10: Chapter 10 A Strange Woman, Beyond Divine Skill?

The classroom quickly fell silent.

Liu Haifeng scanned the class and began to speak:

"I have an announcement."

"Starting tomorrow, instructors from the Military District will come to the school to assist you with a period of martial arts training."

As soon as these words were spoken, a low commotion immediately broke out in the classroom.

"Military District instructors?"

"For real?!"

"Damn, won't that be super intense?"

"Wait a second, did you guys forget the most important thing? Training under soldiers is going to be exhausting!"

Liu Haifeng raised his hand to calm them down.

"Don't get excited."

"It's just basic training, not a special training camp."

"But this is a rare opportunity. How much you learn depends on yourselves."

"Additionally, the school will hold an all-school martial arts competition next week."

"After the competition, classes will be reorganized."

"School resources will be allocated to students with higher rankings."

Once these words were spoken, everyone's eyes changed.

Resource allocation!

These few words carried too much weight.

Vitality supplements, training room access time, martial arts guidance, teacher attention... whoever secures more resources can advance faster.

And advancing faster during high school means being able to get into a better martial arts university.

Liu Haifeng was clearly aware of this, and his voice deepened.

"So, starting today, put away those messy thoughts of yours."

"If you want to get ahead, rely on your strength."

"If you want resources, go fight for them."

"Class dismissed."

The bell rang, and the students immediately erupted into chaos.

"An all-school competition!"

"It's over, my vitality value hasn't even reached 5 yet, how am I supposed to fight?"

"The Military District instructors are coming to train us first, maybe there's still a chance!"

"This time, we really have to give it our all..."

Everyone discussed it as they walked out.

Lu Cheng also packed his bag and stood up, but heard Liu Haifeng's voice from the podium.

"Lu Cheng, stay behind for a moment."

Many people in the classroom turned back to look, their eyes filled with a bit of envy.

After most people had left, only the two of them remained in the classroom.

Liu Haifeng stood by the podium, silent for a few seconds, as if organizing his thoughts.

Finally, he spoke.

"You performed well today."

"But don't be too proud just because you won one match... After all, given your talent, you need to put in more effort if you want to go further!"

Lu Cheng nodded: "I understand."

Liu Haifeng looked at him, his tone softening for once.

"Your talent is poor; that is a fact."

"But poor talent doesn't mean there's no path forward."

"Don't be discouraged."

"You know about the God of War, right?"

Lu Cheng paused for a moment, then nodded: "I do."

He was a legendary figure known to everyone in this world.

It is said that he came from humble beginnings and had poor talent, yet he fought his way up from the bottom, eventually reaching the Saint Realm and becoming a nation-protecting powerhouse.

Liu Haifeng said slowly:

"He started out with only an F-grade Talent."

"Yet, he relied solely on his willpower and hard work to ascend to the Saint Realm."

"So, don't underestimate yourself first."

"What you need to do is to push every step you can take to the extreme."

"Cultivate well."

"If you need anything, let me know at any time."

Lu Cheng looked at this teacher, who was always stern on weekdays, and felt a slight warmth in his heart.

"Thank you, Teacher Liu."

Liu Haifeng waved his hand, as if unaccustomed to such situations.

"Alright, go back now."

"Don't just drink that bottle of high-grade vitality potion from today recklessly. Stabilize yourself first, and wait until your body is in the right state before using it."

"Understood."

...

After school, the setting sun cast long shadows at the school gate.

Lu Cheng walked home with his schoolbag on his back, his mind still organizing the information he had learned today.

Body Refining Realm, vitality value, Extreme Realm, all-school competition, Military District instructors...

Things had suddenly piled up.

But for him, this was actually a good thing.

Because the more he needed to rapidly improve his strength, the greater the value of the Hextech system became.

Just as he was walking through a relatively quiet street, a figure suddenly stumbled toward him from ahead.

It was a girl.

She had a fantastic figure, exaggerated curves, and was dressed exquisitely with long hair draped over her shoulders; just looking at her silhouette was eye-catching.

But Lu Cheng's first reaction wasn't heartbeat, but vigilance.

It was too sudden.

