Chapter 42

Meng Xia watched as her father, Meng Chen, spat out a mouthful of blood and fell down in front of her. She opened her mouth and let out the loudest scream of her life, her face deathly pale, her eyes rolling back, and her pants instantly wet.

Haotian swung his spear, piercing through his throat. Without even a glance at the two, he retracted his long spear and returned to Huang Xiaolong’s side, “Young Master, I arrived late and caused you to be startled!”

Huang Xiaolong shook his head, “It’s not your fault. If you hadn’t come today, Fei Hou and I wouldn’t know what would have happened.”

At this moment, the generals and soldiers from the Marshal’s residence finally arrived at the Delicious Grand Restaurant. Seeing the bodies of Duke Meng Chen, Meng Xia, and others on the ground, they were taken aback.

“Marshal, what is this?!” a general cautiously asked.

Haotian coldly replied, “I killed them. Dispose of their bodies.”

Everyone was greatly shocked.

“Drag him out and behead him!” Haotian then pointed at one of them, the soldier captain who had received Fei Hou’s gold token but failed to notify the palace.

“Marshal, spare my life, I was wrong, Marshal, spare my life!” The soldier captain immediately knelt down, repeatedly kowtowing and pleading. However, the soldiers dragged him away, and soon, a惨叫声 echoed.

“Young Master, now, will you return to the Marshal’s residence with me?” Haotian turned and respectfully asked Huang Xiaolong.

Young Master?! The generals and soldiers from the Marshal’s residence were all shocked, looking at Huang Xiaolong in disbelief.

“Come and kneel to the Young Master!” Haotian said to the generals and soldiers from the Marshal’s residence.

“Greetings, Young Master!” The generals and soldiers quickly came forward and knelt down.

“You may all rise.” Seeing the generals and soldiers kneeling before him, Huang Xiaolong felt somewhat unaccustomed. These were the generals of Luotong Kingdom; even his grandfather, Huang Qide, would bow deeply and bend over when he met them.

After everyone rose, Huang Xiaolong said to Marshal Haotian, “Let’s go.”

Hearing the Young Master agree to go to the Marshal’s residence, Haotian’s face lit up with joy, and he respectfully said, “Yes, Young Master, please follow me.”

Thus, Huang Xiaolong, Fei Hou, Haotian, the generals, and soldiers from the Marshal’s residence made a grand procession back to the Marshal’s residence.

Not long after Huang Xiaolong and the others entered the Marshal’s residence, the news that Marshal Haotian had killed Duke Meng Chen, Meng Xia, and many other experts from the Duke’s residence in the Delicious Grand Restaurant spread like a hurricane throughout the capital.

Almost simultaneously, the major families and nobles in the capital learned of this news, their faces changing in shock.

A duke being killed in the capital was unprecedented in the over 100-year history of Luotong Kingdom!

“It’s said that Duke Meng Chen led many experts from his residence to attack the Marshal’s junior brother. The Marshal was enraged and killed Duke Meng Chen and the others!”

“This Duke Meng Chen was really unlucky, to provoke the Marshal. However, the Marshal is too domineering and disregards the law, daring to kill a duke in the capital!”

The heads of the capital’s major families, dukes, marquises, and barons were all shocked and discussing the matter.

Inside the Luotong Kingdom palace, King Lu Zhe listened to the reports from his ministers, pondered for a moment, and waved his hand, “I know about this matter. You may leave.”

The ministers were taken aback, not daring to say more, and exited the hall. They knew that Duke Meng Chen and his son had died in vain. Since the king did not comment, it meant he would not pursue the matter.

That night, under the hazy moonlight, Huang Xiaolong stood in the courtyard of the Marshal’s residence, hands behind his back, looking at the large, round moon in the night sky, recalling the events at the restaurant.

The events at the restaurant today made him realize once again how weak he still was.

Although he had already reached the peak of the fifth stage at the age of nine, which was already astonishing, in front of seventh, eighth, and ninth-stage experts, his peak fifth-stage strength was still insufficient.

Moreover, when Marshal Haotian descended from the sky, he killed over a dozen eighth and ninth-stage experts with one strike and severely injured two tenth-stage experts. Such strength was definitely beyond the peak of the tenth stage, a super-strong expert beyond the peak of the tenth stage!

What kind of strength was beyond the peak of the tenth stage?

Huang Xiaolong had never asked Fei Hou, and his parents had never mentioned it when he was at the Huang Family Village.

After a while, Huang Xiaolong called Fei Hou over.

“Master, what do you need?” Fei Hou asked respectfully after coming over.

“Sit.” Huang Xiaolong pointed to a stone chair in the middle of the courtyard, walked over, and sat down with Fei Hou, asking about his doubts.

“What kind of strength is beyond the peak of the tenth stage?” Fei Hou paused after hearing Huang Xiaolong’s question and then answered, “Master, after breaking through the peak of the tenth stage, we in the martial soul world call it a ‘Natal Warrior.’”

“Natal Warrior?!” Huang Xiaolong said.

“Yes, Master,” Fei Hou nodded. “When we absorb the essence of heaven and earth and convert it into meridian energy, the energy can refine our bodies. Warriors from the first to third stages can refine their muscles, from the fourth to sixth stages can refine their tendons, and from the seventh to tenth stages can refine their membranes.”

However, from the first to tenth stages, the energy cannot strengthen our internal organs. Only after breaking through the tenth stage and reaching the natal stage can the energy strengthen our internal organs and entire skeleton. Therefore, once we break through the natal stage, we can continuously strengthen our entire body through energy, and our life force will continuously increase. Generally, a peak tenth-stage expert can live up to 100 years, but once they break through the natal stage, their lifespan greatly increases. A natal expert can usually live up to 200 years, and a peak natal expert can live up to 300 or 400 years.

“300 or 400 years!” Huang Xiaolong was somewhat surprised.

Fei Hou nodded, “Yes, over 30 years ago, Senior Brother Haotian broke through the natal stage. Although he looks only about 70 years old now, he is actually over 110 years old!”

Huang Xiaolong was somewhat surprised, not expecting Marshal Haotian to be over 110 years old!

At this moment, Fei Hou said, “When a warrior breaks through the seventh stage, the energy forms a sea of energy at the heart. If we break through the natal stage, the energy will undergo a transformation, turning into a liquid form. Therefore, the natal energy is more powerful, and the martial soul of a natal expert will also undergo a transformation, becoming a physical entity.”

“A physical martial soul!” Huang Xiaolong’s eyes widened. “If the martial soul can become a physical entity, can it then be summoned to fight on its own?!”

“Yes, Master!” Fei Hou nodded. “The higher the natal level of the martial soul, the stronger it will be after becoming a physical entity. For example, Senior Brother Haotian’s martial soul is a top-tier tenth-level martial soul, the Black Shadow Lion. When summoned, its strength is not much different from his.”

Not much different, that means it’s equivalent to a natal expert!

This is the true difference between a natal expert and a post-natal expert from the first to tenth stages.

Moreover, Huang Xiaolong thought of a question. If he broke through the natal stage and his martial soul became a physical entity, and his martial soul is a dual dragon, which can fly, could he then step on the black dragon with his left foot and the blue dragon with his right foot and fly in the sky?!

And since he has a dual super martial soul, how powerful would his martial soul be when he broke through the natal stage?

(There will be another update around 7 PM tonight)

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