chapter 2 Feel proud!

The next morning, after practicing all night, Stanley slowly opened his eyes. Instead of being tired, he was full of energy.
Perhaps the cultivation speed in the past three years was too slow, so that his body was very hungry and greedily devouring and absorbing the vitality of heaven and earth. The effect of one night's cultivation was very obvious, and it would not take long for him to break through to the third level of cultivation.
Moreover, after accidentally merging the Life and Death Bead, Stanley found that his physique was also affected by the Qi of life and death. In the process of cultivation, it would be like a complete transformation.
Stanley opened the door and walked out, heading to the martial arts performance arena of the hall.
Many martial arts students got up early in the morning and practiced hard in the arena. Many people had strange expressions when they saw Stanley appearing here.
"Wasn't he beaten unconscious by Troy and his men yesterday?"
"Hey, I heard that this kid liked Yedda Liu. When he saw Troy pestering Yedda, he rushed to save her."
"Is it him? He's just a poor boy from a pariah background. He doesn't even weigh himself. A toad wants to eat swan meat!"
"Yedda is the rich daughter of the Liu family. How could she fall in love with such a lowly person? Too stupid!"
Along the way, Stanley heard a lot of ridicule alike. It would be impossible to say that he was not angry at all. But after being beaten yesterday, he knew very well that only strength was the right to argue.
"Since Basics can be improved, and skills are also a way of operating inner energy. I wonder if they can also be improved."
In a remote corner of the arena alone, Stanley took a deep breath to calm down.
Clap!
His body suddenly got into a posture, and launched a set of punches, with each move in large-scale cooperation, and his fists waved with strong wind.
This set of boxing arts was called Buffalo Boxing. It was a first-grade martial arts and the only martial arts he practiced.
Because the Qing Yun City Martial Arts Hall would not teach martial arts for free, there are only two ways to obtain martial arts. One was to spend money to purchase the martial arts. The higher the level of martial arts, the more expensive it was. The lowest first-grade martial arts cost one hundred taels of silver.
There was another way. If one's cultivation reached a certain level, he could enter the library of the hall and choose a higher level of martial arts.
The first-grade martial arts that Stanley practiced were bought with money. For an ordinary commoner, purchasing the martial arts would use up almost all his family's savings.
Not everyone in this world could practice martial arts. More than half of the people do not have the qualifications and talents to practice martial arts. For commoners who wanted to get ahead in the world, practicing martial arts was the only way. Therefore, from the day he entered the martial arts hall at the age of ten, Stanley was the hope of the whole family.
In the process of practicing Buffalo Boxing, the Life Meridian Diagram appeared in Stanley's mind, and the internal energy movement route of the entire set of boxing was clearly visible.
"Sure enough, martial arts can also be improved through the deduction of life meridian diagrams!"
After trying it, Stanley was pleasantly surprised to find that his idea was indeed feasible, so he was excited.
"Bah!"
He took a step forward, and with the wind from his fists like the horns of a cow, he fiercely smashed towards the wooden man stake in front of him.
"Bang!"
With an explosion, the wooden man's chest exploded by his fist, sending sawdust flying.
The wooden mannequins in the martial arts arena were made of black iron wood. Without the strength of the third level of training, it was absolutely impossible to damage these wooden mannequins.
But for Stanley, his cultivation at this moment was still at the second level.
"Although the third level strength can destroy wooden dummies, it will never achieve this effect. It's at least the fourth level of strength doing it."
Stanley looked at the effect he had caused with satisfaction, with his eyes lit up. Didn't this mean that he could fight even against a fourth-level warrior?
"After the improvement of my basics and skills, my strength has been enhanced so much!" Stanley became more and more confident in his future martial arts cultivation.
"Go away, are you fucking blind. Didn't you see master Zhang coming?"
Arrogant and domineering voices came from the martial arts arena. Stanley looked up and saw a few dandy boys swaggering ahead. Many people along the way swallowed their anger and did not dare to resist.
