Dual Purple Quality Traits!

As expected, it was just as Jiang Tian had anticipated.

Zhou Mu's Post Standing was being personally guided by Yuan Long.

During the lunch break, Jiang Tian sat in a corner with his bowl, watching from afar as two glistening, oily chicken drumsticks lay in Zhou Mu's bowl.

One had been placed there by Yuan Long himself, while the other had been plucked from a food box brought by Li Batian.

There was also a petite young woman constantly circling Zhou Mu, her eyes shining like a cat that had spotted a fish.

Whenever Zhou Mu practiced his Post Standing alone, she would sidle up to him and pull out a small handkerchief to wipe his sweat, her movements as gentle as if she were polishing a piece of precious porcelain.

How could Zhou Mu have ever seen such a display? The roots of his neck turned red, and his speech became stuttered.

The woman spoke in such a coy, manipulative manner that after hearing a few sentences, Jiang Tian couldn't help but label her in his mind; in the words of his past life, she was a textbook green tea.

However, Jiang Tian felt no ripples in his heart.

No jealousy, no envy, just a calm state of mind.

His eyes held only the fist.

[Ding! You have Excellent Bone Structure and Innate Wisdom Root! Five Animals Fist proficiency +3!]

[Ding! You have Excellent Bone Structure and Innate Wisdom Root! Five Animals Fist proficiency +3!]

[Ding! You have Excellent Bone Structure and Innate Wisdom Root! Five Animals Fist proficiency +3!]

[Martial Art: Five Animals Fist (Entry) (53+/200)]

According to Zhang Ergou, once the Five Animals Fist reached the Minor Accomplishment level, one could use the Momentum to temper the body and step into the first realm of martial arts—the Body Tempering Realm.

At Jiang Tian's current pace, it shouldn't take long.

By evening, it was time to leave the hall.

Li Batian hooked his arm around Zhou Mu's shoulder, a smile plastered on his face: "Brother Zhou Mu, come, let me take you out to see the world."

"Senior Brother Li..." Zhou Mu scratched his head, blushing as he politely declined, "My mother is still waiting for me at home for dinner."

"Eh—" Li Batian let out a scoff, a flash of contempt crossing his eyes so quickly it was almost impossible to catch, "What's so good about the plain, coarse food at your house?"

He patted Zhou Mu's shoulder, his tone brooking no refusal: "One word, are you coming or not?"

The lackeys around Li Batian also crowded in, chiming in one after another.

"Brother Zhou, just come with us! We'll treat you to a grand meal and let you see what the city is really like."

"Brother Batian is a young master from one of the Three Great Families of Blackwater County. If we weren't in the same martial hall, how would we ever have the chance to talk to Brother Batian?"

"Exactly, exactly, let's go, let's go."

Surrounded by the group, Zhou Mu looked flustered. His lips moved, but in the end, he nodded: "Then... then I will go once."

Jiang Tian stood not far away, taking in the entire scene.

Whether it was the green tea from the day or this "gracious invitation" at night, to put it bluntly, it was all aimed at Zhou Mu's talent.

The green tea wanted to climb the social ladder, and while Li Batian appeared to want to make friends, Jiang Tian could see clearly that the disdain in his eyes couldn't be hidden, and his tone carried a condescending sense of superiority.

Deep down, he still looked down on Zhou Mu, this poor boy.

It was nothing more than... wanting to keep a dog.

Jiang Tian shook his head, bid farewell to Zhang Ergou, and turned to leave the martial hall.

In the backyard of the Five Animals Martial Hall, inside the master's study.

"Master!"

Zhang Ergou cupped his fists in a salute, his expression solemn, "Disciple has an important matter to report to you!"

"Oh?" Yuan Long raised an eyebrow slightly, a faint smile still lingering on his face.

He was in a great mood after taking in Zhou Mu, who possessed Grade A Bone Structure, earlier today.

Zhang Ergou took a deep breath and recounted everything about Jiang Tian over the past two days, from mastering Post Standing in two days to grasping the Five Animals Fist after seeing it only once, and even the subtle changes in his bone structure—he left out no detail.

After he finished, Yuan Long's eyes flickered, his hand unconsciously rubbing the armrest of his chair.

He began to recall Jiang Tian's appearance in his mind—that thin, weak scholar with Grade C Bone Structure. When he had first arrived, he hadn't even looked at him properly.

If it were truly as Zhang Ergou said...

Yuan Long narrowed his eyes slightly.

As for Zhang Ergou's claim that "his bone structure had changed," he didn't believe it for a second.

A person's bone structure was determined from the womb; how could it just change like that?

Unless...

He shook his head, casting the thought aside.

That was nothing more than a rumor.

Jiang Tian returned home, slid the bolt into place, and with a thought, summoned his panel.

[Entry Points: 1970 points]

He intended to upgrade Innate Wisdom Root first.

