Xingyi Fist, Future Plans

In his previous life, Teng Qingshan had only spent a few decades cultivating before he grasped the "transformation of life and death," perfectly fusing the Way of Life and the Way of Death to step into the realm of the supreme experts.

In this life, however, an accident left him with nothing but his consciousness upon arriving here, and due to the vast differences between the two worlds, the vast majority of the martial arts realms he had previously comprehended were incompatible with this world.

Yet, Teng Qingshan remained confident that he could rely on himself to once again reach the supreme realm!

After all, he was someone who had reached the level of a supreme expert in just a few decades; Teng Qingshan's talent and comprehension were beyond doubt.

It seems the origin of this Little Cauldron is also quite mysterious. The Little Cauldron deserved much of the credit for allowing Teng Qingshan to preserve his consciousness under that mysterious purple light.

But at this moment, no matter how much effort Teng Qingshan expended, he could not manifest the illusory Little Cauldron within his consciousness into reality.

Helpless, he could only give up, doing his best to absorb the images that occasionally emanated from the Little Cauldron.

Teng Qingshan knew.

These images all came from the future, and the information they contained was incredibly precious.

"Being able to foresee future information to a certain extent has saved me a lot of trouble."

Arriving in a completely unfamiliar world, with his previous strength entirely wiped away and his martial arts realms above the Void Realm completely unusable, Teng Qingshan might have actually panicked if not for the Little Cauldron.

But as things stood now...

Teng Qingshan was full of hope and confidence regarding the future.

"It is now September 2014. According to the information from the Little Cauldron, the Double R Crisis will erupt in January 2015, and Beast Tide attacks on humanity will begin in August. From then on, the world situation will change drastically. There is less than a year left before humanity falls into catastrophe."

Teng Qingshan sorted through the fragmented images of the future in his mind.

He silently pondered and planned in his heart.

Having transmigrated to this completely unfamiliar world and lost all his strength, Teng Qingshan might have felt some resentment and unwillingness at the beginning.

But after "witnessing" the various wonders and power of this world, Teng Qingshan knew that this was the place he was truly meant to come to!

"On the Nine Provinces Continent, even if one cultivated the Xingyi Fist to the extreme, as long as one was not a supreme expert, one's physical strength could only reach eight hundred thousand jin at most. Even reaching the supreme expert realm, there was a limit to pure physical strength. But here, the improvement of physical strength seems to have no limit! And there is also the existence of the Origin Laws..."

While sorting through the images in his mind, Teng Qingshan marveled at the wonders of the Swallowed Star world.

"Although the vast majority of martial arts realms are suppressed, the Xingyi Fist can still be practiced. It's just that there doesn't seem to be 'Heaven and Earth Spiritual Energy' here; there is only 'Cosmic Energy'."

Teng Qingshan rose from his bed and began to practice the Three Body Posture, which he had practiced countless times before, in the small bedroom.

All techniques originate from the Three Body Posture.

Through hundreds of years of practice, Teng Qingshan's understanding of the Three Body Posture and the Xingyi Fist had long reached an unprecedented height.

Hoo~ ha~

Because this was a brand-new body.

At first, Teng Qingshan only practiced slowly, gradually becoming familiar with and gaining control over this entirely new physique.

After practicing the Three Body Posture several times, Teng Qingshan wiped the cold sweat from his forehead. "Although I am already an adult, this body is still too ordinary..."

During the practice just now, Teng Qingshan realized that his current body was very weak, far inferior to the body he had in his previous life, which had reached the limit of Internal Martial Arts.

"However, it is fortunate that this world has Cosmic Energy. Once physical fitness reaches a certain condition, it can be absorbed into the body and refined into Genetic Origin Energy to continuously strengthen the physique."

After resting for a moment, Teng Qingshan continued to practice the Three Body Posture, as well as the Five Elements Fist and the Xingyi Twelve Forms Fist.

An hour later.

Teng Qingshan had initially familiarized himself with his current body.

Although he was still far from the level of an Internal Martial Arts Grandmaster who could perfectly control every inch of his tendons, bones, and muscles, daily exercise was no longer a problem.

Benefiting from his soul, which had been nourished by the Chaos Primal Energy for hundreds of years in his previous life, his will and consciousness were extremely powerful.

Naturally, he adapted very quickly.

"Qingshan, come out and eat."

At this moment, Teng Yongyuan had finished preparing the final dish.

