Chapter 108: Breaking Records, Classmate Qin (Second Update!)

The so-called cultivation room was a training room capable of adjusting gravity.

Only elite students whose Qi Life Force reached over twenty-five points and whose physical constitution had been strengthened to ensure no extra damage to their organs were granted permission to use it.

An Jingchu made a phone call to have someone arrange it.

Qin Shi ate heartily to finish a sumptuous breakfast, changed his clothes, and took the elevator downstairs.

The apartment community covered a large area and had dedicated management staff to handle various affairs for these students being intensively cultivated.

An Jingchu waited in the lobby, and upon seeing Qin Shi, she quickly stood up to welcome him:

"Qin Classmate, this is your Identity Card, with new information entered, making it convenient for you to use all facilities here."

Qin Shi raised his hand to take it; it was matte black, with a delicate texture, like a thin slice of jade.

The surface was painted with exquisite cloud patterns, and the bottom bore a string of ancient-era seal script characters, writing a name and number.

"The pass of a genius student……"

He thought to himself.

The "new information entered" that Miss An mentioned was probably his Citizen Level and Taian Urban Circle Residency Rights and such.

In the past, Qin Shi's label was a child of Old Factory Street workers, a financially disadvantaged student of New No. 1 Middle School Hongzhi Class, nothing extraordinary.

Now, having earned Old Chen's appreciation and received the Symbolic Emblem bestowed by the Four Pillars, his identity and status were naturally different.

An Jingchu walked ahead to lead the way, and by the way gave a reminder:

"Qin Classmate, each training session should not exceed thirty minutes, as that would put too much burden on your internal organs. If you want to ensure safety, you can first go to the Medical Room next door for a full-body checkup."

Qin Shi shook his head; his Spiritual Residence Inner Landscape perception was minute, and combined with his data-based ability, it was more accurate than any instrument.

He followed An Jingchu through the corridor, with wooden flooring underfoot, large portraits of the First Generation Ten Greats hanging on one side, and clean, bright glass windows on the other, with the dawn's faint light shining in, making it especially spacious.

A management staff member wearing a dark work uniform came forward and bowed slightly, saying:

"Qin Classmate, Cultivation Room Number One is ready."

Qin Shi felt like he had come to a club; everyone he saw had a smile on their face, a friendly attitude, full of service enthusiasm.

His own background was rather ordinary, far inferior to the rich brothers and sisters of the Elite Class, yet he had not received disdain and contempt.

It could be seen that the overall quality of those with established work positions was indeed outstanding.

Far better than a makeshift crew.

"I can come by myself, no need to trouble you."

Qin Shi politely thanked An Jingchu and the management staff who helped activate the machine.

He took out the Identity Card exclusive to him, swiped it with a beep, and stepped into the vacant room of roughly several dozen square meters.

He tapped on the touchscreen, finished setting the basic parameters, and began cultivating.

"First adapt to one times gravity."

After Qin Shi adjusted it, he suddenly felt an invisible field spread out, and his body began to become heavy and weighed down.

He shook his neck and exhaled a long breath; twelve Large Tendons coiled around his body like black flood dragons, emitting rolling heat.

Almost in an instant, the gravity was negated.

Movement was normal, without any delay.

"Far from reaching my body's limit."

Qin Shi increased it again, raising the gravity to two times.

This time, his breathing frequency began to change, requiring a more urgent, faster way to adjust his Breath and maintain stability.

His whole person was like diving into the deep sea, his body submerged in viscous flow, with movement and waving consuming a great deal.

"About enough."

Qin Shi maintained his Qi Circulation, pulling and moving his Muscle Groups.

The lights in the cultivation room gradually dimmed, beginning basic training of various nerve reactions, dynamic vision, and combat consciousness.

Half an hour later, the red indicator light in the cultivation room turned on, and the gravity field was gradually shut down.

Qin Shi panted heavily, rested for a moment, left the room, and asked the management staff for two bottles of Level 2 Energy Liquid for daily consumption.

After replenishing his physical strength, he returned to the cultivation room again.

"Challenge Mode? Let's try it."

Qin Shi poked the Screen.

The cultivation room's gravity field opened again and was adjusted to three times gravity.

Hum!

That heavy field was like a tangible object, suppressing the Mortal Body, making Qin Shi stand stiffly in place, as if unable to move.

Whoosh!

His chest rose and fell incessantly, like a bellows being pulled, his Qi Circulation reaching its peak, like a rapidly spinning motor.

