Chapter 561
"I've already condensed the holy source . It wouldn't be much of a loss to give you a Golden Beast Essence Pill . Besides, I have six Golden Beast Essence Pills myself . Giving you one would simply mean a little loss of cultivation . I can easily reclaim it through practice . "
Zhu Hongtao may have looked carelessly unconcerned, but he might get upset if Zhang Ruochen rejected the Golden Beast Essence Pill .
Zhu Hongtao was an archaean survival . Furthermore, he had practiced two forms of exercises, enabling him to condense Golden Beast Essence Pills as well as cultivate a holy source .
Zhang Ruochen wouldn't accept the Golden Beast Essence Pill, however . He said, "Although I would very much like to attain the Half-Saint Sacred Realm, I wouldn't use this shortcut . Ingesting this Golden Beast Essence Pill would be no different from sucking your blood . "
Zhu Hongtao's expression froze a little, but he nodded . He admiringly said, "Your moral character is truly commendable, junior fellow apprentice . But since it's only between us, you need not treat me as an outsider . "
Zhang Ruochen shook his head wryly and took a step backward instead .
Noticing Zhang Ruochen's actions, Elder Xuanji nodded his head in satisfaction . He said, "Hongtao, what you have just done is indeed quite inappropriate . "
"Your junior fellow apprentice has just broken through to the Fish-dragon Realm . For now, a Golden Beast Essence Pill might help advance his cultivation remarkably . However, in the long run, excessive enthusiasm only ruins matters . No good will come out of it . "
Zhu Hongtao's face changed color . He took back the Golden Beast Essence Pill immediately and then bowed . "You're scaring me, Master . Surely it can't be this serious?"
Elder Xuanji nodded, and said, "Your junior fellow apprentice is a genius . His future achievement will totally outstrip that of you people . Obviously, we shouldn't train him like an ordinary warrior . Instead of giving him something, why don't you protect him in the future? That will shield him from any secret harm . "
Zhu Hongtao clapped his chest and bellowed thunderously . "Since Master says so, I shall be his Cultivation Protector, watching over him in the next 30 years . I shall teach manners to anyone intending him harm . "
Demi-saint Lingshu raised her glance, and sneered . "That's a careless boast, Second Senior Brother . It's not easy to be someone's Cultivation Protector for 30 years!"
"I'm not boasting carelessly . I'm perfectly serious . " Zhu Hongtao replied .
All inheritors of powerful Saintly families must be looked after by a Protector in secret whenever they underwent experience outside .
Most of the time, this Protector stayed in the background and didn't intervene . He would only show up if the inheritor faced life-threatening danger .
Of course, to train an inheritor to resolve his problems independently, a Protector wouldn't escort him all the time .
Hence, even though Protectors watched over them in secret, many Saint inheritors from powerful families still died from unforeseen circumstances .
Seeing as the holy source had emerged from his practice, Zhu Hongtao's cultivation had now reached the realm of a Saint .
Furthermore, he was an archaean survival . His natural strength was magnified by this fact .
If a superior like Zhu Hongtao were to protect Zhang Ruochen for 30 years, the Black Market and Moon Worship Demonic Sect would need several Saints to attack Zhang Ruochen simultaneously in order to kill him before he was able to achieve great prowess .
Zhang Ruochen quickly said, "Thank you, Second Senior Brother . "
"No need for such politeness . Protecting you is a vital task . Otherwise, Master would again complain that I'm frittering away my time . " Zhu Hongtao gave a bizarre smile . He sent a soft voice transmission over to Zhang Ruochen . "When you are back in the Eastern Region, Second Senior Brother shall bring you around . Then you will know the world better . "
Zhang Ruochen smiled . He knew that the "good places" his Second Senior Brother referred to, might not be so good .
It didn't matter . After all, seeing the world was a good thing .
Seeing as Zhu Hongtao had promised himself as Zhang Ruochen's Protector, Third Senior Brother Wan Ke had to match this with a big gift . However unwilling, he had to offer Zhang Ruochen the Shooting Star Invisible Cloak .
With both hands holding up the Shooting Star Invisible Cloak, Wan Ke stood up, pursing his lips and giving a stiff, unnatural smile .
Finally, he explained to Zhang Ruochen how to use the Shooting Star Invisible Cloak . After this explanation, he handed the cloak over .
"Thank you, Third Senior Brother . "
"No need for . . . such politeness . We are all brothers . . . " Wan Ke could not help but sigh inwardly, beginning to fret . What better gift could he offer on Zhang Ruochen's wedding day?
Zhang Ruochen knew this treasure was very valuable but he didn't refuse it . Any protest would seem like an affectation .
Certain meeting gifts could be accepted while others could not .
"Clip-Clop!"
Heavy footsteps resounded from outside Qinghe Palace, like heavy iron bricks hitting the floor .
Moments later, a tall brawny man strode in through the gate .
The man had a tiger's back and a bear's waist . He was dark-skinned and clad in black armor from head to foot . A keen martial spirit blazed out from his eyes, and an icy, murderous air emanated from his body .
Zhang Ruochen turned his eyes toward him . He realized that though the man had entered alone, he gave one a feeling as if thousands of troops and stallions were rampaging forward .
Most warriors would have taken a step backward, frightened by the invisible majestic air emerging from this being . They might shiver, urinate in their pants, or even faint .
"Your disciple Qing Xiao pays his respect to Master . "
The man's iron-like fists were clasped firmly together . Head and back bowed, he was paying the utmost respect to Elder Xuanji .
"So he is Eldest Senior Brother, Saint Qing Xiao," said Zhang Ruochen to himself .
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