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

Chapter 205 is, of course...

Shen Bailian was initially a little conflicted about how to use this fragment of divine essence, but today's events made him understand a principle.

If you keep hiding it, it will eventually be exposed.

As a top martial arts prodigy of Tiangang Academy, Shen Bailian will inevitably participate in many national competitions, and in the process, he will inevitably come into the sight of many top experts of the Great Xia Dynasty.

Among them were many experts at the Divine Palace Realm. It was alright for those who had just entered the Divine Palace Realm, as their spiritual power might not be that strong yet, but it was different for those veteran Divine Palace Realm experts.

Every veteran Divine Palace Realm expert possesses spiritual power at least at or above the peak of the third rank.

Those people only need to scan him once to easily determine Shen Bailian's physical fitness level, just like Shen Bailian is now.

With just a glance, one can roughly determine the physical fitness level of a martial artist at the Life Establishment Realm.

"After this fragment of divine essence is completely purified..." Shen Bailian clenched his fists tightly, recalling the scene from just now, and thought to himself:
"Even at a great cost, consuming all the divine matter at present, we must materialize a wide-area teleportation skill."

Since hiding is no longer an option, a strategic retreat is the only choice.

However, escaping the perception of a Divine Palace Realm expert requires more than just a few hundred or a thousand miles of teleportation; it requires at least tens of thousands of miles.

Moreover, the teleportation time cannot be too long, like the seven seconds in the game League of Legends, which is absolutely unacceptable. This time is enough for a Divine Palace Realm expert to kill Shen Bailian dozens of times.

"However, it will take at least half a day for this fragment of divine essence to be completely purified." Shen Bailian's consciousness sank down, and seeing the fragment of divine essence in the universe, a trace of worry appeared on his face.

The fragment of the divine spark that Shen Bailian obtained in the Battle of the Divine Ruins was purified by the Universal Land in just one day and one night.

And this fragment of divine essence obtained in Cave 98?
Two days and one night have passed since we came out of Cave World No. 98, and we are still not completely purified.

but.

“However, this isn’t without its advantages.” Shen Bailian’s mind worked extremely fast as he thought to himself, “The longer the purification process takes, the better its quality and integrity will be compared to the previous one.”

Strictly speaking, Shen Bailian acted too impulsively when he used the previous fragment of divine power.

The cost-effectiveness of upgrading weapons is simply too low; it's better to use weapons of different weights and sizes according to different stages.

The only advantage of the pseudo-divine artifact, Dragon Slayer, at this stage is its relatively high cost-effectiveness, which is that it has the ability to devour and grow.

"If I encounter this again, I must plan carefully and not be so impulsive." Shen Bailian did not rush to leave. He sat back down on the futon, smelling the faint calming incense in the cultivation room, and fell into deep thought.

"The previous fragment of the divine essence was only one-thousandth complete. It took more than a hundred points of divine matter to create even the lowest-grade pseudo-divine artifact."

"If I want to materialize the wide-area teleportation skill I want this time, the amount of divine matter required will probably more than double."

Learning from experience is something Shen Bailian has always been doing.

"It seems I'll have to go to the Lionheart Society after I go back to school to register." Thinking of this, Shen Bailian shook his head and laughed, "If I don't show up, it will be hard to convince the people, since I'm a hands-off manager."

Why was Shen Bailian called Senior Brother by all the martial arts students in the entire Fourth Academy after the freshman trial?
the reason is simple.

Shen Bailian can bring honor and practical benefits to those people. The reason why many martial arts students would choose to join a club composed of freshmen without any scruples is also for practical benefits.

People all over the world come here for profit.

It can be said that, apart from those very close and beloved relatives and friends, no one will be kind to another person or submit to another person unless there is a transfer of benefits.

However, Shen Bailian has not shown his face at the Lionheart Society for two or three months now, even though many people don't say it outright and seem indifferent.

But in reality, many martial arts students in the Lionheart Society were probably already cursing under their breath.

Of course, this is how a normal person should behave. After all, apart from the collective honor brought by the Newcomer Wilderness Trial, Shen Bailian has not yet secured any substantial benefits for the Lionheart Society.

