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As the final exams came to an end, a large number of senior students from the martial arts department poured out of the teaching building. Some even ran and shouted excitedly, as if they had regained their freedom.

Li Biao was also caught up in the atmosphere and joined in with a few shouts.

"What are you so happy about? It's not like you're on vacation right after the exams..." Chen Mochuan said, both amused and exasperated.

Upon hearing this, Li Biao recalled what his homeroom teacher had just said about having to attend another week of school next week, and he immediately deflated, thinking, "This is truly a miserable senior year of high school!"

But then he laughed again, "Even when I'm home for vacation, I spend most of my time studying and practicing martial arts, so it's not that different from going to school... But at least I don't have to take any more exams. The martial arts exams are okay, but the academic exams are pure torture!"

Chen Mochuan wholeheartedly agrees with this point, saying, "Indeed, I always need a while to recover after each academic exam."

"Brother Chuan, you were really awesome this time, you surpassed Jiang Hao and Su Zhining!"

"Compared to those two from No. 1 High School, they are still far behind." Chen Mochuan shook his head.

"I bet you'll beat them by midterms next semester and become number one in Antu City!"

"Try your best... Ah Biao, you didn't do badly on the test this time."

"Hey... how can I compare to you? You've eaten so many high-end martial arts supplements and ferocious beast meat. If I don't improve faster, my dad will definitely break my legs." Li Biao said self-deprecatingly. "Fortunately, this time I finally met the conditions for cultivating the Ling Shu Hun Yuan Zhuang ahead of schedule, and I can start learning this fundamental stance training soon."

Chen Mochuan knew that with Li Biao's family's financial strength, they naturally wouldn't care about such expenses. In fact, the other party had previously given him several portions of high-grade ferocious beast meat.

However, he doesn't feel as eager to quickly increase his Qi and blood value as before. He believes that he should focus on honing his martial arts skills and improving step by step. Therefore, he only symbolically accepted a piece of ferocious beast meat and declined the rest, but he still thinks of his best friend.

"Well, I've gotten quite a bit of experience with this technique. If you have any questions later, feel free to ask me."

"Ha, then I'll be counting on you!" Li Biao grinned. "Your guidance on the problems with the Foundation Strengthening Stance and the Vitality Cultivation Fist is always spot-on! In the past month or so, my mastery of these two techniques has improved remarkably fast, and I've already surpassed Jiang Hao and Su Zhining... To be honest, I feel like you're a better teacher than our school teachers and all the private tutors my dad hired!"

It turned out that Chen Mochuan had noticed that Li Biao was making slow progress in the Foundation Strengthening Stance and the Vitality Cultivation Fist. In order to help his best friend, he specially selected the incomplete martial arts enlightenment seed left by Li Biao to absorb in the martial arts training ground of the elite class.

By personally experiencing the deviations and bottlenecks in his cultivation process, he accurately identified the crux of the problem, and his subsequent guidance was naturally incisive.

"We're still at school. Aren't you afraid the teacher will hear you saying that?"

Li Biao glanced around guiltily before letting out a sigh of relief. "That was scary... Oh, right, that kid Lu Ren, I don't know what's wrong with him, he's been making pretty rapid progress lately."

In the past two months, not only have Chen Mochuan and Li Biao made extraordinary progress in the elite class, but Lu Ren's improvement has also been remarkable.

Since his defeat in the duel with Chen Mochuan after the midterm exams, Lu Ren had been away from school for nearly ten days. However, his martial arts training did not fall behind. On the contrary, his progress accelerated after returning to school, especially the increase in his Qi and Blood value.

In last month's monthly exam, his ranking improved significantly, jumping from 25th to 14th.

Judging from his performance in several martial arts tests today, as long as his academic performance isn't particularly poor, he'll definitely be in the top ten in this final exam, or even challenge for the top eight.

This has led many to remark that he was spurred on by his defeat and, in turn, unleashed his full potential.

Some classmates even privately believed that he had awakened his spiritual talent under some kind of stimulation, but when they asked him, he remained silent and neither confirmed nor denied it.

"Maybe he really has turned over a new leaf," Chen Mochuan said.

"That's for the best... After challenging you to a duel, he did behave much better in front of others, but I still have a feeling that this kid isn't hiding anything good..." Li Biao frowned.

After parting ways with Li Biao at the school gate, Chen Mochuan walked alone through the snow towards Mingxin Martial Arts Hall.

In the past two months, his need for practical training has been fully met because two senior martial arts masters at the school, Han Zhen and Lin Hong, were willing to suppress their strength and take turns sparring with him.

In addition, he had to spend two hours every night without fail practicing the Ling Shu Hun Yuan Zhuang for body tempering, making his schedule very tight.

Therefore, he had to reduce the frequency of his visits to the Mingxin Martial Arts Hall, and correspondingly, he also reduced the time he originally allocated to the Tianwu Battle Network ranking competition.

After losing to a 10th-dan examiner in today's mock assessment, he seriously considered it and felt that in addition to quickly mastering the "Stone Piercing" move of the Mountain-Crushing Fist, he still needed to focus on training for the ranking matches on the Tianwu Battle Network.

With his current skill level, it wouldn't be difficult for him to be matched with opponents of rank 10 in ranked matches.

If I had encountered those experienced level 10 martial artists earlier and accumulated experience fighting against opponents of that level, then when facing that examiner today, even if he would most likely still lose in the end, at least the fight would have looked better, and at the very least, I could have lasted longer.

On the way from No. 8 High School to Mingxin Martial Arts Hall, there is the longest pedestrian street in Antu City, which is particularly bustling due to its proximity to the Chengbo River that runs through Antu City.

In the past two months, no serious incidents have occurred in the area of ​​Antu City, and even the previously sensational serial disappearances have completely disappeared.

Last week, even more exciting news came: the Municipal Public Security Bureau's Special Operations Team, led by Captain Liang Wenbin, accurately located and successfully destroyed a deeply hidden cult den.

During the operation, the police acted swiftly and meticulously, launching a powerful crackdown on the cult members who resisted arrest. Fourteen people who resisted arrest were killed on the spot, and two core members were captured alive. The operation achieved the goal of "wiping out all members without leaving any behind" and completely eradicated this malignant tumor that threatened the social stability of Antu City.

As a result, the martial law measures in Antu City were lifted three days ago, and restrictions on nighttime public activities were no longer in place.

It was 6:30 p.m. Although the pedestrian street was not as crowded as it was before martial law, the neon lights of the shops were flashing, and it was the busiest time of the day.

As Chen Mochuan strolled along the pedestrian street, his personal terminal on his wrist suddenly vibrated.

He glanced at his wrist and saw that it was a news message marked as "urgent" from the official media account of "Antu Online," which he followed closely.

He glanced at the headline and frowned slightly: "A mass disappearance incident? The targets are... homeless beggars?"

Sigrún has taught at the Iceland University of the Arts as a part-time lecturer since and was Dean of the Department of Fine Art from -. In – she held a research position at Reykjavík Art Museum focusing on the role of women in Icelandic art. She studied fine art at the Icelandic College of Arts and Crafts and at Pratt Institute, New York, and holds BA and MA degrees in art history and philosophy from the University of Iceland. Sigrún lives and works in Iceland.

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