Among these dandy boys, there was a young man in brocade clothes who was surrounded in the middle. Seeing this man, Stanley couldn't help but clenched his fists suddenly.
"Oh, isn't this the untouchable named Luo? How dare you show up here again?"
Suddenly, an arrogant and wild laugh came, with sarcasm and disdain in the words.
This sentence came from the mouth of the young man in brocade. At the same time, some martial arts students who were practicing not far away were also looking this way.
This young man dressed in brocade was Troy Zhang. He came from a wealthy family and could be said to be one of the bullies among the students in the hall.
Yesterday, it was because Stanley saw him pestering Yedda and he rushed to argue with him hot-headedly. Then he was severely beaten by Troy and his men, especially being stepped on by him and got his ribs broken. Stanley still remembered it!
That time Troy said harsh words that he would hit Stanley every time he saw him in the future, so when he saw Stanley on the martial arts arena, he went straight to him.
"You ignorant pariah boy, Yedda is someone even you can fancy? If you are afraid of being beaten, kneel down and beg for mercy. Maybe I will spare you once." Troy pointed at Stanley's nose, looking condescending.
Stanley stared at Troy in front of him without saying a word.
As far as he knew, Troy's cultivation was at the fourth level He didn't speak not because he was afraid of him but he was thinking about whether he could beat this guy.
If he could... He would hit him to where even his mother wouldn't be able to recognize him! Stanley clenched his fists.
"Damn it, you're mute. Master Zhang is talking to you, didn't you hear?" A follower behind Troy strode forward and slapped Stanley directly on the left side of his face.
These dudes had always been so arrogant.
The man who attacked Stanley was called Ed Li. He was from an average family, but he knew how to curry favour with those in power. He followed Troy all day long. He was also involved in the beating of Stanley yesterday.
"A pariah is a pariah, born with a body of lowly bones. Master Zhang gave you the opportunity to kneel down and beg for mercy. Since you don't cherish this opportunity, I will beat you until you kneel down and beg for mercy!"
Seeing that this slap was about to hit on his face, at this moment, Stanley suddenly grabbed striking hand.
"How dare you fight back, you miserable wretch? It seems that the last time you didn't get enough!" Ed yelled angrily and kicked Stanley in the chest.
Stanley moved his body to avoid the kick, and his hand twisted it hard grabbing the opponent's hand, which got Ed's arm twisted on the spot.
"Ah!..." Ed immediately let out a howl like a pig being killing, and tears of pain were about to flow out.
"You bite people when you see them, and you spit shit out of your mouth. A guy like you insults a dog by saying you are a running dog!" Stanley snorted coldly, and then kicked Ed away.
Ed held his dislocated arm and kept howling, with cold sweat breaking out on his painful forehead.
Seeing this scene, the nearby martial arts students were all surprised, but then they all looked at Stanley with pity in their eyes.
Because they knew Troy and this group of playboys very well. When they bullied someone, the more the one resisted, the harder they would hit him.
"Little beast, it seems that you have grown up, and you actually dare to hit my man!" Troy's face darkened, "I thought I beat you so hard last time that you would have a better memory, but it seems that I was too gentle. This time just prepare to lie in bed for ten days or a half month!”
"The person who goes to lie down on the bed may not be me." Stanley snorted coldly and said lightly.
The crowd was stunned and looked at Stanley like an idiot. They really couldn't understand where this guy got the confidence to say such a thing.
He also entered the Martial Hall at the age of ten and practiced martial arts for three years. However, Troy came from a wealthy family and was already at the fourth level of cultivation,in the realm of tempering muscles and bones. Moreover, what he practiced were the second-grade and third-grade martial arts purchased from the Martial Hall, with the price of tens of thousands of taels of silver.
"Master Zhang, calm down, why let such a shameless pariah dirty your hands? Let me deal with him and make him kneel on the ground to lick your boots, Master Zhang." A guy with a sharp mouth and monkey cheeks said flatteringly next to Troy.
Troy smiled and nodded, "Well, in that case, I'll leave this untouchable to you, Isaac Wang. Don't lose my face like that good-for-nothing Ed Li."
