Although it felt strange, he didn’t think much of it and began his daily training.

After finishing training, the sky was fully bright. Looking around again, he still couldn’t find him.

“Something’s not right!”

Edward Clark raised his eyebrows.

The other party’s cultivation had always been unwavering, rain or shine. For him not to show up by now was highly unusual.

Unable to hold back any longer, he strode toward Henry Clark’s residence and soon arrived at the door.

The door was tightly shut, with no sign of being opened—in other words, the person hadn’t come out at all...

Unable to resist, he knocked: “Henry, are you there? Why didn’t you go to morning practice...”

Before he finished speaking, an impatient voice sounded from inside, “I’m not awake yet, don’t bother me while I’m sleeping...”

“Sleeping?”

Eyes wide, Edward Clark stood frozen on the spot.

He’d thought maybe he missed morning practice because he was injured or sick, but it turned out... he was sleeping...

Is this really what a model overachiever would do?

Did you forget how you dragged me out of bed in the middle of the night?

With a strange look on his face, he waited at the door for a full half an hour before the door finally creaked open. His usually diligent cousin came out looking completely refreshed.

Following close behind, Edward Clark’s face was flushed red from holding back, “Henry, going to morning practice only now—isn’t it a bit late...”

Henry Clark shook his head: “After waking up, of course you have to eat. Exercising without eating is bad for your health!”

“???” Edward Clark.

Is this really something the number one overachiever of the Xu family would say?

Aren’t you eager to break through to the fourth level of martial artist as soon as possible?

How can you succeed like this?

He followed behind, finished breakfast, and thought they would start cultivating. Only then did he realize that after returning home, the other party brought out a lounge chair, found a sunny spot, and lazily lay down...

“What is this...”

Edward Clark felt like he was going crazy.

Henry Clark: “After eating, you need to rest and digest, otherwise it’s easy to get gastroptosis!”

“...” Edward Clark was about to lose it.

You never used to waste a single moment, even practicing while on the toilet. How come you never had gastroptosis then?

Not bothering with this jumpy little guy, Henry Clark once again looked at the Longevity Chart.

After a good night’s sleep and three extra tea eggs for breakfast, he was well-nourished. After a night, not only had his lifespan not decreased, it had actually increased a bit, reaching 35.5 days!

Since his rebirth, he’d never been this well-off...

Tears of joy!

“No, I still need to cultivate!”

After lying down for half an hour and feeling that breakfast was mostly digested, Henry Clark finally got up from the lounge chair and headed once more toward the library.

……

In the Xu family village’s council hall, the clan leader Thomas Clark, the grand elder Robert Clark, and others were all gathered.

“Clan leader, here is the list of prey obtained by the various disciples during this hunt...”

An elder handed over a sheet of paper.

Thomas Clark glanced at it and nodded in satisfaction: “Not bad. The twice-yearly hunts, first, reduce the number of wild beasts near the village and eliminate hidden dangers in advance; second, they allow these youngsters to get used to blood early and better integrate cultivation with real practice.”

Everyone nodded.

To become a master, you can’t just bury your head in cultivation—combat is essential, and the best opponents are the wild beasts on the mountain.

The more you kill, the greater your potential, and the farther you’ll go in the future.

“Samuel Clark did well, killed so many...”

Continuing down the list, suddenly, Thomas Clark showed an incredulous look in his eyes. “Does anyone know what’s going on with Little Henry? Why did he only hunt half a python?”

This result was far from normal!

Even if he didn’t get first place like before, he shouldn’t have done this poorly!

“Maybe he’s not in good shape!”

The grand elder spoke: “He’s been stuck at the Body Tempering stage for five years, so it’s normal to be a bit anxious. I heard from Edward Clark that he didn’t even go to morning practice today...”

Thomas Clark frowned.

He knew his own son well—his diligence in cultivation was at least as great as his own back in the day, if not greater. Suddenly taking a break... was indeed odd.

“Speaking of the young clan leader, I just remembered something!”

Elder Richard stood up and cupped his hands: “After the hunt yesterday, he came to the library and copied a manual of ‘Turtle Origin Technique,’ saying he wanted to cultivate it!”

Thomas Clark was stunned: “You mean... that health-preserving, powerless technique?”

Elder Richard nodded.

The room immediately fell silent, all the elders looking puzzled.

Not taking the hunt seriously, skipping morning practice, and now copying a health-preserving technique...

What is the young clan leader trying to do?

After a while, the grand elder couldn’t help but say, “The Hongwu Academy’s recruitment is coming up. If he can’t break through to the fourth level, there’s almost no chance of passing the assessment. Clan leader, if you have time, you should advise the young clan leader...”

“Mm.”

Thomas Clark responded.

Chapter 006: Listen to Me, Thank You

Arriving at the library, Henry Clark found that Elder Richard happened to be absent, and the one on duty was a peer from within the clan. He immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

He had naturally noticed the disappointment in the other’s eyes yesterday and had been worrying about how to explain. This way, he could save himself the trouble of wasting words.