Going to School

Monday, six in the morning.

Chen Mo exited his Visualization on time and opened the System Panel for a look.

His spiritual power had steadily increased by 2 points, reaching 163. Visualization Method proficiency had increased by 20 points. Basic Flying Needle Technique: Beginner (13/100). Spiritual Perception proficiency had increased by 15 points.

Last night, Chen Mo had kept flinging flying needles for over an hour.

With his talent steadily at work, along with Spiritual Perception, he had corrected his needle-throwing posture bit by bit and summed up techniques for exerting force, allowing him to successfully learn the flying needle technique.

He had gained another martial skill. Though it was an unranked Basic Martial Technique, Chen Mo believed that if he practiced it to a profound level, it would surely prove useful.

Not wanting to waste time, Chen Mo got up and practiced Stance Training while standing on his bed.

It could not be helped. Chen Mo's room was rather small, and the bed alone occupied most of the space.

Whenever his younger sister was not clinging to him and sleeping beside him, he would get up early and practice Stance Training on the bed.

I wonder whether my resistance to Qi and Blood Pills has worn off yet?

Chen Mo looked inward and examined himself.

Very quickly, the condition inside his body surfaced in his mind, and he began inspecting it bit by bit without hesitation.

After checking, Chen Mo soon reached a conclusion.

He only needed to wait another half day for his resistance to Qi and Blood Pills to disappear.

That meant he could take a Premium Qi and Blood Pill that afternoon.

His Qi and blood had now reached 68. If he digested a Premium Qi and Blood Pill, he would definitely break through to Seventh-grade Martial Trainee.

Suppressing the excitement in his heart, Chen Mo began analyzing Basic Stance Training.

Recalling the tenth stance movement, Chen Mo began stretching his body and assuming the posture.

Under Spiritual Perception, he adjusted his posture bit by bit.

By the time he had adjusted himself into the standard posture described in the teaching materials, more than half an hour had passed.

Maintaining that posture, Chen Mo carefully observed the changes within his body.

Yet after more than a minute had passed, only one acupoint lit up with a speck of light. At the same time, the muscles on the surface of his body over that acupoint twitched, but both reactions were rather weak.

Seeing this, Chen Mo knew that the Qi and blood within his body was insufficient and could not condense more Qi and blood.

The higher the realm, the more energy was needed, and the harder it became to condense Qi and blood.

This was normal. After taking the Premium Qi and Blood Pill and breaking through to Seventh-grade Martial Trainee, the Qi and blood condensed from either ordinary or Premium Qi and Blood Pills would correspondingly decrease.

70 points of Qi and blood was a watershed. Before 70, condensing Qi and blood was relatively easy, but after 70, the energy required doubled.

And once Qi and blood reached 75, Qi and Blood Pills would have even less effect.

In order to condense more Qi and blood, Chen Mo immediately took a Blood Infusion Pill. He wanted to push his Qi and blood to 69 so that the Premium Qi and Blood Pill could produce its greatest effect.

Chen Mo had not yet broken through to Seventh-grade Martial Trainee, so he did not know much about the effects of a Premium Qi and Blood Pill.

At only five thousand yuan per pill, Chen Mo did not care whether it was wasteful or not. Increasing his strength came first.

After seven o'clock, Mother Chen knocked on the door and called Chen Mo to breakfast. Chen Mo also successfully increased his Qi and blood by 1 point, bringing his total Qi and blood to 69.

After breakfast, Chen Mo took his weapon and backpack and went to school.

Chen Mo attended Jiangbei City No. 5 High School and was a student in Class 3 of Senior Year 3.

As usual, Chen Mo arrived at his classroom exactly ten minutes before class began.

When he appeared at the classroom door, the entire class fell eerily silent for a second. At the same time, he sensed something strange in the way his classmates looked at him.

In particular, Song Hao, the top-ranked student, had contempt in his eyes.

