Therefore, dual cultivation of Qi refining and body refining will only increase his strength, but will not have much impact on the speed of his cultivation progress.

"Hehe! Looks like I'll have to do more killing in the future!"

Mark Sutton let out a bitter laugh. Whether it's beast souls or martial souls, the only way to devour them is through killing!

Chapter 8 Worse Than Trash

Linyang City, The Sutton Family Martial Training Field.

At this moment, dozens of people were gathered on the vast training field, all of them young members of the The Sutton Family.

In the center of the training field, a middle-aged man in a gray robe was sitting cross-legged on the ground, giving a lecture to the younger generation and imparting martial arts experience.

This middle-aged man was none other than the fourth elder of the The Sutton Family, Tyler Sutton.

All the younger disciples present had just awakened their martial souls not long ago.

These people had only just stepped into the Qi refining realm and lacked cultivation experience, so the family arranged for elders to give lectures and teach them about Qi refining cultivation.

As one of the three great families, the The Sutton Family had far more young disciples than just these. Some of the slightly older disciples had awakened their martial souls in the past two years, and their cultivation had even reached the seventh or eighth level of the Qi refining realm.

Those disciples whose cultivation was already advanced would not come here to listen to the lectures.

After returning, Mark Sutton passed by the training field and, seeing the fourth elder giving a lecture, walked over.

"Mark Sutton, I am giving a lecture today, and all the disciples of this batch who have awakened their martial souls arrived early. Why are you only coming now?"

The fourth elder saw Mark Sutton strolling over and immediately stopped the lecture, his face darkening as he questioned sternly.

As the dignified fourth elder of the The Sutton Family, with a noble status, he had lowered himself to give a lecture. Every other disciple had arrived early to wait, but Mark Sutton came so late, clearly showing no respect for him as an elder.

The other The Sutton Family disciples, seeing the fourth elder scold Mark Sutton, many of them showed gloating smiles.

Mark Sutton hadn't expected the fourth elder to make things difficult for him. These elder lectures were not mandatory; whether to attend or not was entirely up to the disciples themselves.

"Fourth Elder, I just returned from training outside," Mark Sutton replied respectfully.

"Training?"

The fourth elder sneered and said, "With your trashy first-grade human martial soul, you'll never amount to anything in your life. What's the point of training?"

Mark Sutton's face instantly turned cold, and he snorted, "Fourth Elder, I respect you as an elder and have always been polite to you. Don't act without the dignity of age, nor show disrespect to the young!"

"What? You say I lack the dignity of age?"

The fourth elder was instantly furious, his eyes flashing coldly. A useless piece of trash actually dared to challenge him?

"As a family elder, you call me trash at every turn. Isn't that lacking the dignity of age?"

Mark Sutton was also burning with anger. Ever since he awakened his martial soul, it was one thing for the younger disciples to provoke him, but now even the elders were acting the same way.

Does everyone really think he's easy to bully?

Looks like he can't keep a low profile anymore!

"Insolence!"

The fourth elder shouted angrily, his face livid, "Did I say anything wrong? Aren't you trash, a good-for-nothing? A first-grade human martial soul—how many people in all of Linyang City have such a trashy martial soul?"

"That's right! You are trash, a good-for-nothing! You've completely disgraced our The Sutton Family."

Some of the surrounding disciples also spoke up.

Mark Sutton turned to look and saw that the speaker was Harold Sutton.

As Harold Sutton spoke, many others chimed in.

"Yeah! A first-grade human martial soul—you really are trash!"

"That's right! You've brought shame to our The Sutton Family!"

"......"

Seeing so many disciples agreeing with him, Harold Sutton immediately started laughing. Looking at Mark Sutton, he said, "Mark Sutton, look, so many people are calling you trash and a good-for-nothing. Don't you have any self-awareness?"

"Hahahaha!" The fourth elder also laughed, sneering, "Mark Sutton, did I say anything wrong?"

Mark Sutton glanced at Harold Sutton, then walked step by step up to him and said, "Harold Sutton, you keep calling me trash and a good-for-nothing. Let me ask you, if you find out that you're not even as good as me, then what does that make you?"

"I'm not as good as you? Heh! That's the funniest joke I've ever heard."

Harold Sutton sneered, his face full of contempt.

I'm not as good as you?

You, a good-for-nothing, think you can compare to me?

A cold light flashed in Mark Sutton's eyes. He smiled slightly and said, "Harold Sutton, I challenge you. Do you dare?"

As soon as Mark Sutton finished speaking, the surroundings instantly fell silent.

Everyone looked at Mark Sutton in disbelief.

Mark Sutton actually challenged Harold Sutton?

Harold Sutton was also stunned. He had awakened a fourth-grade human martial soul, his status in the family had soared, he had received a large amount of family resources, and his cultivation had skyrocketed, already breaking through to the third level of the Qi refining realm.

And yet Mark Sutton, a good-for-nothing, actually took the initiative to challenge him?

The fourth elder Tyler Sutton was the first to react, and quickly said to Harold Sutton, "Harold Sutton, since he wants to challenge you, you should give him a good lesson."

Earlier, Mark Sutton had dared to provoke him, which made him quite angry. As an elder, it wasn't appropriate for him to deal with a junior directly, but now that Mark Sutton had delivered himself to the door, it was just what he wanted.

"Hehe! Don't worry, Fourth Elder. I definitely won't let you down!"