Unifying the Heavens 100%, Top of the Grade

Chapter 7: Unifying the Heavens 100%, Top of the Grade

Two days later

In the evening, the late-summer leaves still swayed gently in the breeze, rustling softly.

The tall royal poinciana tree before the Martial Arts Teaching Building cast fragmented, dappled shadows over the students in the classroom beneath the setting sun, making the already fair and handsome boy even more eye-catching to the girls.

However, Li Xijun, who had just finished practicing the True Martial Thirty-Six Forms, paid no attention to the stirrings of adolescent girls' hearts. Instead, he focused all his attention on the Attribute Panel before him.

Name: Li Xijun

Age: 17

Realm: Apprentice Level 5

Blood Essence Level: 5.9

Spirit Level: 8.2

Cultivation Method:

Azure Dragon Heaven-Reaching Method: (Proficient 61%)

Martial Skills

True Martial Thirty-Six Forms (Proficient 94%)

Basic Saber Technique: (Beginner 98%)

Unifying the Heavens (100%)

Compared to the first time, my Blood Essence Level has risen by 0.2, my basic cultivation method has improved by 5%, and the True Martial Thirty-Six Forms have improved by 7% from the start.

It's only been five days since school began, yet I've already made such obvious progress. Getting into a Martial Arts University now seems highly promising.

Well, that is, provided I can keep receiving enough Blood Essence Potions like I have these past few days.

Thinking of that, and then of the six bottles of Blood Essence Potion he had already drained, Li Xijun felt a hint of worry amid his delight over his progress.

His talent in martial arts was indeed formidable, and his ability to digest and absorb Blood Essence Potions was exceptionally good.

Most people only needed around two or three hundred credits' worth of nutritious meals alongside one bottle of Blood Essence Potion a day. Drinking more would actually reduce absorption efficiency and offer little benefit to martial arts cultivation.

Yet six bottles over three days had still not felt like enough for him. He was like a sponge wrung dry, desperately craving resources like Blood Essence Potions.

If his Blood Essence Level had not truly been improving at such a rapid rate, he would have suspected he had some kind of illness.

It's a pity. I could tell Teacher Zhang had been paying close attention to me in class.

But he hasn't invested in me again because of my improvement.

Li Xijun felt somewhat regretful at the thought.

If he had not already been a student burdened with a loan from a front-line betting agreement, he would have wanted to take out another loan and buy a few more boxes of Blood Essence Potions.

If he could maintain his current cultivation speed, he was confident he could enter the top hundred in the grade within a month and obtain the scholarship and Blood Essence Potion rewards.

Unfortunately, he only had a little over eight thousand left for food.

After considering every option and realizing he still had to rely on "himself," Li Xijun fixed a fervent gaze on the final entry of the system panel.

Unifying the Heavens (100%)

Tomorrow is the weekend. You'd better come through for me!

If years of tempering himself in the corporate world had not already honed his mindset and endurance to the limit, he would probably have asked for leave and gone home to try it that afternoon.

But Li Xijun knew perfectly well that this ability to travel through other worlds was unlike One Proof, Eternal Proof.

One Proof, Eternal Proof could still be perfectly concealed as martial arts talent.

The martial arts talents of the Federation's seven Saints throughout history had each been more outrageous than the last. No one would notice anything strange about his modest level of talent.

But Unifying the Heavens allowed him to travel between two worlds.

If he was not careful, it would be easy to expose a flaw. The resources a whole world could produce were enough to drive countless people mad.

The kind of slaughter committed over advancement resources such as spirit fruits and Mythical Creature Crystal Cores

had already occurred innumerable times during the Great Cataclysm, when martial artists explored one Mythical World after another.

Therefore,

the more important the matter, the more he acted as usual, without even a trace of impatience, excitement, or any other abnormality.

Time passed bit by bit until the dismissal bell rang.

The students of Yan'an No. 7 High School streamed out of campus like a tide. As usual, Li Xijun casually chatted with his buddy Zhou Yibai as they headed toward the school gate.

However, when the two reached the entrance,

a short-haired youth dressed in the black integrated nano-suit of the senior-year Elite Class, with the latest smart wristband on his right hand, stood beside a black luxury car and waved at Zhou Yibai.

Li Xijun naturally knew the boy was not looking for him. He turned to look at Zhou Yibai beside him,

only to see that this guy, who had been riding high these past few days thanks to his plentiful supply of Blood Essence Potions and had strutted about with his head held high all day,

now looked like a mouse that had seen a cat, shrinking back in obvious fear.

