chapter 5 Library Pavilion

"Haha, you are so audacious even enough to fight back. I, Harry Lu, gotta have you to know how big the gap is between the fifth level and the fourth level of cultivation!"
This Harry Lu, like Hui, was an intermediate grade student who followed Hugh and hopes to hook on the Zhang family tree.
There were many people like them, who knew that their martial arts qualifications were not very good, and the intermediate grade was their limit. It was impossible for them to advance. When the time came, they would end up graduating from the intermediate grade of the Hall with the fifth or sixth level of cultivation. After that, they could enter the Zhang family and get good treatment.
That's why the two tried so hard by every means to make things difficult for Stanley in front of the Scroll Room.
The commotion here also attracted the attention of some students who were going into the room. Many were worried about Stanley. The person who took action was Harry, who was at the fifth level in the intermediate grade and how a student in the junior gradecould challenge him?
"Bang!"
The fist and palm collided together, making a dull sound. Harry's body suddenly stiffened, and then his lips trembled and his face turned pale.
"Ah!……"
A painful howl came from Harry's mouth. The sound was sharp and harsh. He turned pale and retreated. His entire right arm was down, especially with the bones in his right hand all shattered.
"Harry!" Hui's expression changed. He had no idea that his companion at the fifth level would be injured by Stanley's single move.
Harry howled in pain, which was unbearable making his whole body tremble uncontrollably.
Stanley was expressionless, "Breaking the rules of the Hall and preventing me from entering the Room. It is your own fault!"
While speaking, Stanley looked at Hui with cold eyes, "Are you going to stop me now?"
Although the cultivation level of these two was one level higher than his own, due to the cultivation of the Qi of life and death and the ability to directly damage the life meridians, the two intermediate grade students of the fifth level did not count for much in Stanley's eyes at all. .
Being stared at by Stanley, Hui couldn't help but shudder. He felt that Stanley was so strange now, as if he had changed into a different person.
But thinking that Hugh Zhang was supporting him, Hui immediately calmed down and shouted angrily, "Stanley, you are so bold. you did not only want to break into the Scroll Room without permission, but also injured the guard. I will destroy your cultivation!"
Hui was filled with righteous indignation at these words, and his whole body's internal energy was operating.
"I have seen shameless people, but I have never seen such a shameless guy like you. Everyone present can testify that you broke the rules first, and you actually blame on me?" Stanley sneered.
"Good for you!" Hui's chest was tight and he really didn't know how to retort. From the corner of his eye, he saw many martial arts students not far away watching.
"That's right, the intermediate grade is extraordinary? Stanley is clearly at the fourth level. According to the rules, he can enter the Room to choose martial arts, but they don't let Stanley in."
"But Stanley is really powerful. Those at the fifth level in the intermediate grade can't resist his punch."
The buzz around him made Hui's face look even more ugly. He knew very well that he did not occupy a rational position, but if Stanley was eliminated, the Hall would definitely not do anything to him for a disabled person, and besides, he still had Hugh as his backer.
Thinking of this, he became atrocious and said angrily: "Stanley, you dare to quibble, today I will completely destroy you!"
With a flash of his body, he charged towards Stanley with punching carrying roaring wind. Harry was injured, which made Hui feel wary, so he used his best martial arts skills to attack.
"Second-grade martial arts? How should Stanley resist now?"
"That Harry just now probably suffered a loss because he was careless and underestimated the enemy. Hui will definitely not make the same mistake."
"A warrior at the fifth level Realm with his muscles and tempers his bones refined naturally has tyrannical strength. In addition to that is his second grade skills, so if the one at the fourth level gets hit by him, he will definitely die or be crippled!"
"Get out of my way!"
Stanley shouted angrily, still fighting head-on with the opponent with the Buffalo Boxing.
In everyone's view, the power of Stanley's attack was much inferior to that of Hui.
"Bang!"
The moment the two fists collided together, Hui suddenly let out a sharp scream.
"Ah, my hands!"
He staggered back, the sound of cracking bones could be heard, and the heart-wrenching pain was unbearable.
"What's happening here?"
Everyone was stunned again. Harry and Hui were both at the fifth level, and their strength was definitely much stronger than that of the fourth level. However, they both suffered heavy losses at the hands of Stanley with just one move.
"Stanley's fists must be made of iron. There must be something wrong with it."
"The Buffalo Boxing is just a first-grade martial art. When did it become so powerful?"
Everyone was shocked. With the knowledge of these martial arts students, they naturally couldn't see through it.
"Now that I want to enter the Room, do you still want to stop me?"
Stanley snorted coldly and stepped forward. Harry and Hui both covered their right hands and backed away in fear.
"Stanley, don't be too arrogant. Since you offended Master. Zhang, you won't get any good results!" Hui gritted his teeth and shouted sternly.
"Am I arrogant? Isn't you who have been the arrogant all the time?'
Stanley looked at the two in front of him with disdain, not bothering to talk again to them at all, "Get out of here. Otherwise I won't mind destroying your other hand!"
"You... Stanley, don't be ignorant!"
"Noisy!"
Stanley's face turned cold, and he quickly kicked directly towards the two standing in front of him.
Hui and Harry did not dare to resist and hid quickly. At this time, Stanley had already approached the Room.
In front of the door, Stanley saw an old man with white hair and beard sitting cross-legged. The old man had closed his eyes and ignored the conflict he had with Hui and Harry just now.
Conflicts and battles between the students were actually a kind of unspoken rule of survival of the fittest in the Hall. As long as no lives were lost, the Hall would never intervene.
