Chapter 1 Martial Arts Training Hall

Inside the bustling training hall, hundreds of people were gathered around the fighting ring.

"This training hall is really not that great. These instructors are all useless, completely misleading students. How can they even have the nerve to open a training hall?"

"You guys shouldn't train here. With these good-for-nothings teaching you, no matter how long you train, you'll never achieve anything in the martial arts competition. No wonder this city hasn't produced a decent martial artist in so many years. Of course, it's not your fault; it's just that these instructors are too incompetent."

"If I had known the instructors at this training hall were so garbage, I would have left immediately. I definitely wouldn't waste my youth here."

More than a dozen young men in their twenties, dressed in dark gray martial robes, glanced at the middle-aged coach who had just been defeated, their eyes filled with deep disdain. They cast sympathetic glances at the teenagers in the training hall.

Although the trainees at the Beidou Training Hall were very angry about this, none of them dared to speak, remaining silent.

It was because these ten-odd people who had suddenly appeared were too strong.

A full six highly skilled coaches had been defeated by one of these people, a cold young man who was about the same age as them. And from beginning to end, these coaches hadn't even touched the cold-eyed youth. Even outsiders could see how big the difference in strength was. If they were to go up, they would probably be defeated in one move.

Defeating an opponent in one move was difficult to do in actual combat. It usually only happened when experts fought amateurs, where the difference in strength and combat experience was too great.

Everyone looked at the cold-eyed, thin, and not-so-strong young man and felt immense pressure.

Seeing that the trainees in the Beidou Training Hall were not speaking, a fierce-looking bald man at the head was very satisfied.

"How about it?"

"You've all seen the difference in strength. I won't hide it from you. We're all from the Baihu Martial Arts Hall. Recently, the Baihu Martial Arts Hall wants to establish a branch here. This is your chance. If you can perform well at the branch, you might be sent to the main hall for training. Then you'll become the rising stars of the martial arts competition. You won't have to wallow in this small place, wasting your life."

Hearing what the bald man said, everyone was stunned. They immediately understood why even Chen Wu, the previous owner of the training hall, was no match.

They had all heard of the Baihu Martial Arts Hall. Or rather, anyone who wanted to enter the martial arts world knew the great name of the Baihu Martial Arts Hall. Many famous fighters in national martial arts competitions came from the Baihu Martial Arts Hall. It had even cultivated many world-class famous fighters. It was a place that countless young people who wanted to enter the martial arts world wanted to enter.

They never expected that the Baihu Martial Arts Hall would establish a branch here…

Just as the bald man was about to say something, the door of the training hall was suddenly kicked open.

Under everyone's gaze, Shi Feng and Liang Jing walked in front of the bald man, and the trainees in the entire training hall immediately became excited.

Shi Feng was the head coach of their Beidou Training Hall. He was able to reach this position at a young age entirely because of his strength. He was completely their idol.

Many of them had come here because they had heard that Shi Feng would be instructing at the Beidou Training Hall. However, Shi Feng usually lived in the Green Water Villa and only came to take a look occasionally. They usually didn't see him at all.

"You're the head coach here?" The bald man curled his lips, looking at Shi Feng with deep disdain.

He had previously heard that the newly established Beidou Training Hall was being instructed by a martial arts expert in his twenties.

He originally thought it was a joke, but now it seemed to be true.

Wearing a cheap, dark blue tracksuit, with a body that wasn't very strong, and a face that was still a little pale, he couldn't find any of the sharpness of a martial artist on his body. He was like a friendly young man next door. It was hard to imagine how this kind of person could become the head coach. In his opinion, Shi Feng was not even as good as the coaches who had just been defeated. At least those coaches had a good imposing manner.

"Yes, that's right. What's the rush? What do you want from me?" Shi Feng glanced at the ten-odd people from the Baihu Martial Arts Hall, and he became even more certain of his guess.

In his previous life, after *God's Domain* opened the Spiritual Space System, well-known training halls across the country also began to expand, establishing branches everywhere, wanting to poach people everywhere, thereby expanding their influence, so that large financial groups would invest. Although some large financial groups also invested in training halls, most training halls did not receive investment from large financial groups.

The intentions of these large financial groups were obvious: they wanted to cultivate their guild forces in *God's Domain*. Compared to recruiting ordinary players, letting these people who were very familiar with actual combat develop in *God's Domain* was more efficient. Moreover, the game *God's Domain* would not affect these people's daily training; they would only enter *God's Domain* at night.

In this way, the martial arts world and the virtual game world were not mutually exclusive, and they could improve each other, earning money on both sides. Those large financial groups that were interested in the Spiritual Space System would naturally not let it go.

Among them, the Baihu Martial Arts Hall chose more than a dozen third-tier cities to establish branches. Jin Hai City was one of them. At that time, the major training halls in Jin Hai City were very depressed. Originally, they had come to third-tier cities to get a sip of soup because they couldn't compete in first- and second-tier cities. Now, the large martial arts halls wouldn't even let go of third-tier cities, leaving them with no place to even drink soup.

In the end, many martial arts halls could only choose to cooperate with the Baihu Martial Arts Hall.

Just as Shi Feng glanced at the people from the Baihu Martial Arts Hall, Shi Feng's gaze focused on the cold young man behind the bald man.

Shi Feng knew this young man. He was very famous in Jin Hai City, and he became even more unstoppable after entering *God's Domain*. He was known as the Silent Blade, a Tier 5 Berserker who ranked fifty-eighth on the Wind and Cloud Expert List at his peak. It was a pity that he entered *God's Domain* a little late; otherwise, his achievements in *God's Domain* would have been even greater.

"Our Baihu Martial Arts Hall wants to open a branch in Jin Hai City, so we came to say hello. We also want to spar and learn from each other. I wonder if Coach Shi is interested?" The bald man smiled.

"Spar?" Shi Feng raised the corner of his mouth, shook his head, and said, "I don't think so. The Baihu Martial Arts Hall is so famous that even an outsider like me knows about it. Is it necessary to use this to challenge the training hall and poach people?"

"Coach Shi, don't say it so harshly. We're all open for business. Naturally, we have to give newcomers who want to enter the martial arts world a better choice, right?" The bald man said with a smile, completely ignoring Shi Feng. In his opinion, Shi Feng was just a puppet invited by Beidou and was not qualified to talk to him. "I heard that Coach Shi is very powerful. I've admired your name for a long time. I wonder if you're willing to spar with me, so that everyone can know if Coach Shi is all talk and no action!"

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