We made you practice martial arts, and you've mastered the Great Golden Body?

Chapter 111 The Secret of Cultivation, Nourishing Spiritual Fruit, Soaring Spiritual Power
"Who is looking for me at this hour?"

Thinking it over, Shen Bailian quickly walked to the door, opened the villa door, and looked up to see Duan Wuyai standing in front of the door. He immediately greeted him with a smile and said, "It's Teacher Duan, please come in."

"Would you mind if I recorded a video to document this?" Duan Wuyai shook his head, not going in first, but instead pointing to the miniature celestial eye floating in the air and asking softly.

"I don't mind." Shen Bailian was slightly taken aback. Although he didn't know what Duan Wuyai meant, he still nodded in agreement.

"Okay, that's good."

Duan Wuyai smiled with satisfaction and went inside. Shen Bailian glanced outside and then closed the door.

In the grove of trees of the 4137 detached villa.

"Xiaoli, look!"

A martial arts student named Tian Ming and another girl were strolling and taking pictures in a grove of trees. Suddenly, Tian Ming's camera captured a scene of harmonious teacher-student interaction. He lowered his voice and whispered to the girl:

"Why would a teacher come to a student's door at this hour?"

Tian Ming was so surprised simply because it wasn't officially the start of the school year yet.

The new student trial is divided into two rounds. The first round is purely for entertainment and to broaden one's horizons; it is completely without any difficulty.

However, the second wilderness trial will be dangerous, and if some people perform poorly, they may be reassigned to other non-combat academies.

Only after all the evaluation and adjustment processes are completed can one truly enroll.

Generally speaking, teachers are not allowed to meet with students at will, especially deans, in order to maintain the confidentiality of information from the second round of trials and to ensure the fairness of the trials.

"I don't know." The girl shook her head, her brows furrowing slightly. Suddenly, a thought struck her, and she said, "Could it be that someone is trying to use connections to find out about the second round of trials in advance?"

"Now that you mention it," Tian Ming slapped his forehead, suddenly realizing, "that could actually be true!"

Did you take a picture just now?

"No, I forgot to press the shutter button for a moment."

"Let's wait a bit then. We don't have anything else to do right now anyway. I don't believe they can chat for half a day." Tian Ming added, "..."
"If they really talked for that long, then there's definitely something fishy going on!"

Half an hour later, the gate of the 4137 detached villa was opened.

"Hurry, hurry, stop scrolling through the notes!" The girl saw some movement over there and immediately nudged Tian Ming, who was still scrolling through videos, and whispered, "Those two have finally come out."

"Okay, I'll record the video right away."

Tian Ming was startled, then immediately turned on the recording function of the smart bracelet, focused and zoomed in, and started recording a video.

"We've caught a big fish this time. It stayed for so long, and that martial arts student was so excited. He must have leaked a lot of information about the trial."

“Yes.” The girl nodded in agreement and murmured softly, “Once we find out who this trial participant is, we must expose him.”

"But, Mingming, don't you feel like that martial arts student looks a little familiar?"

Because Shen Bailian had encountered an RPG during the first trial, although he was not seriously injured, his face was completely blackened by gunpowder smoke, and his clothes were tattered, making him look like a beggar.

and so.

Among the current freshmen, apart from Chen Yifei and a few others from the Fourth Academy, many martial arts students do not know what Shen Bailian really looks like.

"Familiar?" Upon hearing this, Tian Ming's eyes blazed with righteous anger. He said in a deep voice, "Even if they are acquaintances, they cannot affect the fairness of the trial like this. This matter must be exposed!"

"Thank you for your guidance, Teacher Duan." Shen Bailian bowed respectfully to Duan Wuyai.

"It's nothing, it's what I should do." Duan Wuyai glanced at the young man before him with satisfaction and said softly, "Perform well in the upcoming trials. If you can break the historical record, the reward will be substantial!"

"it is good!"

Upon hearing this, Shen Bailian's heart surged with emotion as he recalled the precious second-tier Spirit Nourishing Fruit that Duan Wuyai had given him. He took a deep breath, his eyes gleaming with unwavering determination, and solemnly declared:
"I'm definitely going to break this record!"

"Hahaha~" Duan Wuyai was slightly taken aback upon hearing this, then immediately burst into hearty laughter, patted the boy's shoulder with a smile, and praised, "Good! You have ambition!"

"Then I'll be waiting for your good news!"

"Ah."

Shen Bailian nodded firmly.

"Alright, I have other things to do." Duan Wuyai waved to Shen Bailian, "You should go back to cultivate too, no need to see me off."

