Beauty and the Bodyguard

The duo were only left impressed and shocked at this point- it seemed like Naipao had sacrificed quite a lot to train here!

The mountain path was only jagged at first- the path that followed was smooth and flat. The closer they got to the gates of the sect, the better the path- they were now walking on well-paved and maintained roads right now.

"We're here!" The young man pointed at the mountain door some distance away, "You two may be friends of Brother Naipao, but according to the sect rules, everyone must register before entering!"

"Alright!" Pinliang didn't dare step out of place here- this was, after all, a place full of unimaginable power!

Pinliang and Naipao made their registration and had a strength checkup- after it was clear that the two weren't suspicious, the young man allowed them in.

However, with the sort of strength present within the sect, no one was really worried about an invasion- only idiots would invade an ancient sect. This was also one of the most evil of the ancient sects, as well.

This was something stronger than even hidden houses, and even other Wulin sects had to watch themselves around this sect… Of course they wouldn't worry about any attackers! Rules were rules, however, and this had become a tadition.

Upon entering the mountain door, Pinliang saw many of the disciples training martial arts, making those sounds you saw on TV- it made one envious!

"These are all outside disciples, the normal students that are below even me- they had all just registered," The young man explained faintly, as if seeing what Pinliang was thinking, "Their talents are lacking, and so they can only practice some rough physical techniques right now- they aren't willing to suffer for strength, either, so there's a limit to their success."

"Oh…" Pinliang nodded, "Then Naipao…"

"Naipao is in the inner sect, and is now the personal disciple of Master You Kuangniu!" The young man was clearly envious.

"Kuangniu Master?" Pinliang blinked.

"He's the one who taught us our kungfu- our master is extremely strong!" The man said respectfully, "He once killed a Wulin Sky class practitioner with one fist!"

"Ha? That powerful??" Pinliang breathed, shocked- from his view, Mystics were already invincible beings- yet there was someone here who could kill a Sky class? Wasn't that basically god? The thought made him extremely excited- if Naipao learned even the basics of this monster's techniques, then Lin Yi would just be his plaything!

"Hmph, of course! This is the chairman supreme of our sect- this isn't a joke!" The young man said gleefully. Of course, his words did have some bragging aspects to it, although Pinliang had no idea.

He was very shocked, but his friend Xiaofu was different- he was grinning widely with happiness! Never would he have thought that Naipao's sect would be this powerful!

After all, that time when Heibao Bro almost died from Lin Yi's attacks caused Xiaofu to develop a form of trauma, since the man seemed to be an extremely powerful person. Yet- it seemed that his sect really was powerful indeed, it was just that Heibao was just too weak!

Pinliang, on the other hand, was thinking about something different! What he thought was that since Heibao Bro was able to turn himself from a normal man to a Golden class early phase just using the arts of his sect, that meant that the sect that those arts belonged to had to be a powerful one!

It came at the cost of his life force, but this wasn't something that other sects would necessarily be capable of doing. As a result, Pinliang had place immense hopes on Naipao! Of course, he never explained any of these thoughts to Xiaofu.

A bit of walking later, the three reached a place where the rivers flowed beautifully and the mountains soared high- there were flower fields everywhere, but no person here.

Of course, this place was pretty, but Pinliang felt a shiver he'd never felt before- it made him really uncomfortable! Xiaofu was feeling the same as well, as if he was trembling!

"We're here!" The young man walked over, his face a little pale as well- he must be feeling whatever it was that the duo was feeling too, "Brother Naipao is practitioning right there at the front- the evil energy here is quite thick, and my strength isn't enough to withstand it- this is as far as I can bring you!"

"Ah? It's so eerie and cold here, if even you can't enter, of course we wouldn't be able to, either!" Pinliang said carefully, "Big Bro, maybe you could call out to him, tell him to pause his training for a bit?"

"No- interrupting Naipao's training will result in severe conseuqneces for me- I wouldn't dare!" The man shook his head isntantly, "If you want to, you can call out to him- but if he were to blame someone, I really wouldn't be able to shoulder it!"

"I… Alright!" Pinliang nodded, "But can you tell me first where he is?"

"There he is!" The man pointed some distance away, "There's Brother Naipao!"

"Ha?" Pinliang froze and looked in that direction- what he saw really sent a shiver down his spine! What his eyes perceived was just a bundle of blackness!

In the beautiful grasslands was a black object- if one didn't look properly, they would think that it was a boulder! The fact that the man was claiming this to be Naipao really troubled Pinliang, "Big Bro, you're saying that he's Naipao?"

"Yes…" The man nodded.

"Oh…" Pinliang found it absurd, but he still called out to the black object, "Zhang Naipao!"

Naipao was training, and he frowned when someone interrupted him- he was a bit pissed! After all, no one was supposed to do that when he was training, even when the grandmaster himself sent someone, they always wiated until he was done!

But this voice really did seem similar- he opened his eyes, thinking that this might really be who he thought he was- he got up excitedly, swinging his hand and removing the black object around him…

At that point, Pinliang and Xiaofu found out that what was surrounding his body's surface, was actually black wasps, poisonous ones!

What shocked them was the fact that Naipao's body was still covered with them, and yet none of them seemed to have stung him! Other than some blackiness on his body, there was nothing wrong with him at all!