Chapter 195: Chapter 195 Ancient Town Zangyu Tower_1

On this side, having changed into well-fitting clothes, Mo Luo Dan walked out of the clothing store.

Xu Fan waved to Mo Luo Dan and said, “Take Zhao Dong with you and get in the car.”

Mo Luo Dan nodded, jerked his head towards Zhao Dong who was standing beside him, and the two got into Xu Fan’s Audi together.

Xu Fan smiled at Chen Lele and said, “I’ve got some other things to take care of, so I’m headed to the fish basket ancient town first. If you run into any trouble or have any questions in the future, you can contact me on WeChat, or you can reach out to Zhao Dong as well. I’ll arrange for him to look after your family’s store.”

“Thank you, Big Brother Xu.” Chen Lele revealed a pure smile and returned the gesture with a smile of her own towards Xu Fan.

Xu Fan nodded, waved at Chen Lele, and turned to walk towards his car.

Once in the Audi, Xu Fan said to Zhao Dong, “Don’t worry about the Southern City’s affairs for now. After you’ve finished helping me with my tasks and I’ve helped you enhance your strength, then you can go to the Hu Family. That way you won’t be taken advantage of due to your low power. When the time comes, use both your fists and brain, and I believe you’ll be able to firmly establish yourself in Southern City quickly.”

“Big Brother, can I become as powerful as him?” Zhao Dong asked, pointing towards the stern-looking Mo Luo Dan in the back seat.

Since getting into the car, Mo Luo Dan had plunged into cultivation.

The Dragon King Kong Zen that Xu Fan had given him was exquisitely profound. Mo Luo Dan felt that ever since beginning this technique, his strength had been soaring as if riding on a rocket, breaking through thresholds of the Qi Drawing Realm that he hadn’t been able to overcome for years. Just starting the Dragon King Kong Zen had given him a hint of a breakthrough.

Thus, Mo Luo Dan’s trust in Xu Fan grew even more strangely sweet, feeling like Xu Fan was a mysterious treasure mountain, with countless secrets hidden within. To Mo Luo Dan, Xu Fan’s abilities seemed unfathomably deep. Although Mo Luo Dan didn’t dare to defy Xu Fan from the start, now, from the bottom of his heart, he felt an undying loyalty towards him.

Feeling Zhao Dong’s inquiring gaze, Mo Luo Dan pursed his lips and said in an unemotional voice, “I started cultivating at the age of five and it took me twenty-five years to achieve what I have now. How long do you think it will take for you to catch up to me?”

Upon hearing Mo Luo Dan’s words, Zhao Dong immediately felt disheartened.

He began cultivating at five and took twenty-five years to get where he was. So even if Zhao Dong had the same insight, without considering learning efficiency, it would take him until he was fifty to achieve the same level of expertise.

But by the age of fifty, he’d already be an old man, well past the time for cultivating such skills and more suited for going home and cradling his grandchildren.

Xu Fan looked at Zhao Dong’s somewhat conflicted expression and spoke indifferently, “You’re different from him. He is a martial artist who started with a firm and steady approach, which will leave him room for greater advancement in the future. You don’t need to go far on the martial artist’s path, so a shortcut will suffice for you. Later, I’ll teach you a set of techniques and, coupled with the elixirs I’ve uniquely crafted, I guarantee your strength will leap three or four grades within a month. By then, dealing with street thugs will be easy for you, and you could take on ten of them single-handedly.”

“Really? Boss, you are truly like my blood brother!” Zhao Dong’s eyes lit up upon hearing Xu Fan’s words. To tell the truth, he didn’t understand much about martial artists, and he didn’t have a concept of their growth potential.

The key was that Xu Fan’s method of rapid progress was the best way for an ordinary person like him to gain power.

After hearing Xu Fan’s words, Mo Luo Dan’s eyes revealed a hint of disdain. Xu Fan’s methods were powerful, capable of enhancing an individual with good potential, like Zhao Dong, to the peak of mortal strength in a short time. However, the cost of such actions was enormous. In the realm of martial arts, this was a severe case of spoiling by pampering.

Relying on opportunistic shortcuts to improve, rather than actual self-strengthening cultivation, will almost certainly result in no progress in the martial way thereafter.

But Mo Luo Dan was different. His enemy belonged to an extremely formidable sect in the Western Regions, and his adversary was of Martial Arts Grandmaster caliber. Therefore, Mo Luo Dan could not take shortcuts and had to follow the proper path of cultivation.

Nevertheless, Zhao Dong was still very satisfied. As a mere mortal, why should he compare martial skills with martial artists? It was already quite remarkable if he could be stronger than the average person.

To become the overlord of the South City, one needed substantial strength to impress the outlaws, who were tough and unruly. Only when he himself grew stronger would he have the backbone when speaking. It was the combination of an iron-fisted approach and strategic thinking that formed the two essential skills for standing one’s ground in the South City.

What Xu Fan intended to teach Zhao Dong were the Martial Sovereign combat skills and Strengthening Pills that he had once provided to the War Wolf Squad. The Strengthening Pill could be taken by ordinary folk, and although mortals could not unleash the Destroy Heaven and Earth effects of the Martial Sovereign combat skills, their fighting and martial capabilities would increase several times over after learning them. Paired with the Body Refining Pills personally crafted by Xu Fan, his strength was bound to surge within a month. Although it wouldn’t enable him to overcome a true martial artist, it would certainly suffice for defeating average people.

Xu Fan didn’t expect to truly raise Zhao Dong to the standard of a martial artist. If a situation arose that was beyond Zhao Dong’s abilities, Mo Luo Dan could step in.

In Zhonghai City, although it was unknown if there were any Martial Arts Grandmasters, Mo Luo Dan’s peak Qi Drawing Realm strength, along with his imminent cultivation of the “Heavenly Dragon Vajra Zen”, was about to push him into the Quasi-Grandmaster Realm. Therefore, within the confines of Zhonghai City, Mo Luo Dan might not be invincible, but there were very few who could pose a threat to him.

Having settled the matter of Zhao Dong learning to practice martial skills, Xu Fan then asked Zhao Dong about Yulou Ancient Town.

“How are antiques typically sold in Yulou Ancient Town, which store has the most genuine antiques, and which can obtain high-quality jade pieces?”

“Big brother, asking me is the right choice. I’ve played in Yulou Ancient Town since I was little. I’m very familiar with the shops there, and I know the owners well. I can definitely help you find what you’re looking for.”

Zhao Dong felt he finally had his moment to shine and excitedly began to introduce the situation in Yulou Ancient Town to Xu Fan, “In Yulou Ancient Town, there’s an Antique Street and many antique shops. On Antique Street, many people set up stalls, but they usually sell modern replicas, and it’s rare to find a stall with genuine articles. Generally, most of the good items are snapped up by the eagle-eyed collectors of the antique shops before they ever reach the stands. These shops buy and sell based on their discernment. And among them, the most impressive and largest is Zangyu Tower. The owner, Wang Fangtong, is not only the most skilled appraiser in Yulou Ancient Town but also its wealthiest person. The treasures in his shop are enough for him to open a private museum.”