Earth Fiend's Might

The rebel prodigy who had provoked Chu Qing died.

Chu Qing dragged him to the Martial Academy gates, tore off his head before dozens of rebel prodigies and thousands of new Martial Academy students, then crushed it beneath one foot.

At last, he grabbed the corpse and smashed it madly against the ground.

Only when the corpse had become a puddle of mangled flesh did he stop.

Such vicious methods made the new Martial Academy students understand:

At the Martial Academy, they could offend anyone.

But they absolutely could not offend Chu Qing.

Because:

Chu Qing was far too ruthless.

Thud! Thud! Thud!

Chu Qing's brocade clothes were stained with blood.

Yet he could not be bothered to clean himself up, instead heading straight for the Cui family's Blacksmith Shop.

Because:

Today, his Red Copper Golden Toad would come out of the forge.

Once the golden toad was finished, he could throw it into the moat outside. That would complete the second condition for Golden Toad Swallowing Heaven.

Then he only needed to find a Three-legged Golden Toad and swallow it.

At that point, the Golden Toad Swallowing Heaven Method could be initiated.

"I have to complete flesh tempering as soon as possible, then begin tempering the five viscera and six bowels."

"If I can reach the Skin Marrow Realm before the end of the year,"

"I can use the Heaven-Connecting Token to exchange for Heaven-Connecting Resources!"

"Open up a Heaven-Connecting Path!"

"And then... head to the main city and seize another set of Heaven-Connecting Path resources."

"By then, I'll open two Heaven-Connecting Paths."

"Perhaps I can even learn from Madam Shi and open a third Heaven-Connecting Path."

"Then I'll see whether three Heaven-Connecting Paths truly hold some profound mystery."

Half an hour later:

He saw the Three-legged Golden Toad