Chapter 15

Half an hour passed, Sun Tao didn't appear, and no one came to remind them that it was time to practice.

"It seems Senior Brother Sun Tao won't come. We can only practice by ourselves."

Someone said, his expression very ugly, because he hadn't remembered the whole Turtle-Snake Great Stance, and the few others who were the same reacted similarly.

If Sun Tao didn't come to point out, how could they practice?

Luo Dehu felt as if he had been slapped in the face, secretly regretting confronting Zhang Yong and Zhang Hong. He didn't expect that after spending so much money, Weiyuan Hall would be so perfunctory.

Lin Cheng pointed out once and left, and Sun Tao only pointed out three times.

"Ten wen, you can come to me anytime."

Zhang Hong said happily, got up, walked into the martial arts arena, and struck the pose of the Turtle-Snake Great Stance.

Xu Yang had rested enough, walked near Zhang Hong, and started practicing. Zhang Yong soon came near the two and struck a pose.

"Boss Lu Ren..." Luo Dehu looked at Lu Ren for help.

"No matter, I'll teach you!" Lu Ren got up and said.

As soon as these words came out, the few who hadn't remembered were overjoyed and looked at Zhang Yong and Zhang Hong provocatively, as if saying, look, this is the difference between you and a true genius.

Not only is the innate talent incomparable, but the bearing is also not as good.

Xu Yang didn't pay attention, just practiced quietly, feeling more and more.

"Sure enough, you have to eat well and eat a lot."

In the morning, he only ate some coarse rice and two slices of pork belly. His stomach wasn't even full, and with no food in his belly, the cultivation effect was naturally greatly reduced.

This meal at noon was better than the food during the New Year. With sufficient nutrition, the effect of standing the stance changed immediately, and the time he could hold the Turtle-Snake Great Stance became longer and longer.

"You idiots, I don't care anymore. Practice by yourselves."

Suddenly Lu Ren's voice came. He threw his hands up and didn't do it anymore, running to the side to practice by himself.

Although he was somewhat set up by Luo Dehu and had the intention of being a boss, he was a genius with Yi-Upper innate talent, not a fool. After delaying for a long time, he also knew it would affect his cultivation progress.

"I thought he would keep teaching!" Zhang Yong laughed.

Wanting to be a good person, how could it be so easy? Lu Ren didn't see Luo Dehu's little schemes, but he had seen through it at a glance.

"He couldn't teach at all!" Xu Yang shook his head.

Although Lu Ren remembered the whole Turtle-Snake Great Stance, he himself was still half-understanding. How could he teach others? It was possible that these people wouldn't appreciate his kindness but would think he was hiding something.

"Is this brother the Yi-Upper innate talent you mentioned?" A youth came over.

During the break, disciples who had entered Weiyuan Hall earlier also came to contact and get to know them.

This person was named Zhou Yuan, who had come to Weiyuan Hall half a month earlier than Xu Yang and the others, and now his Turtle-Snake Great Stance had already been started.

Through communication and contact, they also knew that Xu Yang and the others were sponsored by the Huang family to practice martial arts here.

"Yeah, that's him." Zhang Hong nodded.

"You guys are still clear-headed. If this Lu Ren doesn't wake up in time, I'm afraid it'll be hard for him to become a martial artist. To actually delay his own time to point out others." Zhou Yuan shook his head.

Zhang Yong was puzzled: "Lu Ren has Yi-Upper innate talent. Even if he delays a little time, it shouldn't affect him becoming a martial artist, right? At most, it'll be a bit later."

Among the ten of them, whether others could become martial artists might not be certain, but Lu Ren's innate talent shouldn't have any accidents.

But the Zhou Yuan in front of him actually said it would be hard for Lu Ren to become a martial artist.

"Haha... a bit later? You guys wouldn't think the Huang family will always sponsor you to practice martial arts, right? At most three months. If you don't become a martial artist, the Huang family will cut off your money. You really think you can slowly grind away time? No one told you this?"

A sturdy figure walked over, muscles bulging, sweat flowing like raindrops, pouring water into his mouth.

This person was named Zhou Yang, who had also had contact with Xu Yang and the others before, and was Zhou Yuan's cousin.

Zhang Hong and Zhang Yong's faces changed. They knew the Huang family wouldn't always sponsor them, but they didn't expect it would be at most three months.

Becoming a martial artist in three months—if it were so easy, martial artists wouldn't be so rare.

"Senior Brother Zhou Yang, is there any saying in this?" Xu Yang frowned slightly.

He didn't think Zhou Yang had the ability to know the Huang family's top-level decisions. The only explanation was that there were things that they, who had just come into contact with martial dao, didn't understand.

Zhou Yang sat beside Xu Yang, panting, and said: "Martial dao cultivation starts from stance training. Those with excellent talent can get started in three to five days, and those with slightly weaker talent can get started in ten days or half a month.

If you can't get started in ten days or half a month, such idiots should go home early and not waste food.

Once stance training is started, you begin to nourish Qi and blood and temper the body. At the same time, you must start practicing fist techniques to prepare for the first major hurdle of martial dao.

And from the beginning of fist practice, this process will reach the first major hurdle of martial dao in at most three months.

Once you charge the hurdle, success means you are a martial artist, and failure means you are out. So the Huang family's sponsorship for you won't exceed three months."

"After failing to charge the hurdle, can't you do it a second time?"

Zhang Hong's expression was very bad. He finally understood why martial artists were so rare; there were only three months.

"You think martial dao hurdle charging is like the imperial examination? If you fail this year, you can come back next year and take it ten times? The first hurdle charging is the peak of essence, Qi, and spirit. If you can't succeed then, you won't succeed in the future.

Of course, if your family can take out hundreds of silver taels to re-nourish your body, pretend I didn't say that."

The families of these few people couldn't even take out a few taels, let alone hundreds.

"Senior Brother Zhou, generally, what is the success rate of hurdle charging?" Xu Yang asked.

"Generally, the success rate is about thirty percent!"

Zhou Yang held up a finger: "But you ten... only ten percent."

He just didn't say that only Lu Ren could become a martial artist, and the rest would fail.

"How come it's only ten percent when it gets to us?"

At this time, Luo Dehu and the others also came over to rest. Although panting, he couldn't help but speak.

Zhou Yuan glanced at him and said: "Ordinary people practicing martial arts spend at least dozens of silver taels in three months to get a thirty percent chance.

Among you, except for Lu Ren, the money used for martial arts in three months is less than ten taels. Why do you think your success rate will be the same as those who spend dozens of taels?

As for innate talent, those who can get the Turtle-Snake Great Stance started, no matter how bad their innate talent is, how bad can it be?"

The ten people didn't speak, and even Lu Ren was a bit silent.

Others spent dozens of taels, and he only had about twenty taels, which was also a bit dangerous.

Verifying what Master Lin said earlier, it seemed to make a lot of sense.

"Speaking of which, the Huang family is also stingy. They want to cultivate a martial artist with a few taels of silver. It's simply a pipe dream, treating martial arts as child's play," Zhou Yuan shook his head.