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

"Just tell me what you want me to do, and what I'll get in return."

Chen Mo put down the tofu pudding in his hand and turned to look at Liu Yun.

"As you know, Chen, the Mountain City Martial Arts Academy is now controlled by the academic faction."

Liu Yun paused, her expression becoming serious and earnest.

"There are some things that only those of us in the martial arts community know more about. The current situation no longer allows the academic faction to continue to control the educational policy."

"While exchanging knowledge and learning can certainly enhance understanding, a martial artist who has never experienced combat is ultimately just a useless vase of vital energy."

"I hope you, Chen, can lead the team and take those kids from Shancheng Martial Arts Academy who are eager to become stronger to hunt down cult warriors."

"We have identified our target: a small gathering place of cult warriors within the mountain city. The strongest warrior there is a level six warrior."

"I know this is very dangerous and will cause some casualties, but these are unavoidable things on the road to becoming stronger."

"Sure, it's not difficult at all."

Chen Mo nodded; he could grant such a small request.

"What can I get in return?"

It wasn't that Chen Mo was too greedy; it was just that unconditional help would only make the people at the Mountain City Martial Academy feel that it was something he should do.

It's not just the Mountain City Martial Arts Academy; almost everyone thinks this way.

"You can use all the equipment and resources of the Mountain City Martial Arts Academy at will. Once our internal issues are resolved, we can nominate you as an honorary dean."

The moment Liu Yun said those words, Chen Mo knew that these practical people were serious.

Not only was he serious, but he also seemed to be driven to desperation and ready to clash with the academics.

"Okay, give me a time."

Dealing with a few weak cult fighters was no big deal for Chen Mo.

As long as he's not challenged to a one-on-one fight with a fourth-level martial artist, the remaining martial artists below level nine are nothing compared to him.

"Every day at 3 pm and 9 pm, the cult fighters will hold a ceremony on the seventh basement floor of the Mountain City Global Center."

"The Criminal Investigation Bureau has planted an undercover agent within the cult, so the time and location are absolutely accurate."

Liu Yun handed a phone number to Chen Mo and gave him the information about the undercover agent.

"Is this the undercover agent?"

Chen Mo raised an eyebrow. This A Xiang is only a level two martial artist. How did he get into the Martial Arts Bureau?

"Hmm, Ah Xiang's family has an ancestral art of disguise, which allows him to transform into another person in three seconds. He's quite suitable for this kind of thing."

Liu Yun nodded and continued.

"Here are the time and location. If you have time tomorrow, Chen, you can lead the team out at any time."

"But one thing to note is that Shancheng Global Center is one of the top three shopping malls, so it's best not to cause too much of a disturbance."

"I understand, we'll leave promptly at nine o'clock tomorrow night."

After collecting all the documents, Chen Mo waved his hand, indicating that Liu Yun could leave.

Seeing that Chen Mo had agreed, Liu Yun breathed a sigh of relief.

Compared to their mentors leading the team, Chen Mo, who is the same age as them, is more convincing in leading the team.

After Liu Yun left, Gu Feng and the others immediately surrounded her.

"So, what do you mean? We're going to fight tomorrow?"

Apart from Yang Zuo, who remained expressionless as he sucked on his large intestine, the other three gathered around with great interest.

Just a little over a day of cultural lessons left these roughnecks feeling utterly miserable.

For them, the pain of attending academic classes was comparable to eating He Miao's cooking.

"Are you going?" Chen Mo was a little surprised. He thought Ma Wanglin was the kind of good student who loved to study.

"Of course, you really think I like academic classes? You'd be better off fighting."

Ma Wanglin pursed her lips, slurped the soft pig's trotters down her throat, and then put down the bowl.

"Then let's go together tomorrow, but we need to ask the professors for leave first."

After dealing with those cult fighters, they stopped at the Mountain City Global Center to buy some daily necessities, having come in such a hurry that they hadn't brought anything with them.

...

In the afternoon, Professor Qi stood on the podium in the lecture hall on time.

"I heard that Xiao Liu asked you to lead the team to capture the cult fighters, right?"

"This is a good thing. The kids at the Mountain City Martial Arts Academy are all spoiled. They've never even seen blood. They're not even as strong as a professor like me who can't even kill a chicken."

Professor Qi shook his head, clearly dissatisfied with the current state of the Mountain City Martial Arts Academy.

"How about this, I'll end get out of class two hours early tomorrow so you can prepare."

"I will compress the eight-hour class and try to finish it in six hours."

"Alright, today we're going to talk about the thirteen realms that ordinary martial artists can reach."

As he spoke, Professor Qi tapped the multimedia whiteboard behind him, and a beautifully designed PPT was displayed in front of Chen Mo and the others.

"You martial artists have never paid attention to these things. Some martial artists don't even know the name of their current realm."

"The first three levels of a martial artist are collectively known as the Blood Accumulation Realm, which is a stage in preparation for tempering the body after the third level."

"Most martial artists awaken their Qi and Blood attributes at this time, but a small percentage do so before level six."

"If a martial artist hasn't awakened their Qi and Blood attributes by level six, we generally call them a pure Qi and Blood martial artist."

"..."

Professor Qi's teaching style was quite interesting, and the concept of martial arts realms was something Chen Mo and the others needed to understand.

These topics weren't discussed much during high school, since not everyone has the aptitude to become a martial artist.

"Once you have completed the tempering of the five internal organs—heart, liver, spleen, lungs, and kidneys—you can be called an eighth-level Five Organs Realm expert, which is also the end of the middle fourth level."

"It's simple to take it a step further. Just temper your internal organs, complete a preliminary internal circulation, and forge an iron body."

"Once you complete the forging of the iron body, the transformation of your entire being is unimaginable."

"To put it bluntly, the top-four martial artists who have forged an iron body are completely different beings from the middle-fourth and lower-fourth martial artists."

"A martial artist of the highest rank can become indestructible and completely ignore the threat of conventional firearms."

"Of course, the 'six viscera' here is just a figurative number; it actually refers to all your internal organs except for the five viscera..."

Night falls, inside the dormitory.

"This is the first time I've heard someone explain so systematically what martial artists need to do at each level."

Chen Mo lay on the bed. He used to take things one step at a time, but now it was different. He knew what he needed to do in the future.

"Indeed, Professor Qi's explanations were much more detailed than the tutor I have at home, and I have benefited greatly from them."

Gu Feng also agreed with Chen Mo's words. He had some understanding of realms before, but not much, since he spent most of his time cultivating martial arts.

"Level nine Golden Body, level ten Core Condensation, level eleven Vajra, level twelve Heavenly Martial, and level thirteen Three Cores Unified are all required to be called a Martial Grandmaster..."

Chen Mo muttered to himself, but Professor Qi's words from that afternoon were still echoing in his mind.

We generally refer to martial arts masters as grandmasters, but a grandmaster is not the end of martial arts; it simply means that an even more powerful being cannot be revealed to society for the time being...

"When you one day reach the Martial Sect level, someone will naturally come to teach you how to continue on your path."

"It seems we should keep the Staff of Time safe; we can't use it when breaking through from level 12 to level 13."

Chen Mo's plan was actually very simple: after reaching the end of his martial arts journey, he would use his last reserves and the passive effect of the Staff of Time to advance two levels.

He refused to believe that someone who had surpassed two major levels of martial arts mastery could exist in this world...

No, among the three major races of humans, celestials, and abyssal humans, they are invincible!