Chapter 4

At this moment, Qin Feng also noticed someone approaching him. He had chosen to come to the training ground at this time to avoid unnecessary trouble, but he had forgotten the time in a moment of excitement, and now trouble had come knocking.

Hearing the conversation of the few people, Qin Feng frowned, and the blood vessels in his eyes instantly filled with blood. If anyone saw Qin Feng's eyes at this moment, they would certainly be startled.

Suppressing the intense killing intent within him, he finally opened his eyes. This time, Qin Feng did not choose to avoid the situation but walked towards the few people.

As he got closer, he realized that the ones blocking his way were Qin Yuer, Qin Yuji, and Qin Yuanbao. The three of them were about the same age as him, but their statuses were different. Qin Yuer was a direct disciple and the family's acknowledged top beauty, with a tall and curvaceous figure, a delicate oval face, long fluttering eyelashes, fair skin, and a very beautiful appearance. She wore a set of yellow floral dress, which complemented her well, but the hint of arrogance at the corner of her mouth made her less approachable. Especially Qin Yunji and Qin Yuanbao, who followed Qin Yuer like stars around the moon, flattering her to gain her favor, which made her even more arrogant.

The Qin family's disciples were divided into direct and collateral lines. The descendants of the Qin family's patriarch, Qin Tianzheng, were direct disciples, while the rest were collateral disciples. Qin Yuji and Qin Yuanbao were both collateral disciples, and all three of them were at the Sixth Rank of the Mortal Energy Realm. However, the time they entered the Sixth Rank was different. Qin Yuji and Qin Yuanbao had entered the Sixth Rank earlier, while Qin Yuer had just advanced to the Sixth Rank of the Mortal Energy Realm the day before.

Among the three, the one who was the most vocal was Qin Yuer. She was the granddaughter of his second grandfather, making her his cousin. Among the many disciples of the Qin family, her talent was only average, and she was somewhat spoiled and playful in her childhood. As a result, she was about to turn eighteen, but her cultivation was still at the Fifth Rank of the Mortal Energy Realm. According to the Qin family's rules, disciples who were eighteen years old and had not reached the Sixth Rank of the Mortal Energy Realm would be expelled from the family. Therefore, Qin Yuer, like Qin Feng, had always been under a lot of pressure.

Beautiful women generally love to compare themselves with others, and Qin Yuer was no exception. Under normal circumstances, it would be impossible for her to break through so quickly, but this time, Qin Yuer's sudden advancement was likely due to the rare herbs given to her by a clan uncle or the forced assistance to help her break through.

Advancing with external help was not something to boast about, but Qin Yuer was not an ordinary person. Because she was beautiful and a capricious and domineering girl, she made sure everyone knew about her advancement. For several days, she had been mocking and humiliating those Qin family disciples who had not yet advanced to the Sixth Rank. This behavior was truly despicable, but due to her strength and gender, the disciples who had not advanced to the Sixth Rank dared not speak out and would avoid her when they saw her.

Qin Feng's cultivation had been stuck at the Third Rank of the Mortal Energy Realm for a long time. His strength increased only the night before. Now, they still thought Qin Feng was at the Third Rank of the Mortal Energy Realm. According to the Qin family's ironclad rules, disciples below the Fourth Rank of the Mortal Energy Realm were not allowed to enter the training ground, and anyone could drive them out.

Qin Yuer would not let such a good opportunity pass by. Especially with two followers who had a strong desire to show off, Qin Yuer felt even more confident.

With a raised eyebrow, Qin Yuer's face was full of disdain, but she did not want to damage her beautiful image by cursing in public, so she gave a look to Qin Yuji.

Qin Yuji, who was standing beside her, immediately understood and walked up with a fawning attitude, pointing at Qin Feng and said sarcastically, "Oh, I thought it was some great expert who came to practice so early in the morning. It turns out it's you, Qin Feng. You really have some guts. You were just thrown out of the training ground by Qin Ba yesterday, and you still dare to come today. I'm just curious, do you, a waste of a person, still want to cultivate? After our Qin family's Soul Awakening Day this year, you should leave the Qin family compound and take care of the family business, ha ha!"

