Training.

Bam! Pow! Whack!

The training grounds were alive with the sound of intense punching as a few people stood facing each other in the sandy open space.

And there was Alex, getting pounded like a punching bag by some outer disciple.

"(I should've FUCKING known!)" Alex gritted his teeth, enduring the feeble mosquito-like attacks from the disciple who was giving it his all.

Finally, Alex figured out his rank in this sect – he was a servant, and not just any servant, but a top-tier one responsible for taking all the hits like a champ.

To make things worse, his cultivation rank was already pretty high.

[Cultivation: Body Refinement (Skin Refinement 1 Level)]

But guess what? Instead of getting mad, Alex was actually HAPPY!

"Ughhh... Senior Brother, you're sooo strong," he said, putting on a pained look.

[Congratulations! You have taken 35 Points of Damage

+23 Years Of Lifespan]

[Congratulations! You have taken 57 Points of Damage

+45 Years Of Lifespan]

[Congratulations! You have taken 58 Points of Damage

+46 Years Of Lifespan]

"Ughhh... Aghhh... Senior Brother, your skill must have leveled up, right???" Alex pretended to be hurting, staring at the disciple's pale face. "(WTF is wrong with this dude? He hasn't said anything since we started)," he mumbled to himself while keeping up the act.

[Congratulations! You have taken 43 Points of Damage

+32 Years Of Lifespan]

[Congratulations! You have taken 32 Points of Damage

+26 Years Of Lifespan]

[Congratulations! You have taken 27 Points Of Damage

+13 Years Of Lifespan]

"(FUCK... IT'S GETTING LESS???)!!!" Alex quickly blurted out, "Brother, you're getting weaker!!! Put your back into those punches!!!" He was getting annoyed because the punching session kept stopping.

But poor Liang Chen, the senior brother, was feeling utterly flabbergasted.

"(Wh... WHAT IS HAPPENING!!! WHY CAN'T I KNOCK DOWN THIS SERVANT DISCIPLE!!!)" Liang Chen was incredibly frustrated. He had bragged to all the Outer Disciples about his Mountain Shatter Fist, but here he was, failing to knock down a starting realm servant disciple.

"HEY LIANG CHEN, NEED SOME HELP???" A chubby man laughed from the distance.

"YEAH, I THINK THIS DISCIPLE IS A LITTLE TOO TOUGH FOR YOU, SENIOR BROTHER LIANG!!!" A skinny man joined in, laughing at Liang Chen's struggles.

Liang Chen was so red with embarrassment and anger that he could rival a ripe tomato. He looked up at Alex and clenched his teeth. "IT'S YOUR FAULT!!! MOUNTAIN SHATTER FIST!!!"

BOOOOOOM!!!

His fist hardened like a rock, and he threw a punch right at Alex's stomach.

"Huh?" Alex opened his eyes wide.

BANG!!

The fist zoomed in at high speed.

"UGH!!!" Alex grunted, "(This punch is like a Body Refinement cultivator's)."

Alex wanted to see how much lifespan he'd get from this punch, but...

[Congratulations! You have taken 346 Points of Damage.

+Mountain Shatter Fist Technique]

"(I actually got a technique???!!)" Alex was inexplicably excited. Wait, could he get more than just lifespan from this encounter?

"GAHHH... GAHHH... GAHHH... WHY.... WHY... WHY... CAN'T I KNOCK YOU OVER!!! AREN'T YOU JUST A TRASHY SERVANT!!!" Liang Chen was fully pale right now, and he yelled at Alex in frustration.

"Maybe you're just too weak to hurt me," Alex taunted, realizing that he wasn't gaining any more lifespan from Liang Chen's attacks. As far as he was concerned, this guy was totally useless.

"WHA... WHAT DID YOU SAY!!!" Liang Chen was so mad he almost spat out blood.

He was considered one of the most powerful talents among the Outer Sect disciples, and now he was being ridiculed by a mere trash servant disciple?

"Well, your punches are like tickles to me. Man, you really need to train those muscles – they look like I can pop them if I press too hard..." Alex kept insulting him.

"YOU... YOU... YOU... MOUNTAIN SHATTER FIST!!!" Liang Chen forgot about how tired he was and continued to attack.

Alex immediately felt thrilled by this and got ready for another round of farming, but...

[Congratulations! You have taken 13 Points Of Damage

+5 Years Of Lifespan]

[Congratulations! You have taken 10 Points of Damage

+2 Years Of Lifespan]

"Aghh.. man, you're really weak! HEY!! CAN ANYONE ELSE HIT HARDER THAN THIS GUY???!!" Alex was dissatisfied with the weak attacks he was receiving, so he yelled out to the other disciples who were training nearby.

"Isn't that Senior Brother Liang Chen?"

"What? Wasn't he the most powerful Outer disciple in the sect?"

"Yes, I remember he got 3rd place in the tournament."

The crowd looked confused as they witnessed the whole scene. Senior Brother Liang Chen was supposed to be a Starting Realm Full Completion expert, yet he couldn't even knock down a servant disciple. Was the tournament actually rigged or something?

Even Liang Chen's two junior brothers were embarrassed. They didn't dare to look at Liang Chen, their senior brother, right now.

"Hey, big man over there, can you be MY training partner? Please? You look strong," Alex walked past the completely red-faced Liang Chen and headed towards the guy with the biggest build and visible muscles.

"I... I... I..." The big man hesitated. He could see that Alex was really strong from his body, and he'd definitely be able to train more effectively with him. But he also didn't want to make Liang Chen his enemy. He looked down at his training partner, who was standing in front of him with a pale face, and said, "I acc—"

"SHUT UP!!! SHUT UP!!! SHUT UP!!! I WILL KILL YOU!!!"

CLING!!

Liang Chen, filled with killing intent, drew his sword and charged towards Alex.

"MOUNTAIN DESTROYING SLASH!!!" He yelled out the name of his attack as his sword glowed with some kind of white energy.

"WAIT DON'T SEN—" His two junior brothers immediately turned pale and tried to stop Liang Chen. Killing a servant was a big no-no in the sect, especially servants like Alex, who could endure attacks from powerful disciples. The sect had invested a ton of resources in these servants to give the disciples a chance to improve their skills.

"Hmph!! Trash, Mountain Shattering Fist!!" Alex snorted and used the new technique he had just acquired from Liang Chen.

His hand glowed with white energy, and...

Before Liang Chen could even get close, Alex's punch had already landed in his abdomen.

"AAAAGHHGGHHH!!!"

BANG!!

Liang Chen's face twisted with pain as he flew back, crashing into the walls of the training grounds.

[Congratulations! You have used Mountain Shatter Fist to take down Starting Realm Full Completion Realm Cultivator

Mountain Shatter Fist (1 Mountain Realm) ---> Mountain Shatter Fist (3 Mountain Realm)]

While after this everyone was dumbfounded wondering what the fuck just happenex, Alex was red with excitement he was bearly holding urge to laugh out loud infront of his disciples, looks like his cheat wasn't as strong, IT WAS INCOMPAREBLY STRONGER THAN HE WANTED IT TO BE. ANOTHER SUPRISE.

"(HAHAHAHA, THIS IS A GOOD LIFE!!!" Alex Laughed Out Loud His Mind.

He looked at dumbfounded disciples.

End Of Chapter