Chapter 50: Horizontal Refinement Genius? Limit Heavenly Pride!

"Damn it!"

Watching the back of Chen Yan as he left, Chu Feiyuan's expression was extremely gloomy.

Chen Yan had actually refused him; Chen Yan had some nerve!

…………

In the evening, the Setting Sun gradually sank in the west, its afterglow like the ribbons lightly waved by a graceful dancer, moving and charming.

Chen Yan walked quickly along the streets of First Martial High School.

His Mu Guang was clear, yet a coldness emerged in his heart.

Chu Feiyuan had cut his quota for the True Martial Class and had added impure blood to his SoulRefining twice.

If he hadn't had an Awakening, if he were still that weak, what would have happened to him?

They were high and mighty, and they never imagined they would be refused.

Thinking this, he heard a shrill scream by his ear.

Looking over, it was Zhou Lu, whom he had seen on his first day at the True Martial Class, currently weeping bitterly with an Elder.

Chen Yan opened his Perception and heard the others talking.

It was Zhou Lu's Sister, Zhou Jiayi, who had gone missing; yesterday, the Martial Officer had found a severed hand on the street, which belonged to Zhou Jiayi.

It was that little girl who used to look down on his own Sister.

Chen Yan's Mu Guang flashed; he had heard news of people going missing in Luoshan County before, but he hadn't expected it to happen around him this time.

Chen Yan's Mu Guang flickered; his own Sister was still weak, too.

He returned to the Cultivation Room.

Chen Yan took out his Martial Merit Card and stared blankly at one of the tasks.

The matter of Zhou Lu's Sister going missing still gave him a huge shock.

For no other reason.

Because he also had a Sister.

Immediately following.

A breath full of Ice Seal was exhaled from Chen Yan's Mouth, slamming into the Qing Shi Qiang Bi with a bang, bang, bang.

He circulated the 【Deep Abyss Art】 and began his Cultivation.

The overflowing Qi Blood Energy within his heart began to transform into a more pure and powerful Yin-Zhe.

The one-hundred-percent Casting Degree gradually decreased.

………………

At night, at the Chu Family.

"This Chen Yan is actually so arrogant!"

"It seems I can't blame you, but it was just changing his True Martial Class quota earlier; this kid is actually holding such a grudge."

"Holding too much of a grudge isn't good; he started getting arrogant after achieving a little success."

Inside the living room, several people spoke, all with dissatisfaction in their eyes.

Chu Feiyuan snorted coldly, even more furious at Chen Yan.

"Forget it."

The White-Haired Elder, who had been silent the whole time, said indifferently:

"He is just a Heavenly Pride from the Hometown; if he doesn't sign, then he doesn't sign. When he grows up slowly, he will discover what a good opportunity he missed."

The Elder's expression was calm, though he also felt dissatisfaction in his heart.

However, was there a need to care?

There was not.

How many things did he have to handle in a day?

It was impossible to think too much about a Country kid.

His time was to be spent on people and matters of value.

"Xuansheng has already set off this afternoon; this time he is to battle the twenty-sixth ranked on the Shi Jie Bang Di Er. If he returns in triumph, it will be a great joy."

The Elder smiled, and the crowd's expressions relaxed.

"Xuanxian is seventh; if Xuansheng can reach twenty-sixth, then my Chu Family can truly rise like a dragon. The world belongs to the young."

The Zhong Nian Nan Zi named Chu Cang smiled.

"Also, Gong Tuo is coming tomorrow, Feiyuan, entertain him well!" The Elder looked at Chu Feiyuan:

"Gong Tuo must have the Gong Family Contract in his hands; tomorrow, introduce those geniuses we have our eyes on to him properly."

Chu Feiyuan Stood Up and nodded earnestly.

………………

The next day, at five in the morning.

Before the sky was bright, Chen Yan walked out of his room and headed toward the Henglian Room side.

Last night, while condensing his Qi Blood, Chen Yan's Heart Casting Degree had condensed to about seventy-eight percent.

In the First Boundary of Qi Blood, the Five Viscera Realm, it was already quite good for an average person's Casting Degree to reach sixty.

Yet it seemed Chen Yan could still continue Casting; only when he reached the Limit of Casting could he open the next organ.

The Henglian Room had a Breathing Method area and an External Refining Martial Arts area, both of which required points to study.

Walking all the way to the last room of the External Refining Martial Arts area, Chen Yan stood before the door and saw the four characters 【Extreme Refining Eight Styles】.

Common Grade, Upper Grade, Martial Grade...

The highest level within the True Martial Class was this 【Extreme Refining Eight Styles】; originally, a County-level True Martial Class shouldn't have had this Martial Art.

However, the 【Extreme Refining Eight Styles】 is almost the most famous External Refining Martial Arts in the path of Horizontal Refinement.

