163 Deep Meditation Troubles

Wu Zhangkong stood up. “I want to bring this chair with me. Here’s money tocompensate for the cost.” He took out some federation bills as he spoke.

“You want to bring this chair with you?” The train attendant had never metsuch an eccentric passenger before.What did he mean by ‘bring the chair’ withhim?

Very soon, Wu Zhangkong explained the meaning of his words with a simplemotion.

A ripple of blue light welled up in Wu Zhangkong’s hand as a chill sweptthrough the surroundings. A blue flash later, the train attendant was shockedto see that the chair with the child sitting atop of it was steadily hoisted upby the white-robed man. Carrying the chair with only his left hand, he tooklarge strides towards the train exit.

“Huh?” He really carried the chair away? Heavens! He detached the entire chair.

The attendant hurriedly took out her soul communicator. “Conductor, conductor,over here, there’s…”

And at this time, Wu Zhangkong had already left the train while carrying thechair that Tang Wulin sat on.

Since he couldn’t force the train to stop here, all he could do was take thechair and Tang Wulin along with him. He isolated Tang Wulin in a bubble of soulpower to prevent any distractions, which could lead to deviations in hiscultivation. For now, he planned on quickly leaving the train station beforelooking for an inn to stay at.

Of course, as soon as Wu Zhangkong alighted from the train, he became thecenter of attention as he single-handedly carried a seated child. Thesurrounding tourists were all dumbstruck as a single thought crossed theirminds:what’s going on?

At that moment, an alarm resounded as a group of police officers from thetrain station came running over with soul laser guns in hand.

“Freeze!” They formed a line in front of Wu Zhangkong, obstructing his path.The head officer stepped forward and gravely said, “Sir, you’ve vandalized apublic train and taken a child. Please come with us and explain yourself.”

“Fine.” Wu Zhangkong agreed without a hint of resistance.

The officers were stunned at such an icy and tranquil response. Theirimpression of him changed to one of a strange man, but surprisingly easy totalk to! They were already aware of his status as a six-ringed Soul Emperor—anexistence impossible for them to stand against—and they were nearly tremblingfrom apprehension.   

Fortunately for them, Wu Zhangkong didn’t resist and was actually compliant.

Still carrying the chair that Tang Wulin sat on, Wu Zhangkong was escorted tothe police station in charge of patrolling Heaven Dou City’s train station.

An officer wearing a captain’s badge welcomed them with an even largerentourage of officers accompanied by a pair of gigantic mechas surpassing tenmeters in height.

The entire police force in charge of patrolling the train station had gatheredhere.

“Hello, you are a Soul Emperor, correct?” The captain cut right to the chase.

Wu Zhangkong was expressionless as he dropped the concealment on his aura, sixsoul rings rising from his feet. Coupled with the two black soul rings, thecaptain was at a loss in the face of the sheer power of Wu Zhangkong’s aura.

“Greetings, revered Soul Emperor,” said the captain as he gave a slight bow.Although ordinary people could use soul devices now and possessed some degreeof strength, they were still conscious of the insurmountable gap between themand true Soul Masters. And above all, before him was a Soul Emperor!

Even for the police captain, it was his first time meeting an esteemed SoulEmperor. How could he possibly dare be disrespectful? Black soul rings were atthe ten-thousand-year level, a realm that could rend the heavens and raze theearth. Even in his wildest dreams, he wouldn’t dare to offend an expert of thislevel!

Wu Zhangkong curtly said, “I apologize for troubling you, but my disciple hasentered a deep meditative state and must not be disturbed. Because of that, Icould only act in such a way. If it’s possible, please provide us with a quietroom and some food and water.”

An odd expression made its way onto the faces of all the police officers. Theyhad never encountered a suspect so cool that he would actually make demandsbefore the questioning even began.

Yet, what was even more unexpected was how the captain immediately replied.“Alright. Please follow me then. I have already heard of your circumstancesfrom the conductor and have asked the higher-ups for orders, so a quiet roomhas already been prepared for you. Please excuse me for cautiousness. Afterall, you are a very powerful individual.”

“Lead the way.” Wu Zhangkong wasn’t one for small talk.

Just as promised, the room prepared by the captain was utterly silent. Eventhe windows had been sealed with soundproofing material. High-class food andwater were soon delivered. There really was no room for neglect when dealingwith a Soul Emperor.