Seeing that more people were gathering at the training ground, Qin Yuji glanced at Qin Yuer with a smile, as if to show off, and deliberately raised his voice to mock Qin Feng, clearly wanting to draw a crowd. He seemed to enjoy being the center of attention, especially in front of Qin Yuer.

To Qin Yuji, Qin Feng was like an ant, no, even weaker than an ant.

By this time, it was almost dawn. Many people came to the training ground at this time to find a good spot to practice their combat skills. Seeing the commotion, most of them gathered out of curiosity.

Qin Feng's face remained unchanged, and a hint of mockery appeared at the corner of his mouth. He had already guessed Qin Yuji's intentions. As a direct disciple, he was the weakest among the Qin family's direct disciples. Qin Yuji just wanted to make him lose face in public and gain more influence in the family to win Qin Yuer's favor.

So, he was treating him like a soft target, a stepping stone to please a woman?

How ridiculous!

If it were before, Qin Feng might have tolerated it, but coincidentally, he had broken through last night.

When there was no more tolerance, there was no need to tolerate anymore!

Moreover, under this long-term pressure, the bloodlust within him had accumulated even more. It was time to release some of the pressure.

Making up his mind, Qin Feng did not even look at Qin Yuji but stared at Qin Yuer and said coldly, "Qin Yuer, take your two dogs and get lost. Don't block my way, get out of here."

With one sentence, he insulted all three of them.

Upon hearing this, everyone present changed their expressions, and Qin Yuer, Qin Yuji, and Qin Yuanbao turned pale.

"Is Qin Feng's brain broken? How dare he speak like that?"

"Yes, he hasn't had enough beatings yet, and he's looking for death again..."

...

The Qin family disciples began to murmur.

In the Qin family, although men had a higher status than women, and direct disciples had a slightly higher status than collateral disciples, the Qin family, which valued martial strength, ultimately measured status by strength.

The one with the strongest fist had the highest status in the family!

This was evident in the case of the collateral disciple Qin Ba. Qin Ba was the strongest among the younger generation, and even direct disciples treated him with respect.

Qin Feng, as a direct disciple, had the right to be proud, but his pride should match his strength. Most of the people present were collateral disciples, and they had expected Qin Feng to continue to be submissive. However, this time, Qin Feng's actions surprised everyone.

By comparing collateral disciples to dogs, he had offended almost all of them.

Among the crowd, a few direct disciples also showed a hint of surprise. They did not care about Qin Feng being insulted by Qin Yuer, but they did not want to see him being insulted by collateral disciples. The presence of Qin Ba, a collateral disciple, had already been a slap in the face, and now, Qin Feng, a direct disciple, being insulted by collateral disciples made them feel even more embarrassed.

However, seeing Qin Feng's slightly thinner and weaker build compared to other Qin family disciples and his mysterious illness, their eyes dimmed again.

It seemed that Qin Feng was about to get beaten up again.

The direct disciples thought this, clearly not optimistic about Qin Feng's bold challenge.

Some of the direct disciples even gave Qin Feng a warning look, telling him not to be impulsive.

Lowering his head wouldn't kill him, but if he got beaten up, with Qin Feng's body...

After all, they were the closest in blood to Qin Feng, and although they did not have high hopes for him, the collective honor of the direct disciples made them lean towards supporting Qin Feng.

Qin Yuer's beautiful face turned red with anger, and she couldn't say a word for a long time.

Qin Yuji was even more furious. Being called a dog in one sentence, how could he still have the face to live?

With the crowd's support, he became even more arrogant. Qin Ba had earned a lot of attention by throwing Qin Feng out of the training ground yesterday, and today, it was Qin Yuji's turn. His face, filled with anger and excitement, turned a sickly red.

"Damn it, Qin Feng, you're looking for death! Today, I will enforce the Qin family's laws and beat you out of the training ground!"

Qin Feng looked around and saw that most people in the crowd were looking at him as if he were a fool, and the few direct disciples had a look of disappointment.

Qin Feng laughed!

"Less talk, if you want to fight, just come on!"

"Come, let's fight!"

Facing the angry Qin Yuji, Qin Feng's face remained unchanged, and a strong fighting spirit rose within him. This aura, combined with the bloodlust and coldness in his bones, made the confident Qin Yuji suddenly hesitate and instinctively take two steps back.

