Can't Afford to Offend

On Sunday, there were elective classes, but Baili Qingfeng did not attend. Instead, he perfected the Primordial Thunder God One Hundred and Eight Forms Body Refining Technique he had just created.

"Hmm, apart from being a little painful, this technique... is perfect."

Baili Qingfeng was extremely satisfied.

As for the pain, that did not count as a drawback.

Studies had shown that pain not only made people more focused, but could also stimulate the human body's potential.

Besides, this little bit of pain...

Was only moderate, Level Two.

Baili Qingfeng stated that as long as one was a person, one could endure it without any pressure.

After recording the technique, he saw that it was getting late and took a bus to the club.

This time, Ran Tianchi, Wang Zheng, and Morpheus were all there.

Jack, however, was nowhere to be seen. Baili Qingfeng did not know whether he had yet to leave the hospital or simply had no face to meet him.

"Master."

Seeing Baili Qingfeng, the three bowed at the same time. Their expressions were even more respectful than before.

Baili Qingfeng glanced at them and nodded. "Continue practicing the Primordial Thunder God One Hundred and Eight Forms Body Refining Technique. If there's anything you don't understand, ask me directly."

"Yes."

Although they were forcing themselves to hold on, their faces were all somewhat bitter.

Clearly, thirty repetitions of the Body Refining Technique were too difficult for them.

However, Baili Qingfeng had no intention of reducing their assignment in the slightest.

The three of them were different from Baili Ruoxue.

On the one hand, Baili Ruoxue was a woman. On the other, her meat and medicinal meals were far inferior to those of these young masters from wealthy families. She could only practice a dozen or so repetitions a day, but these three...

Thirty repetitions were precisely the limit Baili Qingfeng had estimated.

If they could persevere, Baili Qingfeng would continue teaching them the Primordial Thunder God One Hundred and Eight Forms. If they could not hold on, then he could not be blamed.

"Master... Although the basics are important, wouldn't this kind of practice be a little too simple...?"

Ran Tianchi came forward sheepishly to ask.

Baili Qingfeng glanced at him. As a future great philosopher and thinker, he felt that he had a duty to save the three men's lost and feeble souls.

He immediately assumed a solemn expression. "Persisting in doing simple things well is not simple. Persisting in doing extraordinary things well is extraordinary. So-called success is persevering in doing something extraordinary amid the ordinary."

"Persist..."

"Persist! And defeat yourself! Compared to victory over yourself, all other victories are not worth mentioning. Compared to abandoning yourself and sinking into depravity, all other abandonments are insignificant! If you retreat before success, you can often only accept failure. If you persevere before difficulty, you can often reap victory!"

Ran Tianchi looked somewhat embarrassed, wearing an expression of humble acceptance. Only after a moment did he say again, "Master, I only wanted to..."

"Pay attention to your thoughts. They will become your words. Pay attention to your words. They will become your actions. Pay attention to your actions. They will become your habits. Pay attention to your habits. They will change your character. Pay attention to your character. In the end, it will determine your future destiny!"

"What does that have to do with destiny...?"

"Will and destiny often go their separate ways. Determination will eventually overturn everything. There's no need to sigh over a little setback. This is preparation you must undergo before achieving success."

Baili Qingfeng spoke earnestly. At the end, he finally said in an unhurried tone, "No matter how long the night, the day will eventually come."

Ran Tianchi opened and closed his mouth...

He could not utter a single word.

Wang Zheng and Morpheus also seemed to have been persuaded by Baili Qingfeng's thoughts and words. They appeared ashamed of their own attempts to seek an easy way out and lowered their heads.

Seeing this, Baili Qingfeng nodded in satisfaction.

"Practice well. Practice with all your strength. I believe in you. I've already given you the opportunity. As long as you can persevere and display sufficient perseverance and determination toward martial arts, a bright future awaits you."

Baili Qingfeng said this.

After thoroughly encouraging his disciples and rekindling their fighting spirit, Baili Qingfeng returned to his Cultivation Room in satisfaction.

He did not practice the Rushing Thunder Thirty-Six Forms, instead focusing his energy on the Thunder Breath breathing method.

After a martial artist completed the three stages of cultivation—Body Refining, Qi Refining, and spirit cultivation—and laid down a solid foundation, the next step was to achieve Three Essences United as One, refining Essence, Qi, and Spirit into a single entity and transforming them into Inner Breath.

