He transformed from a fierce tiger pillar into a martial saint.

It felt as if a needle had pierced Lin's heart.

Chu Yang wanted to learn martial arts, so he joined the Tiger Roar Martial Arts School.

More than ten months ago, Chu Yang returned home and has been practicing diligently ever since. At the same time, he has also been training long-term and short-term workers to cultivate the twenty acres of substandard land at home in an orderly manner, resulting in a significant increase in the harvest.

Lin saw this and was delighted.

She could truly feel Chu Yang's dedication and pursuit of martial arts.

Those young figures, practicing standing meditation day after day, never stopped, even under the scorching sun, in torrential rain, or during breaks in the busy farming season.

If Chu Yang is really expelled from the martial arts school, he will definitely be demoralized!

Chu Changbai continued, "When Chu Zhe becomes a martial arts graduate, he will inevitably have many followers."

"Although your Chu Yang doesn't have martial arts talent, he still has some basic skills. Considering we're from the same village and clan, Chu Zhe should take Chu Yang in as a follower, so he can learn some skills and do some errands. Wouldn't that be a job that others would love to do?"

"So, you should be happy that your family will have to pay a larger share of the river tax..."

Chu Changnian waved his hand with a cryptic smile and said, "Changbai, we can't easily promise Chu Zhe anything. He'll have his own way of choosing when the time comes. Canglang Martial Arts Academy has quite a few skilled fighters gathered around him..."

His words suggested that Chu Zhe had already achieved the rank of martial arts master and therefore looked down on Chu Yang.

At this point, Chu Changnian paused: "Enough, enough. Let's not talk about this anymore."

"Lin, clan meetings should be attended by male members of the family. You are not qualified to participate in this meeting. It's useless to tell you this."

"It is already an exception that you are allowed to attend today, so do not make a sound and disrupt the clan meeting."

Lin was, after all, a woman who had never seen much of the world. Moreover, with her husband gone and Chu Yang still young, she already felt helpless and alone. Upon hearing Chu Changnian's words, her face turned pale, and she was at a loss for what to do.

……

In the backyard.

Chu Yang had already leaped down from the wooden stake, his forehead covered with glistening beads of sweat that shone brightly in the sunlight.

As he focused his mind, the [Illustrated Compendium of Evolution] appeared before his eyes.

Included training method: Fierce Tiger Stance (Beginner - Tendon Tempering 1/300)

Special Reward: 1 Grade 6 Root Bone Pill

A glint appeared in Chu Yang's eyes.

"I never imagined that just one hour of standing meditation would allow me to complete the Blood Tempering stage and enter the Tendon Tempering stage. Now I am a mid-stage Ming Jin martial artist!"

In fact, martial arts schools take in many students every year, but very few actually reach the level of Ming Jin.

Generally speaking, it takes at least three months for a martial artist who has entered the Ming Jin stage to complete the Blood Tempering stage, and most people need six to twelve months.

This is all under the premise that everything goes very smoothly!

Chu Yang actually only took one hour.

"This time, I completed in one hour the journey that other Ming Jin martial artists took several months to complete. This is not unrelated to the foundation I laid through standing meditation over the past year, but the most crucial factor is the [Heavenly Evolution Diagram], which allows me to directly cultivate according to the perfect state of the technique, saving me the time of exploration and trial and error, which can be described as achieving twice the result with half the effort."

"However, this one hour has been really tiring!"

Chu Yang felt sore all over, and his stomach was making gurgling noises.

Cultivating in the optimal state according to the [Heavenly Evolution Diagram] also places a great strain on the body.

Chu Yang now desperately wants to continue cultivating. After all, with the [Heavenly Evolution Diagram], he can clearly see his cultivation progress. This gradual improvement and progress is truly exhilarating.

But he also knew the principle that too much of a good thing can be bad.

Overdrawing your body's energy and blood can damage its foundation. It's essential to replenish it promptly.

Chu Yang stepped into the mid-stage of Ming Jin in one fell swoop, and even his sensory abilities such as hearing and smell were greatly improved.

