2: Chapter 2 System Startup

Whoosh~

Lin Chen abruptly sat up from his bed, drenched in cold sweat.

“I’m still at home. That scene…”

Lin Chen recalled with lingering fear.

That dream was too real!

He never wanted to experience the despair of being swallowed by a giant snake again.

Suddenly,

“What is this?”

Lin Chen saw several lines of white text floating in the lower right corner of his vision.

It looked exactly like the interface of an online game from his previous life.

【Name】 Lin Chen

【Realm】 Martial Disciple Mid-stage (43 / 100)

【Strength】 350KG

【Cultivation Technique】 Basic Fist Technique入門 (7 / 100)

【Dream World Travel】 Node Recorded

【energy points】 75

【System Upgrade Available】 Requires 1000 energy points

He stared blankly at this information.

Lin Chen was incredibly excited and joyful.

After a few minutes of dazed silence, he recovered.

After all, transmigration was already the biggest inconceivable event… “Is this a system? That’s more like it.”

“As expected, a golden finger is essential for transmigration, and mine has arrived!”

Huh!

“My stomach isn’t hungry anymore. Could it be that exotic fruit~”

Lin Chen’s heart stirred slightly.

He tried to focus his attention on the progress bar next to ‘Realm’.

Upgrade!

Boom!

Suddenly, Lin Chen’s muscles crackled.

A wave of air burst from his body, making the entire room a mess.

“What are you doing, Lin Chen! Such a ruckus in the middle of the night?”

Li Sufen shouted angrily from next door.

“Nothing, I’m experimenting with a cultivation technique.”

“Not sleeping in the middle of the night, practicing cultivation and going berserk.”

Li Sufen grumbled.

Lin Chen glanced indifferently at the room next door, completely ignoring Li Sufen.

He looked at the panel information.

【Realm】 Martial Disciple Late-stage (100 / 100)

【Strength】 800KG

【energy points】 18

This… I’ve directly reached the peak of Martial Disciple Late-stage?

A Martial Disciple Late-stage has strength between 400 and 800KG.

He would soon be able to break through to Martial Warrior!

“What is that, it smells awful!”

Lin Chen sniffed.

Only after calming down did he notice a pungent odor.

He looked down.

His body was sticky, secreting a lot of black viscous liquid.

The bedsheet was completely soaked~

This was marrow cleansing!

The Martial Disciple realm is for body tempering.

Relying solely on cultivation techniques to refine physical strength.

Even if one eventually reached Martial Disciple Late-stage,

They would not undergo marrow cleansing.

Only by consuming Body Tempering Fluid could one achieve marrow cleansing.

Marrow cleansing can expel impurities from the body.

It improves aptitude and builds a foundation for the Martial Way.

Thus, wealthy individuals surpassed those from impoverished families like Lin Chen from the very beginning of their Martial Arts journey!

“I didn’t expect that upgrading through the system’s energy points could also allow me to undergo a complete transformation!”

“It smells too bad, I’ll take a shower first.”

Lin Chen tiptoed to take a hot shower.

After washing off the sticky liquid, he found his skin smooth and delicate, like jade.

He looked as if he had become two or three years younger!

He clenched his fist.

His body seemed to possess inexhaustible strength.

Looking at the remaining 18 energy points.

Lin Chen calculated.

Continue, cultivation technique upgrade!

The cultivation technique column on the panel flashed—Basic Fist Technique Minor Accomplishment!

【Cultivation Technique】 Basic Fist Technique Minor Accomplishment (25 / 100)

【energy points】 0

A memory flashed through Lin Chen’s mind.

It was about the techniques, force generation, and practical application of the Basic Fist Technique.

He went to the balcony.

Lin Chen tried to practice the Basic Fist Technique.

As he continuously threw punches,

He found that he could subtly control the muscle strength of each punch.

Every move, every stance, he controlled the details of the cultivation technique to the extreme!

Minor Accomplishment realm!

Lin Chen was incredibly excited.

One should know that body tempering could be accelerated with potions.

However, martial arts techniques required comprehension.

Even wealthy individuals could have Martial Way powerhouses provide full-time guidance.

But that was only for referencing some techniques and experiences.

Comprehension was personal.

For those with poor talent,

Even instruction from a supreme powerhouse would not lead to comprehension!

“Others need long periods of practicing cultivation techniques and comprehension, but I can directly upgrade as long as I have energy points!”

Thinking of energy points, Lin Chen looked at the panel.

【Dream World Travel】 Node Recorded

This should be a function of the system.

He could travel to an Other World in his dreams.

The Other World in this dream showed that the node was recorded.

He should be able to return to it in his dreams!

Dying in the dream would cause him to wake up, with no danger to his life.

That Other World, connected to Blue Star, had a diameter tens of thousands of times larger than Blue Star!

The Other World was full of countless opportunities.

With this system function, he could quickly find opportunities and rise!

The system could also absorb energy substances and convert them into energy points that could strengthen him.

“I just don’t know if there are any restrictions.”

Lin Chen murmured.

Then he picked up a flowerpot on the balcony and silently thought: Absorb!

“No use?”

“Do I have to eat it like the exotic fruit?”

Lin Chen was speechless~

After some thought,

Lin Chen went to the refrigerator and found an apple and a small piece of meat.

