Chapter 32: Talent: Long Jinghumeng (Please follow)

"Ah!!"

Lin Qi's eyeballs bulged as he suddenly widened his eyes; intense pain surged from within his body.

His originally exhausted body twitched, muscles tightened and shifted, and the muscles in his hands and legs cramped instantly.

"Hiss~"

The pain from the instantaneous change caused Lin Qi's face to twist instantly, and he drew in a sharp breath.

"How can it be this painful? Aside from the first time, every 1% increase in fusion level afterwards hasn't been this painful?"

Lin Qi was puzzled; he felt he had already adapted to the pain of increasing the fusion level.

He hadn't expected to be careless; 5% was clearly a threshold, and the intensity of the transformation was immense, causing the pain to intensify.

Fortunately, he had prepared in advance, taking a towel from the bed to bite down on, silently enduring the agony.

"Crack~"

"Unh~"

The veins on Lin Qi's arms bulged, sweat poured down like rain, his eyes were bloodshot, and his teeth bit down hard on the towel.

Pain, it was truly too painful!

The muscles all over his body were tearing, his Achilles tendons were snapping, and even his bones were fracturing.

Everything was happening at the same time, constantly stacking up.

Not only that, his internal organs were also undergoing transformation, as if an invisible scalpel was slicing them open layer by layer.

The various pains made Lin Qi feel that death would be better than life.

"Hiss~"

His body seemed to be going through the entire process of shattering and reshaping, a process no human could endure.

Fortunately, the painful process only lasted for less than half an hour before it ended.

"Whew~"

Lin Qi lay on the floor, too lazy to move, quietly staring at the ceiling, sighing that it was good to be alive.

His body was covered in sticky sweat, the floor was covered in sweat, and a foul stench lingered.

A moment later, he crawled up from the floor, hit by a strong hunger and thirst, and immediately opened his backpack, taking out boxes of blood-Qi capsules to open.

One by one, he swallowed them, then opened an energy drink to consume.

That wasn't all; he opened the drawer, took out compressed biscuits, and started eating.

As the hunger and thirst faded, Lin Qi left the room, entered the bathroom, and began to undress and wash up.

Through the bathroom mirror, he could see layers of black waste sticking to his body.

"I originally thought the waste in my body had been metabolized almost completely; I didn't expect there to be so much left."

"Whoosh whoosh~~"

Hot water washed away the grime on his body, revealing the skin underneath.

"My skin is becoming whiter and whiter!"

Lin Qi touched his skin; although it was bright and white, it had an extremely strong sense of toughness.

"My body proportions have become better, and my frame has grown larger again."

Lin Qi carefully observed his body; other changes were not significant, but the most obvious change was that his skeletal frame had grown larger again.

This caused him to look thinner, his posture was upright, his muscle structure had changed, the lines were smooth and beautiful, and his whole body radiated a vigorous vitality.

He finally looked at the panel, which had updated with several pieces of information.

【Template fusion level reached 5%, you possess 5% of Erlang Zhenjun's talent】

【Your body's foundation has been transformed, your talent has been greatly improved, your physique has changed, your energy is powerful, and you have gained the talent—Long Jinghumeng!】

【Your comprehension has been improved, and you possess a stronger ability to understand martial path stake training, fist techniques, body techniques, and spear techniques!】

After reading it, Lin Qi found it was roughly what he had expected.

Both his body's foundation and his comprehension had been improved.

But the sudden talent still made him curious, so he clicked to look.

【Long Jinghumeng: Your energy is extraordinary, your physique is special, you easily enter deep sleep, and you possess a stronger recovery ability】

Lin Qi's expression was one of joy; this was the same as the previous stomach strengthening, far stronger than an ordinary person.

And he keenly noticed a new term: "talent."

Anything that could be called a talent was far stronger than others, just like the body's foundation; some people are born with large frames and thick tendons and bones, far stronger than ordinary people.

This is one of the body foundation talents.

And powerful energy can also be considered a kind of talent.

This reminded Lin Qi of his previous life, where there were people who were full of energy every day, as if they would never get tired, even if their bodies might not be that strong.

But even if they only slept for five or six hours a day, they could still study and work with high intensity during the day; this is the benefit of having powerful energy.

Although stepping onto the martial path and tempering the body to transcend mortals would also make one's energy stronger and stronger.

But the existence of talent is what allows one to possess abilities stronger than those of the same level.

【Long Jinghumeng】 is just like that; although everyone is a First Realm martial practitioner, he will possess energy and recovery power far exceeding the crowd. "Now that I possess the 【Long Jinghumeng】 talent, my energy is vigorous and my recovery power is formidable; I can devote more time to the martial path every day without worrying about the problem of reduced efficiency."

