Body Tempering Tenth Level—Was He Seriously Sick in the Head?

As soon as those words fell, the entire martial arts classroom fell silent.

Even the man whose shoulder had been crippled forgot to howl in pain.

What had they just heard!?

A newcomer actually dared to speak to Qin Feng like that?

Did he really have a death wish?

Qin Feng was amused as well and had just been about to speak.

When a voice suddenly interrupted him.

"What is going on here?"

It was the teacher from earlier, returning after leaving.

Chu Sheng said, "These bastards were extorting me, so I had no choice but to teach them a lesson."

The teacher froze for a moment, then waved his hand. He knew what the atmosphere in the Elite Class was like.

And he was not the only one. The school leadership knew as well.

It was nothing more than old students bullying a newcomer.

Chu Sheng was making far too much of it.

"We'll talk about this later. Come with me."

Qin Feng sat on the floor and waved with a smile.

"Go ahead and get busy. I'll wait for you."

Chu Sheng was taken to Principal Wu Qingshan's office.

It was about the private training rooms.

All five private training rooms were already occupied.

If Chu Sheng wanted to apply for one, he could only fight one of those five people.

Whoever won would get the private training room.

"Who was that guy just now?"

"Qin Feng. Body Tempering Stage Nine, ranked third in the entire school. But I advise you not to challenge him."

"Mm. I'm not taking your advice. Him it is."

He had just stocked up on 600 Justice Points. Someone at Body Tempering Stage Nine was worth stepping on.

Otherwise, wouldn't all that swaggering have been for nothing?

"...Huh?"

The teacher did not react for a moment.

After Wu Qingshan learned the rough course of events, he spoke earnestly.

"Little Chu, you should understand the saying that martial arts means striving to be first. It's not that the school doesn't want to control this; it's that we can't. Every school is the same."

"If I dare punish him here, he'll dare transfer to another school. If this keeps up, our school might as well shut down..."

Outstanding students never lacked for schools.

It was even common for schools to poach each other's talent.

Chu Sheng nodded to show that he understood, but that did not mean he agreed.

Wu Qingshan continued.

"Qin Feng has a movement martial skill that he's trained to minor mastery. He's not easy to deal with. Why not think it over again?"

"No need! I'm going to the library first."

If he could not beat Body Tempering Stage Nine, then he would simply advance to the Meridian Opening Realm.

Meridian opening meant clearing the meridians within the body and guiding the spiritual energy of heaven and earth through them.

The spiritual energy flowing through the body

was also called true qi by Martial Artists.

Compared to the Body Tempering Realm, the Meridian Opening Realm was like hot weapons crushing cold weapons.

Even a Meridian Opening First Layer could easily deal with more than a dozen Body Tempering Stage Nine martial artists.

It could not be helped. They had mastered something as advanced as true qi.

On the way, Chu Sheng summoned the system panel.

The instant he clicked to increase his cultivation, a system prompt appeared.

Detected that the host has sufficient Justice Points. Would you like to advance to the Lost Realm—Body Tempering Tenth Level?

Chu Sheng rubbed his chin. He had never heard that the Body Tempering Realm had a tenth level.

"What's the use of Body Tempering Tenth Level?"

Body Tempering Tenth Level is true flesh-and-blood perfection. It can raise the host's strength to rival that of the Meridian Opening First Layer.

"So what? Do I look like I have some serious illness?"

"I can advance to the Meridian Opening Realm, but instead I have to get something that merely rivals the Meridian Opening Realm?"

It can also increase the success rate of advancing to the Meridian Opening Realm.

"That's it? For example, if Body Tempering Tenth Level advances to the Meridian Opening Realm, can my strength directly increase severalfold? Can I be invincible within the same realm?"

Of course not. The reason Body Tempering Tenth Level was forgotten is because this realm is not very useful and wastes time. On the contrary, because it overdrafts potential, it may even backfire.

"What kind of garbage are you peddling? Looking to get cursed out!? Believe it or not, I'll smash you to pieces?"

Ding!

