Giving Second Sister a Little Cheat

A difference of one realm is like the difference between heaven and earth.

As Zhang Wan felt a slight emotion, a familiar voice reached him.

"Brother, brother..."

Zhang Wan looked over and saw his second sister, Zhang Lingshu, happily running towards him.

The little girl, just over seven years old, was plump and incredibly cute.

Zhang Wan walked over with a smile and spoke to his second sister, asking how she had been these past two days.

The siblings chatted and laughed. Although they had past lives and retained memories, Zhang Wan still valued his family in this life.

After chatting for a while, Zhang Lingshu looked confused. It was lunchtime, the time when all the classes would collect their meals and eat in their classrooms.

Why had his elder brother come all the way to her side?

"I'm here to take you to the exclusive dining hall to try some spirit meals," Zhang Wan said with a smile.

Zhang Lingshu was stunned, then delighted. "Brother, you've broken through to the Postnatal realm?"

Both siblings were at the academy, and Zhang Wan intended to nurture his sister. Therefore, he often shared some things with her, and he didn't hide his cultivation progress from her. When he mentioned the exclusive dining hall, Zhang Lingshu understood immediately.

"Yes, let's go. I'll tell you more on the way," Zhang Wan said, taking Zhang Lingshu's hand and heading towards the exclusive dining hall.

Zhang Lingshu was very happy and excited all the way, proud of her elder brother's breakthrough to the Postnatal realm.

She was even happier when Zhang Wan told her to move to the independent courtyard.

Zhang Wan planned to move Zhang Lingshu's belongings to the independent courtyard together after the afternoon martial arts class.

These tasks could actually be done by the academy's service staff.

However, they had always lived in dormitories and didn't have many belongings. They could easily move them themselves, so there was no need to trouble the service staff.

In the exclusive dining hall.

Zhang Wan gave Zhang Lingshu about one-twentieth of his spirit meal, which was made from pseudo-spiritual items, and also ordered some regular rice and meat dishes.

Then he began to enjoy his meal.

It wasn't that he couldn't share more, but that Zhang Lingshu couldn't handle it.

The medicinal soup made by the academy only had one or two pseudo-spiritual items added to the large cauldron, which was enough to satisfy the cultivation needs of over a hundred students in a class.

But Zhang Wan's portion was entirely made from pseudo-spiritual items.

It was more nourishing than the medicinal soup.

One-twentieth was already close to Zhang Lingshu's limit, and she could only eat this one meal a day. Any more, and she would feel uncomfortable.

Zhang Wan planned to bring Zhang Lingshu here to eat one meal every day at noon from now on.

With this meal, plus his guidance, Zhang Wan believed that his second sister should also be able to temper her Blood Essence to its limit when she reached the sixth level of students.

Earlier, he had observed and deduced that his second sister's martial path talent was probably similar to his own, belonging to the average potential.

He, relying on having perfected the Ox Demon Body Tempering Fist early on with EXP and diligently training for five years, still needed to invest a little EXP after entering the sixth level to bring his Blood Essence to its limit.

For his sister, without his advantages, it would be normal for it to take two or three times as long.

If he didn't give his second sister a little cheat, she might be stuck at the Mortal Limit her entire life, like the other handyman disciples of the Jade Bone Sect, regretting it for life.

This pseudo-spiritual item diet was the cheat he was giving his sister.

At the same time, when his sister moved to the small courtyard, relying on the spiritual energy there and his guidance, she should be able to reach the perfection of her Blood Essence upon entering the sixth level.

As for breaking through to the Postnatal realm afterwards, that would require finding another solution.

Zhang Wan thought of his own situation when he faced the Houtian bottleneck. His sister would only find it more difficult to break through.

He didn't intend to let his sister get stuck at the barrier for so long.

Instead, he needed to think of other ways to help her break through.

Zhang Wan wasn't in a hurry. Three years was enough time for him to obtain something good to help break through the Mortal Limit.

If nothing else, once the cultivation resources distributed by the sect were in hand, he could save them up and then purchase a few mild pills to aid in breakthroughs, which would solve this problem.

