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

"Director Wei!?"

Zhao Dehai was startled, and his expression instantly changed from anger to fawning.

"Director Wei, I do have something to discuss with you today, but I really don't need to trouble you."

"There's a student in our school named Chen Mo who is lazy, good-for-nothing, and even beat up a student who ended up in the ICU. He even attacked a teacher."

"I just expelled him, thinking of erasing his student status. Someone like him isn't qualified to participate in the martial arts college entrance exam!"

Zhao Dehai spoke with righteous indignation, appearing to be a good principal who upholds justice.

"Really? Is it that serious?" Wei Zhen waved to Zhao Dehai.

"Alright then, I'll handle this student's behavior. Principal Zhao, you can go back now."

Wei Zhen patted Zhao Dehai on the shoulder and gave him a kind smile.

"That would be a real hassle for Director Wei." Zhao Dehai nodded repeatedly and bowed as he left the Martial Arts Education Bureau.

How dare Zhao Dehai provoke this Director Wei, who was once a level six martial artist who guarded the border?

If it weren't for his injury causing his level to drop to level five, he might have been the top official in Taizhou City.

After Zhao Dehai left, Wei Zhen sneered and returned to his office.

Looking at Chen Mo's student file on the desk, Wei Zhen put the file folder directly into the safe in his office.

"This bald Zhao, a man in his forties or fifties, is actually targeting a child."

"That's fucking shameful, I'll get you sooner or later."

"I'd like to have the chance to meet the genius Lao Liang was talking about; who knows, he might actually win a prize in the national competition."

"I don't need to make it to the finals, just making it to the top 16 will be fine."

"No, even reaching the top 16 is a bit of a stretch. Half of them are already eliminated if they even make it past the first round..."

...

In the afternoon, Chen Mo, whose strength had fully recovered, got out of bed.

As his maximum health increased, Chen Mo's health recovery rate increased from 4 points per second to 5 points per second.

After a morning, Chen Mo's health points had been fully restored.

Ignoring the pain in his body, Chen Mo quickly opened his personal panel.

Name: Chen Mo

【HP: 1251】

[Qi and Blood: 14]

Attack Power: 2

Defense: 0

"Gained 280 health points..."

Seeing his health points rapidly increasing, Chen Mo completely ignored the pain in his body.

"As expected, fighting is the best way to increase health."

Chen Mo put on his shoes and walked out of the infirmary, bumping into Liang Yongsheng, who was also going to the infirmary to check on him.

"You're awake? Are you alright?"

Liang Yongsheng glanced at Chen Mo a few times and found that the boy was in even better spirits than when he first arrived in the morning.

"Of course it's fine. Who's playing with me this afternoon?"

Chen Mo rubbed his fists; he couldn't wait to break the steel.

The entire Eternal Life Martial Arts School has a total of eighteen people, including Liang Yongsheng, fifteen of whom are first-level martial artists and three are second-level martial artists.

These people are Chen Mo's best tools for stacking steel!

"You do have a battle this afternoon, but you need to eat something beforehand."

As if by magic, Liang Yongsheng pulled out a large box of boxed lunches from behind him.

"Eat up, I have something to tell you after you finish eating."

After handing the boxed lunch to Chen Mo, Liang Yongsheng took out his phone to answer a call.

...

Chen Mo quickly finished off the entire box of lunch.

After throwing the remaining lunchbox into the trash can, Chen Mo looked up at Liang Yongsheng, who was walking towards him.

"Come with me."

Liang Yongsheng waved to Chen Mo, and Chen Mo got up and followed him.

The two went into the lounge on the second floor, where Tian Xingxing sat on the sofa.

"What, you want another round with me?"

Looking at Tian Xingxing's bruised and swollen face, Chen Mo immediately asked excitedly.

"Come on, my injury from this morning is still really painful. I don't know how you recovered so quickly."

Tian Xingxing waved her hand, surprised by Chen Mo's abnormally fast recovery speed.

Liang Yongsheng gave Tian Xingxing a wink, and Tian Xingxing immediately realized what she should do.

"This morning, it was my fault as your older brother. I shouldn't have used martial arts on a student like you who hasn't even entered the Dao yet."

As she spoke, Tian Xingxing took out three test tubes containing red liquid and a transparent acrylic sealed bottle from her bag.

"Brother Chen, this is a Qi and Blood Pill. One a day will help your Qi and blood grow steadily."

Tian Xingxing pushed the acrylic bottle containing the Qi and Blood Pills in front of Chen Mo.

"This is a blood refining potion. One dose is effective for ten days. During these ten days, your blood and qi growth efficiency will increase by half."

"Consider these two items my apology to you, and since you're about to take the martial arts exam, you'll find them very useful."

Chen Mo glanced at the two items on the table, then at Tian Xingxing, whose face was bruised and swollen, and for a moment he didn't know what to say.

"Keep it. If you're embarrassed, just consider it my investment in your genius."

Tian Xingxing stood up, patted Chen Mo on the shoulder, turned around and left the lounge, not giving Chen Mo a chance to refuse at all.

"Take it. Old Tian was really desperate this morning, otherwise he wouldn't have used such force."

Liang Yongsheng smiled at Chen Mo, then became serious.

"Although you were able to fight Lao Tian to a near draw this morning, if it were a real life-or-death battle, you wouldn't last more than thirty seconds against Lao Tian."

"Moreover, the martial arts exam does not consider your specific combat strength; it only considers your qi and blood."

"If your Qi and Blood are above 30, you can get into a decent martial arts academy; if they are above 50, you can choose any martial arts academy in the province."

"But if you want to get better resources, I still suggest you work hard and raise your Qi and Blood to over 100."

"That way you can get in touch with the ten strongest martial arts academies in the country."

"I understand." Chen Mo nodded. After equipping the Heart Steel, his health reached 14 points, but it was still far from that of an average martial arts academy student.

"With all these things Lao Tian gave you, as long as you work hard enough, you can definitely break through 100 in Qi and Blood within these 36 days."

"But how much you can improve depends on your ability to endure hardship. After all, these medicines were brought back from the border guards, and the only way to better absorb them is through combat."

Liang Yongsheng kept observing Chen Mo's expression, waiting for his answer.

"That's great." Chen Mo's lips curled up; what he wanted was a fight.

Only through battle can he stack more Heart Steel, and the stronger his Heart Steel, the stronger his combat power.

"Very good." Liang Yongsheng smiled with satisfaction; he hadn't misjudged him after all.

"Alright, go ahead. First, drink the Blood Refining Potion, then take one Qi and Blood Pill every day."

"After you finish eating, just pick anyone in the martial arts gym who's willing to spar with you for a couple of rounds. Once your Qi and Blood reach 50, come find me again."

"Old Tian said he'll teach you the Blood Fist when your Qi and Blood reach fifty."