He ate the apple.

【energy points】 0.00001

He then quickly ate the piece of meat.

【energy points】 0.00003

It really works!

But it was too little.

Converting everyday food into energy points was too inefficient.

It had to be something containing powerful energy.

Such as Body Tempering Fluid, exotic fruit, exotic beast corpses, or martial artist corpses!

Lin Chen’s eyes lit up.

exotic fruit belonged to Heaven And Earth Treasure, capable of absorbing energy from heaven and earth.

Martial artists also absorbed heaven and earth energy when practicing martial arts.

Lin Chen now had an idea of how to accumulate energy points in the future, and his heart was extremely excited.

The system’s method of devouring and absorbing energy substances should be without loss!

One should know that even Body Tempering Fluid could not be 100% absorbed by the human body.

A large part of the energy would be wasted.

Recalling the twinkling lights in the forest of his dream, Lin Chen’s heart raced.

Those should all be exotic fruit!

He seemed to have seen a piece of news online last time—

A martial artist exploration team.

They entered an Other World through a spatial rift and discovered an exotic fruit.

Upon returning, it was directly auctioned off for a sky-high price of tens of millions.

In the few months since his transmigration, Lin Chen had been very suppressed.

His previous life was fine, at least he didn’t have to worry about food and clothing.

But here, he was at the very bottom of society… His parents in this life didn’t treat him like a human!

This was a world governed by the law of the jungle.

Martial Way powerhouses were respected.

Supreme powerhouses could even disregard the Federal Government!

Now that he had the system’s help, he would definitely embark on the path of a powerhouse!

He was already at Martial Disciple Late-stage.

The Martial Warrior realm required tempering all the bones in the body.

The tempered parts would be as hard as steel, possessing immense strength.

One could also practice weapon cultivation techniques, which were martial skills.

Mastering them would grant considerable combat power.

Looking out the window, the sky was already faintly lit.

Lin Chen prepared to go to school to ask Teacher Yang about the Martial Warrior realm… Lin Chen arrived at school.

At this hour, the school training ground already had some diligent students training.

He immediately spotted a 2-meter tall, burly man practicing his fists.

The burly man was named Yang Tianba.

A powerhouse in the Martial Warrior realm!

He was also Lin Chen’s homeroom teacher.

Whoosh~

Hoo~

Yang Tianba was demonstrating a set of fist techniques.

The fist techniques seemed simple and direct.

But each stance brought forth layers of air currents.

Invisible energy seemed to flow around him.

There was a sense of returning to simplicity, turning decay into wonder.

This is… Fist Technique Profound Accomplishment!

The further one progressed in cultivation technique realms, the harder it was to improve.

Minor Accomplishment in cultivation techniques.

Only a handful of people in his class had achieved it.

Not a single one had reached Grand Accomplishment!

There were 30 high schools in Su City.

Over ten thousand students in the third year.

He had heard that a few exceptionally talented students had achieved Grand Accomplishment in Basic Fist Technique.

He hadn’t expected his teacher to have mastered a martial skill at the Profound Accomplishment realm!

As for the subsequent Perfected Accomplishment realm, almost no one could reach it!

That would require over a decade of dedicated study to potentially achieve.

Given that much time, it would be better to learn even more powerful cultivation techniques.

Lin Chen’s heart stirred.

He also began practicing the Basic Fist Technique.

Compared to before, each of the 64 forms of the fist technique connected very smoothly.

His movements were precisely controlled.

The force of his punches caused a slight sonic boom.

“Oh?”

Yang Tianba, in the distance, noticed.

He stopped practicing his fists and walked over, looking at Lin Chen with a pleased expression.

“Xiao Lin, your fist technique has reached Minor Accomplishment?”

“Teacher Yang, I had a slight insight last night, hehe.”

Lin Chen withdrew his fist and stood, smiling.

“Not bad, not bad. In the class, besides you, only Zhang Li and Qin Yu have reached Minor Accomplishment in their cultivation techniques now.”

Yang Tianba nodded in satisfaction.

“Wait! You’re at Martial Disciple Late-stage?”

Feeling the fluctuations in Lin Chen’s aura.

Yang Tianba was very surprised, it had only been one night since they last met!

“Uh, Teacher Yang.”

“Last night, I took a dose of Body Tempering Fluid and luckily broke through.”

Lin Chen smiled somewhat perfunctorily.

The system was his biggest secret!

No one but himself could know about it.

“Oh, not bad, not bad.”

“Your family is poor, it must have been very difficult for them to prepare Body Tempering Fluid for you.”

“Work hard for the college entrance exam and strive to get into a Martial Arts University.”

Yang Tianba showed a look of relief.

“Teacher, I will work hard.”

Lin Chen also replied very solemnly.

However.

His family? Prepared Body Tempering Fluid for him?

Thinking of that family, Lin Chen felt an intense disgust.

“Come, Xiao Lin, let’s test your strength.”

“Okay.”

Lin Chen also wanted to ask Teacher Yang about the Martial Warrior realm.

He then walked to the strength testing device and assumed a stance.

Retract fist, rotate and punch!

Bang~

“800KG!”

“How did your strength increase so much?!”

Yang Tianba stared dumbfounded at the testing device.

His pupils dilated in shock!