It Seems Clearwind Martial Arts Hall Really Found a Treasure

Inside the Martial Arts Pavilion.

Lin Chen stood there for a while, looking a bit awkward.

Since he entered the Martial Arts Pavilion and reported his identity, he had been led to the backyard by the staff, and then had been stared at and examined by the two women in front of him until now.

"Not bad, at least not a complete mess. Junior Sister Kong, I'll leave him to you."

The more spirited woman on the left withdrew her gaze with satisfaction, left this sentence, then clasped her hands behind her back and leisurely walked away.

"Lin Chen, that was our Hall Master Wen just now."

Seeing Lin Chen's puzzled expression, Kong Yinglei explained with a smile.

After returning from the Martial Arts Administration, she had told her senior sister about Lin Chen. Her senior sister had also, unusually, become curious and wanted to meet Lin Chen.

She knew Hall Master Wen best. The reason for her curiosity was that she wanted to see what the person whom Inspector Shu had gone to such lengths to secure an Aperture Opening Pill spot for looked like.

Now that she had seen him and satisfied her curiosity, she naturally left.

Hall Master!

Lin Chen really didn't expect that the woman just now was actually the Hall Master of Still Water Martial Arts Academy. According to Instructor Yu, the Hall Masters of martial arts halls were all peak Organ Refining experts.

This Hall Master Wen was at most in her early thirties. This was a potential powerhouse who could enter the Ranks!

Wait, that's not right. Inspector Shu had said earlier that he had an appointment with the Hall Master of Still Water Martial Arts Academy...

Holy crap!

Instructor, you're in danger!

"Lin Chen, although you are staying at Still Water Martial Arts Academy, you are not a disciple of our Still Water Martial Arts Academy, but a disciple of Clearwind Martial Arts Hall. You cannot learn our Still Water Martial Arts Academy's Water Cloud Palm. Do you understand?"

"This disciple understands."

Kong Yinglei's words pulled Lin Chen back from his thoughts. He also understood his situation.

He was a bit like the players in those football clubs in his previous life. If the martial arts hall was a club, then Clearwind Martial Arts Hall didn't have enough spots, so they borrowed a spot from Still Water Martial Arts Academy, and he was loaned to Still Water Martial Arts Academy, but the ownership still belonged to Clearwind Martial Arts Hall.

"Besides Water Cloud Palm, other ordinary martial arts techniques are still open to you in the Martial Arts Pavilion. However, for you, the most important thing is Clear Wind Palm. Don't spend too much effort on other things."

Kong Yinglei knew clearly that although Clearwind Martial Arts Hall had accepted Lin Chen, it was mostly because they didn't need an Aperture Opening Pill spot and also to give face to Inspector Shu. It was likely that they wouldn't pay special attention to Lin Chen.

Because of this reason, she felt it was better to give him a few pointers to prevent Lin Chen from delaying his path in martial arts.

"According to the regulations of the Martial Affairs Department, the Aperture Opening Pill can only be taken in the martial arts hall. I will give you the Aperture Opening Pill now."

As she spoke, a small jade box appeared in Kong Yinglei's hand, and she threw it directly to Lin Chen.

Seeing Lin Chen catch the jade box, Kong Yinglei instructed, "Don't open it in a hurry. First check if the seal has been torn. Confirm it's okay before opening the box."

Upon hearing this, Lin Chen carefully examined the seal on the jade box to see if there was any possibility of it being torn off and then re-glued.

His actions seemed to show distrust towards the instructor in front of him, but since it concerned his own interests, being careful was not excessive.

In his previous life, he had suffered losses like this.

When he first entered society, he was a bit shy. When signing contracts with companies, to show his trust in the company, he would just casually glance at the contract before quickly signing his name.

Kong Yinglei's eyes showed appreciation for Lin Chen's careful examination. In the past few years of being in charge of the martial arts hall's recruitment, the students who had received Aperture Opening Pill spots would open the jade box without checking to show their trust in her.

She only felt those students were foolish.

How important was the Aperture Opening Pill? It could not only open the apertures and step into the Aperture Opening Realm, but the medicinal power contained within it would accompany the entire Aperture Opening Realm.

If students who had taken the Aperture Opening Pill and those who hadn't spent the same amount in the Aperture Opening Realm, the former would break through to Organ Refining half a year faster than the latter.

Even if the possibility of the instructor swapping the pill was very small, at such a critical moment concerning one's future, one should be even more cautious, not allowing the slightest error or omission.

"Instructor, this disciple confirms there are no issues."

After carefully checking and confirming that the seal was intact, Lin Chen looked up and replied.