Being intimidated by Qin Feng's aura in front of everyone made Qin Yuji very embarrassed. Especially seeing Qin Yuer's disappointed look, he became even angrier.

"It's fake, he must be putting on a show!"

Thinking about Qin Feng's various experiences and his miserable state after being thrown out by Qin Ba yesterday, Qin Yuji immediately regained his confidence.

"Watch this, Mountain-Crushing Fist!"

Qin Yuji's punch, fueled by hatred and madness, was even more powerful. His fist was full of energy, and it aimed straight for Qin Feng. The Mountain-Crushing Fist was also a low-rank combat technique, similar in level to the Dragon Force Fist.

"Hmph!"

Seeing the fierce attack, Qin Feng suddenly felt his blood boil.

This was Qin Feng's first real combat in this world, and there was not a hint of fear in his eyes. He stood there, watching Qin Yuji's fist grow larger in front of him.

It seemed that he had the blood of a warrior in his veins.

Such intense bloodlust made Qin Feng excited and hard to suppress.

"Is Qin Feng scared out of his wits? Why is he standing there and smiling like an idiot?"

"Probably, don't forget, Qin Feng's cultivation is only at the Third Rank of the Mortal Energy Realm. Against Qin Yuji at the Sixth Rank, he has no chance of winning. I wonder what's wrong with Qin Feng today."

"He must be having a seizure. This kid, be careful, he might get killed with one punch!"

Just as everyone predicted that this punch would hit Qin Feng's face and result in him spitting blood and fainting like last time—

Qin Feng moved!

He did not dodge but raised his fist, and a green light flashed as he directly countered Qin Yuji's punch.

"Qin Feng actually chose to fight head-on!"

When the astonished expressions were still frozen on everyone's faces—

A loud "Boom" echoed.

"Crack!"

Accompanied by a crisp bone-breaking sound, a figure was thrown back, stumbling and colliding with several people before falling to the ground, with a look of shock.

What was even more surprising was that the person thrown back was not the expected Qin Feng, but—

Qin Yuji!

Qin Feng, although not as steady, only took two steps back to regain his balance.

Silence, the entire scene was unusually quiet!

Everyone looked at the two people in the field as if they had seen a ghost. It seemed that Qin Feng had become a demon, while Qin Yuji was like a paper doll, blown away with a single breath.

"Damn, is this a ghost today?"

"Yes, just now... wasn't I seeing things?"

"Qin Feng actually had the upper hand in the power clash with Qin Yuji!"

The silence lasted only a moment, and the entire scene erupted.

Qin Yuji was completely stunned, lying on the ground with an incredulous look, staring at his broken right arm, trembling all over.

Qin Feng, on the other hand, stared at his fist, deep in thought.

"Fortunately, it's about as I expected. Qin Yuji is only at the initial stage of the Sixth Rank of the Mortal Energy Realm, and his strength has not been fully developed. He is only at the threshold level, with about fifteen units of energy."

Qin Yuji's punch was a full-force attack.

But Qin Feng's strongest attack was above twenty units of energy, which was at the mid-level of the Sixth Rank. Although he used the technique of partial hardening, the result determined the victory.

"Yuji!"

"Qin Feng, you deserve to die!"

At this moment, Qin Yuanbao, who was beside Qin Yuer, was furious. Qin Yuanbao and Qin Yuji were brothers, and although they both liked Qin Yuer, their brotherly bond was still strong.

Qin Yuer's face turned pale!

Qin Yuji's defeat in one move was something they had not expected.

"Hmph, useless thing!" After realizing her loss of composure, Qin Yuer quickly covered it up with a cold snort.

"Yuer, I... I..." Seeing Qin Yuer's cold face, Qin Yuji turned to Qin Yuanbao and said, "Brother, help me get revenge!"

Qin Yuji's face was grim, as he had lost more than half of his combat ability.

After all, being defeated in one punch in front of everyone, especially in a strength comparison with Qin Feng, was hard for Qin Yuji to accept.

"No, he must have used a forbidden technique from the clan, stimulating his body's potential to gain strength!"

Qin Yuji immediately thought that Qin Feng must have begged the clan head, Qin Tian