Generous Compensation

Xu Zhiming hung up the phone.

Before this, some might have doubted the Wind Thunder Fist Sixth Level.

Surpassing eighteen points of qi and blood had already let those people confirm the Sixth Level.

It wasn't just slandering a hero who acted bravely for justice, but also slandering a future prodigy.

He believed Peng Sixiong's fate wouldn't be good.

Meng Tian stared at the qi and blood.

He rubbed his eyes.

"What a fierce rate of increase! So this is the Wind Thunder Fist Sixth Level, already starting to slowly transform the body!"

Meng Tian muttered to himself.

He suddenly felt that breaking through twenty points of qi and blood, activating his bloodline, and becoming a prodigy was within reach.

He quickly walked over and tested his qi and blood.

"18.22."

Meng Tian reached up and touched the scar on his face, a grin spreading across his lips.

This increase, satisfying!

He wasn't short on potions, just chugging them down.

He tossed a bottle of Level 10 Demonic Beast Essence Blood potion to Xu Zhiming.

His gaze was firm.

"Brother Xu, please whip me harshly!"

"Potions are on me!"

Xu Zhiming stretched out his right hand and caught the potion.

With his left hand, he grabbed a long spear from the weapon rack.

It felt noticeably lighter.

As his qi and blood increased, his strength was also rising rapidly.

"Meng Tian, what did you mean just now when you said the Wind Thunder Fist Sixth Level is slowly transforming my body? I've never heard of that."

Meng Tian was taken aback for a moment upon hearing this.

Xu Zhiming didn't know?

He recalled that Xu Zhiming had no background, and it was normal that no one had told him.

This was a perfect chance to explain it to Xu Zhiming and deepen their bond.

"You know that mastering a martial skill at its highest level adds points in the Martial Arts Exam college entrance exam, right?"

Xu Zhiming nodded.

Cultivating any martial skill to its highest level added points in the Martial Arts Exam.

Depending on the skill's grade, the points added varied.

F-grade five points, E-grade ten points, D-grade fifteen points.

Each grade increase added five points.

From Meng Tian's tone, was there some hidden secret to these points?

He had always thought it was the authorities encouraging students to focus on mastering one martial skill.

"Is there some reasoning behind it? Let's hear it."

Xu Zhiming set the spear and potion aside and sat down on a nearby chair.

He had a feeling that what Meng Tian was about to say might be something ordinary people couldn't access.

Meng Tian chuckled.

"Of course there's a method to it. Everything the authorities do has its reasoning."

"No one would take those powerful people for fools, right?"

Meng Tian rubbed his arm slightly and also sat down.

"No matter the grade of a martial skill, training it to its highest level always has some effect on improving the physique."

"It improves the physique, not the aptitude. Among martial skills that improve aptitude, the only one ordinary people can access is the Wind Thunder Fist."

"Even an F-grade martial skill, if trained to its highest level, will result in qi and blood two to three points higher than the average for a martial artist of the same rank."

Xu Zhiming raised an eyebrow.

He had learned something new.

Meng Tian's background wasn't simple, knowing things like this.

"Can the Wind Thunder Fist raise aptitude by one grade?"

Meng Tian shook his head.

In the days since he started practicing his fists, he would always find time to chat with Xu Zhiming.

When he learned that Xu Zhiming's aptitude was only D-grade, Meng Tian was extremely surprised.

For someone with D-grade aptitude to train Wind Thunder Fist all the way to the highest Sixth Level, their comprehension was definitely better than his own A-grade aptitude.

"No way. Only by pairing it with the D-grade martial visualization diagram Rolling Heavenly Thunder can D-grade aptitude be elevated to B-grade."

Meng Tian thought Xu Zhiming couldn't wait any longer.

After these few days of interaction, he felt Xu Zhiming was someone worth befriending.

For an ordinary person.

Having Wind Thunder Fist at the Sixth Level was practically like having a personal private tutor.

The price might be half or even double what Xu Zhiming charged.

He remembered a few days ago when he consulted Xiang Benli, just asking a single question cost him five thousand.

Too shady—blacker than the lungs of a ten-year smoker.

"Brother Xu, if you help me break through to the Fifth Level, I'll buy you the Rolling Heavenly Thunder visualization qualification."

Xu Zhiming hummed in acknowledgment.

No one would turn down better aptitude.

