Star City Academy

Star City, city center.

Star City Academy.

After getting off the vehicle, Feng Qi dragged his luggage to the gates of Star City Academy.

The first thing he saw was a stone monument over twenty meters tall, engraved with four flamboyant characters: "Star City Academy."

As he stepped toward the academy, a guard at the entrance stopped him.

Only after he presented his visitor's letter was he allowed through.

Beyond the gates was a marble road leading into the campus, lined with numerous bronze statues.

They were all graduates of Star City Academy who had made outstanding contributions to humanity's development. The inscriptions beneath the statues recorded their life stories.

Further inside was a lotus pond. It was summer, the peak season for lotus growth, and green leaves crowded the pond, swaying in the breeze.

Following the main road, Feng Qi spent an hour before finally reaching the dormitory building.

He went to the dorm manager's office, submitted his letter, and was quickly assigned a place to stay.

Room 301 on the third floor.

Star City Academy's dormitories were single rooms, but this one was larger than his school dorm room and fully furnished. The refrigerator was already stocked with all kinds of drinks and food, while the dorm building also had facilities such as a gym, a stress-relief room, and a computer room.

The room was spotless, so there was no need for him to clean it. After setting down his luggage and putting his clothes into the wardrobe, he opened the visitor's letter and called the academy receptionist.

The call connected after two rings, and a middle-aged man's voice came from the other end.

"Who is this?"

"I'm a student from New City High School here for observation and study. My name is Feng Qi..."

After hearing Feng Qi's introduction, the man on the other end said,

"I understand. You probably haven't systematically studied Cultivation Studies yet, so for now, I'll arrange for you to sit in on the Cultivation Exchange Class. It'll be very helpful to you. Write down the classroom location..."

"Alright, teacher. I understand."

After hanging up, he took out a pen and wrote down the address of the "Cultivation Exchange Class" given by the receptionist.

He checked the time. It was nearly noon, so he decided to eat at the academy cafeteria first before checking out the Cultivation Exchange Class.

After leaving the dormitory and asking for directions, he walked for over ten minutes before arriving at the cafeteria.

The cafeteria served buffet-style meals, and all food was free. Feng Qi was not surprised by this. After all, Star City Academy trained humanity's future elite, and many graduates had made outstanding contributions to humanity's development. Free meals were perfectly understandable.

After picking up a pile of appetizing food, the starving Feng Qi found an empty seat and began wolfing it down.

While eating, Feng Qi's attention was drawn to another student who was also dining.

She had long black hair, a petite figure, and delicate features. Yet what surprised him was that the table before this senior was piled with the remains of food, and she ate with an overwhelmingly fierce momentum.

He also noticed a Rune Crystal embedded in her right arm, faintly glowing as she ate.

After his body mutated, Feng Qi's appetite had become astonishing. But compared to this Loli Senior, he felt that they were not even in the same league.

"How can such a small body eat more food than its own volume? Isn't she full?"

Just then, the girl who had been eating suddenly turned to look at him.

As their eyes met, a savage and feral aura rushed toward him. Feng Qi had the illusion that what was eating nearby was not a human, but a prehistoric beast.

Feeling that it was impolite to stare at her like that, he hurriedly lowered his head.

After staring at Feng Qi for a while, the Loli Senior showed a trace of confusion in her eyes, then continued feasting.

After lunch, it was twelve-thirty.

The Cultivation Studies class was about to begin. After leaving the cafeteria, Feng Qi headed straight for the Cultivation Exchange Class.

The Cultivation Exchange Class was half an hour away from the cafeteria. By the time he arrived, the classroom was already filled with students.

The moment he entered, the students who had been chatting suddenly fell silent and turned to look at him in unison.

This made Feng Qi feel a little awkward. He had only come to sit in on the students' discussions about Cultivation Studies, yet he had somehow become the center of attention. It made him extremely uncomfortable.

