Chapter 94

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Originally, the Paper Intoxication, which usually takes a month to bloom for the first time, blossomed in the wind within half a month under the encouragement of the Flower King.

Tang Zheng looked at the brilliant flower field in the sunlight and felt as if he had returned to the time he first arrived in this world.

Haunted, meeting friends, and deaths—all happened within a day and a night.

Although such intense events are not good for the heart, if it weren't for this stimulating start, he might have needed more time to detach himself from the gaming mindset and face a real, dangerous world where people can bleed, get injured, and die!

But this was the world he wanted!

Among the Tang Family Manor's disciples, only three had internal organ injuries, and four others had more severe external injuries. Tang Zheng hung the Purple Gold Token around their necks and helped them enter the flower field one by one.

Time passed bit by bit.

The Paper Intoxication flowers withered in circles.

And the Tang Family Manor disciples who came out of the flower field had their faces restored to a healthy color.

Although lying in bed for half a month had left their bodies weak, they could gradually increase their cultivation while recuperating, which would definitely be fine.

After the seven severely injured disciples used the Paper Intoxication, Tang Zheng also brought in a dozen more disciples with less severe injuries one by one.

"Blue Shaoye is strong, but our teacher is even stronger! We can recover our strength so quickly. We will definitely catch the Hidden Blue Manor off guard!"

"Hmph, they probably think we'll be in bed for a few more months!"

"This is what they call 'the higher the Dao, the higher the Devil!' " Little Bell waved her hand excitedly.

"..." Tang Zheng's eyebrows twitched. "Cough, don't misuse words!"

The next day, the newly renovated training ground of the Tang Family Manor welcomed the long-awaited full attendance!

As soon as they arrived at the training ground, they saw five large characters hanging on the tree.

"Compete, Learn, Catch up, Help, Exceed!"

The writing wasn't very good, but they were all very familiar with it.

It was Tang Zheng's handwriting!

Facing the rising sun, Tang Zheng was already practicing with Meng Fenghua. By the time Tang Xiaotang and the others arrived, his star power had already surpassed 4,100 threads.

Less than three months ago, he was still struggling to condense his first thread of star power.

And now, he had over 4,000 threads of star power, pushing toward the peak of the first star!

"Compete, Learn, Catch up, Help, Exceed..." Tang Xiaotang read the five characters, her ponytail swinging. "Good!"

"Why don't you compete with me first?" Tang Zixie's wrist flicked, and his hidden weapon directly faced Tang Xiaotang.

The training ground was filled with the glow of martial techniques.

The thorny or thorny flower star constellations shone brightly in the sunlight.

Tang Boyuan, who had just returned from Wulong Town, saw the vibrant atmosphere on the new training ground, and it seemed as if his injuries were instantly half-healed...

"Besides star power, whether in knowledge, wealth, or combat experience, Tang Zheng should not be an unknown figure on the Starlight Continent. It's hard to believe that such a person would appear in our Tang Family Manor." Tang Zhongxing sighed softly beside Tang Boyuan.

"He is an orphan who suffered a lot outside the border." Tang Boyuan's gaze did not leave the thriving training ground. "Perhaps, because of this, his affection for the children is so deep."

"We can only say that he is probably our Tang Family Manor's 'opportunity'..."

"Right! Maybe one day, we can stand tall before the main family!"

...

Tang Zheng's star power gathering speed steadily increased. Although he wanted to rush straight to the ninth star, even the best wishes need to be realized step by step.

Gathering over a hundred threads of star power a day was already quite fast.

In the evening, Tang Zheng did not return to his own courtyard but instead sneaked through an abandoned door to the small courtyard where the Paper Intoxication was grown.

The courtyard was originally empty, and Tang Zheng had already asked Tang Boyuan for it.

At this moment, all the Paper Intoxication in the courtyard had withered. New seeds needed to be planted to grow a new field of flowers. However, the Flower King in the center was well-nourished, much better than when Tang Zheng took care of it himself.

But he didn't come here to see the Flower King.

He entered the house and opened the large and small bags he had picked up from Mo Feng.

The table was already filled with a row of furnaces he had specially asked the gardener to buy, ranging from the size of a gas tank to the size of an alcohol lamp.

Tang Zheng took out a gold bar from his waist belt and began the first step he had learned from Mo Feng: melting gold.

Black smoke billowed from the furnace.

Tang Zheng coughed several times, wiping his blackened face. How did he remember that Mo Feng didn't produce so much black smoke when melting gold?