After about seven or eight seconds, Qin Shi took the first step, then the second step.

"Challenge Mode activated."

A gentle female voice suddenly sounded, and a virtual scoreboard appeared above, along with different marks.

Red arrows were for attack, blue arrows were for dodging.

Boom boom! Boom boom boom!

Qin Shi's soles were like Heavy Hammers striking down, shaking the solid ground into a rumbling roar, with wisps of heat rising, steaming into large clouds of white mist.

The Qi Life Force that had surged yesterday filled his flesh and blood, driving the Mortal Body to unleash power and speed far beyond ordinary people.

One after another, projected red figures were constantly shattered,

allowing large patches of blue light to flash and move swiftly, but they could not touch his body at all; each time they barely grazed past him.

After his Spiritual Residence Inner Landscape, Qin Shi's five senses were powerful to an inconceivable degree; his brain seemed able to generate his surroundings in real time, subconsciously dodging and yielding, combined with the Swift as Wind of Hundred Aspects Tempering Momentum, simply like a swift ghost, silent and soundless, yet fleeting like lightning.

In just a few seconds, the scoreboard jumped to five hundred and eighty!

"With the blessing of various achievement traits, and breaking through the two major barriers, I have the confidence to face opponents with thirty or forty points of Qi Life Force."

Qin Shi's heart pounded, pumping blood, the true qi condensed by transformation surged like extended limbs tearing through strong winds, rolling up wave after wave of surging tides.

As soon as the red arrow appeared, he could hit it immediately, then immediately avoid the dense blue light like hail.

Seven hundred! Eight hundred!

The scoreboard flashed rapidly, changing constantly, until the thirty minutes were up.

One thousand nine hundred!

Qin Shi was drenched in sweat, but felt the exhilaration after intense exercise; looking at the ranking firmly in first place, he felt a surge of secret delight.

Second place had just barely broken a thousand.

This was a crushing lead.

"Sure enough, only by brushing scores can one stir up the desire to win."

Qin Shi slowed his breathing, letting sweat drip; such efficient training made his Qi Life Force surge again.

Like a tide washing over, sweeping through the hundred bones, finally converging upon that thriving Life Seed.

Body 22→30.1

Spirit 30→36.8

Through the reflected figure, Qin Shi learned his values had increased.

"Overall Qi Life Force, probably around thirty points. Yesterday's entry into samadhi brought too obvious an increase from the union of mind and body."

Qin Shi couldn't help but think: if he could enter this state every day, perhaps he could soon touch the threshold of the Professional Level.

"Morning training is over; it's time to pick the next victim at Qiguang Heng University."

……

……

Fifty minutes later, boys and girls in sportswear came together to the open cultivation grounds.

The leading tall boy had long hair, with quite an artistic temperament.

"Xu Mo, summer vacation is almost over; how much has your Qi Life Force improved?"

The pink-clad girl with a ponytail asked in a lively tone.

The tall boy called Xu Mo shook his head:

"The Professional Level teacher hired by my family says I've hit a plateau; it's very hard to have explosive growth anymore. I've worked harder than usual all summer, and only gained five points."

Life Force Development is similar to fitness; people often speak of a newcomer welfare period and a plateau period.

The former means great results at first, with constitution, physical ability, and qi rising quickly, allowing extremely fast condensation of Qi Life Force, but after this stage, one begins to fall into slow stagnation.

In Old Martial Arts, this is called a "bottleneck."

Either break through and welcome a new rebirth transformation, or be completely stuck, unable to store it.

"Have your dad get you a bottle of Level 5 Energy Liquid. A plateau can only be broken through other stimulating means to promote an explosion of the body's Qi Life Force."

The lively girl in pink clothes, long pants, and shoes laughed.

"The purchase permit authority for United Pharmaceutical's Level 5 Energy Liquid isn't that easy to get. I'm not like you, Yunzhu; your family works in this field and has connections and channels."

Xu Mo smiled wryly, then revealed strong confidence in his words:

"I heard Hengzhou has a Martial Arts New Star cultivation plan; if selected, not only will citizen level rise, but those strictly controlled cultivation resources will also open certain purchase permit authority."

Zhao Yunzhu flicked her ponytail and sighed:

"My parents mentioned this too, but the conditions are too strict. The Martial Arts New Star selection is from the Hengzhou range; besides Tai'an Urban Circle's top students, they must compete with Central City, some of whom have already reached the First-Rank Academy enrollment standard, with Qi Life Force breaking forty points."

