Time passed quickly. In the blink of an eye, it was already Fang Chen's eighteenth day at the martial arts school.
Tiger Subduing Fist proficiency +1!
Tiger Subduing Fist proficiency +1!
Fang Chen trained diligently without ever stopping, and his panel steadily underwent changes.
Martial Arts: Tiger Subduing Fist (Initiate 253/300); Gale Saber Technique (Initiate 120/150)
The two Martial Arts were both not far from the Minor Achievement stage. With another five or six days, he would successfully break through.
At that moment, a sudden commotion came from outside.
"I heard Senior Brother Wang is about to break through!"
"He's reaching the Sinew and Bone Realm? As expected of Senior Brother Wang!"
"I never thought Senior Brother Wang would break through before Senior Brother Song!"
"I heard Master Hong is personally going to oversee Senior Brother Wang!"
Wang Yanshan listened to everyone's flattery, basking in his pride as he followed Hong Decheng into the rear courtyard.
He held three or four portions of powerful medicine in his hands, having made ample preparations for this breakthrough.
Hong Decheng looked at his disciple with some satisfaction.
"Yanshan, among this batch of disciples, you're the fastest to reach the limit of the First Realm."
"Your natural bone constitution is close to upper-grade. Breaking through to the Second Realm shouldn't be too difficult."
Wang Yanshan nodded, his heart filled with anticipation.
At that moment, he couldn't help thinking of that brat Fang Chen. He had nearly been thoroughly humiliated by the boy before, and the matter had continued to rankle him.
Wang Yanshan gave a cold laugh inwardly.
On the path of Martial Arts, one ultimately still depends on one's natural bone constitution. Now that I'm about to break through to the Second Realm, while you, brat, might not even be able to break through the First Realm.
Thinking no further, Wang Yanshan swallowed a portion of powerful medicine and began circulating his qi and blood, forcing them to seep into his sinews and bones!
Hong Decheng stood nearby to oversee him, also filled with anticipation for Wang Yanshan.
The many disciples outside had lost all interest in practicing Martial Arts. They were all waiting expectantly for the result of Wang Yanshan's breakthrough.
Zhou Hai walked over to Fang Chen and asked with a smile, "Senior Brother Fang, do you think he can break through successfully?"
Fang Chen first finished practicing this set of punches.
Tiger Subduing Fist proficiency +1!
After retracting his fists, Fang Chen looked toward Zhou Hai and said in a low voice, "I don't know, but I curse him to fail."
At that moment, a voice suddenly rang out.
"He's out! Senior Brother Wang is out!"
The many disciples crowded around and looked curiously at Wang Yanshan.
One disciple asked, "Senior Brother, did you succeed? Are you already in the Sinew and Bone Realm?"
Hearing the disciple's question, Wang Yanshan abruptly raised his gloomy face. Wisps of blood still clung to the corners of his mouth.
He glared fiercely at the disciple.
The disciple was startled and hurriedly backed away.
Seeing Wang Yanshan in that state, the other disciples weren't fools. They all guessed the result.
Everyone scattered in all directions and returned to their own positions.
Whoever dared to provoke Wang Yanshan at a time like this would inevitably suffer for it.
Zhou Hai was slightly surprised when he saw this.
"He really got it right? Isn't Wang Yanshan's natural bone constitution close to upper-grade?"
He moved closer to Fang Chen and said cautiously, "Um, Senior Brother Fang, seeing how good I've been to you, when I break through in the future, you absolutely mustn't curse me, okay?"
Fang Chen laughed heartily.
"I was just talking nonsense. You actually believed me?"
At that moment, Wang Yanshan suddenly strode over.
"Brat, what were you laughing at just now?"
Fang Chen looked utterly baffled.
Wang Yanshan had looked down on him repeatedly, and now he had come looking for trouble for no reason. Fang Chen was truly too lazy to endure it any longer.
Damn it, you can't even break through to the Second Realm, yet you're still barking here?!
This time, Fang Chen chose to retort directly!
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"Are you sick?"
