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

Chapter 150 The Upcoming Golden Cup League (Transitional Chapter)
From September 17th to September 20th, a full four days.

Logically speaking, given Shen Bailian's cultivation speed, he should have already reached the point of skill upgrade.

However, because there were all sorts of miscellaneous things to do these past few days, and they were things that had to be done and were very important, a lot of my cultivation time was wasted.

For example, the re-signing of the Heavenly Rank training contract, although the funds had been pre-deposited into the account, was due to the advance payment for forging the exclusive weapon.

There's also the process of establishing a club. There are certain steps that require Shen Bailian, the hands-off manager, to personally be present to verify, such as the formation of the adventure team...

Then there's the right to purchase various cultivation resources, such as Spirit Nourishing Potions, Star Spirit Nourishing Potions, Earth Spirit Essence, Star Crystals...

Of course, in addition to this, Shen Bailian also received a scholarship fund of 3000 million Daxia coins issued by Tang Guoxin on behalf of Xinghe Company.

Although he and Tang Guoxin were old acquaintances, in order to prevent Xinghe Company from setting any traps or to make him owe a favor.

Therefore, Shen Bailian still sought Duan Wuyai's opinion.

Duan Wuyai's meaning was simple: if you don't take it, you're a fool. During his time as a martial arts student, he had received many similar gifts disguised as scholarship funds.

As long as the Great Xia Dynasty remains stable, those large corporations and conglomerates will never dare to do anything out of line with the prodigies of the Heavenly Gang Academy.

and so.

Following Duan Wuyai's suggestion, Shen Bailian used the name of Tiangang Academy to express his gratitude for Xinghe Company's sponsorship.

Then, using his personal capacity, he expressed his gratitude to Tang Guoxin.

After that, Shen Bailian accepted the 3000 million Da Xia coins scholarship fund without any qualms.

In addition to the 6000 million Great Xia coins promised by the Heavenly Rank Cultivation Contract, Shen Bailian can also obtain a cultivation quota of 10 Great Xia coins every day, which can be freely exchanged for cultivation resources.

However, this free quota can only be accumulated for one week, and it will be cleared at 00:00 every Monday.

"There's also the Golden Cup League at the end of November."

Shen Bailian recalled the Golden Cup League that Duan Wuyai had mentioned before, and even though his cultivation speed was already very fast, he still felt a sense of urgency.

Because on that arena, there were many martial artists at the Transcendent Realm.

There are even quite a few martial artists in the late stage of the Transcendent Realm (with a physical quality of level 19.0), so if you don't want to become cannon fodder, you have to improve your own strength as much as possible.

Thinking of this, Shen Bailian's eyes flashed slightly. Before the panel even appeared, a series of notification messages popped up and filled his entire field of vision.

[Congratulations! Your basic breathing technique skill has been improved. Experience points +2]

Congratulations! Your character level experience has increased by 2.

【…】

Congratulations! Your Iron Body skill has been upgraded. Experience points +2

……

After more than ten seconds, once all the useless messages had been sorted out and deleted, the illusory yet clear panel finally appeared before Shen Bailian's eyes—

Character Level: LV8 (495/2300)

Physical Strength: 16.3; Spirit: 12.8

Divine Skill: Shadow Follows LV1 (0/1) (Energy Storage: 1 times)
Eye of God LV1 (138/400)

Active Skill: Gale LV1 (131/300)

Tian Gang Qi LV2 (344/700)

Basic swordsmanship LV3 (698/700)

Basic Breathing Techniques LV2 (698/700)

Passive Skill: Iron Body LV4 (730/1300)

【Cure point: 1】

[Divine Matter: 103]

Although Shen Bailian's cultivation speed was greatly slowed down for various reasons, his speed of gaining experience points was only slightly reduced.

During these five days, the Eye of God skill continued as usual, granting 8 experience points each day, for a total of 40 experience points over the five days.

The Gale skill has increased experience points by 40, which is almost halfway to the experience bar.

The Heavenly Qi skill has gained 50 experience points.
Due to the increase in experience points, Shen Bailian's physical defense became stronger and stronger, so he only gained 100 experience points for the Iron Body skill.

After five days of training, Shen Bailian's physical attributes naturally increased by 0.1 points, and his mental attributes were also close to leveling up.

Of course, the most important skills are the basic breathing technique and the basic sword technique. The former increases experience points by 68 points, and the latter increases experience points by 223 points.

Both skills are just two experience points away from being upgraded.

This was not a coincidence; it was Shen Bailian's deliberate act.

Based on his previous experience with skill upgrades and advancements, Shen Bailian discovered that practicing basic breathing techniques during skill upgrades/advances had a particularly good effect.

Upgrading the basic breathing technique increases physical attributes by 0.3 points and mental attributes by 0.2 points; upgrading the basic swordsmanship technique increases physical attributes by 0.2 points and mental attributes by 0.2 points.

If he upgrades the two skills one by one, Shen Bailian estimates that his physical attribute value will reach a maximum of 16.9.

Because breaking through from level 16.9 to level 17.0 requires the evolution and transformation of life. Strictly speaking, martial artists in the Transcendent Realm are no longer the same kind of beings as ordinary humans.

There is a significant hurdle between the two.

This threshold is something that most martial arts students at the Tiangang Academy can overcome with a 90% probability, but most of them can only rely on persistent, gradual training.

Even for Li Feiyu and other Sun-level Dragon Gate martial arts students, with ample resources, it would still take them at least half a month to complete the upgrade and prepare sufficient training materials. Shen Bailian's idea was simple: utilize the characteristic of skill upgrades to first test the waters in the void to determine the result; if one method didn't work, then combine two.

