Starting with Xingyi Quan, it swept across the chaotic world.

Lu Li ate everything clean, not even leaving a drop of soup.

Before long, he felt the horse meat turning into warm currents, constantly nourishing his limbs and bones.

He felt a fire burning starting in his stomach.

After bidding farewell to the shopkeeper, Lu Li rushed back to the martial arts school and practiced Xingyi Quan for another half an hour before he could suppress the heat in his body by half.

At the same time, his proficiency in Xingyi Quan increased a little.

"That's great." Lu Li was satisfied with everything that could improve his strength.

In this world, being strong yourself is the most important thing.

After finishing his boxing practice, the setting sun had completely disappeared, and it was getting dark. Lu Li quickly returned to his three-person dormitory.

"Why hasn't Liu Zheng come back yet?"

Lu Li noticed that the dormitory room had become somewhat empty, so he asked Zhang Wu, who was still standing nearby.

At the same time, he also keenly sensed that Zhang Wu's condition seemed somewhat off.

"Senior Brother Liu Zheng... he moved out."

"What?" Lu Li looked puzzled.

The White Crane Martial Arts School is divided into an inner courtyard and an outer courtyard. The inner courtyard disciples with hidden strength have individual rooms, while the outer courtyard apprentices who have not yet entered the strength stage and disciples with manifest strength have two options: a three-person dormitory or moving out to live on their own.

Why did Liu Zheng move out?

"Senior brother, it was during the two days you were gone that Senior Brother Liu Zheng successfully broke through to the next level." Zhang Wu's expression was filled with indescribable disappointment: "He left without saying a word."

Hey……

He came from a poor family and came here hoping to break through his current level if possible, or at least maintain good relationships with his fellow disciples, which he did his best to do.

These days I'm doing Liu Zheng's laundry, making his bed, and folding his blankets every day, acting like a servant.

Finally, the other party successfully gained entry.

I thought I could curry favor with someone powerful, but I never expected this...

Lu Li looked at Zhang Wu, feeling a mix of emotions.

He was a pitiful child.

Perhaps the original owner of this body had the same idea before.

He has no right to criticize Liu Zheng. After all, everyone has their own choices, and if the other party doesn't think highly of those without potential, then they simply don't think highly of them.

"Perhaps Junior Brother Liu Zheng was asked to do something after he entered the gate, but he was too busy to greet him."

Lu Li couldn't bear to see the young man who had brought her the pancakes so disappointed, so she spoke up to comfort him.

Soon after, Zhang Wu fell silent.

Exhausted, Lu Li fell into a deep sleep.

The next day, early in the morning.

In the martial arts school's training ground, the morning dew on the bluestone slabs shimmered in the rosy dawn.

Lu Li arrived at his favorite plum blossom stake again.

Standing meditation, standing meditation, and more standing meditation!

As time went by, more and more disciples arrived. When they saw Lu Li still working hard, their expressions varied, some admiring him and others mocking him.

"Are you done with everything at home?" Second Senior Brother Duan Kang walked up to the stake at some point.

Lu Li stopped his movements and leaped off the plum blossom stakes:

"I just went back to get some money and did some chores for my family."

Upon hearing this, Duan Kang nodded slightly.

To be honest, he was a little worried about giving Lu Li three days off. After all, Lu Li had always been a good-for-nothing, and he was afraid that Lu Li would relax again once he got home from his training.

Fortunately, he was relieved to see that Lu Li had arrived earlier than him today.

Suddenly, Duan Kang leaped onto the plum blossom stakes, and Lu Li subconsciously took a half step back.

Duan Kang raised an eyebrow at this, then spoke again to himself:

"The so-called Six Harmonies Stance Exercise consists of the external three harmonies and the internal three harmonies."

"When the mind and intention are in harmony, when intention and strength are in harmony, and when strength and energy are in harmony, this is called the inner three harmonies."

"Hands and feet should be in harmony, elbows and knees should be in harmony, shoulders and hips should be in harmony; this is called the external three harmonies."

"A difference of a fraction can lead to a difference of a thousand miles."

As Duan Kang spoke, he struck a pose, his right leg extended forward to shoulder width, his left arm raised and slightly bent as if holding a wine vessel, his right arm as if cradling a baby, and his legs slightly bent: "It is important to align the fingertips with the toes, the fingertips with the tip of the nose, the three tips in harmony."

Having said that, Duan Kang leaped down from the plum blossom stakes again:

"Your practice is not bad, but you can improve on the details."

"If you have any questions, feel free to ask me."

Upon hearing this, Lu Li's expression changed.

This isn't just polite talk; if it were, the other person would never offer to point out their shortcomings.

It should be noted that the second senior brother was not only the one in charge among the master's disciples, but also the most taciturn one.

The other disciples all came from wealthy families, except for the second senior brother, who came from a poor background, was rather aloof, and didn't fit in with the other disciples of the sect leader.

But this reclusive person actually said such a thing.

Lu Li straightened up, solemnly clasped his hands, and bowed to express his gratitude:

"Thank you for your guidance, senior brother. I have benefited greatly from it."

Duan Kang nodded, grunted in agreement, and continued practicing his boxing routine on his own.

Lu Li leaped onto his favorite plum blossom stakes again and quietly practiced the Six Harmonies Stance Technique.

The heart is like still water.

It was as if nothing had happened.

However, what happened just now was witnessed by many of his fellow disciples.

In a corner of the courtyard, under the shade of an old tree, the two people who had invited Lu Li for drinks to curry favor with Senior Sister Xu Fang were now standing there.

Wang Wei leaned against the tree trunk, looking at Lu Li, who was focused on something not far away, with a mocking look in his eyes.

"He's really something else this time. Even the second senior brother is taking the initiative to teach him. Does he really think that kid has some potential?"

The other person, Zhou Miao, also wore a mocking expression:

"Hmph, all this pretense. He might fool Second Senior Brother with his feigned effort, but do you think he can fool us? Don't you know what he was like before? Do you really think he can achieve anything? How many people have foolishly practiced stances and boxing, only to leave empty-handed in the end?"

"The Ming Jin stage isn't so easy to break through."

"I think he knows he's been working at the museum for four months and is just trying to cram at the last minute to give his family some answers."

Wang Weishen agreed:

"Those with inferior aptitude must accept their fate as those with inferior aptitude."

He wasn't just making sarcastic remarks, because he himself was of inferior character.

At first, he was a diligent and hardworking person, but later he found that his blood and energy were accumulating slowly, and he had no hope of ever breaking through the barrier in his lifetime.

Therefore, he accepted his fate.

In his opinion, it would be better to use this wasted time to curry favor with his fellow disciples, at least to become familiar with them, and who knows, it might come in handy in the future.

And so, he started currying favor with Zhou Miao.

Although Zhou Miao had not yet broken through to the Ming Jin level, he was still from a wealthy family.

His months of flattery had brought the two to a point where they could talk about anything.

His sarcastic remarks towards Lu Li stemmed partly from the fact that in the past, when the group was together, all the dirty and tiring work was pushed onto Lu Li. Now that Lu Li was no longer with them, he himself had taken over Lu Li's niche and lived as a half-servant.

Besides that, another reason was that he was somewhat envious of Lu Li.

After all, Lu Li had just had the chance to curry favor with his second senior brother!

If it were him, he would have already gone up to flatter him.

Zhou Miao also believed that time would prove that his flattery was more effective than Lu Li's foolish boxing practice.

……

Lu Li was unaware of all that had happened.

He simply focused on practicing martial arts.

That's it.

Any ineffective social interaction that prevents him from practicing martial arts is an obstacle on his path to becoming stronger.