Super simplification system, medicinal bath simplified to a plaster?

June 7th.

Dongshan City, site of the city-wide Martial Arts Examination.

"Teacher, please let me test again."

"Please, give me another chance."

"I can definitely hit 1200 kilograms at the Martial Arts Hall."

Sad and heartbroken voices echoed through the corridors of the examination venue. No matter how much these students pleaded, their three allotted attempts for the strength test were over. Failing meant failing; no one would give them a second chance.

"Sigh..." Lu Lin stood outside the examination area, letting out a long sigh. Three minutes ago, he, like his classmates who were unwilling to accept defeat, had also begged the teacher for another chance.

He had been transmigrated to Blue Star for eighteen years. This world was basically the same as his previous one, with one crucial difference: three hundred years ago, Blue Star's spiritual energy had surged. Birds and beasts in forests, rivers, lakes, and seas had transformed into Demonic Beasts under the surge of spiritual energy, attacking human cities. In a short period, the world's population had plummeted. Fortunately, peerless powerhouses had comprehended the mysteries of spiritual energy, developed the Martial Way, and fought against the Demonic Beasts, securing precious time and territory for humanity's survival.

Over the subsequent three hundred years, Blue Star had established a rigorous system for cultivating Martial Artists. Currently, it consisted of a three-tiered educational system: Martial Arts elementary school, Martial Arts middle school, and Martial Arts university.

The Martial Arts Examination was a test students faced upon graduating from Martial Arts middle school at eighteen.

Success meant entering university to study the Martial Way, eventually becoming supreme Martial Artists, slaying Demonic Beasts, earning merits, and becoming heroes.

Failure meant entering vocational school for one to two years to become an unremarkable ordinary person, with hopes resting solely on the next generation.

Of course, due to the excellent education system, many were unwilling to accept becoming ordinary people after failing the Martial Arts Examination. Thus, an organization called the Free Martial Artist Association emerged, allowing them to continue their Martial Artist careers.

Having transmigrated eighteen years ago but failing the Martial Arts Examination, Lu Lin was naturally unwilling to live a mediocre life. Next, he planned to become a Free Martial Artist, venture into the wilderness to fight, and seek his own opportunities.

[Detected: Master has reached eighteen years of age. Super Simplification System is activating...]

[Super Simplification System activated successfully.]

A strange voice sounded in Lu Lin's ear.

Immediately after, a semi-transparent light screen appeared before his eyes.

[Master: Lu Lin] [Level: Advanced Martial Disciple] [Cultivation Technique: Golden Bell Shield (Level 1) - Can be simplified; Mad Ox Strength Fist (Level 2) - Can be simplified] [Points: 200]

Golden Bell Shield and Mad Ox Strength Fist were two very common martial arts techniques in Huaguo's Martial Arts middle schools. Golden Bell Shield focused on defense, while Mad Ox Strength Fist focused on offense. This combination of offense and defense ensured students had a degree of self-preservation ability when encountering special situations after graduation.

Despite being basic martial arts, the cultivation difficulty of these two techniques was quite high. Throughout their middle school years, very few students could cultivate them to the first level.

Cultivating martial arts tested one's comprehension, root bone, and talent the most.

If these innate conditions were poor, no amount of effort in the later stages could lead to achievements in the Martial Way.

Lu Lin's Martial Way aptitude might not be the absolute worst, but it certainly wasn't good.

Looking at the light screen before him, Lu Lin's heart leaped. Although he had failed the Martial Arts Examination and couldn't enter university to study more profound Martial Way cultivation techniques, now that he had a cheat, he had hope of advancing to become a Martial Artist.

His finger tapped on the "Can be simplified" next to Golden Bell Shield, and the 200 simplification points on the panel were instantly consumed.

[Ding, Golden Bell Shield simplification complete. Please check, Master.]

As the voice sounded, a massive amount of information flooded Lu Lin's mind.

By the time he finished reading the contents of this information, his face took on a strange expression.

Golden Bell Shield, a common cultivation technique, had ordinary training effects and high difficulty. At least in Lu Lin's Martial Arts middle school, no student had managed to cultivate Golden Bell Shield to the first level in six years.