Then, he ascended to the heavens in one step, crossing over to the mortal realm.

"call--"

Shen Bailian let out a long sigh, his eyes flickering slightly as he fell into a brief moment of contemplation.

During these five days, he used his privileges to look up information about breaking through to the Mortal Transformation Realm every day, and he would ask Duan Wuyai for help when he didn't understand something.

Despite having made ample preparations, some nervousness was still inevitable.

Martial arts apprentices and martial artists at the Establishment Realm are still within the human race; however, martial artists at the Transcendent Realm fall into the category of new humans.

Shen Bailian's gaze suddenly sharpened, and with a slight thought, the reborn Dragon Slayer appeared in his right hand as silver light flashed.

Swish!Swish!Swish!
In a short while, streaks of sharp blade light began to flash in the underground training room. Shen Bailian moved at will, his speed like a light breeze.

It unleashed a terrifying blade of light, sending chills down one's spine.

Shen Bailian devoted himself entirely to cultivation. Under his conscious control, his speed only reached 60m/s. Even so, he still created terrifying afterimages.

……

Meanwhile, in the top-floor conference room of Tian Shu Building.

Ji Chenghu sat in the chief seat, while the other six deans sat opposite him.

The work of welcoming new students, distributing resources, and other miscellaneous tasks... has finally been completely completed today.

"Ugh, I'm exhausted these past few days," Cheng Shangwu said, pretending to stretch and yawn, as if he hadn't fully woken up yet.

The others didn't even glance at him. Even a martial artist at the Opening Sea Realm wouldn't be this tired after fighting for a whole day and night.

Are you so tired from a few days of busy government work that you're already yawning?
That's more like fooling a ghost.

"Old Duan, with Shen Bailian's current strength?" Zhou Yuan looked at the light screen in front of him, which was a replay of the battle between Shen Bailian and Xiong Dali:

"Isn't it pointless to take midterms with freshmen?"

“That’s right.” Cheng Shangwu immediately nodded in agreement upon hearing this, and said, “Even if all the Sun-level Dragon Gate martial arts students attacked you together, your disciple would have no chance of winning.”

"If this is to be included in the first-year midterm exams, it's too unfair. I'm the first to disagree."

As he spoke, Cheng Shangwu raised his hand.

Although the words were unpleasant and not entirely fair, Zhou Yuan, Huang Qingqing, Shangguan Yunyan, and the other six nodded in agreement and raised their hands.

The midterm exams at Tiangang University consist of two parts.

The first item is a written test, which accounts for 20% of the score. The requirement is to write a cultivation experience report. Those who perform well will be included in the Tiangang Academy database and will be rewarded with a certain amount of Daxia coins according to their value.

The second item is still a practical assessment, accounting for 80% of the score.

If Shen Bailian were to join the midterm exams, it would be like a wolf among sheep, rendering the midterm exams pointless.

It can only become that boy's solo show.

"Don't worry, Xiao Shen won't be taking the midterm exams with the freshmen," Duan Wuyai said calmly.

This answer immediately relieved Cheng Shangwu and the others, because if Duan Wuyai did not agree, they, as deans, could not force him.

"Wait, that's not right." Zhou Yuan had just breathed a sigh of relief when a possibility suddenly occurred to him. He tentatively asked, "You don't mean to let Xiao Shen take the midterm exams with the second-year students, do you?"

"No." Duan Wuyai shook his head. How could he let Shen Bailian take the midterm exams in the second year so early? It should be at least in the second semester of the first year.

The midterm exams in the second year were no different from those in the first year. However, in the practical assessments, 70-80% of the ferocious beasts that appeared were at the Transcendent Realm and were already able to rudimentarily control the power of heaven and earth.

Sending a martial artist at the Life Establishment Realm there is tantamount to sending them to their death.

Duan Wuyai looked at the many deans, smiled slightly, and said directly, "I plan to have Xiao Shen participate in the Golden Cup League at the end of November."

"what?"

"Are you running a fever, Lao Duan? A martial artist at the Life Establishment Realm participating in the Golden Cup League?"

"..."

Upon hearing this, the other five deans of the combat divisions raised questions and looked at Duan Wuyai, who was smiling, with suspicion.

What is the Golden League?
There are as many Transcendent Realm martial artists as dogs. Although it sounds a bit insulting, that's the truth.

Sending a martial artist at the Life-Establishing Realm, who is also a first-year martial arts student, to a competition of that level is like sending Shen Bailian to be a punching bag.
It's still the kind of sandbag that breaks with a single blow.

Furthermore, the participants in the Golden Cup League had already been decided, and the weakest among them was a martial artist at the early stage of the Transcendent Realm (level 17.0 to 18.0).

Making a decision at this point will inevitably lead to someone having to withdraw, and no one would be willing to do that.

“Principal Ji.” Huang Qingqing, who is usually quite good-tempered, was also quite angry about Duan Wuyai’s decision. No teacher in Tiangang Academy would treat their disciples like this. She turned to look at Ji Chenghu and was about to speak.

“Xiao Duan has already submitted an application for this matter to me,” Ji Chenghu said in a deep voice. “Moreover, after discussing it with Lao Xiong, we have also agreed.”

"Old Xiong" naturally refers to Xiong Kuohai, the principal of Tiangang Academy.

Because he has been busy with matters related to breaking through his cultivation level recently, and the other two vice principals are not very fond of managing affairs, Ji Chenghu has basically handed over all matters within the Tiangang Academy to him.

"Moreover, if Shen Bailian wants to participate in the Golden League, he must rely on his own strength to defeat a regular player fairly and squarely to obtain a spot in the competition."

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