Xin Feng's Strength

It was finally the day of the gathering, Hao Ren had stayed with Xin Feng all through and they both reminisced about the times they had fun in the town. If left for him, Hao Ren would not go to the gathering since it was just a gathering of the younger generations. Although they were all around the same age, they weren't really in his league...

"Fatty, do you still remember our secret hideout where we used to plan most of our missions in the forest. Why don't we go there instead of this gathering" Hao Ren tried to persuade Xin Feng not to go to the gathering.

"We used to take all our preys there, hahaha" Xin Feng laughed as he thought of all the things they had done in the past.

Xiao who was lying down by the side lazily perked up his ears when he heard what they were saying, he was interested in what Hao Ren and Xin Feng did. And also, when Xin Feng said the word 'prey', it piqued his interest more.

"Those chickens were really tasty, and the one owned by Old man Gu is always the best" Hao Ren said with a look of longing.

"I remembered when he caught you and almost beat you up, if not for fatty here, you would have been beaten and your fave would have turned into a pig's face hahaha" Xin Feng once again laughed with pleasure when he recalled how Hao Ren was caught.

"Why are you acting like we weren't caught together?, if not for you screaming like a pig about to be butchered, I don't think he would have let us go that day" Hao Ren immediately retorted.

Old man Gu nearly had a breakdown when Xin Feng started screaming, even Hao Ren didn't expect his friend to be this talented in screaming.

"It's a gift that has helped me for a long time now," Xin Feng said shamelessly.

A look of realization suddenly appeared on Xiao's face, 'So boss used to steal chickens with this fatty'.

"Ren come on the gathering will start soon. I know you don't want to attend it, but Lord Fatty wants to show them his capabilities" Xin Feng said as he looked at Hao Ren

"Okay fine. But, why don't we go to the hideout first and clean it up. Once done, we'll go to the gathering?" Hao Ren agreed but also brought up another thing.

"Are you planning on doing a mission?" Xin Feng asked with a surprised look.

Hao Ren smiled and nodded. He wanted to steal chickens one more time before he leaves the town.

When Xiao saw Hao Ren nod, he was ecstatic. 'Finally, we're going to do something fun. Mwahaha' Luckily he didn't say this out loud else both Ren and Xin Feng would have been freaked out. Clearly, Xiao didn't like a peaceful world.

Since they have finally come to an agreement, they left the house and headed towards their hideout. It was located not too far from the Town, in a small forest by the side of the town. When they got to the forest, they walked for another fifteen minutes before they stopped before a big tree.

Some roots were visible on the surface of the tree. Hao Ren bent down and shifted some roots from a particular spot on the tree, a hole appeared after the roots were removed. Without wasting any more time, they immediately entered and the roots fell back to cover up the hole like it was programmed to do so.

"I miss you so much," Hao Ren said with emotion as he walked around in the place. It looked like a cave abode, it was not too big and there were some crystals embedded on the walls which illuminated the place, there were a stone bed and three stone chairs. They have always wondered who created this place since accidentally finding it, but they still haven't had an answer yet.

Xin Feng also felt happy because he hadn't been here since Hao Ren left the town.

"Ren, come on hurry up, we will come back later on. Let's clean the place up and go for the gathering" said Xin Feng

Hao Ren and Xin Feng cleaned up the place and recalled all the old memories they created here. After they finished cleaning, they left the place and headed in the direction of the Chief's manor.

"Come on Xiao, I know it's boring but we have to accompany Fatty," Hao Ren said as he dragged Xiao who was reluctant to go to the gathering.

At the Chief's manor

The gathering had already started for a long time now and Di Ba and his fellow disciples have dominated all of the youths in the town. But there were some who performed exceptionally well compared to the others.

Di Ba who was in the arena just finished his fight with another young cultivator of the town. Behind the arena on the seat of honor sat a youth with arrogant eyes, he wasn't even watching the fights. It was like all the people here were just clowns to him. It was the son of the sect leader of the Flaming Valley, their young master, Xian Tian.

Di Ba looked at the crowd and asked, "Is there anyone who still wants to challenge me or my disciple brothers?, if not we'll end the sparring here"

As soon as the crowd heard his words, a disappointed look washed over them. Due to the large difference in realms, there wasn't a good fight among all the battles. They suddenly started whispering among themselves.

"If only Xin Feng was here"

"Yeah, we would have seen a great battle today"

When Di Ba heard the name, he suddenly remembered a youth with a plump face. 'Xin Feng'.

"Will Xin Feng come?" Di Ba asked the crowd.

Before they could reply, they say the people walking into the place with a little wolf in tow. One of the figures was round with a cute face and the other was a handsome-looking youth. The people opened a path for them to walk towards the arena.

"Ren you see, I'm very popular," Xin Feng said while using his elbow to hit Hao Ren as he showed off how popular he was.

Hao Ren just smiled as a response.

"Isn't that Hao Ren?"

"Yes it's him, I heard he joined the Silver Lining sect"

"This would be interesting, would Hao Ren also battle"

Another round of murmurs spread among the crowd again when someone recognized Hao Ren. They all had the same thoughts, 'Would Hao Ren fight?'

Hao Ren didn't have any reaction when he heard what they were saying, he held this little spar disdain.

Xiao on the other hand didn't even care about what was going on. The only thing on his head was the plan they were going to carry out.

"Brother Feng, you came right on time. If you had come any later than this, you would have missed the chance to show your abilities" Di Ba said with a smile. He had a friendly relationship with everyone in the town.

"I'm sorry I was late Brother Ba, I was held up by some things," Xin Feng said coolly.

Hao Ren shook his head when he saw how Xin Feng was acting.

"Brother Ren, I've heard of you from my father. Will you also be taking part in the sparring?" Di Ba turned towards Hao Ren and asked.

"No Brother Ba, I'll only be a spectator" Hao Ren rejected with a light smile.

"Oh, it's a shame. I would have loved to spar with you" Di Ba replied before turning his attention to Xin Feng.

Xin Feng walked towards the arena in high strides. He was wearing his best smile.

"Brother Feng please" Di Ba cupped his fist towards Xin Feng as a form of greeting, Xin Feng returned the greeting before both fighters started their battle.

"Wow, I never knew fatty has advanced this much" Hao Ren was surprised by his friends' strength. Even Xiao never expected this fatty to be strong.

Surprisingly, Xin Feng was able to fight Di Ba to a tie. The battle went on for some minutes without anyone gaining the upper hand.

The crowd was shocked, they knew Xin Feng was strong, but they didn't think he would be this strong.

After another three minutes, they ended the battle as a tie since no one was gaining the upper hand.

"Brother Ba thank you for going easy on me," Xin Feng said as he cupped his fist towards Di Ba. Xin Feng left the arena after saying this.

Di Ba returned the greeting with a smile before leaving the arena. But he was shocked in his heart. He knew fully that Xin Feng did not go all out.

"Satisfied," Hao Ren asked as he watched his friend walking towards him.

Xin Feng nodded with a silly grin on his face. After that, they all turned towards the exit and started walking out of the manor. They had no plans of staying since they have already accomplished their aim.

Suddenly a voice filled with arrogance said towards them.

"Leave the little wolf behind"