"Don't worry, Master Zhang. I'm a martial arts warrior at the third level. I just mastered the second-grade skill two days ago. It's easy to take down an untouchable!" Isaac Wang said with confidence.
These guys kept saying untouchables, which made many martial arts students with common backgrounds in the martial arts arena hold a anger in their chests, but they could only swallow their anger and dared not protest.
"Boy, I can kill you with one move! Kneel down!" Isaac took a step forward and brought up a strong cold wind from his palm, smashing directly on his head.
He was very conceited in his attack and wanted to beat Stanley to his knees and beg for mercy.
"Second-grade Wild Wind Slaping!"
The crowd exclaimed, recognizing the martial arts performed by Isaac.
"Second-grade martial arts costs thousands of taels of silver, and internal cultivation is even more expensive. You need almost ten thousand taels of silver to buy it."
"Oh my god, tens of thousands of taels of silver. I have never seen so much money in my life."
Many martial arts students around him were amazed and envious. He was practicing second-grade martial arts skills on the third-level of cultivation. Among his peers who were born as commoners, no one could beat this Isaac Wang.
If it were before, Stanley would certainly not be Isaac's opponent.
At this moment, in his eyes, Isaac's life meridians were clearly visible, so was the route of his inner energy running through the meridians.
In this insight into the mystery of the essence of life, Stanley felt as if his heart was immersed in a state of calmness without the slightest wave of his emotions, even regardless of the collapse of the sky and the earth.
"Bang!"
In a second, Stanley took action. He punched through the air. The wind roared, and his fist was like an ox's horn, fiercely hitting Isaac's chest.
"Hey, I'm at the third level. If you fight with me head-on, you're asking for misery! Because I'm faster than you!" Isaac sneered, and his inner energy poured into his palms, trying to defeat Stanley first forcing him to kneel down.
The second-grade martial art, Gustful Wind Palm, was already known for its speed, and it had already reached Stanley's head in an instant.
But the next moment, he discovered that his palm was only a little bit away from Stanley's head, but he couldn't push closer.
"Bang!"
There was a dull sound, and he was hit hard in the chest. He screamed and flew out.
How could this be?
The onlookers not far away screamed and made an uproar, because Stanley's attack speed was too fast, which was beyond the reach of a second-level realm warrior.
Troy's expression also changed slightly. Today's Stanley seemed different from the past. He was no longer a pariah boy that he could bully at will.
The face of Stanley opposite him was expressionless, with a pair of eyes that seemed to be able to penetrate the mystery of the essence of life in all things. This made Troy tremble, feeling that this guy was very abnormal today.
In the past, both Ed and Isaac could easily defeat him, but today they suffered losses in his hands one after another. If Ed was defeated because ofcareless ness, but Isaac took action with all his strength.
Suddenly, Stanley's figure moved. This time he took the initiative to attack, performing the Baffalo Boxing rushing directly towards Troy.
"Zhang, did you have a great time beating me yesterday? I'm going to beat you so hard today that your mother won't even recognize you!"
Seeing Stanley actually rushing towards them, several Troy's men around him involuntarily took a half step back. The strength of these people was similar to that of Ed and Isaac.
"You ignorant pariah, do you think I'm the the same to the two idiots just now?"
Troy felt that his dignity among the martial arts students had been challenged, and he roared angrily, bending his fingers into claws.
The martial skill he performed was called Iron Eagle Claw, and it was a third-grade martial skill. The wind in the claws was so strong that it was much more powerful than Isaac's gust of wind palm just now.
"Bang!"
Stanley's fist collided with the Iron Eagle Claw. In everyone's view, Stanley's hand must be diabled if his first-grade Baffalo Boxing was against the third-grade Iron Eagle Claw.
The clicking sound of broken bones confirmed this to the crowd around.
"Ah!"
However, to everyone's surprise, the one screaming in agony was not Stanley, but Troy!
Troy was screaming and retreating, with all five phalanges of his right hand broken and a look of disbelief.
Everyone was stunned and couldn't understand what was going on.