The voice just fell.

Duan Wuyai glanced at the direction where Tian Ming and the other person were, a hint of helplessness flashing in his eyes, but he quickly regained his composure and did not disturb them. The moment his primal force surged, his figure soared into the sky and disappeared into the horizon.

"It'll be soon. In just one year—no, six months—I'll be able to reach the Transcendent Realm, where I can fly!"

Shen Bailian's gaze followed Duan Wuyai's figure until the streak of light completely disappeared into the horizon. He clenched his fist tightly, and a flame of fighting spirit burned in his eyes.

"Go back and cultivate. I must break through the physical attribute value to level 15.0 before the trial. I not only want to break the record, but also extend it!"

Shen Bailian took a deep breath. Having come this far, his goal was no longer just to break a record, but this required strong strength as a foundation.

He turned around and resolutely walked back to the villa. After taking a few first-tier basic nutritional potions, he headed straight for the underground training room.

Continue my secluded training!

Donghu Community is where third-year students majoring in martial arts live together.

One of the detached villas, number 3233, has its underground meditation room.

At this moment, a lean young man dressed in a white martial arts uniform, with long hair flowing with his movements, a resolute face, and piercing eyes, held a long sword in his hand, the blade gleaming with a faint cold light.

Swish!Swish!Swish!
The sword tip drew graceful arcs in the air, each swing accompanied by a sharp sword aura that seemed to slice through the air.

The sword techniques practiced were ever-changing, sometimes as swift and powerful as a waterfall cascading down, and sometimes as graceful and elegant as willow catkins drifting in the air.

As time went by, the young man's figure in the underground training room became increasingly ghostly and unpredictable. Each flash of sword light was like a falling star, breathtakingly beautiful.

In a moment of sudden burst, his speed could exceed 220 m/s, and when he swung his longsword, the speed even broke the sound barrier, but the sword seemed to be shrouded in a mysterious power and did not make a popping sound.

He is Xu Changqing.

A man with an extremely high reputation in the Tiangang Academy, a senior brother figure whom all the third-year martial arts students admire from the bottom of their hearts.

He's only a junior in college, yet his strength is already close to breaking through to the Sea Opening Realm, and his mastery of weapons has reached the pinnacle of the third realm, the Breath of All Things.

He also declined invitations from both the Starfire Martial Hall and the Taiji Martial Hall, making him quite well-known within the martial arts academy of the Great Xia Kingdom.

suddenly.

Beep~ Beep~
After Xu Changqing felt the vibration on the smart bracelet, it gradually stopped, and the sword shadows that had filled the entire underground training room also gradually disappeared.

"We're still a little short of breaking through to the microscopic level."

Xu Changqing sighed helplessly, then tapped the smart bracelet on his wrist. When he saw that the contact name was Lu Changsheng, he said softly, "Answer the call."

All of a sudden.

The light focused, forming a virtual projection in front of Xu Changqing, showing a short-haired young man.

The young man was handsome, with deep eyes that seemed to see into people's souls, but a wicked smile played on his lips, which inexplicably lowered his likeability rating by '-1'.

"Longevity." Xu Changqing smiled gently, like a spring breeze. His gaze fell on Lu Changsheng, whose snow-white martial arts uniform was spotless.
"It shouldn't be time for lectures yet, right?"

His voice was like a clear mountain spring, crisp and melodious, which calmed people down.

"Oh my god." Lu Changsheng immediately felt a headache upon hearing the word 'lecture' and said, "If you could use the time you would spend lecturing on cultivation, you would probably have already broken through to the Subtle Realm."

"Besides, schools aren't without teachers. If you spend all your time with a bunch of weaklings, your abilities will suffer."

"Among three people walking together, there must be one who can teach me. Teaching so many junior brothers has also been of great help to me." Xu Changqing was quite happy about this, and added softly:
"Besides, so what if I don't reach the subtle level? Among my peers, I have never suffered a defeat."

Although his tone was calm and even, one could hear his confidence in his own strength, like the gleam of a sword hidden in its sheath.

"You still haven't told me why you came to see me today?"

"Yes, it's all your fault. You almost led me astray again." Lu Changsheng immediately came to his senses and chuckled as he said, "You just said you've never been defeated. Well, you'll probably meet your match in the next two years."

"How to say it?"

"A phenomenal freshman has emerged among the first-year students." A look of amazement flashed in Lu Changsheng's eyes as he continued, "Ordinary Sun-level Dragon Gate martial arts students wouldn't last a second against that freshman."