400 Justice Points consumed.

Your martial arts level has been raised to Meridian Opening First Layer.

Current Justice Points: 200

In an instant, Chu Sheng's two primary meridians were forcefully opened.

As the spiritual energy of heaven and earth poured in,

every pore on his body opened wide. The sensation was utterly exhilarating.

The punching force of Meridian Opening First Layer had already risen to 3,000 kilograms.

One punch, and someone at Body Tempering Stage Nine would probably really split apart.

In the literal sense.

Upon arriving at the second floor of the library, Chu Sheng first selected a saber martial skill for the Meridian Opening Realm.

"Spirit Wind Saber Technique," high-grade Profound Rank.

This was already the highest-ranked martial skill in the school.

A man chose a saber—no need for words. It was a love carved into his bones.

Afterward, he selected a high-grade Profound Rank breathing technique as well.

"Hundred Refinements Breathing Technique."

Elite Class students could only choose one martial skill, that was true.

But once a student reached the Meridian Opening Realm, they could also choose a breathing technique.

When the clerk saw him take two books, he assumed Chu Sheng did not know the rules.

He had just been about to speak.

When he saw Chu Sheng release his aura.

So he very decisively chose to keep his mouth shut.

Still, after Chu Sheng left, the man was quite curious.

When had the school gained another Meridian Opening Realm genius?

Chu Sheng?

Who the hell was that? He had never heard of him.

He wondered who was stronger, Chu Sheng or that monster.

Then he smiled and shook his head.

Was there even a need to compare?

That person had advanced to the Meridian Opening Realm half a year ago and was already at the Meridian Opening Realm Second Level.

Challenging above one's level was something that only happened in novels.

On the way back, Chu Sheng spent 200 Justice Points to train the breathing technique to proficiency.

The speed at which he absorbed spiritual energy increased quite a bit.

The true qi within his body was steadily increasing as well.

Most importantly, under the nourishment of true qi, his qi and blood were slowly rising too.

On the path of cultivation, qi and blood were the foundation of everything.

A breathing technique was like leaving cultivation on autopilot.

It was just that this breathing technique's rank was a little low, and he did not want to waste Justice Points.

Proficiency was enough.

"Once I have the means later, I'll switch to a higher-grade one."

Elite Martial Arts Classroom.

The teacher had already told Qin Feng that Chu Sheng wanted to compete with him for a private training room.

Although he knew Chu Sheng was also at Body Tempering Stage Nine,

Qin Feng did not care in the slightest.

He had merely eliminated some trash at the fourth level during the selection tournament.

Did he really think he was all that amazing?

Qin Feng had remained at Body Tempering Stage Nine for several whole months.

He was confident that among everyone at Second High School in the same realm, other than the second-ranked Ye Fan, absolutely no one could be his opponent.

As for first place, that person was already in the Meridian Opening Realm. There was no comparison to be made at all.

The people in the Elite Class learned the news as well.

"This guy is way too arrogant. He could clearly choose fourth or fifth, but he insists on challenging Qin Feng. Is he really not afraid of dying?"

"I'll guarantee it: aside from Ye Fan, not a single Body Tempering Stage Nine martial artist can defeat Qin Feng!"

"Qin Feng has really been underestimated this time. There'll be a good show soon..."

Chu Sheng entered the martial arts classroom.

The noisy chatter immediately stopped.

Seeing Qin Feng approach him with a crooked grin, Chu Sheng slowly set down the breathing technique and martial skill.

Qin Feng smiled and was just about to speak when he suddenly caught sight of the "Hundred Refinements Breathing Technique" Chu Sheng had placed on the floor.

He thought his eyes were playing tricks on him.

But this was also the book he planned to collect when he advanced to the Meridian Opening Realm, so how could he possibly mistake it?

So Chu Sheng was preparing for a rainy day and had collected this book in advance?

After all, even if someone beat him to death, he would not dare believe that Chu Sheng had already advanced to the Meridian Opening Realm.

What decent person played the pig to eat the tiger like this?