Purple Talent, Level Up!!

Hearing Chen Zhen's words and noticing his gaze, the joy in Lu Sheng's heart slowly faded away.

Elimination of the last-ranked?

He had already come in last once. Did that mean that if he still came in last in next week's Ranking Assessment, he would be eliminated outright?

At that thought, Lu Sheng could not help furrowing his brow slightly.

He had worked so hard to join the Martial Arts Class and enjoy its benefits. If he was eliminated after lasting only one week...

How could Lu Sheng possibly accept that!

"Looks like I still need to hurry up and improve!"

Lu Sheng clenched the three bottles of Blood Qi Pills in his hand.

With the help of the Blood Qi Pills and the system, he would definitely shake off his last-place result in the next Ranking Assessment!

Chen Zhen's words stirred up wave after wave of commotion among the Martial Arts Class students.

Yet most students had blazing looks in their eyes as they stared at those ranked ahead of them, determined to claim higher rankings in the next assessment.

As for Lu Sheng...

He seemed to have become an unnoticed nobody again. No one paid him any attention.

Even the two people ranked directly above Lu Sheng did not spare him a glance. After all, Lu Sheng had only just entered the Blood Qi Realm, whereas they...

Though they were also at the bottom of the rankings, they had already reached Blood Qi Layer Two.

In their eyes, even if Lu Sheng was given a week, he could not possibly break through, much less surpass them in the assessment.

"Alright, I've said what I needed to say. Arrange the next week as you see fit. Once the next Ranking Assessment is over, the Martial Arts Class training will officially begin!!"

After saying that, Chen Zhen left the Martial Arts Training Room without looking back.

Seeing this, Lu Sheng took a deep breath, left the Martial Arts Training Room, and returned home.

After contacting the landlord, Lu Sheng kept one thousand yuan for himself and transferred the remaining two thousand to the landlord.

He renewed his lease for another four months.

Though the rented room was rather shabby, Lu Sheng was not particularly concerned about such things. For him, as long as he had his own private space and somewhere he could live, that was enough.

"Next week is the Ranking Assessment. If I can't shake off last place, I'll be eliminated!"

Lu Sheng murmured, his gaze falling on a bottle of Blood Qi Pills.

Without any hesitation, Lu Sheng picked up a bottle of Blood Qi Pills, took out a red pill, and placed it in his mouth.

At the same time, he used the Basic Breathing Technique to refine the medicinal power within the Blood Qi Pill and raise his cultivation.

The Basic Breathing Technique was an extremely common cultivation method in Great Xia. Anyone who entered the Quasi-Martial Artist realm could receive a copy.

Naturally, Lu Sheng had mastered this technique as well.

And so, Lu Sheng quietly began improving his cultivation at home.

Time, too, slipped away little by little amid Lu Sheng's cultivation.

Before long, a week had passed.

Inside the rented room, Lu Sheng sat cross-legged on his bed with a helpless expression. Beside him, one bottle of Blood Qi Pills had been completely used up, leaving behind only an empty glass bottle.

"This talent of the original owner's body..."

"It's truly beyond words!"

Lu Sheng rubbed his temples and sighed inwardly again and again.

It had to be said that Lu Sheng's talent was truly abysmal. After a whole week, he had only refined one bottle of Blood Qi Pills, and his cultivation had merely risen from newly entering Blood Qi Layer One to the peak of Blood Qi Layer One.

He was still some distance away from entering Blood Qi Layer Two.

"Trying to improve through my own talent alone is still far too difficult!"

Lu Sheng sighed.

However...

With a slight thought from Lu Sheng, the system's virtual panel appeared before him.

A faint gleam flickered in Lu Sheng's eyes.

A week had passed. It seemed his Martial Arts Talent could be refreshed again.

The previous refresh had given him the Rapid Advancement talent. Though it had only been a one-time talent, it had still allowed him to successfully enter the Martial Artist realm and join the Martial Arts Class.

So this time...

"System, refresh my talent!!"

Ding, refreshing talent. Please wait...

Lu Sheng glanced at the panel and discovered that as the system refreshed, the previous green-quality Rapid Advancement talent had disappeared.

Lu Sheng did not find that particularly regrettable. After all, it was a one-time talent, and his cultivation had already improved. There was no use keeping it.

"I wonder what talent it'll refresh this time. If I get another Rapid Advancement, I can at least guarantee I won't come in last during the assessment!"

Anticipation rose uncontrollably in Lu Sheng's heart.

Ding, system refresh successful. Congratulations, host, for obtaining a purple-quality talent—Level Up!

Level Up!: A permanent Martial Arts Talent that greatly increases Cultivation Speed while also raising current cultivation by one realm!!

"It's actually... a Purple Talent!!"

A dazzling brilliance instantly burst forth from Lu Sheng's eyes.

Among all the system's Martial Arts Talents, Purple Talents ranked at the fourth tier. They absolutely counted as exceptionally good talents.

He had never expected one to appear on only his second refresh.

As the Martial Arts Talent appeared, that familiar power filled Lu Sheng's body once more. Lu Sheng hurriedly sat cross-legged on the bed, sensing the changes within himself.

Strands of Blood Qi poured into Lu Sheng's body and began flowing little by little.

A moment later, Lu Sheng's body trembled slightly. Then, a surging aura spread directly from his body.

Blood Qi Layer Two Peak!!!

Lu Sheng had already cultivated to the peak of Blood Qi Layer One. With the boost from the Level Up! talent, he was directly raised to Blood Qi Layer Two Peak.

More than that...

As Lu Sheng circulated the Basic Breathing Technique, the Blood Qi that had originally been extremely sluggish suddenly became incomparably smooth.

"As expected of a Purple Talent. It not only raises my realm, it can even improve my cultivation efficiency. In another sense, my talent has been strengthened!!"

Lu Sheng was overjoyed.

"With this, perhaps I can go even further in tomorrow's assessment!!"

Thinking of this, Lu Sheng hesitated no longer. He took another Blood Qi Pill from the other bottle, placed it in his mouth, and began refining its medicinal power.

This time, the medicinal power was refined much faster. In only a dozen or so minutes, he successfully refined one Blood Qi Pill.

The efficiency was many times greater than it had been a few days ago!

"Now, it's time to seize every moment and cultivate!"

Delighted, Lu Sheng eagerly continued cultivating. One Blood Qi Pill after another was swallowed by him, while the aura around him grew stronger and stronger amid the consumption of the Blood Qi Pills!!