Generous Compensation

Xu Zhiming hung up the phone.

Perhaps some people had doubted that he had reached the sixth level of Wind Thunder Fist before.

But blood vitality exceeding eighteen points was enough to confirm the sixth level for them.

This was not merely slandering a hero who had stood up for justice; it was also slandering a future Heavenly Pride.

He believed Peng Sixiong would not meet a good end.

Meng Tian stared at the blood vitality reading.

He rubbed his eyes.

"What a ferocious rate of improvement! Is this the sixth level of Wind Thunder Fist? Has it already begun slowly transforming the body?!"

Meng Tian muttered to himself.

He suddenly felt that breaking through twenty points of blood vitality, awakening his bloodline, and becoming a Heavenly Pride were all just around the corner.

He hurried over to test his blood vitality.

"18.22."

Meng Tian reached out and touched the scar on his face, grinning broadly.

This improvement felt amazing!

He was not lacking in potions, so he would just go all out.

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

His gaze was firm.

"Brother Xu, please whip me mercilessly!"

"I have plenty of potions!"

Xu Zhiming caught the potion with his right hand.

With his left, he took a spear from the Martial Vessel rack.

It felt much lighter again.

As his blood vitality increased, his strength was also soaring rapidly.

"Meng Tian, you just said the sixth level of Wind Thunder Fist was slowly transforming my body. What did that mean? Why have I never heard of it?"

Meng Tian was slightly stunned when he heard that.

Xu Zhiming did not know?

Then he remembered. Xu Zhiming had no background, so it was perfectly normal that no one had told him.

That was just right. He could explain it to Xu Zhiming and deepen their bond.

"You know that reaching the highest level in a martial skill earns extra points in the Martial Arts Exam and College Entrance Exam, right?"

Xu Zhiming nodded.

Every martial skill cultivated to its highest level earned extra points in the Martial Arts Exam.

The number of extra points varied according to the skill's grade.

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

Each grade increase added another five points.

From Meng Tian's tone, could there be some hidden reason behind those extra points?

He had always thought the authorities did it to encourage students to work hard and specialize in one martial skill.

"What's the story? Tell me."

Xu Zhiming set the spear and potion aside, then sat down in a nearby chair.

He had a feeling that what Meng Tian was about to say might be something ordinary people could not access.

Meng Tian gave a sly grin.

"Of course there's a reason. Everything the authorities do has a basis."

"Surely no one thinks those powerful people are fools, right?"

Meng Tian lightly rubbed his arm and sat down as well.

"No matter what grade a martial skill is, cultivating it to the highest level has a certain effect on improving one's physique."

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

"Even with an F-grade martial skill, as long as you reach its highest level, your blood vitality will be two to three points above the average for warriors of the same level."

Xu Zhiming raised his brow.

He had learned something new.

Meng Tian's background was not simple if he even knew things like this.

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

Meng Tian shook his head.

Over the past two days, whenever he was not practicing his punches, he would chat with Xu Zhiming.

When he learned that Xu Zhiming only had third-grade aptitude, Meng Tian had been extremely surprised.

For someone with third-grade aptitude to cultivate Wind Thunder Fist to its highest, sixth level, his comprehension was definitely better than Meng Tian's despite Meng Tian having A-grade aptitude.

"No. Only by pairing it with the D-grade Martial Dao Visualization Diagram, Rolling Heavenly Thunder, can you raise third-grade aptitude to second-grade aptitude."

Meng Tian thought Xu Zhiming was getting impatient.

After spending the past few days together, he felt Xu Zhiming was someone worth befriending deeply.

For anyone else—

Having the sixth level of Wind Thunder Fist was practically like having a personal tutor at their side.

The price would probably be half again as much as Xu Zhiming charged, perhaps even double.

He remembered asking Xiang Benli a question a few days ago, and it had cost him five thousand.

That was too black-hearted, blacker than the lungs of a smoker who had smoked for ten years.

"Brother Xu, help me break through to the fifth level, and I'll buy you the visualization qualification for Rolling Heavenly Thunder."

Xu Zhiming gave a quiet acknowledgment.

No one would dislike having better aptitude.

