Warrior, Warrior!

Steward Wei raised his brows and turned his head to look, only to see Li Chengfeng standing at the courtyard gate, his expression calm.

"With Master Zheng's family background, what kind of woman could he not have? My sister-in-law is only an ordinary woman and cannot climb to such wealth and honor. Besides, Yuniang and I have already become a family. Forgive me, but I cannot agree to this."

Li Chengfeng spoke with a calm expression. The words he said made Steward Wei, who had turned to look at him, narrow his eyes. Then a meaningful smile appeared on his face again.

"Young people are always prone to impulse."

Steward Wei shook his head and laughed. "I said I would come back in a month to hear your answer, so just wait a month. Who knows? In a month, Master Zheng may be coming back, and you may have changed your mind."

As Steward Wei spoke, he turned to leave, but after taking just one step, he turned back to look at him again and gave a laugh. "I'll come again in a month."

When his words fell, Steward Wei swept Li Chengfeng with a glance, said no more, then turned around with his hands behind his back and left with two sturdy attendants.

Only Li Chengfeng was left where he stood, his brows deeply furrowed.

His gaze remained on Steward Wei's back until it vanished from sight, only then drawing back, his eyes narrowing into slits.

"One month?"

Li Chengfeng clenched his fists and returned to the courtyard. "What does that Steward Wei mean? Master Zheng is such a wealthy man. Does he really value Yuniang, a common woman, that much?"

"Or is this Steward Wei's own idea, trying to curry favor with Master Zheng?"

A trace of killing intent flashed through Li Chengfeng's eyes, and he clenched his fists tightly.

But a moment later, he looked at the tightly shut house, thought of Liu Yuniang hiding inside, and still drew in a deep breath, slowly calming his emotions.

No matter what, his strength was still too weak!

If he had strength enough, how would this mere steward of the Zheng Estate dare come to his door and humiliate him like this?

"The urgent matter right now is to become a martial artist first!"

Li Chengfeng took a deep breath, letting his gaze return to calm. Thinking of all the unique traits of martial artists in this world, he understood in his heart that only by becoming a martial artist would he have the possibility of sitting at the table to negotiate.

Otherwise, he could only become fish and meat awaiting the slaughter, at the mercy of another man's knife and chopping block!

"I wonder what kind of change there'll be when Taiji Fist breaks through to the proficient level?"

Li Chengfeng could not help glancing at the Taiji Fist skill that was only 20 proficiency points away from breaking through to the proficient level. He once again took a deep breath, let his expression calm, and strode toward the inner room.

"Yuniang, it's all right now. Come out."

Li Chengfeng thought of the conversation he had just had with Steward Wei of the Zheng Estate and was somewhat worried whether Liu Yuniang inside the room had been able to hear it. Still, he adjusted his expression again, smiled, and knocked on the door as he spoke.

"Creak~"

The door opened with a creak, and Liu Yuniang's graceful, fair figure appeared from inside. She looked at Li Chengfeng with worry on her face. "Husband, what did the master of the Zheng Estate come to our courtyard to find us for?"

"Nothing much. It's just that Liu Yong died, and the estate may be short of hands for work, so he came to ask why I wasn't going to do day labor anymore and whether I'd be willing to become a long-term worker. I turned him down."

Li Chengfeng looked at Liu Yuniang's complexion, which he had nourished until it was becoming more and more lively, and a smile appeared on his face. He reached out and held Liu Yuniang's soft hand, saying with a beaming smile, "Our family doesn't lack food or drink now, so I'm not going to work. I want to train my body well at home first. At worst, if we run out of money later, I'll just go hunting again."

"All right. Husband is right."

When Liu Yuniang heard this, she immediately let out a breath of relief. A smile appeared on her face as she spoke to Li Chengfeng. Then her brows stirred slightly. "I'll accompany Husband and move around too, train my body a little."

"All right, Yuniang. You practice that set of Health Preservation Technique I taught you before first."

Hearing this, Li Chengfeng nodded thoughtfully and spoke to Liu Yuniang with a beaming smile. After he finished, his eyes moved slightly. "Once you've practiced it well, your husband will teach you some other skills."

"All right. But where did you learn these skills?"