Arriving at the dining table and looking at the fragrant food, Teng Qingshan, who had been exercising for over an hour, did not stand on ceremony; he picked up his chopsticks and began to feast.

Seeing his grandson looking refreshed and having a great appetite after waking up, Teng Yongyuan was overjoyed.

"Eat slowly, Qingshan, there is more in the pot."

"Mm, Grandpa, you should eat too."

After a whirlwind of eating.

Teng Qingshan patted his rounded belly with satisfaction.

It had been many years since he felt this kind of satisfaction.

In Teng Qingshan's memory, when he was on the Nine Provinces Continent, he had long reached the Bigu realm, only occasionally eating a meal or two when accompanying his family.

But that was merely to enjoy the food, not because he was hungry.

But now.

Possessing only an ordinary body, he felt a long-lost sense of hunger.

"Grandpa, I'll go wash the dishes, you go get some rest."

Teng Qingshan started clearing the table as he spoke, finishing the dishes with lightning speed.

Teng Yongyuan wanted to stop him, but it was already too late.

Watching his grandson, who had suddenly become so much more sensible, Teng Yongyuan's eyes grew moist. If only Qingshan's strange, painful headaches could fully recover.

"Qingshan, are you still going to class this afternoon?"

"Class?" Teng Qingshan was stunned by the question. Only then did he remember that he was still a student—a high school senior, at that—who had to face the college entrance exam.

The college entrance exam, what a distant memory that is, Teng Qingshan thought to himself.

"I'm going. I've fully recovered now, so you just stay home and rest, Grandpa."

Teng Qingshan picked up the schoolbag from his memories and headed toward the campus.

Yi'an District No. 1 High School. I wonder what kind of curriculum this world teaches. If it's useful, I'll attend; if not, I'll drop out and focus on the martial path to improve my strength as quickly as possible.

Teng Qingshan mused silently in his heart.

There was less than a year left before the Beast Tide would launch a massive assault on human cities; time was already extremely tight.

According to the images transmitted from the Little Cauldron, the rate at which Monsters mutated was far faster than that of humans, and the degree of their mutation was far more ferocious. If he wanted to keep his grandfather alive through this catastrophe, he could not afford to waste a single second.

Half an hour later.

Teng Qingshan arrived at Yi'an District No. 1 High School.

The original owner of this body had excellent grades. Even with the constant interference of his strange, painful headaches, he had relied on his own hard work to get into the best high school in Yi'an District, and his grades had consistently remained in the top three of his grade level.

Following the memories in his mind, Teng Qingshan quickly walked to Class 1 of the senior year.

He sat down at his desk with practiced ease.

"Qingshan, you're okay now?"

As soon as Teng Qingshan sat down, his deskmate, a beautiful girl with medium-length hair, called out in a crisp voice.

Looking at Teng Qingshan, who seemed to have become more refined and handsome with a more unique temperament, the girl, Yang Guo, felt her pretty face flush slightly, and her heart skipped a beat.

"Yeah, I'm fine now." Teng Qingshan turned to look at her. This girl had a good relationship with the original owner and had been his deskmate for three years.

"I'm glad you're okay. We're seniors now; we have to seize every moment to study. We can't afford to waste any time at all," Yang Guo said with a smile, blinking her beautiful, bright eyes.

Ring-a-ling~

Suddenly, the bell rang.

A middle-aged man with a bald head walked in carrying a stack of test papers.

After stepping onto the podium, he scanned the room. Seeing Teng Qingshan sitting in his original seat, he smiled at him. "Alright, let's start going over the test paper you all took the day before yesterday..."

Teng Qingshan took out the math test paper titled "Yangzhou City First College Entrance Exam Mock" and looked at the 150 points the original owner had scored, feeling no ripples in his heart.

During those years he spent as an assassin in his first life, Teng Qingshan had already learned all of this basic academic content.

Now that he had absorbed the original owner's memories, these simple mathematical concepts were all perfectly clear to him.

After listening for a while and discovering that the material was entirely knowledge he already possessed, Teng Qingshan took other textbooks out from his desk. He flipped through them all and realized he had mastered that content as well.

It seems there really is no need to keep staying in school. In this current era, the things taught in school are just the most ordinary subjects.

Teng Qingshan glanced past his deskmate, Yang Guo, at the sunny playground outside, and made a decision in his heart.

From today on, I won't come to school anymore. I'm going to focus entirely on the martial path!