He wanted to find a seat, but when he reached an empty one, a student beside him asked in confusion,

"Junior, aren't you going up to teach? Why are you trying to sit down?"

"I have to teach too?" He looked stunned.

"If you don't teach, who will?" The student wore an equally surprised expression.

Thinking this was how the Cultivation Exchange Class worked, with every newcomer required to explain their understanding of cultivation, Feng Qi could only force himself to walk to the podium.

Looking at the seniors staring at him, he pondered for a moment before speaking.

"My understanding of Cultivation Studies is rather shallow. I hope you seniors will be forgiving if there are any shortcomings."

There was no applause or welcome. Every student wore an indifferent expression.

What kind of attitude is this? Are Star City Academy students really this rude? Who are they looking down on? he grumbled inwardly.

But since this was apparently the procedure for newcomers, he still had to speak. After thinking for a moment, Feng Qi figured out what he could talk about.

He thought of another Cultivation Method he had learned in the dream, the Fierce Tiger Fist. Aside from this method, he truly had nothing else he could discuss.

So he raised his head and decided to put on a show.

"Next, I'll talk about my understanding of body cultivation."

"Body cultivation is a method of tempering the physical body to increase Bloodline Strength. As one's cultivation realm rises, the body can become impervious to water and fire, invulnerable to blades and spears..."

As they listened to Feng Qi's speech, the students' expressions changed.

"Isn't this just the basics? He really doesn't live up to his reputation."

"This is the exchange student from Winter Academy? Wasn't he supposedly accepted early by the Tiger Soul Research Institute? This is it?"

"So it was all bragging. If this were enough to get accepted early by the Tiger Soul Research Institute, I could do it too!"

"What a disappointment. I thought Junior Lin Ran from the rumors was supposed to be amazing. Turns out this class is completely wasting my time."

Because what Feng Qi was explaining at the moment was merely the foundational body cultivation content from the Fierce Tiger Fist instructional video, the students were deeply disappointed.

But soon, he got to the main point.

"In the development of human martial arts, there was once Xingyi Quan. I believe its principles can likewise be applied to Body Cultivation Methods. For example, by emulating the form of a fierce tiger, fist techniques can be divided into five forms: splitting, drilling, crushing, cannoning, and crossing. They correspond respectively to the five elements of metal, wood, water, fire, and earth. Practicing these five forms can nourish the lungs, kidneys, liver, heart, and spleen within the body. On the foundation of better conforming to the laws of human life activities, they strengthen and guide the meridians and areas linked to the five viscera and six bowels, especially by opening the Ren and Du meridians, allowing spiritual energy to circulate primarily through the heavenly cycle and further driving vigorous, unobstructed circulation of spiritual energy throughout the body..."

As they listened to Feng Qi analyze the core principles of the Fierce Tiger Fist, the students' expressions gradually changed.

Because they realized that Feng Qi truly knew his stuff.

Not only did he have unique insights into body cultivation, but he also expanded upon and explained the existing body cultivation system.

At that moment, the students no longer dared to look down on Feng Qi. One after another, they opened their notebooks and took notes while listening, their expressions exceptionally serious. From time to time, they nodded in agreement with what Feng Qi said.

Outside the classroom, a youth of around seventeen or eighteen hurried over from the distance.

He was strikingly handsome, with ebony-black eyes and a high, refined nose. His appearance carried a gentle beauty, while his face wore a confident smile.

When Lin Ran reached the classroom, he was about to push the door open when he heard someone teaching inside. He was immediately bewildered.

"Did I go to the wrong classroom?"

He raised his head and looked at the class name, "Combat Class One," becoming even more confused.

"That's right, this is the place!"

Out of courtesy, he naturally could not casually enter while someone was teaching, so Lin Ran chose to stand outside and listen in.

As he listened to the "teacher" inside explain his views on body cultivation, ripples appeared in Lin Ran's clear eyes, and he nodded in agreement from time to time.

"Star City Academy truly lives up to its reputation. The teachers here are so professional!"