"Alright. Then let's begin."

Xu Zhiming lifted the spear and practiced Coiling Dragon Surging Waves.

Thrust... sweep...

You diligently swung your spear once, triggering a 10x Critical Hit

The corners of Xu Zhiming's lips lifted slightly. Even basic movements could trigger a critical hit.

Not bad, not bad.

He drank the Level 10 Demonic Beast Essence Blood potion.

As his strength improved, his ability to withstand the potion's effects was also growing stronger.

You diligently practiced Coiling Dragon Surging Waves once, triggering a 10x Critical Hit

After Meng Tian finished one set of Wind Thunder Fist, he saw Xu Zhiming practicing with the spear.

So he waited for Xu Zhiming to shock him.

Suddenly—

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

"Don't lose focus."

Meng Tian froze.

This was the sixth level of Wind Thunder Fist?!

How had he not known that the sixth level of Wind Thunder Fist could discharge lightning so quickly?

Xu Zhiming was practicing another martial skill while conveniently striking him with lightning.

"Brother Xu, can the sixth level of Wind Thunder Fist start with zero frames?"

Xu Zhiming paused.

This is bad.

"More or less. After reaching the sixth level of Wind Thunder Fist, if you practice more, you can do it too."

Meng Tian was doubtful.

He had seen online that only sixth-level Wind Thunder Fist experts with decades of teaching experience could instantly unleash lightning like Xu Zhiming.

But those people were level sixty-three.

One of them seemed to be called the Lightning Extinguishing Hand.

Good, good, good!

His luck, Meng Tian's luck, had finally turned. He had encountered a Wind Thunder Fist genius.

Inside the Training Room.

Electric light flickered.

Meng Tian's low, muffled howls rang out from time to time.

Another two or three hours passed.

You diligently refined the potion. Blood vitality increased by 0.03, triggering a 10x Critical Hit. Blood vitality increased by 0.3

Blood vitality: 19.08

Xu Zhiming stopped and drank another bottle of potion.

A series of beeps sounded.

He unlocked his phone and saw messages from Zhang Wei and Zeng Hao.

"Let me tell you some good news. Peng Sixiong has been suspended pending investigation, and all rewards that had not yet been issued will be distributed."

"Other crimes are also under investigation. Once verified, Peng Sixiong may be going in to stay for a while."

"Your 740,000 reward from last semester will also be issued to you."

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

Xu Zhiming thought for a moment.

Someone wanted to talk to him?

He was rather curious who it was.

"Sure."

The moment he agreed, the phone rang.

Time returned to half an hour earlier.

Cloud Water City, Martial Arts Ministry of Education.

Xie Hong and Zhao Deyun sat together.

The three of them watched the blood vitality in the video, which was approaching nineteen points.

"With blood vitality at 18.78, we can already confirm that Xu Zhiming has reached the sixth level of Wind Thunder Fist."

"Our Cloud Water City can finally produce a Heavenly Pride too!"

Zhao Deyun's gaze fell on Xie Hong.

"Minister Xie should know very well how valuable a Heavenly Pride is."

"What Peng Sixiong did to Xu Zhiming, together with Lin Yongtian and that genius from the Qiu Family, will definitely leave a grudge in his heart."

Xie Hong lightly stroked his chin without making a sound.

Zhao Deyun continued, one eyebrow raised.

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

Xie Hong looked at Zhao Deyun.

"What does Principal Zhao suggest we do?"

"Peng Sixiong violated discipline and should be severely punished. Lin Yongtian should be dealt with heavily as well."

Xie Hong nodded slightly. That was indeed the case.

"Then what about Qiu Yingzong, the one who instructed Peng Sixiong to deliberately smear Xu Zhiming? How should he be handled?"

Zhao Deyun pondered for a moment, while inwardly shouting wildly.

He had finally guided Xie Hong to this point.

"Judging from the personality Xu Zhiming has displayed so far—"

"Minister Xie, do you think those two might end up fighting? In the end, it would still be Cloud Water City's College Entrance Exam results that suffered."

Xie Hong pondered for a moment. That possibility did indeed exist.

"Since Principal Zhao puts it that way, do you have any good way of handling this?"

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