Lin Xuan

--Low Martial Achievement System--

[Physique: Mortal Body (Class B)]

[Endowment: Primordial]

[Cultivation Methods]

Star Martial Cultivation Method: Great Accomplishment (41%)

[Achievements]

Martial Arts Grandmaster, Friend of the Ancestor, Martial Arts Grandmaster, Red Face Seeks the Way, Wind-Following Ear, Gale Step

[Martial Arts Heavenly Ladder]

First Layer

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"The road to perfection is already halfway behind me." Jiang Ye relaxed his whole body.

Half a year ago, he'd never imagined this scene.

Back then, Jiang Ye hadn't even broken through to Minor Accomplishment in his Cultivation Method.

Just half a year, and he'd gone from Minor Accomplishment to within reach of perfection?

Even students in the Key Class probably couldn't have imagined such a pace of cultivation.

"During this time, besides my own hard work, what really mattered was Teacher Chen's guidance—and those thirty thousand yuan."

The thirty thousand yuan Chen Zilu had given him had been like charcoal delivered through a snowstorm.

Thanks to it, he'd been able to replenish himself with Leopard Gallbladder every day this month, and even Tiger Gallbladder.

Not even students in the Key Class were guaranteed conditions like that.

"But compared to someone rich like Zhao Qingli, I'm still way behind." Jiang Ye sighed.

He'd only spent thirty thousand in a month, and he could only enjoy it for that one month.

She, on the other hand, could spend a hundred thousand every month.

Still, Jiang Ye didn't mind.

He might not be able to beat them when it came to money, but he had a cheat!

His buffs weren't strong enough yet, but as his strength grew, he'd keep gaining more achievement buffs.

When that happened, all those martial arts prodigies and peerless geniuses would get their teeth kicked in!

"I'll rest for a while."

Jiang Ye closed his eyes. For nearly a month, he'd barely slept, spending every day either cultivating or training in the illusion.

With the trial coming up, it was time to take it easy.

The next morning.

Jiang Ye woke up in bed and clutched his head. "Damn it, when did I—?"

He'd planned to close his eyes for a short nap the previous night, but somehow he'd slept all the way until morning.

The worst part was, he'd dreamed that nightmare again.

The young man who might have been his biological father.

And the golden palace called Star Sea Divine Path.

"Star Sea Divine Path... What kind of place is that?"

Jiang Ye remembered the palace from his dream. After the young man entered it, little Jiang Ye had been left behind, as if abandoned at the palace gates.

But at the start of the dream, it hadn't seemed as though his biological father had abandoned him.

The dream was full of hazy fragments, disjointed and missing many crucial pieces. It made him want to get to the bottom of things.

Unfortunately, he didn't care about his supposed background, and didn't want to look into it any further.

"I'm done sleeping from now on. I'll stay in the illusion at night. That way, I won't have nightmares, and I'll wake up feeling good the next day."

Jiang Ye made up his mind.

"Time to head to school."

He got up and went outside. After washing up and eating, he set off for school.

"Good luck, big brother!"

Just before he left, Jiang Ting suddenly ran out of her room.

"Why are you up?" Jiang Ye asked, surprised.

"Hehe." Jiang Ting grinned at him. "I made sure to remember today's date. You're going to the trial, big brother."

Jiang Ye really had been talking about it every day this month.

The little girl didn't know what a trial was. She only knew that whatever had kept her brother talking about it for a whole month had to be important.

"Silly girl, go back to bed." Jiang Ye shook his head with a smile, rubbed her soft, pale cheek, and turned to leave.

Ancheng Third Middle School.

During summer vacation, the campus was silent.

But today, quite a few people were moving around the grounds.

As soon as Jiang Ye walked into the school, he spotted a familiar figure.

"Li Zhichao?"

He called out to the person in the distance.

When the other boy turned around, Jiang Ye couldn't help but pause.

A month had passed, and Li Zhichao had grown even more muscular. Veins bulged all over his body, and his muscles were knotted. Standing there, he looked imposing and fierce.

Only the top of his head seemed—perhaps because of an optical illusion—to be getting more and more pointed.

"Jiang Ye."

Li Zhichao walked over with a confident smile.

"How've you been this month? Has your cultivation been going smoothly?" Li Zhichao asked, looking at Jiang Ye.

