One Month! No Sponsorship! Su Mo Leaves the Martial Arts School!

For a period of time, Su Mo continued to cultivate with all his might every day, while drinking Body Strengthening Soup and tempering his physical body. As time went on, the Azure Origin Body Tempering Art became more and more proficient in his hands, feeling as natural as breathing.

However, due to his innate root deficiency, after his cultivation broke through to the mid-stage of the Body Tempering Realm, it still erupted, causing his cultivation speed to become extremely slow. Fortunately, with the Body Strengthening Soup and the Ancient Profound Pearl, the pure medicinal essence of the Body Strengthening Soup was extracted every time.

This made Su Mo's cultivation speed at least passable.

But it would still take him three months to break through to the late-stage of the Body Tempering Realm.

"Su Mo, these are Ye Zongsheng and Sha Pengxiao. They live in the dormitory next to ours and joined the martial arts school around the same time as us, so we're pretty much in the same batch."

One day, Xie Baolin brought two people over for Su Mo to meet.

One was named Ye Zongsheng, who had a proper appearance, an outgoing personality, and was quite talkative.

The other was named Sha Pengxiao, who had an average appearance and a more melancholic and quiet personality, speaking very little.

"Su Mo, my name is Ye Zongsheng. I live next door to you. Please guide me in the future."

Ye Zongsheng was very happy to see Su Mo and quickly introduced himself. Many young disciples at the Guande Martial Arts School thought Su Mo was powerful, but they couldn't quite pinpoint why. They just felt that Su Mo was not simple.

Therefore, Ye Zongsheng was a little excited.

"My name is Sha Pengxiao."

Compared to Ye Zongsheng's outgoing nature, Sha Pengxiao beside him was very quiet. After introducing himself, he stopped speaking.

Su Mo nodded slightly. Xie Baolin knew Ye Zongsheng and Sha Pengxiao because their dormitories were close, and they became familiar with each other over time.

Furthermore, Ye Zongsheng and Sha Pengxiao entered the Guande Martial Arts School around the same time as Su Mo, both joining within two days of each other. Therefore, they didn't refer to each other as fellow disciples but simply by their names.

These two were said to have very good martial arts talent and had already been noticed by some people, who provided them with martial arts sponsorship.

During this time, Senior Brother Yue Haofeng had been cultivating even more diligently, seemingly stimulated by Fang Shaofangxinwu and the others that day. However, it was rumored that Senior Brother Yue Haofeng's family seemed to be experiencing some problems.

Su Mo, as usual, went to the martial arts school's pharmacy to drink the Body Strengthening Soup every day, and then went to the training grounds to practice martial arts. After all, breaking through to the late-stage of the Body Tempering Realm would take time.

Thus, time slowly passed.

Soon, a month flashed by.

In this month, Su Mo's cultivation had already loosened. He gradually moved from the mid-stage of the Body Tempering Realm towards the peak of the mid-stage, and it seemed he would reach the peak of the mid-stage of the Body Tempering Realm before long.

This was partly due to his tireless cultivation every day, and partly due to the significant help he received from the Body Strengthening Soup provided by the martial arts school.

However, he would soon be unable to drink the Body Strengthening Soup.

This was because the one-month free accommodation at the martial arts school had expired. If Su Mo wanted to continue staying at the school, he would have to pay. The accommodation fee was five taels per month.

If he wanted the Body Strengthening Soup, he would have to pay extra, another five taels of silver.

In other words, if Su Mo wanted to continue cultivating normally at the martial arts school, he would need to pay ten taels of silver each month.

This sum of money was not a small amount for him, meaning he would have to go back to the village to sell meat in town for money.

"Su Mo, where are you going?"

Xie Baolin asked urgently when he saw Su Mo about to leave.

At this moment, Xie Baolin's aura was extraordinary, having already reached the peak of the early-stage of the Body Tempering Realm. His cultivation speed was so fast that it seemed unaffected by the increasingly slow cultivation speed after becoming a Martial Artist with the Azure Origin Body Tempering Art.

This had caused Xie Baolin to start being noticed by some of the higher-ups in the martial arts school.

This was because Xie Baolin was young, only sixteen years old, and his root deficiency was not as severe as Su Xin's or Yue Haofeng's.

Although Su Mo's cultivation speed was not slow, his age was a factor. Some of the higher-ups in the martial arts school did not believe that Su Mo would achieve much in martial arts.

