Chapter 6: Foolish Doting Fathers (2)
Prince Chen Tao, less eloquent in speech than Prince Zhang Mou preferred to let his actions speak for him. His upright and straightforward character, seemingly beyond his years at sixteen, was a testament to his reliable nature. He commanded no less respect than Zhang Mou, especially after he expertly carved the two stone slabs with the couplet Zhang Mou had composed.
"Is he really only at the Solid Core stage?" Bai Dajin frowned, observing the deep sword marks on the stone slab. "Chen Zong, what have you been feeding your son? These are very heavy strokes."
Curious, the other sect leaders, except Yan Ping, gathered around the stone slabs. The White Tiger leader was right. The depth of these sword strokes was very clean, but they also made very deep marks in the stone, speaking of Chen Tao's raw physical prowess and qi technique control.
Feeling accomplished, Cheng Zhong finally let them in on the secret.
"Although Chen Tao is only at the Solid Core stage, he has been training to imbue qi into his weapons and enhance his body using it. We normally use wooden swords at the Black Tortoise Clan for this training, but Chen Tao can only use paper swords."
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Brutal. Even Zhao Mingfeng could not imagine training his Ruiting this way. His oldest daughter was already undergoing very difficult training. However, the way Chen Zhong trained his son made Chen Tao a monster for surviving the training and fully understanding how to imbue and coat the weapon using qi.
Saluting to the sect leaders after his demonstration, Chen Tao only mentioned a brief word of thanks before silently retreating into the background. However, that silence did not last long.
Two seats were empty the whole time during the banquet. Zhao Ruiting, the oldest daughter of the Celestial Dragon Sect and most likely successor, and Zhao Yihao, the second son, were missing. However, at this moment, the two missing people came crashing through the main hall's door.