Talent: Wanderer

Specks of starlight struggled to crawl across the entire Sky Curtain.

Cloud City beneath the night sky looked quiet and peaceful.

Inside the shabby rented room, Lu Sheng sat cross-legged on the bed, his gaze fixed directly on the space before him.

A virtual panel visible only to Lu Sheng slowly appeared.

Host: Lu Sheng!

Cultivation: Qi and Blood Seventh Layer!

Martial Arts: "Arhat Fist" (Mastered!)

Martial Arts Talents: Level Up! (Purple), Fist Master (Blue), Strong Strike (White), Tenacity (Green)

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

"I have to say, the talents refreshed during this period have given me an all-around boost!!"

Lu Sheng murmured softly.

Level Up! increased Lu Sheng's cultivation speed. In a sense, Lu Sheng's originally atrocious innate talent had also been strengthened under the boost of Level Up!.

There was no need to mention Fist Master. It was immensely useful when it came to comprehending fist-based martial arts.

Though it was only a blue talent, it was still extremely powerful.

The Strong Strike talent, meanwhile, had increased Lu Sheng's combat strength.

As for Tenacity...

It had also strengthened Lu Sheng's temperament to a certain extent.

"It's about time. I can refresh a new talent!"

Lu Sheng spoke softly as he looked at the system panel before him.

"System, refresh!"

Ding. Refreshing Martial Arts Talents. Please wait...

The familiar electronic voice rang out in Lu Sheng's mind.

Ding. System refresh successful. Congratulations, Host, for obtaining the white-quality talent—Wanderer!

Wanderer: When the Host is alone, defense increases by 20%!

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

"Defense increased!"

A brilliant gleam flashed through Lu Sheng's eyes.

His gaze fell upon the Wanderer talent.

Although this Wanderer talent was merely a white talent, its effect was quite good.

When he was alone—when there were no companions or friends by his side—his defense would increase by 20%!

One absolutely could not underestimate that 20% increase in defense. That slight improvement was enough for Lu Sheng to crush opponents in the same realm with sheer combat strength!

"A combat-type talent, huh!"

Lu Sheng raised his brows slightly.

After studying the system over this period of time, Lu Sheng had gradually summed up the types of Martial Arts Talents it refreshed.

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

Support-type talents were Martial Arts Talents like Tenacity, which improved one's temperament and other aspects.

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

The rest...

Were combat-type talents.

"Though it's only a white talent... it's enough. In tomorrow's assessment... maybe I can try to charge into the top ten!!"

Lu Sheng murmured, delight rising in his eyes.

Although he had now become Kong Yunzhang's disciple and had Second Senior Sister Lan Linglong personally teaching him, the resources of the Martial Arts Class...

Still made Lu Sheng drool with desire!

Thinking of this, Lu Sheng began adjusting his condition, preparing to face tomorrow's second Ranking Assessment in his best state!

Strands of white light dispersed the stars filling the sky.

Sunlight broke through the night's blockade and descended fully upon Cloud City.

Inside the rented room, Lu Sheng slowly opened his eyes, and a powerful aura burst uncontrollably from within him.

"Almost time!"

Lu Sheng murmured softly. He then climbed down from the bed, washed up briefly, and headed toward Cloud City First High School.

Before long, Lu Sheng arrived at the Martial Arts Training Hall.

Perhaps because he had risen too early today, Lu Sheng was the only person in the Martial Arts Training Hall.

Lu Sheng did not mind. He simply found a place to sit and waited for the assessment to begin.

As time passed, more and more students from the Martial Arts Class arrived at the Martial Arts Training Hall. Some of them greeted Lu Sheng when they saw him.

The Martial Arts Class had been running for more than a month. Although Lu Sheng spent most of his time at the Heaven and Earth Dojo, he had gradually become acquainted with some of the Martial Arts Class students.

Perhaps because there were more people now, the Martial Arts Training Hall began to grow noisy.

A moment later, a heavy set of footsteps sounded from outside.

Upon hearing those footsteps, the Martial Arts Class students in the hall all shut their mouths.

They knew all too well who those footsteps belonged to!

Lu Sheng slowly turned his gaze toward the source of the sound.

Sure enough, a burly middle-aged man in a black trench coat walked in slowly, one eye covered by a black eyepatch.

Lu Sheng did not know if he was mistaken, but he could clearly see a trace of weariness and exhaustion on Chen Zhen's face.

Lu Sheng raised his brows slightly. He also recalled that Chen Zhen seemed to have spent less time in the Martial Arts Class lately.

Other than the weekly theory lesson, Chen Zhen would merely inspect everyone's training in the Martial Arts Training Hall before hurrying away.

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

The moment Chen Zhen stepped into the Martial Arts Training Hall, his sharp eyes swept over the crowd. Only after confirming that everyone had arrived did he slowly speak.

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

"It's still the same: if you want more resources, then use as much of your strength as possible in today's assessment!"

"Anyone who comes last two times in a row... will be eliminated directly!"

As Chen Zhen spoke, a thin young man among the crowd immediately revealed a bitter expression.

Last time... he had come in last!

"Same old rules. Attack the Martial Arts Puppets. The moment you can no longer hold on, it ends!"

Chen Zhen waved his hand, and the Martial Arts Puppets sitting silently on the ground abruptly opened their eyes. Scarlet light flickered within them.

"Those whose names I call, come up and take the test first!"

Chen Zhen spoke indifferently.

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

Upon hearing his name, Lu Sheng raised his brows slightly and immediately stepped out from the crowd, standing before Chen Zhen.

Chen Zhen called out the names of ten people in total. His gaze swept across the ten standing before him, lingering especially on Lu Sheng for a moment before he spoke faintly.

"Begin!"