In this chaotic world of martial arts, I'll become a god by adding skill points!

"You don't know? The county magistrate just returned from the prefectural city a while ago after participating in the bandit suppression campaign."

Moreover, the evil spirits in this river are not as ferocious as those in the peach grove; they have never harmed anyone, which is why the main purpose of the ritual is sacrifice.

Wang Anping remained silent upon hearing this.

"Thank you for your explanation, senior brother."

Come to think of it, the evil spirits in the water haven't actually harmed anyone except for the original owner of this body. In that case, the original owner really was an unlucky guy.

On the altar, offerings were piled into a small tower, covered with a red cloth, and a master invited from the Taoist temple was performing a ritual.

Countless people stood on both banks of the river to watch.

County Commandant Fei Hong stood beside the altar, surrounded by hundreds of soldiers.

"It's nothing. If you go out more, you'll know all this kind of news."

Chen Zhiyang said the same thing as Wang Hucheng.

Almost everyone in the martial arts school thought Wang Anping was a martial arts fanatic, and he rarely left the school except to go home.

"By the way, the results of the Peach Grove Evil Spirit incident are in."

Everyone has a lot of opinions about our martial arts school, but there are some things we really haven't done.

Therefore, in order to avoid damaging the relationship and to ensure that everyone could continue to interact in the future, the master and the others decided to hold a tournament.

A while ago, the master discussed it with everyone, and the county will hold a competition starting in seven days.

The arena is mainly divided into three levels: hidden strength, manifest strength, and internal strength.

Chen Zhiyang looked at Wang Anping and continued:

"All the disciples still in the martial arts school must participate, and the prize is one thousand taels of silver."

This money all came from our martial arts school, so we must do everything we can to secure it. I'll inform the advanced-level disciples about this tomorrow.

All direct disciples have to participate? A martial arts tournament? One thousand taels?

"Senior brother, why is all this money coming from our martial arts school?"

Wang Anping raised a question, expressing his incomprehension.

Since there is no clear evidence that the Chen family martial arts school has any problems, why should they accept the various martial arts tournaments and offer a prize of one thousand taels of silver?

Upon hearing Wang Anping's words, Chen Zhiyang looked towards the altar, where the Taoist master was about to complete the ritual.

"If you want to prove why our martial arts school suffered the least losses, you have to prove that we are the strongest!"

If we win, no one will have anything to say. If we lose, it won't just be one thousand taels, but one thousand taels for each family.

Hearing Chen Zhiyang say this, Wang Anping understood the reasoning behind it.

"It seems I'll have to tell my master about my breakthrough to the Dark Force realm later."

He thought to himself, "I was planning to buy a yard today, but I'll go talk to the craftsman about the situation later."

As a result, not only did they encounter two idiots, but this matter also delayed them.

"Junior brother, when did you break through to the Dark Force realm?"

Chen Zhiyang suddenly changed the subject, turning around to look at him with interest.

"How did you know the night before last, senior brother?"

Wang Anping was a little confused. He had never mentioned it at the martial arts school, so why did Chen Zhiyang know that he had broken through to the Dark Force level?

"I saw it when you made your move just now; the force from those two slaps wasn't obvious."

Chen Zhiyang smiled confidently. He had already heard the two disciples making sarcastic remarks and was just thinking of teaching them a lesson.

Who knew that Wang Anping would suddenly appear, and he saw everything clearly when the other party made his move.

That force was undoubtedly an internal, hidden force.

Only then did Wang Anping realize why his senior brother, who always had a cold face, had suddenly changed his attitude towards him.

"Senior brother has excellent eyesight; that was exactly what I was thinking of informing Master about this matter."

"If you don't even have this much discernment, then I'm just a useless senior brother."

Junior Brother Wang, are you from Wangjiawan? I've heard it's very poor there. Would you be interested in coming with me?

As Chen Zhiyang was speaking, he suddenly changed the subject and began to recruit people.

Wang Anping was taken aback upon hearing this. What did this mean? Was he trying to recruit me?