Inner Breath was an extremely refined form of life energy. Once it entered the body, it could continuously nourish the physique, driving the already perfected Flesh Body to evolve another step and reach a nonhuman realm. If it was constantly refined and stored, then when it erupted all at once, it would possess earth-shattering might.

Baili Qingfeng's physique and spirit had both been nurtured to the utmost, but his breathing technique cultivation was somewhat unsatisfactory. At present, his Essence, Qi, and Spirit were unbalanced, and he could not achieve Three Essences United as One. Under such circumstances, he naturally had to spend more time cultivating the Thunder Breath breathing method.

Once his breathing technique had reached a sufficient level, it would be time for him to achieve Three Essences United as One and break through to the War-level.

Baili Qingfeng practiced the breathing method for several hours. When he heard breathing outside the Cultivation Room, he said, "What is it?"

"Master."

Wang Zheng's voice came from outside the door.

"Come in."

With Baili Qingfeng's permission, Wang Zheng pushed open the door and entered the Cultivation Room. He respectfully bowed. "Master, I came not only to plead with you on my own behalf, but also on behalf of my father. We would like to ask you to help our Wang family this once."

"What is it?"

"Our Wang family has an enemy named Wu Li. We had already suppressed him, but who knows what fortuitous encounter he obtained? He actually became a top expert at the peak of Level Three and returned with a vengeance a week ago. This man is extremely vicious, carrying an overwhelming aura of ferocity and treating the nation's laws as nothing. In just one week, while we were caught off guard, he killed five people: an uncle, a maternal aunt, two older male cousins, and my younger sister. His methods were cruel and brutal. I beg Master to help our Wang family, capture and exterminate that vicious criminal!"

Baili Qingfeng had never been interested in this sort of martial-world vendetta. He only wanted to live his quiet, peaceful life.

"You should know that I'm only a student. Teaching you martial arts is merely my part-time job. Studying and attending classes are what I truly need to do, so I won't help you."

"Master... This man is guilty of every evil under the sun. He has returned this time to wipe out our entire Wang family. I beg Master to make a righteous intervention, considering the months of master-disciple ties between us."

"Wipe out the entire Wang family?"

Baili Qingfeng's heart tightened.

Another vicious man who wiped out entire families. Martial artists of the martial world truly were ruthless and merciless, one and all. Someone like that was not a person an ordinary student like Baili Qingfeng dared to provoke.

"You should call the police."

"This matter involves a martial-world grudge. Since ancient times, martial-world matters have been settled within the martial world. Therefore, as long as that evildoer has not harmed innocent people, the Guard Division will not interfere..."

Baili Qingfeng waved his hand and was about to speak, but Wang Yang beat him to it. "One hundred thousand!"

"Hmm?"

"If Master is willing to intervene, whether or not you ultimately manage to capture and kill that evildoer, our Wang family will present you with a generous gift of one hundred thousand!"

"What kind of person do you take me for?"

Baili Qingfeng's tone held some displeasure.

"Two hundred thousand!"

"Although I'm very short of money, this isn't about money."

"Three hundred thousand!"

Wang Zheng spoke heavily. "If Master is willing to make a righteous intervention, our Wang family will pay three hundred thousand!"

"The martial world is perilous. I'm a student of kind disposition. Even if I've learned two ancient supreme arts, how could I casually involve myself in such a terrifying battle, where entire families are wiped out at the slightest turn?"

"Five hundred thousand!"

Wang Zheng gritted his teeth. "Five hundred thousand is merely the fee for Master to intervene. If Master can capture and kill that evildoer and save our Wang family from disaster, our Wang family will present another one million!"

Five hundred thousand plus one million...

One and a half million!

That was absolutely an astonishing sum.

In Wuhe City, it would be enough to buy thirty or forty homes.

Baili Qingfeng was tempted. His family still owed tens of thousands in debt, and cultivation also required considerable resources. If he could obtain this one and a half million, all his problems would be solved.

However, after the thought turned in his mind for a moment, he rejected it.

"Baili Qingfeng has always valued rules and the law in his conduct. If others do not offend me, I will not offend them. I have no grudge against that man, so how could I recklessly open a killing spree against him? There's no need to mention this again."

Baili Qingfeng waved his hand.

Besides...

That was a martial-world fiend who wiped out entire families at the slightest provocation. Baili Qingfeng had an elderly father above him, an older sister in the middle, and... an unborn child below. Someone like that...

Not someone to provoke. Not someone to provoke!