After the family split up, I achieved martial arts sainthood.

Qingyuan County, inner city.

In a tea room, the four powerful and wealthy families of Hu, Qian, Sun, and Tao gathered together, each sitting around a square table.

They sat around the stove, brewing tea, looking quite content.

"As expected, Zhou Feng's challenge today should go smoothly and will surely crush the morale and momentum of Zhenwei Martial Arts School and Biaoma Martial Arts School."

As he poured tea, Mr. Hu chuckled, "At that time, who will be in charge of the follow-up discussions?"

Master Qian, Master Sun, and Master Tao exchanged glances, their expressions all somewhat mocking.

"Do we really need to handle this personally? We can just send a steward."

Master Sun curled his lip and snorted: "A bunch of peasants, do they think they're worthy of us condescending to negotiate with them? Old Hu, you think too highly of them."

"That's right! They're just a bunch of peasants, what's there to talk about? In my opinion, instigating Zhou Feng to challenge them was unnecessary."

Master Tao scoffed dismissively, "Our four clans combined have eight Qi Creation Realm experts, plus Zhou Feng and Tang Yuan, making a total of ten."

"Send someone directly to tell them to come and pay their respects. Anyone who dares not to come will either get out of Qingyuan County or die in Qingyuan County. I don't believe they would dare to resist!"

"You, Old Hu, have spent years studying, but instead of learning any decent culture, you've developed a bunch of pretentious, bookish habits. You always think about being polite first and then resorting to force, which is truly laughable."

Ten Qi Creation Realm experts are facing off against two Qi Creation Realm experts.

With such an obvious difference, even a fool could tell who is superior.

"Leave a way out for others, so you can meet again in the future. What if you push someone too far and they become desperate?"

Upon hearing this, Mr. Hu smiled and offered an explanation, then looked at Mr. Qian.

Seeing this, Master Qian smiled and said, "I think it would be better to let Zhou Feng handle the negotiations. Then, each of our four families can send a manager to accompany Zhou Feng and represent our respective positions."

Good people do it to the end and send Buddha to the West.

After pondering for a moment, Master Hu blew his tea and agreed: "Very well! Since Zhou Feng has stepped forward, let him take full responsibility."

Upon hearing this, Master Sun and Master Tao exchanged a glance and neither of them objected further.

"Isn't it about time? Shouldn't we head to Tianxiazhen to prepare for the victory celebration?"

Master Qian glanced at the sky outside the tea room, reminding everyone of the time.

"Tell someone to make the arrangements!"

The gentlemen readily agreed.

……

While the four clan leaders were full of confidence and thought everything was under control, little did they know that Zhou Feng was already in turmoil and beginning to worry.

Of the three disciples he brought, two had already been defeated and had not gained any advantage whatsoever.

Even with only one player remaining, it's doubtful they'll have a good chance of winning.

At that time, their actions today might become a laughing stock.

"Senior brother, you flatter me!"

As Zhou Feng watched Gu Xin bow and clasp his hands in a humble and polite manner, his brows furrowed silently.

He never dreamed that a real dragon would be hidden in such a dilapidated place as Zhenwei Martial Arts School.

Defeated, Zhao Hu clutched his arm, wincing in pain, and had no time to respond to Gu Xin.

Qi Yu and Duan Liang, his fellow disciples, hurriedly applied ointment to Zhao Hu and treated his injuries.

Gu Xin stood in the middle of the room and did not urge them.

He ignored the excited discussions stirred up by the crowd of Zhenwei Martial Arts School students, and had no time to care about the gratified look his master Yang Wei gave him; his attention was entirely focused on Zhao Hu.

[Cultivation Level: Early Stage of the Vigorous Blood Realm] (Can be picked up)

[Skill: Six Harmonies Stance Exercise (Mastered)] (Can be picked up)

[Technique: Liuhequan (Peak of Mastery)] (Can be picked up)

[Technique: Six-Road Springing Leg (Masterful)] (Can be picked up)

[Technique: Wind and Thunder Sword (Masterful)] (Can be picked up)

[Cultivation Experience: 10 years] (Can be picked up)

One by one, experience packs shaped like fish bubbles floated in his field of vision.

The related details are also clearly available.

