C2 Challenge.

The silvery dawn light gradually turned brown and red, and the morning glow was reflected over the entire Stone City.

In front of the Du family’s door, a large number of people gathered early in the morning, and the whispered discussions gathered into a clamorous noise. Today was the day for the Du Family to recruit guards, those who are interested have already lined up in front of the stage, each and every one was rubbing their fists, eager to give it a try.

Even those who couldn’t participate also took this opportunity to look at the excitement, and broaden their horizons. After all, such an excitement was usually rare.

In front of the Du Family’s gate, many Du Family members also came out. With many guards around, no one dared make trouble in this bustling scene.

"Wasn’t that the Young Master Fool from Du’s Family? He has gone silly on that barren mountain again."

"It seems that the stone tablet was missing. It was strange."

Among the crowd of onlookers outside the Du’s house, many people looked at the barren mountain in front of Du Family's side door, where a young man in purple robe was fiddling with something. There was no need to guess, everyone in the Stone City knew that that could be no one else except the Young Master Fool in the Du Family.

In these ten years, everyone knew about the big name and anecdote of the Young Master Du Shaofu secretly, and every family member knew about it, so it was a topic that had to be brought up once in a while.

Du Shaofu, as a Young Master of the Du Family, was definitely an arrogant existence in this Stone City. However, when Du Shaofu examined his Martial Arts Vein at six years old, he found that it was a disused vein, and could not cultivate the Martial Arts at all.

In this world where the Martial Arts flourished and martial arts were respected, the consequences of being unable to cultivate martial arts could be imagined. Originally, based on Du family’s current prestige in the Stone City, a Young Master of the Du Family, even if he couldn’t unable to cultivate martial arts, he could at least live a decent life.

But misfortunes never came alone. On the day when the disused martial arts vein was discovered, the Young Master Du Family was upset for a while. In the storm and rain, he somehow ran over to the stone tablet on the dead mountain. But then, a thunderstorm hit the stone tablet. The stone tablet was fine, but the poor Young Master Du Family suffered an unexpected calamity, and woke up three days after being struck by lightning.

Since then, the Young Master often ran back to the stone tablet, stood up for a few hours at first, and then stood for an even longer and longer time. His eyes were dull, like those who suffered dementia, and even stranger was that he even dances to the stone tablet.

In the beginning, there were people of the Du Family who managed and sought medical treatment, but it had no effect. So, after a long time, the Du Family could only give up.

In ten years, the name of this fool quietly spread from the Du Family to the entire Stone City. Everyone knew that there was a fool among the young masters of the Du Family.

"If the descendants of Du Family were like him, it would be much easier today."

A man with scum on his face and slightly dark skin, the burly man looked at a figure on a barren mountain in the distance and whispered softly.

"The juniors of Du Family have come out."

"It's said that Du Yu and Du Xue were extremely strong within the Du Family young generation this time. They have the level five martial arts talent, reaching level six of Acquired Stage at fourteen. It is very possible they would be able to step into the Innate Stage at the age of seventeen or eighteen, and a seventeen or eighteen-year-old at the Innate Stage was extremely rare.

As a dozen extraordinary young boys and girls of the Du Family stepped out onto the stage, each and every one stood up neatly. Although they were young, their auras were extraordinary, causing the noisy arena to momentarily become quiet. Their eyes all landed on those young boys and girls.

Du Qi walked onto the stage and faced the crowd of onlookers around the stage, and said, "The recruitment for the guards would begin now and those who are undefeated after three strokes would become a part of my Du Family.”

"Buzz!"

A deep bell rang, and the recruitment of the guards officially began. One by one a large number of men, who were lined up, jumped onto the arena and began to fight the young boys and girls.

"Clang clang!"

"Bang bang!"

Instantly, shining spears clashed on the arena, and the sounds of palm punches came out from time to time, coupled with the shouts of cheering from time to time. Anyone could hear the loud noise from afar.

All eyes were attracted to the arena, and no one pays attention to the young figure on the barren mountain.

"How could a stone tablet be broken? There should be another one after the first one."

On top of the Desolate Mountain, Du Shaofu searched in a pile of crushed stone powder, raising a large amount of dust. Some parts of his decent purple robe were already covered by dust. His mouth was murmuring and his face was covered with dust. It seems that his teeth, which were originally extremely white and tidy, were getting whiter and cleaner.

"Forget it, it seems like there really was no second form on it”.

Du Shaofu stepped out of the rubble, both of his hands were patting his robes, which was covered in dust. The dust diffused, but his fortitude and determination were still on his face, his eyes were bright and deep, with a faint subtle energy. He looked like the famous fool in the city.

BOOM!

The palm prints congealed, and within Du Shaofu's palm, a yellow airstream surged out. The purple robe shook, causing the air waves in the surrounding space to fluctuate, as if the airflow was shattered. His entire being seemed to be filled with an inexplicable domineering momentum, "If I could succeed in cultivating the first move, my martial arts vein should have reached the level two of others."

