Becoming a Saint From the Iron Armor Skill

Chapter 288: Chapter 159: True Intent of Heaven and Earth

Cultivating various Realms is, in the end, all for the sake of better perceiving the True Intent of Heaven and Earth.

Do you understand what I’m saying?"

Chen Cheng said, "So, Master, you’re saying that grasping as many different First Layer Realms as possible helps with perceiving the Second Layer Realm?"

"You kid, your talent is truly unreal. A word is all it takes for you to understand!" Mr. Zheng roared with laughter, reflexively reaching out and clapping Chen Cheng hard on the shoulder. frёeweɓηovel.coɱ

"It is my good fortune to have found a disciple like you.

Now that you’ve joined the Demon Suppression Department, living in the Outer City District makes commuting to the Inner City quite inconvenient. Why don’t you move into the Zheng Martial Arts Hall and stay in the True Disciple’s residence in the inner courtyard?"

The True Disciple’s residence was right next to Mr. Zheng’s own, but it had remained empty ever since it was built.

The reason, of course, was that Mr. Zheng had never recruited a proper True Disciple. After all, he had mentioned that Qin Ruiyang and Shen Qingshuang were merely half-baked True Inheritors.

By asking Chen Cheng to move into the True Disciple’s residence, he was clearly affording him the treatment of one.

Living at the Zheng Martial Arts Hall, he would be protected by the Hospital Martial Artists and wouldn’t need to worry about being targeted by petty crooks. At the same time, he would also get to see Mu Xiaowan every day.

Chen Cheng was naturally overjoyed and hastily bowed. "Thank you, Master! I’ll move in right away."

"Hahaha... You really are an earnest kid."

Mr. Zheng couldn’t help but laugh heartily again, but he didn’t mention anything about making him a True Disciple.

’Not a True Inheritor, but treated better than one! It’s the same old story!’

Of course, it wasn’t Chen Cheng’s place to bring it up himself.

Mr. Zheng didn’t bring up the matter of a True Disciple, but he did say quite seriously, "Since you’ll be moving into the Zheng Martial Arts Hall, you’ll naturally have to pull your own weight.

In the near future, I need to take a trip to Su State City, and Min Wei will be accompanying me.

While Min Wei is away, you will take over his duties and manage the affairs of the Martial Arts Hall."

Min Wei was the Hospital Chief Steward of the Zheng Martial Arts Hall, though for a chief steward, he seemed rather idle most days.

Every time Chen Cheng visited the Zheng Martial Arts Hall, his one-eyed senior brother was always in the Double Courtyard, Cultivating Martial Dao. He had never seen him handle any actual affairs.

Mr. Zheng’s true intention in having Chen Cheng fill in for Min Wei for a while was likely not to have him manage affairs, but rather to let him feel more at ease living at the Zheng Martial Arts Hall.

At this thought, Chen Cheng felt secretly grateful. He gave a solemn bow and replied, "Yes."

"Sigh..." Mr. Zheng looked at Chen Cheng and sighed softly. "Looking at you, kid, reminds me of my own past when I was young.

Those green years, that brilliant youth... when I returned, I was no longer a boy!"

Mr. Zheng sighed with such emotion that he seemed to have something on his mind. Chen Cheng couldn’t help but ask another question:

"Master, are you going to Su State City for a Marrow Cleansing Pill?"

In Martial Arts Cultivation, the higher the Realm, the more difficult it is to obtain cultivation resources.

Chen Cheng still had no prospects for obtaining the Bone Tempering Pills he needed for his Bone Forging Technique.

For Mr. Zheng to advance to the Bone Marrow Cleansing Realm, he would inevitably need Marrow Cleansing Pills. At the Demon Suppression Department, a single Marrow Cleansing Pill required a full 50,000 Merit to redeem, making it even harder to acquire.

With Mr. Zheng’s Martial Arts Power, he could easily slay Tier Three and Tier Four Demon Beasts.

Exchanging Demon Beast Materials for a Marrow Cleansing Pill might seem easy, but that was not the case.

The territory of Great Yu was simply too vast; the Linji Prefecture region alone spanned thousands of miles.

Moreover, Tier Three and Tier Four Demon Beasts possessed intelligence and usually hid deep within remote mountains and ancient forests, making them incredibly difficult to track.

Mr. Zheng suddenly fell silent. He turned to look out the window, and only after a long moment did he speak:

"It’s not entirely because of the Marrow Cleansing Pill.

You were once a constable for the City Guard Department, then a Chief Constable, and now you’ve joined the Demon Suppression Department as a Purple-clothed Guard.

Have you ever wondered why we Martial Artists cultivate the Martial Dao? Is it merely to become stronger?

And what is the point of that strength?"

Chen Cheng had pondered this question countless times, and his answer had always been firm: to become strong enough to secure a place for himself and simply live on.

However, now that Mr. Zheng had asked, Chen Cheng felt compelled to reconsider the question more carefully.