Surviving in the chaos of war begins in the wilderness.

Chapter 40 5 Weather Sensations

Although I have more time to practice martial arts, I still have no clue how to find the feeling of Qi.

The second day, the third day... so far, we have been practicing the Small Wind and Thunder Stance for four full days, but the panel still shows no change.

To be honest, Zhou Ye was becoming increasingly anxious. The other disciples had all found their Qi, mostly within two or three days. Those who found it within a day were geniuses, and occasionally a few took four days. And almost all of them succeeded; not a single one was stumped by the Qi.

Of course, those who go to martial arts schools to learn martial arts are already physically outstanding among their peers. Otherwise, their families wouldn't be willing to waste money on such a thing, right? So, this success rate is understandable.

But no matter what, you can't be the only exception, right?

In the end, Zhou Ye was so desperate that he resorted to any means necessary. He even went to his junior sister, Du Juan, for advice, thinking that the young girl would be easier to fool.

Unexpectedly, this earned him a big eye roll from Du Juan. She looked incredulous: "Senior Brother A Ye, even if someone is incredibly slow, surely they can find the Qi sensation in three days?"

Zhou Ye: Die!

Of course, there was also good news. This genius young man, Huang Sheng, actually achieved Qi Sensing Perfection in just seven days?

"Ah Jun, Ah Ye, I only needed seven days, and I've already mastered it!" Huang Sheng seemed particularly excited. "Master Du just spoke to me and told me to calm down and solidify my foundation. I'll try to break through to the 'internal strength' level on my first try in a few days."

Zhou Ye and Wu Jun both looked on with envy and jealousy: "Does it really need a few more days?"

"That's right! Master Du told me that this is my first time breaking through the barrier, so I don't have much experience. Therefore, I must be extra careful. It's better to be slower and succeed on the first try! Otherwise, if I fail to break through, I will need to recuperate for a period of time. And the next time I break through, it will be much more difficult."

Okay! We don't understand the world of geniuses. Let's just go back to earth and be ordinary people.

However, on the second day, which was the fifth day of martial arts training, perhaps it was Huang Sheng who brought good luck.

While practicing the Small Wind and Thunder Stance, Zhou Ye suddenly felt a faint warm current, which was almost imperceptible if one did not pay close attention.

Zhou Ye almost burst into tears of joy. Because according to Huang Sheng and the others' description, this was the sensation of Qi!

It was damn hard. After five whole days, I finally found the feeling of Qi—Small Wind and Thunder Stance (Entry-level): Not yet an expert (0/10)

Finally, new content appeared on the panel. Even now, Zhou Ye still felt incredulous.

Fearing this was a dream, he quickly continued practicing the Small Wind and Thunder Stance. That's right! This was Qi and blood! It was gradually flowing into his dantian.

Not long after, Huang Sheng and Wu Jun came over to congratulate him: "Aye, I didn't expect you to succeed too."

"Haha." Zhou Ye laughed from ear to ear. "Lucky, lucky."

"Then the three of us brothers can progress together, enter the realm of internal strength together, and become masters of Ming Jin together."

"Hahaha!"

After the news spread, even Han Guang and Du Juan came to congratulate them.

"Junior Brother Zhou, that's great. With a little effort, you still have a chance to master it. As long as you do, your money won't have been wasted."

Zhou Ye smiled, but couldn't help glancing sideways. "Senior Brother Han Guang, I know you're not good at comforting people, but please don't use such blunt language, okay?"

Du Juan was more practical: "Senior Brother A Ye, that's great! You won't withdraw your tuition after a month, right? I'm rooting for you! You must stick with it for three months!"

Zhou Ye: "..."

In fact, among all the disciples of the martial arts school, only those who have reached the level of Ming Jin will be accepted as disciples by the school master, Du Keyuan, and become formal disciples of the martial arts school.

Among the formal disciples, as long as they don't choose to leave the martial arts school—that is, they continue to pay tuition—they will be ranked. Currently, there are over 100 ranked disciples. However, most of them don't appear at the martial arts school; they simply maintain their relationship with it.

Like my eldest brother, I heard he has already entered the realm of Dark Force and become a master of it. My second sister is already married. But she still continues to pay tuition, maintaining this bond of kinship.

The third senior brother, Han Guang, was actually the true senior brother. Together with the junior brothers and sisters who stayed at the martial arts school to practice, they took turns passing on their skills to the new disciples.

New disciples like Zhou Ye, including those with Qi Sensing and Ru Jin skills, are actually just nominal disciples and don't count at all.

They cannot use the name of the martial arts school to the outside world. Internally, it is just a relationship between the school owner and his disciples. Strictly speaking, it is just paying money to learn martial arts, and they are not even in a master-disciple relationship.

One cannot become a martial arts master without mastering the Ming Jin (明劲) technique. In the martial arts world, this principle is actually quite strict.

For this reason, there is a great separation between the inner and outer gates of the martial arts school, and the people on both sides basically do not come into contact.

Terms like "master," "senior brother," "junior brother," and "junior sister" are just nice-sounding names; they don't actually imply any real relationship.

So Zhou Ye's discovery of Qi this time actually alarmed two of the inner disciples? Du Juan is of course also a formal inner disciple, wasn't that just a matter of time?

Perhaps it's just that Zhou Ye's astonishing five-day sense of atmosphere seems too bizarre...?

However, after these people left, mocking voices suddenly came from the side.

"Five days of spiritual energy? If I didn't know better, I'd think someone was a martial arts prodigy."

"If it were me, I'd rather buy a block of tofu and smash my head against it."

"Exactly! Who has such a thick skin? Lazy and shameless! Pah!"

"..."

The speakers were Xu Feng, Cheng Jianghe, and their group. Perhaps the complete disregard of them these past few days had finally broken their defenses, causing them to escalate their actions?

But the best way to deal with these immature kids is to ignore them. What do I care if you guys break down?

Feeling that he was nearing the end of his time limit, Zhou Ye simply turned around and went home!

For the next few days, Zhou Ye diligently cultivated. Unfortunately, the progress bar remained completely still. It wasn't until the fifth day that he finally received 1 experience point.

This relieved Zhou Ye; as long as the progress bar was running, that was fine. Since he hadn't broken through any bottlenecks, as long as he persisted for 50 days, he would be able to smoothly enter the realm of internal energy.

Since that's the case, there's no need to waste any more time. It's time to pick up the martial arts training we've stopped practicing again...

In the courtyard, Zhou Ye had already buried a series of wooden stakes. Between the stakes were numerous connecting ropes, stretched densely together like a spider's web. In several places, he had even dug many small pits, which were then filled with loose soil.

After donning the chainmail, he strapped 30-pound iron sandbags to each leg. His current load had reached approximately 100 pounds. And this chainmail seemed to have become specialized equipment for practicing basic movement techniques?

With a swift movement, Zhou Ye began to weave rapidly between the wooden stakes. He dodged the ropes, and when he encountered small pits, he would lightly tap them to easily glide over them…

I can't stop grinding like crazy! Because my basic movement skills are almost maxed out!