Noticing Teng Qingshan's gaze, Yang Guo's pretty face flushed slightly. She was about to remind him to pay attention in class.
But Teng Qingshan turned his gaze back. On the surface, he seemed to be listening attentively, but his mind had already sunk into his consciousness.
He began piecing together the information from the images that occasionally emerged from Little Cauldron.
When the class ended,
Teng Qingshan knew much more about the future.
"So the strange headaches I've been suffering from were caused by Spiritual Telekinesis." Teng Qingshan gave a bitter smile and shook his head. "Spiritual Telekinetics have such a powerful ability. Too bad my physical constitution is still so poor that I can't awaken naturally."
When the images from Little Cauldron paused, Teng Qingshan had also learned the basics about Spiritual Telekinetics and the cultivation methods humans used after the Great Nirvana.
"Genetic Origin Energy," "Telekinesis"... and the "Five Hearts Toward Heaven Method." Warriors, Warlords, War Gods... Interesting."
The light in Teng Qingshan's eyes grew brighter and brighter.
"Although this world doesn't have Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi, it has something even better: Cosmic Energy. Once you temper your body until your punching power reaches nine hundred kilograms, you can try to absorb Cosmic Energy on your own and refine it into Source Energy and Telekinesis, greatly strengthening your body. But this body is still weak, so I'll have to take it one step at a time."
After gaining some initial insight into how he could grow stronger in this world, Teng Qingshan didn't hesitate. He got up, went out onto the balcony, took out his phone, and told his grandfather he wanted to take a leave of absence from school.
His grandfather was now his only family, and he needed his guardian's consent to leave school.
Teng Qingshan could have disregarded these worldly rules.
But Teng Yongyuan had looked after him for more than ten years. Having inherited the memories and emotions of his counterpart from a parallel world, Teng Qingshan naturally had to consider his grandfather's feelings.
"Beep, beep, beep..."
The call connected soon afterward.
After Teng Qingshan explained his plans to Teng Yongyuan,
the old man on the other end fell silent for just a moment before agreeing with his decision.
"Qingshan, with your grades, it doesn't really matter whether you stay in school or not. Grandpa respects whatever you decide. From now on, just live the way you want. I've got plenty of retirement money—we won't go hungry!"
Thinking of his grandson, who had fallen unconscious several times, Teng Yongyuan couldn't bear to force him to waste away his days at school.
Already an old man, with no idea how much longer he had to live, Elder Teng chose to respect Teng Qingshan's decision.
"Thank you, Grandpa," Teng Qingshan said sincerely.
"All right. Wait at school, Qingshan. I'll come over right away and help you with the paperwork." The old man was a man of action. After hanging up, he grabbed all the necessary documents, took a taxi, and headed to the school.
He completed the leave-of-absence paperwork with Teng Qingshan.
After saying goodbye to the classmates and teachers he had been on good terms with, Teng Qingshan left the school with his grandfather.
He might never come back.
Looking at the busy, bustling streets and the images of monsters rampaging through his mind,
Teng Qingshan suddenly felt torn in two.
A crisis lurked beneath the peaceful surface.
Other than him, who could imagine that in less than a year, this world would undergo such a dramatic change?
After escorting his grandfather home, Teng Qingshan headed straight for the forest park in Yi'an District.
On the way, he also told his grandfather that he planned to devote himself to martial arts from then on.
The old man was momentarily stunned to hear this.
But he still chose to support his grandson unconditionally.
In Teng Yongyuan's view,
his grandson's strange headaches might claim his life at any moment.
In the face of life and death, everything else was trivial. If his grandson wanted to do what he loved, then he should let him.
Life was about having no regrets.
On the city streets,
Teng Qingshan jogged along.
Though this body was weak,
that was only in comparison to his previous one.
In fact, after fainting several times, the Telekinesis that had leaked out had changed his body. Teng Qingshan was far stronger than others his age in this world, and he could jog with ease.
An hour later,
Teng Qingshan, breathing slightly hard, arrived at the largest forest park in Yi'an District, Nanshan Park.
"Although Yangzhou City is in a low-altitude region, it still has a few mountains, even if none of them are very tall."
Looking at Nanshan's main peak, which was less than a thousand meters high, and the range that stretched for dozens of kilometers, Teng Qingshan nodded with satisfaction.
In both his past and present lives, he had loved mountains.
But Nanshan was much smaller than Dayan Mountain. Still, it was enough for his recovery training for now.
From his counterpart's memories, Teng Qingshan knew that this world also had martial arts styles such as Internal Martial Arts, Ancient Yoga, and Muay Thai.
Plenty of people in this world enjoyed martial arts.
There were countless boxing gyms, martial arts schools, and Taekwondo academies.
Most people practiced martial arts only as a hobby—to keep fit or work out after their jobs and stay in shape. Those who truly devoted themselves to it and loved martial arts with all their hearts were few and far between.
After all, no matter how good your kung fu was, you could still be taken down by a kitchen knife.
Within seven steps, a gun was faster; beyond seven steps, it was both accurate and fast.
Many so-called martial arts masters who had trained all their lives were knocked down in a few punches by people who had practiced Sanda for only a few years.
As a result, fewer and fewer people practiced traditional martial arts, while fast-track styles such as Sanda and Taekwondo grew more popular.
"True Internal Martial Arts are nothing like flashy routines..."
Walking through the nearly empty park, Teng Qingshan also sorted through what his counterpart's memories told him about martial arts in this world.
Of course,
in this internet age,
those so-called "masters" who were active online were more like influencers.
Real masters didn't have the time or energy to build a personal brand and market themselves online.
"From now on, I'll restore the glory of the Xingyi Sect."
Teng Qingshan walked deeper into Nanshan Forest Park, and the idea of spreading Xingyi Fist in this world took root in his mind.
In his previous life, on the Nine Provinces Continent, Xingyi Fist had been the most flourishing martial art, thanks to Teng Qingshan's efforts.
In this life, his primary goal was to become a top powerhouse as quickly as possible and gain the power to "return from the dead."
But it would still be good to promote Xingyi Fist along the way as he pursued greater strength.
Having reached the Supreme Powerhouse realm on the foundation of Xingyi Fist, Teng Qingshan was unwilling to see it fall into decline.
After walking for more than half an hour, he finally reached a pavilion halfway up the mountain, where there wasn't another soul in sight.
Trees grew thickly here, and weeds covered the path. Clearly, few people ever came this way.
It was perfect for Teng Qingshan's recovery training.
After clearing a small patch of flat ground, Teng Qingshan regulated his breathing.
Then he began practicing the Three Body Posture.
"Whoosh!"
His left foot dragged across the ground like an iron plow as Teng Qingshan stepped forward, his right foot and right fist bursting out almost simultaneously.
The Xingyi Three Body Posture was the simplest and yet the most profound.
The Three Body Posture was the foundation of Xingyi. From Apprentices to Grandmasters, everyone had to practice it constantly.
Every punch and kick Teng Qingshan threw now had already surpassed the Conception of a Grandmaster.
He seemed to stir the surrounding world itself.
After all, in his previous life he had been a Supreme Powerhouse who could Shatter the Void. Though martial arts realms above the Void Realm were suppressed now, he was still far beyond an ordinary Internal Martial Arts Grandmaster.
Hundreds of years of experience had brought Teng Qingshan's study of the Xingyi Three Body Posture to its peak.
A peak no one before him had ever reached.
As he practiced the Three Body Posture freely,
Teng Qingshan quietly experienced the differences between this world and the Nine Provinces World.
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