No1 thought he had everything in his pocket he felt especially smug when he got the first punch on Nik. He also raised his leg to kick him and started dreaming about how his friends would praise him and maybe Lionel will make him his right hand man. While he was thinking so he found that his leg had connected with empty air. He was badly started and embarrassed. This feeling go even worse when he got kicked in his butt and punched in his face when he turned around. Feeling humiliated, pain, fear and mostly anger he started infusing his punches with his internal energy and started punching Nik. Maybe it was because the lackey had just got his internal energy and not broken through to the first stage of body tempering his punches hurt a lot less than it should have. But Nik didn’t know this, he felt a brutal pain when the internal energy infused punch hit him in his gut. He nearly vomited out the foods he ate. But he bore through the pain and started punching back and dodging the other's punch. Luckily one of Nik's kick landed on No 1's temple knocking him unconscious.

The other lackeys were shocked at first. They thought that maybe Nik too had finally generated internal energy. But after a while they found that it was ridiculous, so they relieved themselves by thinking it was a lucky shot. Thinking this and getting cocky once again another lackey came front. The name of this Lackey was long forgotten by everyone else. Now everyone just called him Piggy. The funny thing was even his parents called him that. Piggy was a big guy with a red face and a nearly nonexistent nose. He was also known as one of the strongest child in the valley. He was a strong guy and could carry 2 children as big as Nik with a single hand. He lumbered towards Nik. But Nik didn’t see this coming. Right then he was too busy feeling something burn inside his body. He felt that he was close to generate the internal energy and even breakthrough to the first stage.

Just as he felt he could now generate internal energy he was punched so hard that he started seeing stars even though it was daytime. After a while when he stopped seeing stars he found who punched him. His face got pale white when he saw it was Piggy.

"Litle Fatty Nik, you've run out of luck now that your opponent is me." Saying this he started raining punches and kicks on Nik. Nik could do nothing but endure. It was one thing to fight No1 and the others, he felt he could at least hold his own against them. But Piggy was different. he was like a tiger in a herd of gazelles. He was strong if a little dumb and also was the favored disciple that could breakthrough to the 1st stage of tempering the body fastest.

As he got punched again and again and was beaten black and blue, Nik felt himself go unconscious. Just as he was about to faint, he felt something happening to his body. That was the same time when Piggy stopped punching. Nik felt the pain in his body lessen bit by bit and slowly started getting up. As he fully got up, he started analyzing the changes in his body. Even though his body was still being racked in pain, he found that his heart was pumping loudly. Heart was also the organ in the body that generated internal energy. As he fell internal energy flood through his body he felt really happy, so happy that he giggled out loud. Then without caring about the situation around him, he started doing the first posture of the cultivation technique. He performed in the same way it was shown in the cultivation technique.

Piggy was just turning back when he heard the muffled groan uttered from behind him. Still he didn’t think about it much until he heard the giggling. Startled he turned around. Seeing the Black and blue Nik grinning smugly he was utterly befuddled. He felt really queer seeing the beaten child stand up on top of that grinning smugly. The feeling got worse when he saw Nik start doing the first posture of the cultivation technique. Other lackeys around him started jeering Nik saying "A trash who hasn’t even developed internal strength thinks he can practice cultivation. What a Joke." But Piggy knew better. His eyes met Lionel. Both he and Lionel too had comprehended the first posture and had already learned it. This was also the reason that the elders had believed that one among the both of them would be the first to reach the first stage of cultivation. Now Nik had joined in the fray. Just as Piggy was thinking of beating Nik into unconsciousness and breaking his legs and hands, his expression took a drastic change as he saw Nik continuing on with the second posture. The same expression could be seen on Lionel's face as well, only it was a bit more comical with a hint of disbelief.

Nik knew exactly what to do and how to push the internal energy around his meridians. It felt instinctual to him like it was his heritage and this technique was just meant for him. BOOM! A sound sounded inside his body as soon as he started doing the second posture. As he continued doing the second posture, his meridians got wider and wider. His fat also started decreasing. He got taller and thinner and all the chubbiness started coming out of his body. His body felt like it was floating. On top of that his skins started refining itself and the black and blue skin started getting peeled of his body.

As the other lackeys saw this they were shocked beyond belief. However after a while their shocked face turned into disgust and revulsion. They looked like they were about to vomit.

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