This martial arts tournament is time-stopping.

"As long as you get enough to eat, drink, and take supplements:"

With your top-tier aptitude, Han Heng, it would take you as little as five or six days, or as long as ten days, to master the basics!

Someone like Ye Chu, with his innate talent and excellent comprehension, might be able to master the basics in a month or two; I can't say for sure how long it will take.

For someone like Yang Shuisheng, with his inferior physique, lack of comprehension, and limited resources, he can only wait until the final three months or even the last hundred days, when his qi and blood will naturally circulate and converge due to prolonged practice, before he can attempt to break through the blood barrier!

These words shocked Niu San, Ji Shan, Yang Shuisheng, and Yang Dayong.

Yang Shuisheng, who had the worst constitution, was not only pale with fear, but also trembling and sweating profusely.

"Ugh!"

Qi Feixing shook his head upon seeing this. He was simply answering everyone's questions truthfully, but he never expected that this person's mentality would be so bad that it was unbearable to look at!

Then, his gaze shifted slightly to Wei Lin, who had arrived a month earlier than the others.

This person also has the aptitude of Wu Xia, but knowing his foundation is weak, he diligently practices standing meditation day and night, and now he has practiced it quite well. It is not impossible for him to break through the blood barrier in one go.

Therefore, innate qualities such as physical talent and comprehension cannot be determined, but mindset, which is acquired later in life, can play a crucial role!

After much deliberation, and knowing that the Yang family had already spent money, the only recourse was to offer some words of appeasement:

"Of course, nothing is certain. Even those with good aptitude may not become martial artists, while there are countless examples of those with poor aptitude who break through the Blood Barrier and become martial artists."

"If you can get some money, you can buy resources such as Herbal Nourishing Soup, Tiger Blood Soup, and even medicinal baths at the martial arts school to nourish your blood and qi, and you will have a greater chance of breaking through the blood barrier and becoming a martial artist."

Qi Feixing stopped allowing everyone to ask questions freely.

It's better to avoid revealing the results, as it might further damage people's morale.

He also asked Yang Heng, Han Heng, and Ye Chu, who had memorized the stance training, to practice on their own to avoid affecting the mindset of the remaining four.

Ye Chu and Yang Heng couldn't stand together, and Han Heng also disliked Yang Heng's constant use of the term "lowly tenant slave."

So here's the interesting part.

Yang Heng, who had the most lackeys, became a lonely figure.

Ye Chu and Han Heng, two loners, actually grew closer.

Seeing this scene, Yang Heng knew perfectly well that Han Heng had betrayed him.

However, Han Heng had given all his "Martial Arts Prodigy" contracts to Master Nie, and now he had a traitor by his side whom he couldn't control.

A sense of frustration washed over him, and he was itching to retaliate against Ye Chu and Han Heng.

"Damn it, those two lowly tenants keep contradicting me."

"Especially Han Heng, without my family's financial support, you wouldn't even be able to find the entrance to the martial arts school! You treacherous scoundrel!"

"And then there's Ye Chu. His family, in order to support Ye Hao's martial arts training, has now turned the whole family into my tenants. Where did they get 10 taels of silver to send him to a martial arts school?"

Also, yesterday morning, Mother said that our old house had been robbed!

Yang Heng suddenly looked up at Ye Chu...

'Phew~'

As Ye Churu stood in a stance resembling a tiger crouching on a mountain cliff, using breathing techniques to regulate her body and mind...

I can feel my heart rate increasing, I can feel the blood flowing through every inch of my flesh and organs at a special frequency, and I can feel a sudden thirst released from within my body as my organs are gradually awakened!

Then the stomach and intestines begin to move, vigorously extracting the essence from every bite of food to relieve the hunger and thirst inside the body!

Some bodies are in a state of low-energy dormancy for a long time, but when the key of stance training is unlocked, they quickly enter a state of high-energy consumption.

'Gurgle~'

Coincidentally, both Ye Chu and Han Heng's stomachs began to protest their hunger.

Just then, a delicious aroma of meat wafted from the kitchen, making my stomach rumble and my mind completely focused on eating.