"Since you've confirmed there are no issues, then open the box and take out the Aperture Opening Pill inside."

Kong Yinglei nodded slightly. After Lin Chen opened the box, she continued, "You can swallow it directly or crush it and take it. When you feel a warm current in your abdomen, perform the Warm Sun Fist in place until you open an aperture, then stop."

"Yes."

Looking at the red pill in the box, Lin Chen didn't hesitate and swallowed it.

A few breaths after the pill entered his stomach, Lin Chen felt his abdomen start to heat up, and the Essence Energy in his abdomen became active at this moment.

After about ten breaths, this Essence Energy began to surge throughout his body, as if it wanted to break free from its restraints and release endless potential.

Lin Chen took a deep breath, no longer hesitating, and began to throw punches. The moves and forms of Warm Sun Fist were displayed in his hands.

Under the stimulation of the Aperture Opening Pill, each of his punches was accompanied by the vibration of the apertures in his body, and his entire Qi and Blood continuously climbed to new peaks.

This feeling could be described with one word: exhilarating!

Lin Chen threw punches again and again, already immersed in this wonderful feeling of constantly increasing power.

The wind from his fists howled, and his Qi and Blood surged.

He didn't know how many times he'd practiced Warm Sun Fist. The next moment, Lin Chen felt a violent tremor in his left shoulder. Countless warm currents rushed towards it, and a surge of Essence Energy, as rich as the one in his abdomen, began to gather there.

Crack!

When this punch was thrown, it sounded like firecrackers exploding.

The punch roared like a cannon; the Aperture Opening was successful.

Kong Yinglei glanced at the hourglass next to her. The hourglass was for half an hour, and now it was empty. This meant Lin Chen had taken nearly half an hour for his Aperture Opening.

Succeeding in Aperture Opening half an hour after taking an Aperture Opening Pill was not fast among previous students; it could even be said to be extremely slow, already breaking the martial arts hall's slowest record.

Kong Yinglei wasn't exactly disappointed, after all, Lin Chen wasn't a disciple of the martial arts hall.

But the next moment, she thought of something, and her pupils contracted sharply.

Previously at the Martial Arts Administration, no one believed Lin Chen had really cultivated Essence Energy for only twenty taels, and she thought the same.

It was just that in front of Inspector Shu, everyone tacitly agreed not to delve into it.

Even when she mentioned this to her senior sister just now, they both thought the information submitted by the Martial Affairs Department was inflated.

But now a thought suddenly popped into her head: perhaps Lin Chen really did cultivate Essence Energy for only twenty taels.

The speed at which students open their apertures after taking an Aperture Opening Pill depends on the residual medicinal power in their bodies.

The more money spent during the Qi Refining stage, the more medicinal soups and poultry consumed, the more residual medicinal power remains in the body, because these medicinal powers are not completely absorbed and linger in the body.

After taking an Aperture Opening Pill, the medicinal power of the Aperture Opening Pill also causes the residual medicinal power in the student's body to be absorbed by the body.

Opening the aperture faster means there is more residual medicinal power in the body, which also means more silver was spent during the stage of cultivating Essence Energy. This was already a widely accepted common sense.

Lin Chen taking so long to open his aperture meant there was no residual medicinal power in his body, or it was so little it could be ignored.

This precisely indicated that Lin Chen consumed little Qi Nourishing Soup and spent little money.

Spending twenty taels and cultivating Essence Energy is very likely true!

There were some ripples in Kong Yinglei's ample chest. Clearwind Martial Arts Hall had truly stumbled upon a treasure.

At this moment, Lin Chen had no time to observe Kong Yinglei's expression changes. Feeling the surging Qi and Blood and the increase in strength within his body, his first action was to summon the System Panel, drawn by the changes on it.

[Name: Lin Chen]

[Profession: Martial Artist]

[Realm: Aperture Opening Realm (1/24)]

[Destiny: [When the Water Flows, the Channel is Formed]: Martial Arts First Realm, persevere, progress step by step, unstoppable, free from bottleneck troubles.]

[Martial Arts Advancement Successful, settling Martial Arts Title based on the host's previous stage of martial arts experience]

[Title settlement in progress...]

Seeing that the Qi and Blood section was gone from the System Panel, Lin Chen was momentarily stunned. Without visualized Qi and Blood, he wouldn't be able to see his daily progress.

But the new Martial Arts Title that appeared filled him with anticipation.

So his System Panel was a profession advancement system. The reason there were no changes when he cultivated Essence Energy was because cultivating Essence Energy wasn't actually a realm breakthrough.