This martial arts tournament is time-stopping.

"Ye Langxue!"

Although Ji Meng was curious about martial arts, she had witnessed Ye Hao's expenses for martial arts training over the past two years.

Even if he poured all of the Ye family's ancestral wealth into it, Ye Hao would only barely have crossed the threshold of becoming a martial artist.

This is a bottomless pit!

But if her husband wanted to learn, she would never say a word of dissent, even if she spun and sewed day and night until she went blind!

In addition, his younger brother Ji Shan will come to Longhu Hall to learn martial arts with Yang Heng, the young master of the Yang family, so they can help each other out in the future!

"My name is Qi Feixing. I am the third disciple in the martial arts school!"

Let me first examine your bone structure.

Qi Feixing patted Ye Chu's shoulder with his large, fan-like hands, and a subtle force penetrated through the skin and reached the bones.

When Ye Chu felt a numbness in his shoulder, as if he had been lightly burned by a red-hot iron, the bone palpation was complete.

"Ding's physical talent is considered good among the common people, but in our martial arts circle, he can only be considered to be at an average level."

Ye Chu's heart sank; he was somewhat disappointed with Ding Xia's assessment of his talent.

I thought 11 points was a strong foundation, but it turns out it's only below average?

How strong will the underlying physiques of A, B, C, etc. be?

However, once the immortal body is awakened, as time goes by, the innate bones will naturally upgrade and grow, and you can even add points to them.

And most importantly, Ye Chu felt that since he had awakened a celestial body, his aptitude should be stronger in cultivation, with martial arts aptitude being secondary...

Qi Feixing, having seen countless people with poor aptitude in his daily life, knew that such aptitude had limited potential and therefore wasn't very interested.

He immediately urged:

"First, pay 10 taels of silver. Four taels are for the apprenticeship fee, and the other six taels will guarantee you a bowl of meat at noon for the next three months, plus a bowl of herbal nourishing soup and a bowl of tiger blood soup every month."

Dragon Tiger Hall has always been straightforward in its business practices, charging money for martial arts instruction.

While the 10-tael fee is more expensive than the entry requirements for other martial arts schools in Shuanglong County, it does not involve signing many restrictive contracts with disciples!

Even if a disciple achieves mastery of their skills today and leaves to roam the martial world tomorrow, no one will stop them.

So the reason it's expensive lies in two words:

free!

This was exactly the same information Ye Chu had learned from the apprentices at the Eight Directions Martial Arts Academy that morning.

He immediately took out two five-tael snowflake silver ingots that he had prepared in advance and pushed them over.

Qi Feixing accepted the money, wrote a receipt with Ye Chu, and then tossed Ye Chu a set of Dragon Tiger Hall disciple training clothes:

"Seeing you've brought your belongings, you'll need to find accommodations later, right? The Yang family from the East City will be sending a batch of apprentices tomorrow morning; you can start training with them!"

"Thank you, Third Senior Brother."

Ye Chu then asked, "Do you know of any suitable places to stay nearby?"

Qi Feixing waved his hand, his words concise and to the point:

"The South City Grass Market is cheap but chaotic, a den of bandits and thieves where all sorts of people mingle."

Gangs have intervened in the slums near the west city wall, but as long as you wear the martial arts school uniform, generally no one dares to touch you;

"And the houses owned by government brokers are expensive, with a minimum rent of six months... You can choose for yourself."

In the afternoon, at the foot of the west city wall.

The dilapidated courtyard wall was crooked and twisted, and groups of thugs and hooligans loitered around.

But as soon as they caught a glimpse of Ye Chu's training uniform embroidered with a tiger's head, the previously nonchalant man immediately composed himself, lowered his head, and stepped aside to make way.

This tiger skin is indeed the best talisman!

"Let's stay here."

The two rented a detached house with a small courtyard, a bedroom and a kitchen, for three months, at a rent of one tael of silver.

