A month passed in a flash.

It is easy to attack others, but extremely difficult to guard against others.

Self-defense training is more difficult.

However, relying on the Great Clarity’s support, Xun Xie gradually strengthened his reaction time and made great progress.

The good thing about the Great Clarity’s progress was that it was like a save file, even outside the state he still remembered the feel and sensation that he had when he was in that state.

So, there was no stagnation, instead because the state of Great Clarity was so amazing, being outside the state caused even the easier nuggets of comprehension to take a long time to digest, of course this wasn’t what he already comprehended, but what was left.

Only in the thousand and ten thousand critical states could he completely comprehend things immediately eating a thousand nuggets of comprehension and then those states after doing so would go a step further and aim to break the limit, from eating to cooking.

For a normal martial arts wizard state, he still had undigested comprehensions that he only vaguely felt hints of and would have eventually progressed, from large balls of comprehension digested wholly but then when the plug-in expired he had to eat the balls with small bites until it was gone and savor the undigested bits he had already eaten while in martial wizard state.

If Xun Xie had to explain it another way, it was like he grabbed the end of the thread and was quickly pulling it but then when normal he had to slowly trace the string afterward, so he didn’t accidentally lose it clumsily.

Great Clarity comprehension and normal comprehension worked in tandem, and results were produced.

After only one month of hard training, he was able to defend against Old Man Hu's fixed-point attack with ease.

"From today, the fixed-point defense practice ends, and the whole-body defense practice begins. I will attack any part of your body at will, you be careful!" Old Man Hu's expression became solemn, and the round fist attacked.

Xun Xie immediately cheered up not noticing the wicked upturned mouth corner of Old Hu.

…

In the blink of an eye, autumn is here.

Several more apprentices left the Hu Mansion one after another, gave up, and stopped practicing ruling-spirit kung fu.

Well, there are many reasons.

Some people’s pockets are shy.

No way, martial arts training is burning money.

Constantly burning money!

Like driving across the world with few stops with gas run car with a limited amount of funds, eventually, the gas price accumulates and when you really observe it, you’ll find it has become an astronomical sum!

Martial arts was the same.

If you don't have money, don't even think about getting wax pills, don't think about eating exotic animal meat to nourish your blood and muscles, then the progress is naturally slow like a turtle, the slower the progress, the longer it will take to break through the blood force, and the more money you will spend.

It's a vicious circle.

A large number of people were eliminated like this.

There are also people who are not short of money. The reason for leaving is purely because practicing martial arts is too hard. Of course, these were the minority, and in addition to the weak-willed who found they couldn’t become super powerful in just a few months.

Xun Xie saw a few well-dressed apprentices who were like this, the rich were dissatisfied with the pace of getting stronger and the poor wanted to get stronger faster and gain strength, fame, wealth, and status yet they were blocked by money.

The cruel irony.

Practicing hard every day, and practicing over and over, no one can be sure that he can break through the blood energy in the year of the monkey and the horse.

It is normal to succumb, unable to bear it.

After all, martial arts practitioners must have a tough mind and be able to endure loneliness, but not everyone can do it.

There are also some people who choose to leave, purely because the three-year period is up.

Yun Shan also left.

In fact, he has been swallowing wax pills for more than three years in a row, but he still hasn't broken through the blood.

Choosing to leave is also a helpless move.

After Xun Xie heard about it, he bid him farewell.

"When I first started, my senior brother took good care of me." Xun Xie remembered the goodness of others.

In this courtyard, the most familiar people from Xun Xie, except for Old Man Hu, are Yun Shan, even though the two are only casual acquaintances.

"It's just a trivial matter, it's nothing to talk about." Yun Shan waved his hand, the expression on his face was full of complexity and a little embarrassment.

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Xun Xie started later than him, and he was younger than him. As a result, others came later yet stood over him, which is so fucking unreasonable.

The taste of being surpassed is foul!

"Senior brother, what are you going to do in the future?" Xun Xie looked at Yun Shan. He was physically strong, and it would be good to go home to farm. The wax pills and exotic meat might not have formed blood energy but the subtle effects were there.

"Xiao Xun, I'm not reconciled, I want to go to Teacher Feng to study art."

Yun Shan said earnestly, "The "Wind Ascending Sky Kung Fu" taught by Instructor Feng is also quite powerful. It cooperates with the martial art of 'needle breaks the armour' and swept thousands of troops."

Xun Xie said, "This little brother wishes my brother success."

Yun Shan smiled and left his lonely back seemed smaller than it was supposed to as the distance between the two increased.

…

Secret room.

In the pitch-black space, suddenly, light emerged!

Xun Xie raised his arms.

At this moment, the two arms are covered with a layer of blood energy, which is no longer thin like mist, more like white smoke, and like white clouds in the sky.

And this is precisely after the blood energy has increased greatly, enough to cover 30% of the body, and the enhanced version of the blood energy emits light in the dark "like smoke and clouds".

See this scene!

"Xiao Xun, you finally broke through the second level of blood power!" Old Man Hu said with a smile.

Xun Xie also let out a sigh of relief, feeling extremely happy. The months of penance were not in vain, and the hard work finally paid off.

"Mr. Hu, how many second-level blood energy do you have in your yard?" Xun Xie asked, curious as to where his strength could rank.

"Why do you ask this? Don't ask about other people's secrets. Besides, people are separated from each other. As long as someone deliberately hides the total amount of blood energy, even I can’t tell. Who doesn't want to hide some tricks?" Old Man Hu was reluctant to say.

Xun Xie smiled mischievously. He actually broke through quite a while ago, he was at 50% Blood energy coverage currently although he didn’t know if the old man noticed or was really talking about the others or both.