We are all personally taught by the martial arts school. What do you mean by recruiting other disciples in private?

Looking at the eleventh senior sister who was standing silently to the side, Wang Anping guessed that she must have already been recruited.

"Will you be training with the senior brother at the martial arts school from now on?" After thinking for a moment, he pretended not to understand.

"Junior Brother Wang is indeed honest. Do you know that the path of martial arts is extremely difficult? Not to mention that you need someone to guide you, the issue of money alone has trapped countless people."

My junior brother comes from a poor family, so he must have suffered a lot to break through to the Dark Force level.

Next, Junior Brother, do you know how many resources you'll need to reach the Transformation Realm? Not to mention the pills that increase the success rate of the breakthrough, the silver alone will cost at least a thousand taels!

This amount of money is something that even if you emptied your pockets, you probably couldn't come up with. But if you stay by my side from now on and obey my every command, that's what matters.

"Then I'll pay for this for you."

Chen Zhiyang spoke with an air of confidence. He had considered Wang Anping's financial situation; it was impossible for him to afford to break through to the Transformation Realm.

"Moreover, as you've probably noticed, there's a lot going on in this county! If you want to survive, you have to follow the right people."

"Now that I have reached the peak of Inner Strength, barring any unforeseen circumstances, I will break through to the Transformation Strength next year. At that time, protecting a few people will not be a problem."

After saying that, he looked at Wang Anping with confidence. In his opinion, this kind of farm boy would definitely agree without hesitation when he was recruiting him.

"Senior brother, let me think about it."

"Okay, I knew my junior brother was a smart guy." Chen Zhiyang smiled confidently, but then he suddenly realized something and looked at Wang Anping in disbelief.

"Think about it?" His expression turned somewhat unpleasant for a moment, but he eventually recovered.

"Okay, then think about it. Come find me anytime you've made up your mind."

It wasn't that Wang Anping was ungrateful; it was just that Wang Hucheng's words had made him wary.

Master was clearly plotting something, and Chen Zhiyang was trying to recruit me. Why would the senior brother of the martial arts school need to recruit his junior brother?

There's definitely something wrong! He has to be careful!

Moreover, what resources did he need? The only expense he incurred to break through to the Dark Force realm was buying some meat.

If it weren't for this panel, I might actually have agreed, after all, fortune favors the bold.

But I don't lack money, and breakthroughs will come naturally once I reach a certain level of proficiency, so why take the risk?

"Okay, senior brother."

Wang Anping gave a polite reply and then stood aside without saying anything more.

Fang Yu, the eleventh senior sister whose figure was no less than that of a man, had been looking at Chen Zhiyang with a strange gaze ever since she heard that Wang Anping had rejected him.

Even though she came from a better background, she couldn't resist the temptation of being sponsored to reach the Transformation Realm. How could Wang Anping, who came from an even poorer background, have such backbone?

The three stood there, each lost in their own thoughts.

No one spoke up again.

Time passed quickly. With a command from the Taoist priest on the altar, the sacrificial offerings on the altar were carried by several soldiers and placed into the river.

The moment the sacrificial offerings were put into the water, Wang Anping glanced at them and seemed to sense that something was wrong!

He saw a corner of the red cloth emerge as it entered the water along with the sacrificial offerings.

It looks like... a baby's arm?

"Offerings into the water~ So peaceful and healthy~~~"

The Taoist priest raised his head, arms outstretched, palms facing the sky, and chanted incantations.

"So safe and healthy~~"

Upon seeing this, the surrounding crowd also joined in the shouting.

"So safe and healthy~~~"

Wang Anping felt somewhat uncomfortable watching this scene.

I don't know if it was because the offering might be an infant, or because I saw this absurd and ignorant scene.

An hour later, the crowd gradually dispersed.

Thanks to the fact that those maintaining order were all martial arts practitioners, ordinary people dared not act recklessly.

As a result, no stampede occurred, and there were no incidents such as a little girl getting lost or someone falling into the water.

Nobody cares.