He could tell from the smell that his mother, Lin, had stewed a fragrant pork dish.

He endured the aches and pains all over his body and hurried to the kitchen at home.

Chu Yang took two large pieces of pork with bones and began to chew. The fragrant meat, after being chewed, turned into warm currents that entered his stomach and spread throughout his body.

The nausea in my stomach gradually subsided, and even the aches and fatigue throughout my body receded as quickly as the tide.

"It seems that possessing this [Celestial Evolution Compendium] has also allowed me to reach my optimal state in terms of digestion and absorption..."

"But I can't eat anymore now. If I eat any more, it'll all be gone! Mother hasn't eaten yet!"

Chu Yang thought to himself, and looking at the few large pieces of meat and pork left in the pot, he couldn't help but chuckle.

Because of the good harvest, Chu Yang bought twenty catties of large meat bones and ten catties of pork for his mother to stew, as a way to celebrate and improve their meals.

However, now this huge pot of meat bones has only yielded about seven or eight pounds.

He ate over 20 jin (10 kg) by himself! He ate six or seven jin (3.5-4 catties) of pure pork alone!

Although Chu Yang had a large appetite before, he could only eat a pound and a half of pork at most!

It has now increased several times over!

"As expected, it's true that the poor study literature while the rich study martial arts! Practicing martial arts depletes one's energy and blood, so one needs to replenish it through food. Meat is undoubtedly the best, but it's several times more expensive than rice!"

"However, the rice stored up in the family granary over the past year can be sold for a considerable amount of money. If the harvest from these fields continues, it can still support my martial arts training."

"In the future, I want to find ways to increase the acreage and expand the scale, using all my scientific planting methods to increase the harvest..."

Chu Yang pondered for a moment, then cleared his mind and looked at the special reward given by the [Heavenly Evolution Illustrated Manual]—one Grade 1 Root Bone Pill.

My training just now has proven that the abilities granted to me by the [Heavenly Evolution Diagram] are real! Therefore, the Bone Root Pill must also be real!

Martial arts aptitude is divided into nine grades. Grade nine aptitude is the minimum requirement for learning martial arts. The higher the grade, the higher the cultivation aptitude. Under the same cultivation conditions, martial artists with higher aptitude will achieve better cultivation results.

When he first joined the Tiger Roar Martial Arts School, they examined his bones and determined his bone structure to be at the seventh rank, which was considered a lower-middle level. Neither high nor low.

While at the martial arts school, he heard that there were precious medicines in the world that could improve one's physical constitution, but these were extremely rare items. Even the four great families of Zhouping County couldn't obtain them!

Now, the fact that the [Heavenly Evolution Illustrated Manual] can offer such a special reward as a Grade 6 Root Bone Pill is truly like a surprise from heaven.

"Entering the tendon-tempering stage requires even greater dedication and effort. If one can improve their physical constitution, the cultivation effect will naturally be greatly enhanced..."

Thinking of this, Chu Yang suppressed his excitement and prepared to take out the Rank 6 Root Bone Pill.

But at that moment, a hurried voice rang out.

"Master, you'd better hurry to the ancestral hall courtyard!"

The visitor was Chen Qing.

Chen Qing had just gone to the fields and happened to pass by the ancestral hall courtyard, where he overheard some conversations inside.

He was naturally anxious when he learned that the village wanted Chu Yang's family to pay so much more in river tax.

But he was, after all, a farmhand from another family and had no say, so he had to hurry back and tell Chu Yang.

Chu Yang's brows twitched slightly, and he said, "Aqing, don't be anxious, tell me the details."

At that moment, Chen Qing explained the situation.

After listening, Chu Yang took a deep breath and said, "I'll go right away."

Watching Chu Yang's departing figure, Chen Qing's heart, which had been hanging in suspense, calmed down considerably.

Although Chen Qing was a few years older than Chu Yang, Chen Qing always felt that Chu Yang had a composure beyond his years.

Now, he also felt that Chu Yang seemed to have undergone some indescribable changes, subtly transforming into a fierce tiger...