He firmly controlled the star power with his Taiyin power. With over 4,000 threads of star power, his star power was already quite substantial and very stable.

However, even with such stable star power, he could only watch as black smoke kept billowing from the furnace...

After about fifteen minutes, he had only melted a small amount of gold, less than 50 milliliters, while most of it remained unchanged in the furnace.

Tang Zheng didn't wait any longer and carefully poured out the little bit that had melted...

He was speechless again.

The purple gold melted by Mo Feng was a dreamy, semi-viscous liquid, while what he produced was all black sludge.

"Can it be used?" Tang Zheng poured the black liquid onto a wooden board he had prepared for the experiment.

The wooden board was engraved with a miniature version of the Tang Family Manor training ground's array!

The unappealing liquid slowly dripped into the array...

Tang Zheng held his breath, extending his star power slightly to lock the liquid within the array. As he got closer and closer, a loud explosion suddenly came from the wooden board.

Boom, boom, boom...

A series of explosions, like fireworks, lifted the wooden board and the engraved array patterns shattered. The shockwave even tore off the entire roof.

If Tang Zheng's reaction hadn't been quick enough, he would have been disfigured by the broken wooden board.

"Cough, cough, cough..." The room was filled with black smoke. Tang Zheng was choked and quickly ran out. "How could it explode? I didn't put any gunpowder, did I?"

Tang Zheng looked at the roof with another big hole, realizing he couldn't escape the title of "roof killer."

...

The commotion drew Tang Boyuan and others directly to the scene.

The Tang Family Manor was now on high alert, with everyone on edge.

Although everyone was improving themselves, they were all afraid of more family members getting hurt.

Soon, Tang Zheng's students gathered around him.

"It's fine, it's fine, just an experiment... cough, failures are always part of it." Tang Zheng, with a blackened face, coughed and explained to them.

After hearing the story, Tang Boyuan shook his head, unable to laugh or cry, and instructed Tang Zheng to be more careful next time.

Tearing down a courtyard was a minor issue, but if someone got hurt, it would be a big deal.

Tang Zheng nodded repeatedly, feeling speechless, as if listening to an elder's nagging.

After Tang Boyuan left, his students immediately burst into a heated discussion: "Teacher, what exactly do you want to cast? A new dagger?"

Tang Zheng sighed and sat down, explaining his idea: "I think, according to the Star Power Theory, after reaching the mid-first star, star power is always flowing in the star meridians. So, if we have an auxiliary cultivation array under our beds while we sleep, wouldn't it be like leveling up while AFK... oh, I mean, cultivating star power while sleeping?"

AFK leveling is one of the life goals of every穿越者 (穿越者: time traveler)!

Since Tang Zheng had this idea, he naturally wanted to try it, but he didn't expect that casting purple gold would be so dangerous, almost tearing off the roof.

AFK leveling...

Upon hearing his idea, Tang Xiaotang and the others rolled their eyes: "Teacher, you've already reached high-first star in three months. What more do you want?"

His star power cultivation speed was already far beyond many people. Whether he had achieved it through money or talent, he was indeed very fast.

But this guy was still messing around!

"Don't you know how dangerous purple gold casting is?"

"Insatiable greed, as you taught us, don't be so greedy, okay?"

"Exactly! If you accidentally kill yourself, what will we do? Can you afford to pay for it?"

"Although you are really, really strong, don't forget your essence is still... what's the word?"

Tang Xiaotang scratched his head and asked the person next to him.

"Clown! From the seventh lesson, second section." Tang Xuan, the top student, chimed in.

Tang Zheng, having torn off the roof, had nothing to say in his defense and could only nod and let them talk.

As they talked, he realized where the problem lay—the communication ability of purple gold with star power was too strong, too strong, too strong!

The pieces of purple gold were so common to him that he didn't think they were dangerous at all.

It was like saltpeter, which, when lying in the medicine cabinet, was just a common herb for treating kidney stones and skin diseases.

But once it met sulfur and charcoal to form gunpowder, the explosion was absolutely intense, making it a combat herb among herbs.

"Alright, alright, I get it." Tang Zheng raised his hands in surrender. "I fully recognize the severity of the problem and promise to protect the precious roof, reform, and be a good person..."

Tang Xiaotang chuckled and stopped talking.

As they laughed and left, Meng Fenghua, who was lagging behind, turned around and quietly said to Tang Zheng, "Tomorrow, I will try to reach the second star."

Tang Zheng, who was just cleaning up, paused his hands: "Try to reach the second star?"

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