Starting with Xingyi Quan, it swept across the chaotic world.

Chapter 14 Genius

Qin Yan narrowed his eyes and took a step forward.

Before Zhang Wu could react, a hand suddenly grabbed his shoulder blade.

"what!"

Zhang Wu was unable to dodge in time and cried out in pain.

"Master... what does this mean?"

However, Qin Yan ignored Zhang Wu's constant groans and screams, and continued to move his large hand around Zhang Wu's joints.

With each joint he touched, the glint in Qin Yan's eyes intensified.

As time passed, Qin Yan finally withdrew his hand. Suppressing his joy, he returned to his previous calm tone and asked:

"Who examined your bone structure when you first started learning?"

Zhang Wu was confused, but he still gritted his teeth and spoke:

"It's Senior Sister Xu."

Upon hearing this, Qin Yan nodded.

As expected, Duan Kang would never make such a basic mistake.

"It's getting late, you should go back and rest."

After saying that, Qin Yan ate the persimmon cake and walked back to the inner courtyard.

Zhang Wu looked at Lu Li, his eyes filled with confusion: "Senior brother, what exactly do you think the sect leader is trying to do... Ouch, that hurts so much!"

Lu Li had a vague premonition, but he wasn't sure, so he just shook his head.

You'll find out tomorrow.

The two eventually returned to the dormitory together.

……

The next day, as dawn broke.

The door to the dormitory room was being pounded on incessantly, the poor door trembling as if its days were numbered.

Lu Li and Zhang Wu, who were still asleep, were both awakened by the noise outside.

"Junior Brother Zhang Wu! Junior Brother Zhang Wu!"

"Get up, get up!"

Because they practiced late yesterday, Zhang Wu and Lu Li didn't get up early today, especially Zhang Wu, whose bones were massaged by the master last night, and those areas are still aching.

"What are you doing? What are you doing?!"

Zhang Wu was roughly shaken awake, and even a living Buddha would lose his temper, so Zhang Wu was not at all in a good mood.

"Great news! Great news! What a wonderful thing!"

The visitor said excitedly.

"What good news is there?"

"Junior Brother Zhang Wu, from now on you won't have to do any more chores!" the visitor urged. "Master Qin wants to see you, so hurry up and get dressed!"

Zhang Wu was somewhat puzzled, but for some reason, his heart began to pound violently.

He had a vague feeling that something incredibly good was about to happen!

"Senior Brother Lu... I'll head over now." Zhang Wu said to Lu Li before leaving.

"Junior brother, I congratulate you in advance." Lu Li also offered his heartfelt blessings.

After Zhang Wu left, Lu Li quickly dressed and headed towards the training ground.

The training ground was now packed with people, and many new and old disciples were looking at Zhang Wu with strange expressions.

That was no longer the disdain and contempt of the past.

Instead, it was an unprecedented feeling of envy and jealousy.

After watching Zhang Wu's figure disappear into the inner courtyard's porch, many disciples in the training ground couldn't help but mutter to themselves.

"No, how long has Zhang Wucai been here?"

"Only disciples with internal energy level are allowed to enter and exit the inner courtyard! Why is he allowed in?!"

"Wow, don't you all know? That Zhang Wu, he's been here for less than a month and he's already almost overflowing with blood energy! Can you compare to him? This morning the headmaster said that Zhang Wu has top-tier aptitude! Now, he's Master's precious darling!"

"..."

The disciples' voices were laced with sarcasm.

It was obvious that Zhang Wu possessed superior aptitude, and the fact that he had been summoned to the inner courtyard was like a sharp thorn, piercing the hearts of all the disciples present.

They knew that now that Zhang Wu had entered, it was like a fish entering the sea or a bird soaring into the sky. From now on, his status in this courtyard would be completely different from theirs.

Many of them were indignant, because in terms of family circumstances, there were probably few who were worse off than Zhang Wu.

Many of them find this disparity difficult to accept.

Lu Li stood in front of his most beloved stone lock, but even his warm-up lacked the passion he usually had.

In the end, he felt a pang of regret deep down.