Liu Yuniang obediently nodded. Then she looked at Li Chengfeng and, thinking of the changes in him during this period, could not help asking with some curiosity.

"I'm not too clear either. That day, Liu Hong knocked me unconscious with a cudgel. After I woke up, this knowledge had somehow appeared in my head."

Li Chengfeng's heart stirred slightly when he heard this, and he explained with a smile.

He knew the principle that the more one said, the more mistakes one made. In the future, others would inevitably be curious too—how had an ordinary commoner day laborer like him learned these skills?

So he might as well directly state the apparent truth now. If outsiders asked in the future, he would say the same thing.

As for the reason, let others guess.

"So it was actually like that!"

Liu Yuniang widened her eyes and could not help saying to Li Chengfeng, "Could it be that a divine person imparted them to you?"

"Perhaps that really is the case. In any event, after I woke up that day, I myself felt there had been many things I hadn't done well enough before, and I also understood how many things should be done. It felt as if I had become enlightened overnight."

Li Chengfeng's expression shifted slightly, and he spoke with emotion. Then he said no more, pulling Liu Yuniang along with a smile as they began practicing martial arts in the courtyard.

Liu Yuniang was still somewhat amazed, but seeing that Li Chengfeng had already begun wholeheartedly practicing martial arts, she also gathered her thoughts and slowly practiced Eight Brocades in the courtyard with wonder in her eyes.

Whether it was because, in her heart, she felt this thing had been bestowed upon Li Chengfeng in a dream by a divine person, after practicing one round of Eight Brocades, Liu Yuniang also felt refreshed and clear-headed.

After practicing four rounds in a row, Liu Yuniang felt somewhat tired and stopped. Instead, she turned back and sat on the stool in front of the door to rest for a while, watching Li Chengfeng perform his fist techniques.

Once her strength had recovered a little, Liu Yuniang began washing the clothes Li Chengfeng had changed out of yesterday. Seeing that one of them had a hole, she took out a piece of cloth to patch it.

After she had washed, sewn, and hung the clothes out to dry, Liu Yuniang began making lunch.

[Skill: Taiji Fist]

[Level: Beginner (788/800)]

[Effect: Whole-Body Power]

"Whew..."

As the fragrance of lunch drifted through the room, Li Chengfeng slowly breathed out as well, ending the final round of his morning cultivation.

He looked at his progress in Taiji Fist and felt the exhaustion in his body. Knowing there was no way he could keep training, he shook his head, turned around, and went back to the stool by the courtyard gate to rest.

When Liu Yuniang brought lunch over, he finished eating, then held his bow and practiced Archery in the courtyard for half an hour. Only then did he wipe away his sweat and return to the room for an afternoon nap.

"..."

After waking from his nap, he felt refreshed from head to toe again.

"I really can teach Yuniang some martial arts that women can cultivate for self-defense."

After Li Chengfeng woke, he looked at Liu Yuniang, who had woken beside him as well, and his heart stirred.

There were not many martial arts suited for women to cultivate, but whether it was the Taiji Fist she was practicing now, Wing Chun, or Bagua Palm, they were all quite suitable for women.

And it just so happened that he knew them all.

If Yuniang also knew some self-defense methods and became a little more nimble, even if she could not defeat any enemies, she would at least have the strength to run when she encountered danger!

"I'll wait until I become a martial artist first."

Once Li Chengfeng's thoughts reached this point, he took a deep breath, jumped down from the bed, drank a mouthful of water, then went out to the bamboo grove outside the house and continued to sink his mind into cultivation.

Move by move, form by form, with all his heart and soul!

Amid his cultivation, time slowly reached evening.

Seeing that the sky was about to darken, Liu Yuniang, who had also gotten up in the afternoon to exercise for a while, turned back into the house to prepare the meal. But when she heard Li Chengfeng say he wanted to practice two more rounds, she quietly went to boil water for him to wash up first, waiting for him to finish his martial practice.

Before long, just as Liu Yuniang had brought the water to a boil and the sun was setting...

"Whoosh~"

As Li Chengfeng finished the last round of Taiji Fist and drew in his power, he suddenly felt the Whole-Body Power within him surge endlessly. A peerlessly fierce force slowly emerged from inside his body, and a sharp gleam appeared in his eyes.