This martial arts tournament is time-stopping.

"I'm so tired. You guys keep practicing, I'm going to rest for a bit."

As Yang Heng rubbed his head, which was feeling a bit dazed from being exposed to the blazing sun, and was helped to rest under the shade of a tree by the clever Niu San, he could feel something strange about his body. He suddenly felt a bit sleepy.

According to his mother, he was energetic and never got sick from a young age, and he was so strong that he became the leader of the children!

Three years ago, while traveling in the Longnu River, I encountered a thunderstorm and developed a high fever after returning home.

During the time he had a fever, he dreamed of dragons in the Nulong River, dragons deep in the Qingniu Mountains, dragons in the sky, and dragons beneath the earth...

Countless dragons circled around him, roaring, as if trying to tell him something.

Moreover, in the dream, he was also a dragon, but he was being gradually imprisoned and sealed off by many increasingly close chains!

then,

He woke up from his dream, and his fever subsided, though he wasn't as energetic as before, but he was still the most energetic person in the entire Qingniu Village.

"By the way, Han Heng's poor health also improved around that time... His father even said it was a happy occasion because I recovered, and that it was all thanks to me?"

Niu San saw that the young master had been in a daze since he sat down, and after a while, he still hadn't come to his senses.

Fearing something might happen, she whispered her name to him from the side:

"Young Master, are you alright?"

"It's alright. You have the best aptitude among the four of us, and I've also taken a liking to you. You go and practice first; I want some peace and quiet."

Yang Heng waved Niu San away, his gaze sweeping across the courtyard before finally settling on Han Heng.

He suddenly couldn't understand how a tenant who had been weak and sickly since childhood, who was always hungry and couldn't afford good food, could become as strong as him and even have a strong physique.

In other words, with such good physical constitution, how could one be frequently ill?

He just can't understand it!

Moreover, just now when I was feeling a bit tired, I vaguely saw countless dragons roaring in front of me, and I felt an inexplicable, instinctive disgust for Han Heng, and even a violent urge to kill him... as well as the baby bird dangling at Ye Chu's feet!

……

During his spare time from practicing martial arts, Ye Chu tried to distort and accelerate the process by which Han Heng stole Yang Heng's lifespan, talent, and fortune. To his surprise, it actually worked!

In an instant, a hundred times more strange energy than before flowed out of Yang Heng's body, and most of the strange energy was promptly twisted and sent into the little bird's body, but a small portion was received by Han Heng, the original channel.

At that very moment, without knowing exactly what he touched, a very heavy aura of time suddenly flashed within Yang Heng's body!

Not only did it interrupt the process of accelerating the absorption of Yang Heng's life essence, but Yang Heng even said, "I'm so tired?"

at the same time,

Han Heng felt that he was in the midst of a deep and comfortable state of mind during his practice. Suddenly, he raised his head and let out a long roar, which was as powerful as a tiger's roar that seemed to be crouching on a mountain rock!

The little chirped happily, its tiny body visibly becoming stronger, and with a flap of its wings, it took off and floated to the ground!

"Something's wrong with Yang Heng! He's a year younger than me, so where does this weight of age come from?"

"Han Heng is acting strangely too! This kid was fine when he stole Yang Heng's life, but I just sped up, and now I'm about to provoke an old monster to reappear?"

"Using luck to change one's fate—the waters here are truly deep!"

Ye Chu was relieved that his immortal body's origin rejected external impurities and that he hadn't absorbed Yang Heng's lifespan, talent, or luck.

Then, noticing Yang Heng's gaze sweeping over him, he avoided eye contact and focused on his own cultivation.

Standing meditation is a good thing.

Each time you practice, the essence extracted from your diet will quickly transform into warm blood and qi.

Encourage this flow of qi and blood to circulate throughout the body, causing a tingling, numb, and sore sensation in all the muscles, bones, skin, and flesh. Simultaneously, the body is tempered and reshaped, making the physique significantly stronger!