In truth, the chief police officer had been quite reassured when he heard thatWu Zhangkong had left a stack of bills with the attendant after slicing apartthe chair. The fact that he bothered to pay for damages meant that he harboredno malice. If he indeed possessed ill intentions, the chief would have longcalled for backup. Although he had two standard mechas greet Wu Zhangkong, theycouldn’t even be considered a match for a Soul Emperor, let alone one thatpossessed two black soul rings! A Soul Master powerful enough to possess ablack ten-thousand-year spirit soul had a boundless future. At the very least,it was guaranteed that he would break through to become a seven-ringed SoulSage. At that level, his status would be equal to that of a second-tier city’schief executive.

Tang Wulin was completely unaware of his surroundings as he immersed himselfin this state of deep meditation. He felt as if his body was stretching outendlessly to absorb the energy of the heavens and the earth, bringing him anindescribable feeling of comfort. The soul power within him gently undulated asthey cleansed his meridians. In return, the meridians gradually absorbed thesoul power. His martial soul, soul power, body, and bloodline were allharmonizing together in his state of deep meditation.

This type of situation wouldn’t give a major leap in strength by any means,but in this harmonization process, his body basked in a feeling of wonder. Itlaid the foundation for a stronger body and smoother cultivation in the future.

After some time had passed, Tang Wulin awoke. As he opened his eyes, heimmediately felt the changes in his body, as if it had been refined completely.

Letting out a faint, but long breath, a rumble resounded from his body as hissoul power squirmed and penetrated into every part of his body. This feeling offreedom was simply impossible to describe.

“So comfortable!” Tang Wulin joyfully exclaimed.

There didn’t seem to be any change even after his soul power returned to hisdantian. In fact, there seemed to be slightly less than before. Yet he clearlyfelt that his soul power had solidified by several degrees, giving him the ideathat if he used his soul skills or the Golden Dragon Claw now, he would be ableto use it a longer period of time.

Where am I?

As his soul power calmed down, Tang Wulin finally took note of hissurroundings. It was only a second later that he discovered Wu Zhangkongmeditating nearby.

Teacher Wu?

Shouldn’t we be on a train? What is this little black room we’re in?

“You’re awake?” Tang Wulin was able to clearly see Wu Zhangkong’s eyes as heopened them in the darkness.

They seemed to contain a vast, starry sky within them. Tang Wulin felt as ifhis soul was being sucked into those deep eyes.

“Teacher Wu, where is this?”

“We’ve already reached Heaven Dou City. Since you’re awake now, let’s be onour way.” Wu Zhangkong swiftly stood up. Tang Wulin hastily followed suit andtrailed behind him to exit the black room.

A loud rumble came from Tang Wulin’s stomach all of a sudden. A crimson blushimmediately colored his face, but he still trembled from intense hunger.

“Hungry?”

“Mn.” Tang Wulin lowered his head in embarrassment.

“Eat then. You can eat all of the food in the room.” Wu Zhangkong pointed tothe food.

It was only then that Tang Wulin noticed that there was a pile of food on thefloor and several cups of water.

Unable to resist his hunger, Tang Wulin began to gorge himself.

For the first time, Wu Zhangkong was exposed to Tang Wulin’s eating habits. Aquarter of an hour passed, and even Wu Zhangkong’s icy expression had becomedull.

Was it really the right choice to bring this kid with me after all? He… hejust really eats way too much!

Tang Wulin wasn’t aware that he had actually been meditating for a full sevendays. All he knew was that he was ravenous and needed to fill himself up.

It didn’t take long before the pile of highly nutritious food disappeared intothe abyss that was Tang Wulin’s stomach. Even when all that was left was thefood packaging, Tang Wulin was still hungrily licking his lips. He was actuallystill hungry after devouring over a dozen boxes of food!

“Let’s go,” Wu Zhangkong said in a slightly off tone.

“Oh.”

A team of guards respectfully escorted them out of the train station.

Taking in the scenery around him, Tang Wulin finally began to understand thedifference in scale between an ancient city such as Heaven Dou City and EastseaCity.

Heaven Dou City has existed for over 20,000 years, as early as the era of theMartial Soul Hall. This was one of the greatest cities on the continent and hadeven held the title of being the greatest city back in the age of the HeavenDou Empire.