Jiang Ye nodded. "Not bad. What about you?"

"I've made a lot of progress this month."

Li Zhichao smiled. "This month, I broke through my old limit of two injections a week. Now I can take three a week!"

He held his chin high, his eyes shining with confidence.

Three injections a week!

In a short time, they'd brought about a remarkable transformation in his body.

Li Zhichao was determined to win the upcoming trial.

"..."

Jiang Ye was silent for a while, then asked, "Didn't Teacher Chen tell you that taking those drugs has side effects?"

Li Zhichao shook his head. "How could there be no price to pay on the road to becoming strong? These side effects are nothing to me."

"What about you? Don't tell me you haven't taken any more drugs this month."

He looked at Jiang Ye.

Jiang Ye shook his head. "I haven't taken any drugs at all."

Hearing that, Li Zhichao smiled and shook his head.

"You're still stubborn, even now?"

"There's nothing shameful about taking drugs. Forget it. Since you haven't taken any this month, I hope you can pass this trial."

Li Zhichao sighed and shook his head.

He'd genuinely hoped someone in their class could catch up to him. It would've pushed him to reach his full potential.

But if Jiang Ye didn't keep taking drugs, he was bound to leave him in the dust.

Jiang Ye didn't say anything more. He was sure Chen Zilu had also told Li Zhichao about the dangers of taking drugs.

But Li Zhichao had chosen this path, and that was his business.

Everyone had their own fate. There was no need to interfere.

The two walked side by side toward the trial site.

This trial would take place in the same spherical building where the Virtual Starry Sky assessment had been held.

The spherical building, main hall.

Quite a few people had already arrived, standing in the hall and waiting for the trial to begin.

After entering, Jiang Ye realized there were quite a few first-year students here.

It was easy to tell from their uniforms.

Ancheng Third Middle School had different uniforms for students in each of its three grades.

Not only that, the Ordinary Class and Key Class had different uniforms too. Those for the Key Class were usually well made and custom-tailored.

The Ordinary Class uniforms, on the other hand, were plain—designed to put a complete stop to young romance.

"First-year students? They're all from the Key Class."

Jiang Ye glanced around, unsurprised.

This was the lowest-level trial, open to anyone who'd reached Great Accomplishment in their Cultivation Method.

Students in the Key Class could reach Great Accomplishment in their first year, so they qualified.

Of course, a few second-year students had come too, but there weren't many. The top geniuses in their grade basically wouldn't bother with such a low-level trial.

"Li Zhichao, you came too?"

Just then, a voice rang out.

Jiang Ye turned to look and saw a strange-looking boy walking toward them.

The boy's head was huge, almost as wide as his shoulders. His proportions looked incredibly odd.

Li Zhichao's brows furrowed when he saw him.

"Lin Xuan? Aren't you from Ancheng First Middle School? What are you doing here?"

Ancheng First Middle School was Ancheng's top-ranked elite high school, a level above Ancheng Third Middle School.

Jiang Ye had heard that, at certain schools, students in the Ordinary Class had to bow and greet students in the Key Class. That was the tradition at Ancheng First Middle School.

Its motivational school motto was something like, "The strong should humiliate the weak until they cry out for mercy!"

The big-headed boy called Lin Xuan smiled. "I'm here as Ancheng First Middle School's first-year representative. I was invited to take part in the trial."

At that, he looked at Jiang Ye.

"Is he your classmate? Looks like he's in the Ordinary Class."

Lin Xuan chuckled. "Zhichao, you're no good. In our Tianlong Residential Area, you're the only one who still hasn't made it into the Key Class."

"You're still hanging around with people from the Ordinary Class. If you keep this up, I won't be able to admit you're my neighbor anymore."

Then he looked at Jiang Ye. "No offense, classmate. Don't get the wrong idea."

Tianlong Residential Area was a well-known rich neighborhood in Ancheng.

Clearly, Lin Xuan, like Li Zhichao, was the child of a wealthy family.

He didn't know Jiang Ye at all, so he wasn't picking on him specifically. He looked down on everyone in the Ordinary Class equally.

But at that moment,

Jiang Ye hadn't paid the slightest attention to what Lin Xuan had said. Instead, he stared at his enormous head and asked curiously, "Did you drink too much Sanlu when you were little?"