Chapter 54: Bidding Farewell to Ning City

  Extremely talented, indeed a man of his name. This great talent from the North Pole branch has renovated the entire mansion into a former life's academy, with a glance, it's all large clusters of buildings, giving Hu Gao a kind of spatiotemporal disorder illusion.

  Under the leadership of the extreme, all the way to come, all the buildings are layered and staggered, with trees covering up, various styles of buildings and pavilions dotted among them. The whole house is centered on the owner's room, distributed in a symmetrical shape, courtyard and skywell combination, layout regular and square, revealing a refined and elegant atmosphere.

  White streamers hung everywhere under the eaves, adding a solemn atmosphere to the entire mansion. I didn't expect that this world also attaches importance to purity and innocence.

  However, the extremely fast pace did not include wearing mourning attire or observing the seventh day of mourning. After walking for a short while, they arrived at a quiet and secluded courtyard filled with all sorts of flowers and plants, lush and verdant, creating a unique atmosphere.

  "Jile, come out quickly! Hu Gao's brother is here." Just as he was about to reach the door, Jile shouted loudly towards the inside in a high-pitched voice that seemed like it hadn't gone through puberty yet.

  The door creaked open, and Hu Gao saw a excited face of Yu Le rushing out, "I knew you were coming, I heard that you got the first place in the martial arts competition budget."

  "They're just some useless people from other families, nothing more." Hu Gao smiled faintly.

  "That's right, let me introduce you, this is my third brother, very soon."

  "I've already said what I wanted to say on the way here, so I won't disturb you anymore. I'll take my leave first." He quickly waved his hand and didn't say another word before exiting the courtyard.

  "How come I feel like your brother is a bit weird?" Hu Gao narrowed his eyes, not knowing why he always felt a chill run down his spine and was somewhat uncomfortable. Since Xiao Wu wasn't by his side, he lacked the ability to investigate, so he could only ask Yu Jie Lei impulsively.

  Ji Yue's face changed, a red hue rose to the surface, and she stuttered, "Actually, I'm not very sure myself, my brother seems... to like following boys..."

  He trailed off at this point, but Hu Gao immediately understood what he meant and was shocked in his heart. He hadn't expected that men from other worlds would have such a fetish too. Indeed, the vast world is different in many ways, but human nature is still roughly similar.

  However, in order to take care of Yu Le's emotions, Hu Gao could only comfort her by saying: "This kind of thing is very common, don't mind it. By the way, what's with your family's weird architectural style?"

  "Our Arctic branch has always been like this, in our family, those with stronger combat talent have a particularly fierce personality. In order to restrain their own personality, they can only do more elegant things to balance themselves. My grandfather, father, older brother and second brother are all of this personality, only I and my third brother did not inherit this personality. I specifically asked the elders about this matter, they told me that since I have not yet fully grown up and cultivated my yuan jue, the violent factors deep in my personality have not been fully exposed."

  "So that's how it is, I didn't expect a fighting warrior like you to have such a strange personality flaw, so from now on..."

  "Don't worry, I won't bully you!" Ji Le patted Hu Gao's shoulder. "Today, several seniors from our branch have already examined my body and they are all astonished that I broke through to the eighth rank of the Condensed Shadow Realm. My big brother was only at the seventh rank at this age, thanks to you."

  "The key to this matter is still that your foundation is more solid, and you don't have to thank me. Have you learned the secret method?"

  "Uh, big brother suggested that I shouldn't cultivate the fire-type yuan decision first. He gave me a choice of ice-type mixed secret methods, which can provide richer attack sequences for battles. Just now, before you came, I was comprehending it."

  "Ice system secret method? Not bad, I wonder what level it is?" Hu Gao nodded, this was good too. Anyway, he would also cultivate the fire system's yuan decision himself. This way, they could complement each other well. The ice system's control and slowing down were skills that were quite needed in battle, and could very well match his attacks.

  "It seems like a leftover of a provincial-level secret method, which is already considered top-notch." said Yuelè with pride.

  "Ah, okay, it's still your Arctic branch that's wide open, unlike me who hasn't even learned a decent Yuan Jue until now." Hu Gao thought to himself as the successor, how he hadn't received any attention in terms of Yuan Jue, but turning his head to think about it, he had actually concealed his boundary aura, who would have thought that he could already cultivate Yuan Jue?

  "Haha, you little monster still need some abnormal Yuan Jue! If this continues, I won't be able to keep up with your pace."

  "That won't do, now that you've reached the Earth Level of Yuan Decree, I can't fall behind either. This time I came over specifically to tell you that I'll be leaving Ning City for a while."

  "What? You're going to leave Ning City?" Jile Lunlun was taken aback and didn't understand Hu Gao's meaning.

  "That's right, I'll go to the Dragon Scales Mountains alone to cultivate." Hu Gao nodded heavily.

  Jile stared seriously at Hu Gao, wondering if he had stimulated the guy too much. However, looking at his determined expression, it seemed like a decision that had been made long ago. As his brother, he didn't try to persuade him further. "The Dragon's Spine mountain range is fraught with danger, and what's more, it's infested with countless adventurers. One misstep could mean you might not return. If you're determined to go, shouldn't you at least inform the Elder?"

