#72 - Chapter 72 Zhang Chenglei Practices Martial Arts

With his elder brother's wedding concluded, Cheng Feng had originally planned to stay for another two days before heading back.

However, on the morning after the wedding, the bride came specifically to offer tea to her parents-in-law as a sign of respect. It was at this moment that Cheng Feng had the opportunity to witness his sister-in-law's true appearance—Liu Juan was born with delicate features and a graceful demeanor. She was also efficient and organized in handling household chores; moreover, she was a skilled cook, gentle, and likable, without any shortcomings, making her a perfect match for his elder brother's honest and simple nature.

After the bride had offered tea to her father-in-law and mother-in-law in turn, an unexpected scene unfolded: she actually took the initiative to pick up a teacup, walked towards Cheng Feng, and indicated that she wanted to offer him a cup as well!

Faced with this situation, the Cheng couple and his elder brother did not object, after all, the family's various changes over the past year were almost entirely due to Cheng Feng. Especially that heavy ten taels of silver, which allowed Father Cheng to proudly lead his son to propose marriage. If Cheng Shu hadn't fallen in love with Liu Juan at first sight and found her agreeable, Father Cheng would probably have carefully selected someone else!

Seeing this, Cheng Feng quickly waved his hand to decline. Helplessly, his new sister-in-law and family members persuaded him, and unable to refuse their kindness, he reluctantly drank the cup of tea.

The Liu family was naturally not foolish. The reason they agreed to the marriage was partly due to the generous gift of five taels of silver, but more importantly, they were optimistic about Cheng Feng's future prospects.

After all, judging from the potential Cheng Feng had shown so far, if he could truly rise to prominence and achieve success in the future, would he abandon his own brother? Therefore, this deal was a sure win no matter how you looked at it!

Cheng Feng had also brought back a jar of fine wine as a gift this time.

When he left, he seemed particularly relaxed and at ease. As a son, he was naturally delighted by the family's joyous occasion.

In fact, Cheng Feng was as clear as a mirror in his heart—he was very aware of the difficulties the family was currently facing: there were only three rooms in total. Previously, the three brothers lived together, lively and noisy.

Now that the eldest brother was getting married, he would definitely need a separate house.

If he and the third brother both lived at home, it would be hard to say how the relationship would be in the future.

He couldn't possibly let himself and the third brother eavesdrop next door! That would be too embarrassing.

Did they really think Cheng Feng had never eaten pork?

The house was indeed a bit small.

And the third brother would be going to the county town with him in a few days to make a living; in this way, only the eldest brother and sister-in-law would be left at home to take care of their elderly parents!

Fortunately, Cheng Feng had always been very concerned about his family and would never neglect them in the slightest.

After two days of brief contact and interaction, Cheng Feng felt that this sister-in-law was quite good at handling people and could be considered reasonable.

Since this was the case, he had nothing to worry about! Therefore, he tidied up a bit and embarked on his journey back, returning to the county town.

Time flies, and in the blink of an eye, it was time for the monthly dividend distribution again.

However, as expected, this month's profits were lower than usual. After some calculation, it was found that after deducting various expenses, the actual net profit was only seventy-two taels of silver.

Among them, the martial arts gym received twenty-eight taels and eight qian; while Manager Mei and Cheng Feng each received twenty-one taels and six qian. Before this, Cheng Feng originally had seven taels of silver left, so now he had a total of twenty-eight taels and six qian.

Regarding the distribution of these funds, Cheng Feng still followed the usual practice, taking out twenty taels as emergency funds to save for a rainy day; in addition, he used four taels for family expenses; and finally, he left only four taels and six qian for his daily use.

He absolutely couldn't stop taking the small pills that nourished his kidneys every day. Whether or not the strength of the waist was strong was crucial for cultivators.

Especially Cheng Feng, who valued it even more and had to take good care of it.

He couldn't dare to stop spending money on this aspect.

Since entering the Blood Refining Realm, Cheng Feng had put all his energy into the Thunderous Blood Burst Art.

He had long memorized the entry tricks and related knowledge of this technique, but no matter how hard he tried, the attribute panel remained unchanged.

Since he couldn't form a skill, he naturally couldn't add points.

Helplessly, Cheng Feng could only choose to continue "hard training" in basic saber techniques, hoping to make a breakthrough.

All of this was seen by Wang Tieshan. Every time he saw Cheng Feng's hardworking and focused appearance when practicing, he would show a satisfied smile.

Because Cheng Feng's progress was too fast, it could be described as "leaping forward a thousand miles a day." Such obvious improvement undoubtedly proved that Wang Tieshan's decision to let him join the martial arts gym was very wise, and it also reflected the extraordinary ability of this master to recognize talent.

It was a pity that they didn't know that there was a special creature called "cheater" in this world.

Cheng Feng was just trying to fool his master, and to have him say that he was talented was proof of his improvement.

For Cheng Feng, hard work was just to form a skill recognized by the attribute panel.

As long as he formed a skill, he could add points and take off.

It had been ten days since he returned to Room No. 1, and the Luck Points had increased by twenty points.

Basic Saber Technique (Proficient 42/200)

Every day, Cheng Feng could feel that his use and understanding of the saber were improving.

And the saber technique manual called Gale Saber Technique did not show Cheng Feng's panel skills.

Cheng Feng wasn't worried.

He was really helpless about his aptitude.

Fortunately, he had broken through to Blood Refining.

He was no longer a small soldier in the bottom two realms.

Having finally waited for the distribution of dividends, Cheng Feng immediately went to the person in charge of the martial arts gym and said that his family also had a younger brother who was interested in martial arts, asking if he could invite a patient and strict outer disciple to teach him.

Although the martial arts gym stipulated that each child needed to pay two taels of silver as tuition, considering Cheng Feng's status as a family member of an inner disciple, they could give him some preferential treatment.

After returning home, Cheng Feng specially bought several pieces of cloth to bring back home, so that his sister-in-law and mother could sew new clothes for the whole family.

Immediately afterwards, he couldn't wait to take his third brother to the martial arts gym to formally become a disciple. He only needed to pay three taels of silver per month to enjoy the food and accommodation provided by the martial arts gym.

In this way, he had successfully secured a future for his third brother. For now, he would let him practice martial arts with peace of mind, and when he became stronger, he would look for other more suitable ways to develop.

After all, only by mastering the way to make money can he realize his ideas.

Protecting his family by relying solely on force was really undesirable.

Only with power, building a huge force, could he protect his family and obtain the information Cheng Feng wanted.

Otherwise, Cheng Feng was really afraid that his panel would be idle without information.

That would be a real waste of talent.