47: A cat that popped out of a stone?

“Cough, cough, cough! Senior Brother! Don't talk nonsense! I respect you very much!”

Chen Qing was speechless. What was his Senior Brother thinking? What illegitimate child? His own father, Chen Youzhong, should be a Second-Stage powerhouse now. Could he be considered a Second-Stage Great Master?

Good thing he hadn't drunk tea, or he would have choked to death!

“Don’t tell me to talk nonsense?”

“What does that mean?”

“Could Chen Qing's biological father be someone else?”

Tong Zhe frowned, then his brows relaxed the next moment.

He understood!

“He’s afraid his biological father’s identity will be exposed, and he wants me to keep it a secret for him!”

“I knew it. With Chen Qing's Cultivate talent, plus his powerful Mental Energy talent, his parents shouldn't both be completely unknown.”

Tong Zhe smiled knowingly, his eyes signaling to Chen Qing that he understood.

Chen Qing looked at his “so that’s how it is” expression and immediately frowned.

“What’s wrong with Senior Brother?”

“Did he discover a new continent?”

He wanted to ask, but decided against it. Today he was here to inquire about Martial Dao matters, so it was better to get back to the main topic.

“Senior Brother, how should I Cultivate next?”

Tong Zhe relaxed a lot internally. He now felt that Chen Qing was probably the private son of a certain Great Master, but for some reason, that Great Master didn't want Chen Qing to grow up by his side.

Perhaps he wanted to send him out for experience, to let him grow freely.

Then, as his Senior Brother and teacher, he had a duty to point him in the right Dao.

He took a sip of tea and chuckled, “Your recent progress has been a bit fast. If I'm not mistaken, after your Breakthrough, your control over your power should have dropped quite a bit, right?”

Chen Qing nodded.

His power control, before he became a Martial Artist, had actually increased to nearly 90% due to continuous combat training.

However, after the Breakthrough, his vitality surged, and his power control dropped instead, to less than 80%.

“Haha, it's normal for this phenomenon to occur after a sudden increase in power.”

“Next, what you need is not to continue to Breakthrough, but to slightly consolidate your Realm and try your best to master your power.”

“Of course, I'm not asking you to completely control your own power.”

“As long as you are roughly familiar with yourself, and your power control reaches 80%, that's pretty much enough.”

“The lower three Realms are the fastest stages for a Martial Artist to Cultivate and Breakthrough, and also the stage where Martial Skill Cultivate is least emphasized.”

“At this time, as long as you have enough resources, you should spend more time on Realm Cultivate.”

“Pass the lower three Realms early. When you reach the Fourth Realm, your vitality will naturally be higher than theirs. No matter how well they Cultivate their Martial Skills or how high their power control is, you will still have them at your mercy.”

“By then, your Mental Energy will also begin to grow, and the speed at which you Cultivate Martial Skills and control your own power will also be faster than it is now.”

“Give you another month, and you will be able to easily crush your former opponents.”

In Tong Zhe's opinion, Chen Qing's previous practice of cultivating many Martial Skills to climb the rankings was a waste of time.

With his Cultivate speed, if it were Tong Zhe, he wouldn't care about external matters at all.

First, he would leave the lower three Realms as quickly as possible. Those people on the rankings would simply be no match for him.

Chen Qing nodded, thinking what he said made sense.

No wonder Li Tianyang was also desperately earning resources to Cultivate, without mentioning anything about Martial Skills to him.

After asking a few more questions about the Martial Dao, Chen Qing prepared to leave.

“Oh, right, Senior Brother, I defeated the sophomore ranking student this time. Do you think if I go to the teacher for some rewards or something, will he give them?” Chen Qing rubbed his hands, feeling that he had also brought honor to his teacher, and might be able to get some benefits.

The teacher was a high-level expert, and even a little bit of what he had might be enough to satisfy him.

The space pendant last time was a good example.

Tong Zhe was a bit embarrassed, not for himself, but for his teacher.

He heard from his teacher that the principal seemed to be planning to cancel the subsidies for their Ice Department, and everyone might have to eat dirt in the coming days.

He didn't know what the principal was up to, why he suddenly targeted their Ice Department.

“Cough, cough, Chen Qing, ah, the teacher might be a bit busy lately, and he might be a bit tight on funds. His old man…”

He really wanted to say that the teacher might be poorer than them!

But he didn't have the nerve to say it.

Chen Qing was helpless. This teacher of his, either he stayed cooped up at home, or he was short on money.

“We are, after all, a department head. How did he end up like this?”

At the opening ceremony last time, among all the mentors on stage, his own teacher seemed to be the poorest dressed!

Chen Qing looked at his own outfit, worth less than 100 Federation coins from head to toe, and felt relieved.

Alright, the teacher takes after me in this regard... It was already evening when he returned to the dormitory.

Dormitory 404.

Chen Qing locked the door, turned off all communication devices, and went upstairs.

It had been two days since he last entered the Ice God Space.

Tonight, he would enter again!

...Snow flew, and the familiar Barren Snowfield appeared again.

“System Prompt: Ice God Space Second Layer has been activated.”

“System Prompt: Remaining entry time for Ice God Space: 24 hours.”

Chen Qing was not surprised by the two System prompts. After his Breakthrough to a Martial Artist last time, he had discovered that the Ice God Space had opened its second layer.

As for the remaining entry time, it should be the time he hadn't entered these past two days that the System had saved up.

This was also good news.

This way, even if something delayed him for a day in the future, he wouldn't have to worry about wasting time.

Chen Qing looked at the Ice Spirit Cat, Xiaobai, who was lying in the snow with its front paws crossed, sunbathing, and fell into deep thought.

“Why do I automatically spawn next to this Spirit Cat every time I appear now?”

“If this thing wanted to kill me, wouldn't I have no escape?”

The Spirit Cat, Xiaobai, opened its eyes and lazily looked at the suddenly appearing Chen Qing.

It was a simple-minded cat, so Chen Qing's worries were purely superfluous.

This fellow was actually very lazy. After several meetings, Xiaobai had already regarded Chen Qing as a rat-catching tool.

Nothing else, ever since it started following Chen Qing, it never had to worry about not having rats to eat every day.

However, it was better not to take this guy rat-catching during this period.

Those Snow Rats were all living in their nests now.

Unable to hide, they simply stopped hiding.

They just stayed in the cat's nest, helping it find other food every day, only asking not to end up on the Spirit Cat's dinner table.

The Spirit Cat, Xiaobai, was now a bit too embarrassed to kill them.

Chen Qing looked at the silly cat's pig-like expression and suddenly asked, “Xiaobai, do you know where this is?”

He had actually been led by Xiaobai to most places on the first layer of the Ice God Space, and found that this layer, apart from some weaker First-Stage Yao Beasts, had nothing special.

The only special thing was actually this cat in front of him.

It seemed to be the first one of the first layer!

He had never encountered a cat of the same breed as it!

Moreover, Chen Qing still couldn't quite discern the strength of this cat. He deeply suspected that when he first entered, this guy was just playing with him out of curiosity, not seriously at all.

Even now, Chen Qing felt that with this lazy cat's skill, it could probably still easily crush him!

Therefore, Chen Qing actually had some doubts: was this cat really from this Barren Snowfield?

Could it be that this cat's surname was Sun, and it popped out of a rock crevice?