Up on the second floor.
By the window, Lu Yu and Little Dragon watched Li Xiuwen, lost in thought.
Little Dragon leaned close to Lu Yu's ear and whispered, "Sis, I told you there was no point... He takes medicine every day. He really has no potential."
Lu Yu looked somewhat disappointed. "I thought he was diligent and hardworking, with decent comprehension and a few redeeming qualities... Who knew he was so impatient and impetuous? He'll never amount to much."
She would never recruit someone like this for her father. He would enjoy generous perks yet risk qi deviation at any moment, hurting himself and others and damaging the Lu family's reputation.
The next day,
Li Xiuwen did not go to the Martial Arts Hall. He simply could not be bothered to explain himself to everyone.
He trained alone, his sweat soaking the rooftop.
[Sea-Sand Stance proficiency increased by 1%...] [Sea-Sand Stance proficiency increased by 1%...]
At last, he worked through the final 2% of proficiency.
Four days later, Li Xiuwen looked at the [Incense Burner]. The incense belonging to [Sea-Sand Stance] had burned out completely.
Once it burned out, however, no new stick appeared. Only a layer of ash and a shifting cloud of golden smoke remained.
[Sea-Sand Stance: Perfection (limit reached)]
"This day has finally come."
Li Xiuwen suppressed his excitement and sensed that cloud of "golden smoke."
Somewhere deep within, he had an intuition.
This golden smoke was the culmination of over four months of grueling Sea-Sand Stance training, the Martial Way distilled to its very essence!
Once the golden smoke entered his body, he could naturally undergo Worshiping the Second Gate and complete his second transformation beyond the ordinary!
The skin membrane covering his body resembled a balloon stretched to its