Instead, Xie Baolin was the one who caught their eye.

"I'm going back to the village for a bit. I'll be back at the martial arts school soon."

Su Mo replied.

"Alright, take care. I'll be waiting for you at the martial arts school!"

Xie Baolin's expression was heavy. He knew that Su Mo probably didn't have enough money anymore. If he didn't have enough, he would have to leave the martial arts school because the cost of accommodation was too high.

Xie Baolin himself was also out of money and couldn't afford to renew his accommodation for the next month. However, because of his excellent martial arts performance, some people in the martial arts school sponsored him and helped him pay the hefty accommodation fee of ten taels.

They even promised to cover his future accommodation fees as well.

This showed how highly those people thought of Xie Baolin, believing he would achieve great things in the future, and thus sponsored him in advance.

Su Mo, due to his age, was automatically overlooked by those people, who felt he had no value for investment.

When Su Mo left the martial arts school, he did not see Senior Brother Yue Haofeng. Xie Baolin told him that Senior Brother Yue Haofeng's family seemed to be having some problems and hadn't come to the martial arts school for several days.

As Su Mo departed, Ye Zongsheng and Sha Pengxiao from the adjacent dormitory came to see him off. Although Su Mo always said he was just going back for a short while and would return to the Guande Martial Arts School soon, Ye Zongsheng and the others knew that this was Su Mo's subtle way of speaking, and perhaps this departure would be for a lifetime.

Regarding this, Ye Zongsheng and Sha Pengxiao did not expose him, merely telling him to take care on his journey.

Even the usually taciturn Sha Pengxiao spoke a lot this time. He knew that this farewell with Su Mo might be for a very long time.

Although they did not address each other as fellow disciples, their bond was comparable to that of sworn brothers.

As Su Mo left, Xie Baolin shed tears of reluctance.

Waving his hand, Su Mo walked out of the Guande Martial Arts School.

"Su Mo, are you leaving the martial arts school?"

Just as Su Mo was leaving Guande Martial Arts School, he bumped into someone. Su Mo was familiar with this person; it was Senior Brother Luo Lianbo, the one who had brought him into the martial arts school. Luo Lianbo was a genuine expert in the Meridian Opening Realm.

"Yeah, I'm going back for a visit," Su Mo replied.

Luo Lianbo sized Su Mo up and said, "Go ahead, come back soon."

Su Mo nodded and walked into the crowd.

"Although Su Mo has issues with his age and bone structure, his cultivation speed isn't slow. However, those people don't see any investment value in Su Mo. I hope they won't regret it."

Luo Lianbo gazed at the pedestrians on the street and said leisurely. Su Mo was someone he had brought into Guande Martial Arts School, and Luo Lianbo had always paid attention to Su Mo's performance. It was precisely because of this that Luo Lianbo felt Su Mo was quite good.

But those people, including some of the martial arts school's higher-ups, always felt that Su Mo's martial arts talent was far inferior to Xie Baolin, who was in the same dormitory, and even inferior to Ye Zongsheng and Sha Pengxiao next door.

Ye Zongsheng and Sha Pengxiao also had sponsors for their martial arts training, which was why they hadn't left the martial arts school.

However, no one was optimistic about Su Mo.

They believed that due to his bone structure and age issues, Su Mo would at most reach the late stage peak of the Body Tempering Realm in his life, and that would be remarkable.

Furthermore, they said it would take Su Mo at least five years, or even ten, to reach the late stage of the Body Tempering Realm.

One could imagine how unoptimistic they were about Su Mo.

But when it came to Xie Baolin, Ye Zongsheng, and the others, those people were very optimistic, all believing that Xie Baolin and the others could at least reach the Meridian Opening Realm, and possibly even break through to higher realms.

Therefore, these people naturally wanted to invest in Xie Baolin, Ye Zongsheng, and the others.

Even though Luo Lianbo had advised those people before, they still believed their judgment was infallible.

For a Martial Artist to become powerful and improve their cultivation realm, they needed martial arts resources. Besides snatching them yourself, it was when others saw your potential and chose to sponsor you.

But Su Mo, a young man who stood out even in their Guande Martial Arts School, had no one willing to sponsor him.

This forced Su Mo to leave their Guande Martial Arts School.

Luo Lianbo shook his head, feeling it was a pity.