Internal Martial Arts

Chu Kuang trained for an entire day. After school, as usual, he first went to the Lin Family and tutored Lin Shuya for an hour and a half.

He had to admit that Lin Shuya's talent was truly impressive. Chu Kuang estimated that both her comprehension and bone structure were at least Eighth Grade, perhaps even Ninth Grade.

She learned two moves from each of the three basic martial arts every day. An ordinary elementary school student would probably need two or three hours, but Lin Shuya needed no more than an hour and a half to learn them almost completely.

Chu Kuang did not need to put much effort into teaching her. He only needed to have her review at home each day and check her work the next day.

"This child is very smart. At this rate, in another half month, she'll be able to cultivate Basic External Martial Arts to minor mastery."

Before leaving, Chu Kuang reminded Lin Shuyao, speaking with some satisfaction.

Upper Third Grade bone structure or comprehension alone was not particularly shocking. Every student in the Key Class at Third High had bone structure of Seventh Grade or above.

However, possessing both Upper Third Grade comprehension and bone structure would place someone in the top ten even at Third High. Moreover, Lin Shuya was very likely talented at Dual Eighth Grade or above.

"Her talent is indeed quite good."

Lin Shuyao nodded. Thinking of her grandfather's upcoming birthday celebration, she spoke with determination. "But sooner or later, I'll make up for my insufficient bone structure."

Chu Kuang's heart stirred. For someone like Lin Shuyao, who came from such a powerful background, it might not be impossible to find a treasure capable of improving bone structure.

However, such treasures were clearly beyond Chu Kuang's reach, so he asked, "I heard the school has special cultivation techniques that can improve bone structure. Even with your circumstances, you can't get one?"

"It's not that I can't get one. It's that the cultivation requirements for such techniques are extremely harsh."

Lin Shuyao shook her head, then sighed. "They were prepared for those with Peerless Comprehension. Without comprehension at that level, it's very difficult even to get started."

"I tried before, but unfortunately, I still failed in the end."

Chu Kuang's heart sank. Then he thought of his Cultivation Technique Perks. I wonder whether my Cultivation Technique Perks would help me cultivate such a special technique?

Yet he soon dismissed the thought.

To prevent them from falling into the hands of other races, the Federation tightly controlled such special cultivation techniques. Unless he could obtain unanimous approval from the school's higher-ups, there was no way he could apply for one.

"To obtain such a special cultivation technique, I must draw the attention of the school's higher-ups."

"And to draw their attention, I must place in the top hundred in the Final Exam, preferably in the top ten or even higher."

Putting those thoughts away, Chu Kuang got up and left the Lin Family.

Not long after Chu Kuang left, Lin Shuya walked over and said, "I heard Brother Chu once ranked somewhere beyond 500th place in the Tian Heng Ranking Tournament. Looks like I really wasn't wrong about him."

"Big Sister, you really won't seize this opportunity?"

Lin Shuyao frowned slightly, then shook her head and sighed. "Dad checked his purchase records. His family bought three Source Energy Potions recently."

Lin Shuya was slightly stunned. It turned out that after Chu Kuang successively brought his external martial arts, spear technique, and movement technique to perfection, Lin Xianghong had increased his tutoring pay while also checking Chu Kuang's family purchase records.

Originally, Lin Xianghong had thought that if Chu Kuang truly possessed Peerless Comprehension and was a neglected hidden gem, the Lin Family would lend him support.

But when Lin Xianghong discovered that Chu Kuang had used three Source Energy Potions in succession, he immediately gave up on the idea of sponsoring Chu Kuang.

After all, relying solely on Source Energy Potions for breakthroughs meant that Chu Kuang's comprehension was probably not that extraordinary. Ordinary superior comprehension might still be considered one in a hundred, but in the eyes of a Transcendent Realm expert like Lin Xianghong, it was not worth mentioning at all.

"But I still feel that Teacher Chu is very different," Lin Shuya said.

"Oh?" Lin Shuyao asked with a smile. "How is he different?"

Lin Shuya pondered for a moment before answering, "He's very confident, calm, and composed, just like Father."

Lin Shuyao froze for a moment, recalling the changes Chu Kuang had gone through over the years.

From the first time she met him, Chu Kuang had always been calm and composed. Whether it was when he first displayed his talent and was praised by everyone, or later when he gradually faded into obscurity and was deemed to have exhausted his potential, he had always seemed very calm.

That tranquility and composure did not seem feigned. It was more like confidence, as though he knew that he would rise sooner or later.

What am I thinking?

Lin Shuyao shook her head and cast the thought aside. "If he really were that kind of monster, how could he be trapped by mere basic cultivation techniques and remain unable to break through for years?"

When Chu Kuang returned home, he found that the Nutrient Solution and Source Energy Potions had already arrived.

After signing for the Source Energy Potions and Nutrient Solution, he patted Chu Yu and said, "I'm going into seclusion to break through. Review on your own today."

"Mm."

Chu Yu nodded obediently, then began practicing Basic External Martial Arts in the living room.

Seeing this, Chu Kuang could not help but nod slightly. Chu Yu had probably inherited Father Chu's comprehension, as he learned basic martial arts fairly quickly. Unfortunately, his bone structure was probably rather ordinary as well.

There was nothing to be done about that. Unless a genetic mutation occurred, the children of ordinary people generally had ordinary bone structure.

Unless Chu Kuang could one day find a rare treasure capable of improving bone structure, Chu Yu's bone structure would most likely only be around Third or Fourth Grade.

Of course, that was clearly beyond what Chu Kuang could accomplish right now. His top priority was still to cultivate Basic Internal Martial Arts to perfection as soon as possible.

"With Source Energy Potions, I can try pushing Basic Internal Martial Arts to perfection as well."

Arriving at the martial arts room, Chu Kuang immediately locked the door, then took out the Nutrient Solution and Source Energy Potions. A trace of anticipation and gravity appeared in his eyes.

This time was different from before. What Chu Kuang was about to break through was Basic Internal Martial Arts.

Compared with Body Forging external martial arts, internal martial arts generally only needed to be cultivated during the latter half of the Apprentice Level. Most of his classmates had only cultivated their Basic Internal Martial Arts to minor mastery, and merely laid down a foundation without investing much further effort.

In ancient times, one had to first cultivate Body Forging to perfection before refining essence into strength, forming internal force, and tempering the five internal organs.

In the present era, although those with higher talent in internal martial arts could cultivate internal force in advance, doing so consumed a great deal of Nutrient Solution, something ordinary families could not afford.

Moreover, compared with cultivating external martial arts, breaking through internal martial arts realms was even more difficult.

Fortunately, comprehension provided a greater boost to internal martial arts cultivation. With Chu Kuang's Seventh Grade comprehension, along with his Life Level already reaching Level Six, he met the requirements to cultivate Basic Internal Martial Arts to perfection.

Even so, Chu Kuang did not dare say for certain that he could bring his internal martial arts to perfection.

If he failed this time, Chu Kuang would have no hope of reaching the top 500 anytime soon. If he wanted to make another attempt, he would likely have to delay for a long time again.

"In one push, I will break through."

Chu Kuang muttered, making up his mind in an instant.

His Basic Internal Martial Arts had reached the limit of major mastery two days ago, yet it had remained stuck at 99% of major mastery without advancing an inch. There was no point dragging it out any longer. He might as well make one final push and break through directly.