Ye Chu pushed open the courtyard gate and turned around to see Ji Meng still standing at the door looking around, her eyes sparkling but also a little hesitant. Ye Chu's lips curved into a smile.

While cleaning the house, Ye Chu briefly discussed with Ji Meng that he had secretly hidden some silver when he went hunting in the mountains before, but did not want to give it to Ye Hao. He still had three or four taels left, which was enough for his future martial arts training expenses.

At this moment, Ji Meng's tense mind, which had been preoccupied with the lack of money, finally relaxed.

As for more silver, Ye Chu didn't mention it.

It's like winning the lottery; the surprise is so great that it can easily lead to stroke, madness, or even bad things happening due to excessive joy!

The two then went out to familiarize themselves with the surroundings while purchasing firewood, rice, oil, salt, soy sauce, and vinegar.

Especially regarding meats that nourish blood and qi, Ye Chu wanted to find a butcher to discuss supply prices.

If you can save three to five coins per pound, you can save a lot of money over ten days or half a month.

However, this search led Ye Chu to discover that there were also unclaimed remnants of the Dao of Time in the butcher shop!

After absorbing it directly, he replenished some of his energy and also gained [Time Dao Rhyme: 13].

Then I chatted with the butcher, Fan Kuai. Although we didn't reach an agreement on the price of the meat, I learned that the butcher slaughters pigs in the backyard every morning!

"The butcher shop is right on my route to the Dragon Tiger Hall, so there will be a fixed spawn point for Time's Dao Aura every day from now on!"

However, Ye Chu's joy didn't last long before he couldn't laugh anymore.

From the moment the sun set, the ghostly handprint on his wrist became unusually active, accompanied by a chilling coldness that seeped into his bones.

What made Ye Chu even colder during the hot spring-summer transition was that his whole body ached from the cold, he shivered and collapsed to the ground, and his eyebrows and beard were covered with a layer of frost.

"Damn it, wasn't it said that the county town had exorcism methods that would prevent demons and evil spirits from easily getting in? Or has it been neglected for over ten years since any problems occurred?"

"Ye Lang, what's wrong with you? Don't scare me..."

Ji Meng was washing the pot when she heard a muffled thud from inside the house. When she ran inside, she saw Ye Chu lying on the ground.

"Don't touch me, get out of here!"

Ye Chu suddenly shouted angrily, startling Ji Meng who was standing at the door.

He endured the pain and his stiff, cold body as he stood up and closed the door.

The main concern was that the sudden onset of the ghost handprint might be transmitted to Ji Meng through physical contact.

[Skill: Yellow Turban Warrior lv.0 (Beginner 0/10)]

【Time and Rhythm: 13】

"Sigh, no matter how much I save up, something always goes wrong, and I end up wasting the Dao of Time."

"But now we can only rely on 'The Yellow Turban Warriors'!"

Ye Chu threw 10 points of Time Dao Rhyme into "Yellow Turban Warrior".

It's not like what you'd expect—an instant boost after adding points.

Ye Chu felt as if he had been thrown into an endless river with no beginning and no end.

suddenly,

The long river dissipated, and he was thrown into a classroom, listening to the lecture from a God-like perspective where he couldn't move.

The content of the lecture was "The Yellow Turban Warriors"!

"The five emperors ruled in succession, and all achieved peace... When the Yellow Emperor's spirit was at peace, the earth's energy was harmonious, and all people were free from disaster... When the people greatly promoted the martial arts, the wood element was exhausted, and the earth element gained power; when the earth element was in power, the yellow color flourished, and all things achieved harmony..."

It seemed like a moment, yet also like a long time had passed. He was trapped in this lecture hall from God's perspective, repeatedly practicing the "Yellow Turban Warrior" method until he had mastered the basics of vomiting.

[Skill: Yellow Turban Warrior lv.1 (1/100)]

Then, Ye Chu left that lecture hall with God's perspective, left that endless river, and returned to the reality he had just left.

"Finally back!"

But I still need to cultivate myself to add these points... wouldn't that be a waste of points?