Shen Bailian didn't even participate in the midterm exams.

……

Time passed by little by little, and soon another half hour had gone by.

"Something's not right. That old guy's been gone for so long, why hasn't Xiao Shen come out yet?" Cheng Shangwu looked at the still tightly closed stone door of the 9527 training room, his face slightly flushed, feeling somewhat irritated, and many ominous thoughts surfaced in his mind:
"It couldn't have happened... when Xiao Shen was absorbing the power of origin..."

The thought had barely crossed his mind when Cheng Shangwu dismissed it. He thought to himself, "In the history of the New Era of Great Xia, many martial arts prodigies have absorbed the power of origin without any problems. The safety rate is 100%."

"There's no reason why a top-tier martial arts prodigy like Xiao Shen would run into trouble while absorbing the power of origin."

"If all else fails, we'll just break down the door." In an instant, Cheng Shangwu looked at the motionless stone door, a dangerous glint flashing in his eyes.

In the blink of an eye, the vast sea of ​​primal force in his dantian boiled over, flowing along the meridians of his limbs and bones towards his right arm.

Even though the cost of this underground training room is as high as over a billion Great Xia coins, this amount is already an astronomical figure for ordinary martial artists. If the access level is up to par, it can support an ordinary martial arts prodigy to cultivate to the peak of the Sea Opening Realm.

However, this astronomical figure for an ordinary martial arts student is completely insignificant compared to a top martial arts prodigy.

Moreover, this person is Shen Bailian.

One of the mottoes of Tiangang Academy is: "People-oriented."

After sensing the surging energy of heaven and earth around him, Lei Zhentian glanced sideways, hesitated for a moment, and ultimately decided not to stop it.

To be fair, if this had happened to Yuwen Changkong, he would have made the same choice as Cheng Shangwu, only he would have been more ruthless.

In his eyes, money was like waste paper. Let alone more than a billion, even several billion Daxia coins would be just a drop in the ocean for the Starry Sky Martial Hall.

At this critical moment.

With two faint humming sounds, to the astonishment of Cheng Shangwu and Lei Zhentian, the stone doors of training rooms 9527 and 9528 were opened from the inside at the same moment.

Two tall figures slowly emerged from the hazy天地元力 (heaven and earth energy).

"Ok?"

"What a coincidence!" As soon as Yuwen Changkong came out, his previously suppressed spiritual power spread out in all directions like long snakes.

This underground training room is a special version made by Congyun City. The stone door is not an ordinary object either; it can directly isolate the spiritual perception of those below the third level.

Even third-tier mental power can be greatly weakened.

Therefore, the cost of just one stone door is as high as 30 to 50 million Xia coins, accounting for 20% to 30% of the total cost of building the cultivation room.

"However, I am now completely different from before." Yuwen Changkong felt the surging power within his body and the crackling purple arcs of electricity flashing around him from time to time. He couldn't help but show the joy of an old farmer harvesting his harvest.

Compared to Shen Bailian, Yuwen Changkong, with the help of the Thunder Pearl and his home-field advantage, not only gained a lot of combat experience, but also acquired a considerable amount of Origin Power.

With the help of the primordial power he obtained in Cave Heaven No. 98, his martial arts realm suddenly leaped to the late stage of the Transcendent Realm, specifically a physical quality level of 19.4.

Moreover, under the impact of a large amount of primal power, although he did not successfully enter a state of enlightenment, his martial arts skills underwent a qualitative leap, and he was only one step away from the fourth level of subtle understanding.

Otherwise, if his martial arts skills were still in their previous state, the violent thunderous energy within Yuwen Changkong's body would likely have poured out like a floodgate being opened the moment he emerged from seclusion, destroying everything around him.

"And my mental power." Yuwen Changkong turned off the electromagnetic wave detection, his eyes shining like starlight, easily sensing everything around him.

Within a radius of several hundred meters, inch by inch in the underground training room, the dust and light in the air... as long as there were no stone doors or walls to obstruct the view, were all within his perception.

