Spear Technique

"Iron Armor Technique should be mastered in the next few days. Once that's done and Gold-Splitting Spear also reaches mastery, I'll have a good chance of breaking into the top 1000, maybe even the top 500."

"After all, my techniques have special attributes. People who have also mastered external martial arts and combat techniques probably won't be able to match me."

Chu Kuang mused to himself, a flicker of anticipation showing on his face.

The Tian Heng City Ranking Tournament offered rewards for the top 1000 participants. Even the 1000th place finisher would receive 10,000 Federal Coins, with an additional 10,000 Federal Coins for every hundred places higher.

Furthermore, reaching the top 1000 or top 500 also granted eligibility for a 100,000 Federal Coin interest-free loan.

This meant a student could potentially secure up to 300,000 Federal Coins in interest-free loans from the Tian Heng City Ranking Tournament.

While such sums were insignificant to second-generation elites like Lin Shuyao, they represented desperately needed cultivation resources for Chu Kuang.

Having made up his mind, Chu Kuang first adjusted his state and then diluted a Source Energy Potion before downing it.

"Boom—"

Instantly, that surge of potent energy struck again. Chu Kuang felt the dormant cells within his body awaken, and his bone structure and potential seemed to have significantly improved.

"The human body contains countless cells. Most of these cells are dormant and dim, with extremely low affinity for Source Energy and various other energies. However, a small number of cells are as bright and active as stars."

"The more bright and active cells one possesses, the faster they can cultivate martial arts and the lower the difficulty of breaking through bottlenecks. This is how people are distinguished by their bone structure quality."

Chu Kuang whispered to himself, recalling the classification of bone structures.

His own active cells were only about one in a thousand. Legend had it that those with top-tier bone structures had active cell percentages as high as one percent, allowing them to cultivate martial arts ten times faster than him.

At this moment, under the awakening effect of the Source Energy Potion, the dormant cells in his body began to stir. In the blink of an eye, they surpassed three in a thousand and continued to climb, finally stopping at the five in a thousand mark.

"Awakening dormant cells, temporarily boosting aptitude and potential. No wonder Source Energy Potions can assist people in breaking through to the Mortal Transformation realm."

Chu Kuang whispered, then cast aside all distracting thoughts, dedicating himself entirely to practicing the Basic Spear Technique.

He had been practicing the Basic Spear Technique for many years, and it had now reached the absolute peak of mastery, with [Mastery 99%] indicating he was at the true limit of the technique.

The reason he couldn't break through to perfection was his insufficient aptitude, requiring a vast amount of time to refine. Now, with the Source Energy Potion temporarily boosting his aptitude, this bottleneck vanished.

What he needed to do now was to push the Basic Spear Technique to perfection at all costs before the effects of the Source Energy Potion wore off.

The Basic Spear Technique consisted of thirty-six forms, including thrusting, stabbing, slashing, parrying, blocking, grasping, twisting, lifting, pressing, chopping, and exploding, among other fundamental spear movements. However, it encapsulated the essence of all spear techniques under the heavens.

As Chu Kuang wholeheartedly practiced the Basic Spear Technique, he felt a subtle, intangible bottleneck during the first run-through.

During the second run-through, he sensed a glimmer of understanding. By the third, he had managed to crack open a sliver of this bottleneck.

He continued to practice relentlessly. It wasn't until he completed the seventh run-through of the Basic Spear Technique that he finally shattered the bottleneck completely, achieving a state of flawless perfection.

Basic Spear Technique [Perfection 0/3]: The compendium of all spear techniques. Easy to learn, difficult to master. The Human Saint Court integrated spear techniques from myriad races and deduced them using the Intelligent Brain Taichu, making it the most suitable foundational spear art for humanity.

Attached Attribute: Spear Technique Compendium [Gold].

Spear Technique Compendium [Gold]: All spear techniques under heaven originate from this. When practicing any spear or halberd martial art that does not exceed the scope of the Basic Spear Technique, cultivation speed increases tenfold, and the difficulty of breaking through bottlenecks decreases tenfold.

"Spear Technique perfected, it's done."

Chu Kuang took a deep breath. He casually swung his great spear, feeling an exhilarating sense of power, as if the spear in his hand could conquer the world.

With the boost from the Spear Technique Compendium, his talent for practicing spear and halberd martial arts was likely on par with Ye Qingfeng's.

"With the Basic Spear Technique perfected, Gold-Splitting Spear will reach mastery within ten days, and perfection within a month."

Chu Kuang whispered, his eyes gleaming with intense light.

His original goal was merely to break into the top 100 of Third Middle School by the end of the semester. Now, it seemed he had the qualifications to aim for the top 20, or even the top 10.

Carrying this newfound confidence, he slowly took a deep breath, then withdrew all his thoughts, and continued practicing his spear techniques and external martial arts.

The remaining energy from the Source Energy Potion was dwindling, making it insufficient to cultivate other basic martial arts.

Chu Kuang decided to seize the opportunity to continue practicing Iron Armor Technique and Gold-Splitting Spear, hoping to further advance these two advanced martial arts with the last of the potion's effects.

As he cultivated, an entire day passed unnoticed. When he finally emerged from his focused practice, it was already late evening.

