I, Wang Teng, Am Very Diligent!

It was eleven o'clock. The night had grown deep.

Wang Teng left the Polar Star Martial Arts Academy, still wanting more.

Others had trained all evening, while he had loafed around all evening.

Loafed around?

Pah, pah... How could a martial artist's affairs be called loafing around!

The other Martial Apprentice trainees left one after another. Wang Teng was among the last batch.

Not because he was particularly hardworking, but because he did not want to miss a single Attribute Bubble. Mm... that counted as a kind of hard work too.

Wang Teng drove down the empty streets.

Comprehension: 19.3
Physique: 47
Strength: 135
Speed: 86
Combat Skills: Basic Fist Technique (Elementary), Basic Footwork (Elementary)

He glanced at the Attribute Panel and felt thoroughly satisfied.

From single-digit values at the beginning to double-digit and triple-digit attributes now, the change was undoubtedly enormous.

Strength and speed had improved the most, while comprehension and physique had increased comparatively less.

It was not hard to see that the drop rates of different attributes varied to a certain extent.

What surprised him was that he had also obtained Basic Fist Technique and Basic Footwork tonight. A martial artist could not rely on a powerful body alone; they had to learn combat skills to bring out their proper strength.

I'll come to the Martial Arts Hall again tomorrow and test myself to see just how far I've come, Wang Teng thought.

When he returned home, Li Xiumei had prepared a late-night snack.

Wang Sheng Guo was eating when he saw Wang Teng return. Frowning, he asked, "Where did you go so late?"

"I went to the Polar Star Martial Arts Academy," Wang Teng answered casually.

Then he said to Li Xiumei, "Mom, you made egg noodles? Did you save me some? I'm hungry."

"Yes! I saved some for you."

Li Xiumei was delighted that her son liked her cooking.

Slurp, slurp~

Wang Teng took the bowl, sat beside Wang Sheng Guo, and began wolfing it down. It tasted especially good.

Wang Sheng Guo did not smell alcohol on Wang Teng, and his furrowed brows relaxed slightly. He asked in surprise, "What did you go to the Martial Arts Hall for?"

"I went to practice martial arts!" Wang Teng said without even raising his head.

"Practice martial arts!"

"Practice martial arts!"

Both Wang Sheng Guo and Li Xiumei were shocked. They could not help exchanging a glance before looking together at Wang Teng.

They had tried to persuade Wang Teng before, but he had been pampered since childhood and did nothing useful. He had never taken their words to heart.

And now he actually wanted to learn martial arts on his own initiative?

"Son, you want to practice martial arts?" Li Xiumei asked, somewhat unable to believe it.

"Yeah!" Wang Teng nodded.

"Son, are you in love?" Li Xiumei asked suspiciously.

"Huh?" Wang Teng was dumbfounded.

When did I fall in love? How come I didn't know?

"Didn't you used to dislike practicing martial arts?" Wang Sheng Guo asked.

"What's so strange about that? I've thought things through now, so naturally I went to practice." Wang Teng put on an indifferent expression as he spoke.

Just that simple?

Wang Sheng Guo and Li Xiumei looked at each other again.

"Good! Since you want to practice martial arts, I'll hire a good teacher to teach you!" Seeing that Wang Teng did not seem to be joking, Wang Sheng Guo clapped his hands happily.

"Dad, there's no need to hire a teacher yet. Practicing martial arts requires talent. I want to try training on my own first."

Wang Teng immediately refused. What teacher could compare to his own cheat?

At most, his father could hire an Advanced Martial Apprentice as his teacher. With his family's wealth, there was no way he could afford a real martial artist.

Learning from an Advanced Martial Apprentice was not as worthwhile as spending more time collecting attributes.

Hiring a teacher would be a waste of money too.

In the current Martial Arts Era, even hiring an Advanced Martial Apprentice was not cheap.

Wang Sheng Guo did not insist. Nodding, he said, "That works too. The Martial Arts Hall has instructors as well. As one of the three giants among Huaxia's Martial Arts Halls, the Polar Star Martial Arts Academy's instructors won't be bad."