Feeling the effects after comprehending the first form of the stone tablet in ten years, a satisfied smile appeared on Du Shaofu's face. The mysterious first form of the stone tablet was something that was innately prepared for a crippled meridian. It was actually able to repair Martial Veins, so that a disabled meridian user could cultivate it.

The dense cracks on the stone tablet were related to the restoration of the Martial Veins. He was born in a Martial Arts family, Du Shaofu felt that the Martial Veins on him right now should be similar to the second level Martial Vein cultivation of others.

However, Du Shaofu also found that the Martial Veins on his body at this time seems to be a bit special. Although it was similar to other people’s Second level Martial Veins, it was obviously not comparable to the level of general Martial Veins.

After cultivating the first move, Martial Veins could be restored to the same level as other people's level two Martial Veins. If the second and third moves could be found later, how far would his Martial Veins be able to reach? Du Shaofu was extremely looking forward to this.

"At least, I could cultivate it in the future. But right now, I have to find a way to remove this name of a “fool”."

As soon as Du Shaofu’s palm prints were collected, Profound Qi slowly disappeared into his palm. With a slight smile on his face, he realized that he was the most famous fool in the Stone City and everyone had treated him as a true fool these past few years.

Over the years, Du Shaofu never paid attention to the name of a fool and even enjoyed seeing others thinking of him as a fool. Only in this way could he comprehend cultivation techniques in front of the stone tablet without being disturbed.

He now realized that there was little success. A fool on his way to martial arts, but couldn’t get the support and the resources of his family. Now, resources are exactly what he needed. Besides, it is not a good thing to be treated as a fool every day. What he had lost during these ten years, Du Shaofu felt that he could slowly earn back.

"Bang bang!"

On the stage at the Du’s Family gate, a dozen juniors of the Du family, thirteen or fourteen years old, were fighting with a dozen big men, either barehanded or with swords in hand.

Although these more than a dozen descendants of the Du family were young, they seem to be able to handle with ease facing those big men who had jumped onto the challenge arena. They could beat those big men who had jumped to the challenge arena with almost one or two moves, which surprised many onlookers around. Their reverence for Du family was even greater.

"Isn’t it just resisting three moves? Let's fight!"

"This time I have to become the Du Family's guard. I have to go all out."

One by one, these burly men became more excited when they saw the strength of the boys and girls from the Du Family. If they entered the Du Family and were lucky enough to cultivate a move or two, then wouldn't that be great?

Only those big men who were excited to rush up, one by one, could support three moves without losing. In less than an hour, two or three hundred people came to the challenge arena with their hands on each other, but each of them was constantly falling in the challenge arena. However, those ten teenagers and young women were also breathless. It looked as if both sides were expending almost all their energies.

Finally, there were twenty people who could barely endure for three moves. Many of them had injuries on their bodies, but those who were able to remain in the stage were extremely excited.

Everyone's eyes were on the stage. When Du Shaofu came down from the barren mountain, no one noticed him.

Du Shaofu squeezed into the crowd and started watching the lively scene as well. As he looked at the moves that were supposed to be from his cousin sisters and brothers on the arena, he would sometimes slightly frown, as if he was pondering about something. Then, his hands slightly changed under his long sleeves.

"How could these martial arts of the Du family be so flawed? Am I overthinking about it?"

Du Shaofu muttered softly to himself. Amongst the crowd, his expression was becoming more and more confused. He had also seen the people in his family practiced martial arts before. At that time, he could not understand it at all. After he comprehended the move on the stone tablet, he felt that he could understand something about the Du Family's martial arts.

But now, when Du Shaofu looked at the martial arts techniques of these families, he felt that there were obviously a lot of loopholes, and many of them were full of flaws.

"Stop, the twenty slots have been filled and the recruitment is over."

When the last lean man had endured through the third move at the cost of spitting out a mouthful of blood, Du Qi, who was at the corner of the stage, came up and looked at the man who had endured all three moves and said, "Congratulations to all of you on joining the Du Family Guard Group in the future. Those who were injured could go to the Du Family Medical Center for free treatment."

"Thank you, Vice Commander."

As guards of Du Family, their treatment was definitely different.

"Well, was the quota full? I've come for nothing today."

"Du Family people were really strong enough, to be so strong at such a young age!"

With the announcement of Du Qi's end, many of the men who had been waiting for the stage felt regret. If they had known earlier, they would have queued and waited for the stage.

More than a dozen descendants of Du Family younger were also planning to leave. For them, today was just a preliminary test and was a little different from the usual sparring between family members.

"Please slow down."

At this moment, among the twenty men who could resist three moves, a burly man with a face full of stubble, slightly tanned skin, and a big stature stepped forward. With a slightly sunken expression, he looked at Du Qi, and gathered up his courage to ask, "Vice Commander, is it possible to become the captain of the guard if I defeat or tie with any of the younger generation of the main branch of the Du Family?"