This martial arts tournament is time-stopping.

Yang Residence in the East of the City

Yang Heng returned in anger and went to Master Yang to examine the tenant rental contracts of the Ye family.

After searching for a long time, Ye Chu's name was nowhere to be found, but the names of Ye Hao and Ye Shui, the eldest uncle of the Ye family, appeared frequently.

"Ye Chu, if I can't deal with you, can't I deal with your family? Ye Hao signed a slave contract and still wants to learn martial arts? Go clean the latrines and carry manure..."

"Heng'er, Ye Hao has already become a martial artist, so let's put his matter aside for now. Tell me about Ye Chu's behavior at the martial arts gym today. I suspect he stole our money!"

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As dawn broke and the roosters crowed, Ye Chu was awakened by hunger!

"Damn it! I ate so much meat at the delicacies restaurant last night that I was stuffed, and I didn't even practice my stance training when I got home. How come my stomach and intestines have already digested it all in just one night?"

The only good news:

Eating more doesn't lead to weight gain; instead, it subtly transforms into a higher level of stored energy.

Also, your innate constitution and the Daoist essence both increase by 1.

[Awakening: Embryonic stage (0.013%)]

【Root bone: 13】

【Time and Rhythm: 5.9】

He got out of bed, chewed up the leftovers from last night, and swallowed the untouched roast goose, bones and all.

"Wow, they can eat way too much!"

After Ye Chu calmed down from the hunger in his stomach, he realized that his appetite was vastly different from what he had eaten the day before.

Because he practiced the Tiger-Taming Stance to condense his qi and blood, he and the Yellow Turban Warriors were two major energy consumers.

More importantly, as both improve physical fitness, the energy required for daily life activities also increases.

This is similar to how large predators like tigers don't hunt small animals like rabbits and birds, because the energy gained from digesting these small prey is not even enough to cover the energy consumed by the predator when it gets up to hunt.

"The saying 'the poor study literature, the rich study martial arts' is really true. But at least I can get a free meal at the martial arts school in the morning, and then continue practicing my stance training at home to empty my stomach..."

As dawn breaks, the thick, inky night sky is illuminated, revealing a very light layer of gray. Ye Chu begins practicing his stance training.

Until a red sun rose above the horizon, its golden light bathed the fields, and all things regained their color, the world became noisy again, and my stomach was empty once more.

"Just in time to grab a bite at the martial arts gym!"

Ye Chu wiped his sweat, said goodbye to Ji Meng, and left.

He absorbed 1 point of unclaimed Time Dao Rhyme while passing by the butcher shop, bringing his total Time Dao Rhyme to [6.9].

They went to the kitchen of Longhu Hall and sat down with Han Heng. They ate two bowls of meat, and there was plenty of steamed buns and porridge. They ate until their stomachs were round before they stopped.

After yesterday's practice, everyone realized the importance of eating and meals.

After resting for a while, the two continued practicing in the front yard, honing their physical bodies, cultivating their strength, and gathering their qi and blood.

However, Yang Heng remained troubled.

It wasn't just that he disliked Han Heng and Ye Chu for eating and taking things at the banquet yesterday afternoon;

This morning, my third senior brother didn't come to teach the stance training either, so he had to personally teach his four useless followers.

Meanwhile, at the base of the wall between the front and inner courtyards, the third senior brother, Qi Feixing, overheard Yang Heng scolding him while teaching him stance training, and smiled slightly.

"What a responsible and useful tool he is!"

He paused on his way to the front yard, then turned around and began to cultivate in the inner courtyard.

He didn't show up in the front yard until the sun was high in the sky. He led everyone in practicing the stance training twice, then pretended to have something to do and quickly left.

Yang Heng watched his third senior brother leave, stomping his feet in anger.

But there was nothing that could be done.

I'll have to continue teaching those four good-for-nothings myself!

"As long as you're willing to worry, you'll always have something to worry about..."

When Han Heng, Ye Chu, and Qin Shaoyang took a break to drink water, Han Heng chuckled and complained.

Qin Shaoyang, however, saw through the true nature of the matter:

"If Yang Heng doesn't take care of it, it's a loss for his family; if he does take care of it, it's a loss for him personally; but since Yang Heng will inherit the Yang family in the future, he has no choice but to take care of it!"

I guess the third senior brother saw this and didn't want to get involved.

Ye Chu didn't talk much, but he was actually observing the constant shifting of lifespan, talent, and fortune between Yang Heng and Han Heng.