Last night, when Master Qin examined Zhang Wu's bones, he actually guessed something. In fact, he had been surprised for a long time that this junior brother, who had only been a student for less than a month, was making rapid progress and changing every time they practiced.

Only now do I realize that Zhang Wu actually has superior physical constitution.

No wonder the curator's tone was different yesterday.

Clearly, Zhang Wu was a rough gem in his eyes, while Lu Li was nothing more than dust sifted out.

Lu Li took a deep breath and continued to move the stone lock.

Today's events did not damage his confidence; on the contrary, they fueled his fighting spirit!

Anyway, I'll break through in the next few days, so I have to speed things up!

……

Inner courtyard.

Qin Yan's disciples were all summoned here.

They knew that Qin Shi was going to announce something important today.

"Third brother, you were the one who touched the bones when Zhang Wu entered the gate of enlightenment, right?" Qin Yan asked Xu Fang.

Although Xu Fang had doubts, she still spoke casually:

"Yes, Master, my second senior brother had to go out before he could examine my bones that day, so I did it for him... Master, is there a problem with that?"

Qin Yan snorted coldly:

"It seems your basic skills aren't very solid either; you can't even detect a superior physique."

"My basic skills are very solid. I haven't been doing this lately..." Xu Fang hurriedly tried to defend herself, but she couldn't get the second half of her sentence out.

Because she captured the key words.

Superior bone structure?

"Master, you said that person has superior aptitude!" Xu Fang's pupils suddenly contracted.

The expressions of the fellow disciples around him also changed.

Clearly, none of them expected that the unassuming boy from the outer courtyard, who came from a poor family, was actually a top-tier talent, one in ten thousand!

"Master...I..."

Xu Fang's expression changed repeatedly. She wanted to explain, but the words just wouldn't come out.

She felt incredibly bitter.

As a wealthy heiress, how could she possibly spend so much time touching a man?

It's even more impossible for them to spend any time touching these lowly, impoverished people who barely make ends meet!

Therefore, she avoided touching bones whenever possible. On that particular day, Duan Kang had to go out, so she had no choice but to do it for him.

I thought there wouldn't be any mistakes, but I never expected that I would almost cause a disaster!

"After you meet your new junior brother, I'll punish you by sending you to the outer courtyard for five days to teach you a lesson." Qin Yan finally made his punishment.

Xu Fang was naturally dissatisfied, but she couldn't argue with her master, so she had no choice but to agree. However, she was still filled with resentment.

Soon, Zhang Wu arrived as well.

The outer disciples were completely unaware of all this, and were only speculating about what might happen in the inner courtyard.

Soon, the news spread that Master Qin had accepted Zhang Wu as his disciple.

Before even breaking through to the Ming Jin level, he was already being treated like an An Jin disciple!

This move undoubtedly made the outer court disciples envious.

Many people, especially Zhou Miao and Wang Wei, were already preparing to curry favor with Zhang Wu, and they even wanted to curry favor with Lu Li as well.

The news spread quickly.

Not long after, Zhang Wu walked out of the inner courtyard.

A somewhat "foolish" smile was on his face.

He felt that it all felt like a beautiful dream, yet incredibly real.

"Sister... I don't have to weave anymore... Finally... finally I can live a good life..." Gradually, tears streamed down Zhang Wu's face.

Just then, a person emerged from the crowded throng.

This person was none other than Liu Zheng! Upon receiving the news, he rushed back without stopping.

At this moment, his face bore the same obsequiousness and fawning as Zhang Wu in the past, and he humbly presented the generous gift:

"Master Zhang Wu... Senior Brother Zhang Wu!"

"This is a small gift that your junior brother prepared for you. It's nothing but a token of my appreciation. I hope... I hope you won't hold a grudge..."

Liu Zheng bent his back even lower than Zhang Wu used to, almost burying his head in the ground.

Seeing Liu Zheng's familiar humble demeanor, combined with his recent ruthless attitude, a surge of immense joy instantly welled up in his mind.

He couldn't hold back any longer and burst out laughing:

"Hahahahahaha..."