Chapter 149

Li Hu continued to ask, "If I learn from you, will I be able to beat Zhou Yu?"

Liu Hu broke out in a cold sweat. "However, if you don't learn from me, there is no one else here who practices hard qigong."

Li Hu said, "Let me think about it then. I still have matches to fight."

Hearing this, Liu Hu said nothing more and retreated to his original spot.

Wang Hao, however, remained motionless. He was waiting—waiting for the matches to end and the break time to arrive so he could go and talk to that man. By any means necessary, he was determined to recruit him to his side.

Half an hour later, Liu Long announced a suspension of the matches, telling everyone to take a break and wait to resume after lunch.

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Zhou Yu returned to the villa, exchanged a few words with his parents, and went up to his room.

Once again, he took out the red crystal.

Looking at the red crystal, Zhou Yu hesitated. He did not know what would happen if he consumed it.

Yet, he felt as though he had reached a bottleneck; no matter how he trained, it was difficult to make any further progress.

He was stuck at this current stage, and without external force to break through the bottleneck, he was destined to remain stagnant forever.

Still, he was uncertain what the consequences of ingesting the red crystal would be.

In fact, it was not just Zhou Yu who faced this; Liu Long and the others were in the exact same situation.

Their speed, strength, and reflexes had all reached the limits of the human body.

Wanting to improve further, they could only rely on external forces.

Zhou Yu gritted his teeth, hardened his heart, and swallowed the red crystal.

At first, everything seemed fine, but gradually, Zhou Yu felt a searing, burning sensation spread throughout his body. He gritted his teeth and endured it.

Eventually, every single meridian and blood vessel in his body felt as though they were about to rupture.

With a cry of agony, Zhou Yu collapsed onto the bed.

Downstairs, Zhou Deyun and his wife, who were comforting Li Yan, heard the cry and rushed upstairs.

They found Zhou Yu lying on the bed, his entire body glowing red. Zhou Deyun reached out to touch Zhou Yu's forehead, but quickly recoiled his hand.

Zhou Deyun said to Li Yan, "Watch over Xiao Yu. I'll go get the others to come and see what's going on."

Without waiting for Li Yan's consent, he bolted down the stairs.

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Liu Long had just announced the break and was planning to go discuss the redistribution of soldiers with Zhou Yu.

The moment he turned around, he saw Zhou Deyun rushing toward him in a panic.

He stepped forward and asked, "Uncle Zhou, what's wrong? Why are you in such a hurry?"

Out of breath, Zhou Deyun said, "Xiao Yu's whole body is bright red, and he's burning up."

Frowning, Liu Long said, "Uncle Zhou, don't panic. I'll come over with you right now to take a look."

Then, turning to Wang Hao, he instructed, "Go call Nianyu and the others back to the villa."

Along with Liu Hu, he followed Zhou Deyun running back toward the villa.

Hearing that something had happened to Zhou Yu, Yan Qing and Xiao Zhi called out to Liu Haishan and also ran toward the villa.

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Inside the villa, Liu Long looked at Zhou Yu's condition and asked Zhou Deyun, "Uncle Zhou, did Xiao Yu eat something when he came back, or what happened?"

Zhou Deyun replied, "I have no idea. After he came back, he chatted with me and Aunt Li for a while, and then went up to his room."

Before Liu Long could ask anything further, the sound of hurried footsteps echoed from outside.

Pan Yuxin entered, and upon seeing Zhou Yu's appearance, she reached out to touch his face, only to be stopped by Zhou's mother.

Shortly after, Nianyu and Xiao Jie also walked in. Seeing Zhou Yu, Xiao Jie stated, "He ate that red crystal."

Liu Long and the others looked at Xiao Jie in astonishment, none of them understanding what she meant.

Xiao Jie explained, "There shouldn't be any danger. He probably just wanted to push himself to the next level."