Lin Qiu Takes a Detour!

When the announcement ended!

After Luo Cheng told Jiang Hao to collect this month's A-Class Treatment after school!

Jiang Hao found a quiet corner in the virtual training hall, slowly closed his eyes, and sank his mind into that mysterious realm.

He paid no heed to the gazes around him!

Spear Intent.

He had to completely control this newborn power.

"Rise!"

With a thought, Jiang Hao mobilized that sharp will that surpassed Qi and Blood.

The virtual long spear in his hand let out a faint tremor.

Jiang Hao's eyes snapped open!

He thrust the spear!

This thrust was as swift as a startled swan, carrying a resolve that pushed forward without looking back!

Yet the moment the spear shot out.

An intense sense of depletion surged from the depths of his soul, as if his spirit had been drained by half from this single strike.

Jiang Hao's face paled slightly, and his body even swayed in the virtual space.

"Only one strike."

Jiang Hao immediately reached a conclusion.

"The current Spear Intent is still too weak. It can only be used as a trump card, not for regular combat."

Just as he was pondering!

A dignified voice sounded beside him.

"Did you feel it?"

Jiang Hao turned his head. Luo Cheng's figure had appeared beside him at some unknown time.

"Mentor."

Jiang Hao bowed respectfully.

After the bow, Jiang Hao nodded frankly and said:

"Yes."

"I feel that this move consumes a massive amount of mental energy. Even in the Virtual Immersion System, I can sense it—almost completely drained, only able to unleash one strike."

A trace of approval appeared on Luo Cheng's stern face.

"Your feeling is correct."

"Martial Dao Will is the union of spirit and martial arts."

"Right now, you've only just ignited this spark, and it's still very faint."

"Forcing its use is like draining a pond to catch fish—it could even damage your spiritual foundation."

Luo Cheng's voice rang like a great bell, clearing Jiang Hao's doubts.

"What it needs most now is not use, but nurturing and tempering."

"Nurturing means using your ever-purer Qi and Blood to nourish it, letting it slowly grow."

"Tempering means repeatedly sensing and controlling it in the virtual system, just like you did just now, improving your mastery over it."

Jiang Hao listened quietly, engraving every word into his heart.

Luo Cheng continued:

"When your Spear Intent breaks through to the Minor Accomplishment realm."

"Only then can you truly wield it freely, integrating it into every move and technique."

"At that point, your Spear Intent can be considered to have truly entered the hall."

"Right now, it's just your trump card."

Jiang Hao looked at his own hands, feeling the slowly recovering weakness in his mind, and nodded heavily.

"I understand."

After a brief moment of thought, Jiang Hao raised his head again, a hint of curiosity in his eyes.

"Then, Mentor, after Minor Accomplishment in Spear Intent, what would Major Accomplishment and Perfection look like?"

Luo Cheng was taken aback at first.

Then, on his usually stern face, a rare expression of amused exasperation appeared.

"Heh."

Luo Cheng was amused by his greed.

"You really are something..."

"You've only just learned to walk, and already you want to run?"

Luo Cheng shook his head and clasped his hands behind his back.

"Those things are still too far ahead for you."

"Come ask me again when you've actually trained your Spear Intent to the Minor Success realm."

What Luo Cheng didn't say was—

Martial Dao Will, the Minor Success realm, was incredibly difficult.

Even a Sun-level Prodigy like Su Qingning had only barely touched the threshold of Sword Intent after reaching 14.0 Qi and Blood.

In his view!

Jiang Hao's comprehension might be high, but to reach Minor Success, he would at least have to wait until he entered Martial Arts University.

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At dusk!

The school bell rang.

Jiang Hao logged out of the Virtual Immersion Device. He stretched his body, feeling refreshed and clear-headed.

Aside from training his Spear Intent twice and feeling a slight drain on his spirit, everything else felt incredibly smooth!

"Heavenly Dao Rewards Diligence."

[Spear Intent (2/100)]

[Tidal Wave Spear Technique · Minor Success (31/100)]

In just one afternoon of insight and practice, his proficiency had grown considerably.

Most importantly, his body felt no trace of fatigue.

"The Virtual Immersion System is truly a divine tool."

Jiang Hao sighed inwardly.

"If I had one of my own, I could train nonstop for twenty-four hours."

"But that astronomical price is something I simply can't afford right now."

Jiang Hao shook his head, casting that impractical thought out of his mind, and walked out of the Key Class Teaching Building.

Under the setting sun!

Jiang Hao was in a great mood.

Just as he reached the school gate, he spotted a familiar figure.

Lin Qiu.

Lin Qiu happened to see him too.

Their eyes met.

Jiang Hao's expression was calm.

Lin Qiu's face, however, turned "slap" pale, instantly becoming extremely gloomy. As if he had seen something filthy, he jerked his head away.

Lin Qiu said nothing, his face taut, and strode quickly past Jiang Hao.

The way he acted, it was as if staying one more second would be an insult to him.

Jiang Hao's gaze followed him.

He watched Lin Qiu hurry to the roadside, where a flashy black luxury car with an exaggerated design was already waiting.

Lin Qiu yanked open the door!

And dove inside.

"Bang!"

The door was slammed shut heavily.

Jiang Hao shrugged indifferently at the sight.

He was in a good mood now and couldn't be bothered with such a Jumping Clown.

With light steps, Jiang Hao even hummed a little tune as he strolled past the luxury car and merged into the flow of people heading home.

Inside the luxury car.

The soundproofing was excellent!

A deathly stillness.

Lin Qiu sat on the expensive leather chair, staring through the one-way privacy window.

He fixed his gaze on Jiang Hao's gradually receding back.

That relaxed, carefree demeanor of his stung Lin Qiu's eyes fiercely!

If only it were the past!

Back then, sitting in this car, he would have absolutely looked down on Jiang Hao with the same gaze one might give an ant!

But now!

Everything was reversed!

"Damn it!"

Lin Qiu's hands clenched the Leather Chair beneath him, his knuckles turning white from the force.

The expression on his face twisted slightly from jealousy and rage.

The flames of envy inside him!

Had already made Lin Qiu wish that Jiang Hao would disappear from his sight right now, this instant, immediately.

Even more!

Lin Qiu felt!

Everything Jiang Hao had obtained should have been his instead!

How could a mere piece of trash deserve such a brilliant performance? The one who should be performing like this was him—someone from a well-off family, raised with an excellent education from childhood!

"Jiang Hao!"

"You useless waste!"

"Just wait for me!"

Lin Qiu's gaze locked onto Jiang Hao's retreating back!

"When the monthly exam comes!"

"When my brother makes his move!"

"I will watch with my own eyes as you're crippled, I swear it!"

As for all this, Jiang Hao had no idea, but even if he did, he wouldn't care!

After all!

By the end of the month, when the Key Class held its monthly exam, perhaps... the brother Lin Qiu regarded as a genius wouldn't even be a match for him.