Almost the moment she lunged over, his feet instinctively shifted, unfolding his Wandering Step, and his whole body slid sideways half a step as if gliding.

The next moment!

The girl lunged into thin air.

"Ah!"

With a short exclamation, she lost her balance and splatted onto the ground.

Lu Cheng stood to the side, his expression strange.

"Scared the hell out of me..."

"Are there still people scamming these days? This girl looks quite pretty, why would she do something like this?"

The girl lay on the ground, clearly stunned as well.

She probably never expected that even though she had initiated the collision, Lu Cheng would actually be able to dodge it.

Lu Cheng glanced at her twice, confirmed she didn't seem injured, then shook his head and turned to leave.

Better to avoid unnecessary trouble.

After he had walked far away, a woman in a suit quickly stepped out from the street corner, nervously helping the girl up.

"Miss, are you alright?"

The girl gritted her teeth, her face filled with shame and annoyance, her eyes full of unwillingness.

"I'm fine!"

She brushed the dust off herself, her chest heaving with anger.

"That hateful Lu Cheng..."

"Even his dodging is so handsome!"

"I won't give up!"

She clenched her fists, looking more determined than ever.

The woman in the suit: "..."

She couldn't help but feel that her young miss's way of pursuing someone seemed a bit off.

Of course, Lu Cheng himself was completely oblivious to this.

He had no heart to think about these messy things right now.

For him, there was only one thing that mattered...

Go back and cultivate!

Guiding Technique, Three Styles of Crushing Fist, Wandering Step.

The all-school competition is next week; he must maximize everything he can improve in the shortest amount of time.

After returning home, Lu Cheng didn't even bother to eat much, going straight into his room.

Closed the door.

Locked it.

Cultivation began.

The Guiding Technique circulated time and again, and that faint yet real warm current kept flowing through his body.

Time slipped away bit by bit.

Outside the window, the sky had turned completely black, city neon lights flickered in the distance, but inside the room, only heavy and rhythmic breathing remained.

Lu Cheng's forehead was covered in sweat, his clothes were half-soaked, yet he didn't stop.

He knew very well that a large part of why he could win against Zhou Lize today was that he had just awakened his talent and hadn't truly mastered martial arts techniques.

Once the all-school competition actually arrived, everyone would have practiced their martial arts techniques well, and it wouldn't be so easy for him.

Late at night.

Lu Cheng sat cross-legged on the bed, circulating the Guiding Technique once more.

Martial arts techniques are divided into five major realms: Entry, Proficient, Mastery, Perfection, and Transcendent.

This was already the umpteenth time he had used the Guiding Technique tonight!

In his mind, a familiar notification rang out at this very moment.

[Guiding Technique proficiency increased]

[Guiding Technique has reached: Transcendent]

Lu Cheng opened his eyes abruptly. The initial Guiding Technique only guided the positive flow of vitality, but upon reaching the Transcendent realm, it could already guide Source Qi to temper his flesh and blood.

They gathered slowly into his body, following the rise and fall of his breathing and the flow of his thoughts.

His vitality was also driven along with it!

It worked!

The highest realm written in the textbooks was Transcendent!

If Liu Haifeng saw Lu Cheng's current state, he would definitely be dumbfounded; the vitality value increased by tempering flesh and blood with Source Qi was much stronger than the vitality value increased by simply circulating vitality.

Simply put, it was density; a single point of vitality for an ordinary student might only contain one unit of energy, but for Lu Cheng now, one point of vitality could contain 1.1 units of energy.

Don't look at just 0.1 now; if it were one hundred, or even one thousand points... that would be the difference between an ordinary person and a prodigy.

Only students who reached the Extreme Realm would incessantly refine their vitality density!

The next second, Lu Cheng's expression suddenly changed.

Because after that line of notification, a new change actually appeared.

[Guiding Technique (Transcendent 0/1000): Able to introduce Source Qi into the body at an extremely fast speed to temper the physical body, significantly increasing the rate of vitality improvement!]

Lu Cheng stared at that line of text, his breathing slightly stalled.

"That's not right..."

"There's actually experience points after Transcendent?"

The highest realm in the textbooks wasn't the end?

Then what... was beyond it?