The path of martial arts is arduous and fraught with peril.
Thus, martial artists must overcome countless difficulties and break through human limits to reach higher and stronger realms, step by step.
Never assume that a Body Tempering stage martial artist is weak.
In reality, they are only weak in comparison to Post-Natal Ming Jin martial artists.
A Body Tempering stage martial artist among ancient martial artists could easily defeat an ordinary practitioner in less than half a minute.
This is ancient martial arts!
A treasure inherited by the Dragon Country for thousands of years.
Of course, in the eyes of ordinary people, ancient martial arts are not as famous as traditional martial arts.
This is because, in the past, martial artists often operated within their own small circles.
Moreover, and more importantly, the destructive power of ancient martial arts is too terrifying!
No matter how strong traditional martial arts are, they cannot kick a car away with a single kick, but ancient martial artists can!
Precisely because of this!
The ancient martial arts world has seen martial artists attempting to enhance their martial strength through drugs to overcome difficult realms.
Imagine, by simply taking a specially formulated drug, one could break through from the Body Tempering stage to the early Post-Natal Ming Jin stage in a short period!
For martial artists who have no hope of advancement in their entire lives, this is like a great gift from heaven.
"Hey, speaking of which, it's not impossible. Nowadays, who knows how many hidden poison doctors are researching, using martial artists as experimental subjects, trying to cultivate waves of 'drug martial artists.' Could this Divine Physician Zhou be one of them?"
"It is said that after becoming a Qi Martial Artist, their strength will improve, but in the decades that follow, there will be no further progress. Would anyone be willing to bear such side effects?"
"We family retainers are all at the Post-Natal Dark Jin level. How can we understand the predicament of those struggling at the peak of Body Tempering and Ming Jin? As time passes, they remain stagnant, and it's natural for them to feel anxious."
"When they become anxious, they are exploited by those with ulterior motives."
"Yes, for Ming Jin peak martial artists, this temptation is too great. As for Dark Jin peak experts, they surely wouldn't be foolish enough to use drugs."
The surrounding discussions made Lin Weidong's brow furrow.
Although he didn't believe for a moment that Zhou Yu was a drug martial artist.
However, the speculation of these family retainers was not entirely unfounded.
A Post-Natal Dark Jin expert in his twenties, a martial arts genius encountered once in forty years, such a prodigy, how could it not be shocking?
"Divine Physician Zhou, your strength is evident for all to see. I believe no one will doubt now that you are a Post-Natal Dark Jin master." Lin Weidong stepped forward with a smile and greeted Zhou Yu.
He didn't ask anything related to drug martial artists.
Others might not trust Zhou Yu, but he did.
Unexpectedly, Zhou Yu took the initiative to speak, "Elder Lin, the reason I have Post-Natal Dark Jin strength in my twenties is actually related to heavenly treasures."
"Oh? Heavenly treasures?" Lin Weidong was stunned.
This was the first time he had heard that such heavenly treasures truly existed.
The onlookers around also widened their eyes.
Was what Zhou Yu said true?
Do heavenly treasures really exist in this world?
According to him, did it mean that he could become a Post-Natal Dark Jin master in his twenties by consuming heavenly treasures?
Although this explanation seemed logical, for a moment, everyone felt something was amiss.
"Divine Physician Zhou, you speak of heavenly treasures, and we don't disbelieve you, but merely based on your words without any concrete evidence, how can we..."
One of the family retainers spoke up, wanting to question.
But Zhou Yu interrupted him, "Think whatever you want. I don't need to explain much to you. Since there can be a drug that allows martial artists to become Qi Martial Artists and break through realms, why can't there be heavenly treasures that allow me to achieve Post-Natal Dark Jin before the age of thirty?"
"..."
Upon hearing this.
All the family retainers fell silent.
Because what Zhou Yu said was entirely correct.
Didn't Qi Martial Artist drugs help martial artists forcefully break through by stimulating their medicinal properties?
Zhou Yu's fortunate discovery and consumption of a heavenly treasure, ultimately achieving Post-Natal Dark Jin, was, in the end, a matter of luck.
Thinking this way, the crowd felt much more at ease.
Luck was something that was easily believed.
"Regardless, Divine Physician Zhou has reached a height that even the Dragon-Tiger Heavenly Masters cannot reach before the age of thirty. In my opinion, the future rising star of the ancient martial arts world must be you!"
Soon, someone took the initiative to curry favor with Zhou Yu.
Seeing this, the others were all eager to follow suit.
If not now, when would they seize this good opportunity to build a good relationship with Zhou Yu?
The young man before them might achieve Post-Natal Hua Jin in the future!
Even, Zhou Yu might even impact the Innate Grandmaster realm!
No one could predict the future.
But what the Heavenly Masters of Longhu Mountain couldn't achieve, Zhou Yu had. Given this, Zhou Yu should be able to achieve what Li Qingfeng had.
This was the thought of most of the family retainers present.
However, Zhou Yu poured a bucket of cold water.
"Esteemed retainers, please don't arbitrarily label me. The heavenly treasure I consumed, while greatly beneficial to a martial artist's body, allowing them to step onto the threshold of Post-Natal Dark Jin earlier than others, also has certain side effects. Of course, I cannot tell you what those side effects are."
After speaking, Zhou Yu gave Lin Weidong a look, and then the two walked out of the crowd towards a nearby tent.
His elder had instructed him not to expose his identity outside.
And exposing his strength was the beginning of exposing his identity.
For this reason, Zhou Yu had to find ways to conceal his true strength.
In any case, what he had just said was all fabricated out of thin air and was not to be taken seriously.
There were no shortcuts in the martial path, no such thing as heavenly treasures that helped martial artists step onto the threshold of Post-Natal Dark Jin earlier.
And drug martial artists like Qi Martial Artists were not considered true martial artists at all.
Because Yun Yanlan had mentioned to Zhou Yu that any martial artist who became a Qi Martial Artist would easily lose control and not even know what they were doing.
Therefore, the Dragon Group was wary of the existence of Qi Martial Artists.
"You just defeated Yang Ye of Post-Natal Dark Jin, and then you revealed the secret of your breakthrough. Even so, you also emphasized that those heavenly treasures have side effects. Doesn't this further lower their impression of you?"
On the way back to the tent, Lin Weidong asked curiously.
In his opinion, Zhou Yu's last action was unnecessary.
"Elder Lin, I was merely telling the truth. If they really treat me like a god and later discover that I cannot become what they envision, wouldn't they curse me behind my back?" Zhou Yu shook his head.
He naturally could not tell Lin Weidong his true intentions.
The match he had agreed to with Yang Ye was, in essence, a matter of going with the flow.
Zhou Yu had previously revealed his Post-Natal Dark Jin strength when he crippled Elder Zhong, a retainer of the Zhang family. It wouldn't be long before Leng Xue found out.
And once Leng Xue knew, Lin Weidong would eventually learn as well.