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

The next day, Chen Li prepared to go to work at his usual time.

Don't let his current low position fool you; his salary is among the highest in Taizhou.

Moreover, it's quite leisurely; every day is spent drinking tea, reading the newspaper, and then going home from get off work.

He was well aware that he hadn't gotten this job through his own efforts, but rather through his son.

Tsk tsk tsk, it feels pretty good to be a kept man at such a young age.

Chen Li had just opened the door to go to work when his cell phone rang.

"Feed? The Health Bureau?"

Chen Li was a little confused. Why was Wei Zhen calling him so early in the morning?

I usually only contact him when I'm out drinking and bragging at night, right?

"What? The deputy director of the Martial Arts Education Bureau?"

"Who?"

"I?"

"What's going on?"

"..."

"Okay, I got it. We're going now, right?"

Chen Li was completely bewildered. How did he suddenly become the deputy director of the Martial Arts Education Bureau?

Could it be that Xiao Mo has done something earth-shattering again?

"What's wrong, Lao Chen?" Xu Liu, who had just woken up, pushed open the bedroom door and looked at Chen Li, who was standing at the door without coming out, with some confusion.

"It's nothing, I was just promoted to deputy director of the Martial Arts Education Bureau."

Chen Li shook his head; he didn't intend to publicize the matter. It wouldn't have a good impact on Chen Mo.

"You just found out? I've also been transferred from my unit to the Military Education Bureau, and I'm now the director of the archives."

Xu Liu yawned, seemingly unsurprised by the matter.

"It must be something Xiao Mo has done again, but we're not qualified to know what it is."

"Don't worry about it, and don't ask Xiao Mo. The child is grown up and knows what to do. Let's just live our lives well and not cause trouble for Xiao Mo."

Seeing the confusion on Chen Li's face, Xu Liu quickly reminded him.

"I know, I'm just afraid someone will be jealous and try to sabotage me, which would affect Xiao Mo and cause trouble..."

Chen Li is not a greedy person, and he knows his own abilities and where he stands.

Everything he has now is thanks to Chen Mo, and he cannot let himself affect his son.

"Alright, alright, who in the entire Taizhou dares to cause you trouble now? Just go to work obediently."

Xu Liu pursed her lips, tidied herself up, and prepared to go to work with Chen Li.

"Oh, by the way, Lao Wei said someone's treating us to dinner tonight, you should come too."

"That person seems to be on good terms with Xiao Mo; they said they wanted to meet us..."

"His name seems to be... Song Bin?"

...

After finishing their morning Abyss Language class at the Mountain City Martial Arts Academy, Chen Mo and his friends, whose minds were somewhat numb, decided to go eat.

"How are you all learning? I feel like my tongue is about to get tied in knots."

Gu Feng smacked his lips, mixed the dry-fried pea noodles in the bowl, and then took a big slurp.

In less than three days, Gu Feng has already eaten six meals of dry-fried pea and mixed noodles, as if he can't get enough.

Anyone who didn't know better would think there were pink or blue flowers added to this noodle dish...

"It's alright, I can keep up with the pace."

In front of Chen Mo was a large bowl of tofu pudding and a large bowl of rice, which he ate with great relish.

Don't be fooled by the fact that these are just ordinary dishes, and the prices are incredibly cheap; they're just so delicious.

Especially the dipping sauce for the tofu pudding—red chili peppers have their own aroma, and green chili peppers have their own freshness. Chen Mo is already hopelessly addicted to the tofu pudding rice.

Anyway, none of Chen Mo and the others had ever been to Shancheng before, and each of them had their own favorite food.

Ma Wanglin is quite fond of pig's trotter soup, while He Miao is obsessed with braised pork belly.

As for Yang Zuo... he became obsessed with large intestine.

"I'm really looking forward to the Abyss Basics class this afternoon. Professor Qi's lectures are very interesting."

Gu Feng took a big slurp of noodles and casually picked up a piece of tofu pudding from Chen Mo's bowl and put it in his mouth.

"Yeah, an hour and a half of the two-hour class was just rambling."

Just as Gu Feng and his friends were chatting idly, Chen Mo turned around and glanced back.

"What is it?" Chen Mo asked, frowning as he looked at the middle-aged man in front of him.

"Hello Chen Mo, my name is Liu Yun."

The middle-aged man was Liu Yeqing's father, Liu Yun, an instructor at the Mountain City Martial Arts Academy and an eighth-level martial artist.

"Speak your mind. If you're looking for trouble, wait until I finish eating before you get back at me."

For Chen Mo, nothing was more important than the bowl of tofu pudding in front of him.

"Hehe, Chen is joking. How could I possibly be looking for trouble?"

Liu Yun smiled and found a small stool to sit next to Chen Mo.

"I used to be in the military, a soldier under Commander Song."

"Pfft!" Chen Mo spat out a mouthful of tofu pudding, giving Gu Feng a tofu pudding shampoo.

"Chief Song?"

"Song Bin, Uncle Song?"

"That's right, when Governor Song was in the military, he was..."

Liu Yun wanted to introduce Song Bin, but Chen Mo covered her mouth.

"Get to the point. Why have the military warriors become so long-winded?"

Chen Mo shoveled a mouthful of rice into his mouth. Could it be that this Mountain City Martial Academy really has some kind of magic, even changing the military martial artists?

"On behalf of the practical faction of Shancheng Martial Arts Academy, I invite Chen and several other students to serve as honorary mentors of Shancheng Martial Arts Academy, to change the current weak state of the academy!"

"A calm pond cannot nurture a warrior who can face towering waves; only the deep ocean can mold a martial artist into a true warrior!"

"Please help us, Chen, to restore Shancheng Martial Arts Academy to its former glory!"