Chapter 23

"Why is it like this?" Lu Ren stared at Zhou Yang.

Since Zhou Yang dared to bring out Lin Cheng, he basically wasn't lying.

"Because he's poor. Still the same saying: the most important thing in practicing martial arts is money, money! The reason everyone thinks you can become a martial artist, although it's because of your innate talent, is mainly because the Huang family is willing to spend ten silver taels on you every month."

As soon as these words were spoken, even Lu Ren fell silent.

"Is money really that important? Are talent and effort useless..."

Xu Yang only entered a day later than Lu Ren, yet these people like Zhang Yang still thought Xu Yang couldn't become a martial artist. Zhang Yong and the others couldn't help but feel a bit desperate.

If Xu Yang was still like this, they would only have a harder time.

"It's not that they're useless, just that they aren't very useful. In three months at most, you have to break through the barrier, and whether you succeed or not depends on your martial dao foundation. The firmer the foundation, the greater the possibility of success."

"Others eat big fish and meat every day, taking turns drinking Body-Strengthening Soup and Nourishing Soup to store up blood and Qi, while you eat white rice every day. How much blood and Qi can you store up?"

"Furthermore, regarding tempering the body, your effort in stance training for three days can't even catch up to the effect of someone else's medicinal bath for cleansing the body. While they are taking medicinal baths, they are also doing stance training. In three months, you can't even imagine the gap between you."

Zhou Yuan shook his head.

His family's conditions weren't actually very good, which was why he had set his sights on the things in the hands of Xu Yang's group.

"Senior Brother Zhou Yang, you forgot that we are being cultivated by the Huang family. Xu Yang was able to enter stance training so quickly; the Huang family will inevitably increase their cultivation efforts for him."

As soon as Lu Ren said this, Zhang Yong and the others couldn't help but be invigorated. They didn't have money, but the Huang family did.

Unexpectedly, Zhou Yang still shook his head: "The Huang family might indeed increase their cultivation efforts for him, but I guarantee it won't exceed two taels at most. What use can two taels be?"

"Why are you so sure?" Lu Ren was curious.

"Because the Huang family has you, and that's enough!"

Zhou Yang's tone was categorical because he understood the Huang family.

"Eh... where is Xu Yang?"

Suddenly, someone discovered that Xu Yang was gone. Everyone looked up and found that Xu Yang had already left, his back disappearing into the inner courtyard, not listening to Zhou Yang's blathering here at all.

Zhou Yang looked at Xu Yang's back and said: "You watch, if my judgment is wrong, when he comes back in a while, there will be senior brothers and sisters from the inner courtyard giving him gifts. If he comes back empty-handed, then my judgment is correct."

【Turtle-Snake Great Stance · Entry (1/100)】

Xu Yang looked at the panel and felt somewhat helpless for a moment. He hadn't expected that after entering the Turtle-Snake Great Stance, the proficiency required to reach the next stage would jump from the previous "5" to "100", a span so large it was frightening.

He didn't want to listen to Zhou Yang's toxic chicken soup and negative energy at all, nor would he be affected.

Stepping into the inner courtyard for the first time, the scene here was completely different from the outer courtyard. There were pavilions specifically for cooling off, unlike the outer courtyard where one could only hide in a corner.

This place didn't look like a place for practicing martial arts at all, but rather a gathering place. A group of inner courtyard disciples gathered in a pavilion, drinking tea and eating pastries, and some were even playing the zither.

Sun Tao discovered Xu Yang and walked over from the pavilion with large strides.

Xu Yang bowed: "Greetings, Senior Brother Sun!"

Sun Tao nodded and said: "Junior Brother Xu, what brings you here?"

Xu Yang said: "Returning to Senior Brother, I have already entered the Turtle-Snake Great Stance and have come here to find Master to learn fist techniques."

Sun Tao showed a look of surprise: "You've actually already entered?"

He had thought the second one to enter would be Zhang Yong, but he hadn't expected it to be Xu Yang.

"Come, I'll take you to find Master."

Sun Tao didn't say much more, soon took Xu Yang to find Lin Cheng in a courtyard, and then excused himself to return to the pavilion.

"Junior Brother Sun, among the people cultivated by the Huang family, has someone else entered the Turtle-Snake Great Stance?"

As soon as Sun Tao sat down, someone asked.

Sun Tao nodded: "Yes, this batch of people sent by the Huang family is actually not bad. I didn't expect that besides Lu Ren, someone else could enter the Turtle-Snake Great Stance so quickly."

"Six days to enter the Turtle-Snake Great Stance is indeed not bad."

In the pavilion, the group of inner courtyard disciples reacted indifferently.

Those who could be here were true martial artists who had successfully broken through the barrier.

Although entering the Turtle-Snake Great Stance in six days was rare, it wasn't an incredible achievement among their group; quite a few of them had entered the Turtle-Snake Great Stance in five or six days.

"Senior Sister Gu Fang, Senior Brother Jiang Ping, Xu Yang entered the Turtle-Snake Great Stance in six days; he should be able to obtain your 'friendship', right?"

Sun Tao looked curiously at the man and woman opposite him. The so-called friendship was actually giving gifts.

Both of them had impressive family backgrounds and liked to associate with talented people. When they encountered someone with true talent, they would directly use money to pave the way for association. Yesterday, they had both given Lu Ren a gift of considerable value.

"What is this Xu Yang's innate talent?" Jiang Ping asked.

"Grade C-minus!"

Jiang Ping shook his head: "Grade C-minus innate talent, even if the Huang family increases his cultivation efforts to the same level as Lu Ren's, the success rate is only thirty percent."

"Wait until he can enter the inner courtyard and stand before us before talking." Gu Fang finally spoke. ===== CHAPTER 24 =====