"Oh?" Xu Changqing's face immediately showed a hint of surprise. He didn't expect Lu Changsheng to actually praise someone, so his curiosity increased even more: "Do you have a battle video? Send it to me."

"I've already sent it to you."

Upon hearing this, Xu Changqing immediately opened Starlink to take a look.

After a while.

"How does it feel?"

Lu Changsheng stared intently into Xu Changqing's eyes, but in the end he was disappointed, because there was no jealousy or fear in those clear eyes, only admiration and appreciation.

"Very strong. In terms of strength and speed, it far exceeds the scope of those Sun-level Dragon Gate martial arts students. His physical attributes are at least level 14.5 or above, and he has also comprehended the Breath of All Things. Coupled with his magnificent fist technique, it is completely understandable that he can achieve such combat results."

A hint of surprise flashed in Xu Changqing's eyes, followed by deep appreciation, as if it were about to be revealed: "There is just one shortcoming, the footwork is not very good."

Xu Changqing's vision and realm have now reached the pinnacle of the Transcendent Realm, so his insight is very sharp. In just a few seconds, he discovered Shen Bailian's current shortcomings.

If this shortcoming can be addressed, the future potential is limitless.

"Do you have his contact information?" Xu Changqing looked at Lu Changsheng and said, "I have a few movement techniques that might make him stronger."

"No." Lu Changsheng was immediately dumbfounded and couldn't help but say, "The second round of trials is in a few days. If that kid improves his movement technique, he will most likely break the record you set."

"And aren't you afraid that in a year or two, he'll defeat you head-on, step on your reputation, and ascend to the top?"

Lu Changsheng, an orphan, had lived for so many years and had seen all sorts of people, but he had never seen anyone like Xu Changqing.

To describe it in four words, it's like the righteous turning evil.

Even in the eyes of that extraordinary freshman, he could see the freshman's pursuit of strength and his desire for the pinnacle of martial arts, but to Xu Changqing, it was as if it were just an empty title that could be discarded at any time.

Lu Changsheng didn't believe that someone like Xu Changqing existed in the world, so ever since the second semester of his freshman year, he would often seek out Xu Changqing to give him a little "stimulation".

"First place and records are just empty titles to me. Anyone who wants them can take them." Xu Changqing looked at Lu Changsheng in front of him, a hint of anticipation in his eyes, and said with a smile:
"If he can really defeat me within two years, it will be a good thing for both the Tiangang Academy and the entire Great Xia."

"Damn it, another wasted trip. It was much more fun teasing that stupid bear, Xiong Dali."

Looking at Xu Changqing's unpretentious demeanor, Lu Changsheng felt a mix of emotions. In a way, he really hoped that there would be more people like this in the world, because such people are truly a ray of light.

However, he couldn't believe that someone like Xu Changqing really existed in the world, because he had lived a life of wandering since childhood and had seen too much falsehood and hypocrisy.

"I'm going to get busy first."

After saying that, Lu Changsheng immediately hung up the video call. He was afraid that if he stayed any longer, he would be influenced by this kind of person. He had to go find that stupid bear to dispel the righteous energy in his body.

"Hey? You still haven't told me what that freshman's name is."

Xu Changqing looked at Lu Changsheng, who had disappeared in an instant, and gave a helpless bitter smile: "Forget it, let's stop practicing here for today and go find the teacher to ask what's going on." "If I can help in any way, I will."

It's about ten o'clock in the evening.

After practicing the basic breathing method for four hours and two minutes, Shen Bailian felt a throbbing pain all over his body and immediately stopped.

The vortex of gathered primordial energy gradually dissipated.

[Congratulations! Your basic breathing technique skill has been improved. Experience points +12]

Congratulations! Your Iron Body skill has been upgraded. Experience points +6

Congratulations! Your character level has increased, experience points +12.

【Congratulations.】

Character Level: LV7 (1063/1800)

[Active Skill: Basic Breathing Technique LV1 (300/400)]

Passive Skill: Iron Body LV4 (147/1300)

"Not bad, the training time has actually increased by two minutes this time."

Shen Bailian lay on the ground, looking at the illusory yet clear panel in front of him. Although his body was throbbing with pain, he felt extremely refreshed and his whole body felt increasingly comfortable.

Although his skills are almost upgraded, he will not deliberately slow down his training progress in order to exploit bugs.

As Shen Bailian continues his cultivation, the potential unleashed by his innate talent will only increase, so his cultivation speed will not only not slow down, but will actually improve significantly.

