Advanced Student

Looking back at the system panel in his sea of consciousness, Tang Ping wore a satisfied smile as he gazed at the ten tools neatly listed.

[Heaven Rewards Diligence System]

Host: Tang Ping

Realm: None

Current capacity for bound tools: 10.

Currently bound tools: 10.

Tool No. 1: Jiang Yang (Reward distribution ratio: 5:5).

Tool No. 2: Li Ze (Reward distribution ratio: 6:4).

Tool No. 3: Li Zhongyun (Reward distribution ratio: 5:5).

Tool No. 4: Wang Zhizhong (Reward distribution ratio: 6:4).

Tool No. 5: Wang Jiang (Reward distribution ratio: 1:9).

Tool No. 6: Yang Chen (Reward distribution ratio: 1:9).

Tool No. 7: Song Zhiyang (Reward distribution ratio: 1:9).

Tool No. 8: Guo Fei (Reward distribution ratio: 1:9).

Tool No. 9: Ye Xing (Reward distribution ratio: 1:9).

Tool No. 10: Tian Zhengnan (Reward distribution ratio: 1:9).

Even before he began to exercise, Tang Ping could feel a warm current surging through his body from time to time, and its intensity was even greater than what he had felt when completing previous system tasks.

As expected, the cultivation talent of this body of mine is truly trash, Tang Ping sighed inwardly.

Before the update, the system's task rewards mostly increased his cultivation efficiency by one to ten times. However, his base was so low that even a tenfold increase had no obvious effect.

Fortunately, I don't need to work hard at cultivation anymore. I can just lie flat and let my tools do everything. After going through the motions of practicing for a while with essentially zero results, Tang Ping decided he was better off just lying flat.

From now on, I'll just come over occasionally to train a little, just enough to adapt to my skyrocketing physical fitness and martial arts techniques. How comfortable. Reclining on the massage chair in the lounge, Tang Ping was very satisfied with the updated system.

On the other side, the tool brothers, who were training diligently, also felt that today's session was completely different from usual.

It was a clear and distinct improvement. Although they didn't know the reason, no one would refuse the temptation of becoming stronger quickly.

Besides, they had heard their instructor say that some people only truly reveal their cultivation talent after their bodies have fully matured. Perhaps they were just those kinds of geniuses.

Suppressing the excitement in their hearts, the brothers trained even harder.

As for the other tools, since Tang Ping had set their distribution ratios to the minimum, it would likely take them some time to notice any changes in themselves.

Fortunately, Tang Ping had considered this when selecting them; he had chosen geniuses who were already diligent, so there was no need to provide extra stimulation.

They didn't stop training until the Limit Martial Arts Hall was about to close, and the brothers walked out of the hall with Tang Ping, still feeling unsatisfied.

Everyone remained surprisingly silent about the sudden, massive increase in their training results, as they all assumed it was only happening to them.

It wasn't that they didn't want to share with their brothers, but they simply didn't want to dampen anyone else's mood.

There is a saying: if you fail an exam, you are sad; if your brother also fails, you feel sad for him; but if your brother does well, you feel even worse.

Therefore, sometimes, one's personal happiness is not suitable to be shared with brothers.

Of course, if they discovered a way to help their brothers achieve the same massive increase in training results, they would certainly find a way to help, just as Tang Ping had done.

But clearly, they couldn't do that yet. So, the group remained silent on the way back, though each of them had made up their mind: since they had such talent, they would train hard in the future to become a Quasi-Martial Artist as soon as possible. Perhaps then, they would be able to help their brothers.

In this atmosphere, Tang Ping was surprised to find that he even saved on the midnight snack he had promised. Everyone looked so exhausted that they didn't want to talk and just wanted to go home, so they naturally parted ways.

On the fourth day, Tang Ping appeared at the Limit Martial Arts Hall again to upgrade his student ID.

That's right, in just three short days, the diligent tools had successfully pushed Tang Ping, who had been stuck as an intermediate student, to the level of an advanced student.

The assessment and the card exchange were routine, so they didn't cause any ripples.

After getting the card, Tang Ping thought for a moment and headed toward the intermediate student building. That's right, he was prepared to use his newly acquired advanced student ID to stir up his tool brothers once more.

According to the rules of the Limit Martial Arts Hall, advanced students could enter lower-level buildings, but lower-level students were forbidden from entering higher-level ones.

This was mainly because advanced students usually entered lower-level buildings to guide their acquaintances, which had a positive effect. Conversely, lower-level students entering higher-level buildings offered no benefit to the advanced students and could potentially disrupt their training, hence the prohibition.

Arriving at the training room in the intermediate student building, he easily found the four tool brothers working hard.

"Oh my! It's a bit hot in this training room," Tang Ping said as he walked up to them, waving his newly acquired advanced student ID to fan himself with an exaggerated performance.

The purpose was clearly achieved; the four, who had been training hard, immediately noticed the advanced student ID in Tang Ping's hand.

"Advanced student?" a voice filled with surprise and confusion came from the chubby Li Ze.

"Damn, how did you do that? Weren't you still a little distance away from being an advanced student?" Jiang Yang was equally puzzled.

"Hahaha... it's because I'm diligent, of course," the 'lying-flat' dog replied shamelessly.

"Damn, my talent finally exploded after my body matured these past few days. I thought I'd become an advanced student before you and blind you, but it turns out I'm still a step behind," Li Zhongyun said, feeling a bit depressed.

Having bumped into each other at the hall for several days, they had naturally exchanged news and learned that everyone's talent had exploded. Although they were puzzled that their talents had awakened around the same time, it was a good thing, so they didn't dig deeper and certainly never imagined that Tang Ping was pulling the strings behind the scenes.

Since Tang Ping hadn't appeared at the hall for the past few days, they had assumed he was the only one whose talent hadn't changed and were wondering how to help him. As it turned out, this guy had become an advanced student before any of them.

"Brothers, keep it up! You're not far from being advanced students yourselves. I hope we can all take the Quasi-Martial Artist assessment together and form a team to hunt monsters!"

Having finished showing off his ID and achieving his goal of stimulation, Tang Ping chatted for a few more minutes and prepared to leave, taking the opportunity to cheer his brothers on before heading out.

Ignoring how his brothers were likely feeling frustrated and training like madmen after he left, Tang Ping headed straight for the advanced student building.