Rocky suddenly ripped out a loud sneeze on his way back to the Imperial City. He then rubbed his nose
and murmured to himself, "Is it because someone is missing me?"
After rushing for a while, he finally reached the gates of the Palace City where he saw Jerry sitting on
the carriage and smoking his pipe. It seemed that he had been waiting for Rocky for quite a long time.
"I'm so sorry, Jerry! I got lost on the way." Rocky made up an excuse as he gasped for air.
"Don't worry about it! Get on now!" Jerry smiled kindly and took back his pipe. He then grabbed the
bridle and was ready to set off.
Rocky nodded at Jerry and climbed the carriage. Once they arrived at the dragon field, Jerry and
Rocky began taking all the food they bought in the bazaar into the storehouse of the kitchen. By the
time they were done with that task, it was already noon.
"Basil, it's your turn to serve those guys today. Put this on and keep your clothes clean," Jerry said as
he handed Rocky an apron.
Although Rocky didn't want to wear it at all, he didn't want to refuse Jerry's kindness. So Rocky put the
apron on despite his initial hesitations. Rocky then took a big pot of prepared food into the yard.
At the same time, the young men who just finished their training walked into the yard. When they saw
Rocky dressed in an apron and was holding a ladle, they murmured among themselves to make fun of
him.
"Hey! What the hell are you all murmuring about!? Do you want to have your lunch or not? Huh? You
better watch yourselves! Otherwise, I will put laxatives in your food! Don't forget that I have to work in
the kitchen for three whole days. Do you want to have diarrhea for three days? I think not," Rocky
yelled at them threateningly as he brandished the ladle in his hand.
When they heard Rocky, they were reminded of what happened the day before. Rocky defeated the
round-faced young man who was at the second grade of the Mortal Stage. The man was out cold and
was still unable to leave his bed. With that in mind, they all turned quiet at once. After all, none of them
wanted to experience what happened to the round-faced man.
"Now you know I'm not a paper tiger, right?" Rocky sneered when he saw them keep their mouths shut.
It seemed that what happened the day before actually showed two sides of the same coin. Although he
was punished, he was also able to prove himself. Now they didn't dare provoke or bully him like they
did before.
All of a sudden, Rocky was greeted by a cold glare from Bear.
"What the hell are you looking at? Did you forget that you were the fastest to run away? Ha-ha! Were
you so frightened that you pissed your pants when you saw me beat the shit out of your boys? Oh,
that's probably why you ran away so fast! You ran to go and change your pants, didn't you?" Rocky
sneered at Bear as he scornfully looked at him.
"You piece of shit! You will soon regret what you just said!" Bear yelled at Rocky with rage boiling in his
chest.
Rocky rolled his eyes at Bear and went on with his work. Bear's face was twisted in anger when he saw
Rocky ignoring him. Although he wanted to tear Rocky apart right then and there, he didn't want to get
himself into more troubles. So he just clenched his fists and turned away.
The moment Rocky was done with his job, he prepared lunch for himself and Uriah. Now that he was
working in the kitchen, it was more convenient for him to prepare enough food and he no longer
needed to finish his meals in a hurry. When the young men were done with their lunch, they all
immediately went back to their rooms. They needed a good rest to regain their strength for their
afternoon training.
Meanwhile, Rocky went to chop firewood after he had his lunch. After that, he had no other tasks left.
Since he had some free time, he stared at his left arm and continued to study his dragon spiritual
power. He discovered that there was something special about his dragon spiritual power yesterday so
he wondered what exactly it could be.
But after an entire night of studying, he still wasn't able to figure it out. Now he was thinking about the
similarities between the two experiences he had in exerting his dragon spiritual power. He noticed that
the dragon spiritual power had the capacity to absorb others' spiritual power. But he could not prove
that by himself. He needed someone's help.
"What are you doing here?" All of a sudden, a cold voice came from behind him.
Rocky turned his back and saw Flint walking towards him with the Cloud Tiger. The Cloud Tiger, Flint's
war beast, looked a lot better now.
"Is it better now?" Rocky asked as he pointed at the Cloud Tiger.
"It can eat better now. I think your method worked." Flint nodded.
"Of course it worked. Oh! I was wondering if you could do me a favor," Rocky asked as he squinted his
eyes at Flint.
"Yes, no problem," Flint answered as cool as a cucumber.
"Use your dragon spiritual power to hit me," Rocky said.
"Wait, what? Why would I do that?" Flint was caught off guard by Rocky's request.
"Come on, just hit me with it!" Rocky said as he looked at Flint with determination.
Flint left his Cloud Tiger where it was and walked closer to Rocky. He frowned and asked, "Are you
sure about this?"
"Try the first grade of the Mortal Stage for starters," Rocky said as he nodded at Flint.
Flint concentrated and began activating his Dragon Spirit Mark. In a split second, his dragon spiritual
power was channeled to his palm and emitted an icy aura. He then aimed it at Rocky without
hesitation. Rocky also summoned his Dragon Spirit Mark the same time Flint did. He channeled his
dragon spiritual power to his arms in an attempt to withstand the attack from Flint.
At that very moment, Rocky could clearly feel his dragon spiritual power absorbing Flint's spiritual
power as soon as the two forces clashed. He could tell because he could feel the faint and weak
spiritual power from Flint.
Flint was stunned as he saw his spiritual power disappearing into thin air. He froze and looked at
Rocky.
"I was right about it!" Rocky just confirmed that his dragon spiritual power could absorb the spiritual
power from others. But it wasn't much. It seemed like he could only absorb small amounts.
"Now, try the second grade!" Rocky said.
Flint channeled more dragon spiritual power to his palm and this time, a freezing fog began to arise
around his palm. He then threw the attack at Rocky.
Rocky summoned his dragon spiritual power to defend the upcoming attack one more time. Although
he succeeded in absorbing Flint's spiritual power again, this time was not as easy as the first time.
"Try the third grade!" Rocky told him.
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