Chapter One Fainted

  At dawn, Xiao Zhan was woken up again by the excited Xiao Jian. With a helpless expression, he said gruffly, "Who's getting married this time?"

  Xiao Jian burst out laughing: "This time is even more exciting than getting married, last night San Shu's wife passed away."

  Xiao Zhan stared at him in shock and confusion.

  "Good heavens! My dear brother, the huge commotion last night didn't even wake you up! You know, a group of black-clad men broke into the Xiao family estate last night and killed anyone they saw. Tsk, tsk, tsk! Our father single-handedly fought off over a hundred of them with just one spear - what dominance, what grandeur! It's simply breathtaking! And the best part is that this morning everyone discovered that Third Uncle's new house had been burned to ashes, and his bride was nowhere to be found. Think about it, out of all these rooms, why did they specifically burn down the new house? This group must have come to steal a wife!"

  Upon hearing this, Xiao Zhan felt very regretful in his heart. Why did he return so early last night? Such a wonderful scene was actually missed by him.

  Xiao Jianyue became more and more excited, unknowingly he started to say without reserve: "Haha! Younger brother, it's possible that Third Uncle's new bride was taken by the other side last night..."

  "Hmmph!"

  Suddenly a cold hum rose, scaring Xiao Jian out of his wits and making him break out in a cold sweat. Before he could even turn his head, his ear was already being fiercely pinched by Zhan Wan'er, who had quietly approached him. All he heard was her angry voice saying: "In the future, watch your words, don't teach your younger brother bad things."

  "Ah! Old lady! Not so hard!"

  Not paying attention to Xiao Jian's pain, Xiao Zhan excitedly asked: "Mother, did someone really come to steal Third Uncle's wife last night?"

  Zhan Wan'er stared blankly at Xiao Zhan, as if she couldn't believe the words had just come out of his mouth.

  My goodness! Fighting over a wife, and his son is only five years old, yet he already knows how to fight over a wife?

  Zhan Wan'er glared fiercely at Xiao Jian, secretly resenting him in her heart. This was all definitely caused by this little scoundrel. Talking nonsense in front of children, the influence is too bad. No! Must quickly send Zhan Er to her sister's place, otherwise she will definitely become like this little scoundrel.

  Thinking of this, Zhan Wan'er sat down beside Xiao Zhan with a gentle face, putting on his clothes for him while casually saying: "Zhan Er, how about going back to the Zhan Clan with Mother in a few days?"

  "So soon?"

  "Yes, mother plans to take you on a trip along the way, walk and see, to broaden your horizons."

  Xiao Zhan's eyes lit up and he hastily nodded: "I'll listen to everything you say, Mother."

  Xiao Jian smiled and approached, his face flattering: "Big sister, I want to go too."

  Zhan Wan'er said irritably: "I'm taking Zhan Er back to the Zhan clan, it's none of your business, just stay out of this."

  Xiao Jian couldn't just give up like that, so he winked at Xiao Zhan while strongly persuading him: "Hey! How could it not be my business? Along the way, the kid can keep his brother company and chat to relieve boredom."

  Xiao Zhan nodded and said: "Mother, let big brother go together, it will be more fun with one more person along the way."

  Zhan Wan'er looked at Xiao Jian with a cold smile, and said coldly: "You can go if you want to, but if you dare to cause trouble, I'll make sure you leave with your tail between your legs."

  "How is it possible? The child has always been obedient and listened to us."

  As a result, he earned the strong contempt of both men.

  Since the day of departure has been decided, Xiao Zhan put all his mind on practicing "Ji Xing Quan", and temporarily put aside the practice of "Meng". Now he is eager to open a hole in his body and try the feeling of being full of power.

  Although the Gathering Star Fist is only suitable for nighttime practice, Xiao Zhan still doesn't want to waste his daytime. These days, he can basically be seen practicing fist in the courtyard. After several days of practice, Xiao Zhan feels that every time he practices, there is a hole in his body that gets hotter and hotter, as if it will open at any time. However, every time he practices, he feels that he lacks a bit of fire.

  Today was the last night of cultivation at Xiao's house, tomorrow his mother would take him on the road to that legendary war clan. At this moment, Xiao Zhan couldn't wait to open up this acupoint, so he wouldn't collapse from exhaustion and get heatstroke during the journey.

  In the front yard, Xiao Zhan continued to practice "Thirty-six Style Gathering Star Fist" repeatedly, constantly comprehending its variations. Every time he threw a punch, he could feel the power of the stars in the sky pouring into his body, although limited in number, but the feeling of absorbing the star's power was indeed present. It made him feel refreshed and comfortable all over, like taking a warm spring bath.

  After these days of cultivation, Xiao Zhan has discovered that the amount of star power absorbed is closely related to the speed of his punches. When he speeds up, the absorption of star power increases significantly, and when he slows down, the intake of star power becomes almost imperceptible.

  Unconsciously, Xiao Zhan's punching speed became faster and faster. Gradually, the power of the stars in the sky was drawn to him, and as time passed, a visible silver light column appeared. At this moment, Xiao Zhan felt that the acupoints in his body were getting hotter and hotter, starting to burn.