Difficult, bitter, and exhausting!

Not long after, the Yigao Principal arrived at the Horizontal Refinement Martial Arts area and was slightly stunned to see Chen Yan waiting in front of the door; Chen Yan had actually arrived so early.

"I thought you were going to waste your Horizontal Refinement talent?"

The Yigao Principal walked over, laughing:

"Everyone knows your Horizontal Refinement talent is excellent, but you insisted on going to the Blood-Sniffing Room to attempt Awakening these past few days; isn't that a waste of time?"

Chen Yan greeted him with a smile and said nothing more.

"The Extreme Refining Eight Styles is very expensive; observing the Origin Stele costs fifty points per hour.

And it is very difficult; in the entire True Martial Class, only Lv Chong was learning it before."

The Yigao Principal opened the door to the Henglian Room and began timing.

In his view, since Chen Yan had failed his Awakening, he should give up the path of SoulRefining and focus on Horizontal Refinement.

Continuing to go to the Blood-Sniffing Room to attempt Awakening was simply a waste of time.

Walking into the Blood-Sniffing Room, the green stone walls were covered with carved human figures in various poses; in the very center of the Henglian Room, a nameless Stele stood silently.

Chen Yan looked at the walls, and on the wall at the very back, a sentence was prominently carved: 【Ten Thousand Daos in the Universe are distant, only my Horizontal Refinement is absolute】.

Chen Yan quietly observed the movements of the figures on the green walls, and golden light surged within his Po Saint Realm.

Chen Yan followed the Fist Technique on the green wall, lifting one leg and swinging his right arm.

In an instant, sweat appeared on his forehead.

"Hmm?"

Chen Yan's gaze tightened; the moment he performed this movement, the SoulRefining within his body began to riot!

No, it was his body rejecting the SoulRefining.

What is going on?

Chen Yan continued the movements, sweat pouring down, his bones clicking and ringing.

Luo Puxin was right; the difficulty of cultivating the 【Extreme Refining Eight Styles】 after Awakening SoulRefining would be doubled.

Boom!

Chen Yan threw a punch, and red aura appeared between his fists.

It was even more exhausting.

The punching movement he had learned before was only one hand of the 【Extreme Refining Eight Styles】, but practicing from the starting stance now was extremely difficult.

But, something was wrong.

Chen Yan felt inside his Po Saint Realm, his gaze narrowing.

At this moment, within the Po Saint Realm, the orange light, golden light, and green light were thick to the extreme, gathering toward the Sacred Tree like a vast ocean.

The three fruits of 【Force Array】, 【Technique】, and 【Flesh】 were growing rapidly as never before.

Within Chen Yan's heart, SoulRefining surged; it was as if his entire flesh and SoulRefining had become two poles, reaching a state of extreme stalemate.

With a 'pop' sound.

Chen Yan fell to the ground.

"The Extreme Refining Eight Styles is just like this; it's very difficult at the beginning, you have already done quite well."

Outside the Classroom, the Yigao Principal said with a faint smile, comforting Chen Yan.

Chen Yan shook his head, his expression shocked to the extreme.

The 【Extreme Refining Eight Styles】 was rejecting the SoulRefining.

No, it should be said that from the moment Qinzhou Chief Lu Xunyang created the 【Extreme Refining Eight Styles】, it carried a disdain for the path of SoulRefining.

It was extremely difficult for Chen Yan to practice.

But the effect was very, very good.

Just after a few movements, a Strength Character Po Sheng Fruit was about to ripen.

This...

"You are Chen Yan?" A short Youth with an ordinary appearance and a flat nose came to the Henglian Room, looking down at Chen Yan:

"I heard your Horizontal Refinement talent is very good, so why can't you even finish the first style?"

Chen Yan swept a faint glance at the other person; it was Lv Chong, the fifth in the True Martial Class.

It was said that he had already condensed thirty Dao Patterns.

"Lv Chong, when you first practiced the Extreme Refining Eight Styles, you weren't as good as Chen Yan."

Outside the classroom, the First High School Principal laughed.

"Lin Principal, you say that, but I was only in my second year of high school when I first practiced the Extreme Refining Eight Styles."

Lv Chong said with a chuckle, his gaze sweeping toward Chen Yan with a hint of playfulness:

"And, I was much better than him."

Just this?

This was the Chen Yan with the excellent Horizontal Refinement talent that some said was even better than him.

Just blown out of proportion.

Pfft...

A wisp of red mist was spat out from Chen Yan's mouth; Chen Yan stood up and continued to throw punches.

Lv Chong was stunned on the spot.

This is... the 【Red Aura Body Casting Canon】 at the Heart-Entry Level, or even approaching the Profound Level?

Or has it already reached the Profound Level?

It is unclear.

