Chapter 147

Qin Shi stopped the Ru Shen Ti's operation, and his waist-length hair suddenly snapped strand by strand, like black satin, drifting down and scattering on the ground, then withering and losing luster rapidly, like trees that had lost their nutrient supply.

This was after the Third Great Limit, the Bone Gate, had opened; the hematopoietic function was overly vigorous, and he felt stream after stream of boiling, seething-hot Blood and Qi rising within his body, continuously filling the Bai Gu and strengthening the Life Seed below his navel.

"The Old Martial Arts' Limit Breaking Path, in terms of cultivation speed, should be unrivaled by other paths. No wonder the First Generation Ten Greats each had heaven-defying growth; theoretically speaking, maintaining one to two Limit Breakthroughs per year, in just five years they could step into Professional Level One Segment and attempt to impact the Grandmaster realm."

Qin Shi thought carefully for a moment, then felt that the Seven Great Limits of the Flesh were truly perverse to the extreme.

Heaven's Chosen like those at Qiguang Heng University, crossing from Amateur Level to Professional Level, eight to nine years was considered relatively fast; there were even those who could not break through the bottleneck in their entire lives, only able to linger outside the door, mediocrities.

But three to five years, as long as Limit Breakthroughs went smoothly, the Old Martial Arts could guarantee the number of Grandmasters.

In the Old Era period, Dao Guan sect forces were numerous, boasting a hundred meridians, a thousand branches, ten thousand streams.

"Each meridian had at least one true heir who inherited the Yi Ban; they walked the Limit Breakthrough Road, competing with each other, and even if only one-third survived and became talents, that was still nearly thirty Grandmasters."

Qin Shi sighed inwardly; above Professional Level should have been "God Level."

But since ancient times, those who truly reached the end of the path and sublimated into Martial Gods, peerless heroes, were few.

So after Professional Level One Segment, a Grandmaster zone was demarcated, mostly belonging to the masters of the major Dao Guan.

They wore armor and wielded weapons, their Combat Power earth-shaking; they were the strongest experts under the Martial God.

Existences of this level, the Old Martial Arts stably had more than ten; thinking about it was terrifying!

"Supporting New Martial Arts, popularizing and promoting it, in a certain sense, also counts as a kind of check and balance?"

Qin Shi thought briefly for a while, then cast the distracting thoughts out of his mind and began to examine himself.

After experiencing several potentially dangerous "predation" activities, he raised 【Super-Sensory Perception】 to Advanced, not only greatly strengthening the Wu Xing, but also obtaining a "Disaster Is Always One Step Slower Than Me" lucky badge.

【Item Description: You who possess this item may encounter various disasters more easily than others, such as gas leaks, viaduct rear-end collisions, oil tanker explosions, etc., but please rest assured, you are always one step faster than the disasters, letting them never catch up.】

【Wearing Effect: Slightly increases Luck value, making the world love you more, specifically manifested as: when you buy lottery tickets you are guaranteed to match at least one number.】

"Misfortune and fortune coexist; fortunately I can choose whether to hold it."

Qin Shi thought that in the future, whoever he found displeasing, he would wear the badge and follow closely; he could be one step faster than the disaster, but the other party might not be.

As for 【Gong Zhu】, after he upgraded it to Advanced, he triggered a few more simple Occupations, such as 【Auxiliary Police】, 【Maintenance Master】, etc., stacking cultivation speed again.

Each New Life Stage was almost seamlessly connected, also influenced by Achievement Traits.

"If I am strong enough, the world will make way for me."

Qin Shi always kept this sentence in mind; in his Brain Sea emerged the Forbidden Zone's interior, Qin De, Zheng Gui, and Old Jiang and others who intended to kill him.

"These accounts will be settled sooner or later."

He exhaled a breath of Heat, and once again activated the Ru Shen Ti's forging.

The energy provided by the Mineral Essence was like Chai Cai, fueling that boiling power within his body, stimulating the Life Seed to gush out rich Vitality.

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In the most prosperous district of the Urban Circle, there was the famous Yun Zhou Cultivation Hall.

Those entering and leaving this place were mostly children of wealthy circles; only their kind of families could afford the expensive fees, used to solidify foundations; compared to the Youth Palace, the Cultivation Hall's teachers' strength and level were undoubtedly higher.

Among them were no lack of Professional Level existences, able to clearly point out Trainees' deficiencies and formulate specialized training plans.

"Xu Mo, didn't expect you to be a Yun Zhou trainee too."

Lu Hui, wearing over-ear headphones, saw Xu Mo and Zhao Yunzhu arriving together, and couldn't help feeling surprised.