This is completely different from the previous state of perception that did not use electromagnetic waves for detection.

"Although there are no sophisticated measuring instruments here, given my current level of mental strength, I've most likely already reached the late stage of the first tier, and I'm probably not far from the peak of the first tier." Yuwen Changkong realized this.

Ordinary martial arts prodigies, and most top-tier martial arts prodigies, can only advance their spiritual power to the second tier when they reach the Sea Opening Realm.

On the one hand, mental perception is not as useful as one might imagine in the early stages, since no one is like Shen Bailian, who possesses the divine skill [Eye of God].

Or perhaps it is Yuwen Changkong's Nine Heavens Divine Thunder Sacred Body.

On the other hand, the higher a martial arts student's physical fitness level, the stronger the spiritual power nurtured by their physical body. Rather than expending a lot of energy to cultivate visualization techniques, it is better to focus most of the effort on improving physical fitness level.

This involves a personal choice: whether to become an all-around martial artist or a specialized martial artist who "strengthens first to drive strength later".

"And then there's the tangible... Thunder Law in the air." Since the gods perished, some of the power of the world's rules has dissipated into the heavens and earth.

However, for ordinary martial artists, and even for martial arts prodigies, it is an existence that is both desirable and unattainable.

"Once I can reach the fourth level of martial arts technique, I will be able to touch the laws of lightning in the air, which will greatly increase my combat power. Even if I face a martial artist at the peak of the Transcendent Realm, I will be able to defeat him," Yuwen Changkong thought to himself.

Thinking of this, an unpleasant memory involuntarily flashed through his mind: what he thought was an evenly matched contest turned out to be Shen Bailian just playing around with him!
My uncle can tolerate it, but my aunt cannot!

"In just a few more days, once my martial arts skills have reached the fourth level of subtlety, I will be able to avenge that grudge." Yuwen Changkong looked at Shen Bailian beside him with burning eyes.

It’s different in the past.

Previously, Shen Bailian was able to suppress him entirely because he was still in his "developmental stage," but this unexpected windfall has shortened the time it takes for his combat system to take shape by at least 20%.

Shen Bailian remained completely unmoved by Yuwen Changkong's gaze, because Yuwen Changkong was currently too weak. Unless he could reach the peak of the Transcendent Realm within ten days, he would pose no threat to Shen Bailian.

Because in ten days, barring any unforeseen circumstances, he will be promoted to a Sea Opening Realm martial artist.

One step behind leads to another. With the help of his innate talent and divine matter, even if Shen Bailian advances to the Sea Opening Realm, his rate of growth will not slow down much.

Shen Bailian's current focus is on the stone gate behind him.

"The effect of this stone gate in blocking perception is really powerful. If it could be made into armor and worn, wouldn't it give us a direct advantage in skirmishes?" Shen Bailian thought to himself, marveling.

After his journey through Cave Heaven No. 98, he discovered that the perception of the divine skill [Eye of God] was not invincible or without any limitations.

At least not at this stage. As for whether there will be other changes after reaching the maximum level, it is unclear.

However, Shen Bailian never expected that his divine eye would be suppressed by a seemingly unremarkable stone door, and his perception range would suddenly shrink to a radius of several hundred meters.

More than half an hour ago, he had already seen Si Bu Hui leave from the cultivation room, but just to be on the safe side, he did not rush to come out.

"What, you want to use this stone gate to make a suit of armor?" Cheng Shangwu strode forward, and seeing Shen Bailian unharmed, he breathed a sigh of relief. He seemed to have guessed what the young man was thinking, and smiled:

"There have been people who thought the same way as you, but unfortunately that's a pity."

"What's a pity?" Shen Bailian pressed.

"Unfortunately, this thing is a one-piece structure, naturally formed. Once its structure is damaged, its ability to shield mental perception will be greatly weakened, and it will also greatly restrict large movements."

"I see."

"Are you ready?" Cheng Shangwu asked with a smile.

"What preparations?" Shen Bailian was a little confused; Cheng Shangwu had changed the subject quite quickly.

"of course……"

(End of this chapter)