Promise!

Chapter 38, will be broken

After the incident with the teacup, the barely maintained harmony in the dormitory was gone. It goes without saying that Lin Hong and Qian Wende, as the parties involved, had a falling out. Lin Hong also angrily scolded Xiang Qichen who was trying to mediate, and their relationship also reached a freezing point. When Lin Hong scolded Qian Wende, he also scolded Jiao Kun, and the relationship between the two also broke down.

Xiong Lei usually hangs out with Xiang Qichen, Jiao Kun and Qian Wende, so naturally he gradually becomes estranged from Lin Hong.

Xiong Lei wasn't a very hardworking person by nature. After lunch and dinner, he'd take a short break, spending more time with Xiang Qichen, Qian Wende, and Jiao Kun. Qian Wende's aggressive behavior towards Xiong Lei, often causing him to rage by overloading with paper and leaving the door open, was met with constant pleas for appeasement by his constant "Brother Xiong." This repetitive behavior eventually led Xiong Lei to accept him as a "bad friend." Of course, he considered himself a "bad friend," and Qian Wende probably just thought he was a fool.

There is another small group in the dormitory, Zhuang Jin and Bi Kai's 'diligent duo'. Oh, Wu Hao is also very hardworking and will often follow suit, so he can also be included.

After the teacup incident, the relationship between Lin Hong and Xiang Qichen's small group broke down. He used to have an average relationship with Zhuang Jin and the other two, but recently he has gradually started to hang out with Zhuang Jin and the other two after lunch and dinner.

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Ten days passed quickly, and time is the best medicine. The impact of the teacup incident in the dormitory gradually faded. Recently, when Lin Hong met Qian Wende, Xiang Qichen and others, they began to nod and say hello to each other. However, broken mirrors cannot be mended, and that was it. The dormitory no longer had the harmony after the dinner last month and when they discussed martial arts at the beginning of the month.

The time came to December 20th.

That night, after washing up and turning off the lights, the eight people in the dormitory lay in bed and told Qi Chen about themselves: "Today I completed the accumulation of the first realm and felt the bottleneck of the second realm."

He said this, on the one hand, to tell his own situation and to understand the progress of others; on the other hand, as the head of the dormitory, he also felt that it was not a good thing for the dormitory to maintain this kind of atmosphere. It was a good opportunity to take advantage of the recent thawing of his relationship with Lin Hong to give some guidance and let the dormitory return to the harmony at the beginning of the month.

"Boss, you're awesome!" Qian Wende flattered him immediately after hearing this, and then asked, "Boss, how do you feel about this bottleneck in the second meridian?"

"It feels much more difficult than the first bottleneck. I don't know if I can break through it before the end of the month."

Xiang Qichen said this, but he didn't have much confidence, so he turned and asked, "What about you guys? Second brother, how's your Black Evil Palm training going?"

"Not very good. Master Tang said that the speed of martial arts training depends on comprehension and aptitude. I feel that my comprehension is not good enough. I probably won't be able to enter the realm this month. If I had known earlier, I would have chosen the realm of cultivation..."

Xiong Lei sighed and stopped talking midway. He had originally chosen to concentrate on improving his cultivation level. He didn't have the money to buy enough Black Yuan Powder for daily practice!

"Third brother, what about you?" Xiang Qichen asked Jiao Kun again.

"Not very good, not sure." Jiao Kun shook his head.

Compared to Xiong Lei, he has a better understanding, but ever since he started eating meat, he has become addicted to it and is naturally not confident.

"Hongzi, what about you?" Xiang Qichen asked Xiong Lei and Jiao Kun to ease the atmosphere, and then asked Lin Hong in turn.

"I'm okay!" Lin Hong said coldly.

He concentrated on martial arts this month. In fact, he felt that he was almost at the mastery of the Black Evil Palm two days ago. But no matter what, he was stuck at that point. No matter how hard he practiced, he could not make any progress. He knew that he had reached a bottleneck in martial arts.