"Study hard. I don't expect you to become a martial artist. As long as you can cultivate to the level of an Advanced Martial Apprentice, your physical fitness will improve greatly, and your lifespan will increase considerably too."

"The body is your capital. With a good body, you can achieve twice the result with half the effort no matter what you do."

In truth, he was also afraid that Wang Teng would only be enthusiastic for three minutes, find hardship unbearable after a couple of days, and quit again.

It was better to let Wang Teng cultivate on his own for a while first. If he could truly persist, they could make further plans then.

"Got it, Dad." Wang Teng laughed inwardly. His father loved lecturing people. In the past, he would never have listened.

But...

Advanced Martial Apprentice?

With his cheat, let alone becoming an official martial artist, even becoming a War General Level Martial Artist was not impossible.

He just feared saying it aloud would scare his father.

Wang Sheng Guo felt deeply gratified, thinking Wang Teng had matured quite a bit... Could he really have fallen in love?

"Son, you're seventeen already. If you really are dating someone, we won't object. Do you have enough spending money on you?"

Wang Teng was a little confused.

We really can't get past this hurdle, can we?

"Dad, Mom, I really am not dating anyone. If I were, I'd definitely bring her home for you to see first thing," he said helplessly.

"What a pity!" Li Xiumei said, somewhat disappointed.

Wang Sheng Guo nodded in agreement.

"..." Wang Teng said speechlessly, "Mom, I just turned seventeen. What are you even talking about!"

"It's not early at all. These days, you can get a marriage certificate at eighteen. Start dating now, nurture your feelings, and getting married a year later would be just right," Li Xiumei said.

"You can get married at eighteen!" Wang Teng was startled inwardly.

Is the Martial Arts Era this wonderful?

"Mom, I'm done eating. I'm going upstairs to shower and sleep first."

He fled upstairs as though escaping for his life. If he kept talking with his mother, she would probably start talking about grandchildren next.

That was just the kind of person she was.

"This child! Honey, I think that girl from the Tang Family is pretty good. Should we go to their house another day and ask around..."

Downstairs, Li Xiumei was still chattering away to Wang Sheng Guo.

Fortunately, Wang Teng did not hear it. Otherwise, he might have peed himself in fright. The Tang Family's daughter weighed at least two hundred jin, good heavens!

The next day.

Early in the morning, Wang Sheng Guo was having breakfast: steamed buns, fried dough sticks, soy milk... Though simple, they were Huaxia people's favorites.

Wang Teng came downstairs.

Since it was Saturday, he did not have to attend class, so he could arrange his time freely.

After breakfast, Wang Teng greeted his parents and hurried out the door.

Wang Sheng Guo felt gratified again and said to Li Xiumei, "Have the servants buy some Star Beast Meat today. Little Teng is practicing martial arts, and eating Star Beast Meat will help improve his physical fitness."

Polar Star Martial Arts Academy.

Wang Teng arrived very early. There were only two or three trainees in the Training Hall, and these people were extremely diligent.

They were somewhat surprised to see that Wang Teng was an unfamiliar face.

However, Wang Teng's "diligence" earned their approval. Several trainees nodded at him quite amicably, feeling that Wang Teng was probably one of their kind.

Wang Teng also felt that he was very diligent, but with so few people around, there were so few bubbles too.

He went up and greeted the trainees one by one, collecting their attributes along the way.

Yes, only along the way!

I, Wang Teng, am a polite person. Greeting them was the true purpose.

Basic Fist Technique*6

Strength*4

Speed*3

Basic Sword Technique*4

Wow, such abundant attributes! There was even Basic Fist Technique and Basic Sword Technique. He had learned another basic combat skill!

Sure enough, the early bird catches the worm.

Every trainee at the Martial Arts Hall was a talent. They spoke nicely and dropped plenty of attributes too. He truly loved them.

-- Newbie Dividing Line --

I, Mo Ru Jianghu, am very diligent!