The benefits of a stronger physical body are comprehensive:

A surge of brute force, an inexhaustible wellspring of energy, and a calm and resilient mental strength.

If one can practice standing meditation day after day, one's essence and energy will continuously transform into qi and blood. Qi and blood nourish the physical body, and the physical body will enhance its efficiency in absorbing the essence and energy from food. The three will then cycle and generate each other.

Over time, the physical barriers will continue to widen, and the foundation will become stronger and stronger!

At this moment, after Ye Chu finished practicing the Tiger-Taming Stance, as he circulated his qi and blood to nourish his body, he felt a slight, tingling sensation, like an electric shock, flowing through his muscles, bones, and flesh.

Growth, Remodeling, Strength!

It brings such joy to both body and mind that one is willing to engage in spiritual practice!

Unlike Yang Heng's four lackeys, who looked utterly miserable as they practiced stance training as if it were their lives depended on it.

However, all the good things are built on the foundation of abundant food and a continuous supply of external vital energy.

Otherwise, excessive cultivation will only deplete one's vital energy, which will then draw upon the body's essence to replenish it, leading to a gradual depletion of the body's vital essence...

The most serious consequence is death from exhaustion!

"Brother Ye, I can't take it anymore, I'm about to collapse from hunger again."

Han Heng took out the cornbread he had hidden in his pocket for breakfast and sat down in the corner to rest.

Ye Chu arrived late in the afternoon, but he was still able to keep up, so he practiced for a while longer. Then he took out the sesame seed cakes he had bought at noon and sat down with Han Heng in the shady corner to eat them.

Ee-ee~ Ee-ee~

When the fledgling bird saw Ye Chu eating, it darted out from its nest in the flower bed, flew past Han Heng, and came to Ye Chu. It stretched its neck and let out a long, thin whistle, begging for food.

"Your bird has only been raised for half a day, and it's already starting to recognize people?" Han Heng said, somewhat surprised.

"Maybe I have a knack for raising birds?"

While Ye Chu was rambling, he broke off a small piece of bread crumb and threw it on the ground. The little bird had just put it in its mouth when it spat it out.

Then it made a gurgling sound, as if saying that the taste was wrong.

"Alright, we'll only eat meat!"

Fortunately, he hadn't finished feeding the baby birds the meat strips he bought from the butcher shop, so he took out lotus leaves, spread them out on the ground, and let the baby birds eat on their own.

Then, watching the baby birds pick up food on their own, Ye Chu nodded slightly, quite satisfied.

"Brother Ye, even if you eat as much of this unleavened bread as you want, you'll get hungry again after three rounds of stance training. It's unbearable. We need meat!"

Han Heng had hidden two steamed buns in the morning, but even if he ate them all, he didn't want to practice his stance training.

Because if you exercise for a little while, you'll digest everything and then get hungry again!

Plain grains are no longer enough to withstand the enhanced digestive capacity of the stomach and intestines aided by extraordinary qi and blood.

"As if anyone doesn't want to eat meat?"

Ye Chu rolled her eyes at Han Heng, only to find that the guy was staring at the baby bird on the lotus leaf and the two ounces of meat strips.

I'm so hungry!

Ye Chu sighed, "We've practiced stance training for two days, and I feel my strength has increased by half compared to two days ago. If it were before, it would have been perfect for hunting in the mountains!"

Han Heng quickly nodded in agreement, "Then let's ask for leave and go hunting in the mountains! I want to eat meat right now!"

"How do we get up the mountain? Our whole village has been targeted by that evil spirit. If we leave the city, we'll die. We can only wait for the government to deal with us!" Ye Chu rubbed his head in distress.

Han Heng was taken aback. Hadn't everyone in the village run away beforehand? How could they still be targeted by evil spirits?

Moreover, he didn't feel any discomfort in his body, and he hadn't heard anyone mention this.

Could Ye Chu have been scammed?