Chapter 30

In the early morning, Tang Zheng gave a detailed explanation of the writing, meaning, composition, and various normal and humorous uses of the phrase "hehe"...

"Hehe is a very magical phrase. You can use it when you don't know how to express yourself, when you don't want to give a precise answer to something right away, or even when you're distracted and haven't been listening carefully to what someone is saying..."

"So, this is a friendly and kind phrase that can bring the warmth of spring in any situation!"

"When you truly understand this phrase, it can often have other surprising effects."

After two hours of passionate and vivid teaching, he felt that his soul had been elevated...

Of course, his skill in making things up had also greatly improved!

His teaching results were also very encouraging.

From the moment class ended, the young generation of Tang Family Castle began to greet each other like this—

"Hehe!"

"You hehe too."

Or like this—

"You hehe."

"Sure, everyone hehes."

Even Tang Boyuan, who returned at noon, although completely confused, could only keep saying "hehe" along with the younger generation.

For a while, the entire Tang Family Castle was filled with "hehe," and everyone's face was smiling, indeed as warm as spring.

When Tang Boyuan and the others returned, they heard about Tang Zheng's advancement last night.

The three brothers immediately came to see him.

As soon as Tang Boyuan arrived, he got straight to the point: "According to the rules, after a teacher advances one level and becomes a true warrior, and especially after discovering a talent for star patterns above the powerful level, we shouldn't delay your future. However, the young generation of Tang Family Castle has never been so dedicated to learning and reading. We sincerely hope that you will stay in Tang Family Castle and continue to teach the young generation..."

Tang Zheng, who was drinking tea, almost sprayed it out: "How can I leave? I still owe you a year's salary..."

"Owe salary?" Tang Boyuan's face stiffened.

"Yes..."

"You mean, Tang Family Castle owes you salary?"

"No, no, no, I... owe Tang Family Castle a year's salary?"

"What do you mean you owe Tang Family Castle a year's salary?" After a few rounds of miscommunication, Tang Boyuan was completely confused.

What kind of chaos happened in just one night?

The teacher hired by Tang Family Castle now owes them salary?

"Um, Little Tang deducted it." Tang Zheng spread his hands and recounted everything that happened in the house last night, which the young generation of Tang Family Castle didn't see.

Born with one star, two stars entering the destiny...

The more the brothers listened, the tighter their breathing became.

Being born with two stars entering the destiny and not dying could only happen to someone like Tang Zheng, who only developed star patterns in adulthood.

In the Starlight Continent, there are cases of being born with two stars entering the destiny, but that is not a sign of talent; instead, it is a dead infant directly abandoned by the family.

Because, with two stars in one palace, the struggle of star power is something an infant with undeveloped intelligence has no way to handle.

"So, because you needed to repair the house, Little Tang deducted your salary?" Tang Boyuan finally understood.

"Probably... maybe..."

"Absolutely ridiculous!" Tang Boyuan waved his sleeve.

"No problem, no problem, education is about education, not money!" Tang Zheng said with a serious face.

Of course, he would never say that if he didn't have money.

But his words made the three brothers also take on a serious expression.

Tang Boyuan bowed: "My daughter was indeed impolite. It is a great honor for me to meet a gentleman like you, who has lofty aspirations and a clear conscience..."

Tang Zheng choked on water: "One meter seventy-eight, not tall, not tall."

And he certainly didn't have a clear conscience.

The money on him could kill someone!

"Um, I have one more thing to ask Uncle." Tang Zheng remembered an unresolved issue.

"Please, Teacher. As long as I know, I will tell you everything!"

"Um... Little Tang is injured. I want to know where I can buy Purple Gold Flower Water."

"Purple Gold Flower Water?" Tang Boyuan was stunned. "For minor damage to the star meridians, you don't need Purple Gold Flower Water."

"Is it not sold?" Tang Zheng asked.

"It is sold, but it's not easy to buy. A bottle of fifty times diluted costs five gold, and a bottle of a hundred times diluted costs two gold, but..." Tang Zhongxing, standing next to Tang Boyuan, said.

"Um..." Tang Boyuan thought for a moment. "This kind of thing is usually in the inner hall of the Treasure Gathering Pavilion."

Tang Zhongxing pondered for a moment. "To be honest, the inner hall of the Treasure Gathering Pavilion is only accessible if your transaction amount reaches a thousand Purple Gold Coins. Even Tang Family Castle and Hidden Blue Manor have no one who can enter."

Tang Boyuan nodded. "Usually, only the leaders of the Star Plucking Sect and the Heavenly Mandate Sect, or their closed disciples, can enter the inner hall of the Treasure Gathering Pavilion."

A thousand Purple Gold Coins?

Tang Zheng estimated that it would indeed be a physical task to move it out.