"Alright, let's begin."

Xu Zhiming lifted his spear and began practicing Coiling Dragon Surging Waves.

Thrust... flick...

[You exerted yourself with a spear strike, triggering a 10x Critical Hit]

Xu Zhiming's lips curled slightly. Even basic movements could trigger a critical hit.

Not bad, not bad.

He downed a bottle of Level 10 Demonic Beast Essence Blood.

As his strength increased, his tolerance for the medicinal power grew stronger too.

[You diligently practiced one round of Coiling Dragon Surging Waves, triggering a 10x Critical Hit]

Meng Tian finished one round of Wind Thunder Fist and saw Xu Zhiming practicing with his spear.

He waited for Xu Zhiming to zap him.

Suddenly.

He saw a white flash arc across the spear, and his scalp went numb.

"Don't zone out."

Meng Tian froze.

Was this Wind Thunder Fist Sixth Level!?

He had no idea the lightning from Wind Thunder Fist Sixth Level moved this fast.

While practicing another martial technique, Xu Zhiming casually struck him on the side.

"Brother Xu, when Wind Thunder Fist reaches the Sixth Level, can you start with zero frames?"

Xu Zhiming paused for a moment.

He silently cursed his slip.

"Pretty much. After Wind Thunder Fist Sixth Level, with more practice, you'll be able to do it too."

Meng Tian was skeptical.

He'd watched videos online of veteran Sixth Level Wind Thunder Fist masters with decades of teaching experience, and only they could release lightning as instantly as Xu Zhiming.

But those people were already Level 63.

Something like Lightning Extinguishing Hand, he thought.

Good, good, good!

His luck had finally turned—he'd met a Wind Thunder Fist genius.

Inside the Training Room.

Electric light flickered.

From time to time, Meng Tian's low growls rang out.

Another two or three hours passed.

[You diligently refined the potion, Blood Qi increased by 0.03, triggering a 10x Critical Hit, Blood Qi increased by 0.3]

[Blood Qi: 19.08]

Xu Zhiming stopped and downed another bottle of potion.

A beeping sound rang out.

He opened his phone; it was messages from Zhang Wei and Zeng Hao.

"Got some good news for you. Peng Sixiong has been suspended pending investigation, and all the rewards you didn't receive are being distributed."

"There are other crimes under investigation. Once confirmed, Peng Sixiong might end up inside for a while."

"The 740,000 reward from last semester will also be given to you."

"Are you free to take a call? Someone wants to talk to you."

Xu Zhiming thought for a moment.

Someone wanted to talk to him?

He was a bit curious who it was.

"Alright."

The moment he agreed, the phone rang.

Time went back half an hour.

Cloud Water City, Martial Arts Ministry of Education.

Xie Hong and Zhao Deyun sat together.

The two of them watched the video showing a blood and qi value close to nineteen points.

"18.78 blood and qi. It's confirmed—Xu Zhiming has reached the sixth level of Wind Thunder Fist."

"Our Cloud Water City has produced a prodigy!"

Zhao Deyun's gaze fell on Xie Hong.

"Minister Xie should be well aware of what a prodigy is worth."

"With what Peng Sixiong, Lin Yongtian, and that genius from the Qiu family did to Xu Zhiming, it's bound to leave a rift in his heart."

Xie Hong lightly rubbed his chin, saying nothing.

Zhao Deyun raised his single-stroke brow and continued.

"Minister Xie, you need to do something to make amends. If he grows up later and says he was bullied with no one standing up for him, Cloud Water City will only get fewer and fewer resources in the future."

Xie Hong looked at Zhao Deyun.

"Principal Zhao, what do you suggest we do?"

"Peng Sixiong violated discipline. He should be severely punished, and Lin Yongtian too."

Xie Hong nodded slightly. That was indeed the case.

"And what about Qiu Yingzong, who instigated Peng Sixiong and deliberately slandered Xu Zhiming? How do we handle him?"

Zhao Deyun pondered for a moment, inwardly cheering.

He had finally steered Xie Hong to this point.

"Given Xu Zhiming's personality as it's shown now."

"Minister Xie, do you think those two will end up fighting? In the end, it'll only hurt Cloud Water City's college entrance exam results."

Xie Hong thought for a moment. That was indeed a possibility.

"Principal Zhao, since you bring it up, do you have any good solutions?"