Level Up System!

Kong Yunzhang was silent for a moment before saying indifferently, "First, get me a spot. If he refuses, tell that old guy to come find me!"

"As for the assessment... I don't think there's much of a problem with this kid!"

Kong Xin nodded. "Alright, I'll arrange it then."

"But if he goes to that place, won't Junior Disciple Brother be unable to take the college entrance exam?"

"What if he fails and can't get into the Martial Arts Academy?"

Kong Yunzhang lay back on the rattan chair, his expression still perfectly calm.

"What? Even if your Junior Disciple Brother fails, do you think I, your old man, you, and your junior disciple sister, are any less capable than those guys at the Martial Arts Academy?"

A hint of pride appeared on Kong Yunzhang's old face.

Kong Xin smiled faintly upon hearing this, stretching lazily and fully accentuating her alluring curves.

"That's true. Those who come out of the Martial Arts Academy ultimately need to be tempered on the battlefield before they can truly be cultivated. Sometimes, they're not as good as the talents cultivated by us in the military!"

"In that case, I'll go get a spot later!"

Kong Xin smiled.

Lan Linglong, listening to their conversation, sat quietly on her chair with a gentle smile playing on her lips.

Lu Sheng laboriously returned to his rented room.

Even though he had rested at the Heaven and Earth Dojo for a while, the pain his body endured from breaking through his limits made it difficult for him to even walk.

Fortunately, the rented room wasn't too far from the Heaven and Earth Dojo, so he managed to make his way back slowly.

Lu Sheng plopped down on the bed and let out a long sigh.

"This Standing Meditation... it's really tiring. I'd rather kill Fierce Beasts all day than stand for five minutes!"

Lu Sheng shook his head.

He then began to check his body's changes.

"Physique... it seems a bit stronger than yesterday, but the improvement is still too slow."

Lu Sheng mumbled.

"Compared to [Slaughter], the strengthening of my physique is like comparing heaven and earth!"

No wonder [Slaughter] was a Purple Talent. If Lu Sheng relied on Standing Meditation, he might practice for a month and still not improve as much as [Slaughter] did in a single day.

After all, Standing Meditation consumed a lot of energy and required enduring much pain.

As for [Slaughter], all he needed to do was to keep killing.

Sitting on the bed, Lu Sheng lay down for a while before taking out the Golden Core that Kong Xin had given him earlier.

A faint golden radiance flickered on the Golden Core.

An extremely dense energy continuously swirled within it. Just by taking it out, Lu Sheng could feel that the atmosphere in the entire room had become somewhat oppressive.

"As expected of a Golden Core condensed by a Golden Body expert. Even in death, it still possesses such terrifying pressure!"

Lu Sheng's eyes lit up slightly.

Just looking at the Golden Core in his hand, Lu Sheng fell into deep thought.

The energy contained within the Golden Core was very rich. If he could devour it, his cultivation would definitely increase significantly.

Moreover, the system's Level Up also required this Golden Core.

For a moment, Lu Sheng didn't know whether to devour it himself or use it to upgrade the system.

After pondering for a long time, Lu Sheng finally decided to use the Golden Core to upgrade the system.

After all, the energy contained within the Golden Core was too vast. Putting aside whether Lu Sheng had any way to absorb it, even a sliver of energy from the Golden Core would be enough for Lu Sheng to absorb for a very long time.

But if he used the Golden Core to upgrade the system, his chances of refreshing higher-level Talents would increase.

High-level Talents, at certain times, could bring more benefits than improving his own cultivation!

Even if he could refresh a divine-level cultivation Talent, perhaps a day of his cultivation would be equivalent to him absorbing the Golden Core for a long period.

For Lu Sheng at the moment...

Using it to upgrade the system was undoubtedly the best choice.

After contemplating for a moment, Lu Sheng's thoughts stirred slightly, and he directly brought up the system panel.

"System, how do I upgrade?"

Lu Sheng asked softly in his heart.

The system did not answer Lu Sheng. In the next moment, the Golden Core in Lu Sheng's hand instantly disappeared.

Then, the system popped up a line of text.

[Ding, currently devouring Sword Demon Clan Golden Core, estimated devouring time: nineteen hours and thirty-six minutes. Please wait...]

Lu Sheng's eyes lit up slightly as he looked at the subtitles that popped up.

It was around noon now, which meant the system would successfully upgrade by tomorrow evening.

When that happens...

The next time he refreshed his martial arts talents, he would have a higher chance of finding higher-level martial arts talents.

"I hope... it won't disappoint me!"

Lu Sheng murmured softly.

He then lay down on his bed and soon fell into a deep sleep.

Don't underestimate the Standing Meditation; even though it only lasted a few minutes, it consumed a lot of Lu Sheng's physical body and spirit.

As a result, he fell asleep within minutes of lying on his bed.

The next day.

Outside Cloud City.

Lu Sheng stood on the wilderness with silver knuckle dusters on his hands.

Beside Lu Sheng, many fierce beast corpses lay quietly on the ground, their blood flowing everywhere.

In front of Lu Sheng, an extremely terrifying black giant bear was eyeing him menacingly.

As Lu Sheng took a step forward, surging Blood Essence erupted in an instant.

He pushed out with a punch.

Golden light instantly surged.

The terrifying power pierced directly through the black giant bear's chest, blood gushing out as its life force drained away.

Thump!

The giant bear's corpse heavily impacted the ground.

Lu Sheng took a deep breath, letting his breathing gradually stabilize, then a smile curved his lips.

After resting for a day yesterday, Lu Sheng came to the outskirts to hunt fierce beasts and improve his physique as soon as the Cloud City gates opened this morning.

"My cultivation has reached Blood Qi Layer Ten. According to my Senior Sister, in the Blood Qi Realm, one should cultivate Blood Qi to its limit as much as possible. When the limit is reached, one will feel a sense of bottleneck."

"But I haven't felt any bottleneck yet. I don't know if it's because of the [Level Up!] or if [Slaughter] has improved my physique."

"But for me, it's a good thing!"

Lu Sheng smiled.

Then, with a slight movement of his mind, a line of subtitles appeared before him.

[Time required for upgrade: One minute and six seconds!]

On the subtitles, the numbers continued to decrease.

Looking at the subtitles that only he could see, the smile on Lu Sheng's lips grew even more pronounced.

"The system... is about to finish upgrading!"