Daily News: You promised yourself to be a fisherman, but you've become a martial arts god?

The day after Zhou Hu was killed.

Li Nian got up and took out the Iron Shirt Divine Skill she had acquired the night before to examine it.

After reading it, I was overjoyed.

Iron Shirt is a powerful protective skill.

Beginner's Guide: Its skin and flesh are like those of a beast, capable of withstanding the coldest days of winter.

Xiao Cheng: His skin and flesh are as hard as stone, as solid as a rock.

The ultimate form: Skin and flesh as hard as iron, impervious to a hundred blades.

Perfection: A body as strong as steel, impervious to swords and spears!

"The world is a dangerous place. If you have this divine skill to protect you, you can protect yourself even if you encounter a powerful enemy."

Li Nian thought to himself.

Suddenly, a box appeared in front of me.

[Can the martial art Iron Shirt be "deduced"? Can it be deduced?]

【whether】

"yes!"

Insufficient intelligence gathering makes it impossible to conduct simulations.

Li Nian had no choice but to give up.

We can only gather intelligence and then conduct simulations.

After carefully putting away the handwritten copy of the Iron Shirt Manual, Li Nian walked out of the room.

Knocking on the Blood Gate is not the end of martial arts, but only the beginning; he cannot slack off.

As soon as he stepped out of the room, he saw Zhao Lijuan facing him, bending over and pulling the rope in the well. The heavy fruits weighed down her back, almost touching the ground.

"Shuoruoguo!"

Li Nian couldn't help but swallow.

A stable diet during this period allowed Zhao Lijuan to fully recover and regain her perfect figure.

Seeing this, Li Nian's already surging blood and qi instantly surged into towering waves.

"Erlang, you're awake."

"I'll get some water and heat it up for you to wash your face now."

"If you're hungry, go eat some meat sesame cakes first; I've put them on the table."

Zhao Lijuan lifted the bucket of water from the well, looked up and saw Li Nian, and said softly.

"Thank you for your hard work, sister-in-law. I'll just wash my face with cold water."

"But it's so cold today."

"It's alright, sister-in-law. Master said that washing with cold water is good for martial arts practice."

Li Nian stepped forward, took the bucket of water, and then washed her face thoroughly.

The cold well water splashed on my face, which calmed down my anger quite a bit.

Zhao Lijuan brought a towel and handed it to Li Nian.

"Erlang, wipe it."

"Thank you, sister-in-law."

Li Nian took the towel and wiped the sweat off her face.

He produced the inner courtyard's identification badge and announced to Zhao Lijuan:

"By the way, sister-in-law, I have some good news for you. From now on, I'm an inner disciple of the Qinyun Martial Arts School!"

"An inner court disciple?"

"Jiro, you actually did it!"

May the ancestors of the Li family bless them!

Upon learning that Li Nian had become an inner disciple of the martial arts school, Zhao Lijuan was extremely excited, her chest heaving violently.

During this period, she set up a stall to sell meat pancakes. Most of the customers were disciples of Qinyun Martial Arts School. From these disciples, she learned more or less about the rules of the martial arts school.

Inner Court disciples are outstanding students of the martial arts school; only those with exceptional talent in martial arts can become Inner Court disciples.

Many people train at the martial arts school for years but still cannot enter the inner courtyard.

And Li Nian.

He had only been at the martial arts school for about half a month when he became an inner disciple, which shows that his talent was extraordinary.

Zhao Lijuan was genuinely happy for Li Nian!

Holding Li Nian's hand, they went to the family's ancestral tablet to offer incense.

Li Nian squeezed Zhao Lijuan's hand.

Zhao Lijuan's palms were covered with thick calluses, very rough, but warm, making people feel very at ease.

Upon arriving at the memorial tablet, Zhao Lijuan realized that she had been holding Li Nian's hand. Her face flushed red, and she shyly let go.

With his head down, he picked up three incense sticks and handed them to Li Nian.

Li Nian awkwardly touched her nose, lit incense, placed it in the incense burner, and offered a simple prayer.

"Mother, Uncle."

At this moment, the little girl Duoduo rubbed her sleepy eyes and sat up on the kang (a heated brick bed).

Zhao Lijuan carried Duoduo to Li Nian.

"Duoduo, Uncle has entered the inner courtyard. Congratulations, Uncle."

"Congratulations, Uncle, on entering the inner courtyard."

"Thank you, Duoduo."

"Uncle, what is the inner courtyard? Can we eat there?"