However, after advancing to one star, the star power in his body had been completely refreshed by the main star's power. He should at least be able to expand the spatial channel to the size of a gold brick, and using one-star power to move a gold brick from the Purple Gold Belt should not be as strenuous as before.

...

In the afternoon, the sun was still bright.

Although Tang Zheng had already advanced to the rank of a one-star warrior, he did not immediately go to the intermediate training ground but stayed at the beginner training ground.

Meng Fenghua led a group of children of various ages to cultivate star power, walking among them from time to time to correct their movements.

Tang Zheng watched their cultivation for a long time and asked, "Is this martial arts?"

"Of course not..." Meng Fenghua was at a loss whether to laugh or cry.

"Oh, right, one-star and above can practice martial arts..." Tang Zheng slapped his head.

Before one star, star power has no extensibility. Even the "Star Attraction Form" repeatedly illustrated the significant difference between ordinary star power and star power washed by the main star.

Meng Fenghua shouted to the group of children, "Very good, do it again."

Then, she turned to Tang Zheng, "Aren't you going to the intermediate training ground?"

"I haven't even figured out what martial arts are..." Tang Zheng admitted his poor foundation.

Meng Fenghua knew that Tang Zheng was currently reading the "Star Attraction Form." While correcting the children's cultivation movements, she explained to Tang Zheng, "Martial arts are divided into innate martial arts, general martial arts, and secret techniques. About seventy percent of general martial arts can be practiced starting at one star. This is a very mature and safe martial arts system."

"Um." Tang Zheng nodded.

"Innate martial arts appear at two stars, and based on the star pattern and the main star in the destiny palace, almost everyone's innate martial arts are different. Innate martial arts can only be explored individually," Meng Fenghua continued. "Secret techniques, as I mentioned before, are privately transmitted martial arts within clans and families. They generally start at three stars, with higher requirements for talent, and are not as mature and safe as general martial arts... I'll demonstrate how one-star star power can form martial arts!"

"Great!" Tang Zheng stepped back two steps.

Meng Fenghua planted her heavy sword on the ground, and the sand and stones immediately scattered in a spiral.

Not only did the children at the beginner training ground stop, but many of the young generation of Tang Family Castle at the intermediate training ground also stopped to watch.

Meng Fenghua's movements were very slow, at a speed that allowed Tang Zheng to perceive her star power, as she raised her sword...

Then, she pointed flatly at an empty space to the side.

With a loud bang, a tree less than three meters from her heavy sword was split in half from the center!

"Martial arts, in all their varieties, have the same essence: star power controlled by a weapon forms a destructive cycle..." Meng Fenghua raised her sword and did it again.

Tang Zheng's perception, in Meng Fenghua's deliberately slowed movements, continuously grasped how star power gathers in the body, how it is guided by the weapon to release destructive power, and then returns.

"So, are you going to practice the 'Mountain Splitting Axe'?" Meng Fenghua asked Tang Zheng after she was done with the tree.

"Of course not..." Tang Zheng shook his head decisively.

"Actually, no matter what martial arts you practice, you first need to choose your weapon... Have you decided what to practice?"

What to practice?

Tang Zheng hadn't really thought about it, because it wasn't something that needed much thought.

Meng Fenghua's cool smile appeared, "Actually, there's no rush. You can take your time to consider."

Once you choose your weapon, you are essentially choosing the direction of your martial arts practice for the rest of your life.

Almost no one can make a decision in a short time.

So, Meng Fenghua prepared to explain the advantages and disadvantages of the eighteen types of weapons...

But before she could speak, Tang Zheng smiled and shook his head, "There's nothing to consider. I'll practice daggers."

"Daggers?" Meng Fenghua was a bit surprised.

"Yes. Daggers!"

"One inch longer, one inch stronger; one inch shorter, one inch more dangerous..."

"Um, I know."

An assassin, of course, knows the disadvantages of daggers. Close combat is indeed more dangerous, but daggers are something he has used for ten years, and nothing feels more familiar to him.

In his previous life, the two daggers he held in both hands in the game had almost become a part of his body...

Just as Meng Fenghua said that there are no superior or inferior martial arts, the weapon you choose should be the one that suits you best!

"Daggers... This is not a conventional weapon," Meng Fenghua thought for a moment and decided to add, "Your future choice of martial arts might be much less than other weapons. As far as I know, there are no dagger martial arts books available in Tang Family Castle."

"No problem, I'll buy them!" Tang Zheng laughed.

Why would he need to choose martial arts books from Tang Family Castle? He could just buy them!

Meng Fenghua opened her mouth but didn't say anything more...

Of course, the premise of buying is that he needs to move a few gold bricks out of the Purple Gold Belt first.

"Alright, I'm done for today." Tang Zheng wiped the sweat after completing a round of star tide.

"Leaving so early today, something up?" Meng Fenghua put her sword back on her back.

"Um, moving bricks!" Tang Zheng waved his hand behind him.

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