“You’ve learned during this time,”
“that except for a few geniuses, most Martial Artists in the Body Tempering Realm need various tonics to aid their cultivation. These can both speed up cultivation and heal injuries sustained from practice.”
“My efforts during this period were not in vain.”
Wang Laosan respectfully said, “Please rest assured, Sister Rou, I will definitely train him well.”
He had a lewd look on his face.
Su Wanrou laughed heartily, “No need, no need, my little darling is already very well-behaved.”
After a few instructions, she left.
Wang Laosan glanced at you, “Kid, don’t think that just because you’ve climbed up to the Chief, you can leap over the dragon gate…”
“In my Qingfeng寨, everything depends on strength!”
You respectfully nodded, keeping a very low profile.
Be a grandson first, then a grandpa.
You were too experienced.
After a while, more than a dozen youths, all appearing to be your age, arrived at the training ground, each of them excited and eager to try.
“Alright, everyone is here. Today, I will teach you the basics of the Body Tempering Realm.”
Wang Laosan shook his head and began to teach you some martial arts fundamentals.
Body Tempering is about breaking through the body’s limits through repeated training, making it stronger.
After explaining for a while,
Wang Laosan clapped his hands, “Now follow me, I’ll teach you Qingfeng寨’s main martial art, ‘Qingfeng Fist’.”
He struck a pose, explaining and practicing at the same time.
You followed him and learned.
Qingfeng Fist has a total of four layers, corresponding to the low, middle, high, and Peak sub-Realms of the Body Tempering Realm.
For ordinary people, it takes one year to break through to the low-tier, then ten years for the middle-tier, twenty years for the high-tier, and at least fifty years of cultivation to reach the Peak.
During this period, tonics and meat must not be cut off. If they are, cultivation will stagnate and stop improving.
Poor in literature, rich in martial arts; without money, it’s impossible to move an inch.
For the dream in your heart,
You exerted all your strength, practicing your fist arts as if your life depended on it.
In the third month, with the aid of a large amount of meat and tonics, you successfully broke through to the low-tier of Body Tempering, and your strength greatly increased.
Your body also became stronger.
You were ecstatic.
It seems your talent is quite good after all.
During this time, you also did your best to bring more joy to Su Wanrou, thereby demonstrating your value.
Su Wanrou was even happier to see your good Aptitude and gave you a large amount of cultivation resources.
This included a Body Tempering Pill.
After you consumed it, your cultivation directly advanced a small step, saving several months of cultivation.
Time flowed by, and you diligently practiced, never giving up.
You endured hardship, enduring it desperately. It was a bit bitter, and had a slightly fishy taste, making you want to vomit.
By the end of the first year, you broke through again, successfully entering the middle-tier of Body Tempering, only one small Realm away from Wang Laosan, who was in the high-tier of Body Tempering.
While cultivating, you also continuously fought with those youths, improving your combat experience and integrating every move and stance of the Qingfeng Fist, turning them into your instinct.
Gradually, your combat power grew stronger and stronger.
Su Wanrou directly made you a small leader in the stronghold, in charge of over thirty people, giving you some authority.
In the third year, through your own efforts and the aid of resources, you advanced further, entering the ranks of high-tier Body Tempering.
Your strength increased even more, and you could last over a hundred moves in a fight with Wang Laosan, who was in the same Realm, without being defeated. You were full of confidence in the future.
You believed you would definitely achieve your desires and become even stronger.
In the third year and third month, you had completely surpassed Wang Laosan, able to defeat him within ten moves.
Su Wanrou treated you as a confidant, allowing you to join the core of the stronghold. She valued you more and more.
You also continued to be active among others, expanding your influence.
You frequently went on assignments, and your performance was quite good, bringing considerable profits to the stronghold.
In the fifth year, your strength was still improving, but you were still one step away from the Peak of Body Tempering. You never gave up, and you never would.
You had a feeling
that in another three years, you would definitely break through.
But unfortunately, things did not unfold as you had imagined.
In the sixth year, the Second Chief of the stronghold suddenly betrayed them, colluding with the Jiulian City government thirty li away, and led a group of government soldiers to attack Qingfeng寨.
As the newly promoted head chieftain, you led your men to the front line, resisting the well-equipped government army.
You utilized the terrain to repel the imperial court’s attacks more than ten times.
Three months later, the imperial court gave up.
Su Wanrou was furious and immediately took you and other trusted subordinates to kill everyone under the Second Chief that very night.
After this battle, Qingfeng寨’s strength was greatly diminished.
After some hesitation, Su Wanrou promoted you to Fourth Chief, with over five hundred people under your command. At this point, you had completely established yourself in Qingfeng寨.
You deepened your connections with your subordinates, familiarized yourself with relationships, and increased your influence.
At the same time, you were also cultivating frantically, improving yourself.
In the seventh year, the government organized another attack.
This time, they allied with three surrounding cities and, led by the Second Chief, launched a sneak attack. Qingfeng寨 suffered heavy losses, with more than half of its manpower lost.
Facing such a sight,
Su Wanrou made a decisive decision and immediately took you and fled.
“Li Liang, I will not forget you!”
In the dark night, Su Wanrou said coldly, then mounted her horse and galloped away into the distance.
Li Liang was indeed the Second Chief’s real name!
You followed Su Wanrou all the way, leaving Qingfeng寨.
You didn't know where you were going.
Two months later, you arrived at another stronghold.
“Little Sister! You’re here!”
At the foot of the mountain, a young man in white greeted you, looking at Su Wanrou with concern.
“Second Brother, it’s all Li Liang’s fault. If it weren’t for him, my Qingfeng寨 would never have been reduced to this state by the imperial court.”
Su Wanrou looked displeased.
The young man in white smiled, “Little Sister, don’t worry, Second Brother will help you avenge this.”
As he spoke,
Su Wanrou suddenly pushed you forward, “Second Brother, let me introduce you, this is Gu Ming, my Husband, the one who watches over the stronghold.”
“Oh??”
The young man in white, Su Yue, looked surprised.
“Little Sister, you have good taste!”
After a moment of silence, he smiled.
“Greetings, Second Brother.”
You familiarly bowed and tried to get close.
“Everything I am today is all thanks to Wanrou.”
“If it weren’t for her, I’d still be a poor scholar.”
“Of course, being a scholar isn’t bad, but being with Wanrou, the world is much broader.”
Su Yue laughed heartily, “Interesting, you kid are interesting.”
In the following days, you finally figured out Su Wanrou’s background.
She was the youngest daughter of the Great Chief of Weihu Mountain, the largest criminal organization in Autumn Water County. Qingfeng寨 was merely something she created on a whim for fun.
Weihu Mountain was everything to Su Wanrou.