Lv Chong's expression turned solemn; he stood beside Chen Yan and began to throw punches.

Outside the classroom, Principal Lin of the First Martial High School opened his mouth, but did not speak.

Chen Yan's attainments in the 【Red Steel Body-Casting Canon】 are indeed very deep.

Chen Yan was sweating like rain; he knew that after practicing SoulRefining, it was very difficult to practice the 【Eight Extreme Refining Styles】, several times harder than for an average person.

But this was in Luoshan County, in a County Town Martial Class.

Even if it were several times harder, he should not be inferior to these people.

He has the Sacred Fruit Tree, others do not; perhaps no one in the entire world has the same luck as he, Chen Yan.

He is arrogant; who is not arrogant?

Since he has the Sacred Fruit Tree, he should be even more arrogant.

What Chu Xuansheng?

Isn't he just a top Heavenly Pride in a county? He, Chen Yan, is a Limit-Breaking Awakening; could such a powerful will be weaker than these people?

Chen Min is his true goal.

So what if it is several times harder?

If he cannot even surpass these people, how is he going to fight Chen Min?

He did not want to fall.

Inside his heart, SoulRefining was being squeezed and surging; the more he practiced the 【Eight Extreme Refining Styles】, the more severely Chen Yan's SoulRefining was squeezed.

With SoulRefining inside the heart, as SoulRefining was squeezed, the heart was also squeezed.

Chen Yan's muscles twitched, but his complexion grew worse and worse.

The movements of his hands were stiff and difficult, his muscles incomparably sore.

"Your movements are too slow."

To the side, Lv Chong spoke indifferently; seeing Chen Yan in such difficulty, he felt an inexplicable sense of satisfaction in his heart.

Chen Yan's talent is good, very good.

But compared to when he first started, it is about the same.

In fact, his initial movements were at least faster than Chen Yan's, and he was not as exhausted as Chen Yan.

Does this mean his talent is better than Chen Yan's?

A trace of complacency surfaced in Lv Chong's heart; he was, after all, a Horizontal Refinement Prodigy.

Chen Yan threw another punch, let out a long breath, and after staggering for a moment, his muscles bulged the very next instant.

A 【Force Array】 Sacred Fruit was swallowed into his belly, and all the soreness in his body disappeared.

Continue!

Boom—with a sound, a punch was like Thunder Element.

To the side, the sweat-drenched Lv Chong shuddered violently; is Chen Yan throwing his life away?!

He remembered that when he practiced it back then, he had not reached the stage Chen Yan was at.

The problem is, the 【Eight Extreme Refining Styles】 is not an ordinary Horizontal Refinement Martial Arts.

This is a powerful External Refinement Method that constantly challenges the limits of the human body.

Practicing like this, how long can Chen Yan hold on?

…………

A sedan stopped in front of the First Martial High School.

Gong Tuo, dressed in a suit and leather shoes, walked into the First Martial High School accompanied by Chu Feiyuan and Zhuang Xihang.

"Where is Luo Puxin?" Gong Tuo asked directly.

"Instructor Luo seems to have been absent from the Martial Class often these past few days; he is somewhat elusive," Chu Feiyuan said respectfully.

Gong Tuo frowned; he looked at Chu Feiyuan, only to see Chu Feiyuan slowly shake his head.

"Deputy Instructor Gong, I heard you came this time to represent the Gong Family to select a few geniuses?"

To the side, Zhuang Xihang asked.

"I brought a few contracts," Gong Tuo said with a faint smile:

"However, I don't think there can be any geniuses in the Martial Class, except for Chu Xuansheng."

Zhuang Xihang was stunned, but he did not refute anything.

Gong Tuo is a core member of the Gong Family with extremely high discernment; how could he care about a Martial Class in a small place?

Managing the Martial Class in place of Chu Lan this time is likely to monitor Luo Puxin.

Gong Tuo looked at the surrounding construction with slight disdain:

"If it weren't for the Old Chief requiring my Gong Family to fund the cultivation of students, my Gong Family wouldn't have to spend money on poverty alleviation every year."

What kind of genius could a county-level Martial Class have?

To the side, Chu Feiyuan smiled and remained silent.

The group walked quickly.

Arriving at the Blood-Sniffing Room, several youths were sitting within the red mist, absorbing SoulRefining.

To others, the inside of the Blood-Sniffing Room was a red mist, but to the three of them, they could see very clearly.

"Deputy Instructor Gong, that is Chu Bizha of my Chu Family; he just reached the Four Viscera yesterday."

Chu Feiyuan introduced first.

Gong Tuo smiled faintly and remained silent.

Chu Feiyuan pursed his lips, knowing the other party had not taken a liking to Chu Bizha.

"That is Tan Qi, fourth in the True Martial Class, already at Four Viscera, with a Qi-Blood Storage Degree of fifty-five percent."

