Wang Yang, You're My Good Son-in-Law!

He had been imbued with knowledge by the Stone Tablet.

Chen Yan went to the restroom and freshened up. Only then did his heart rate gradually return to normal.

His constitution was a little too weak to keep up with his strength. After breaking through his limits twice in a row, Chen Yan had nearly passed out.

A tremendous amount of knowledge about the Crimson Gang Body Tempering Canon had suddenly appeared in his mind. Within the Saint Breaking Realm, there was also a vast amount of golden light containing the Skill Energy of the Crimson Gang Body Tempering Canon.

It would take a while to digest what he had gained this time.

But it wouldn't take too long. Half a day would be enough.

Afterward, Chen Yan's understanding of the Crimson Gang Body Tempering Canon would deepen, reaching an entirely new level!

Still stirred by the experience, Chen Yan walked to the office door, only to hear an argument inside.

"Whether I pull strings is my business. If you won't take care of your daughter, then I will!"

"But you can't go to the Gong Family. You can't!"

"Why not? You've earned enough money in your whole life to pay for Qianqian to undergo one body refinement!"

"No means no!"

"Get out! You've been the same all these years. I'm so disappointed in you!"

They were arguing. Chen Yan hesitated, and just as he was about to open the door, Wang Yang flung it open, his face flushed with anger.

"Chen Yan, are you done?" Wang Yang's expression shifted when he saw Chen Yan covered in wounds. He hurriedly led him into the office.

"Did you win?" Wang Yang struggled to force a smile.

"I won," Chen Yan said calmly.

"Good!" Wang Yang burst out laughing and looked at Zhuang Xihang.

"Principal Zhuang, he won!"

Zhuang Xihang's face was cold, clearly still angry. He looked at Chen Yan.

"Zhang Tie is ranked twenty-sixth at Second High. He can't get into the Town Martial Class. You fought him for so long, and only won after taking this much damage. You..."

As Zhuang Xihang spoke, Wang Yang's expression changed.

"Principal Zhuang, we had an agreement!"

"You listened to what I had to say. But will you listen to what I have to say?" Zhuang Xihang snapped, disappointment written all over his face.

Wang Yang was overcome with anger. The hand gripping Chen Yan's began to tremble.

Chen Yan lowered his head. Zhang Tie was only ranked twenty-sixth in his year?

"Principal Zhuang, I..." Wang Yang began, hesitating.

"Teacher Wang, it's all right." Chen Yan shook his head. Wang Yang had already done so much for him.

Wang Yang looked at Chen Yan, his eyes full of complicated emotions.

"You've done very well. You were bedridden for a year and have only been recovering for a few days, yet you can already beat the twenty-sixth-ranked student at Second High.

"You've really done very well. You're a genius. It's just that other people are blind!"

Anger edged Wang Yang's voice, and anger rose in Zhuang Xihang's eyes too.

In the end, Wang Yang and Chen Yan left.

Zhuang Xihang sat in his office, fuming.

"Principal Zhuang, someone from the Town Martial Division is here. The Town Martial Class's Oath-Taking Ceremony is tonight, and they need the Origin Stele for the Crimson Gang Body Tempering Canon."

The office door opened, and a bespectacled middle-aged woman spoke.

"Mm. Have someone move it. Make sure it doesn't get bumped or scratched," Zhuang Xihang said with a nod.

"All right." The woman nodded and smiled.

"The Origin Stele would be fine even if it fell a hundred meters. It won't break."

Left alone in the office, Zhuang Xihang looked irritated.

He had found Wang Yang an even better job back then, but Wang Yang had quit after just one day.

At first, he'd liked the man. Aside from his ordinary Martial Dao talent, everything else about him was pretty good. He was hardworking.

But as time went on, Zhuang Xihang came to see that the man was a damned blockhead.

Smoking in silence, Zhuang Xihang slowly shook his head.

"Was I too strict?"

"If he's only been learning the Breathing Technique for a few days and still managed to beat Zhang Tie, even if it was a close fight, then..."

"Then he's all right. No, he's very good!"

Two years ago, he and Wang Yang had fallen out, and they hadn't been in touch since. Now Wang Yang had come to see him. In theory, he should have put on a stern face first, then offered him a sweetener.

"That kid even knows to think of his teacher. He really is a good one. There's no need to take my anger at Wang Yang out on him!"

Zhuang Xihang murmured helplessly.

Besides, Chen Yan had been qualified to enter the Town Martial Class in the first place. Someone else had used connections to take his spot.

"Mm. I'll call him back afterward. I haven't given that auditing spot to anyone else anyway."

That was what Zhuang Xihang thought. Chen Yan wasn't at fault. He really had beaten Zhang Tie.