"However, this Sun-level Dragon Gate species is truly powerful, worthy of being the crystallization of the wisdom of the entire Great Xia."

As Shen Bailian sensed the Dragon Gate Seed within his dantian, which existed between illusion and reality, he couldn't help but recall what Duan Wuyai had said earlier.

After Duan Wuyai's explanation, he now has a certain understanding of the martial arts path he wants to take.

Since the beginning of the New Era 123, the martial arts path of the Great Xia Dynasty has gradually formed an effective and widely applicable cultivation system.

The apprentice stage of martial arts is also known as the Body Tempering Realm, which is simply about squeezing out the body's potential. Of course, one can also use precious medicines that have been purified of the elemental energy of heaven and earth, but they are quite expensive.

The amount ranges from a few million to tens of millions or even hundreds of millions.

The Establishment Realm, also known as the Body Tempering Realm, is a transitional period between the Mortal Transformation Realm and the Martial Apprentice Realm, where the muscles, bones, and flesh are initially strengthened.

Next comes ascending the tower, which is the realm of transcending the mortal world.

In the initial stages of the martial arts path, the system of heaven and earth elemental energy was used all the way, but the martial artists of the Great Xia Dynasty soon discovered its drawbacks.

Although the power of heaven and earth is easy to use and plentiful, its effectiveness is greatly reduced when facing divine favor, and sometimes it can even become a weapon in the hands of the opponent.

This is because the primordial energy of heaven and earth is a mysterious force that is a mixture of the original power of heaven and earth and divine power, and then diluted to an extreme degree. It is naturally influenced by divine power.

They were even controlled by higher divine power.

Therefore, after thousands of bloody lessons, a new force was created: the Force.

The Transcendent Realm is no longer limited to the localized stimulation and evolution of muscles, bones, blood, and flesh, but rather involves penetrating the primordial energy of heaven and earth into the five internal organs, causing all the cells of the human body to undergo transformation and evolution.

This allows the primal force to be generated within the cells.

The Force of Origin is superior to the Force of Heaven and Earth in terms of its status, so it can unleash a much stronger power and is not easily affected by the divine power of divine favor.

In simple terms, the Opening Sea Realm is the process of gathering primal force in the dantian to form a liquid ocean, giving the martial artist a stronger and more enduring combat ability.

It has a wide variety of attack methods, including Force-transformed armor and Force-transformed devices, and its speed can easily break the sound barrier.

at the same time.

Almost all traditional firearms have lost their effectiveness against martial artists at the Opening Sea Realm. Even atomic bombs and nuclear bombs are unlikely to cause effective damage to martial artists at the Opening Sea Realm unless they are hit head-on.

If this were before the New Age, he would be a god among men!

One person could easily slaughter an entire nation.

In the Embracing Moon Realm, the primal force is further compressed, transforming from a liquid state to a solid state. Upon reaching this realm, one essentially possesses the natural power to split a mountain with a single sword strike.

With a full-force attack, a single strike could overturn a thousand miles.

As for those above the Embracing Moon Realm, Duan Wuyai didn't go into details, only vaguely mentioning that martial artists above the Embracing Moon Realm use the power of the Force after it has been sublimated once again.

Without the Dragon Gate Seed, even the top geniuses who break through to the Transcendent Realm would have to rely on persistent effort and spend three or four years to achieve it.

And now?
Top geniuses can increase their efficiency by six or seven times in just one year or half a year.

This has an extremely terrifying impact on the overall strength of the Great Xia Dynasty, because the number of martial artists born in the Great Xia Dynasty every year is in the tens or even hundreds of thousands.

In addition, with its excellent welfare policies, as long as one is loyal to Da Xia, Da Xia will take full responsibility for basic education expenses from the age of three to eighteen, covering all aspects of medical care, housing, and life.

This has resulted in the number of martial artists in the Great Xia Dynasty showing an upward trend every year.

"I've rested enough."

After resting, Shen Bailian did not choose to practice swordsmanship or fist techniques. Instead, he took out something from his storage ring.

With a flash of silver light, a jade box appeared in his hand.

Once opened, you can see a green fruit inside, like a green apple, but the surface of the fruit flashes with silver light from time to time, proving its extraordinary nature.

Second-order Divine Essence Fruit.

Shen Bailian sensed a strong sense of malice from the sudden addition of rules during the previous trial, and the result was exactly as he expected.

but.

Shen Bailian now actually hopes that this kind of 'malice' can be reasonably repeated in the next wilderness trial, simply because improving mental strength is just too difficult.

