Shi Lang cultivated in seclusion for two weeks, before he opened his eyes and began to walk around. After some initial exploration, he found Yu Xeidi and Xiao Meng sparring with each other at a high pace battle. Hao Mei was standing at the side, watching them along with Shi Tao.

    Shi Lang approached the two and squatted down on the ground casually. Shi Tao looked at him and before she could say anything a cold voice sounded, "Ace, have you forgotten everything? Is this how a soldier should be sitting?"

    Shi Lang reflexively stood up in attention and replied, "No, Commander."

    As soon as he said this, he froze and looked to the side and found Commander Silence smiling at him. He sighed and said, "I am the hall master here, why do you bully me as such?"

    The lady smiled and said, "Well, I was only checking if you still have it in you."

    Shi Lang shook his head and placed his hand around Shi Tao''s shoulder and tussled her hair. Shi Tao struggled but she could not get away. The Terran said, "The older you grow, the colder you get with your Baba, you naughty child. Couldn''t you have hugged me when you saw me?"

    Shi Tao was blushing as she said, "Old man, you are embarrassing me before everyone. I will fight you."

    Shi Lang chuckled and then used his spiritual energy to smoothen her hair, as he said, "I am just feeling very happy."

    Shi Tao rolled her eyes and said, "It is all because you saw that tree. Also, don''t shift the topic, I will fight you."

    Shi Lang poked her cheeks and mollycoddled her like she was a child. Hao Mei smiled faintly and then said, "Xiao Yu, don''t you bully Xiao Meng. I will beat you up."

    Yu Xeidi distanced herself and wailed, "Master, see, elder sister is bullying me again. I am only teaching Mengmeng to use her sword better."

    Shi Lang sighed and raised his head to look at the sky and asked, "Is this a daily occurrence?"

    Shi Tao nodded and said, "This little one has too much pent up energy. I have a hard time holding her inside the hall."

    The two ladies exchanged a glance and erupted in laughter. After an hour, the two of them stopped and Shi Lang sat down in a pavilion while Shi Tao lay next to him with her head in his lap. The Terran patted her head gently. Yu Xeidi, Hao Mei, and Xiao Meng sat around them. Hou Bing was watching them from a distance with Commander Silence.

    Hou Bing said, "He carries immense burdens with a smile on his face. I always wonder how he does that."

    Commander Silence smiled faintly and said, "At first, I thought he was someone who wanted to be strong and live without regrets. Those were his own words. However, the stronger he became the more he wanted others to become stronger. The reason was that he did not want to be alone when he reaches the top.

    When he first told everyone his code name, they laughed at him, but then he walked through the rivers of blood and mountains of corpses. Yet, he was never blood thirsty, apart from one time."

    Hou Bing raised her eyebrow and asked, "What do you mean?"

    Commander Silence recalled and narrated, "It was right after his marriage. They had gone for their honeymoon when a enemy race attacked them. He used himself as a shield to protect Amy, and the impact destroyed half his body.

    When he was healed, he created a team, and with seven people, he erased an entire race from the galaxy. He hunted them so badly that many of them even killed themselves after they found out he got their location. They did that out of fear because during those days, he killed so much that even his own team feared to look at him directly.

    His revenge was complete, and then he decided to make the race so strong that if any other race dared to look at us, they would think twice before attacking us. He achieved that, and moved on. So now, I think he is someone who will keep moving on, and pull the people around him to the same level."

    Hou Bing nodded, suddenly a Asura Hall member rushed over, and delivered a message to Commander Silence. The lady read the message and then she checked her own communicator to confirm the news. Her face changed, and she appeared outside the pavilion.

    Shi Lang was singing a song for the girls, and sensing the tension from her face, he stopped and asked, "What is it?"

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    Commander Silence said, "We have detected a presence of fifty monks, all seem to have been infected by something, their skins are ink black, and they have grown horns on their foreheads. Tian Long said they seemed to be demonized and no matter how much he burns them, they heal, and Fairy Moon Jade is unable to attack their souls as well. They want to ask what they should do."

    Shi Lang yawned as he said, "Well, I will go and see what it is. Don''t send others to beat the risk. I haven''t exercised in a long time."