"Ding, Martial Arts Talent System binding..."
In the dim, rundown rental room, Lu Sheng sat on the bed, staring blankly at a virtual panel that only he could see.
"What... is going on?"
Lu Sheng rubbed his temples, his face somewhat haggard.
"So... I transmigrated?"
Only after digesting all the memories in his mind did Lu Sheng realize, belatedly, that he had actually transmigrated.
Lu Sheng had originally been an online novel writer in the twenty-first century. After finally producing a work with over ten thousand first-day subscriptions, he had dragged his drinking buddies to a KTV that very day for an exciting, thrilling session of "high mountains and flowing water."
But perhaps his body had grown too frail from typing every day. In the midst of that stimulating game, he closed his eyes and kicked out his legs. By the time Lu Sheng woke again, he was already here.
Lu Sheng rubbed his temples, taking quite some time to thoroughly sort through the memories in his mind.
This world was somewhat like Blue Star from Lu Sheng's previous life, almost like a parallel world.
But unlike the Blue Star of his previous life, in this Blue Star, Spiritual Energy Revival had occurred, and martial arts had emerged.
Ordinary people could become martial artists through cultivation, gaining an extraordinary status in society.
The reason martial artists held such transcendent positions in human society was that, alongside Spiritual Energy Revival, Dimensional Rifts had suddenly appeared across Blue Star's skies. From those Dimensional Rifts, Demons invaded!
The existence of Demons became a blade hanging above every human's head.
Ordinary weapons were completely ineffective against these Demons. Only by becoming martial artists—powerful martial artists—could humanity resist the Demons' invasion.
At first, all of Blue Star had fallen into the catastrophe wrought by the Demons. But with the emergence of martial arts and the birth of martial artists, humanity gradually began reclaiming the territories invaded by the Demons.
In the end, upon the wastelands, a human nation was rebuilt.
Great Xia!
And this... was why martial artists held such an extraordinarily lofty status in society!
Lu Sheng was a third-year high school student in Cloud City, Great Xia!
In this era, martial arts education began with children, and the courses taught were all related to how one could become a martial artist.
Even the college entrance examination had been changed into the Martial Arts College Entrance Exam, assessing every candidate's Martial Arts Talent and martial cultivation.
This allowed them to enter Martial Arts Academies, institutions of extraordinary status.
Yet becoming a martial artist was no easy task. Every year, there were several million candidates taking the Martial Arts College Entrance Exam, but only several hundred thousand could become martial artists before the exam!
The odds were close to one in ten.
And precisely because of this, Lu Sheng's school had decided to establish a Martial Arts Class, gathering all the geniuses in the school who had become martial artists together in order to improve the school's advancement rate and results!
Tomorrow would be the selection for the Martial Arts Class.
"The Martial Arts Class... According to this body's memories, as long as I get in, I'll receive abundant resources and cash rewards!"
Lu Sheng murmured as he sat on the bed.
He looked around at the shabby rental room, and a helpless smile appeared on his face.
The former owner of this body had been an orphan in this world. Even this rental room was something he could barely afford by working after school every day.
It was precisely because he had devoted most of his energy to working and earning money that the former owner's martial cultivation had been poor. He had only just barely stepped into the realm of a Quasi-Martial Artist.
Wanting to enter the Martial Arts Class was simply a fool's dream.
"But... if I can't enter the Martial Arts Class, rent will be due again in a few days. I don't have any money on me right now!"
Lu Sheng sighed helplessly.
Some time ago, the former owner had fallen seriously ill, spending all his savings on treatment. Yet even so, he had not weathered the disease's assault, allowing Lu Sheng to transmigrate here.
"It seems joining the Martial Arts Class is my only goal from here on out!"
"But there's only one day..."
Lu Sheng narrowed his eyes slightly, then fixed his gaze once more on the virtual system panel before him.
"Martial Arts Talent System? What is that?"
Lu Sheng opened the system and began examining it.
This system will randomly refresh one Martial Arts Talent each week. Every Martial Arts Talent possesses a different effect. Some Martial Arts Talents are permanent, while others have time limits!
Based on the different Martial Arts Talents, this system has divided them into different grades: white ordinary, green rare, blue epic, purple legendary, red supreme, Golden Legend, Seven-Colored Saint Tier, Chaos God Tier!
Would the host like to begin refreshing the first Martial Arts Talent?
Seeing the introduction on the system panel, Lu Sheng's eyes immediately lit up.
"Sure enough, every transmigrator needs a cheat!"
"System, refresh!!"
Without any hesitation, Lu Sheng directly chose to refresh.
Given Lu Sheng's current foundation, becoming a martial artist within a single day was basically impossible. His only hope lay with the system before him.
Ding, refreshing. Please wait!
Ding, system refresh successful. Congratulations, host, for obtaining the green-quality talent—Rapid Advancement!
Rapid Advancement: A one-time Martial Arts Talent that raises the host's current martial cultivation by one realm!
As he looked at the description of his Martial Arts Talent, Lu Sheng's eyes immediately brightened.
Raise his martial cultivation by one realm—didn't that mean...
Before Lu Sheng could react, a surge of Blood Qi from nowhere flooded into his body in an instant.
Boom!
Faintly, it seemed as though a muffled sound rang out from within Lu Sheng's body.
The next moment, a powerful aura directly spread from Lu Sheng's body.
Faint Blood Qi swirled around Lu Sheng's body.
Blood Qi spreading outward—this was unmistakably the mark of a martial artist's realm!!
Lu Sheng had already been a Quasi-Martial Artist. With Rapid Advancement's boost, he was forcibly raised from the Quasi-Martial Artist realm to the level of a martial artist!
He had successfully reached Blood Qi Layer One!!
A moment later, Lu Sheng slowly opened his eyes, joy gleaming within them.
"So... this is the power of a Blood Qi Realm martial artist?"
"Truly powerful. With this, tomorrow's Martial Arts Class selection is basically in the bag!"
At that thought, the joy in Lu Sheng's eyes grew even stronger.
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