"You failed to break through, and now you need everyone else to grieve with you? What's wrong with me laughing? It wasn't me who failed to break through. Why can't I laugh?!"
"And another thing, have you been staring at me this whole time? Otherwise, how did you know right away that I laughed? What the hell have you been staring at me for? Is there something wrong with you?!"
Wang Yanshan had never expected Fang Chen to directly curse him for being sick.
Every time Fang Chen said "failed to break through," it was like he was repeatedly sprinkling salt on Wang Yanshan's wounds.
Wang Yanshan's fury continued to rise.
He had never expected Fang Chen to go so far as to say that he had been staring at him the whole time!
In fact, after failing to break through, he really had been staring at Fang Chen all along.
He had nowhere to vent the anger and resentment filling his heart, so he had set his sights on Fang Chen, who had already made him extremely unhappy!
Who could have expected that before he could vent his anger,
Fang Chen would raise it several notches higher!
Wang Yanshan could no longer bear it!
He took several steps forward, charged in at incredible speed, seized Fang Chen by the clothes, and directly lifted him into the air!
Wang Yanshan ground his teeth and asked, "Brat, are you looking to die?"
Fang Chen wasn't flustered in the slightest.
Within the martial arts school, Wang Yanshan couldn't possibly beat him to death. Unless Hong Decheng no longer cared about his reputation.
Fang Chen looked at the burly Wang Yanshan and let out a cold laugh.
"Wastrel, if you're so capable, why don't you break through already!"
Hearing that, Wang Yanshan laughed out of sheer fury.
"Brat, you make it sound as though you can break through easily?"
Fang Chen chuckled.
"I can break through easily. I'm different from a wastrel like you."
Fang Chen called him a wastrel in every other sentence, making the veins across Wang Yanshan's body bulge. He wished he could beat Fang Chen to death on the spot.
Unfortunately, he couldn't act recklessly within the martial arts school!
By then, Zhou Hai had already quietly run to the rear courtyard to find Hong Decheng.
From a distance, Song Ming suddenly said, "Senior Brother Wang, you can't act recklessly within the martial arts school. I advise you to think twice."
"However, I do have a suggestion."
"Since Junior Brother Fang is so confident that he can break through, why don't the two of you make a wager?"
Wang Yanshan asked, "What kind of wager? I can't wait to beat him right now!"
Song Ming chuckled.
"If Junior Brother Fang fails to break through, let you beat him severely, and he can't fight back. As long as you don't kill him, anything goes."
"If Junior Brother Fang successfully breaks through..."
Fang Chen smiled and picked up Song Ming's words.
"Just give me one portion of powerful medicine."
A look of astonishment faintly appeared on Song Ming's face. He clearly hadn't expected Fang Chen to agree so readily!
In truth, right up until this moment, Song Ming had thought Fang Chen was merely indulging in a moment of verbal bravado.
He had been planning to use this opportunity, under everyone's watchful eyes, to push Fang Chen into the eye of the storm through the wager!
If Fang Chen refused the wager, that would amount to admitting that he actually lacked confidence in breaking through.
He would have merely been boasting wildly earlier.
That way, he would lose face in front of the many disciples,
and naturally lose face in front of Jiang Qiutong as well!
Thus, Fang Chen had no choice but to accept the wager.
Yet once he accepted it, given Fang Chen's mediocre-to-poor natural bone constitution, he would most likely fail to break through.
When the time came, Wang Yanshan would beat him severely, and he would still lose face.
Therefore, Song Ming felt that no matter what happened, Fang Chen would be taught a lesson.
He had originally thought that with this move, he could directly borrow Wang Yanshan's hand to make Fang Chen suffer a crushing defeat!
At the same time, he could completely ruin Fang Chen's image in Jiang Qiutong's heart.
Who could have expected that Fang Chen seemed to be genuinely confident?
He had directly picked up Song Ming's words and even wanted to ask Wang Yanshan for a portion of powerful medicine?
Was he merely putting on a false show, or did he truly have something to rely on?
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