[Liuhe Zhuang Gong: A low-level, white-grade exercise, the introductory Zhuang Gong of the Qianqing School of Qianqing Mountain]

[Liuhequan: A low-level, basic fist technique from the Qianqing School of Qianqing Mountain]

[Six-Road Springing Leg: Low-level White-grade leg technique, introductory leg technique of the Qianqing School of Qianqing Mountain]

【Wind and Thunder Sword: Low-level White-grade swordsmanship, introductory swordsmanship of the Qianqing Sect of Qianqing Mountain】

With his gaze falling upon them, Gu Xin took in the origins of these techniques and skills.

"Qianqing Mountain, Qianqing Sect? Is this the martial arts sect Zhou Feng joined?"

Gu Xin quickly understood Zhou Feng's background.

He knew nothing about the Qianqing School, having never left Qingyuan County in his entire life, and knew little about the outside world.

Although I have occasionally met some people from outside Qingyuan County, the information I have learned from them does not include any introductions to the Qianqing School.

Gu Xin estimated that this was not a very large sect.

Even the basic stance training is only at the low-level (white grade).

Top-tier institutions like Baiyun Temple and Wenchan Temple have much more profound foundations than just this.

Forget it, why think so much?

Gu Xin shook his head, clearing his mind of distractions, and then looked back at the experience packs.

"Pick up the Six Harmonies Fist!"

Without hesitation, Gu Xin chose the Liuhequan style, which he was most proficient in.

The Liuhequan, which has reached its pinnacle and is already perfected, can undoubtedly save him a lot of training experience.

This time, he wasn't worried about whether mastering the Six Harmonies Fist would cause trouble. He could just make up an excuse that he had mastered it, and the Zhou family martial arts school wouldn't be able to do anything about it.

It's not surprising that martial arts geniuses can learn something at a glance, is it?

The reason I hesitated when I ambushed Cao Bao was because I had never openly dealt with the Biao Ma Martial Arts School.

This excuse is therefore difficult to justify.

After picking up the Six Harmonies Fist, Gu Xin stopped paying attention to the other experience packs that had quietly disappeared and quickly looked at his attribute panel.

[Cultivation Level: Early Stage of the Blood Strengthening Realm]

[Technique: Youyue Zhuang Gong (Peak of Mastery)]

[Techniques: Thunderous Mountain-Crushing Force (Peak of Mastery), Six Harmonies Fist (Peak of Mastery), Galloping Horse Saber (Peak of Mastery), Galloping Horse (Peak of Mastery)...]

Cultivation experience: 1 years

"No 'can be merged' text appeared?"

Gu Xin frowned slightly, then immediately understood. To merge techniques of the same type, not only do they need to reach the pinnacle of proficiency, but they also need to be at the same grade.

Only low-grade white-quality items can be fused with each other; mid-grade white-quality items cannot be fused with low-grade white-quality items.

Gu Xin was not surprised by this situation.

He had played a similar game in his previous life, so he quickly grasped its intricacies.

Time passed quietly after Gu Xin learned the Liuhequan (Six Harmonies Boxing) from Zhao Hu.

Qi Yu and Duan Liang have also treated Zhao Hu's injuries.

"Master Zhou, shall we continue?"

Master Yang Wei spoke again, glancing calmly at Zhou Feng, who remained silent with a sullen face, and asked him once more.

Compared to Zhou Feng's current worry, he still preferred Zhou Feng's previous confidence.

"beat!"

Hearing Yang Wei's mocking tone, Zhou Feng gritted his teeth and said to the last disciple he had brought, "Duan Liang, you go!"

"yes!"

Duan Liang clasped his hands in agreement and then walked into the center of the training ground.

Duan Liang was tall and slender, with a dignified appearance and a commanding presence.

With a sword hanging at his waist, he stood with his hand on the hilt, looking like a pine tree.

"I am skilled with the sword, junior brother, are you proficient with weapons?"

Duan Liang looked solemn and directly stated his own advantages to Gu Xin.

Gu Xinyan silently observed Duan Liang.

[Cultivation Level: Early Stage of the Blood Strengthening Realm]

[Technique: Six Harmonies Stance Exercise (Mastered)]

[Techniques: Six Harmonies Fist (Masterful), Six-Road Springing Leg (Masterful), Wind and Thunder Sword (Peak of Perfection)]

Cultivation experience: 10 years

[Can be picked up after defeating the target]

In an instant, all of Duan Liang's knowledge came into Gu Xin's view.

Duan Liang's words were indeed true; his proficiency in swordsmanship was indeed superior to that of Qi Yu and Zhao Hu.