The weakest martial artist? One punch and he's leveled up a whole realm!

Ye Xiao felt as if he were sinking into endless darkness.

He tried to reach out and push aside the darkness before him.

But it was all in vain.

He seemed to still have a hazy consciousness.

But the consciousness is incomplete.

It was as if a faint, ethereal voice came from a distant place.

"This kid is covered in blood, his skin is covered in cuts, all his ribs are broken, his tibias are cracked, and his ulna is broken in both arms."

"However, his heart was still beating, though very weakly."

Ye Xiao's remaining consciousness told him.

He appears to be being rescued.

But now he can't do anything.

"Is this what it feels like to be on the verge of death?"

In front of Ye Xiao.

It was as if fragments of memories were appearing, flashing by like a revolving lantern.

Faint sounds came from outside.

It looked as if several people were surrounding his body.

"Old Wu, his injuries are too severe, how should we treat him?"

"Let's just break through and establish anew."

"What?"

"His body is like a shattered piece of porcelain; rather than piecing it back together piece by piece, it's better to tear it all down and recast a new one!"

"Isn't doing this too risky?"

"After all, he's just a teenager; his body hasn't been tempered through rigorous training."

"Then let's help him refine it through countless trials!"

Ye Xiao felt.

His pitch-black world was suddenly engulfed in flames.

Flames shot into the sky, illuminating the entire darkness.

But at the same time, Ye Xiao was also placed in the endless fire domain and roasted wildly!

He was in pain! He was struggling! He was in unbearable agony!

It was as if they were enduring endless depravity and pain.

But he couldn't express it all.

All we can do is silently endure and tough it out.

I don't know how much time has passed.

Ye Xiao finally began to feel the effects of the endless flames burning.

His life seemed to have been given a new lease on life.

A ray of light descended from the darkness.

Finally, I arrived in front of him.

He opened his eyes.

The clear outline of the world gradually unfolded before his eyes.

"You're awake..."

In a quiet and simple room.

He lay on a clean bed, the air filled with a faint scent of sandalwood.

It seems to have some effect of calming and soothing the mind.

Ye Xiao felt his eyes were extremely dry.

It seems like he's had his eyes closed for a long time.

Even opening my eyes is a difficult thing.

It took him about three minutes.

Only then could he barely open his eyes to feel the light from the outside world.

I sat by his bedside.

She was a beautiful young girl with very fair skin.

Her eyebrows and eyes are like distant mountains shrouded in mist, possessing natural beauty even without makeup.

Her nose was high and straight, and her lips were a pale pink, without any lipstick, yet they were as full as flower petals covered in morning dew.

Her jawline is soft, possessing both a youthful gentleness and a subtle, almost imperceptible stubbornness.

The girl's bright eyes were like moonlight, like the first snow, like a still pool of water in the deep mountains where no one had ever set foot.

It feels so familiar!

"You've been lying here for seven days, and you've finally woken up."

The girl spoke again.

The pleasant voice awakened Ye Xiao's chaotic consciousness.

He seemed to snap out of his daze.

His previously fragmented soul finally returned to his body.

"Yes, it's you..."

"Student Su."

Ye Xiao finally saw it clearly.

The girl sitting beside his bed was none other than Su Muyun.

"What? You're disappointed that I'm the first person you see when you open your eyes?"

Ye Xiao chuckled to himself.

Su Muyun's words were as sharp as ever.

He shook his head and, with a little effort, tried to lift his head.

Seeing this, Su Muyun skillfully stepped forward and stacked two pillows together.

This allows Ye Xiao's upper body to be slightly supported.

In this way.

Ye Xiao finally felt like he had come back to life.

However, Ye Xiao was unaware of one thing.

Why was it that Su Muyun could know what he wanted to do with just a simple gesture?

And they can do these things so skillfully.

"Su, thank you for taking care of me..."

Before Ye Xiao could speak...

Su Muyun immediately crossed her arms in front of her chest.