Lin Qi clenched his fists; the fatigue in his body had completely dissipated, and endless strength surged into his arms; he felt his state was excellent.

Ten minutes later, after tidying everything up, Lin Qi lay on the bed, emptying his mind, when a thought suddenly popped into his head.

"If 【Stomach Strengthening】 and 【Long Jinghumeng】 count as talents, then do the awakened special abilities also count as talents?"

"If, with Erlang Zhenjun's talent, the fusion level increases further, is it possible for me to awaken a special ability before the Seventh Realm?"

Thinking of this, Lin Qi inexplicably began to feel expectant.

The next day, 4:00 AM.

Lin Qi opened his eyes, waking up even earlier than the alarm clock.

After getting out of bed, using the bathroom, and finishing washing up, he left a note for his mother, Fang Huiyi, and then took his backpack and went out.

!

"Tianhai City at 4:00 AM, there really is no sun!"

Lin Qi rode his bicycle, eating compressed biscuits, and complained while looking at the pitch-black sky.

In Tianhai City at 4:00 AM, the sky was not yet bright, and the surroundings were covered in rainwater left from last night.

Only some breakfast shops or vegetable market stores were already busy.

At this moment, Lin Qi's eyes were bright and refreshed, and he was full of spirit.

"The 【Long Jinghumeng】 talent is indeed powerful; in the past, if I woke up at this time, my body definitely wouldn't have been able to handle it."

Lin Qi felt it clearly; usually, when waking up at five o'clock, he only felt sleepy and tired, relying entirely on willpower to support himself.

Now it was completely different; he slept from 12 o'clock yesterday to 4 o'clock, four hours of sleep, and he had completely entered deep sleep.

4:30 AM, there was only one security guard on the night shift at the Second Middle School gate.

In the darkness, he was instantly stunned when he saw a student in a school uniform approaching quickly, thinking he was hallucinating.

"There are still people arriving at school to study at 4:00 AM? This is too intense, right?!"

Lin Qi pushed his bicycle into the campus; at this time, the sky was already faintly bright, but it was still dark, and those who didn't know would think it was night.

He arrived at the martial arts classroom with ease and began to exercise his body.

Jiang Tao's martial arts room didn't have his own fingerprint, so it couldn't be unlocked; he simply only trained in his martial arts room at noon and night every day.

Changing into a brand-new martial arts uniform, martial arts shoes, and socks, and looking at himself in the mirror, Lin Qi felt brand new, completely getting rid of his "skinny dog" physique.

With the 200,000 Third-Class Genius Loan in hand, plus the 50,000 won from winning against Yang Lei, he immediately updated his equipment.

He opened his backpack again, took out blood-Qi capsules, swallowed 3 in one breath, and then drank a bottle of energy potion.

He could also drink a bottle of energy potion every day.

"Talent, my comprehension is already high enough."

"I have 250,000 Xia currency on me, which is enough."

"Next is to fully improve my blood-Qi value, spear technique, and body technique, to charge towards a higher ranking, and to obtain an independent martial arts classroom."

Lin Qi determined his goal and immediately began stake training, devoting himself wholeheartedly.

A moment later, he felt the difference; his body was like a furnace burning.

His heart beat rapidly, his body muscles fluctuated, and strands of blood-Qi surged in his body like water, tempering his body muscles and organs.

His whole body began to emit heat.

The first realm of the martial path is "tempering flesh"; as long as one constantly tempers the large muscles of the body, the body's physical fitness will be greatly improved.

And today, Lin Qi could clearly feel that the efficiency of tempering was improving.

Faster than ever before!

And the fatigue of standing in the Primordial Stake was gone; the longer he stood, the more comfortable he felt.

One hour later

【By standing in the "Primordial Stake," your blood-energy value has achieved a huge breakthrough, blood-energy +0.3】

【Blood-Qi value: 7.0→7.4】

"Talent improved, plus the large amount of resources I consumed, my blood-Qi value has also ushered in a huge breakthrough."

"Today is already September 18th, and there are less than 20 days until the monthly exam; I can charge towards a blood-Qi value of 8.0!"

Lin Qi felt joy in his heart, set his goal, and continued stake training.

And not far away, Chen Zichuan also arrived at the martial arts classroom; when he saw a figure inside, he was instantly stunned.

There was actually someone who arrived at the martial arts classroom earlier than him?

He glanced at the time; it was only 5:30.

Someone was actually more intense than him!

Walking closer to look, the figure became more and more familiar; Chen Zichuan was stunned.

It was Lin Qi!

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 33 =====