I will eventually become a god through sheer hard work.

Xue Jing frowned slightly.

Hmm? Before it was elevated, where did the significant feedback function of "teaching" go?

How come the skill upgrade was eaten up by this function?

Strange... Xue Jing shook his head, looked at Xue Wan, and asked:

"Sister, how do you feel?"

Xue Wan hesitated for a moment, then said:

"I think I... know martial arts now."

She instinctively raised her hand, extending only her index finger, then her gaze sharpened as she quickly pointed at Xue Jing's vital points.

One finger after another, each strike was a perfect, unrestrained strike, like a gazelle leaping over horns. Although the fingers could not harm Xue Jing, if it were replaced with a sharp spearhead... it still wouldn't hurt him. But such exquisite finger strikes, deeply rooted in the essence of martial arts, were not something an ordinary person who did not understand martial arts could use.

Xue Wan said excitedly:

"Ah Jing, could this be the method used by masters in martial arts dramas to teach martial arts?!"

"I remember it was called... called..."

Xue Wan pondered for a moment, then seemed to have thought of the word, and said with a sudden realization and absolute certainty:

"It's so exciting!"

Xue Jing smacked her on the head in an annoyed tone, causing her to stumble forward.

"That's called enlightenment."

Xue Wan rubbed her head and muttered in dissatisfaction, "How could I not know? I was just pretending to be stupid so you could complain."

"With your intelligence, it's hard for me to believe you're pretending to be stupid."

Xue Jing said calmly.

……

After playing around with Xue Wan for a while, Xue Jing told her to go to sleep and rest, citing the mental strain, and sent her back to her room.

He then summoned a maid and a cat, and performed a consecration ceremony on each of the two women.

Having learned from Xue Wan's experience, Xue Jing became much more cautious in his actions. He first taught the little maid the basic techniques of the Hidden Dragon Technique and the Shaking Armor Skill.

Although Yunqin had been learning martial arts from him before, she was not very talented and her learning was not up to standard.

After this initiation, Yunqin directly received this master's insights and experience on these two stance training methods. After the initiation, she demonstrated them according to Xue Jing's requirements, and all the subtle movements of the energy were extremely perfect.

The young maid's relatively fragile spirit was already at its limit to withstand the initiation of these two stance training methods.

Cat is different. As a 'gift recipient' who has merged with the power of the Cat Goddess, her own [willpower] index is quite high, and Xue Jing can also impart more knowledge to her.

Not only were the two stance training techniques passed on, but the five major killing moves of the Hidden Dragon Style were also directly infused into him... Although it felt a bit strange for a Serpent Slayer, who was supposed to be able to counter dragons and snakes, to use such a dragon-type killing move.

After instilling the five ultimate moves into the cat, Xue Jing still had some spare capacity, so he tried to instill conventional skills such as riding, acting, and running into the cat as well.

It actually worked... However, the consequence was that Ning Maomao, like Xue Wan, was under too much mental pressure and almost fainted.

After telling the two of them to go back and rest so they could process what they had learned, Xue Jing also returned to his room.

"Something's not right. If this is the case, won't the [Initiation] only go out and not come in?"

Xue Jing sat on the bed, stroking his chin in thought.

"Is it purely about developing skills for those around you and your subordinates?"

"No... The skills that were upgraded before all retained their original effects, but the upgrades resulted in better effects."

"The teaching function has the ability to feed back experience, so there's no reason why the empowerment function shouldn't have it... There must be some use that I haven't noticed."

After thinking for a while, Xue Jing shook his head:

"Never mind, I'll stop thinking about this for now."

He opened the skill panel and clicked on [True Martial Arts].

【True Martial Arts Lv3 (Transcendent)】

[Upgrade Requirements: 40000/40000 Experience Points, 3568/2000 Divinity]

Without hesitation, he pressed the upgrade button.

【True Martial Arts Lv4 (Transcendent)】

[Upgrade Requirements: 0/60000 Experience Points, 1568/2000 Divinity]

"The required experience is 20,000 more than at Lv3. It seems that it doesn't double with every level. That's good."

"The required divinity for the next upgrade is still two thousand... Considering that it's one thousand for Lv1 and Lv2, it seems the required divinity increases every two levels. I just don't know if the next level will require three thousand or four thousand..."

Xue Jing nodded.

He closed his eyes slightly, sensing the changes after Zhenwu's upgrade.

Upon internal inspection, he discovered that his body structure had hardly changed, with only the slightest, almost imperceptible optimizations in the most minute details.

"When I first obtained [Zhenwu], the most obvious effect was the optimization of my physical structure, which almost transformed me into another species."

"However, when you advance to Lv2, although your physical body is optimized again, the changes are not as significant. At Lv3, the optimization is even less."