Still, after a brief hesitation, Zhou Yibai said something to Li Xijun. The two parted ways, and Zhou Yibai walked straight over to the short-haired youth.

Li Xijun continued walking toward his residential complex without slowing down, already having a rough idea of what was going on.

He remembered that the short-haired Elite Class student was called Zhou Shenghao. He ranked somewhere around the top twenty in the grade and was certain to get into a Martial Arts University, with a chance of making a run at one of the lower-ranked schools in the Nine Schools Alliance.

Because he was reasonably good-looking, had excellent grades, and was rumored to come from a Martial Artist Family, he had gained some popularity among the girls.

For an Elite Class genius like him to take the initiative to stop Zhou Yibai,

combined with the fact that Zhou Yibai's family had been fairly well-off before, but not wealthy enough for him to suddenly bring dozens of bottles of Blood Essence Potion to school like he had recently—

"Looks like Aunt Zhou apologized and yielded to her family for Zhou Yibai's sake."

"When parents love their children, they plan deeply for them."

For a moment, Li Xijun felt a trace of sadness, but it quickly subsided. He turned, locked his door, and drew the black soundproof curtains.

Elsewhere,

after following his cousin Zhou Shenghao into the car, Zhou Yibai obediently greeted the middle-aged man in a suit in the front passenger seat.

"Uncle."

"Mm. Shenghao told me you've been improving quickly at school recently?"

"Having Blood Essence Potions every day has indeed made my cultivation far more effective than before."

"Senior year is a critical time. If you don't have enough potions or money, tell me directly. Don't keep making your mother worry."

As the middle-aged man spoke, he flipped through the documents in his hands. Only when he reached a certain page did a hint of delight appear on his composed face.

"The senior-year assessment report from the day before yesterday is out. I had a friend take an early look at it for me. Your compatibility with the Thunderclap Prison Vine Method has met the standard this time, and you've awakened Martial Dao Spirituality."

The good news immediately filled Zhou Yibai with joy. His timid demeanor vanished, and he nearly jumped out of his seat.

Seeing this display of poor composure, Zhou Shenghao turned his face away.

"Really, Uncle? I've awakened Martial Dao Spirituality?"

"You'll know whether it's true on Monday."

Because Zhou Xinmin felt indebted and guilty toward his younger sister for all these years, he was extremely generous in compensating Zhou Yibai. Turning to Zhou Shenghao, he instructed,

"You'll probably be transferred into the Elite Class once the results come out on Monday. Shenghao, take good care of your cousin from now on."

"I remember that day you were having tea with your classmates and the top student in the grade at the Nourishment Meal restaurant. Let Yibai join you too, so he can get acquainted with them."

"Dad, Liu Yunmeng only agreed to invite Su Nianyi to eat with us because I brought out our family's Spirit Nourishing Tea."

Zhou Shenghao was somewhat unwilling.

His father had first made him spend every day interacting with the young lady of the Liu Family, a family friend.

Later, he kept making him befriend this top-ten student and get to know that top-twenty student, saying things like, "They'll all become Mortal Shedding or Intent Realm Martial Warriors in the future. Making more friends will be beneficial."

After entering the Elite Class, his father had insisted that he get to know the top student in the grade who had awakened Psychic Power.

Now, after he had gone to great lengths to arrange this gathering through Liu Yunmeng, they were going to bring Zhou Yibai along too. His expression darkened somewhat.

"I'm not asking you to pursue her. You aren't worthy of a top genius like a Psychic Master who has guaranteed admission to the Two Capitals."

"Just take advantage of the pure friendship among senior-year classmates. After cultivation, have some Spirit Nourishing Tea together at noon and chat. Lay down a casual move. Trying too hard will only seem deliberate and have the opposite effect."

"Dad—"

"It's settled. At noon, take Yibai to have a Nourishment Meal Set first. After that, you and Little Liu can handle the rest."

Zhou Xinmin made the final decision and settled the matter.

Meanwhile, Zhou Yibai was already so overjoyed that he had lost all sense of direction. Not only had he barely paid attention to the conversation between father and son, his mind was instead filled with one thought:

On Monday at noon, he would take Li Xijun to the second floor of the Cafeteria for that legendary Nourishment Meal Set, and while he was at it, flaunt his Elite Class status and his family's connections in front of his friend!