This martial arts tournament is time-stopping.

"Is it starting to get a brain? No, it's getting more energetic too!"

Ye Chu stroked his tingling brow and discovered that even the tiger-shaped intent gathered in his mind had been strengthened.

This discovery surprised him.

Martial arts training focuses on the muscles, bones, skin, flesh, marrow, blood, and various derivatives of qi and blood, primarily revolving around the two directions of essence and qi.

However, with a bit of comprehension, one can grow with the spirit that is the hardest to train and the hardest to improve.

This means that Ye Chu's spiritual cultivation is about to surpass that of other martial artists of the same level by a large margin!

Furthermore, the attribute of 'divine' is also crucial in martial arts training, such as the Blood Breaking Ceremony:

No matter how hard you work in the early stages of cultivation, in the end you still need to use your mind to adjust the frequency of your whole body to reach a state of unity, thereby generating a stronger force, and then use your mind to grasp that force.

If one's mental strength is insufficient and one cannot grasp the newly generated energy, it is equivalent to failing to take the final step and thus failing to break through!

"With that, my path through the blood barrier will be unimpeded!"

Ye Chu didn't add the other 10 points of Time Dao Rhyme to the Yellow Turban Warrior skill. Instead, he planned to add them after Han Heng broke through the Blood Barrier and he himself broke through the Blood Barrier, entered the Inner Court, and obtained a new skill.

At least when learning new techniques, this reputation as a genius with "excellent comprehension" cannot be lost.

The front courtyard of Longhu Hall

After Ye Chu and Han Heng finished breakfast, they sat down in the corner to rest for a while when a hawk landed down in front of Ye Chu.

"Huh? Yesterday I saw this eagle circling in the sky, I thought it was going to fly away, but I didn't expect you to be able to pull it back?"

Han Heng recalled being teased by Ye Chu while listening to music and playing the flute last night, and now he retaliated by teasing Ye Chu in return.

"Yesterday I was letting this eagle practice its flying skills, how could it have run away? You must have seen wrong!" Ye Chu showed no embarrassment at the bird's escape yesterday.

After resting for a while, the two got up and began practicing standing meditation to conserve their energy.

However, Han Heng had boasted to everyone yesterday that he would definitely break through the Blood Barrier today.

Therefore, the apprentices in the front courtyard who had not personally experienced the Blood Breaking Barrier all devoted some attention to observing Han Heng's every move, trying to learn or borrow some skills and knowledge about the Blood Breaking Barrier.

Even Yang Heng kept urging Ji Shan to go and ask Ye Chu what exactly Han Heng's so-called breakthrough technique was yesterday.

Yang Heng's actions were truly out of necessity.

His family did produce a martial arts scholar, but that's all in the old almanac.

Even after his family fell into decline and his martial arts lineage was lost, he could only stay in Qingniu Village and live a life of idleness and complacency.

It wasn't until Master Tang of Huangtian Temple examined his bones that the Yang family decided to devote all their resources to nurturing his growth.

But when he tried to find the martial arts manual written by his ancestor to show him, he couldn't find it at all; it had been lost long ago...

So Yang Heng, despite being a descendant of a martial arts scholar, was very poor in martial arts knowledge, yet he desperately wanted to acquire all kinds of knowledge to enrich his mind!

"Brother-in-law, the young master..."

Ji Shan moved closer to Ye Chu and spoke.

"Your sister is doing well at home, that's all I know!"

Ye Chu deliberately changed the subject, diverting attention from the topic.

Just kidding, he could hear everything in the front yard, so how could he not know what Yang Heng was thinking when he sent Ji Shan over?

Besides, Han Heng's hearing ability wouldn't be bad either!

If there's any noise in the front yard, how could Han Heng not hear it?

Yang Heng, that damned bastard, sent Ji Shan to inquire about the secret to breaking through the barrier. He was only worried that if he told Ji Shan, he would offend Han Heng, but if he didn't, he would cause trouble with his father-in-law's family and become a nuisance!

