Chapter 2

In the room.

Lu Li flipped through the cultivation technique page by page.

When he reached the Martial Artist section, he stopped.

Lu Li had already successfully cultivated the techniques on the previous pages, which had given him the cultivation of a quasi-martial artist. However, upon reaching the Martial Artist section, limited by his talent, every line he read felt like reading a heavenly book, requiring a massive amount of time to comprehend.

Even when he did have some insights, cultivating them was fraught with difficulties.

Now, several years had passed, and progress remained slow.

"Then let's begin."

Lu Li no longer hesitated and continued to flip through.

As those words entered his mind, they transformed into countless pieces of information, constantly arranging and combining themselves. The technique that had originally been difficult and obscure to him now flowed as naturally as water, without any obstacles.

Gradually, the spiritual power from all directions began to gather around him.

It was unknown how much time had passed, but when the last trace of spiritual power in the room was exhausted, a faint grayish-yellow hue appeared on Lu Li's skin, and his internal bones crackled, as if raw iron were being struck.

A powerful aura emanated from within his body!

"It actually succeeded!"

Lu Li gasped.

Copper skin and iron bones!

This was the powerful physique that only a Martial Artist could possess!

He had actually broken through in less than a single day!

Before he could even calm his emotions, the massive amount of information in his mind began to evolve further, as if it could continue indefinitely.

"This is..."

Lu Li's expression shifted, and he hurriedly stopped.

The spiritual power in this room had been exhausted; even if he wanted to continue cultivating, he would have to change locations.

He stood up and looked out the window.

The night was already deep!

But Lu Li still opened the door and walked out.

A few minutes later, he arrived at the training hall.

Inside, it was already empty.

The training hall was large; besides the public area, there were twelve independent cultivation rooms. Each of these rooms was inscribed with a small array, powered by Spirit Crystals, capable of releasing dense spiritual power.

This was one of the benefits of the Martial Artist residential area: as long as one was willing, one could stay in a place rich in spiritual power to cultivate.

Lu Li walked past the public area and entered his own cultivation room.

Immediately, a wave of spiritual power rushed toward him.

Feeling that dense spiritual power, Lu Li opened the Spirit Building Technique again.

Gradually, he gained an understanding of Martial Artists.

Martial Artists were divided into three realms: Primary, Intermediate, and Advanced!

And for a Martial Artist's cultivation, the first priority was to cleanse the marrow and wash the hair!

This had to be done three times!

Each time it was completed, the physical body would be strengthened twofold.

Once the three cleansings were successful, making the body flawless and pure, one would reach the perfection of a Martial Artist and break through to become a Martial Master.

Lu Li continued to flip through the technique.

The surrounding spiritual power constantly poured into his body, tempering his physique.

In the blink of an eye.

A night had passed.

Early the next morning, the others from the training hall arrived one after another.

Sensing the activity in Lu Li's cultivation room, they all revealed strange expressions.

Lu Li had not appeared all day yesterday, leading them to mistakenly believe he had given up and was no longer struggling for the upcoming Martial Dao test. They hadn't expected to sense activity from him again this morning.

Looking at it, it seemed he had cultivated for the entire night.

"Still refusing to give up?"

Everyone sighed inwardly.

When the Spirit Pattern Drum was pierced yesterday, they had for a moment thought it was a response from the heavens to Lu Li's efforts, but they had ultimately dismissed it without hesitation.

There were twelve people in this training hall, and at least three had reached the level of Intermediate Martial Artist or higher.

Those three did not often come to the training hall to cultivate.

Perhaps yesterday, on a whim, they had accidentally pierced the Spirit Pattern Drum while cultivating.

This deduction was the most likely!

As for Lu Li, he likely wouldn't have a chance in this lifetime!

The few shook their heads and began their own cultivation.

At this moment.

In the cultivation room.

Lu Li had already completed his first marrow cleansing.

His body was covered in a layer of black filth.

But beneath that filth, his skin was crystalline, his pores were open, and as he inhaled and exhaled spiritual Qi, the power within his body surged like ten thousand galloping horses, having increased by more than twofold; he had already broken through to become an Intermediate Martial Artist.

"At this speed, I might be able to complete the three marrow cleansings before the Martial Dao test."

Lu Li murmured softly.

After yesterday, he had already adapted to the power of the system.

The hundredfold talent bonus was not simply a hundredfold increase in cultivation speed; the bottlenecks that could trap ordinary people for months or even years were easily broken through by him, as if they didn't exist at all.

It flowed as naturally as water!

There would simply be no obstacles!

Such cultivation talent had already surpassed the vast majority of geniuses in this world.

The speed was far more than a hundredfold!

"Let's continue!"

Lu Li felt the surging power throughout his body and began to cultivate again.

For the next two days, Lu Li did not leave the cultivation room.

The others in the same training hall could only sigh inwardly upon seeing this.

Martial Artists did not abstain from food.

They also needed food to replenish their energy.

Cultivating in seclusion for two consecutive days without sleep or rest was something an ordinary person simply could not do.

Lu Li's frantic cultivation was clearly a final desperate struggle.

But talent is talent!

Without sufficient talent, it is difficult to achieve anything on the path of cultivation.

No matter how hard one tries, it is useless.

Everything Lu Li was doing now was ultimately in vain.

"Let's go, our test is first; we won't wait for him."

Everyone glanced at Lu Li's cultivation room and then left one by one.

In the cultivation room.

Lu Li also stopped cultivating.

On his body, the black filth had increased by another third.

Power surged and boiled, having increased several times more than it had two days ago, and the copper skin and iron bones possessed by a Martial Artist had been cultivated to the extreme.

Three marrow cleansings!

He had already cultivated the Martial Artist realm to perfection and could break through to become a Martial Master at any time.

"Pity, it's still a hair's breadth away from a flawless body."

Beneath the pitch-black filth.

Lu Li's flesh was already like a pearl, clear as a mirror, without a single impurity.

But he knew very well that it was still a hair's breadth away from true flawlessness, and it was too late to take advantage of the momentum to break through to Martial Master.

Lu Li felt some regret.

But he quickly composed himself; with his current cultivation, he could easily handle the Martial Dao test, and as long as he had the system, breaking through to Martial Master was only a matter of time, so there was no need to rush.

He stood up, opened the door of the cultivation room, and walked out.

Returning to his room.

Lu Li hurried to the bathroom.

Calculating the time, today should be the day of the Martial Dao test. After three consecutive marrow cleansings, the filth on his body was already foul-smelling. To go to the test in this state, not to mention the testers, even he himself would find it repulsive, so naturally, he had to wash thoroughly.

After cleaning up, Lu Li tidied himself and walked toward the test point in the middle of the residential area.

This Martial Artist residential area was very large, covering tens of thousands of acres, housing at least thirty thousand Martial Artists and their families, with a total population exceeding one hundred thousand. Besides the training halls and residential areas, there were numerous auxiliary facilities.

The test point was one of them.

There were eight test points in total, and Lu Li walked toward his assigned one according to the number in his text message.

And just at this moment, a voice suddenly came from behind him.

"Big Brother Lu Li, you've come too."

(End of chapter)