However, I remain patient and continue to practice every day. I am confident that I can master the basic martial arts before the end of the month.

"Old Five?"

"That's about it," Zhuang Jin said vaguely. He was confident he could complete the first level of sutra accumulation and break through to the second level within five days, but he couldn't reveal his progress. After all, his personal circumstances were special, and it involved a possible golden finger, so he had to keep it secret.

Xiang Qichen saw that Lin Hong was being vague, and Zhuang Jin was also being vague. How could he possibly guide the atmosphere in the dormitory? He immediately felt unhappy. "Jinzi, what's that like? Can you speak more clearly? Give me a definite answer. Can you break through the Second Sutra or even the introductory martial arts this month?"

"Who can say for sure about this kind of thing?" Zhuang Jin shook his head.

He could certainly cooperate with his own time breakthrough and make up a lie that he had already sensed the bottleneck of the second meridian, but this behavior was useless except for irritating Xiang Qichen and making himself feel better, and it would only appear childish.

What’s more, Zhuang Jin thinks more.

'Since a warrior breaks through and encounters the first bottleneck, he will inevitably deal with bottlenecks, but the first bottleneck is the easiest, and the subsequent bottlenecks become increasingly difficult.'

——Just like Ping Yongfeng, at such an old age, he is only at the Second Sutra Realm. Could it be that he doesn't want to break through? Of course not. The bottleneck is obvious.

"I don't have a bottleneck. When I have sufficient cultivation resources, what really takes time is the accumulation of each sutra itself. Once the accumulation is sufficient and the internal energy is refined to a certain level, others will encounter bottlenecks in breaking through to the next sutra, but I can break through directly."

"Aside from my physical shortcomings, my true talent is, I think, at the top of the upper-middle class, almost approaching excellent talent."

Because according to what Ping Yongfeng once said, a person with excellent qualifications can control the qi and blood in five to ten days. If Zhuang Jin's body is not in poor condition, it will definitely not take seventeen days. It will probably take eleven or twelve days, or at most thirteen or fourteen days.

"I have good aptitude and no bottlenecks. Taking all things into consideration, with sufficient resources, I will soon surpass all the warriors in my group and leave them far behind. They won't even have the chance to see my back... Then I will definitely attract a lot of attention!"

Zhuang Jin was thinking about these things, so he didn't tell the exact details of his progress. He knew that if he let out a leak, or showed off out of vanity, it would leave traces, making people speculate about his qualifications, sowing seeds of doubt for his future progress that would far exceed that of ordinary people, and leaving possible hidden dangers.

Seeing that Zhuang Jin was still vague and not giving him face, Xiang Qichen had no choice but to ignore Zhuang Jin and continue asking about Qian Wende.

"Not very good. I feel like I won't be able to get started this month." Qian Wende is not a hard worker. He has been going out to have fun with Jiao Kun every now and then recently. No wonder he has no confidence.

"Lao Qi?"

"I, I don't feel anything!" Bi Kai was asked, but he became extremely excited, as if someone stepped on his tail, and said subconsciously.

——Back then, I almost died because of showing off my progress. If I don’t learn my lesson, I’d be stupid.

In fact, he also vaguely sensed the bottleneck of martial arts today, but he was still missing a little feeling.

Finally, Wu Hao said that he felt that he might not be able to learn the Black Evil Palm until next month. He was the most hardworking one in the dormitory, along with Zhuang Jin and Bi Kai, but his aptitude and understanding were limited.

Xiang Qichen asked everyone one by one, intending to use this as a starting point to open up the topic and get everyone in the dormitory chatting. However, seeing that Lin Hong and the others were not cooperating, the dormitory fell into silence after he asked the questions. He then became a little discouraged and was too lazy to do anything more.

Thus, this conversation to ease the relationship in the dormitory ended abruptly.

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(End of this chapter)