This old man was the presbyter of the Hall who was responsible for guarding the Scroll Room. In Stanley's eyes, the life meridians on this old man's body showed a thick green light.
"The Cultivation Realm Xian Tian master!" Stanley's eyes were sharp. Through his life meridians, he could feel that there was a powerful force in the body of this presbyter, which was far beyond that of Teacher Lu, who was a The Cultivation Realm Qi Hai martial artist.
"Junior class student Stanley Luo pays homage to you." Stanley saluted and said, "My cultivation level has reached the fourth level, and I want to enter the Room to select the second-grade martial arts."
The presbyter of the Hall slowly opened his eyes and looked at Stanley, then nodded and said, "Go in."
"Thank you." Stanley responded, then turned around and entered the Room.
The conflicts between Stanley and Harry and Hui were all seen by the presbyter. It was not uncommon for the fourth level warriors to defeat the fifth level warriors, so he did not pay too much attention to it. As The Cultivation Realm Xian Tian master, he had no interest in the far low level of The Cultivation Realm Lian Ti.
There were many martial arts collected in the Scroll Room. It was said that the highest level of martial arts reached the fourth level. Only the best among the students of the Hall were qualified to practice it.
The value of the fourth-grade martial arts was not ordinary. If affordable, the highest grade martial arts for sale was the third-grade in the Hall. The fourth-grade martial arts couldnot be evaluated by the money of the world.
For Stanley, the fourth-grade martial arts was still relatively far to reach. In the past, attaining the second-grade was already his dream.
There were three floors in the Room. The first floor contained first and second grade martial arts, the second floor contained third-grade martial arts, and the highest fourth floor contained fourth-grade martial arts.
With Stanley's cultivation of the fourth level, he could choose one respectively from each of martial arts, internal strength, fight skills, and body skills on the first floor.
On the first floor, Stanley saw some martial arts students, all of whom entered the Room to choose martial arts.
"Splitting Wind Palm, Tiger Fist, Catkin Movement, Windward Step..."
There were all kinds of martial arts secret books, and the variety was dazzling.
All martial arts secret books were divided into categories, including Kung Fu area, martial arts area, and body techniques area.
The first thing Stanley browsed was the exercise books. Most of them were about first-grade exercises, with few for second-grade exercises.
The low-level exercises were generally similar. Stanley chose one of the most popular second-grade internal skills--the invert bone material.
This exercise was most suitable for warriors who were in the stage of muscle and bone refining, and could reach the sixth level.
Some of the meridians and acupuncture points referred had greater scope and room for improvement than the first-grade basic internal exercises Stanley had practiced before.
Stanley then came to the martial arts area. The first and second grade martial arts were mostly unarmed such as fists, kicks and slapings. Weapon-type martial arts were generally of the third-grade or above.
The practice of martial arts emphasized step-by-step progressing. Because he had the foundation of practicing Buffalo Boxing before, the second-grade martial arts Stanley chose was also a boxing technique called Dragon and Tiger Boxing.
This boxing technique followed a fierce style, with great power and astonishing explosive power. It could be ranked among the top second-grade martial arts. Many students in the Hall also practiced it, but few could truly develop into to a high level realm.
There were two standards in martial arts training, cultivation levels and realm upgrading.
Needless to say, the cultivation levels were from Lian Ti to Qi Hai to Xian Tian.
The realm upgrading was a mysterious term. It could also be called the artistic conception of martial arts. It required extremely good talent to understand and master it.
As for the movement technique, Stanley chose the One-inch Kick, which was a movement technique of moving quickly within small steps. It was simple to practice, but difficult to get to a high level of it.
After selecting the three second-grade martial arts, Stanley was quite satisfied.
"Stanley?"
At this moment, a soft and light voice suddenly came. Stanley looked around and saw a girl in a blue dress looking at him.
"Miss Liu." Stanley smiled and nodded as a greeting.
This girl in a blue skirt was Yedda, who used to be Stanley's crush, but in the past, he was a second-level apprentice in the junior grade, while she was at the sixth-level in the intermediate grade.
It was also because of her that Stanley offended Troy Zhang, which triggered various subsequent conflicts.
In the past, Stanley would have been a little submissive and inferior when he saw her, but the fusion with the Life and Death Bead gave him great confidence. At this moment, his mentality when facing Yedda Liu was different from the past.
Yedda also looked at Stanley in surprise, "I didn't expect you to be at the fourth level. I remember you were at the second level a few days ago."
"Haha, it was just a lucky break." Stanley said with a smile.
"But the assessment will be held in three months. If you can't reach the fifth level, what are your plans?" Yedda smiled softly, "If you don't have a good place to go, you can come to our Liu family. How about I arrange for you to be a guard?"
"To be a Liu family's guard?"
Stanley looked a little weird. He looked at Yedda and suddenly understood what she meant.
When Troy pestered her, he stood up for her and was beaten. Yedda felt that he would not be able to pass the assessment in three months, so she planned to find a way out for him.
If it were before, Stanley might have really considered her opinion, but now, Stanley didn't take the assessment three months later seriously at all.
"Miss Liu, thank you for your kindness. I will pass the assessment after three months." Stanley said with a smile.
His expression was filled with a kind of confidence that could not be described in words, which made Yedda slightly surprised.
"You ignorant thing, can you reach the fifth level in just three months?"
With a disdainful and cold voice, a young man in a white shirt came over and stood next to Yedda.