Threat?

" A rich young master became a robber would give rise to a new trend of laughing stock on the sect."

Whilst the smile on his face was growing wider from his cool exits, Lu Zhou shakes his head and said to himself.

" No, no one would believe me."

When his thoughts reach to how the main disciples treat side branch disciples, Lu Zhou throws the idea of blackmailing Lu Yijian about the events.

As he knows about the man's background, Lu Zhou fastened his steps.

After he returned to the Lu sect. A few disciples that were familiar with Lu Zhou were surprised by his cultivation.

" When did Lu Zhou reach the third rank of the Martial Path?" They all knew that Lu Zhou's strength was only at the first rank a month ago!

" I heard that Lu Zhou had sold his house to buy a thousand-year-old blood plant at the Medicine Pavilion...." One well-informed Lu disciples said.

" What is so amazing about using outer help to increase one's cultivation? Those people usually have lower strength."

" Oh! So he's the one who buys a Blood Clearing Grass?"

After this was said, many of the Lu disciples look at Lu Zhou with pity.

" Blood Clearing Grass was one of the cheapest plants at the Medicine Hall, and also the most lethal one to humans who had practicing life energy...."

This sentence makes the eyes of people look at the youth before them with disdain and pity.

These disciples were all either envious or disdainful.

As he just return, Lu Zhou never thought that the information would reach the sect so fast. Not bothering with these people, Lu Zhou walked straight ahead. Soon he arrived at home.

He first saw his main door was opened wide.

This raises his awareness as he channelled his spirit energy to his ear.

When he found nothing in his house, a strange glimmer passed through his eyes.

Hmm...

Ignoring the tinge of questioning apart from excitement, Lu Zhou entered the house and closed the door.

The scenery was the same, but when he opened his door to the living room, there is certainly light in his eyes that send a chill down to someone's spine.

" This was a mess."

Lu Zhou sat crossed legged in his room and surveyed the worn-out room. Apart from the tiles, everything was destroyed to pieces.

Closing his eyes, Lu Zho's consciousness entered a pitch-black dimension.

When he was at the first rank, his spirit into the body was in a damaged state. Now, it was in a normal state as he reached the third rank.

As his consciousness extended, Lu Zhou found that the power of his body had increased more than what normal third rankers could achieve. He could see everything in detail, with his mind's energy and reaction speed had also significantly increased.

Thinking up to here, Lu Zhou started to decipher the reason why he's been stuck at the third rank even though he's has consumed the energy.

Soon there was less and less possibility left undeciphered.

One-third left...One-quarter left...

Night. Just as Lu Zhou was exhausted, the last bit of his decisions about the breathing technique he should choose, his expression was replaced by ecstasy.

Standing up, Lu Zhou leave his home and walked towards the Martial Arts Library.

When he arrived and greet the same elder, Lu Zhou moved to the breathing technique section.

As his mind was stronger this time he took ten minutes of copying the book and use his two hours of staying inside to copy any relevant information about martial arts.

.....

Most people knew that martial arts were split into Core, Initial, Middle, Upper, and Peak. However, this did not mean that peak-ranked martial arts skills were at the top.

There were rumors of Sacred Martial Skills, skills that surpassed peak ranked martial arts skills.

Similarly, there was the Sacred Martial Path above the nine ranks of Martial Path.

And to enter the Sacred Martial Path, one needed to learn a Sacred Martial Skill.

As he put his focus on the book he read, Lu Zhou flip to the next pages.

He never heard any of the true martial artists of Snowy Leaf City touch the level of the Sacred Martial Path.

" The understanding of Inner Strength and sense to the body was similar to the spirit energy nurturing my physical state..."

Upon completion of his thoughts on the path, Lu Zhou immediately leaves the Martial Arts Libary and returns to his home. Of course, beforehand, he would respectfully greet the elder.

Before he start to practice, Lu Zhou cleaned his room. Only that finished, he began.

Half an hour later Lu Zhou had only just understood some part of the vital energy skill he choose.

However, to try and understand Inner Strength through it alone was still a bit difficult.

Snowy Leaf City had thousands of cultivators who had reached the peak of the third rank, but many of them would never understand Inner Strength and reach the fourth rank.

Even some of the sect's talented youths, such as Lu Yijian and Lu Yi Yin had been stuck for a while and had yet to succeed.

This also lead to the act of disgrace by Lu Yijian as he tried to steal his pills and blood plant.

Sadly enough, Lu Zhou ended that endeavor with a failure to the young master's face.

" Training the Reversal Breathing Technique to the peak of the third level would increase my chance of success."