At the same time, Ye Chu discovered that as his blood washed over his flesh and blood, his physique was improving in a barely perceptible way!

Furthermore, when the active blood flows through the ghost handprint on the left wrist, it also has a slight effect of fading the ghost handprint!

Everything is moving in a positive direction!

He had practiced stance training all morning and could sense some of the mysteries of body tempering, but his progress in the "Tiger Subduing Stance" was still 0, with no improvement whatsoever...

Meanwhile, Han Heng, who was standing a little further away, and Yang Heng, who had also practiced stance training all morning, had extremely faint red glows and blood flowing on their skin.

"Those two, they grasped the essence of Qi and condensed their Qi and blood so quickly!"

At this point, Ye Chu also sensed the limitations of Ding Xia's innate talent during the cultivation process.

Fortunately, he has a divine body, so he can add some points!

"That's all for this morning. Everyone can go to the kitchen for lunch. After lunch, go to the pharmacy to confirm when to pick up your monthly herbal medicine."

Qi Feixing clapped his hands, dismissing the hungry and exhausted crowd so they could eat.

Yang Heng beckoned, and his four henchmen gathered around him.

Ye Chu and Han Heng were walking together when Qin Shaoyang suddenly appeared.

Meanwhile, the other five apprentices in the front yard also went to the kitchen in twos and threes.

"Brother Han truly deserves to be called a genius. He managed to recover some vital energy in just one morning. Congratulations!" Qin Shaoyang praised.

He intended to befriend Han Heng, who was not from a prominent family, because he might need his help in the future!

Han Heng was born a tenant farmer, so he had never heard his peers praise and flatter him like this before.

"Haha, so-so. I noticed that Brother Qin's body was covered in a rich blood-red aura when he was practicing his stance training. He must be about to break through to the Blood Barrier, right?"

"It will take another seven or eight days to accumulate qi and blood. I estimate that Brother Han will break through the barrier one or two days earlier than me..."

With just a few words, Qin Shaoyang flattered Han Heng, making him beam with joy.

Ye Chu then became invisible.

However, he was so hungry that his legs were weak and he had no strength to speak.

When queuing for meals at the canteen, I also learned that the standard for the three-month apprenticeship period was only one lunch.

A full bowl of stewed pork, a boiled egg, a serving of stir-fried potatoes, and unlimited rice and pork soup!

But when Ye Chu and Han Heng went to get their food, Liu, the cook in the kitchen, served them two bowls of meat instead.

"The master has instructed that you two can eat at the martial arts school for breakfast, lunch, and dinner, and each meal will include an extra bowl of meat as a supplementary allowance from the school!"

Ye Chu and Han Heng exchanged a glance.

I thanked Chef Liu.

He then began to eat amidst the envy of the surrounding apprentices.

"Previously, they only provided lunch, but now the martial arts school covers all three meals a day, saving us a lot of money!"

"I made the right move by demonstrating my understanding!"

As Ye Chu was calculating with satisfaction in his heart,

A commotion suddenly broke out at the canteen's food serving window.

"Why do those two lowly tenants, Ye Chu and Han Heng, get extra bowls of meat, while I, Jia Xia, have none? Do you look down on me?"

Yang Heng started arguing with Liu, the head chef, dissatisfied.

"Master Nie said they are eligible for poverty relief, but Young Master Yang, your family background is different from theirs; your family isn't poor... If it really doesn't work out, you can pay for an upgraded set meal, or eat out!"

Instead of making a fuss, the experienced cook, Liu, set Yang Heng up to roast.

If Yang Heng insists on asking for another bowl of meat, it would be an admission that his Yang family is poor, and they would become a laughing stock among other aristocratic families in the future.

If Yang Heng doesn't want it anymore, then the matter will naturally be resolved;

If Yang Heng feels he's losing face, he can upgrade the meal plan. Not only will the martial arts school make a profit, but he, as the cook, will also get a commission...

"Then upgrade me to a set meal; one bowl of meat isn't enough!"

Yang Heng couldn't save face in the end, so he took out one or two taels of silver to upgrade his package.

But his lackeys were watching him expectantly, as if to say, "Big brother, you've leveled up, why don't you help your underlings level up too?"