If it weren't for his innate talent, his mental strength would probably be at most between level 3.0 and 5.0.

According to Duan Wuyai, there are generally three methods to enhance mental strength.

The first type is the physical body nurturing the spirit. The improvement of physical fitness will inevitably lead to the improvement of mental strength. Generally, after physical fitness breaks through level 18, mental strength will naturally break through level 10.

The second method involves nurturing the plant with precious herbs or rare and precious materials, such as the Spirit-Nourishing Fruit, Beast Soul, Cloud Soul Nine-Leaf Grass, and Earth Core Essence Crystal.
However, these rare and precious materials are very expensive. Generally speaking, they are strategic resources, and there is no market for them. Ordinary martial artists at the Establishment Realm and Transcendent Realm are not qualified to obtain them.

The third method is visualization, but the threshold for learning visualization is very high. It requires a mental strength level of 10.0 or higher, which means that mental strength can be materialized.

Of course, there is something even more powerful than visualization, which is the method of visualizing the spirit, but the threshold for it is much higher.

"Concentrate and calm your mind."

Shen Bailian sat cross-legged on the ground, looking eagerly at the second-tier Spirit Nourishing Fruit in the jade box.

The Spirit Nourishing Fruit, as the name suggests, is a kind of spirit fruit that can nourish and enhance the spiritual power of martial artists. It generally only grows in the wilderness where the spiritual energy of heaven and earth is abundant.

"According to Teacher Duan, the market price of this second-tier Spirit Nourishing Fruit is at least five million Great Xia coins, which is equivalent to one-eighth of the cultivation funds that I can provide each year under the contract I signed."

"Under normal circumstances, a second-tier Spirit Nourishing Fruit can cause an ordinary martial artist's spiritual power to increase by 1.5 levels without any pain," Shen Bailian thought to himself.
"And if the absorption is good, the improvement can be even greater."

"My current mental strength is 7.9. I wonder if this Spirit Nourishing Fruit can help me break through to level 9.9 and reach the threshold of mental strength materialization?"

Shen Bailian gently closed her eyes.

As for breaking through to level 10.0 in mental strength?
Shen Bailian dared not even think about it, because that was something that only a senior Transcendent Realm martial artist could do.

After a while.

Shen Bailian's heart became completely calm, his breathing became even and powerful, and he seemed to enter a state of enlightenment.

at this time.

Shen Bailian opened his mouth, picked up the Spirit Nourishing Fruit, and put it into his mouth in one bite.

The Spirit-Nourishing Fruit, like a clear stream, melted instantly upon entering his mouth, turning into a pool of liquid that seeped into his oral cavity and then flowed down his throat.

Shen Bailian immediately released his powerful mental energy. He could clearly feel that before the liquid even entered his stomach, a portion of it had already merged into his muscles, bones, and flesh.

All of a sudden.

A strange power surged and rose, traveling along the tendons and veins of his limbs and bones towards his head. It quickly became ethereal and flowed into Shen Bailian's spiritual sea.

Awoo, awoo.

It was as if someone was eating meat in large bites, or as if a long-awaited rain had come after a drought. Shen Bailian's spiritual ocean turned from passive to active, frantically devouring these strange forces.

Then it transforms that power into its own, at a speed so fast that no one has time to react.

This conversion efficiency is truly astonishing.

Congratulations! Your mental strength has been enhanced!

【Spirit: 8.0】

The notification sound on the panel rang.

"In less than three minutes, your mental strength has increased by 0.1 levels?" Shen Bailian was surprised by the speed of this improvement.

He had only experienced this kind of speed of improvement when upgrading skills or character levels.

According to Duan Wuyai, this enhanced state can last for at least an hour.

Shen Bailian's heart instantly burned with excitement, because if this rate of improvement continued, there was a very good chance that his mental strength would break through to level 10.0 this time.

He held his breath and continued to enjoy the experience with complete focus.

Congratulations! Your mental strength has been enhanced!

Congratulations! Your mental strength has been enhanced!

【Congratulations.】

As time passed, under the influence of the streams of clear water flowing in, Shen Bailian's spiritual sea began to expand and grow rapidly, faintly taking on a nascent form.

At the same time, a series of notification sounds from the control panel frequently rang in Shen Bailian's mind, and his mental energy continued to surge upwards.

【.】

【Spirit: 8.4】

【.】

【Spirit: 9.0】

In the outside world.

A faint halo seemed to appear around Shen Bailian, appearing and disappearing intermittently, but as time passed, it remained visible for longer and longer.

(End of this chapter)