right hand slightly. In a calm and indifferent voice that was incomparably dignified, he said, You may rise.

Thank you, my lord.

All of them straightened their backs after answering.

w.a.n.g Hu went straight to the point and said, Those with anything to report may now speak.

The forty-odd people at the bottom stayed quiet; this was the standard way in which every large meeting started.

Of course, apart from special situations, n.o.body would say anything at this point even if they had something to report anyway.

Moreover, even if they really did have something important to report, they would request a private audience with the Tiger King rather than bringing it up at this point.

After waiting for a few seconds, at the sight of how no one was saying anything, w.a.n.g Hu wasnt surprised either. He glanced at Jun Wen.

Jun Wen, who got the hint, said, My lord, the Queen, please allow me to report on the Tiger Kings Caves development in various aspects over the past year.

w.a.n.g Hu raised his hand and gestured for him to go on.

Jun Wen started to talk about the number of Second Realm and Third Realm cultivators currently under the Tiger Kings Caves command, the rate at which they increased, various benefits that they had gained, and so on.

He gave them the equivalent of a year-end debrief. By telling the other animals about this and letting them understand more about the situation, one could consider this a way of uniting the people.

My lord, the Queen, as of the last day of last year, the number of Third Realm cultivators under the Tiger Kings Caves command has reached a total of 262. The number of Second Realm cultivators

In terms of the number of Spirit Stones weve gained

He talked about various things, including the relevant statistics involved. There were few among those present that didnt care. Every one of them listened to him carefully nonetheless.

As for what they thought of it, only they themselves would know.

When Jun Wen finished his report, he bowed silently to indicate that he was done.

w.a.n.g Hus dignified and serene gaze swept across them. Then, he said calmly, During the past year, the Tiger Kings Cave has become quite a fair bit stronger. All of you have done well. However, do not let down your guard. The Third Realm is but just the beginning.

As per the Kings teachings. All the animals bowed and chorused.

w.a.n.g Hu then looked at w.a.n.g Liang who got the hint. w.a.n.g Liang bowed and said, My lord, the Queen, please allow me to report on the current situation in the world.

w.a.n.g Hu nodded. w.a.n.g Liangwho looked to be in his thirties or forties in his Dao form and had a serious, squarish facesaid in a serious tone, My lord, the Queen, at present, a total of 328 alternate worlds of varying sizes have appeared on the whole of Earth.

These are just the ones that are known to us. It is yet unknown how many there are out there that we do not know of.

Among which, the ones that present the greatest threats are

Among the eight human alliances, the China Alliance is doing the best. In terms of their combat power

Contrary to how Jun Wen had talked only about internal affairs, w.a.n.g Liang spoke only about external affairs.

How the eight human alliances and other species on Earth were doing, as well as what the many alternate worlds were doing.

The moment he spoke, it went on for over twenty minutes. His report was extremely informative.

Not daring to be careless, all the animals paid close attention to what he said. It was as though they were listening to him even more seriously than when they were listening to the report about internal affairs just now.

The most crucial parts out of all the information that w.a.n.g Liang mentioned were nearly all obtained from Ji.

Out of everyone under w.a.n.g Hus command that held important positions, Ji was the only one that didnt have anyone present.

This was because the situation was different for them. Although all the human alliances had ignored Jis existence, Ji was ultimately still a human country.

To avoid unnecessary trouble, w.a.n.g Hu didnt summon them.

My lord, the Queen, while it seems like the general situation on Earth has reached a balance, this balance is extremely fragile. It may break as soon as tomorrow

And swiftly spread throughout Earth, even to the Tiger Kings Cave.

When w.a.n.g Liang finished, the countenances of most people present had become a few notches graver.

Evidently, they agreed with w.a.n.g Liang and also understood the dangers involved.

Im sure everyone is now aware of the current situation, so I dont wish to say anything more about it. As long as youre in the Tiger Kings Cave, youll naturally be safe. w.a.n.g Hus deep gaze slowly swept across all of them as he spoke calmly.

w.a.n.g Liang, Jun Wen, and those under the Tiger Kings Caves direct command didnt think much about what he said. As for Hei Fan, Ming Feng, and the other non-direct personnel; they lowered their heads further. They didnt dare to meet his eyes directly.

The clever ones among them naturally understood that those words were directed at them.

Alright, all of you may leave if theres nothing else.

w.a.n.g Hu waved.

Yes. Well take our leave.

All the animals chorused and left the hall after bowing.

At once, the solemn atmosphere in the hall faded a fair bit.

The stern and imposing aura that w.a.n.g Hu and Di Baijun gave off also weakened a great deal.

The Tiger Kings Cave is still rather weak. w.a.n.g Hu sighed softly and spoke to Di Baijun while thinking about Chinas combat power.

In comparison, excluding the two of them, the Tiger Kings Cave was really very weak.

Combat power isnt something you can rush. Di Baijun also thought the same way, but she nevertheless offered him a few words of consolation.

w.a.n.g Hu shook his head and said somewhat resignedly, By right, the talent of the Third Realm animals under our direct command may not necessarily be inferior to some of Chinas Third Realm cultivators. Neither are we inferior in terms of resources either. However, our cultivation speed is indeed slower than theirs.

He was rather speechless at the mention of that. In comparison, it was indeed as though humans had cheats.

Even if they were equally talented and had the same amount of resources, it seemed like the humans cultivation speed was still faster than that of the animals under the Tiger Kings Caves command.

Di Baijun mused for a moment. Then, she said thoughtfully, Humans innately correspond to the Dao form, so they certainly hold some advantage over others. Relatively speaking, the human alliances cultivation speed seems to be somewhat faster.

Could it be that Ling Shuang and the others have experienced too little?

Experienced too little? w.a.n.g Hu raised an eyebrow slightly.

Yes. The cultivators from the various human alliances dont seem to lack training or battles the moment they reach the Second Realm.

It seems like Ling Shuang and the others havent experienced such things at all after they reached the Second Realm.

Although youve set up trials for them, those ultimately still arent training done in life-threatening situations. Their cultivation has gone a little too smoothly, Di Baijun said seriously. The more she spoke, the more certain she sounded.

w.a.n.g Hu mused over her words. At the same time, he also started to take the matter very seriously.

It seemed like that was indeed the case.

Because the human alliancesincluding the Chinese cultivatorshad to fight against alternate world invasions, nearly all of their current Third Realm cultivators had grown and developed amongst bloodshed

Whereas Ling Shuang, Old Second, Old Third, and the others hadnt.

None of them had experienced any real bloodshed after they reached the Second Realm.

To borrow Silly Girls words, their cultivation had indeed gone too smoothly.

Even though he had set up trials for them and had also placed great importance on their combat ability

They hadnt done any training in life-threatening situations.

Could the problem have stemmed from that?

His brows furrowed as he thought about it. Amid his silence, he started to lean more and more toward the possibility.

Old Second and the others cultivation had indeed gone too smoothly after they reached the Second Realm.

It had gone much more smoothly than even his. Moreover, he had even experienced several big battles, including life-threatening ones.

On the other hand, Old Second and the others hadnt had anything like that. They were more like a bunch of little eagles that had been living under his protection.