He regretted the way he'd acted just now.

It was all Wang Yang's fault.

Time passed slowly. It was six in the evening.

Knock, knock, knock.

Someone knocked on the office door.

"Come in."

"Principal Zhuang." Zhang Tie entered, looking unhappy.

"Another teacher kicked me out of the Body Tempering Room."

"Mm." Zhuang Xihang replied indifferently, "The Town Martial Class's Oath-Taking Ceremony needs the Origin Stele. Besides, you should have used up your allotted time already."

Zhang Tie wasn't in the top ten of his year, so he couldn't enter the Body Tempering Room whenever he wanted.

"No, I calculated it. Someone occupied it for almost an hour in the middle, so I only spent five hours there today."

"You little brat, I told you at the start of the school year that sparring in the Body Tempering Room is just as beneficial as training in it."

"Sparring?" Zhang Tie blinked.

"I didn't spar with anyone."

"You didn't fight?!" Zhuang Xihang's expression shifted. That kid Chen Yan had some nerve!

He'd deliberately injured himself, then tricked them into thinking he'd won.

Anger surfaced in Zhuang Xihang's eyes. What a cunning plan!

Zhang Tie continued, "I was training just fine today, but then Wu Chuhua showed up. A while later, someone else came too.

"They fought in the Body Tempering Room for ages. I didn't dare move, afraid I'd get hurt, let alone train."

Zhuang Xihang was completely stunned. "Huh?"

"That's right, Principal. I wouldn't lie to you," Zhang Tie said hurriedly. "There are surveillance cameras in the Body Tempering Room!"

"Th-this..." Zhuang Xihang's mouth fell open. A suspicion came to him.

"Where's Wu Chuhua?"

"Wu Chuhua went home. That other person beat him into submission. I've never seen anyone fiercer than Wu Chuhua before."

Holy crap!

He'd gotten it wrong.

If you think this book is good, add it to your bookshelf so you won't lose it next time.

Wasn't Chen Yan supposed to be fighting Zhang Tie? How had he ended up fighting Wu Chuhua?

Gulp!

Zhuang Xihang swallowed hard before asking again, "What was the person fighting Wu Chuhua wearing?"

"A white T-shirt. Wu Chuhua said his name was Chen Yan. He was pretty impressive—he'd even condensed a Strength Stripe, and he fought Wu Chuhua to a standstill."

As Zhang Tie spoke, he gave a thumbs-up. The more brutally the other guy beat Wu Chuhua, the happier he felt.

Wu Chuhua deserved a beating like that!

"Th-this...!"

A stunned sound escaped Zhuang Xihang. He stood up, then dropped right back into his seat.

One sentence kept echoing in his mind.

"Chen Yan was bedridden for a year and only started learning the Breathing Technique a few days ago..."

At the thought, Zhuang Xihang felt an electric current shoot from the soles of his feet straight into his brain. His eyelids twitched uncontrollably.

Strength Stripe, Strength Stripe, Strength Stripe...

The kid had only just recovered and had been learning the Breathing Technique for a few days, yet he'd already condensed a Strength Stripe!

And he'd even fought Wu Chuhua to a standstill.

A genius—this was a true genius!

He rushed to his desk and picked up the landline, only to remember that Wang Yang didn't have a phone.

He had to go after him. Even if he had to visit Wang Yang's house in person, he had to bring Chen Yan back.

"Wang Yang, you're my good son-in-law!"

With that exclamation, Zhuang Xihang marveled at Wang Yang's excellent eye for talent and ran out of the office.

"Principal Zhuang, I haven't used up my time..."

Zhang Tie called after him, but Zhuang Xihang had already vanished down the hallway.

"Zhang Tie, come see me tomorrow!" Zhuang Xihang's voice rang out from downstairs.

There were only three buses a day from Luoshan County to Green Mountain Town. Chen Yan and Wang Yang ate in the county first, then boarded the bus at six.

A night in town would cost two hundred, so Chen Yan and Wang Yang decided to head home instead.

Chen Yan planned to look for Luo Puxin again tomorrow.

There were few people on the bus. Chen Yan and Wang Yang sat in the back.

"This time, it was your teacher's fault." Wang Yang blamed himself. Chen Yan had won. He had proven himself.

Wang Yang had failed. He'd given Chen Yan hope, then let him down.

He'd lost all face, and it weighed heavily on him.

"Teacher, if I'd been able to crush Zhang Tie, it wouldn't have turned out like this," Chen Yan said calmly.

It all came down to the fact that he wasn't strong enough yet.

He'd grown stronger, but it still wasn't enough.

