Dragon Devouring Cultivation

Chapter 57 True Biography
After Director Zhang improved his strength to the middle stage of Qi training, his battle with Li Zhen was almost evenly matched.

He is at the same level as Li Zhen in terms of swordsmanship, but he has more combat experience.

However, Li Zhen's reaction speed and the power of his sword exceeded the physical fitness demonstrated by Director Zhang's mid-stage Qi training cultivation.

Of course, Director Zhang’s strength is not limited to close combat swordsmanship. If he were to use his flying sword at a distance, Li Zhen’s advanced swordsmanship would be useless.

"What a pleasure!" Li Zhen shouted.

With Director Zhang's full display of swordsmanship, Li Zhen benefited a lot from this battle.

Director Zhang's face was filled with joy. It was such a blessing that the Yiqian Hall was going to produce another sword-fighting genius.

He already had an idea and wanted to apply for higher treatment for Li Zhen from the Han family.

Now that Li Zhen has received funding from the Han family, it is just an investment from an outsider, and the resources provided are limited.

In other words, Li Zhen’s current cultivation level is very low, so these subsidies seem very good.

With Li Zhen's talent in swordsmanship, he fully deserves higher treatment.

"Let's stop here today!" Director Zhang swung out with his sword and stepped back while speaking.

Li Zhen put away his sword, bowed to Director Zhang, and thanked him for his sparring partner.

"Li Zhen, how come your swordsmanship has improved so quickly?" Director Zhang asked curiously, but he immediately added: "No need to answer, I was talking too much!"

If Li Zhen's talent was average, it wouldn't be a big deal for Director Zhang to ask about cultivation, but Li Zhen was obviously growing at an extraordinary speed, and asking rashly would be tantamount to making an enemy of Li Zhen.

No one would tell others about their adventures; this was a secret kept only by monks.

Li Zhen was thinking about how to answer, but when he heard Director Zhang's next words, he smiled and said nothing.

No matter how you make up a story, there will always be loopholes, so it’s better to say nothing.

"No one in Yijian Hall can teach you anymore. Your sword skills at this level can only be improved through continuous fighting!" Director Zhang changed the subject.

"But where can I go to join the battle?" Li Zhen asked, shaking his head.

"I'll give you two suggestions. There is a safe way to improve, and there is a dangerous way to improve!" Director Zhang said, looking into Li Zhen's eyes.

"Please give me some advice, Director!" Li Zhen bowed.

"The safest way to improve is to participate in the school challenge competition, representing the school in the battle against students from middle schools across the continent. The challenge competition has powerful monks as referees, so there will be no problem with safety.

The dangerous way is to go out of the city and wipe out the monsters.

The monsters outside the city are not very strong, which is just right for your strength. The danger comes from the number of monsters and the possibility of encountering malicious robbers. "Director Zhang suggested.

Li Zhen checked the information of the school challenge through his identity bracelet. The school challenge starts in March every year. Each school selects contestants in advance, starting from the county level, then the city, and finally the winning contestants from each city are gathered in Donglizhou.

He had just become a student in the monk class and had the status of a monk. Ordinary people could not watch such school challenge events, so he did not know about it before.

After reading the information about the school challenge, he realized that this was the most important competition for Donglizhou Middle School.

Winning a place in the competition will not only bring fame to the school, but will also affect the future allocation of resources for the school and even the county to which it belongs. The rewards for students are also extremely generous.

What Li Zhen values ​​most is the improvement in his status and position and the increase in his safety factor after winning the ranking.

If he really won the top few places in the Donglizhou School Challenge, when he triggered the distress signal, I'm afraid the county capital would come to rescue him immediately.

As for going out of the city to fight, Li Zhen also needs to consider it.

He has many tricks up his sleeve and is not worried about the number of monsters. He also doesn't care as long as the cultivator is not in the late stage of Qi training.

"Although there are almost no first-year junior high school students participating in the school challenge, you, who possess great sword skills, have already met the requirements for being selected by No. 2 Middle School. To be honest, with the close combat ability you have demonstrated, even a high school student in the middle stage of Qi training cannot be your opponent!" Director Zhang added.

"I will seriously consider it!" Li Zhen nodded heavily. "Come with me!" Director Zhang thought for a moment and said.

