Wuyi District.
This place, besides having many martial arts gyms, also has nurous arenas.
Precisely because this district holds the greatest number of gyms in the entire city, many major boxing matches are held here.
There is a street in Wuyi District called Dragon and Tiger Street, and right in the center of its crossroad sits a huge circular platform with a diater of several ters.
Composed of the tough Xuanwu Stone and over a ter high, it is carved with a dragon and a ferocious tiger locked in a direct confrontation.
This platform is known as the Dragon and Tiger Platform, the nasake of the street itself.
All significant past events held in Wuyi District were conducted here at this very place, and even the ranking matches set by the Martial Arts Association took place here countless tis.
Hence, the stature of the Dragon and Tiger Platform is quite elevated; ordinary boxing competitions do not qualify to be contested upon it.
Today, there is set to begin on the Dragon and Tiger Platform a match of unprecedented nature!
Word of the event spread swiftly as people quickly gathered around; the taverns and inns near the platform soon were fully packed, every window-side seat taken.
The streets of Dragon and Tiger were swiftly crowded as people skillfully brought out their stools or simply sat directly on the ground.
"What match is happening today?"
"Have you heard it's a student from Wuda battling soone from the Chu Family?"
"But what exactly is happening?"
"It's said that today at the Zhang Mansion..."
Among the crowd, many discussed the impending match as well as the details leading up to it.
The reason the news had spread so fast and with such clear 'insider' details was because the Zhang Family had intentionally stirred up montum, making the affair known throughout the city.
Li Fei had a clear idea in his mind—since he wanted to restore the prestige of the Zhang Family, it was indeed best to make the event as grand as possible!
Therefore, it had been his suggestion to have the fight take place on the Dragon and Tiger Platform.
Inside the Zhang household, there was certainly opposition, fearing with such a move, there would be no way back for the Zhangs. Should Li Fei lose, in the eyes of outsiders, the Zhang Family's last glimr of hope would be extinguished.
However, these opposing voices ultimately had little effect, as the decision-maker was Li Fei, and the only person who could have stopped him, Shangguan Xiao, gave his full support.
In the end, the Zhang Family had no choice but to create montum for the event, displaying full support for Li Fei.
Otherwise, would it not be foolish to push away a peerless prodigy openly supporting their own?
Regarding the Chu Family, for the sa reasons as Li Fei, Chu Po too was pleasure with the idea of blowing up the issue.
Moreover, under such circumstances, if Li Fei lost, unless he decided to completely disregard his own reputation in the future, he would have no choice but to loyally serve as a guest to the Chu Family.
This battle was about driving the Zhang Family into a corner and inviting a magnificent prodigy into their family, significantly elevating the prestige of the Chu Family. Perhaps, it would mark the beginning of the Chu Family erging as one of the new prestigious three families of Datong Prefecture!
At noon, many influential figures and representatives from the major powers within the prefecture city arrived on Dragon and Tiger Street, entering the taverns around the Dragon Martial Platform, taking their reserved seats to watch the battle.
At that mont, a five-ter area around the Dragon and Tiger Platform was cleared, and martial arts association mbers ford a circle on the periter to maintain order.
Shortly after, one person from each of the two taverns closest to the Dragon and Tiger Platform erged.
One of them was Li Fei, and the other was Chu Yu.
In the end, Chu Po agreed to let Chu Yu be the first to take the stage.
For the Chu Family, the perfect outco was for Chu Yu to defeat Li Fei in the first round, which was indeed within the realms of possibility.
At 24 years old, Chu Yu had already reached the Qi Change Late Stage of cultivation, a Refining Strength Martial Master at his age rightly deserved the title of genius.
In the Martial Arts World, age is a critical criterion because Implants also age.
From the mont they are activated within the human body, Lower Three Grades Implants maintain about thirty years of 'Growth Period' at most, then they enter the 'Aging Period'.
During the Aging Period, the power of the Implant gradually weakens. Extraordinary Abilities, Innate Qi, and Force all begin to fade, and in such a state, it is impossible to construct a Martial Arts Foundation.
Hence, there is a saying in the Martial Arts World—If one doesn't reach the Tao Foundation Stage by the age of fifty, they can abandon any hope for the rest of their life!
One can only incorporate an Implant into their body when it has grown adequately around the age of sixteen or seventeen, taking their first step into Martial Arts. With only about thirty years to successively breakthrough realms, if they wait till fifty, their in-body Implant will have already spent into the 'Aging Period', making it nearly impossible to further break through to the Tao Foundation Stage.
When a martial artist reaches the Tao Foundation Stage and incorporates a new Implant, not only does their body undergo a new period of enhancent, but the in-body Implant also receives fresh stimulation, thereby delaying the onset of the 'Aging Period'. Each ti a new Implant is incorporated, it receives further stimulation and continues to delay the 'Aging Period'...
As long as one can incorporate a new Implant before the 'Aging Period' of the first cos upon them, they can retain the hope of making a Breakthrough, until they cultivate the Martial Arts Foundation, enabling the Five Elents to cycle endlessly, with the Implant then having no 'Aging Period'.
Thus, so older Tao Foundation Stage might still possess the potential to cultivate the Martial Arts Foundation and beco a Martial Arts Master, such as Chu Po and Shangguan Xiao.
However, so older Tao Foundation Stage might have already 'lost their way' because their body's Implant has entered the 'Aging Period', utterly losing the possibility of cultivating a Martial Arts Foundation.
Therefore, age is indeed vital for a martial artist.
At the age of 24, Chu Yu broke through to the Qi Change Late Stage. He then had more than twenty years to break through to the Tao Foundation Stage and even more ti to construct a Martial Arts Foundation.
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