Zhuang Xihang introduced, opening the conversation; Tan Qi was the number one Heavenly Pride of their Er Gao, so naturally, he had to be introduced first.

"A Qi-Blood Storage Degree of fifty-five?"

Gong Tuo frowned, looking indifferently at Zhuang Xihang:

"Can a student of this level be ranked fourth in the True Martial Class?"

Zhuang Xihang stopped speaking, his expression turning ugly.

Gong Tuo spoke with a hint of indifference:

"Qi-Blood Storage Degree concerns the future; if one rushes to advance without solidifying the storage degree, then even if they enter the Hundred Meridians later, what kind of future could they have?"

Gong Tuo felt slightly speechless; with this level of quality, his Gong Family would be wasting their investment!

The True Martial Class of Luoshan County was trash enough.

Zhuang Xihang understood the other's meaning, yet forced a smile and continued the introduction:

"That long-haired one is Liu Zong, second in the True Martial Class, already at Five Viscera; excluding the final viscera, the average storage of the other four is sixty-two."

Gong Tuo nodded, merely glancing indifferently at Liu Zong and saying:

"Not bad, go to the Horizontal Refinement side."

Zhuang Xihang was stunned; even Liu Zong hadn't caught the other's eye...

This person from the Gong Family had standards that were too high.

Horizontal Refinement Area.

Zhuo Qingren, who was in Third Place, was not there.

Chu Feiyuan and Zhuang Xihang followed behind Gong Tuo, no longer speaking.

Gong Tuo's standards were extremely high; for them to continue introducing Heavenly Prides would undoubtedly be asking for humiliation.

Chu Feiyuan, however, did not care, because his Chu Family's Chu Xuanxian and Chu Xuansheng had both received key cultivation from the Gong Family.

In his heart, these geniuses of the True Martial Class should naturally be inferior to Chu Xuansheng.

To be more of a genius than Chu Xuansheng would be unscientific.

Zhuang Xihang, however, smiled bitterly, sighing in his heart that it was hard for geniuses in small places to get ahead.

As Vice Principal, he was indeed feeling incredibly uncomfortable.

Finally, the group stopped at the last classroom of the True Martial Class.

Chu Feiyuan's expression turned gloomy as he saw Chen Yan inside struggling with his movements, and he let out a cold snort:

"This Chen Yan is somewhat interesting; it is said his Horizontal Refinement talent is excellent, so why is his cultivation so difficult?"

"Endurance is also a form of talent, haha." Zhuang Xihang offered a dry laugh from the side.

Chu Feiyuan, however, began to introduce:

"Deputy Instructor Gong, that is Lv Chong, fifth in the True Martial Class, a Horizontal Refinement Prodigy; look, his movements are very fluid."

Gong Tuo's expression was as calm as an ancient well, quietly watching Chen Yan and the other inside the Henglian Room.

Seeing Gong Tuo arrive, Lv Chong, who was already exhausted to the extreme, was about to rest, but he gritted his teeth and continued to persist.

He glanced at Chen Yan beside him, who was sweating like rain, his teeth clenched tight, a low roar in his heart.

Why don't you stop?

Why are you still continuing?

He felt hateful in his heart; why did this person continue to train even though he had clearly reached his Limit?

As for Lin Principal of the First Martial High School, he seemed not to notice Gong Tuo's arrival, his eyes fixed intently on Chen Yan inside the Henglian Room.

Sweat seeped from his forehead.

He knew one thing: that after Chen Yan stopped to rest the first time, he had never stopped again.

He did not understand what kind of willpower this was.

He only knew that the talent of this praised Horizontal Refinement Prodigy might not be that terrifying.

But the other's willpower was frighteningly high.

"Deputy Instructor Gong, look at Lv Chong; he is now at thirty Dao Patterns, second in the True Martial Class for Horizontal Refinement, second only to Zhuo Qingren.

And while Zhuo Qingren is about to merge his forty-five Dao Patterns, Lv Chong can push to fifty..."

Chu Feiyuan was saying this; although he knew he didn't need to pay attention to Chen Yan, he still wanted to use Lv Chong to belittle Chen Yan.

But he saw Gong Tuo's Pupil looking over coldly:

"Shut up!"

"Hm?" Chu Feiyuan was stunned.

"I told you to shut up!" Gong Tuo gave a low shout, turning his head to look at Chen Yan, who was still throwing punches.

His Pupil was fixed, and a look of being Stunned floated in the depths of his eyes.

He had only counted slightly just now, this Chen Yan...

This Chen Yan had repeatedly reached his Limit, and repeatedly pushed past it.

His cultivation of the 【Extreme Refinement Eight Styles】 was very difficult; his talent was not top-tier.

But in just this short while, the other had already broken his Limit three times!

His own Limit!

Absolutely not simple!