Speaking of Li Kuo's efforts, nobody noticed them. This guy secretly trained and surprisingly achieved some results.
While Xiaofan and the others were focused on training to hide their Killing Qi and calm their minds, he hadn't reached that level and couldn't learn with them, so he relied on himself to train diligently.
He got up earlier than anyone else, strapped on weights, and ran alone. Even Xiaofan didn't know how much weight he had adjusted now.
Another thing is, although Li Kuo doesn't have a martial arts foundation, he has a group of powerful friends around him. He might not be able to learn Xiaofan's toothpick flicking trick, but he can definitely ask Li San and Han Shengjun for advice on normal fighting tactics.
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