High-level martial arts: Starting with a heart of steel, stats crush everything.

"Because this kind of high-purity energy stone is a specialty of the deep abyss, the price of 10 credits is considered a benefit from the Grandmaster Academy."

"..." Chen Mo didn't speak. He had burned through three million in just two minutes?

"Ahem, Dean Xue, let's change the subject."

Chen Mo coughed lightly, changing the subject in a very abrupt way.

Have you ever seen a storage bag or a storage ring?

"Look at this, they've even got that ridiculously high tech tree for Abyss Warriors. I feel like storage devices should..."

"Yes, but the authorities don't have these things." Xue Le nodded naturally, not surprised by Chen Mo's question.

"I remember that the only storage ring in the world is in the Hong family. They are a large family that has been passed down for thousands of years."

"That storage ring is a family heirloom of the Hong family. I heard that the space inside is nearly one cubic meter in size."

"Oh, I've learned something new..." Chen Mo nodded. It seems that he now has an explanation even if his storage space is exposed in the future.

At worst, it'll just be passed down as a family heirloom. Who knows what our ancestors did for a living?

"Enough with the small talk, how many more hours of intimidation will we be doing today?"

As a grandmaster, Xue Le's time is extremely precious.

Chen Mo bought Xue Le's time for one credit per minute, which is a very worthwhile deal anywhere.

Chen Mo took out three Level 5 Body Tempering Pills from his pocket. "Six hours it is, I have other things to do this afternoon."

"Okay, let's begin."

Xue Le nodded and watched as Chen Mo swallowed three Level 5 Body Tempering Pills in one gulp.

"..." Xue Le's eyes twitched. He felt a stomachache every time he saw Chen Mo taking drugs this way.

Every medicine has some degree of toxicity; whether it's a tonic or a body-tempering pill, it will cause some damage to the body.

"Such an enviable physique..."

Without a word, Xue Le's Grandmaster aura erupted instantly, enveloping Chen Mo within a one-meter radius.

...

Chen Mo's life has been quite regular these past few days. He goes to Xue Le in the morning to temper his bones and to Zhu Long in the afternoon to temper his muscles.

Compared to the rapid progress of the steel bone project, Chen Mo's muscle tempering was quite slow.

Over this period of time, Chen Mo's steel bone tempering progress has reached 55%, but his muscles have only successfully tempered his right hand, and the overall progress has only advanced by 4%.

In the strength training room of the Power Academy, Chen Mo finished his muscle training for the day.

"It's so slow..."

Looking at his right hand, which had just been tempered, Chen Mo couldn't help but sigh.

His limbs have been tempered with steel bones; the next step is the most dangerous part: his spine.

If there is a problem with the tempering of the spinal steel, it can lead to high-level paraplegia. Even with the treatment of a mentalist, it will take a lot of time to recover.

A martial artist's time is precious; not a single second can be wasted.

"What are you thinking about?"

Why are you looking so gloomy?

Zhu Long, with a towel draped over his body, walked over and sat down next to Chen Mo.

"I feel like my steel bone tempering speed has slowed down a lot. Even with the Grandmaster's pressure assisting me, the speed just can't be increased."

After spending some time with him, Chen Mo had roughly figured out Zhu Long's personality.

To put it bluntly, he's a carefree, simple-minded, and straightforward guy—the kind of person you can get to know well.

"Slow?" Zhu Long paused for a moment, then pinched Chen Mo's arms and legs.

"You've tempered your limbs in just ten days, and you're telling me that's slow?"

"Do you know that it took me half a year just to temper the steel bones in my limbs, and the other half a year I spent tempering my spine?"

"The speed at which a martial artist tempers their body will decrease as their level increases. Your speed is too fast, so you can't stand even the slightest slowdown."

"Besides, you haven't had a break for more than ten days in a row, so it's necessary to get some rest."

"Working in isolation is not advisable. You have enough credits to go around, so taking on small tasks now and then is a good way to relax."

"And you can earn some academic credits along the way."

"It's not that I don't want to do missions to relax, but that adult Abyss Mother Tree..."

Chen Mo knew that his credits were almost used up, and he had been using them too recklessly.

Every day at Xue Le's place, without fail, you have to use 360 ​​credits, 6 credits for three level-five body tempering pills, and 5 credits for three meals.

Chen Mo has already been very frugal, but he still doesn't have enough credits.

"Ah, that thing left three days ago, and now the Abyss has reopened."

Zhu Long suddenly realized why Chen Mo had been tempering his body all this time and hadn't known about the reopening of the Abyss.

"How about this, I took on a small mission this morning to clear out the sentries around Black Cloud City. Would you like to come with me?"

"This task is worth eighty credits, shall we split it in half?"

"Black Cloud City?" Chen Mo was stunned for a moment, then he remembered the Abyss Warrior City that was closest to the entrance to the Abyss.

"Yes, the higher-ups are going to make a move on the Kunlun Mountain Abyss Rift. They say they want to establish a base here."

Zhu Long nodded and continued.

"The other abyssal rifts basically all have strongholds inside the rifts, so that the battlefield can be controlled within the abyssal rifts."

"It's just that the Kunlun Mountain Abyss Rift has been quite unstable, and it only became completely stable a few days before you arrived."

"My mission is to clear out the sentries and spies that Black Cloud City has sent out. Black Cloud City has never given up on us."

"They're just temporarily retreating because they were hurt badly by our previous defeat."

"Wait!" Chen Mo interrupted Zhu Long, feeling that Zhu Long's words contained a lot of information.

"You mean, our Great Xia Grandmaster Academy is about to get lively?"

"Or is it that the Great Xia Grandmaster Academy is about to be exposed to the public?"

"Didn't anyone tell you?" Zhu Long asked with a strange expression. How come Chen Mo didn't know anything about this?

"Our former dean was planning this at the beginning of this year. Instead of keeping it hidden here, we should step into the public eye and boost morale."

"And let everyone see what a true genius is."