Don't overthink it.

"I'm just keeping an eye on you on my master's orders."

Ye Xiao was slightly taken aback.

"Who is your master?"

"So it was Su Muyun's master who sent her to take care of me?" Ye Xiao thought to himself. "I knew it. How could Su Muyun possibly take the initiative to take care of me? This kind of thing sounds like an unreliable fairy tale."

Just then.

The door to the room where the two were alone was opened.

An old man with a sage-like appearance walked in through the door.

He had a kind smile on his face, and seemed like a very easy person to get along with.

But if you judge a person solely by his appearance...

That would be a huge mistake!

The person before me is the highest-ranking president of Jiang University and the most outstanding extraordinary person in Jiang City!

"Wu Canglan!"

He appeared to be around sixty years old, with white hair tied up in a crown, a chiseled face, and eyes filled with the vicissitudes of life.

He was slender and often wore a dark blue robe, with a sheathless ancient sword called "Tinglan" hanging at his waist.

He wore a black iron ring on the ring finger of his left hand, which he never took off.

But in fact.

The old man in front of me is over a hundred years old!

This is the true meaning of "a hundred years old".

"Master!"

After the old man came in.

Su Muyun immediately stood up and greeted him respectfully.

The old man smiled and nodded.

Then, his gaze fell on Ye Xiao.

Ye Xiao's question was answered immediately.

Su Muyun's master is the old man in front of her.

And the identity of the old man before them...

"Seeing the confusion in your eyes, Mu Yun didn't tell you about my identity."

Su Muyun, who was standing to the side, was just about to explain.

The old man then spoke up: "My name is Wu Canglan, and I am an ordinary sword cultivator. Of course, another identity that you may be more familiar with is my position as the school principal."

Ye Xiao suddenly realized that the person in front of him was his school principal!

He quickly said, "Hello, martial arts school."

The old man before them humbly referred to himself as an "ordinary sword cultivator."

At this moment, Ye Xiao still couldn't understand the old man's humility.

You should know how many sword cultivators in this world can reach the thirteenth realm?

"Do you know when I first noticed you?" Wu Canglan asked with a smile.

Ye Xiao recalled for a moment.

"Is this the Awakening Test Hall?"

Wu Canglan laughed heartily and nodded, saying, "That's right! A martial artist, when he awakens, the stone tablet is dull and lifeless, and the whole audience burst into laughter!"

"But the boy stood on the stage without anger or shame, only with his fists clenched."

As Ye Xiao listened to Wu Canglan's recollections, he smiled as well.

It seems that the feeling of being noticed is quite nice.

Wu Canglan said, "Therefore, I have a deep impression of you."

"Is it because I'm so embarrassing that I attract attention?" Ye Xiao said self-deprecatingly.

But Wu Canglan's next words struck Ye Xiao like a thunderbolt, something he would never forget for the rest of his life.

"No! Talent is a gift from God, but you have to hold your own rice bowl!"

Ye Xiao stared at Wu Canglan with a startled expression, his scalp tingling.

"I have seen countless geniuses who exhausted their talents but ultimately achieved nothing."

Wu Canglan's aura was completely different at this moment.

He added a long paragraph.

"A warrior's path isn't walked, it's fought!"

"If your fists aren't strong enough, then practice ten! A hundred! Ten thousand! A million!"

"If your body isn't tough enough, then go for ten times! Fifty times! One hundred times! One thousand times the gravity!"

"If your willpower isn't strong enough, then endure the most terrifying torture, both physically and mentally! From the inside out, from top to bottom!"

"Everyone knows this principle, but very few people can actually put it into practice."

"And those who succeeded ultimately became extraordinary!"

Those who fail to achieve this will simply become ordinary people.

Su Muyun, who was standing to the side, was stunned.

Because this is the first time she has ever done this since she was a child.

This was the first time he had ever seen his master say so much to someone.

And her master had never said such things to her.