"At Lv4 now, the optimization is almost imperceptible..."

"It must be that my body's adaptability to 'martial arts' has reached a near-perfect limit, making further adjustments difficult."

With a thought, his body began to circulate internally, and his energy flowed smoothly from all directions, like rivers converging into the sea, surging towards the location designated by Xue Jing.

An unimaginable force kept emerging. If this force were concentrated at the fingertips, it would be a terrifying power that could penetrate a building with just a light touch. If converted to explosives, it would be equivalent to at least several tens of kilograms of TNT.

Even the most physically capable person could be blown to smithereens if the operation is slightly improper.

However, this extremely violent power, within Xue Jing's body at this moment, was like a tamed puppy, obedient to him. If Xue Jing pointed east, it wouldn't go west; if he pointed south, it wouldn't go north. It roamed freely within his body according to his will.

Even if you force it to behave and compress it into a tiny piece the size of your fingertip, it won't cause you any trouble.

The level 4 True Martial skill allowed Xue Jing to control his internal energy to an extremely exaggerated degree.

By focusing that small piece of energy to its extreme, the explosive force slowly dissipated. Xue Jing pressed the attribute table and glanced at his current five dimensions.

Body: 1563

Italian: 1761

Robbery: 13842

Saint: 7421

Momentum: &￥#%￥%

Both the "body" and "meaning" values ​​increased by more than one hundred each, which is not a large number.

However, according to his own estimation, his actual martial arts combat power has increased by at least 30%.

"The boost to energy is amazing."

Xue Jing sighed.

"It seems that the main effects of future upgrades to Zhenwu will be on the flow of energy and the understanding of martial arts. As for the modification and optimization of the physical body, the effect will become weaker and weaker until it has no effect at all."

He opened the panel again, staring at the [Warrior Master] and [Dragon Horn] on it, somewhat hesitant.

I have 1,500 points of divinity left. Which one should I upgrade?

[The Lord of Soldiers] has reached the maximum experience level; if he doesn't level up, he'll be stuck here.

However... the experience of the War Lord is not difficult to acquire, so there is no need to worry about this.

His next main goal is to upgrade [Dragon Horns], focusing most of his divinity on this skill until he reaches Lv10 and unlocks Avatar.

Since killing the Naga serpent, his dragon horns have mutated, and he has obtained the Annihilation Flame Lightning. He has prioritized this skill, as its pure and extreme destructive power is extremely useful in battle.

"Hmm... Lord of War, there's no rush. My physical strength has already improved, and the current level of Dragon Thunder's limit of twenty times gravity is not enough for me."

"Plus, the Annihilation Flame Lightning is also very useful, so let's upgrade [Dragon Horn] first."

Xue Jing made his decision and clicked to upgrade the [Dragon Horn].

Dragon Horn Lv6 (Divinity required for upgrade: 368/2000)

He stood up, walked to the balcony, and jumped onto the ground in the community garden.

Looking around and finding no one nearby, he had a sudden thought, and crackling arcs of electricity appeared above his head, along with silver-white lightning dragon horns.

Immediately, he wrapped his entire body in silver-white dragon lightning feathers and applied his current maximum gravity to himself.

"Om-"

With a buzzing sound, the ground cracked open, and Xue Jing's feet immediately sank into it, his calves below the knees completely submerged in the ground.

His entire skeleton was emitting a subtle vibration. Xue Jing briefly assessed the sensation and, by comparing it to the feeling at twenty times gravity, roughly concluded that the maximum gravity for a Lv6 dragon horn was around twenty-seven times gravity.

"...So-so."

After engaging in some activities while supporting gravity, Xue Jing nodded.

His current physical body should be able to withstand high-intensity training with 27 times the gravity, or even more.

As the lightning bolts dissipated, Xue Jing used his strength to shake off the mud that had adhered to him, then lightly leaped back to his balcony and went into his room.

He lay down on the bed, assumed the lion's posture of Nirvana, gently closed his eyes, and in just one second, he began to breathe deeply and fell asleep.

Silently, layers of golden light emerged from his body, and a sacred aura emanated from him. The mosquitoes in the dark corners of the room all fled away from Xue Jing as if they were avoiding him.

Before long, there wasn't a single fly or mosquito left in the entire room.

……

Chapter 311 Empowering the Lion King with Supernatural Power, the Dragon King Returns, and Reverse Cultivation (4K)

The next morning, Xue Jing opened his eyes precisely at the first possible second.

The emerald light in the four corners of his dark blue eyes, which were tinged with red, gradually subsided.

He slowly sat up, his languid movements exuding an indescribable dignified majesty. His disdainful gaze was like that of a lion king awakening from a dream on the grasslands, elegant yet awe-inspiring.