Lu Zhou trains the Reversal Breathing Technique as well as absorbing the Blood Clearing Grass.

.....

On the second day, the Reversal Breathing Technique was slowly moving towards the peak of the third level.

He once again tried to condense Inner Strength, but it failed. Every time he failed, he would use spirit energy as the energy to supply his body's nourishment.

Although this kind of energy would damage his body for a prolonged period, this was his only choice to not fall into a period of exhaustion.

" Shi*, to form Inner Strength was an entirely different matter "

However, Lu Zhou did not give up, and every time he tried there would be subtle improvements.

Knock!

Knock!

As he want to continue, his training was interrupted by the sound of the door knocked by the servant of the sect.

" An open lecture on the martial arts field..."

When he heard the notice, Lu Zhou was very expectant of this lecture. He had only been in this world for a month and this was the first time he had this kind of chance.

Gaining experience from the adult was the most important thing in his previous world, as that would be his foundation for making any step.

Before he goes to the martial arts field, Lu Zhou takes his breakfast.

In the martial arts field.

Although it wasn't noon yet, there were already a lot of Lu sect disciples here. Lu Zhou even saw many strong outer disciples that weren't usually seen.

" Look...Those are two of the top three outer disciples Lu Yu Yin and Lu Yijian! Even Lu Yang who is ranked fifth is here!"

The main focus of these people is those at the peak amongst the outer disciples.

At the Lu sect, there were over one thousand youths from the age of thirteen to eighteen. Over half of them had cultivations of the second rank. When Lu Zhou came, he look at the robber who had his pride shattered...

On the field, those that held the most attention were those that ranked in the top ten and top twenty.

The most focused person was Lu Yu Yin, who was fifteen years of age. Her beauty stood out amongst the crowd.

She wasn't just pretty, she also had great talent and was ranked third, below that of Lu Yijian.

" Look! That is Lu Jialin who is ranked first!"

There was a buzz as Lu Jialin appeared.

As the crowd split apart from itself. Through the pathway came a youth, seventeen years of age. He wore sky-colored clothes and had a handsome appearance.

" He's strong "

It was Lu Zhou's first time seeing Lu Jialin, he had only heard rumors about him before.

Lu Jialin's was older than most disciples, being seventeen years of age. This was because once someone became eighteen years old, they were considered adults and could no longer be counted as the younger generation.

Lu Jialin often cultivated effortlessly inside his room, so it wasn't common for him to be seen by others.

At this moment, Lu Zhou's eyes locked onto Lu Jialin and felt tremendous pressure coming from him. The pressure that is emitted by Lu Jialin could be felt by the disciples as their

emotional show a hard time stabilizing themselves.

The immense strength hiding in Lu Jialin's muscles meant that he had cultivated longer and had the best foundation. In terms of strength, he was stronger.

No wonder he's worthy of the title of being the strongest outer disciple.

As Lu Yijian appeared, Lu Yijian who has ranked second and Lu Yang who was ranked fifth showed their fighting intent.

There wasn't much difference in strength between the top five outer disciples.

There was still a bit of time before the lecture started.

Soon, there was another shout.

" Lu Fen's here!"

The gazes of many disciples turned towards a certain direction.

The youth that came was a short yellow-haired youth whose body was as slim as a leopard.

Lu Peng's brother?

And sure enough, behind Lu Fen came a familiar figure, Lu Peng!

" The vitality of the cultivators were indeed extraordinary "

Remembering his punch at the bully's abdomen and the artifacts he's was wearing, Lu Zhou squinted his eyes.

It's them?

His house was destroyed from within. When he thought about it, Lu Zhou's hand was in deep ebony as the thought of killing them here was worth his vengeance.

Is it truly worth it?

' Then after that what? This would inflict my family at the Cloud Step City....'

Although this was his excuse for not bringing his new host family to danger, this was also the reasonable price he need to pay for the first time.

" Well, food is good when served cold."

When the killing intent from Lu Zhou cool down, he saw Lu Peng walk to his brother and say something.

" Oh, he knows my position? "

Lu Fen spun around and his cold eyes locked onto Lu Zhou.

" You're that Lu Zhou?" Lu Fen said expressionlessly as he walked over.

Hua!

There was a shock that went through the crowd.

" What is going on? Why would Lu Fen that guy?"

Someone shook his head and mocked " Lu Zhou is not some brat. A few days ago he buy a thousand-year-old blood plant and a Blood Clearing Grass!"

" Oh, it's him!"

" I heard that he beat up Lu Fen's little brother. I bet you Lu Fen is coming for revenge."

" So the Blood Clearing Grass he bought was for his suicide? Haha, what a loser"