Please Train Me Hard!

"No, no."

The old shopkeeper quickly replied. After thinking for a moment, he added, "Sir, if I've offended you in any way before, please don't take it to heart."

"Just call me Chu Feng. You don't need to be so polite, Shopkeeper. You took me in when I was in trouble, and I'm not an ungrateful person."

"If there's nothing else, I'll head to work now." Chu Feng greeted him and went to the back kitchen.

After Chu Feng left, the old shopkeeper watched for a long time before sighing, "A true young hero. I never thought my restaurant would become a place where dragons lie hidden and tigers crouch..."

Then, he looked at the young waiter who was busy cleaning and called out, "Afu, go get Chen Shi Tou. I need to tell him a few things..."

"Alright, Shopkeeper."

Afu was a new waiter at the restaurant, about thirteen or fourteen years old. He was thin and small, but very quick-witted.

Hearing the shopkeeper's instructions, Afu hurried off to find Chen Shi Tou.

Back in the kitchen, Li Zhenshan was leisurely drinking tea as usual, holding his precious azure porcelain cup.

Seeing Chu Feng arrive, he looked him up and down with surprise for a long time. Finally, after scrutinizing Chu Feng's features, he understood what had happened.

Then, without a word, he turned away angrily.

Chu Feng smiled and ignored him, starting his work.

[Killed a fat pig, plundered 1 year of lifespan.]

[Killed a goat, plundered 8 months of lifespan.]

[Killed a fat chicken, plundered 1 month of lifespan.]

After finishing his work, Chu Feng noticed that Li Zhenshan was deliberately ignoring him, his face sour.

Chu Feng chuckled and said, "Hey, who offended our Master Li? Tell me, and I'll go teach them a lesson for you!"

Li Zhenshan glanced at him sideways and said sarcastically, "I wouldn't dare order around a Bone Forging warrior. I'm afraid I'd get beaten to death!"

"If it were anyone else, I'd have to beat them to death. But if it's Master Li, it's different. I still have to take care of you in your old age, so you can order me around however you like..."

"You sly brat. You've already become a Bone Forging warrior, haven't you? You've been playing me for a fool!"

Finally, Li Zhenshan couldn't help but speak his mind.

"Heh heh..."

Chu Feng didn't say anything, just kept smiling. When it came to his fundamental secrets, even Li Zhenshan, to whom he owed a great debt, couldn't be told.

Seeing this, Li Zhenshan sighed and said, "Alright, it's your secret, so you don't have to say it. But you were too eager for success this time. I didn't even realize it. Fang Hanshan actually became a Demonic Warrior. Fortunately, you killed him. Otherwise, Yong'an City would have descended into chaos, and my peaceful retirement would be ruined..."

Hearing Li Zhenshan mention it, Chu Feng asked.

"Old Li, what exactly is a Demonic Warrior?"

Li Zhenshan thought for a moment and explained, "A Demonic Warrior is a warrior at or above the Bone Forging realm who refines the essence and blood of a high-level Demonic Beast, possessing some of its traits and abilities. Their temperament usually changes drastically, becoming bloodthirsty and cruel. They are constantly eroded by the demonic instincts, often eventually turning into mindless monsters that only kill, becoming even worse than Demonic Beasts."

"No wonder Fang Hanshan's regenerative ability was so monstrous. So he wasn't even human anymore."

Then, Chu Feng suddenly remembered the chain Yang Chenwu had sent him and immediately took it out to show Li Zhenshan.

After a couple of glances, Li Zhenshan said.

"That's a Demon Suppression Chain from the Demon Suppression Division. It comes with a matching Demon Suppression Sword. It's usually standard equipment for official members of the Demon Suppression Division, worth a fortune, and incredibly precious."

"For a Demonic Beast to break free from that, it must be at least a Fifth Realm Great Demon. I'm afraid only a Viscera Refinement warrior could deal with it."

Chu Feng wasn't surprised; he had already learned this from Yang Chenwu.

"Viscera Refinement Realm? That must be a very powerful opponent, right?"

Hearing Chu Feng's words, Li Zhenshan shuddered and quickly said.

"A Viscera Refinement warrior refines their soft internal organs to be as strong as steel. With a single breath, they can snap a tree trunk as thick as an arm. They can go head-to-head with a hundred armored elites, fight for three days and three nights without tiring. Their life force is already close to the extraordinary..."

"That powerful?"

Chu Feng's eyes lit up, full of excitement.

Li Zhenshan then softened his tone and said, "Your talent, young man, is the second greatest I've ever seen. Don't be overconfident. If you cultivate properly, you'll eventually reach the Viscera Refinement Realm. There's no need to rush..."

"Who's the first?" Chu Feng asked curiously.

"That would be my son-in-law, of course."

Li Zhenshan said with pride in his eyes.

"Tch, he's not even your daughter, so what's there to be proud of?" Chu Feng feigned disgust.

"You brat, if you don't know what to say, then say less..."

Li Zhenshan, as if his sore spot had been poked, got angry and walked away with his hands behind his back.

Chu Feng suddenly felt a pang of guilt. Had he spoken too harshly?

At this moment.

Chen Shi Tou also returned from the shopkeeper. Seeing Chu Feng's greatly changed appearance, he approached and asked in a low voice.

"Master, is that really you?"

Chu Feng nodded and said, "Of course, can't you even recognize my voice?"

"So it really was you who killed that villain, Fang Hanshan?"

"Mm."

"Fang Hanshan, from the Fang family, the foremost influential family in Yong'an City?" Chen Shi Tou still didn't believe it and confirmed again.

At this point, Chu Feng became impatient and said grumpily.

"You brat, why so many questions? Go do your work. Come find me in the backyard when you're done, I'll teach you some self-defense skills..."

"You got it..."

Chen Shi Tou jumped up happily. He felt his luck was incredible; he had casually found a master who turned out to be a martial arts expert, and now he could learn martial arts too.

He had heard his parents say that a neighbor's son, a few years older than him, trained at the Whirlwind Martial Arts School in the city and it cost ten taels of silver a month.

Now, he didn't have to spend any money and would be taught by the most powerful martial artist in Yong'an City. This happiness came too suddenly, making him unable to believe it!

After noon, the restaurant's customers had all left.

Chen Shi Tou arrived at the backyard early to find Chu Feng.

"Go to the kitchen and get some coarse salt..."

"You got it..." Chen Shi Tou, not yet aware of the suffering that awaited him, ran happily to the kitchen and returned shortly.

"Here, rub this coarse salt all over your body. Rub hard, the harder the better. It's best if you bleed..." Chu Feng said calmly, pointing to a half-sack of coarse salt.

"Ah?"

Chen Shi Tou was dumbfounded. He hadn't expected martial arts training to be so brutal!

"What 'ah'? Do you want to train or not? If not, go back to sleep..."

Chu Feng was not joking at all. Before he had the System, this was how he trained, practicing until he was covered in blood every day, all the way to the middle stage of Skin Grinding.

When Chen Shi Tou thought of his neighbor's family, how they scrimped and saved every day just so their son could train, and yet he could only train with ordinary disciples at the martial arts school.

His own master, however, was a super expert in Yong'an City. If he didn't train now, he would truly be ungrateful.

"I'll train... I'll train... Master, please train me harshly..."

Chu Feng: "..."

"Don't talk like that in the future..."

"Why?"

"It's easy to cause misunderstandings..."