Professional Talent, Martial Seed!

The next day, 7:30 AM.

Fang Qingyu dragged himself out of bed.

He rubbed his face, and a slight stinging sensation brought him to his senses.

He quickly got up, washed his face, grabbed his backpack with his training uniform, and headed out.

He bought a bread roll and milk at a convenience store.

Then he took a taxi to the Martial Hall.

Eating the bread, Fang Qingyu recalled the fight from yesterday and couldn't help but chuckle.

He had originally wanted to see if combining the Hidden Dragon Stance with the Basic Fist Technique would produce the kind of effect he'd seen on TV.

But as soon as the fight started, the "turtle and toad" punches were still more effective.

However, it wasn't like his martial arts training had yielded no results.

At the very least, after taking so many punches and kicks last night, he only had a few bruises.

Compared to being beaten black and blue like before, this was a significant improvement.

But the reason Fang Qingyu was in a good mood today wasn't because he'd won the fight yesterday.

It was because of the professional status panel in front of him.

[Congratulations, your profession "Fitness Enthusiast" has leveled up to Lv.2, awarding 1 skill point]

[Congratulations, your profession's basic skill "Pull-ups" has leveled up to Lv.2, awarding 1 attribute point]

The experience for the Fitness Enthusiast profession had already reached 76%.

After returning home last night, Fang Qingyu checked his injuries; they were all minor. So, instead of resting, he relentlessly practiced pull-ups.

He never expected that, in addition to leveling up a skill, his profession would also undergo its first upgrade!

The reward was precisely the skill point Fang Qingyu had been longing for.

However, he wasn't in a hurry to add it to his Martial Arts Apprentice skills.

He still planned to see what he could do at the Martial Hall.

"Morning, Qingzi."

As he got off the bus, Qi Hao also happened to arrive at the entrance of the Martial Hall.

Seeing Fang Qingyu, he greeted him enthusiastically.

"Morning."

Fang Qingyu smiled.

"Did you get into a fight?"

As they walked closer, Qi Hao's brow furrowed upon seeing the bruises on Fang Qingyu's face.

"Yeah, ran into some troublemakers yesterday, but it's all sorted now."

Fang Qingyu nodded, not taking it to heart.

Judging by Shen Rui's state of wetting himself yesterday, the other party shouldn't dare to bother him again.

"As long as it's sorted, that's good. If you need anything, just give me a call anytime."

Qi Hao understood Fang Qingyu's personality and didn't ask further questions upon hearing that.

"Sure, when the time comes, I'll take them down one by one."

Fang Qingyu now knew Qi Hao's combat strength. With over 150 kilograms of force per punch, what ordinary person could withstand that?

Back in school, when Qi Hao helped him fight people, he was just messing around.

"You'll get there soon with more practice."

Qi Hao smiled, fully aware of Fang Qingyu's current progress.

As they entered the Martial Hall talking, Fang Qingyu suddenly remembered something while they were preparing to change clothes.

"Hey, Haozi."

"What's up?"

Qi Hao turned his head curiously.

"Do you think we have a chance to become like Instructor Lin?"

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Seeing that Fang Qingyu was referring to Instructor Lin, Qi Hao became uncharacteristically silent.

After a while, he said with a hint of bitterness, "There's a chance, but it's very, very difficult. It's not the kind of thing where just working hard is enough, you know what I mean?"

"I get it. I was just asking. People should always have a goal, right? What if it actually happens?"

Fang Qingyu smiled and tossed the towel over. He couldn't stand seeing Qi Hao looking so dejected.

With that, he walked into the private changing room.

Qi Hao was stunned for a moment, and couldn't help but chuckle.

"Indeed, what if it works out."

In the locker room, Fang Qingyu didn't hesitate after hearing Qi Hao's words.

He opened the atlas.

[Do you want to confirm "Martial Arts Apprentice" as your main profession?]

"Yes."

Fang Qingyu muttered, confirming it.

[Your profession panel has changed. Currently, "Martial Arts Apprentice" is your main profession, and you are awakening your talent.]

[Congratulations, you have successfully awakened the Martial Arts Apprentice ★ talent - Martial Seed!]

[Martial Seed: Your body will instinctively correct your martial arts posture, improving your training efficiency. You will not be affected by bottlenecks when breaking through to the Martial Artist realm.]

The preface of the atlas quietly changed.

When Fang Qingyu came back to his senses, a new talent had appeared on his profession panel.