  This scorching feeling was increasing with Xiao Zhan's punching speed, and when his figure turned into a residual shadow, he felt a "rumbling" sound in his body, and the hot acupoint suddenly opened.

  In an instant, a strange vibration was spreading from the acupoint throughout his entire body. Silently, Xiao Zhan discovered that his body was undergoing a wondrous transformation, his strength increasing by leaps and bounds, ten jin, hundred jin, gradually approaching a thousand jin.

  At the same time, Xiao Zhan clearly felt that the power of the stars in the sky was gathering at an exponentially increasing speed, and by the end, it felt like it was pouring in reverse. When his internal strength approached ten crystals, his punching speed gradually slowed down, and when the star power stopped pouring in and the acupoints stopped changing, he finally retracted his fist and stood up.

  Feeling the surging power within his body, Xiao Zhan was so excited that he almost shouted out loud.

  A force of one thousand kilograms!

  We finally have the power of a thousand pounds! Although at this time, his own strength is only equivalent to that of a first-rate heavenly warrior, Xiao Zhan is already very satisfied. It's worth knowing that just a month ago, he was still physically weak and would pant with just a few steps, but now his strength is no less than that of a first-rate heavenly warrior.

  After a moment of excitement, Xiao Zhan immediately opened his True Eye and began introspection.

  In an instant, a green bean-sized, independent acupoint appeared in his eyes. Looking at this independent acupoint, Xiao Zhan's heart was filled with shock and amazement. Although he knew very little about martial arts, he had read many novels about it in his past life, so he was well aware that most of the acupoints inside the body were connected to the meridians. But now, this opened acupoint was an independent one - what was going on?

  Having doubts, Xiao Mi was asked immediately. At this time, Xiao Zhan hurriedly asked: "Xiao Mi, why is this cave independent?"

  Xiao Mi's matter-of-course tone: "The more than a thousand acupoints recorded in the 'Gathering Star Fist' are all independent, what's so strange about that?"

  Xiao Zhan's unyielding words: "But without meridians, one cannot cultivate internal energy. What use is opening up these acupoints?"

  "Of course it's useful," Xiao Mi giggled. "Master can try punching once to see the wonders of this boxing technique."

  Xiao Zhan took a deep breath, and then he made the "Ju Xing" move of the first style of the "36 Styles Gathering Star Fist". Instantly, he felt a surge of energy similar to true qi gushing out from the newly opened acupoint, gathering towards his punching arm. Almost in an instant, it greatly increased his fist speed, with a loud "crack!" sound, stirring up a whirlwind of fists.

  "What's going on here?" Xiao Zhan exclaimed in shock.

  Xiao Mi explained: "The 'Gathering Star Fist' is not an ordinary internal skill manual. To be precise, it should be a fist method for cultivating the physical body, but it's different from the general meaning of physical cultivation methods, because as long as you go through the physical body, you can achieve everything that needs to be done with the meridians."

  Xiao Zhan exclaimed in surprise: "Your meaning is that the transmission of the true energy of the 'Gathering Star Fist' is within the flesh, not through the meridians."

  Xiao Mi praised: "The master is right. The move you just used, 'Gathering Stars', the true energy in the acupoints is indeed transmitted through the physical body. However, if the master wants to fully unleash the power of 'Gathering Stars', he must open all fifty required acupoints, otherwise its power can only be considered ordinary."

  Xiao Zhan's eyes widened as he exclaimed, "Fifty acupoints, each with ten crystals, that's five hundred crystal power! If we multiply that by a hundred, my god! That's fifty thousand kilograms of power!"

  If a person possessed fifty thousand jin of strength, what would that be like! Just thinking about it made him feel excited, feeling the surging power within his body, he was invigorated for a while, and at this moment he had no trace of sleepiness, so he stayed in the courtyard to continue practicing his fist technique. After a round of practice, until his mother, Zhan Wan'er, was attracted over, under her severe scolding, he reluctantly returned to his room to rest.

  The next day, Xiao's family was woken up early by Xiao Jian. After washing and having breakfast, they prepared to set off. Almost everyone in the courtyard had come out to see them off. Seeing the reluctant eyes of his family, Xiao Zhan felt a pang of sadness at parting. Just as he was about to follow his mother on the road, Xiao Bie's voice rang out.

  "Fight!"

  Xiao Zhan turned around abruptly, looking at Xiao Bie Li with great confusion.

  Xiao Bie Li smiled slightly, took out a small booklet from his bosom and handed it to him. Then he said with a smile: "This is the lifelong martial arts experience of your father, which records the 'Overlord Gun Method' created by your father. Now that you are old enough to practice martial arts, I will hand it over to you today. Take good care of it, whether or not you can use it in the future."

  Since it was a martial art, Xiao Zhan naturally accepted it with pleasure. At this time, he had only one book of "Ji Xing Quan" for cultivating acupoints, and no other martial arts secrets. Now that someone sent him the secret book, he couldn't ask for more. He thanked him with great joy: "Thank you, Father!"

  Xiao Bieli smiled and stroked Xiao Zhan's head, no longer speaking.

  Yiyi bid farewell, and soon after, War Wanyi set out on this journey with Xiao Zhan and Xiao Jian, the two brothers.