He brought Li Zhen to his office, turned on the virtual screen on the desk, and operated it with his fingers.

"From now on, you will be the true disciple of Yiqian Hall. You can use all the facilities of Yiqian Hall for free. All the books of Yiqian Hall are open to you, and primary nutritional supplements are also supplied unlimitedly!" Director Zhang stopped what he was doing and said.

Li Zhen had heard of the true disciples of the Yiqian Hall. It was said that the true disciples of the Yiqian Hall only appear once every few years, and the true disciples rarely show up in the Yiqian Hall. This identity was more like an honor for those true disciples.

In fact, there has never been a cultivator of Li Zhen's age who can pass on the true teachings of the Yiqian Hall. Generally, those who can become the true disciples are mostly high school students.

This kind of high school genius will soon be admitted to a good university and leave the small place of Yunxi County. For this kind of people, the identity of a true disciple of Yijian Hall is just a little connection with their hometown.

Li Zhen's identity bracelet received a message from the Yijian Hall. Through his retina, he saw the electronic version of the Yijian Hall's classics, and all the electronic versions of the classics could be read.

"Thank you, Director Zhang!" he thanked again.

This time he really benefited from it. Primary nutritional supplements were good stuff. After taking them, they allowed him to quickly recover his strength and thus extended his sword practice time in disguise.

The Yijian Hall also has an 'Epidium Poison Detector', a 'Cultivation Simulator', a first-class superior cultivation room, etc., which are all important resources that can assist in cultivation.

Especially the first-grade superior training room, which he was not qualified to use before.

Coming out of the director's office, Li Zhen saw Han Wenqin waiting outside his private practice room.

"Have you become the true disciple of Yijian Hall?" Han Wenqin asked even though she had received the notice.

It's not her fault. She was the only one who became a true disciple in the first year of the new year, and she had only heard of Li Zhen.

Not to mention the first year of junior high school, even someone who could become a true disciple of the Yiqian Hall during junior high school has not appeared in a hundred years.

If she didn't know what kind of person Director Zhang was, she would have thought that Director Zhang had received some kind of benefit to make such an irrational decision.

"Thank you for your kindness, Director!" Li Zhen replied with a smile.

"After the official announcement, you will face challenges from other cultivators in the Yiqian Hall!" Han Wenqin reminded continuously.

"What's going on?" Li Zhen asked puzzledly.

"The true disciple in the Yiqian Hall is the chief disciple. The status of the chief disciple is higher than that of a coach, so naturally many people will be dissatisfied!" Han Wenqin explained.

If Li Zhen was older, had a higher level of cultivation, and a greater reputation, he would be able to convince the people.

But Li Zhen is not well-known now and is only a freshman. How can he convince so many monks in the Yiqian Hall?

She also didn't know what Director Zhang was thinking. It was indeed an honor to receive the true teachings, but it also brought a lot of trouble.

When he came back from the Yiqian Hall, there were five bottles of primary nutritional supplements in his backpack. These were not what he wanted to take, but were sent to him by Director Zhang.

After he finishes his training, he will have five bottles of primary nutritional supplements to take home, so that he can use them to restore his physical strength while practicing at home. This is also the benefit of the true teachings.

After returning home, Li Zhen had dinner with his parents and then went to the practice room to practice for an hour.

He did not stay in the Yiqian Hall to practice in the first-grade superior training room. If he really wanted to practice the 'Seventeenth Edition of the Basic Qi Training Method' in the Yiqian Hall, he would either have to reduce the time spent practicing swordsmanship or extend the time spent in the Yiqian Hall.

His current training speed is fast enough, and he does not need to reduce the time spent practicing swordsmanship and increase the time spent practicing martial arts.

As for extending the time at the Yiqian Hall, he would have to be home an hour in the evening, which would disrupt his parents' daily routine. Coming home too late would also make his parents worried.

Although the spiritual energy in the training room at home is of the lower grade, it is a token of love from his parents, so Li Zhen tries his best to use up all the spiritual energy in the training room every day.

He also knew that when he was promoted to the middle stage of Qi training, the effect of the first-grade inferior spiritual energy on his cultivation would be greatly reduced, and his parents would no longer be able to provide this care.

He returned to his bedroom and planned his own training schedule. Now he had too many things to do and needed to plan his time well.

(End of this chapter)