He could tell how much of his pride Wang Yang had swallowed to go ask Zhuang Xihang for help.

"Don't worry. You'll have many more fights ahead of you. I'm satisfied with how this one went. You took so many hits for this fight, but you still didn't give up until the very last moment.

"It's all right that you won by the skin of your teeth. You did nothing wrong today."

Wang Yang smiled. He could see the wounds on Chen Yan. They were only flesh wounds, but the fact that Chen Yan had endured them showed how hard he'd worked.

"Mm." Chen Yan nodded. Wang Yang's words gave him a new insight.

"Your opponent was strong too. He hadn't fully trained his Skin Stripe, but even getting it to thirty percent made his physique stronger than mine. I need to pay more attention to my physique as well."

Chen Yan spoke softly. Though he'd lost today, he'd gained a great deal.

His understanding of the Crimson Gang Body Tempering Canon had already risen to a level he wouldn't have dared imagine before the trip.

More importantly, the huge amount of golden light in the Saint Breaking Realm was being absorbed by the Saint Breaking Tree.

A brand-new golden fruit was taking shape on the Saint Breaking Tree in an incredibly short time.

[Saint Breaking Realm: Level 2 (14/15)]

[Saint Breaking Fruit:

Strength: (88/100)

Blood: (99/100)

Skill: (97/100)]

There were still vast golden lakes within the Saint Breaking Realm. The Saint Breaking Tree continued absorbing the golden light, and the new [Skill] Character Saint Breaking Fruit was about to ripen.

The Saint Breaking Realm was close to leveling up!

Chen Yan also had a great deal of obscure knowledge in his mind that he needed to digest.

He had gained an incredible amount from this trip.

That was what Chen Yan thought, while Wang Yang kept frowning beside him.

"Skin Stripe?"

"Yes. Zhang Tie had condensed thirty percent of a Skin Stripe." Chen Yan nodded.

"That doesn't make sense. Principal Zhuang told me Zhang Tie cultivated the Qi and Blood Path and had only just awakened his blood qi," Wang Yang said, puzzled.

"No..." Chen Yan shook his head. "Zhang Tie follows the Body Tempering Path. He has one solid Strength Stripe and one faint Skin Stripe."

"Huh?" Wang Yang was completely stunned. "A solid Strength Stripe and thirty percent of a Skin Stripe?"

He murmured to himself, his expression turning grim. Suddenly, he cursed, "Zhuang Xihang, you've gone too far!"

With a condensed Strength Stripe and thirty percent of a Skin Stripe, Zhang Tie should be among the top five at Second High!

Zhuang Xihang had clearly never intended to give Chen Yan a chance to audit the class. He'd deliberately played Wang Yang for a fool!

The thought made Wang Yang increasingly furious. But gradually, something began to feel off. He looked at Chen Yan and asked in a trembling whisper,

"Chen Yan, tell me. When you fought Zhang Tie, did you actually lose, or...?"

"I won, but only because he ran out of strength. Still, even if he kept going, I wouldn't have been afraid." Chen Yan thought it over as he spoke, naturally noticing that something was wrong with Wang Yang.

"You..." Wang Yang opened his mouth, feeling as if a breath had caught in his throat and wouldn't come out. He forced the words out one by one.

"Zhang Tie had condensed a Strength Stripe and thirty percent of a Skin Stripe. How could you possibly beat him?!"

"Because I condensed a Strength Stripe too," Chen Yan said calmly. There was no smile on his face. So what if he'd condensed a Strength Stripe? He could only draw with the twenty-sixth-ranked student at Second High.

The top students at town high schools were still far behind County High School. Yu Zhiwen was first at Qingshan High, but she'd be no match for Zhang Tie either.

He wasn't competing against Yu Zhiwen or Gao Yuan, Zhang Qingsi.

He had the Saint Breaking Tree. Even if he didn't, he would still compete with the whole world.

If even the twenty-six people from County High School were this strong, what about everyone else?

He still had a long way to go.

He had to work even harder, constantly breaking through his own limits!

"Condense it for me!" Wang Yang said sharply, staring hard at Chen Yan.

"Condense what?"

"Your... strength... Pattern Lines!"

Chen Yan pursed his lips and pushed up his sleeve. He activated the Crimson Gang Body Tempering Canon, and the muscles in his chest bulged. Under Wang Yang's disbelieving gaze, a pitch-black Pattern Line appeared on Chen Yan's chest.

At the sight of the Pattern Line, which looked like a Flood Dragon, Wang Yang froze in place. He stared blankly for a long moment.

"Zhuang Xihang, you've gone too far!!!"

His roar echoed through the carriage. The few passengers inside glanced strangely at Wang Yang.

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