  "That's natural, but I don't want them to send a large group of people to follow me, that would defeat the purpose of strengthening training." Hu Gao replied.

  "Alright, I won't argue with you anymore." Ji Le noticed the aura Hu Gao emitted when he said those words and thought about how he always brought unexpected shocks to everyone, so she stopped worrying. "I'll wait for your return in Ning City, don't be too late, I heard that Hu Wushuang is going to marry you three months later, at that time we must invite the brothers to drink at the wedding."

  Huh, it's clear that I'm supposed to duel with Hu Wu Shuang in three months, so how did it turn into a wedding? Hu Gao was somewhat perplexed, this news must be 80-90% likely spread by the clan leader before he left for Qing Yuan mine, what a strange old man...

  "We'll talk about this later, you still remember Wang Hu, right?"

  "Are you talking about that big fat guy from the War Department?"

  "No, he was last time because of my thing, estimated to be remembered by the Guo family, he is a good guy, so I entrusted someone to take care of him, you have free time can also go find him more, should be a good object that can drink together."

  "En, that guy is not bad, I understand what you mean." Jile was not stupid, he still remembered the words Hu Gao said at Tu Shan back then. This guy must have taken a liking to Wang Hu's kid and naturally wanted to get close to him.

  "Alright then, I'll leave first and head to the Martial Institute to meet with Instructor Yang for a moment."

  "Alright, I'll see you out then." Jile nodded.

  "No need, I remember the way here, you stay home and cultivate well."

  "Are you showing off your memory?"

  "Okay, but I'm still curious, have you seen your third brother's friend?"

  "What's up, friend?"

  "What did you say? Of course it's that one..."

  "That's who, oh, you're talking about... " Extreme pleasure punched Hu Gao, "I haven't seen it before, but just now I saw my third brother looking at you with a somewhat unwell gaze, do you think he might have taken a liking to someone?"

  "I'm going, but Old Hu is a straight man, see you later!" When Hu Gao heard this joke from Extreme Pleasure, he was so scared that he ran away quickly.

  Breathlessly walking out of the Extreme House, Hu Gao was indeed a bit frightened afterwards. Thinking about the third brother of Extreme's gaze at himself, it really did seem a bit strange. Could it be that he had actually taken a liking to himself? Wotzfak, from now on it would be better to avoid coming to the Extreme House.

  Hu Gao returned to the War Institute with a lingering fear in his heart, and after searching for a long time in the ordinary hall, he did not see Yang's figure. The sun had already set, and it was likely that he had gone home. Although there were many warriors who lived in the War Institute, most of the Ning City warriors went home to rest. He asked around but no one knew where Yang's home was.

  He's indeed a strange person, Hu Gao didn't probe further. He returned to the sect and found the temporary settlement of the elder council. Since Qing Jiu's rebellion, the sect had started rebuilding work, but the current settlement still looked very dilapidated.

  There were nine elders and the Minister of Internal Affairs who stayed in the Council of Elders, they were the main force for rebuilding Zhang Luo. At this time, seeing Hu Gao coming over, they all bowed their heads on the table, busy signing various orders, without even having the energy to lift their heads.

  "Two elders, Hu Gao has come to bid you farewell."

  "Resign?" The nine elders subconsciously came to a halt, "Where are you going?"

  "Dragon's Backbone Mountains!"

  "Oh." The Ninth Elder continued to lower his head, looking at the file of the current growth situation of the elite disciple in the family. In a flash, he suddenly came to his senses, put down the pen in his hand, "What? You want to go to Longjia Mountain Range? Isn't the Clan Leader arranging for you to study in the War Institute?"

  "I think going to the Dragon Horn Mountains for training would be more beneficial for my growth." Hu Gao had expected the Ninth Elder to say this, but he wasn't worried because he had already made sufficient preparations beforehand, and he believed that these two would eventually agree with his views.

  "No way! The Dragon Scales Mountains are too dangerous, and our family is short-handed at the moment. Even if we send the most elite Dark Troop with you, it's still not guaranteed." The Minister of Internal Affairs flatly rejected Hu Gao's request.

  "I'm doing this so that the Guardian Deity can wake up as soon as possible. For the past few days, I've been feeling like there's a voice deep within my heart calling out to the Dragon Scales Mountain Range. I think there must be something there that's attracting the Guardian Deity within me," said Hu Gao.

  As expected, upon hearing Hu Gao's words, the two elders fell silent for a long time. After a while, the Internal Affairs Elder looked at the Ninth Elder and didn't know whether Hu Gao was telling the truth or not. He could only hand over the decision-making power to the Ninth Elder, who was also from the same Liqing lineage as him. In his opinion, Hu Gao's decision was simply too absurd.

  The nine elders looked at the inner affairs elder's eyes and sighed, "Alright, since that's the case, then you can go."

  "Thanks to both of you for your help!" Hu Gao said with a smile. He knew that the Ninth Elder must still have another trick up his sleeve, but it didn't matter anymore.