Chapter 7

Yu Hezheng was also shocked, his face blank. He still had no idea what was going on. He couldn't sense any Yuan Force from this kid, and although the movements just now were incredibly profound, they were clearly lacking in power. Otherwise, he wouldn't have just been shaken up with his blood and qi surging.

If it were any other time, he might have been more cautious. But with his goddess standing beside him, he couldn't afford to lose face. He roared in a fit of rage and was about to charge forward when a woman in a green robe finally spoke, "Senior Yu, let it go."

Yu Hezheng's face was flushed with shame and anger, "Lan Duo, just give me five more minutes, and I'll cripple this kid and take over this training room for you!"

Lan Duo shook her head, "Forget it, he was the first to occupy this training room."

Li Yunxiao's eyelids twitched slightly, and he blurted out, "It's you?"

A clear and beautiful face appeared before his eyes, causing a ripple in his thoughts.

Lan Duo looked at Li Yunxiao with surprise and said softly, "I didn't expect that you, unable to cultivate strength, would start cultivating techniques. The Li family indeed has abundant resources; that move just now was really impressive. However, techniques without strength are just a show, not something that can be taken seriously."

Li Yunxiao's expression became somewhat strange, but he still agreed, "You're right."

Yu Hezheng's face grew even more sullen as he stared at Lan Duo, "Lan Duo, you know him?"

Lan Duo didn't answer but smiled slightly and said to Li Yunxiao, "So, you want to defeat me? It's impossible. The gap between us will only grow larger. Actually, as a Li family young master, even if you can't cultivate, you still have a bright future. Why be so obsessed?"

"Li family young master?" Yu Hezheng's face changed, and he exclaimed in shock, "You mean that famous waste of the Li family?" His face immediately turned strange. He had heard of Li Yunxiao's reputation, a complete waste who couldn't cultivate, even the masters of the Alchemy Guild couldn't help him.

"So that kid is the famous waste. No wonder I couldn't sense any Yuan Force from him."

"I see, so he's taking the path of techniques. High martial skills naturally give an advantage in battles of the same level, but brute force can overcome ten techniques. When facing a powerful opponent, no matter how skilled you are, it's useless."

"Hehe, I heard that this waste of the Li family once pursued Lan Duo madly, but gave up after being rejected."

"Hmph, what good is a noble background without strength? He's still a waste! Lan Duo is a famous beauty, of course, she wouldn't look at him."

Li Yunxiao knew she had misunderstood. Before the soul of Gu Feiyang awakened, he had indeed pursued her madly.

He still remembered when she said decisively, "My husband must be a towering hero, capable of becoming a national guardian! No matter how noble your background, you're still a martial waste. Unless you can defeat me one day, I won't even consider it."

Those words had dealt him a huge blow, making him even more self-destructive. But now, he was no longer just Li Yunxiao; he was Gu Feiyang! In his previous life, the most beautiful women who had begged him on their knees could circle the Tianwu World twice.

Lan Duo, though fresh and beautiful, was far from the level of the world-class beauties he had seen before. So, he felt a strange and unusual sensation.

"Hmph, a waste of a young master also wants to pursue Lan Duo? How delusional!" Although Yu Hezheng had suffered a bit, his mood improved greatly after learning that Li Yunxiao was a waste.

Li Yunxiao raised his gaze slightly and glanced at him. The sharp look was like a blade, piercing directly into Yu Hezheng's heart, making him shudder and immediately shut his mouth, cold sweat breaking out on his forehead.

"I think you've misunderstood. Whether I'm a waste or not, I won't fight you. If there's nothing else, I'm going to cultivate." Li Yunxiao waved his hand and walked straight into Training Room 013, closing the door behind him.

Lan Duo was taken aback, her beautiful eyes narrowing as if deep in thought.

Yu Hezheng's eyes widened, his heart surging with a tidal wave of emotions, "What's going on? He's just a waste who can't even open a pulse wheel, but why did I feel so cold and as if I had fallen into an abyss just from his glance? Oh God, what kind of gaze was that!"

He swallowed hard, looking at the closed door of Room 013, cold sweat pouring down his forehead. He suddenly realized that he had developed a sense of fear towards Li Yunxiao, making him lose all fighting spirit when facing him again!

"Lan Duo, for your sake, I'll let him go this time. Let's go." Yu Hezheng, still shaken, forced a face-saving remark.

