Martial Recruitment Accelerator

The other teachers had already gotten off work and gone home.

Li Yuan looked at the Talent Point he had just acquired and decided to sit in the office a little longer.

He closed his eyes and looked toward the Light Screen.

Two Talents in the "Enlightenment" branch had already been lit up.

The first, [Mind Enlightenment], had helped him understand cultivation methods, while the second, [Enlightenment to Perfection], had helped him see through them completely.

With actual combat now approaching, Li Yuan had already decided that he would use this Third Talent Point on the "Combat" branch.

He guided it with his thoughts, moving the Talent Point onto the first box under "Combat."

The box lit up instantly, revealing the first Talent in the "Combat" branch: [Martial Recruitment Accelerator].

"Martial Recruitment Accelerator: Greatly increases the speed at which Martial Skills are mastered."

The Talent's description was just a simple sentence.

Yet that simple sentence was enough to excite Li Yuan.

Having taught for many years, Li Yuan usually divided a student's Talents into two categories when judging them.

The first was comprehension, and the second was natural aptitude.

Comprehension was a person's ability to understand—whether they could read and grasp something.

Natural aptitude, meanwhile, determined whether they could successfully practice it after understanding it.

There were quite a few people in this world who could understand cultivation methods after reading them.

But when asked to learn them, their progress became incomparably slow.

As the saying went, the eyes had learned it, but the hands and feet had not.

When that happened, it meant the person lacked natural aptitude, though their comprehension was decent enough.

The first Talent in the "Combat" branch greatly enhanced one's natural aptitude.

After confirming his newly acquired Talent, Li Yuan got up and left the school.

When he returned to his rented place, he quickly ate dinner.

At seven thirty, the sky had just darkened, though it was not yet completely black.

Li Yuan found the secluded clearing where he usually practiced and began drilling the Cloud Extreme Fist.

The greatest flaw of the Cloud Extreme Fist was its difficulty.

Its difficulty had even affected its value.

The Cloud Extreme Fist was difficult in more ways than one.

It was not only difficult to study and learn, but also difficult to put into practice.

Moreover, because of its difficulty, its performance in actual combat was somewhat lacking.

It was not that the Cloud Extreme Fist was unsuitable for combat. Its complexity simply made mistakes easy to commit in battle.

Once a mistake was made, the effectiveness of this exquisite and powerful fist art would be greatly diminished.

After obtaining the [Enlightenment to Perfection] Talent, Li Yuan had also considered whether he should immediately cultivate the Cloud Extreme Fist.

He had already fully understood the booklet that analyzed it.

But if he had practiced the Cloud Extreme Fist before, getting started would certainly not have been a problem. Still, he had no idea how long it would take to master it proficiently.

For martial artists, Martial Skills that could be used in actual combat usually required years of cultivation.

Only after several years of familiarity could one unleash them in battle as naturally as instinct.

Without reaching that level of familiarity, they simply could not be used in actual combat.

He could not exactly see an opponent attacking and still spend time wondering which move would be best to counter with.

With that level of mastery, even being one grade higher in Martial Dao cultivation would not guarantee victory over an opponent.

Li Yuan knew the Cloud Extreme Fist was an excellent fist art. There was a reason it had been classified as a High-grade Martial Skill.

He had not spent time cultivating it before because there had been no way to master it proficiently enough for actual combat in the short term.

But now, things were different.

The [Martial Recruitment Accelerator] Talent would bring enormous changes to his cultivation path!

Three Transformations, Nine Extremes; cloud and extreme as one.

Cloud as form, extreme as core.

The Cloud Extreme Fist consisted of three forms: the Flowing Cloud Form, the Cloud Gathering Form, and the Scattering Cloud Form.

Each form had three variations, each specialized in a different direction.

Those variations were the Extreme Force Form, the Extreme Speed Form, and the Extreme Guard Form.

It could be said that as long as one mastered the Cloud Extreme Fist, one could handle every situation.

The Cloud Extreme Fist's greatest advantage did not lie in those variations alone.

Rather, it was that those variations could shift at any time.

What had clearly been a guard form could instantly transform into an Extreme Force fist strike.

Its transformations could even be called bizarre.

The core reason the Cloud Extreme Fist was so difficult to learn was that these transformations were hard to master.

Understanding them was difficult enough, but mastering them was difficult as well.

With a Martial Skill of such difficulty, even if Li Yuan had grasped its essence, practicing it should still have been challenging.

Yet at that moment, he felt that everything came naturally to hand.

After understanding the Cloud Extreme Fist, practicing it was remarkably easy.

Those variations that sounded incomparably complex did not require much effort to master.

Once his eyes understood it, his hands knew it too.

At this rate, Li Yuan felt that by tomorrow night, he would be able to master the Cloud Extreme Fist proficiently.

This proficiency meant a level of mastery that could be used in actual combat.

Li Yuan practiced until one in the morning before returning to his rented place to rest and sleep.

Living in such a remote suburb actually felt quite nice to Li Yuan now.

There was nowhere in the city where one could casually cultivate and practice martial arts.

If one wanted a place to train, one had to spend money renting a training room.

Training rooms in the city were not only expensive, but usually rather cramped.

In the suburbs, practicing was far more unrestricted.

He could also truly let loose when practicing Martial Skills with considerable power.

There were still three days until the trials for the Youth Martial Tournament qualification.

This weekend, the competition for that qualification would officially begin.

To be honest, even if Li Yuan had not obtained this Third Talent Point, he would still have been confident.

His understanding of the cultivation methods and Martial Skills he practiced already surpassed that of ordinary people.

His current physical foundation had reached the limit of the Fourth Grade Realm.

The Collapse Extreme Fist he had mastered might not compare to the Cloud Extreme Fist, but it was still not bad.

However, Li Yuan also knew things would not be that simple.

Jin Fan was a Grandmaster's disciple, and his status was even more distinguished than expected.

Without any surprises, his strength would also be greater than expected.

But at that moment, more than half of Li Yuan's anxiety and worries had already vanished.

Once he mastered the Cloud Extreme Fist, Li Yuan would truly fear no martial artist of his age.

He had to fight for this Youth Martial Tournament qualification, and he had to win it.

He had been stuck in the Fourth Grade Realm for too long. He had to seize this opportunity and step into Fifth Grade!

Besides, placing well in the Youth Martial Tournament came with other rewards.

After his strength improved, Li Yuan had also developed some new thoughts about the Youth Martial Tournament.

If he obtained a spot in the Youth Martial Tournament, he would not have to be like before, thinking only about his daily B-grade Nutrient Fluid.

Those treasures that could benefit martial artists were things he could consider as well. It was not as though he had no chance.

If he could achieve something in the Youth Martial Tournament, not only would advancing to Fifth Grade be assured, but after reaching Fifth Grade, his strength might even rise another level.

Thinking of this, Li Yuan simply got out of bed and began searching through the information.

He wanted to see what rewards this year's Southeast Youth Martial Tournament would offer.

After searching online for a while, Li Yuan quickly found the answer.

This year's Youth Martial Tournament in the Southeast Region would award the champion ten bottles of A-grade Nutrient Fluid and a High-grade protective inner armor.

Protective inner armor was extremely important to cultivators.

Before heading onto the battlefield, protective inner armor was even more important than those top-tier weapons.

It could greatly reduce the likelihood of martial artists being injured during cultivation.

Of course, once one entered a real battlefield, blades and weapons were still more important.