"Add points."

[Trait: Innate Wisdom Root (Blue) (27+/1000) → Superb Comprehension (Purple) (1+/5000)]

The moment the panel popped up.

Time seemed to solidify.

The wind outside the window ceased, the dust floating in the air stood still, and the entire world felt as if someone had pressed the pause button.

Immediately after, Jiang Tian's mind began to play a montage.

Every memory from his past life—from his first cry as a child to the plane trees on his university campus, to the nights spent pulling all-nighters to revise business proposals, and finally to that empty rented room and the bottle of Erguotou on the table—all transformed into frame-by-frame images, flashing through his mind with such clarity that it felt like watching someone else's life.

"Boom—"

A muffled sound exploded in his mind, as if something long-sealed had been violently knocked open.

Jiang Tian snapped his eyes open.

A faint, pale light flickered in the depths of his pupils before vanishing.

The world had changed.

He looked up at the ceiling, and every grain on the wooden beams was as clear as if carved by a chisel, with even the fiber orientation of the wood visible in minute detail.

He looked down at the ground, and the dust floating in the air became exceptionally distinct in his eyes; every single speck was slowly rotating and drifting, its trajectory clearly defined.

His hearing and sense of smell also seemed to have had their volume turned up.

He focused his attention, and the voices of the neighbors next door drifted clearly into his ears.

The lingering scent of tonight's dinner hung in the air—the pickled cabbage and tofu stew his sister-in-law had made, along with the fragrance of sautéed scallions—each thread of scent distinct and identifiable.

More importantly, he suddenly gained a different understanding of the Five Animals Fist he had learned during the day.

It wasn't just that he had "memorized" the moves; he truly "understood" the logic behind every single stance.

Why the Tiger Style required dropping the shoulders and elbows, why the Bear Style required such a low center of gravity... those movements he had previously imitated mechanically now had a cause and effect in his eyes.

Jiang Tian put on his shoes, stepped off the bed, and walked into the courtyard, subconsciously pulling into a fighting stance.

His punches moved like the wind.

[Ding! Your Excellent Bone Structure! Superb Comprehension! Five Animals Fist proficiency +7!]

[Ding! Your Excellent Bone Structure! Superb Comprehension! Five Animals Fist proficiency +7!]

"Hm?"

Jiang Tian reined in his Momentum and paused, slightly stunned.

The improvement brought by the trait evolution was far greater than he had imagined; his proficiency gain had jumped directly from three to seven per session.

With a thought, he summoned the panel.

[Host: Jiang Tian]

[Lifespan: 16/17]

[Realm: None]

[Martial Arts: Five Animals Fist (Entry) (69+/200)]

[Traits: Excellent Bone Structure (Blue) (500+/1000), Superb Comprehension (Purple) (1+/5000)]

[Trait Points: 996]

"Let me test just how far a purple-tier bone structure trait can go."

"Add points!"

[Trait: Excellent Bone Structure (Blue) → Innate Martial Bone (Purple) (446+/5000)]

The moment the panel popped up, the ground beneath Jiang Tian vanished.

It felt as if he had stepped through a thin layer of ice, his entire body plummeting suddenly. A boundless, black abyss seemed to open beneath his feet, and a sense of weightlessness surged from his soles to the crown of his head, enveloping his whole body.

The wind whistled in his ears.

He did not know how long he had been falling.

A second?

A day?

Then, the sensation of weightlessness disappeared.

Replacing it was a gentle, enveloping feeling.

Unlike the agonizing, thousand-cuts pain from his previous bone structure upgrade, this time it didn't hurt at all; on the contrary, it was quite comfortable.

It felt as if a pair of soft, smooth hands were slowly stroking his entire body, and wherever the fingertips passed, his bones, meridians, and tendons were undergoing a subtle transformation.

It was not a brutal forging, but a delicate carving.

He did not know how much time had passed before Jiang Tian slowly opened his eyes.

The moment his eyes opened, a flash of lightning seemed to streak through his pupils, bright enough to almost illuminate the entire courtyard.

He instinctively lowered his head to look at his own body.

Then, he froze.

This time, there was no black, grimy filth, nor was there any foul odor.

His body was clean, with only a faint, warm luster shimmering on the surface of his skin, as if it had been meticulously polished like jade.

"Could it be..." Jiang Tian touched his arm, lost in thought, feeling the bones beneath his skin as solid as if they were cast from iron. "Did I already purge all the impurities from my body last time, and this was purely a strengthening process?"

He clenched his fist, his knuckles emitting a crisp "crack" sound, the force behind it having increased by another thirty percent compared to before.

His blood and qi were full, surging like a great river, and with every breath, he could feel that warm power flowing through his limbs and bones.

His figure seemed to have grown a little taller as well.

The blood and qi cultivated through Post Standing had also become significantly more robust.

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