It could not be helped. Song Hao sat in the front row and did not hide his gaze in the slightest.

Li Donghai, Zhang He, and Yang Hu also wore expressions of gloating over someone else's misfortune.

Looking toward his seat, Chen Mo found that Jiang Tao had not arrived yet.

Chen Mo ignored the looks from his classmates and walked toward his seat.

Jiang Tao was the person he had the best relationship with in class. He was not familiar with anyone else.

In the past, Chen Mo had always been quiet and withdrawn, burying his head in hard training, so naturally he had not made many friends.

The other students would not seek out a dull gourd like him either.

The truth was that he had no talent and no money, so there was no value in befriending him.

His friendship with Jiang Tao had also developed from sitting at the same desk for three years.

Returning to his seat, Chen Mo saw that nothing had changed. He put his things away and began Visualizing with his eyes closed.

Just now, the students in class had looked at Chen Mo strangely, but they tacitly did not discuss him.

Chen Mo's grades were always near the bottom of the class, so he was not worth their attention.

Instead, the students were discussing the upcoming quiz.

"I wonder what the homeroom teacher was thinking, insisting on holding a quiz today. It has me all wound up. I spent the whole weekend at the martial arts gym training hard. Sigh, I just hope I do better and do not get scolded."

"I had it even worse. I trained hard at home and did not even play games. My parents told me that if my grades dropped, they would break my legs!"

"Damn it, now that you've said that, I'm even more nervous! Look, my palms are sweating!"

"You bastard, you worked that hard, so what the hell are you nervous about? I'm the one who should be nervous. Fuck, I actually forgot to train over the whole weekend. Now I'm done for. The homeroom teacher will definitely put me through special training."

"What were you doing that made you forget even your training? Tell us all about it."

"You just want to see me get special training, don't you? How could I tell you something that embarrassing?"

As they chatted, no one knew who it was that brought the conversation around to Chen Mo.

"Hey, did you know? I heard from a friend that Li Donghai got instantly defeated at Wuji Martial Arts Gym on Saturday!"

A boy spoke in a low, mysterious voice.

"Li Donghai? One of the top five in our class? How could he possibly get instantly defeated? That has to be fake, right?"

"I knew you wouldn't believe it. I didn't really believe it at first either, but my friend swore on being single for the rest of his life that he was absolutely not lying. So I kind of believe it now."

"Hey, bro, you've been fooled! If it were true, it would have spread everywhere by now. Look at Li Donghai's expression. Does he look like someone who got instantly defeated? He's one of the top five in our class. If he got instantly defeated, would he still have the face to come here?"

"That's bullshit. There's a quiz today. If he didn't come, do you believe the homeroom teacher would not call his father here directly? Forget it, I'm not talking anymore. If Li Donghai hears this, I'm going to get beaten up."

The noise was deafening, but Chen Mo was wholly absorbed in Visualization and had already shut out those sounds.

However, when Jiang Tao arrived, he exited his Visualization.

"Taozi, you always slip in at the last possible moment. Aren't you afraid the homeroom teacher will put you through special training?"

Chen Mo patted Jiang Tao on the shoulder and joked.

"I'm not late. Look, there's still one minute left. The homeroom teacher has no reason to single me out."

Jiang Tao spoke without a care.

"You're impressive! Don't get nervous about the quiz later!"

"Leave it to me!"

Jiang Tao gave him a reassuring look. "Just wait and see yourself unleash your might and shock everyone! When they see your Perfection Realm saber technique, their jaws will hit the floor."

"That's an exaggeration!" Chen Mo said modestly.

"It isn't an exaggeration!" Jiang Tao shook his head. "It's a pity that the matter of you instantly defeating Li Donghai didn't spread. If you hadn't stopped me, I would have posted it in the class group chat."

Before Chen Mo could answer, the student sitting in front of them suddenly turned around and asked:

"Instantly defeating Li Donghai? Jiang Tao, are you bragging?"