"Tsk tsk, when someone paves the way ahead, the road is indeed much easier to travel."

"I don't have to think about it for myself, but my sister and third brother can be helped by me leading the way."

In the evening, Zhang Lingshu happily moved to the independent courtyard with Zhang Wan.

In the afternoon, the third-grade Class C students all knew that Zhang Lingshu's brother had broken through to the Postnatal realm. A group of little sprouts surrounded Zhang Lingshu, asking her questions and saying things like "Your brother is so amazing" in their childish voices, which made Zhang Lingshu feel very proud.

However, Zhang Wan now noticed that Zhang Lingshu was still full of energy.

Normally, after an afternoon of martial arts class, she would be exhausted.

Yet, she was still so energetic. It seemed the lunch meal was too nourishing.

"In that case, I can let my second sister train a bit more later," Zhang Wan mused, planning to have Zhang Lingshu continue her training.

Her talent was there. If she wanted to grasp that sliver of opportunity in the martial path, how could she succeed without working diligently?

Previously, Zhang Wan had thought that the afternoon martial arts class was already tiring and that they needed a balance between work and rest, not wanting to ruin her health, so he hadn't considered adding extra lessons for his second sister in the evening.

Now that I see my second sister has so much energy, of course I have to make plans for her!

Poor Zhang Lingshu, at that moment, was excitedly moving her belongings in and out as she arranged her room, completely unaware that her dear elder brother had already planned several pages of training for her.

After Zhang Lingshu was exhausted from all the exercise and returned to her room to sleep, Zhang Wan smiled and took out the cultivation technique he had been holding in his arms.

In the afternoon, he skipped the martial arts class for the sixth-grade E-class and stayed in the courtyard to study the Bronze Iron Art.

This cultivation technique was indeed profound.

Even though he had already studied at the Beginner Martial Arts Academy for six years and learned a vast amount of martial path knowledge, he still found it obscure and difficult to comprehend.

"No wonder, even if we students break through to Postnatal early, the Jade Bone Sect still requires us to stay in the academy for ten full years."

"After breaking through to Postnatal, we can skip martial arts classes as they are no longer very useful for Postnatal martial artists, but we still have to attend academic classes."

"If we don't learn all that martial path knowledge, we'll have trouble understanding these cultivation techniques when we look at them later."

In the morning, he had missed class due to registering his identity and receiving the cultivation technique, but he couldn't be absent again tomorrow.

"However, not having finished learning all the basic martial path knowledge doesn't mean I can't comprehend this cultivation technique."

Zhang Wan opened the system interface.

Host: Zhang Wan (Ten years old)
Realm: Postnatal First Layer (0/120)
Realm Bottleneck: None
Cultivation Techniques & Martial Skills: Mortal Martial Art Ox Demon Body Tempering Fist (7/7), Bronze Iron Art Postnatal Sixth Layer Cultivation Technique (0/114)
Available EXP: 8146

Looking at the system, Zhang Wan hid the Ox Demon Body Tempering Fist. As he had broken through to Postnatal, this Mortal Martial Art was no longer important and didn't need to be displayed on the panel.

The total EXP required to comprehend the Bronze Iron Art Postnatal Sixth Layer Cultivation Technique was 114 points, which was less than the EXP needed for an entire minor realm. This somewhat surprised Zhang Wan.

However, when he considered that these 114 EXP points would only allow him to comprehend the content of the cultivation technique and not improve his cultivation, he felt that such a small amount of EXP was only natural.

He didn't rush to invest the EXP.

Zhang Wan first clicked on the Bronze Iron Art on the panel.

As expected, the Bronze Iron Art Postnatal Sixth Layer Cultivation Technique unfolded, listing six columns, corresponding exactly to the cultivation techniques for each layer of the Bronze Iron Art.

The EXP required for the Bronze Iron Art Postnatal First Layer Cultivation Technique was only 14 points.

"Twice that of the Ox Demon Body Tempering Fist," Zhang Wan muttered.