In the world of martial arts, grind your skill level to become a saint.

"Okay! I'll let you know in a few days!"

On the training ground, Zhou Zhengtang put away the letter and nodded slightly to Su Hao.

"Then I'll have to trouble you, Senior Brother Zhou!"

Su Hao clasped his hands in thanks.

After a few more words, Zhou Zhengtang turned and left, returning to his assigned training area.

Su Hao continued his practice.

Now we've handed over everything we can to Senior Brother Zhou for help, and all we can do is wait for news.

Su Hao naturally didn't want to let Chen Biao's actions go unpunished.

However, Su Hao's current individual strength is insufficient to resolve this matter.

The feud between the Black Tiger Gang and the Fierce Tiger Gang has deepened, and a battle is inevitable sooner or later.

This will also be an opportunity to resolve the trouble!

At this moment, in the innermost part of the boxing academy's training ground.

As Zhou Zhengtang arrived at his assigned training area, he saw two men and two women sitting under the shade of a tree by the wall. When they saw him return, they all looked over.

"Senior Brother Zhou is back?"

Among the group, a woman with short hair, a round face, delicate features, and wearing loose black training clothes spoke first.

Although the clothes were a bit loose, they couldn't hide her curves, especially the bulge in the front, which made her look very eye-catching.

Although the Yueshan Boxing Academy separates its male and female sections, this only applies to ordinary disciples.

For disciples like Zhou Zhengtang, whose strength has reached the Iron Skin level, many rules do not apply much to them.

These people all came from well-off families and had broad horizons, so they naturally formed small circles where they would gather together to discuss their martial arts experiences.

"Sorry to keep you all waiting!"

Zhou Zhengtang nodded, said something, and then casually found a seat to sit down.

"Hehe, Senior Brother Zhou has been getting quite close to this junior brother named Su Hao lately. Looks like you've found another business opportunity?"

A handsome young man in white gently put down his folding fan and smiled faintly.

They knew a little about some of the things Zhou Zhengtang did at the martial arts school.

The other party likes to associate with disciples who have just entered the martial arts school, with the aim of lending them money and earning interest.

Of course, this interest includes not only money but also human relationships.

However, most of the time, Zhou Zhengtang could not get back the money he lent out. The reason was simple: those people emptied their pockets to learn martial arts, and the money he lent them was like throwing meat buns to a dog—it was gone forever. How could they possibly have the money to pay him back?

However, Zhou Zhengtang didn't care much. His family was in the medicinal herb business and had a solid financial foundation, so they didn't care about this small amount of money. In his words, this was a low-cost investment. If the disciples who had received this favor were to become skilled in martial arts and rise to prominence in the future, then this favor would be worthwhile.

However, they viewed this approach as somewhat naive. If such favors were useful, then betrayal and estrangement would never occur in the world.

People will always consider things that maximize their own interests; it's human nature. Emotions are utterly powerless in the face of huge interests.

The reason they didn't turn against each other is simply because they weren't given enough.

"Junior Brother Mu Bai is joking. It just so happens that I feel Junior Brother Su is a nice person."

Zhou Zhengtang smiled slightly and did not explain further.

He knew that people in this circle generally looked down on these ordinary disciples in the martial arts school, and that was indeed the case. Given their status and wealth, they were from a completely different world from ordinary people.

Therefore, they rarely interact with ordinary disciples on a regular basis.

"Everyone knows that Junior Brother Zhou has a wide circle of friends and doesn't care about their background or status. However, most people here come from humble backgrounds, so their favors are worthless. It seems pointless to do this, doesn't it?"

Another burly young man with thick eyebrows and large eyes frowned and spoke in a loud voice.

Zhou Zhengtang was one of the few disciples of Yueshan Fist who had reached the Iron Skin Realm, and he ranked fifth in the inner sect of Yueshan Fist. Because he often interacted with other disciples, he was very popular in the martial arts school.

However, in their view, what Zhou Zhengtang did was completely meaningless.

These ordinary disciples had no status, no background, and their martial arts talent was utterly unremarkable.

Whether it was the people Zhou Zhengtang had met before or Su Hao, whom he was meeting now, none of them had any outstanding qualities. They couldn't understand what Zhou Zhengtang was after when he interacted with these people whose status was not equal to his own.

"Sometimes in business, you can pursue profit, or you can indulge in romance; you can make enemies, or you can make friends. Senior Brother Wang Yan, just consider it as me being fickle in my dealings with people..."

Zhou Zhengtang smiled and waved his hand.

He knew that these guys didn't accept or approve of his way of doing things.

But that doesn't matter. He only needs to know what he's doing, and there's no need to get anyone else's approval.

"Alright, now that Junior Brother Zhou is back, we should discuss what we talked about earlier..."

At this moment, a tall woman who had been sitting silently among the group stood up and spoke.

The woman's long hair was tied up, and she was also wearing a black training uniform. Her appearance was exquisite, with a touch of coldness and heroism. As soon as she spoke, everyone's eyes fell on her, which clearly indicated that she held a high position in the circle.

Her phoenix eyes swept over the people present, and she said, "We've been stuck at the second blood stage for almost a year now, so the creation of this martial arts forum is very necessary. Otherwise, if we miss the optimal age for a breakthrough, it will be hopeless to advance further in the future. But the prerequisite is that everyone needs to support a third blood stage expert from your clan to provide guidance and exchange insights on-site. The exchange will take place at one of my Jiang family's manors in the inner city. Does anyone have any objections?"

These people have reached a bottleneck in their abilities, and the only way for them to make further progress is for everyone to pool their resources and efforts.

Upon hearing this, the others nodded slightly, their expressions becoming serious and solemn.

......

The sun hung high in the sky, scorching the earth like fire, and the air was filled with hazy heat waves.

On the training ground, Su Hao stood tall with his chest out, feet shoulder-width apart, knees slightly bent, and fists at his waist, practicing the first form of Yue Shan Quan, the Iron Mountain Stance.

Seeing the "+1...+1" notification that kept appearing in front of him, Su Hao opened the panel.

Name: Su Hao

[Qualifications]: 1

[Martial Arts]: Yueshan Fist Lv1 (256/500)

[Skill]: Forging Lv3 (106/2000)

"At this rate, it will probably take me another month to upgrade my Yue Shan Fist and meet the requirements for a breakthrough in martial arts cultivation..."

Su Hao maintained his stance, thinking to himself.

During his two weeks of training, he also gained some understanding of the level classification of Yueshan boxing.

The progress of Yue Shan Fist training consists of four stages, and breakthroughs in these four stages correspond to the four realms of martial arts blood cultivation.

In other words, once you break through to Lv2, you can enter the Stone Skin level!

Although Su Hao's stance training was already very stable and his moves were very well demonstrated, he always felt that the improvement in his blood and qi was not very obvious, perhaps due to his own physique or talent.

Perhaps if you want your Qi and blood to transform and strengthen more quickly, simply relying on hard training and the provided herbal medicine will not be fast enough. You will need to rely on other external forces to speed up the process!