Five weeks passed by in the blink of an eye, as John continued his hellish training with the Vice-Sect Leader. John was now sixteen, and had spent his birthday being beaten by the Vice-Sect Leader.
His powerup after the first day had caught her off guard for a moment, and had resulted in John landing a few blows on her body as she had restricted her cultivation to the Late Core Formation Realm. However, this trickery from John only served to ignite her anger, which resulted in his training becoming even more hellish.
He would report to her the first thing in the morning, and train all day until he was beaten black and blue. He would retire to his abode at night, walking through the sect each time to get back home.
Intense discussions quickly broke out amongst the disciples of the sect as they took note of John's permanent state of being bloodied and beaten.
