Gao Wu: My martial arts technique has entries.

Chapter 2 Source Energy
After completing the test, Chu Kuang returned to his martial arts training ground.

He had just arrived at his spot when he saw Jiang Feng, who looked like a bull, walking over: "So, are you getting ready to practice advanced techniques?"

"Wait a little longer, I feel like my basic external skills are almost perfected," Chu Kuang said, shaking his head.

Jiang Feng frowned slightly and advised, "Your comprehension is better than mine. If you had started cultivating advanced techniques earlier, your external martial arts should have reached a high level by now."

"This basic technique is only for building a foundation. It's enough to cultivate it to a high level. Many people in the class are only at the minor completion stage of their basic technique."

Chu Kuang nodded, but did not discuss the topic further.

Seeing this, Jiang Feng didn't say anything more, but simply went to Lin Shuyao's side.

"How did it go?" Lin Shuyao asked as Jiang Feng returned.

Jiang Feng shook his head, then feigned a sigh and said, "What a pity. He has quite good talent, but he has wasted his time."

"If he is a top genius, it would be fine if he could master the basic techniques without wasting much time. But if he doesn't have that talent and is still struggling with the basic techniques, he will probably find it difficult to achieve great things in the future."

After hearing Jiang Feng's words, Lin Shuyao immediately withdrew her gaze, revealing a hint of regret.

Back in junior high school, Chu Kuang, with the help of his innate wisdom and good comprehension, was one of the first in the entire grade to master the basic techniques.

At that time, Lin Shuyao was just beginning to experience romantic feelings, and she was also classmates with Chu Kuang. She harbored a secret affection for this handsome young man, and their relationship was somewhat ambiguous during that period.

However, Chu Kuang then focused on mastering the basic techniques, causing his grades to plummet to the point where he couldn't even get into the top twenty in his class. Lin Shuyao's mind also gradually matured and became more rational, and their relationship gradually drifted apart.

In Lin Shuyao's view now, Chu Kuang has probably fallen behind completely and is no longer capable of securing a spot to enter the Dark Domain for cultivation two months from now.

One wrong step leads to many more.

“From the moment he chose to focus on mastering the basic techniques, we were no longer on the same level.”

Lin Shuyao withdrew her gaze, completely extinguishing her former girlish sentiments.

She wanted to marry a true powerhouse, a human prodigy who could take her beyond the Tianyuan Star System to witness the dazzling galaxy, not a mediocre person who could never break through to the second-tier transcendent realm.

"Shuyao." Seeing the change in Lin Shuyao's expression, Jiang Feng immediately smiled and said, "Besides you and me, I'm afraid everyone else in the class has a limited future."

"Why don't you agree to be my girlfriend, and we'll work hard together to get into Tianyuan University?"

"Oh?" Lin Shuyao smiled, a hint of indifference in her eyes, and said, "Let's talk about it after you get into a top martial arts university."

While the two were talking, Chu Kuang had already begun to concentrate on continuing to cultivate the basic techniques.

Time flies, and several hours have passed in the blink of an eye.

"It's still a little short."

When school ended, Chu Kuang felt that his basic external skills had reached the limit of mastery, only a hair's breadth away from perfection, but he was always missing that one crucial opportunity.

However, this glimmer of opportunity is a significant bottleneck for Chu Kuang, because basic cultivation techniques are easy to learn but difficult to master, and there is a considerable hurdle to overcome in breaking through to the perfect state.

If you have enough talent, you might break through in just a few days; if you don't, it could take more than a decade.

"Is it because your physical constitution is too poor?"

Chu Kuang murmured, his brow furrowing slightly. A mid-level fourth-grade root bone was still too ordinary; the vast majority of students present had root bones of around third or fourth grade.

This kind of innate talent doesn't mean that one is completely unable to cultivate basic skills to perfection, but rather that it requires a lot of time to hone and refine before a breakthrough is possible, and it will most likely take more than ten years.

"I can't wait ten years."

Thinking of this, he had no choice but to temporarily put aside his cultivation and get up to go home.

Chu Kuang's family home is located in the working-class district of Tianheng City, on the 32nd floor of a high-rise building. However, the interior space is over 500 square meters, as the living space controlled by humans in this era is far superior to that of Earth.

As soon as he got home, he saw an eleven or twelve-year-old boy practicing martial arts with great skill, while a one-armed middle-aged man was seriously correcting his movements.

"dad."

Chu Kuang looked at the middle-aged man and called out to him habitually.

The middle-aged man was named Chu Yang, and he was Chu Yang's father in this life. He was not a replacement for this body, but a reincarnation who was born into this life. He was raised by Chu Yang from childhood, so there was nothing awkward about it.

At this moment, Chu Yang nodded and looked at the boy beside him, saying, "Go help your brother get his things."

"Brother, you are back."

The boy immediately smiled excitedly and quickly stepped forward to help Chu Kuang take the clothes and training equipment.

Chu Kuang handed the items to him, patted his head, and said, "Your boxing skills are quite good. It looks like it won't be long before you reach the beginner level."

"It's all thanks to my father's good teaching."

This boy, named Chu Yu, is Chu Kuang's younger brother in this life. He is currently in the second semester of sixth grade. He is familiarizing himself with basic techniques in advance, preparing for the cultivation of fundamental martial arts after entering junior high school in the second half of the year.

In this day and age, everyone practices martial arts. Children under the age of twelve are too fragile, so the six years of primary school are mainly used to learn to read and write, accumulate martial arts knowledge, and understand the acupoints and meridians of the human body.