[Name: Fang Qingyu]

[Age: 18]

[Main Profession: Martial Arts Apprentice]

[Secondary Professions: Delivery Driver, Security Guard, Fitness Enthusiast]

[Talent: Martial Seed (★)]

This is great!!!

Fang Qingyu's eyes lit up. If the atlas had previously helped him save a little time finding the right path, the Martial Seed talent would save him any time at all. During any martial arts training, his experience gain would be maximized!

But the benefits of this talent didn't stop there.

The last sentence:

Breaking through to the Martial Artist realm will not be affected by bottlenecks.

This meant that it wasn't easy for normal people to break through to the Martial Artist realm.

No wonder Haozi said that breaking through to Martial Artist wasn't just about effort.

Fang Qingyu pondered.

Without this talent, even if he trained to the final step with the atlas, he would likely face the restriction of bottlenecks.

But now, he wouldn't have that problem.

Choosing Martial Arts Apprentice was definitely the right decision.

Actually, last night when he was about to put his skill points into Basic Fist Technique, a prompt had appeared on the lineage chart, asking him to confirm his main and secondary professions.

However, upgrading his main profession wouldn't grant him skill points or attribute points, which was why Fang Qingyu had been hesitant until now.

Fortunately, the talent granted by his main profession was truly amazing!!

Master a hundred arts, temper one path.

This truly ran through the purpose of the atlas.

He tidied up his thoughts and Fang Qingyu stepped into the training ground.

He currently had 1 skill point and 1 attribute point saved up.

He wasn't in a hurry to use them.

He wanted to see how the training effects brought by the Martial Seed talent would be first.

If the speed was fast enough, the Hidden Dragon Stance only needed 48 more experience points to level up, so there was no need to waste precious skill points.

"Let's begin."

Instructor Qin, after instructing the others, was already waiting with a short stick.

"Okay."

Seeing this, Fang Qingyu began to hold his breath and calm his mind.

The Martial Seed talent activated!!

The moment it activated, a strange sense of connection surged through his body.

His spine automatically straightened into the unique three-curve arc of the Hidden Dragon Stance, his toes gripped the patterns on the training post like suction cups, and when his right fist drew the starting posture of the Basic Fist Technique, his entire body involuntarily adjusted to the optimal force-generating angle.

"Bang!!"

The instant his fist hit the sandbag, his waist and hips naturally twisted in a wave-like motion, perfectly layering the sinking force of the Hidden Dragon Stance with the explosive power of the fist technique.

Instructor Qin stood to the side, holding a short stick, stunned, his eyes wide open.

He watched the young man move and shift before the fist post, the twelve forms of the Basic Fist Technique striking with whistling winds.

He just stared blankly until the seventh form.

Instructor Qin was about to offer guidance.

"The seventh form, turning horse stance collapsing fist, should..."

The moment Fang Qingyu twisted his waist and exerted force, his left knee unexpectedly deviated on its own. This subtle adjustment caused the collapsing fist's finishing move, which originally required unloading force to buffer, to directly transform into the starting move of the eighth form.

"Hiss..."

"My goodness, are there really geniuses in this world?"

Instructor Qin tugged at his remaining hair, his scalp tingling.

He stopped talking and just stood aside, watching quietly, also telling others not to come over.

He was afraid of disturbing Fang Qingyu's practice.

Meanwhile, Fang Qingyu, at this moment...

had entered a very peculiar state.

It was different from what he had imagined.

Fang Qingyu had thought that the corrected posture would feel natural, as if he knew it inherently.

Instead, it was as if countless hands were waiting by his side.

Whenever his posture or exertion was slightly off, countless hands would swarm forward, helping him correct his stance.

It hurt. It hurt so much.

More than the short stick strikes from Instructor Qin.

Because Instructor Qin only struck the incorrect parts, but the Martial Seed forcibly bent him into place.

But it was indeed very effective!!

[Your profession "Martial Arts Apprentice" experience +1]

[Your profession's basic skill "Hidden Dragon Stance" experience +2]

[Your profession's basic skill "Basic Fist Technique" experience +2]

This was the first time Fang Qingyu had seen experience points starting at 2.

So, he disregarded the pain.

All he thought about was practicing it again.

And then practicing it again after that!!!

Until a unique prompt appeared on the skill chart.

[Congratulations! Your profession's basic skill "Hidden Dragon Stance" has leveled up to Lv.2]