It can be basically confirmed that Yang Heng's physical constitution was not only below the first rank, but at least two or even three times that of someone below the first rank. It's just a pity that he met Han Heng and was set up.

At the same time, Ye Chu was also trying to manipulate the threads of time, attempting to retain a portion of his lifespan, talent, and fortune.

After the attempt succeeded, he stuffed all the lifespan, talent, and good fortune he had retained into the body of a small ant beside him.

In just a short while, the little ant's body had grown larger...

"That's strange, something felt missing just now?"

Han Heng touched his head and scratched his back, but since he hadn't lost any flesh and couldn't find anything, he could only give up and continue practicing his stance training.

Ye Chu's heart tightened. How could Han Heng have sensed such a tiny movement?

After noting down the scent of the ants nearby, I tossed them aside, and they vanished from the base of the wall in the blink of an eye.

"It's better to find an easy-to-care-for pet so we can better observe any changes."

After cultivating until midday and having lunch, Ye Chu strolled out of the Dragon Tiger Hall to digest his food.

Actually, he was looking for good pets to keep.

As Ye Chu passed by a roast duck restaurant, he was pleasantly surprised to absorb 0.3 points of the Dao of Unclaimed Time!

Upon closer inquiry, it turns out that the roast ducks at the restaurant are all selected by the customers, slaughtered on the spot, marked with a design, and then roasted immediately!

Once you open your mind like this, is there any creature in this world that kills more than the terrifying upright apes?

Perhaps they exist, but Ye Chu has never seen them.

So Ye Chu ran around to all the nearby restaurants, vegetable markets, and fish markets, and his collection of unclaimed Time Dao Rhyme was a full 1.3!

Within the wellspring of time, the total is: [The Way of Time: 8.5]

"Unfortunately, the unclaimed Dao of Time left behind after a life dies, no matter how much remains, will be completely devoured by heaven and earth within half a day!"

"It's precisely because the unclaimed Time Dao Aura dissipates so quickly that, conservatively speaking, after touring the entire county, one can only collect eight or nine points of Time Dao Aura each day!"

"But if you happen to run into a few people who have just died, then you'll make a fortune."

"The collection process is a bit time-consuming... but as long as it's faster than my cultivation speed, it's fine!"

"That's not right either. Adding points to cultivation techniques and skills is a one-time deal, since you'll need to switch to other cultivation techniques later!"

However, adding it to one's innate talent and comprehension not only allows for permanent use but also assists in the awakening and growth of one's immortal body!

"The cultivation of an immortal body is of paramount importance!"

In addition, when Ye Chu was collecting the Daoist essence of unclaimed time, he passed by Baiweilou, a restaurant that served wild game, and encountered a hunter who had shot down a nest of eagles.

After the dead eagle was delivered to the restaurant, the remaining chick, which had just hatched, was rejected by the restaurant because it was deemed too small to have any meat after being plucked.

Ye Chu got a bargain and bought it for 10 copper coins.

He went to the butcher shop and bought two ounces of pork, cut it into very thin strips, gave a little to the chicks, and wrapped the rest in lotus leaves.

By the time he returned to the front courtyard of the Dragon Tiger Hall, it was past 14:00 PM.

Han Heng moved closer to Ye Chu:

"Brother Ye, where did you go at noon? Third Senior Brother just came to the front yard and said not to rush off this afternoon, because Master Nie has something to discuss with us until late afternoon!" Ye Chu pulled the little guy out of his pocket, while feigning misery:

"I ate so much at the delicacies restaurant last night, but I woke up hungry this morning! I figured we didn't have much food left at home, so I was going out to find a late-night snack job. On the way, I saw this poor little guy and bought him some food!"

"Ugh! I woke up hungry this morning too!"

Han Heng patted his belly, then stroked the fledgling: "Its beak is quite sharp, is it an eagle? It's just too small, it'll be hard to raise."

"Have you forgotten I'm a hunter too? As long as I don't get sick, raising me won't be a problem!"

Although Ye Chu pretended to be experienced,

But he actually managed to raise this fledgling eagle!

After all, he had seen Han Heng when he was a child, weak and sickly, and constantly taking medicine. But after consuming Yang Heng's medicine for two or three years, his physical strength became terrifyingly strong!

It's just a pity that the immortal body's inherent nature resists such external impurities, such as lifespan, talent, and fortune.

However, it would be better to let the little eagle suck Yang Heng's breath.

Let's defy the heavens and change the eagle's fate!