Gold-Splitting Spear [Minor Mastery 17%], Iron Armor Technique [Minor Mastery 73%].

"Significant progress. If I had ample Source Energy Potion, my cultivation speed could probably increase severalfold."

Chu Kuang glanced at his status panel, then let out a wry smile and shook his head.

A single Source Energy Potion cost 100,000 Federal Coins. If used directly to accelerate cultivation like a nutrient solution, not only would his commoner family be unable to afford it, but even a family like Lin Shuya's would likely find it prohibitively expensive.

Putting the thought aside, and seeing that it was already dinnertime, Chu Kuang finally left the martial arts room.

At the dining table, Chu Kuang shared the news of his Basic Spear Technique reaching perfection. Father Chu and Mother Chu were visibly excited and offered him further encouragement.

After dinner, Chu Kuang didn't rush to sleep. Instead, he headed straight out towards the villa district in the city center.

While martial arts practice was crucial, being Lin Shuyuan's tutor was one of his important channels for acquiring resources.

At the Lin family residence, Chu Kuang met Lin Shuya again. After exchanging greetings, he began teaching her martial arts.

Lin Shuya's bone structure and comprehension seemed quite remarkable. Chu Kuang had planned to teach her one move per day, which would take thirty-six days to get her started with the basic techniques. However, she grasped today's move completely in just twenty minutes.

Seeing this, Chu Kuang had no choice but to teach her the second move.

"Brother Chu, you can go a bit faster. I can keep up."

After learning two moves, Lin Shuya was still not satisfied.

Seeing this, Chu Kuang said, "Learning martial arts requires a step-by-step approach. With your current physique, one hour of external martial arts training per day is enough."

"I'll teach you another basic spear technique. That way, after you finish your external martial arts, you can use any extra time to practice spear techniques."

Lin Shuya's eyes lit up, and she immediately said, "Okay."

Seeing her agree, Chu Kuang said, "I'll teach you one technique, starting with the Thrusting Spear stance."

With that, Chu Kuang personally demonstrated the basic spear technique once, and then taught her the first stance of the basic spear technique.

He continued teaching for a long time, and it wasn't until more than half an hour later, after he had taught Lin Shuya the first stance of the basic spear technique, that he slowly breathed a sigh of relief.

"Your basic spear technique is also perfected."

Just then, he heard a calm voice.

Chu Kuang looked up and noticed that Lin Shuyao had appeared outside the door at some point.

It turned out that Lin Shuyao had been training in the martial arts room next door. After Chu Kuang's hour of teaching, she sensed that Chu Kuang hadn't left yet and came to the door to check the situation. She saw Chu Kuang teaching Lin Shuya spear techniques.

At this moment, a hint of surprise arose in Lin Shuyao's heart.

She was already very surprised that her basic external martial arts had reached perfection. She hadn't expected Chu Kuang's basic spear technique to also be perfected.

After all, mastering two basic martial arts simultaneously, and reaching the perfection realm in both, was rare even in the key classes of Third Middle School.

Thinking of this, Lin Shuyao said, "From now on, add a spear technique class for Shuya. Teach two stances of both external martial arts and spear techniques each day. I'll add another three hundred Federal Coins to your hourly fee."

"Another three hundred?"

Chu Kuang's eyes lit up with surprise. Six hundred Federal Coins per day was an astonishing income for him.

Lin Shuyao, however, was very calm, holding her long sword. "Shuya is supposed to take five classes in total: external martial arts, internal martial arts, weapons, fist and palm techniques, and movement techniques."

"However, because she hasn't even started external martial arts yet, and we haven't found particularly suitable teachers for the other subjects, the other classes are temporarily on hold."

"Since your basic spear technique has reached perfection, we won't need to find another weapons teacher for her for now."

Chu Kuang couldn't help but smile when he heard this. This was the benefit of the high applicability of spear techniques.

Even if Lin Shuya didn't particularly like spear techniques, practicing the basic spear technique in the early stages would be absolutely fine.

If it were another weapon, Lin Shuya might not even learn it if she didn't like it.

Given Lin Shuya's talent, learning two stances of spear techniques and external martial arts each day wouldn't take much time. For Chu Kuang, it was equivalent to earning an extra hourly fee for the same amount of time, which was a huge profit for him.

Therefore, Chu Kuang didn't hesitate and immediately said, "Thank you very much."

Lin Shuyao didn't say anything further and directly transferred six hundred Federal Coins to him.

Chu Kuang accepted the Federal Coins and was about to leave with some surprise, but Lin Shuyao suddenly called out to him before he left.

"Wait a moment."

Lin Shuyao spoke, looking at him with a complex gaze, but then said with firm eyes, "You need to be careful. Don't go to crowded places during this period."

Chu Kuang was stunned and wanted to ask why, but saw that Lin Shuyao had already returned inside.

Knowing that she couldn't say more, he had no choice but to leave the villa area with this doubt and head towards his home.

"Sister, do you like him?"

As soon as Lin Shuyao returned inside, Lin Shuya, with a mischievous grin, said.

Lin Shuyao's eyebrows immediately shot up, and she reached out as if to hit her. Lin Shuya quickly dodged, chattering, "I can tell you definitely have feelings for him."

"What do you know."