Huang Min saw Huang Wei and several others approaching and involuntarily hid behind Huang Xiaolong.
Huang Xiaolong stood there, watching Huang Wei and his group approach with an indifferent expression.
When Huang Wei reached Huang Xiaolong and stood firm, he looked down on him with a slightly superior gaze, "Huang Xiaolong, do you think you can protect your sister forever?"
Hearing this, Huang Xiaolong revealed a wicked smile, his eyes flashing with bloodthirst, "What, looking for a fight?" Having just exited the East Hall Courtyard, he was already fuming inside.
Behind Huang Wei, the elder Zhou Guang's son, Zhou Xuedong, seeing Huang Xiaolong's demeanor, couldn't help but speak out with displeasure, "Damn, you really think you are—" However, before he finished speaking, a sudden scream escaped him as he was kicked in the stomach by Huang Xiaolong. Like a big yellow shrimp, his body arched as he was sent flying.
With anger fueling him, Huang Xiaolong's kick was naturally not light. Zhou Xuedong was sent tumbling away, rolling six to seven meters before stopping. He curled over, hands pressing on his stomach, his mouth open as wide as it could be, unable to make a sound, only feeling an intense burning sensation inside him as if his organs were churning violently.
A good few breaths later, Zhou Xuedong finally started to cry out. His wails were thunderous and incredibly jarring. Huang Xiaolong looked at Zhou Xuedong, his face coated with dust and tears streaming down like a waterfall, and couldn't help but curl his lips in disdain. Little kids will always be little kids, crying at the drop of a hat, just like peeing.
"You!" Huang Wei and a few other Huang Family Manor disciples behind him finally came to their senses. Looking at Huang Xiaolong, their eyes filled with panic and shock, they hadn't expected Huang Xiaolong to be so ruthless, even more so than two years ago!
"I what?" Huang Xiaolong looked at Huang Wei and the other disciples of Huang Family Manor elders with a brilliant smile, "Do you also want to try getting kicked by me?"
Hearing this, Huang Wei and the others reflexively took several steps back, eyeing Huang Xiaolong's right foot with terrified eyes.
Seeing this, Huang Xiaolong couldn't help but chuckle. Listening to Huang Xiaolong's laughter, Huang Wei's face turned red with rage, and with a mix of bluster and inner trepidation, he bellowed, "Huang Xiaolong, you dare attack an elder's son without reason, wait until you are punished!"
"Attack without reason?" Huang Xiaolong looked at Huang Wei coldly, his eyes as sharp as knives.
Huang Wei, unable to meet Huang Xiaolong's gaze, stammered, "You, just you wait, come the end-of-year family meeting, I'll make you pay!" After speaking, he hurriedly walked off with the other elder's descendants, dragging along Zhou Xuedong who was still clutching his stomach.
"Big brother, you hit Zhou Xuedong, when they tattle, won't Uncle punish you?" Huang Min said worriedly, the image of the uncle whipping the misbehaving family youths to death haunting her mind.
"It's fine, don't worry about it," Huang Xiaolong said nonchalantly as he watched Huang Wei and his group leave in disarray.
He was confident about that kick. Even if Huang Ming, Zhou Guang, and others were to examine Zhou Xuedong, they wouldn't find any injuries or even wounds on him. Even if Uncle Huang Ming was to punish him, it would require evidence, right? Without evidence, they can't do anything to him, just like two years ago. Huang Wei and his cronies had been dealt with miserably by him, yet Huang Xiaolong was unscathed.
"The family's end-of-year conference," Huang Xiaolong muttered to himself, eyes cold, after Huang Wei and the others had disappeared.
The Huang Family Manor held an end-of-year family meeting every year, where disciples of the same age could spar and learn from each other.
It looked like Huang Wei was planning to make his move against him at this year's meeting, an opportunity to showcase his talent and strength in front of everyone and to exact his revenge.
With five months left until the end-of-year meeting, given Huang Wei's talent and Grandfather Huang Qide's personal guidance and devoted cultivation, he should be able to reach First-stage Late Stage of a warrior.
Huang Xiaolong couldn't help but laugh, his laughter tinged with a hint of wickedness. Since that was the case, in five months, he would beat up Huang Ming's son so badly in front of Huang Ming that even his father wouldn't recognize him.
"By the time of the annual meeting, Grandfather should also make an appearance," Huang Xiaolong thought to himself. Huang Wei was the grandson personally instructed in cultivation by Grandfather Huang Qide. He was certain to show up for this year's meeting.
A little while later, Huang Xiaolong sent his sister Huang Min back first, while he left the Huang Family Manor to head towards the back mountain.
In the back mountain, after practicing Yijinjing for a while, Huang Xiaolong turned around and went back to his own courtyard.
The Yijinjing was a supreme Martial Arts secret scripture from his previous life in Huaxia. Even without cultivating Fighting Energy, Huang Xiaolong insisted on proceeding with his training in Yijinjing. It was rumored that at its highest realm, the Yijinjing granted one mysterious and unfathomable power.
Moreover, last night when cultivating Fighting Energy, Huang Xiaolong discovered that when the Fighting Energy circulated, the inner energy in his body did too, complementing the Fighting Energy in his meridians. That was why he could advance his Fighting Energy to the First Order Middle Stage overnight. It was related to the four years he had previously spent cultivating Yijinjing. Otherwise, even with a Super Martial Soul, reaching the First Order Middle Stage in one night would have been impossible.
After returning to his courtyard, Huang Xiaolong began circulating the Mystic Azure Technique and continued to cultivate his Fighting Energy.
Three days passed by quickly.
During these three days, outside of eating, drinking, and the calls of nature, Huang Xiaolong spent nearly all his time either cultivating Fighting Energy in his courtyard or practicing Yijinjing on the back mountain.
The fourth day.
The moonlight was like silver, and the night deep and silent.
As usual, Huang Xiaolong sat cross-legged on his bed and started to circulate the Mystic Azure Technique. Behind him, the Two-headed Snake Martial Soul devoured the nature's spiritual energy around him at a terrifying speed. The spiritual energy from nature surged madly into Huang Xiaolong, transforming into Fighting Energy. Compared to three days ago, the Fighting Energy in the meridians of his body had thickened tenfold, circulating rapidly over and over.
Day and night of cultivation over the past three days brought Huang Xiaolong to the First-stage Late-stage Peak. He had a premonition that tonight, he would break through the second layer and advance to the Second Rank.
More than an hour later, the Fighting Energy that had been rushing through the meridians in Huang Xiaolong's body grew even more frenzied—it was like the waves under a storm, causing the meridians to swell with a dull pain due to the mad impact of the Fighting Energy. However, this level of pain was insignificant to Huang Xiaolong.
As the Fighting Energy madly circulated, Huang Xiaolong had the sensation of being on the verge of a breakthrough, but felt blocked and unable to push through, like a huge wave crashing against a dam only to be pushed back.
Huang Xiaolong did not get discouraged and knew that it was a critical moment. He circulated the Mystic Azure Technique even faster, stirring the Fighting Energy in his meridians. Then, at the moment when the Fighting Energy inside him was circulating most violently, suddenly, a faint vibrating sound that only Huang Xiaolong could hear rang out from within his body—the barrier to the second layer had finally been broken through!
The Fighting Energy from the first layer meridians, as if finding a release, surged into the second layer meridians in an instant, impacting, surging, and cheering.
Huang Xiaolong felt elated in his heart. After several days of arduous cultivation, he had finally broken through the second layer and advanced to a Second-stage Warrior!
(Thanks to book friend 130704135308332 for the reward. This friend was the first to give a reward to "Invincible," thank you.)