Lan Duo nodded and turned to leave. Suddenly, she paused and turned her head, "Senior Yu, what Li Yunxiao said just now is right. Your Tiger Subduing Fist is impressive, but it's just a form. If you could grasp its essence, you wouldn't have been so easily caught by Li Yunxiao just now."

Yu Hezheng's face turned red and pale, his eyes filled with shame and anger. His hatred for Li Yunxiao had deepened to the bone.

After entering the training room, Li Yunxiao scanned the room, which was about a hundred square meters, empty except for two black iron stones over a meter tall in the corner, shaped like human figures, clearly practice targets. They were covered with dense fist and palm marks and sword and blade scars, one of them severely damaged and no longer resembling a human form.

"These black iron stones must be over a hundred years old!" Li Yunxiao looked at them with admiration, touching them for a while. No matter where or when, there were always martial artists who faced difficulties and endured hardships, advancing on the endless path to strength.

"Roar!" Li Yunxiao growled, "Now is not the time to marvel at these things. I must quickly restore my strength! Once I open my meridians and condense Yuan Qi, I estimate I can return to the peak of the Ninth Heaven Realm within ten years!"

From condensing Yuan Qi to reaching the peak of the Ninth Heaven Realm, even a genius would need over a hundred years. Even if a Martial Emperor were reborn, no one but Gu Feiyang would dare to say such a thing. He was not only a titled Martial Emperor but also a Ninth Rank Imperial Alchemist!

"Crack, crack!"

His body made the sound of popping beans as he bent backward in an impossible posture, his hands and feet touching to form a perfect circle. His muscles and bones began to subtly change in this position. Besides the intense pain, a strange force circulated through his muscles and blood, different from the Yuan Qi he was familiar with. This was pure physical strength!

"Snap!"

After holding the position for seven breaths, he finally couldn't support it and was flung backward, crashing into the wall and spitting out a mouthful of blood, his head spinning. But his disheveled face was filled with a smile, "Ha, under ten times gravity, the effect of the Moon Yang stance is indeed multiplied! In three days, I can reach the physical level of a Martial Disciple, and then I'll have at least a sixty percent chance of breaking through my meridians!"

While Li Yunxiao was in seclusion, the news of him defeating Yu Hezheng with one move spread throughout the ten times gravity zone. Everyone was deeply pondering, and although the martial skill was somewhat clever, defeating a peak Pulse Wheel Martial Disciple with an ordinary body still left a deep impression on everyone, challenging some of their preconceptions. Each student who witnessed it gained something from it, and Li Yunxiao's name was etched in their minds.

Lan Duo and Yu Hezheng left the gravity zone the next day, but as Yu Hezheng left, his hateful gaze was fixed on the door of Training Room 013, wishing he could devour the person inside.

Three days later, the door of Training Room 013 finally opened, and a man covered in blood walked out.

The students waiting in the public area for rooms were all horrified. Who was this person? Not only was he dirty and disheveled, but his entire body was covered in blood!

Thick blood scabs covered his body like a blood armor, deeply piercing the eyes. The strong smell of sweat and blood made all the students' stomachs churn, and several female students couldn't hold back and vomited on the spot.

Apart from his bright, star-like eyes, he was unrecognizable!

Under the shocked gazes of the crowd, Li Yunxiao walked directly into the teleportation circle and disappeared from the ten times gravity zone. No one noticed that he had come in with heavy steps and short breaths, but left with ease, as if walking on flat ground.

"Who was that just now? To torture himself like a ghost, is it really necessary to be so desperate?"

"Don't you know? If I'm not mistaken, that was Li Yunxiao, who defeated Yu Hezheng with one move!"

"What? It was him! No wonder he could defeat a peak Martial Disciple even without open meridians, he must have been training so hard!"

"Hehe, that's the power of love. Lan Duo promised that if Li Yunxiao could defeat her, she would give him a chance to pursue her."

"Hmph, Lan Duo is beautiful, but with his status as a Li family young master, getting a few beauties of the same level shouldn't be a problem, right?"

"Who knows, but no matter how hard he tries, he can't defeat Lan Duo. No matter how clever the martial skill, it's just a clown act in the face of absolute strength."

"Indeed, Lan Duo is one of the top five strongest freshmen! I heard she reached the First Yuan Realm last month and became a true Martial Warrior!"

"Stop lamenting, young man! A waste and a woman are already ahead of us!"

"Ah!"

Suddenly, a scream rang out, and everyone looked up to see a student standing at the door of Training Room 013, his face frozen in shock.