Talent: Ronin

Specks of starlight struggled to fill the entire sky.

Beneath the night sky, Cloud City appeared quiet and peaceful.

In a dilapidated rental room, Lu Sheng sat cross-legged on his bed, his gaze fixed on the space before him.

A virtual panel, visible only to Lu Sheng, slowly materialized.

[Host: Lu Sheng!]
[Cultivation: Blood Essence Layer 7!]
[Martial Arts: Arhat Fist (Mastered!)]
[Martial Talent: [Level Up!] (Purple) [Fist Master] (Blue) [Strong Strike] (White) [Resilience] (Green)]

Lu Sheng's gaze swept across the system panel before him, his eyes narrowing slightly.

"I have to say, the talents refreshed during this period have been a comprehensive improvement for me!!"

Lu Sheng murmured softly.

Level Up! had increased Lu Sheng's cultivation speed, and in a way, Lu Sheng's inherently trashy talent had also been strengthened with the boost from Level Up!.

Fist Master went without saying; it was extremely useful for comprehending fist-based martial arts.

Even though it was only a blue-tier talent, it was still very powerful.

The Strong Strike talent had enhanced Lu Sheng's combat power.

As for Resilience...

It had also strengthened Lu Sheng's state of mind to a certain extent.

"It's about time, I can refresh for new talents!"

Lu Sheng spoke softly, looking at the system panel before him, and said plainly.

"System, refresh!"

[Ding, refreshing martial talent, please wait...]

A familiar electronic voice sounded in Lu Sheng's mind.

[Ding, system refresh successful, congratulations to the host for obtaining the white-tier talent - Ronin!]
[Ronin: When in a solitary situation, the host's defense increases by 20%!]

As the white light flashed before his eyes, information flooded into Lu Sheng's mind.

"Defense increase!"

A brilliant light flashed in Lu Sheng's eyes.

His gaze fell upon the Ronin talent.

Although this Ronin talent was only a white-tier talent, its effect was quite good.

Solitary, meaning when there were no companions or friends around him, his defense would increase by 20%!

One must not underestimate this 20% defense increase; this boost was enough for Lu Sheng to achieve combat superiority among peers!

"A combat-oriented talent!"

Lu Sheng's brow twitched slightly.

After researching the system for some time, Lu Sheng had gradually categorized the types of martial talents the system refreshed.

Lu Sheng divided them into combat-type, support-type, and talent-type!

Among them, support-type talents like Resilience improved one's state of mind and other aspects.

Talent-type talents were like Level Up! and Fist Master.

The rest...

were combat-type.

"Even though it's just a white-tier talent... it's enough. Tomorrow's assessment... maybe I can try to break into the top ten!!"

Lu Sheng murmured, a look of joy appearing in his eyes.

Although he had now become Kong Yunzhang's disciple and was personally taught by Second Senior Sister Lan Linglong, the resources of the martial arts class...

still made Lu Sheng's mouth water!

With that thought, Lu Sheng began to adjust his condition, preparing to face tomorrow's second ranking assessment in his best state!

Streams of white light dispelled the myriad of stars.

Sunlight broke through the blockade of the night, fully descending upon Cloud City.

In the rental room, Lu Sheng slowly opened his eyes, and a powerful aura involuntarily erupted from within him.

"Almost time!"

Lu Sheng murmured softly, then got out of bed, did a simple wash-up, and headed towards Cloud City First High School.

Lu Sheng soon arrived at the martial arts training hall.

Perhaps it was because he had woken up so early today, but Lu Sheng was the only one in the martial arts training hall.

Lu Sheng didn't mind this and simply found a spot to sit down, waiting for the assessment to begin.

As time passed, more and more students from the martial arts class arrived at the training hall. Some students greeted Lu Sheng when they saw him.

The martial arts class had been running for over a month. Although Lu Sheng had spent most of his time at the Heaven and Earth Dojo, he had gradually become familiar with some of the students in the martial arts class.

Perhaps because there were more people, the martial arts training hall began to get noisy.

A moment later, heavy footsteps could be heard from outside the door.

Upon hearing these footsteps, the students in the martial arts training hall immediately fell silent.

They knew exactly who the owner of those footsteps was!

Lu Sheng slowly turned his gaze in the direction of the sound.

As expected, a burly middle-aged man wearing a black trench coat and an eyepatch covering one eye slowly walked in.

Lu Sheng couldn't tell if he was mistaken, but he could clearly see a hint of weariness and fatigue on Chen Zhen's face.

Lu Sheng's eyebrows twitched slightly. He also recalled that Chen Zhen had been spending less time at the martial arts class recently.

Aside from the one theoretical lesson per week, Chen Zhen would simply observe everyone's training in the martial arts training hall before leaving in a hurry.

This was also why Lu Sheng had enough time to train at the Heaven and Earth Dojo.

As soon as Chen Zhen stepped into the martial arts training hall, his sharp gaze swept over everyone. After seeing that everyone was present, he slowly began to speak.

"I won't waste time with pleasantries. You all know what day it is today!"

"As I said before, if you want to get more resources, give it your all in today's assessment!"

"Those who come in last place twice in a row... will be directly eliminated!"

As soon as Chen Zhen spoke, a thin young man in the crowd showed a bitter expression.

He had been in last place last time!

"We'll stick to the old rules. Attack the Martial Arts Puppets. The assessment ends when you can no longer hold on!"

Chen Zhen waved his hand, and the Martial Arts Puppets, which had been sitting quietly on the field, suddenly opened their eyes, a scarlet glow flashing within them.

"I will call out the names of those who will go first for the test!"

Chen Zhen said calmly.

"Bai Mo, Chu Yanran, Lu Sheng..."

Hearing his name, Lu Sheng's eyebrows twitched slightly. He immediately walked out from the crowd and stood in front of Chen Zhen.

Chen Zhen called out the names of ten people. He scanned the ten people standing before him, pausing for a moment on Lu Sheng, before saying indifferently.

"Begin!"