Awakening of the Ancient: Rise of the Fallen

"Sure. Throw me out. If that's what you want then I won't resist," She said with a stubborn look on her face 

Xu Ming stood up and walked up to her and caught her hand as he pulled her towards the exit.

It was as the girl had said, she didn't resist. She didn't try to hide her body either and allowed Xu Ming to pull her.

Xu Ming led her to the door, but stopped and didn't open the door.

He released her hand as he hit his head on the door lightly.

"Why are you doing this to me? Do you really hate me that much? I have so many things going on right now, and I don't want to take on one more problem. Can't you have pity on me and leave me alone?" Xu Ming asked.

"What do you mean? Why would I hate you," Sui Ru asked him.

"Of course, you hate me. Despite me saying that I don't want to marry anyone, you keep doing this to make me go crazy. I don't want to kill you in anger and then get punished by the sect and lose my opportunity to get what I want," Xu Ming said as he sighed.

"I wouldn't have had to do this if you hadn't seen me three times. I promised my mother that I would listen to her. I can't let her words go to waste," the girl said.

"You told her that you would marry the person if someone saw you naked three times, but you never promised her that you would marry them instantly. She also never talked about the timeline. There's no need to be in such a hurry. Give me ten years to get my thoughts clear. Don't come to me in the meantime," Xu Ming said.

"Alright. I'll do it if that's what you want, but what if even after ten years, you're not willing to do it, or you run away," the girl asked.

"Of Course I wouldn't run away. Why would I run away from the Sect? There's no reason for me to run away," Xu Ming responded.

"You'll enter the core Sect, and I wouldn't be able to follow you. You're just saying it to get me to drop the idea," She told him as she looked unconvinced.

"That's not it. If you leave me alone, I might think about it and agree, but if you keep troubling me like this, I'll never be serious about this, and the marriage will never happen. Things might just end with me killing you in the end. So take the civil way and give me some freedom to think about it without making me hate you for your stupid behavior," he told her in full seriousness. He was trying his best to get her to back off and stop disturbing him.

"Alright. I won't disturb you anymore and wait for your answer," Sui Ru said as she looked down.

She walked inside and got dressed before she left the house 

"Hopefully, that's the last I'll see of her for a while," Xu Ming muttered as he looked around.

He walked back inside his room and took his clothes off before he went for the shower that was interrupted because of Sui Ru.

After a long and calming shower, he walked out and dried his body before getting dressed.

As he got there, the Elder In-Charge of that place recognized him and greeted him with full respect.

"I want to use a room for practice," Xu Ming told the Elder.

The Elder told him about the room that was free and personally brought him there.

Xu Ming entered the room and closed the door behind him. He didn't face to worry about the contribution points either as he was loaded with contribution points now. He got tons of them, and his allowance was also multiple times higher. There was nothing he lacked at the moment when it came to resources either.

"I so badly want to use father's sword to see his powers, but unfortunately, I can't. Everyone will feel it's power if I keep it out longer than a brief moment, let alone using it," he muttered as he sighed.

He brought out the Gold Realm Sword that he had purchased.

The last time he used the Sword Art of Destruction, he had used a mortal grade sword as he didn't have the Gold Grade Sword at that time, but now he had an upgraded weapon. 

He couldn't help but wonder if the attack strength will be the same or if it will be more powerful now that he had a stronger weapon.

"Show me your full power," Xu Ming muttered as he gripped his Golden Grade Sword and got in his sword stance.

"Sword Art of Destruction," he muttered as he swung his sword.

A terrifying arc of light left his sword and struck the wall, but it was indeed more powerful than he had expected.

Last time his attack had managed to leave a deep groove on the wall, but this time, he left a meter deep slash in the wall.

"It is indeed more powerful with an upgraded weapon, but my higher Cultivation might have affected it as well," Xu Ming muttered.

"The last time I tried to use this attack, my cultivation was nowhere near it is now. It's unclear how much each of them contributed, but both of them had an important role in increasing the strength of my attack," Xu Ming muttered.

He tried the attack again, but this time he targeted a different portion of the wall. The result was still the same. A  meter deep slash was left in the wall.

He sat down on the ground, tired. Even though his Cultivation was higher, the skill still consumed half his Origin Energy just to exert the small power of the skill.

He started cultivating and recollecting his Origin Energy.

Xu Ming cultivated for over 3 hours before he managed to restore his Origin Energy.

He picked up the Golden Grade Sword and put it back in his storage ring and brought out the Mortal Grade Sword.

"Let's See how much difference it actually makes," he muttered as he gripped the Mortal Grade Sword firmly in his hand and got in a sword stance.

"Sword Art of Destruction!" he muttered as he swung his sword.

The attack once more left his sword and struck the wall. Another deep slash was left behind in the wall, but it was only 90 centimeters deep this time.

Xu Ming looked at the wall and nodded his head.

Although the weapon doesn't affect the attack too much, it does increase its Strength by 10 percent. Or Maybe it does allow the attack to freely exert itself which a mortal grade sword can't do," he muttered.

He tried the attack once more and depleted all his energy.

He sat down and started cultivation once more.

He stood up once more after getting better and started another round of attacks.

For the next three days, Xu Ming practiced all his skills here. He practiced the 3rd Strike of Heaven, which he had learned, but no one knew about it. No one had been able to force him to use the skill since the movement he comprehended the 3rd strike. The best someone made him use was Sun Mu, and it was only the 2nd Strike of Heaven.

He also used his Heavenly Vajra Finger. It was more powerful than before, as well.

After four days, Xu Ming left the room and walked back to the Elder, who handled the matters of the Practice Hall.

"I'm leaving," Xu Ming informed the Elder.

"Oh, alright. Come back anytime you feel like practicing," the Elder said smilingly.

"Alright," Xu Ming nodded with a casual smile on his face before he left the place.

As Xu Ming stepped out of the Practice Arena, the weather was sunny, but after 15 minutes, the weather changed, and it started raining.

"Wu Tian was right. The weather is acting up strangely. This sudden rain is not something I expected," Xu Ming muttered as he walked back under the heavy rain.

It was not just the Mighty Demon Sect that was going through the rain, but the whole continent, but Xu Ming didn't know that.

He reached his courtyard and entered inside. After entering his room, he took the wet clothes off and started drying his body using a towel. He wore dry clothes.

He laid on his bed and started sleeping. In the last four days, he hadn't slept for a moment, and he was already pretty tired. The sleep came instantly.

Xu Ming slept like a baby for 12 hours before abruptly waking up with a horrified look on his face.

He breathed in heavily as he thought about what he saw. His face was covered in sweat.