"Damn it,"

Let's all hurt each other!

Displeased, Ye Chu manipulated the power of time, forcefully accelerating the flow of Yang Heng's essence into Han Heng's body, directly causing fatigue and other discomfort in Yang Heng's body.

The extracted Yang Heng essence was then poured into the eagle's body.

He refused to believe it.

Since Han Heng's theft of Yang Heng's essence could create a top-tier innate talent,

Even if he poured all the high-quality essence of Yang Heng that he had intercepted into the small body of the eagle, he still couldn't create a strange beast with extraordinary talent and unique aptitude.

Just as I was thinking, a muffled thunderclap suddenly exploded beside me, making my eardrums buzz.

"Haha! Power originates in the feet, travels through the legs, is controlled by the waist, and flows through the fingertips—that is strength! I understand... This mere blood barrier, watch me break through it in one fell swoop!"

As Han Heng burst into loud laughter, his voice, like a tiger's roar and thunder, reverberated through the mountains, drawing the attention of everyone who had been watching his every move.

His entire body was soaked in scalding hot blood and qi, turning it crimson, while his muscles swelled and undulated with his thunderous breathing.

Strangely, beneath his reddish skin, there were countless insect-shaped creatures that writhed and crawled along his skin.

Subsequently, the number of these strange insects under the membrane gradually decreased, but their size gradually increased, as if they were devouring and merging with each other.

Once the thousands of worms no longer rolled beneath the crimson membrane, and once all the abnormal insects merged into one, they suddenly disappeared from between the membranes, as if they had never existed.

Han Heng suddenly opened his eyes, his blood surging, and threw a punch into the air. The explosive and buzzing air currents shook the courtyard, causing sand and stones to fly.

This move even sparked discussion among some of the senior students in the inner courtyard:

"As expected of someone with top-tier talent, he surpassed the cultivation that takes an ordinary person a hundred days in just six days, breaking through the Blood Barrier in one fell swoop!"

"This child is no ordinary being. Now that he has grasped the essence of power, he will rise like a dragon emerging from the abyss or returning to the sea, growing rapidly!"

"By the way, wasn't this guy brought here by the landlord to be his son's 'martial arts apprentice'? Does anyone know that landlord's foolish son? Point him out to me and see what kind of face he has now?"

"Hey, that guy with the face as black as the bottom of a pot is it! But he's also a top-tier talent, so don't be so sour!"

"So what if he's ranked first? He was still surpassed by his servants! I bet he'll never be able to hold his head up in front of them again... That's the charm of overtaking on a curve in cultivation!"

"Haha, congratulations on breaking through, Brother Han!"

Seeing Qin Shaoyang and some inner disciples approaching, Ye Chu stepped forward to offer his congratulations.

Qin Shaoyang's eyelids twitched. He hadn't expected Ye Chu to steal the spotlight from him with such a compliment. He quickly walked up to Han Heng and offered his congratulations.

Yang Heng and his three remaining followers remained expressionless and dared not make any other moves.

Because they knew that Yang Heng had wasted some time teaching them stance training for three days, and now his former tenant Han Heng had broken through their blood barrier one step ahead, which would make their master lose face!

So even though they wanted to laugh when they heard their senior brothers in the inner courtyard mocking Yang Heng, they didn't dare to.

Fearing repercussions later...

A flood of blessings poured in for Han Heng. As he set off for the inner courtyard, a glance swept over Yang Heng, whose face was so dark it seemed unapproachable, before he turned to Ye Chu and smiled:

"Brother Ye, I'll be waiting for you in the inner courtyard!"

Furthermore, if you can surpass Yang Heng in speed of clearing the levels, I'll invite you to a brothel to listen to music another day!

Ye Chu turned his head to look at Yang Heng, whose face had turned dark red from the provocation of these words.

Unexpectedly, when their eyes met, Yang Heng glared angrily, threatening that he should not agree.

But Ye Chu already loathed the Yang family and didn't care about a few glances, so he readily agreed:

"must!