Standing before him was no longer a young boy, but a seasoned martial artist who had immersed himself in the martial path for many years.

“What is the name of that punch you just used? It lacks the complexity of ordinary martial techniques, yet the force is as overwhelming as a mountain. You... how long have you been practicing it?”

David Thompson looked at William Grant with a burning gaze.

The The Thompson Family disciples couldn’t comprehend the subtlety of William Grant’s punch just now, but he saw it all clearly.

That punch seemed simple, but in reality, it contained an extremely terrifying force.

The moment William Grant threw that punch, he perfectly channeled all his strength into a single point.

Even high-level Yellow-rank martial techniques would struggle to achieve this...

No, perhaps even ordinary Profound-rank techniques couldn’t do it!

On the Yunxiao Continent, martial techniques are ranked from highest to lowest as Heaven, Earth, Profound, and Yellow. Each rank is further divided into high, middle, and low grades.

The The Thompson Family, aside from the low and middle Yellow-rank techniques in the Martial Pavilion, only possessed one high-level Yellow-rank technique: “Sui Feng Palm.”

This technique could only be cultivated by The Thompson Family martial artists at or above the Condensing Core stage.

But David Thompson knew that even if Sui Feng Palm was mastered, its power would still fall short of William Grant’s punch just now.

“Beng Quan!”

William Grant replied.

As for how long he had practiced, he didn’t say.

Could he really say he had practiced for over a decade?

Beng Quan, one of the Five Element Fists in Xingyi Quan, is a type of straight punch...

When exerting force, it emphasizes hidden power storage, sudden release, short and explosive strikes—fast and fierce, penetrating the internal organs, a classic fist technique with extremely strong penetrating force!

Beng Quan may look simple, but it involves generating power from the entire body, including the internal organs.

To reach William Grant’s current level, it would be impossible without ten years of hard work.

“Fifth Elder, I’ll head back first. As for what happened today, you saw who provoked whom first. I hope you can bear witness for me.”

William Grant nodded to David Thompson and turned to leave.

“Beng Quan? This boy is remarkable... Grace Thompson, all this time, even you were fooled by your own son. He’s been biding his time, accumulating strength for a breakthrough!”

David Thompson took a deep breath, his emotions surging.

He naturally assumed that William Grant had been enduring and hiding his abilities all these years.

He could tell that William Grant’s Beng Quan was not something that could be mastered overnight.

The onlooking The Thompson Family disciples also dispersed.

They now all knew that the terrifying straight punch William Grant had just used was called “Beng Quan.”

“Awesome!”

After returning home, William Grant let out a deep breath, a smile appearing on his slightly youthful face.

Since coming to this world, it was the first time he had so freely displayed Xingyi Quan.

In that instant, it felt as if he had returned to the blood-soaked, passionate days of his previous life.

William Grant returned to his room and found that the remaining Seven Treasures Body Tempering Liquid was only enough for two more medicinal baths at most.

“Looks like I’ll have to ask Mother to help me buy some more herbs.”

Sitting in the bath barrel, he enjoyed the medicinal bath while cultivating the “Nine Dragons War Sovereign Art”...

William Grant focused wholeheartedly, unaware that the previously peaceful The Thompson Family had been thrown into an uproar because he had defeated Andrew Thompson.

“Hey! Did you hear? The Ninth Elder’s son, William Grant, has completed body tempering and stepped into the first level of the Body Tempering Realm!”

“Tch! I knew that ages ago. But did you know, William Grant didn’t just reach the first level—he also seriously injured Andrew Thompson in a fair match witnessed by the Fifth Elder, crippling one of Andrew Thompson’s arms!”

“No way, Andrew Thompson is a second-level Body Tempering martial artist. I heard his mid-level Yellow-rank technique, ‘Tiger Fist,’ was already at minor mastery. Are you saying he still lost to William Grant, who’s only at the first level?”

“Tiger Fist is nothing. William Grant’s seemingly simple yet truly profound ‘Beng Quan’ is the real deal—even the Fifth Elder was amazed.”

...

For a while, William Grant’s Beng Quan became more and more legendary as the story spread.

Some The Thompson Family disciples claimed it was a Profound-rank technique, others said it was Earth-rank, and some even went so far as to say William Grant’s Beng Quan was Heaven-rank!

In a room in a large courtyard of the The Thompson Family residence.

Seventh Elder Brian Thompson stood by the bed, looking at his son, whose right shoulder had collapsed and who had fallen into an exhausted sleep.

In his ears still echoed the words the Grand Elder had said to him not long ago:

“Ninth Elder, if it were just an ordinary bone fracture, taking a Grade Nine Golden Wound Pill and resting for a while would heal it. But your son Andrew Thompson’s shoulder bone is completely shattered. Even if you beg the family head for a Grade Eight Golden Wound Pill, it’s useless... My condolences.”

“William Grant, I want you dead, I want you dead!!”

Brian Thompson’s eyes widened, flashing with hatred. He gnashed his teeth, fists clenched tight, vital energy surging as he growled.

“Father, how’s my brother?”

At that moment, an urgent voice came from outside the room, and a figure rushed in.

It was Brian Thompson’s eldest son, ‘James Thompson’, the The Thompson Family’s famously talented martial artist.

At only sixteen, he had already reached the fourth level of the Body Tempering Realm, and his mid-level Yellow-rank technique, ‘Falling Leaf Palm,’ was mastered to perfection.

In the The Thompson Family, disciples come of age at sixteen. After the coming-of-age ceremony, they usually help out at the family’s businesses in Qingfeng Town. James Thompson was no exception. Upon hearing that his younger brother Andrew Thompson had been seriously injured, he rushed back without hesitation.

“Xiao Jie, your brother... your brother’s right arm is crippled. Even the Grand Elder is powerless.”

Brian Thompson took a deep breath, his tone heavy.