"And they also master A-grade and B-grade teaching materials, fighting styles, practice methods, breathing techniques, meditation... constitution, spirit, combat—all-around development, they're all monsters!"

Xu Mo showed a helpless expression; speaking of monsters, there was one such monster in their Talent Apartment Building.

"Lu Hui on the sixteenth floor; his Qi Life Force seems close to breaking thirty points. I estimate he's determined to get the Martial Arts New Star spot."

Zhao Yunzhu shrugged, acting carefree:

"My requirements aren't high; reach forty points before the College Entrance Exam, pass Amateur Level Sixth Dan, and the score line can meet Heng University's enrollment standard."

Xu Mo's eyes flickered; his family background was inferior to Zhao Yunzhu's, and the help his parents could provide was limited.

If he couldn't obtain better resources, Qiguang Heng University wasn't a sure thing.

He forced a laugh:

"It's rare for the Cultivation Room to be open; we should seize the time."

The two walked together to the Front Desk; the administrator confirmed their Identity Cards and said:

"Cultivation Room Number One is being cleaned; currently only Number Two is vacant."

Xu Mo glanced at Zhao Yunzhu, quite gentlemanly:

"Yunzhu, you use it first..."

He hadn't finished speaking when a tall figure squeezed past him.

The short-haired boy with over-ear headphones around his neck flashed his Identity Card, treating others as if they were air, and said:

"Open Cultivation Room Number Two for me."

Zhao Yunzhu was indignant:

"Lu Hui, don't you understand first come, first served..."

The short-haired boy shrugged:

"You live on the fourteenth floor, I live on the sixteenth; your Qi Life Force is twenty-eight points, mine is twenty-nine points. In terms of academic results, training efficiency, and Qi Life Force development speed, the harvest I get from using the Cultivation Room is far greater than yours."

"You're in Xin Yi High School's Elite Class; don't top students have privileges and poor students automatically give way?"

The short-haired boy called Lu Hui clearly didn't put Xu Mo and Zhao Yunzhu in his eyes; he held the Identity Card between his fingers and grinned:

"If you're not convinced, you can come with me to the Battle Room."

Zhao Yunzhu, who had been a little princess since childhood, had never suffered this kind of grievance; her eyes brimmed with tears, and she nearly cried out.

Xu Mo wanted to play the hero and save the damsel, to put on a tough front, but he truly was no match for Lu Hui; if he got beaten to a pulp then, it would be even more humiliating.

"Don't dare? Then move aside."

Lu Hui's face revealed a defiant arrogance, and he swaggered toward Cultivation Room No. 2.

As a believer in Score-First Supremacy, Xu Mo and Zhao Yunzhu clearly could not obtain his respect and recognition.

"Forget it, Yunzhu, no need to get angry with him."

Xu Mo persuaded awkwardly; running to tattle or reason things out was meaningless in this kind of matter.

The Talent Cultivation Project they participated in inherently used results as the standard and potential as the benchmark.

When both fell short of Lu Hui, hoping for fair treatment was simply too laughable.

"Cultivation Room No. 1 will be ready soon; I'll wait a bit longer."

Zhao Yunzhu wiped the corner of her eyes and adjusted her mood.

The two of them passed through the Corridor, deliberately keeping their distance from Lu Hui, as if forming a circle that shut him out.

The latter did not care at all; he habitually tapped open the Screen to check scores — any event's First Place result could make him feel comfortable and pleased.

"Triple gravity? One thousand nine hundred points? How is that possible!"

Lu Hui's defiant appearance shattered like a glass bottle, completely collapsing, replaced by a shocked expression of disbelief.

He widened his eyes, staring fixedly at the First Place identity information, his mind filled with confusion.

"Who is Qin Shi?!"

Xu Mo and Zhao Yunzhu, standing quite far away, saw Lu Hui's ghost-seeing expression and couldn't help but mutter.

"What's he yelling about?"

"His facial color looks awful, like he swallowed a fly……"

The two did not approach until Cultivation Room No. 1 was cleaned up and restarted.

Zhao Yunzhu likewise tapped open the Screen, and while debugging parameters, checked the score rankings.

Her small mouth gaped slightly, and intense surprise surfaced in her eyes:

"One thousand nine hundred points! Triple gravity! Qi Life Force would have to be thirty-five points, right?"

Zhao Yunzhu stared blankly at the updated new record, mysteriously feeling that the First Place name seemed familiar from somewhere.

"Qin Shi…… our Xin Yi High School seems to have someone called that too?"

(Chapter End)