Old Man Hu pondered: "Explosive Claw, footwork, self-defense, Tiger Roaring Boxing, and Steel Claws you have already learned all five of these enough to form a comprehensive killing style and you can start actual combat."

"Actual combat?"

Xun Xie's eyes lit up, and he finally reached this point.

Remember a famous saying:

"Kung Fu, two words, one horizontal and one vertical, right, stand tall, wrong, fall down."

In other words:

The winners stand, and the losers lie down.

The winner is the king, strength is respect!

The two turned around and walked into the main room.

Old Man Hu instructed his maid to call a man. Xun Xie knew him, and his name was Huang Yi.

He was one of the apprentices that Old Man Hu took away when he escorted food last time.

"Mr. Hu, what are your orders to call the disciples here?"

Huang Yi walked into the door. He was 1.85 meters tall and stocky, with hard steel-like muscles on his body.

Old Man Hu nodded to Xun Xie, took a sip of tea, and said leisurely, "Close the door, you and Xun Xie had a fight."

Huang Yi's expression changed, he looked at Xun Xie deeply, turned around and closed the door, then turned and walked to the center of the main room.

"Junior Brother, please!" Huang Yi bowed his hands in a salute, his face now expressionless.

Xun Xie took a deep breath, walked up to Huang Yi, cupped his hands, and said, "Brother Huang, please enlighten me."

Huang Yi put on a stance, Xun Xie also turned sideways at almost the same time, clenching fists with both hands.

The next moment, Huang Yi charged directly at Xun Xie.

Seeing this, Xun Xie shook his shoulders, the soles of his feet erupted with blood, he walked in an arc, suddenly appeared on Huang Yi's side, and clawed his side waist with his hands.

Huang Yi turned pale in shock and hurriedly waved his arms to block.

Boom!

Xun Xie's fist flashed with white light, hitting Huang Yi's right arm firmly.

In an instant, Huang Yi flew out diagonally, and Xun Xie heard him let out a painful groan.

Huang Yi fell to the ground and rolled for several laps before stopping. His face was flushed, his expression was distorted, and he was sweating like rain.

He covered his right arm!

The right arm, the forearm bent unnaturally, was obviously fractured!

"Senior brother..."

Xun Xie looked surprised and inexplicable. He didn't expect that he would hit Huang Yi with one punch and fracture his forearm.

During the whole process, Huang Yi's reaction was too slow, and he didn't have any self-defense.

As for Xun Xie, he thought that Huang Yi was very strong, so he naturally punched with all his strength without any reservations. After all, he was older, joined earlier than him, and was brought by Old Man Hu on the escorts.

After a while, Huang Yi's right forearm was swollen and bruised, and the bone seemed to be broken severely.

Huang Yi knelt on one knee in pain and looked at Xun Xie with shock in his eyes.

Seeing this, Old Man Hu said to Huang Yi with no expression on his face, "Go see the doctor."

Huang Yi gritted his teeth and got up, clutching his broken arm and opening the door.

Seeing this, Xun Xie continued, "Mr. Hu, I'll go take care of Senior Brother Huang."

"No, it's because his skills are inferior to others, and the consequences are his own.. You have nothing to feel sorry for him, understand?" Old Man Hu said solemnly.

Xun Xie raised his eyebrows and vaguely saw the rules of survival in this world!

****

Xun Xie still felt he should run after Huang Yi, the guilt hadn’t left his heart.

Finally, he saw the figure walking quickly towards one of the town’s doctors who had a medicine shop.

“Senior Brother wait!”

Huang Yi turned around and saw the approaching Xun Xie, his eyes flashed with a complicated expression.

“Is your arm okay? Maybe I should go with yo-u?”

Xun Xie saw the indifferent eyes looking back at him and his words slowed.

“No need junior brother, no senior brother, my skills merely insufficient. Thanks for the concern, I’ll go now.” Huang Yi politely ignored the pain in his arm and quickly continued but Xun Xie didn’t follow.

Huang Yi looked back at the corner of his eyes. His previous junior brother and he only had a passing acquaintance of each other, he knew that Xun Xie broke through and was surprised at first but quickly ignored it at the time, but he hadn’t expected he would progress so fast, so young as well.

Having gone on several escorts he knew exactly what this signified, his horizons were broader than the average town resident and he had glimpsed the world he wasn’t qualified to touch, through his junior brother…he saw it again, strength, unfairness and even a tiny bit of that..nobility. Even if he didn't climb very high, Xun Xie would still likely end up higher than he had achieved all his life.

Xun Xie couldn’t read minds and didn’t know what Huang Yi was thinking, he was merely frozen in place.

His mind was on the gaze of Huang Yi just now.

So many emotions are visible without saying anything but the words afterward…

The law of survival in this world was as larger than the behemoth of society, he couldn’t change it as well, others had already accepted it but he was reluctant being an outsider.

The time had already passed, and he was beginning to forget what his past life was like, how those skyscrapers looked, all those faces, the internet, and even all those luxuries, before he knew it, he was slowly becoming a real part of this world. He had even forgotten many faces from there.

Xun Xie turned around without looking back, since he was a part of this world then he had to live in it, he could strive to change things but he would be a hypocrite to do so, he had nothing to prove. No deep passion within that desired to change things to how they 'should' be based on his previous life. Even then although it was safe, was it really the 'right' way, did there exist such a perfect and equal society?

Xun Xie felt if it did, it was not a human society.

The most critical thing now was,

The judgmental eyes of society were gone.

Now the way forward was wherever he wanted, and to rise in this world, you had the follow the laws of existence.

Survival of the fittest!

And he aimed to be fit.