In junior high school, one's physique is just beginning to develop but not yet fully formed. If one rashly practices martial arts, it is easy to become crippled. Therefore, one should focus on practicing basic techniques to build a foundation.

Chu Yu is four years younger than Chu Kuang and has always regarded Chu Kuang as his idol, so the two have a very good brotherly relationship.

"Go practice on your own first. I have something to say to your brother."

Chu Yang dismissed Chu Yu and led Chu Kuang to the study. Inside, the father and son fell into a brief silence. Looking at his father's single arm, Chu Kuang couldn't help but recall a past event.

In this era, due to constant warfare with alien races and the Dark Realm, the human race has always faced a severe shortage of population.

To ensure a sufficient supply of warriors and soldiers, and to safeguard the Tianyuan Star System, the Federation has always encouraged childbirth. Generally, the Federation will reward each child born with 30,000 Federation Credits.

Therefore, most families of low-level martial artists would have seven, eight, or even more than a dozen children. Most of Chu Kuang's classmates also had seven or eight or more brothers and sisters, but Chu's father only had two sons.

Because Chu's father once aspired to martial arts, but unfortunately, when Chu Kuang was three years old, an undercurrent suddenly broke out on Tianyuan C Star.

The ferocious beasts and native creatures in the Dark Domain invaded Tianheng City through spatial rifts, causing great damage to the city.

Chu's father desperately protected young Chu Kuang, leading him to fight his way out of the jaws of a ferocious beast, but in doing so, he paid the price of losing an arm.

It was precisely because of this that Chu's father lost the opportunity to break through to the Transcendent Realm.

"Father."

Chu Kuang regained his composure and was about to ask his father why he had met with him alone when his father waved his hand to stop him.

But then Chu's father looked at Chu Kuang and said calmly, "Your teacher Xu Yue called me today. He said that your innate talent is insufficient and advised me to let you give up practicing basic external skills."

Chu Kuang was slightly taken aback and wanted to say something, but Chu Yang stopped him by reaching out his hand.

"I know your temper; you like to overthink things just like me."

Chu Yang shook his head, then got up and went into the safe.

He carefully opened the safe, took out a pale blue vial filled with fluorescence, and handed it to Chu Kuang.

"First-order source energy potion".

Looking at the pale blue potion in front of him, Chu Kuang's eyes revealed a hint of shock.

The Source Energy Potion originates from the Dark Domain and is formulated using first-tier spiritual herbs containing Source Energy. It is extremely valuable even to those who have cultivated to the first-tier Transcendent Realm.

Such rare treasures are naturally extremely valuable; even a first-tier source energy potion would cost a full 100,000 Federal Credits.

Federal currency has extremely high purchasing power. In this day and age, if one does not pursue martial arts mastery, an ordinary person only needs one hundred Federal currency to live comfortably for a year.

Chu's father and mother both work on the federal farm, and their combined annual income is only 20,000 federal dollars. To buy such a source energy potion, they would need to save up for five years without eating or drinking.

"This is too expensive."

Chu Kuang took a deep breath, trying to push the nutrient solution back in.

Father Chu calmly shook his head and said calmly, "Without the source energy potion, are you confident that you can master the basic external skills?"

"I won't let you down."

Chu Kuang remained silent for a moment, then resolutely took the source energy potion.

Father Chu did not discuss the topic further, but simply stood up and said, "Whenever you feel you've hit a bottleneck, take this to break through. Your mother's meal is ready, let's go eat first."

"it is good."

Chu Kuang nodded and followed his father into the restaurant.

At this moment, Chu's mother had just finished cooking and brought the food out of the kitchen. Seeing the father and son come out, she immediately laughed and said, "You two have such sullen faces. Anyone who didn't know better would think someone owes you money."

"Come and eat, let's talk after we finish eating."

The meal was unusually somber. Chu Kuang felt an invisible pressure, and Chu's father also seemed to have something weighing on his mind.

Chu Yu wanted to interject several times, but seeing the expressions on her father and brother's faces, she didn't dare to say anything more.

After finishing his meal, Chu Kuang went to the martial arts room and carefully took out the source energy potion.

"The first-order source energy potion is of too high quality; it's best to dilute it before taking it."

Looking at the source energy potion in front of him, Chu Kuang's expression turned solemn.

In this era of advanced martial arts, the cultivation realms are: Zero-level Apprentice Realm, First-level Mortal Transformation Realm, Second-level Transcendent Realm, Third-level Divine Treasure Realm...

The apprentice level is further divided into two stages: body tempering and internal organ refinement.

Chu Kuang's mastery of body tempering is at the lower-middle level of the apprentice level, while Chu's father is at the perfect level of the apprentice level, which is already at the upper-middle level among adults on Tianyuan C Star.

In fact, nine out of ten people on Tianyuan C Star will remain at the apprentice level and will never be able to break through to the Transcendent Realm in their lifetime. Or they can only rely on gene drugs to take the path of gene evolution and become the weakest Transcendent Realm warriors.

Chu Kuang knew that the Source Energy Potion was extremely precious and was best used when attempting to break through to the Transcendent Realm.

However, he understood that his natural talent was only average, and taking the source energy potion to break through to the perfection of the basic cultivation technique was the best choice at present.

Thinking of this, Chu Kuang diluted the source energy potion and then drank it in batches.

"boom--"

As the energy potion entered his stomach, Chu Kuang immediately felt an extremely powerful energy surge into his body.

(End of this chapter)