"Yun Zhou costs over a hundred thousand per semester; who acts like they can't afford it."

Zhao Yunzhu, who had never gotten along with Lu Hui, directly retorted in Xu Mo's place:

"Xu Mo's family conditions aren't bad either; why can't he come here?"

Lu Hui ignored the "Academic Underachiever" with Life Force not even thirty points, automatically disregarding Zhao Yunzhu:

"Xu Mo, heard you've been training very hard lately, putting in great effort. Want to compete with me for the Martial Arts New Star quota? Advise you not to waste your effort; I just broke through thirty-five points yesterday, you can't catch up to me!"

Xu Mo's Facial Color turned pale; before School Starts, Lu Hui and he were about the same, both twenty-eight points.

Result: only this much time passed, and he had actually surged to thirty-five points!

"Relying on Level 5 Energy Liquid to stimulate Flesh Vitality, that's all! Don't think I don't know; you were thrown so far behind by Qin Shi of Class Seventeen that you couldn't even see his exhaust, and now you want to rely on consuming Level 5 Energy Liquid to wipe out the gap!"

Zhao Yunzhu crossed her arms and sneered:

"Too bad, Qin Classmate is our Xin Yi High School's genius! You think you can compete with him for Martial Arts New Star? I think that's also very difficult!"

Lu Hui shot a cold glance at Zhao Yunzhu, still not wanting to speak to the "Academic Underachiever," addressing Xu Mo:

"I admit your Xin Yi High School's Qin Shi is strong, but he may not beat Zheng Yun; he received cultivation from the Center City side, possessing Resource Quota far exceeding his peers.

Martial Arts New Star faces all high schools in Hengzhou, only taking first place. I'm at Hengda University Affiliated High School, I don't need to compete with Qin Shi, while he has to directly face Zheng Yun. As for you, Xu Mo, you're sandwiched between these two people, with absolutely no chance."

Xu Mo silently clenched his fist; Lu Hui's words were truly piercing to the heart, poking the part he cared about most deep inside.

"A true genius, their back view alone is enough to make mediocrities chase for a lifetime!"

Lu Hui stood on the steps with hands in pockets, like a victor's posture, looking down at Xu Mo and Zhao Yunzhu.

"I at least have hope of catching up to Qin Shi and Zheng Yun; but you two, in another half semester, you might not even see my back view.

Tomorrow the Education Committee organizes elite class top students from each school to watch the Patrol Department's Special Action Video Recording; after it ends, Xu Mo, I'm very much looking forward to our contest."

After Lu Hui left, Xu Mo's Facial Color was somewhat dejected, as if struck a blow, thoroughly losing confidence.

Although Life Force does not completely represent actual combat level, the gap in physical quality is hard to make up.

"Xu Mo, you must never take Lu Hui's words to heart; he just wants to use this method to frustrate you!"

Zhao Yunzhu comforted.

Xu Mo smiled wryly:

"I barely managed to raise to thirty-two points, but Lu Hui is already thirty-five points; he has more resources than me, so his breakthrough speed will naturally be faster than mine."

Zhao Yunzhu wanted to speak but stopped; she really couldn't stand Lu Hui's arrogant appearance.

Xu Mo continued:

"Yunzhu, don't worry, I'll keep working hard! Qin Shi and Zheng Yun are both the kind of geniuses that make others despair of catching up, but Lu Hui might not be!"

He clenched his fist, as if cheering himself on.

"That's right! You've improved a lot this semester, Old Liu praised you the other day. Study the Patrol Department experts' real combat experience well tomorrow, and you'll definitely beat Lu Hui!"

Zhao Yunzhu nodded vigorously, indicating her recognition.

"Speaking of which, Qin Shi apparently won't be participating, what a pity. This opportunity is rare; we rarely get combat training at school, watching the Patrol Department's action video recordings can enrich our experience..."

Xu Mo changed the subject, turning to mention Qin Shi, the hottest name at Xin Yi High School:

"Zheng Yun didn't miss it, but Qin Shi isn't coming. Looks like the debate over who is Grade First still won't have a result."

Zhao Yunzhu knew that news of Zheng Yun being favored by a big company in Central City had spread.

It was said he received a resource quota of five bottles of Mineral Essence, nearly on par with a Senior Inspector of the Patrol Department, with exceptional treatment.

But she thought of Miss An, who managed the Talent Apartment, and last time had let Qin Shi collect Mineral Essence, so she said:

"Zheng Yun might not have a huge advantage; I think Qin Shi might have his own resource channels."

Xu Mo laughed, the poor student from Old Factory Street, even though his outstanding talent had made him stand out and caught some companies' eyes, how could he compare to the great powers of Central City.

(Chapter End)