Lu Lin only managed to reach the first level because he had a job as a sparring partner at a Martial Arts Hall. To minimize injuries, he had trained diligently for a full year to barely reach the first level, but advancing to the second level afterward was extremely difficult.

Not only was the cultivation difficulty higher, but it also required medicinal baths.

Medicinal baths were truly something families like Lu Lin's couldn't afford.

A low-end medicinal bath cost ten thousand, and reaching the second level required at least thirty baths, totaling three hundred thousand.

But.

Now.

After simplification by the system, the difficulty of cultivating Golden Bell Shield had plummeted dramatically.

Daily cultivation → Taking hits.

Expensive medicinal baths → Applying medicated plasters.

This simplification was too outrageous.

The ten-thousand-yuan cost of a medicinal bath had been directly replaced by a few-yuan medicated plaster.

Day and night cultivation had been simplified to taking hits.

Lu Lin was overjoyed. Wasn't this exactly what he needed when he was struggling to sleep?

Taking hits.

Lu Lin's job at the Martial Arts Hall was as a sparring partner. Although he sometimes sparred with clients, he was mostly on the receiving end, helping clients practice their moves.

As for applying medicated plasters, that was even simpler. Lu Lin's father worked a physically demanding job at construction sites, and he often had back pain at the end of the day. Medicated plasters were a common household remedy.

Without further ado, Lu Lin stopped regretting his failure in the Martial Arts Examination. He quickly ran home, grabbed a few boxes of medicated plasters from a drawer, and headed to the Martial Arts Hall where he worked.

Liu's Martial Arts School.

"Little Lu is here, hurry up, the young miss has been waiting for you for a long time."

"Little Lu, how was the Martial Arts Examination today? Do you want to join our Martial Arts Hall?"

"Little Lu..."

"Little Lu..."

Lu Lin had been working here for three years, and the staff at the Martial Arts Hall were all familiar with him. However, Lu Lin didn't have time to chat with everyone now; he had to quickly test the effects of the simplified Golden Bell Shield.

He hurriedly changed his clothes, took out a medicinal plaster, and applied it to his knees. As he walked out of the changing room and onto the stage, he heard:

"Lu Lin, why are you so late? How was the Martial Arts Examination today?"

The speaker was a tall, slender young girl in a red training uniform with a ponytail. She was 1.7 meters tall, and though she was leaning against the edge of the stage, she looked energetic.

"Miss Liu, I'm sorry I'm a little late. Let's start as soon as possible."

Miss Liu, named Liu Weiran, was the daughter of the head of Liu's Martial Arts School. Two years ago, she came to the Martial Arts Hall looking for a sparring partner. However, she overlooked the Martial Artists and even Martial Masters, and instead took an instant liking to Lu Lin, who was handsome and had cultivated the Mad Ox Strength Fist to the second level. Since then, Lu Lin had become Liu Weiran's exclusive sparring partner.

Liu Weiran glanced at Lu Lin and didn't see any dejection from failing the Martial Arts Examination on his face. She immediately jumped up from the ground and said, "Okay."

The two jumped onto the stage, and Liu Weiran attacked without a word.

She also used the Mad Ox Strength Fist, and one punch landed on Lu Lin, making him groan involuntarily.

[1/10]

Even with the Golden Bell Shield protecting him, this punch still hurt. However, when Lu Lin saw the progress bar appear before him, his heart was filled with excitement.

It worked.

He narrowed his eyes at Liu Weiran and let out a low roar, "Your strength is too light, do it again."

"Bang."

[2/10]

"No, your speed is too slow."

"Bang."

[3/10]

Lu Lin moved his feet in small, quick steps, constantly adjusting his position, and also pointed out some flaws in Liu Weiran's punches.

Normally, when he sparred, he wouldn't say much and would just take the hits. Today, his sudden change in style instead sparked Liu Weiran's competitive spirit.

"Bang."

"Bang bang bang."

Fist after fist landed on Lu Lin, and soon, the light screen before Lu Lin turned to [10/10]. He was about to advance.

[Detected that the host meets the conditions for medicinal bath, Golden Bell Shield second level cultivation successful]