Training Ground(Part-3)

"You three, what are you doing?" Someone shouted behind Bernie and the two men.

Hearing this voice, the trio visibly shakes before they turn around slowly. A man wearing a dark grey robe and a bamboo hat stood before them, his hands crossed in front of him.

"S-sir Guo!" The trio bowed their heads. "W-were just making this Beggar go away!"

Perspiration appeared on their faces. They didn't dare to look up because this person in front of them is not someone they could just disrespect.

"Hm?" Sir Guo glanced at the young boy wearing dirty and torn robes. "So what if he is a beggar?"

"That's…" Bernie shook from the question. He doesn't know what to answer. "B-but, even the city despises them…"

"This is a public training ground, right? Don't you know the word PUBLIC?" Sir Guo asked again, his eyes turning cold.

Bernie who happened to look up when he answered put his head back down seeing those scary eyes. But deep inside, after hearing those questions, he felt humiliated.

That's the same question the beggar asked me! Are they saying i'm d*mb?!

Sheathed with rage, his anger was directed at the beggar behind him.

Apollo's eyes sparkled in delight. Finally, someone reasonable appeared! He is losing hope in this world, thinking idiots and morons are the one dominating it.

"Answer me!" Sir Guo shouted at the silent trio.

The trio shivered from fear and they answered at the same time. "You are right Sir Guo!"

"Good, now f*ck off," Sir Guo waved his hand and the trio left though without glaring at the beggar first.

Bernie's eyes are burning and he swears to himself that he will get rid of the beggar. This is a loss of face that he will never forget. He is a f*cking Cultivator! How could he let someone else humiliate him? Especially if they are a Beggar!

The commotion attracted the other cultivators and seeing Sir Guo, they went back to their training.

"Thanks," Apollo thanked the straw hat guy.

"You…" Sir Guo observed Apollo, his eyes squinting for a moment before he waved his hand and walked towards the arena. "Go on. Just don't watch other people train, it's a disrespect."

Apollo nodded in appreciation. He quite understood what Sir Guo meant. Watching other cultivators train means knowing their techniques and habits. This is also a manner that a lot of martial artists in his previous life practised.

 He then watched Sir Guo sit by the stairs of the stage. 

Strangely, that guy is smiling like a fool… This made him glanced at where the bamboo hat man was looking.

"This guy…" Apollo hopelessly smiled. Sir Guo is watching the ladies doing their training like a p*rvert. No, he definitely is!

Apollo shook his head and observed the Cultivators for a moment. After the commotion, everyone was busy doing their training and seeing them not looking in his direction, he decided to do what he came here for.

He wanted to test his strength but there's only the scarecrow here that seems to only measure the cultivation stage by attacking it. Apollo already knew his cultivation stage, so there's no point in doing this but this also made him curious about his current standing as a Half-Step Foundation Building.

Apollo clenched his fist and punched as hard as he could on the scarecrow.

Suddenly, the water in the middle of the stone reached the Half-step and continued until it reached the middle of it.

"Good," Apollo smiled. Although he doesn't know if the pace of his cultivation is fast or not, the name Simple Breathing Technique tells that it's not extraordinary, right?

He already half achieved his goal here. Besides the weapon racks, the scarecrow, and the stage, there's nothing much that he could do at the moment. And if he really wanted to fully understand the level of his strength, he had to fight someone.

Apollo's eyes linger on the stage for a moment before he shook his head. Whatever, I'll just do it another time. 

Because of the mission that needs to be completed within a month, he has to get stronger as fast as possible. Thinking about the punishment if he failed the mission, Apollo couldn't help but shiver. If that lightning struck him… Apollo doesn't want to think about the consequences.

As Apollo walked out from the training ground, there's two people who kept tabs on him.

This will be that last time you will see the day, Bernie thought while swinging his sword tightly.

This kid… Sir Guo watched the beggar walk away, his eyes burning with excitement.

Apollo came back on the street where his beggar spot is. But a few meters away, he saw the two guards that chased him when he drank from the fountain. He found a hiding spot and watched them talk with the same Filly restaurant worker he beat up in the alley.

"So there's a beggar here but you beated him up?" The guards asked.

"Yes, that boy won't dare stay here anymore!" The worker patted his chest in confidence.

"I see. Just in case he appears again, immediately call us, okay?" The guard instructed while observing the bruise on the man's face.

"I will!"

"Can you tell me your name?"

"Ned Sir!" Ned said his name aloud.

"I see, we better get going." The guards nodded their heads before they walked away.

After bidding his farewell, Ned also entered the restaurant.

Apollo didn't manage to hear what they said but in his previous life, he learned how to lip read and he understood their conversation.

D*mn, I really need to do something about this, Apollo thought. After looking for a while, he hurriedly went inside his beggar spot. Under the shade of the walls and the shadow, he sat inside his made up roof.

He put a hand under his chin and thought about a strategy. Apollo needed to conceal himself as fast as possible or else trouble would come for him. Suddenly, his eyes lightened up, an idea came into mind.

He brought up the system store.

"System, show me the luck items, starting from cheapest," Apollo ordered and the store interface sorted itself out. Then he was left with only a dozen items.

Reading the description of each item, his idea became more and more plausible.

He glanced at his Alm points and noticed it's now only 16. The cheapest item is worth 5 Alm points but Apollo considered it as an investment for his plan.

"Buy it!"