Chapter 5：New power

Fang Yuan twirled his long spear faster and faster, feeling an indescribable sense of exhilaration all over his body. So, this was the taste of practicing martial arts? So powerful and full of energy, it made his blood boil!

Shortly after, he clearly felt a brand - new force suddenly emerging within his body. This force originated from the surging blood in Fang Yuan's body, which was like boiling magma. It roared and surged in his body, causing Fang Yuan's bones all over to crackle. Fang Yuan's momentum also skyrocketed like a tide. Shopkeeper Qian, who was standing by the courtyard, felt as if a towering mountain was suddenly bearing down on him. His mind was instantly greatly shaken, and his legs went weak. With a "plop", he fell to the ground.

"Ouch, little brother, quickly withdraw this power!" Shopkeeper Qian shouted at the top of his voice.

Only then did Fang Yuan stop reluctantly. He turned around and looked at Shopkeeper Qian, who was slumped on the ground, and asked, "Shopkeeper, I suddenly feel a new force emerging in my body. What's going on?"

"Sir, you must have broken through the first realm, the [Strength - Tempering Realm], and entered the second realm, the [Strength - Storing Realm]." Shopkeeper Qian replied while struggling to get up with his fat body. There was a smile on his face, but in his heart, he was frantically complaining.

At this moment, his inner voice was screaming: Are you kidding me? This young man just performed a set of basic spear techniques and actually directly broke through from an ordinary person to the second realm, skipping an entire major realm! Is this something a human can do? Back then, I was stuck in the [Strength - Tempering Realm] for most of my life and couldn't break through! The gap between people is really greater than the gap between people and dogs!

Fang Yuan had no intention of pondering Shopkeeper Qian's thoughts and continued, "Please, shopkeeper, explain it in detail."

"Alright..." Shopkeeper Qian tried his best to suppress the shock in his heart and continued in a slightly trembling voice, "The second realm, the [Strength - Storing Realm], takes the ability to condense martial magic power as the dividing standard. Magic power is nurtured from the human body's blood. The more vigorous the blood, the more powerful the magic power." As Shopkeeper Qian spoke, he looked at Fang Yuan with a complex gaze. He knew in his heart that talent played a crucial role in condensing magic power.

He himself had never been able to enter the second realm in his entire life because of his poor talent. But this young man in front of him... Alas, forget it. If he thought about it any more, he would be so angry that he would die.

"So that's how it is..." Fang Yuan slightly raised the corners of his mouth, showing a faint smile. He slowly spread out his palm, and a gilded transparent aura lingered on the surface of his palm, flowing slowly like a lively stream, exuding a unique beauty. After being explained by the shopkeeper, Fang Yuan instantly understood that the [Strength - Tempering Realm] focused on tempering the body. Only when the standard was reached could magic power be condensed. And his body, with the blessing of the talent [Winning People over with Virtue], had already met the standard from the beginning, so he could directly enter the second realm. Now, when Fang Yuan casually throws a punch in a normal state, the force is about two thousand kilograms. If there is magic power blessing, this force is probably going to increase by four or five times!

"This magic power is really useful. It's worth my practicing a whole set of spear techniques. It seems that hard work and sweat always pay off." Fang Yuan nodded with satisfaction.

Shopkeeper Qian's smile became even more bitter, and he said, "To be honest, I have never seen such overbearing magic power as yours, sir. You must go to a martial arts hall to explore a formal cultivation path, otherwise, this astonishing talent of yours will be wasted!" Magic power is born from a martial artist's blood. Fang Yuan's blood energy far exceeds that of martial artists of the same realm, and even Shopkeeper Qian beside him could feel a strong sense of oppression! In this case, the magic power condensed by others is simply "extremely weak" in front of Fang Yuan. Doing just deeds is the capital for dominance!

"I will." Fang Yuan nodded in response, but now was not the time. He always kept his original intention in mind. Wasn't this power precisely for punishing evildoers?

After bidding farewell to Shopkeeper Qian, Fang Yuan stepped back onto the street. He hadn't walked far when it suddenly became lively ahead. A panicked crowd rushed over from the distance, mostly vendors, each dragging heavy luggage, looking like refugees fleeing from a disaster. It seemed that something major had happened? Without hesitation, Fang Yuan chose to go against the flow.

Turning the corner of the street, he finally saw the source of the commotion. Seven or eight thugs in black clothes with red belts around their waists surrounded the wonton stand run by a woman. The leader, a man with a fleshy face, was standing beside the woman at the moment, grinning wickedly and saying, "Little beauty, seeing how hard you've been working selling wontons today, I'll waive the initial payment. How about it?"

The woman was rather good - looking. At the moment, she was full of fear, lowering her head. Facing such a question, she could only stutter out a word: "Okay..."

Unexpectedly, upon hearing this, the thug leader chuckled and said, "Not good enough!" As he spoke, he stretched out his big hand and suddenly tore off the woman's blouse. The woman's undergarment that wrapped her chest was instantly exposed. The woman immediately hugged her arms and screamed, while the thug leader laughed heartily, and the other thugs also joined in the laughter. There were still some vendors who hadn't had time to escape and dared not pack up their stalls in front of this group of thugs. They could only stay awkwardly in place, each with their heads lowered, for fear of getting into trouble.

Fang Yuan immediately understood. Even if his previous self was a fool, he knew the notoriety of the Black Tiger Gang. This was an infamous gang in the city, running businesses such as gambling houses and brokerages. They did all kinds of evil and were tyrannical on a daily basis. However, the government had always turned a blind eye. They even gave the Black Tiger Gang the title of a militia organization. The two were in cahoots, which was already common knowledge in the city.

After taking a few glances, Fang Yuan strode over there, his eyes blazing with anger. A member of the Black Tiger Gang with sharp eyes immediately noticed Fang Yuan: "Hey, Boss Zhang, isn't that kid the son - in - law of the Han family? His brother owes us a lot of money!"

Boss Zhang, the thug leader, also immediately looked at Fang Yuan. While playing with the woman in his arms, he shouted loudly, "Yo, isn't this the son - in - law of the Han family! Your brother owes my gambling house money. It's time to pay it back, right? Although your flirtatious sister - in - law has offset part of the gambling debt, with interest, it has reached three hundred taels by now!"

Fang Yuan seemed not to hear and instead quickened his pace. Boss Zhang's face instantly darkened. It was rumored that the second son of the Shen family was a fool. Now it seemed to be true. How dare this fool pretend not to hear his words?

"Grab him for me!" Boss Zhang ordered with a sinister laugh, "If we don't teach him a good lesson, he really thinks he's still the son - in - law of the Han family! Everyone in Changqing County knows that he, Fang Yuan, has been kicked out of the Han family. He's still acting like this here!"

"Got it!" One of his subordinates grinned. He loved doing things like teasing fools.

This man happily ran in front of Fang Yuan, a ferocious smile on his face: "Fool, didn't you hear Boss Zhang..." Before he could finish speaking, his words were abruptly cut off.

The young man in front of him suddenly struck. He grabbed the man's face with one hand, and with a huge force, grabbed his head and smashed it hard towards the ground! Fang Yuan didn't say a word of nonsense and directly took action!

"Bang!" A violent impact sound rang out, and the ground paved with stone slabs instantly cracked. The subordinate plunged straight into the ground at an angle. His back of the head was still exposed, while the front half of his head had "merged" with the ground, and a mixture of red and white liquid spread out.

[Killed a thug. Good deeds points + 10!]