"The inner courtyard is a better place to practice martial arts."

"From now on, Duoduo will learn martial arts like her uncle, enter the inner courtyard, and protect her mother and uncle!"

As they spoke, the family burst into laughter.

Soon, Li Nian ate two meat-filled flatbreads and a bowl of millet porridge.

As usual, he set up a stall for Zhao Lijuan when he went out.

Good morning, Senior Brother Li!

As soon as I stepped outside, I saw more than a dozen outer court disciples waiting in front of the gate.

Li Nian was somewhat surprised.

Then, it dawned on me.

Yesterday, he knocked on the Blood Gate, entered the inner courtyard, and became the senior brother of these outer courtyard disciples.

In martial arts, the strong are respected.

It's normal for a country to become stronger and then be subservient or curry favor with others.

If nothing unexpected happens, these people will come early to patronize Zhao Lijuan's business in order to curry favor with him.

In the past, these fellow disciples would patronize Zhao Lijuan's business, but only because the food was delicious, and they would ask Li Nian to save it for them.

Now that Li Nian has become their senior, they dare not trouble Li Nian anymore.

Good morning, fellow disciples.

Li Nian bowed to the crowd.

Li Nian was not angry about being subservient to others and accepted it willingly.

After exchanging a few simple pleasantries, Li Nian headed to the martial arts school.

As soon as I arrived at the entrance of the martial arts school, Xia Qingwei had already been waiting for a long time.

"Junior Brother Li, I can't wait any longer, come quickly!"

"Senior sister, I..."

"Don't talk, hurry up, I'm ready, come on, let's go!"

...

Haoran Martial Arts School.

Tang Zhengxiong sat on a bench in the side room with a gloomy face.

He returned to Qianhu County early in the morning, and instead of going home, he went straight to the martial arts school.

"Senior Brother Tang, it's all my fault. I shouldn't have trusted that brat Zhou Hu."

"Not only did this kid fail to bring Li Nian back, he also ran away."

"If that brat Zhou Hu goes after his older brother Zhou Long, we..."

Xiong Gang said with a timid expression.

This morning, he sent people to inquire about Zhou Hu's whereabouts, but they couldn't find any information and suspected that Zhou Hu had run away.

"Don't worry about Brother Zhou Hu."

"Zhou Hu was timid and ran away because he was afraid we would take our anger out on him."

"We didn't actually make a move, so Zhou Long couldn't cause us any trouble."

Tang Zhengxiong waved his hand.

Changing the subject, he said:

"What we need to do now is keep a close eye on that kid named Li Nian."

"This child knows the hiding place of the treasure fish. If we could have it, he would surely break through the Blood Refinement stage and advance to the Bone Refinement stage!"

"To prevent Zhou Hu from informing Zhou Long about the treasure fish, we must obtain it before Zhou Long returns!"

Tang Zhengxiong's eyes burned with fervor.

He had been stagnating in his blood cultivation for too long and desperately needed a breakthrough.

"Senior brother, we're not officially enemies with Li Nian. How about I secretly contact that kid and buy his treasure fish at a high price?"

"Naive! I was so good to Li Nian back then, but he turned around and sold the treasure fish to that she-devil Liu Qinyun. Did you really think that kid was capable of seeing through our intentions?"

"It's just that she-devil Liu Qinyun, who's even better at sensing the treasure fish's presence than our people, and she's been badmouthing us to Li Nian!"

"Now that kid is an inner disciple of the Qinyun Martial Arts School, why would he meet with members of our rival martial arts school!"

Tang Zhengxiong's words made Xiong Gang suddenly realize the truth.

"As expected of Senior Brother Tang, he is very meticulous."

"Stop flattering me. Have someone keep an eye on Li Nian in the south of the city. If anything unusual happens, let me know immediately."

"Yes! Senior brother, should we inform Master about this?"

"Master is currently in seclusion, focusing all his efforts on breaking through to the Transformation Realm. We must not disturb him!"

Inform the master?

If Master does it personally, he'll get all the benefits!

...

At noon, at Haoran Martial Arts School.

After sparring with Xia Qingwei for a whole morning, Li Nian felt his blood and qi surging. He then sat cross-legged and used his blood and qi to break through the first barrier of blood refining: the coccyx.

With this surge, the coccyx was crushed like a mud ball by the raging torrent of blood and qi.

Li Nian opened her eyes, a sharp glint in them.

The first hurdle in blood training is the coccyx hurdle.

break!