"Xiaolan, your Chen Chu has made great progress now."

"Yes, such a thick tree was broken by kicking it. You are indeed a cultivator. If my old arms and legs were to touch it, it would definitely be gone."

"Uncle Qin, you are really good at joking."

"Congratulations, Xiaolan, your family has a cultivator."

"Yes, yes, Aunt Zhang praised it."

"Achu has just established his foundation, and he still has a long way to go before he can become a true practitioner. Maybe one day he will stop wanting to practice because it's too hard and tiring."

Outside the yard, a few elderly people who were taking a walk surrounded Zhang Xiaolan and praised her, but Zhang Xiaolan was very humble.

In the yard, Chen Chu and Chen Hu were dismembering the peach tree. They shaved off the branches and cut the trunk into pieces and piled them on the side for easy disposal.

Although they were said to be two people, in fact Chen Hu was working alone.

"Brother, it was clearly you who kicked it and broke it, why did you want me to chop the tree trunk while you just watched from the side?" As he said that, Chen Hu rubbed his sore arm.

Chen Chu next to him said unhappily, "Because it was you who said you wanted to see the power of Zhenwu, stop talking nonsense and get to work."

His calves are still hurting and it is inconvenient for him to squat. What can he do?

However, Chen Hu was just talking. After seeing the powerful Zhenwu, he was very excited and his determination to practice became even stronger.

At night, the more than 50-centimeter-long hexagonal salamander lay on the table, with a human-like laziness on its face, its black bean-like eyes dull, and it seemed to be in a daze.

In the room, Chen Chu sat cross-legged on the bed with his eyes closed.

In his body, the Qi and blood continuously circulated along the route of the Dragon Elephant Power, refining the extraordinary energy introduced into his body. With every circle, his physical condition would be strengthened.

According to the technique, the purpose of practicing the first level of cultivation is mainly to strengthen the physical constitution and temper the skin, tendons and bones to make them tougher.

When the physical fitness and qi and blood have reached the limit of the current realm, they will be able to cultivate true strength similar to the internal qi in martial arts novels from nothing and break through the second realm.

The basic requirement for the first level limit is an arm strength of 300 kilograms and a physical fitness of about five times that of an ordinary person.

And this is only the basic data. When combined with the practice of the Zhenwu technique, a practitioner of the first level can burst out with terrifying combat power that far exceeds that of ordinary people.

In the next few days, nothing unexpected happened and everything went on as planned.

Chen Chu went to school to practice on time every day. When he encountered problems, he would ask Pang Long for advice. In the afternoon, after practicing, he would occasionally communicate with Xia Youhui.

In addition, the clone's body size grew at a speed visible to the naked eye as it ate a large amount every day, and its evolution value steadily increased by 2 points every day.

Monday, morning.

On the third floor, in the personal training area, Chen Chu, who was sitting cross-legged, slowly opened his eyes, a wry smile appearing on his slightly tired face.

Not far away, Xia Youhui, who was resting on the sofa, smiled and said, "How is it? Are you unable to accept this strong sense of loss all of a sudden?"

"Indeed." Chen Chu nodded.

Three days had passed since he started building his foundation. In the beginning, when he practiced hard every day, his physique and strength attributes increased by 1 point every day.

If you continue practicing at this speed, you will reach the limit of the first level in just one month.

But unexpectedly, after three days, Chen Chu discovered that the speed at which his body absorbed extraordinary energy during practice had dropped sharply.

According to his current training speed, he estimated that it would take at least four days to improve one attribute point, and it would take about four months to reach the limit of the first level.

Even Chen Chu was a little stunned by this gap.

"Hey, I was pretty much like you."

Xia Youhui chuckled and said, "After enjoying the rapid progress when I first established my foundation, it's really uncomfortable to see the speed slow down several times after a few days."

"Otherwise, with the speed of cultivation when I first established my foundation, I am confident that I can reach the limit of the first level in half a month."

"But now, I feel like it's almost a month."

Chen Chu nodded.

Xia Youhui has been building his foundation for half a month. Under this circumstance, he needs to practice for more than a month, and it will take about two months to reach the limit of the first level.

This cultivation speed is almost twice as fast as his.

Now both of them are very weak and the gap does not seem obvious, but when they cultivate to the second level, third level, or even higher level later.

The gap caused by this kind of talent will become bigger and bigger.

Of course, practicing quickly does not necessarily mean that you will become a strong person.

Similarly, there are records in the world of cultivation of ordinary people who practice slowly in the early stages and then suddenly burst out with great effort and surpass geniuses, but the probability of this happening is too low.

Besides, ordinary people are working hard to cultivate, and these geniuses are also working hard? For example...

call!

In the distance, Lin Xue, who was wearing a tight training suit, exhaled and slowly put away the long sword in her hand, which was 1.5 meters long, 10 centimeters wide, and weighed 20 kilograms.

The school's training areas are divided into two types: one is the personal area for people like Chen Chu to practice static exercises, and the other is the spacious area for practicing sword techniques.

The surrounding walls were also reinforced with some high-strength materials, and there were some supporting testing and training equipment that could meet the normal training needs of most students.

A few geniuses who like quietness or have the need to practice can also pay to rent some special practice rooms from the school.

But this is very expensive. For example, the activity room that Lin Xue and her friends applied for costs tens of thousands of yuan a month, and it also needs to be reviewed. It is said that it will take two days to be approved.

Lin Xue wiped the sweat off her face, put the sword on the shelf and walked over: "Chen Chu, don't think too much. Although your training speed is a little slower than ours, your foundation is solid."

"Moreover, the way of cultivation is to persist. Short-term advantages do not represent everything."

Although Chen Chu refused to join their small club that day, Lin Xue didn't care. As the class monitor, she would sometimes remind Chen Chu some common sense about cultivation.

Chen Chu nodded slightly: "Don't worry, squad leader, this little gap won't affect me."

At this time, Xia Youhui asked curiously: "Squad Leader, how long will it take you to reach the limit of the first level?"

Lin Xue wiped the sweat from her forehead and thought for a moment: "It's estimated to be within half a month."

Xia Youhui's eyes widened immediately: "How is it possible? We both use advanced techniques, and you only established your foundation two days earlier than us. Why are you so much faster than me?"

Lin Xue glanced at him and sneered, "Because you're lazy. Look at Chen Chu. He practices as long as his energy is restored and he's making progress every day. What about you?"

Xia Youhui said speechlessly: "Class monitor, we are only high school students, not ascetics, why do we practice so hard?"

"And I'm not the only one taking a break. They're taking a break too. Why don't you tell them?"

Not far away, Luo Fei, with her long hair draped over her shoulders, was quietly reading a Taoist book. On the sofa opposite, a girl named Li Wenwen was eating pastries.

Looking at this scene, people who don’t know would think this is a place for afternoon tea.

However, Chen Chu knew that this was just their own way of recovery. Circulating qi and blood and refining extraordinary energy was actually very exhausting.

No matter whether it is the foundation-building technique or the current Zhenwu technique, none of them is easy to practice.