The Original Intention of Martial Arts

"Student Handbook."

"Training Room, Challenge Room, Gravity Room..." Guan Ning muttered these familiar terms from his memory, a strange smile appearing on his face.

Then, his gaze fell upon the ranking rewards.

"The monthly number one, if able to accumulate nine first-place finishes, can receive a portion of Dragon Blood worth 80 billion, can choose any three complete secret manuals for free, and can choose either Hong or Thor as a teacher to become their personal disciple."

Guan Ning shook his head. For him, reaching number one every month was something he could achieve sooner or later, but nine months was too long.

According to his plan, he would break through to War God when he returned from the Australia Continent in August; otherwise, it would be too late.

As for how to break through to the War God level, that would depend on Luo Feng.

Secret manuals?

The Dugu Sword Art in his hands was countless times better than the secret techniques on Earth; it was a secret technique that pointed directly toward the domain.

Become a disciple of Hong or Thor? Perhaps others would beg for such an opportunity, but he possessed the great trump card of soul metamorphosis and carried the memories of his past life. His vision far exceeded that of Hong and Thor. Even if he couldn't surpass them in the future, he wouldn't be much inferior, so it wasn't suitable!

Guan Ning continued to read.

"With a punch force exertion level of 6, one can receive a portion of Dragon Blood worth 80 billion, an SS-grade combat suit, and a full set of weapons..."

"With a Trial Tower level of 5, one can obtain the position of 'Inspector' for the Limit Martial Hall, receive a portion of Dragon Blood worth 80 billion, an SS-grade combat suit, a full set of weapons, any three complete secret manuals, and a set of the ancient civilization relic 'Black God'..."

"Points acquisition: combat achievement points multiplied by combat power amplitude..."

"Combat achievement point acquisition: Primary Beast General Level is 1 point, Intermediate Beast General Level is 10 points, Advanced Beast General Level is 100 points."

"Combat power amplitude: punch force exertion level multiplied by Trial Tower level.

A combat power amplitude of 1–2 is Primary.

A combat power amplitude of 2–4 is Intermediate.

A combat power amplitude of 4–8 is Advanced.

A combat power amplitude of 8–16 is Superior.

A combat power amplitude greater than 16 is Special! Also known as 'Super'.

Those who can reach the 'Superior' level are generally veteran students who have studied in the training camp for four or five years, all of whom are in the top fifty of the Black Dragon Ranking."

Guan Ning read the student handbook carefully. Once he had a grasp of the situation, he began to examine the other materials.

Guan Ning watched several instructional videos on movement techniques and sword arts, only to find they were of no use to him. He then remembered that his own movement and sword techniques had already reached the Great Perfection of the second realm, not much different from the authors of these videos, and he was left speechless.

Of course, everyone has their own characteristics. If he studied them carefully, he would still gain something, but he hadn't even fully grasped what he already had; where would he find the time to delve into others? It was better to focus on the Dugu Sword Art—that was a massive treasure trove!

He then browsed the mall. As an Elite Training Camp student, Guan Ning's permissions had increased significantly, equivalent to three-star contribution points, and the items in the mall had increased as well, though the weapons, equipment, and secret manuals remained unchanged.

What had increased were treasures and other special categories.

Ordinary martial artists wanting to improve their strength could only take gene agents, and Guan Ning's original permissions only allowed him to purchase those.

Now it was different; there were several colorful pages, though most of the drugs had significant flaws, and strength would basically stop improving after taking them.

However, there were a few without side effects, such as Jade Marrow, Dragon Blood, and so on.

Guan Ning's targets were Dragon Blood and Jade Marrow. If these two were taken in combination, the effect would be even better. He was drooling over these two good things!

30 billion Huaxia Currency?

Guan Ning only had over 40 million Huaxia Currency now, so it was naturally impossible for him to afford them.

But it didn't matter; he had already thought of the source of funds: the 100 billion bounty on Luo Feng.

In any case, when Luo Feng's identity as a spirit reader was exposed by Hong in August, it would lead to the pursuit by the Vulture and Poison Scorpion couple. It would be better if the reward benefited him instead.

However, this matter had to be discussed with Luo Feng. If they could reach an agreement, he could share some of the bounty with him; if not, then don't blame him.

Thinking of this, Guan Ning let out a strange laugh, "Hehe..."

After reviewing the materials, Guan Ning closed his computer, intending to go to the underground secret room to practice sword arts. However, when he reached the door of the secret room, he could faintly hear the "whoosh, whoosh" sounds of air being torn.

"Forgot that Luo Feng is already inside. This is... this is really inconvenient. I'm off!"

He then remembered that in the original story, after watching the instructional videos, Luo Feng had gone to the underground secret room to try and integrate the exertion method into his speed, so he had to abandon his plan to practice sword arts.

Returning to the study, he couldn't practice sword arts now, so he could only absorb cosmic energy. He went to the balcony and began to cultivate.

"Luo Feng, come out quickly, your welcome banquet is ready." Zhao Ruo shouted at the door.

Hearing Zhao Ruo's voice, Guan Ning woke up from his meditation. Standing on the balcony, he said, "Got it, Sister Ruo, I'll go call Luo Feng right away. He's still cultivating in the basement!"

"Who is your Sister Ruo? Do I know you?" Zhao Ruo clearly hadn't forgotten what Guan Ning had done.

Guan Ning pleaded, "Sister Ruo, I'll treat you to a big meal to apologize. Can you let go of your anger?"

"One meal?" Zhao Ruo arched her eyebrows.

"You decide, until you are satisfied, okay?" Guan Ning gave a wry smile; he had no choice but to bleed money.

"Fine, seeing as you're so sincere, I'll forgive you this time." Zhao Ruo nodded with satisfaction. "Hurry up and call Luo Feng, really. Look at Luo Feng, how hardworking he is, and then look at you..."

"I'm going now." Hearing the disdain in Zhao Ru's tone, Guan Ning hurried away; Zhao Ru was the type to take advantage of someone and then act as if she were the victim.

The next day, March 30th, early morning.

Last night, Guan Ning and Luo Feng had been dragged off by Shi Jiang and Zhao Ru to attend a welcome banquet prepared by the students from the Huaxia Nation, and they hadn't returned to rest until very late. However, driven by his strong habits, he still woke up early, absorbed cosmic energy for an hour, and completed an hour of morning practice.

"Calculated wrong. Although the food in the training camp is nutritious, it still falls short compared to monster meat. It seems I'll have to fend for myself."

He grumbled while eating breakfast.

In reality, the food provided by the training camp contained nutrition roughly equivalent to that of a high-level Beast Soldier Level monster, which could be considered the top-tier ingredient for mass production.

But Guan Ning's palate had already been spoiled by the medium-level Beast General Level Iron-Armored Savage Bull, which was why he felt the nutrition was lacking—a true case of the well-fed not understanding the hunger of the starving!

It had to be said that the nutrition and cosmic energy contained in the Iron-Armored Savage Bull were indeed sufficient; half the credit for Guan Ning's strength increasing from 4,500kg to 7,600kg in such a short time belonged to the bull meat.

After mastering the Swift Sword, his cultivation speed had doubled, yet he could only increase his strength by 1,500kg in a month, and that was only because his body had undergone tempering.

The remaining 1,600kg was entirely the contribution of the savage bull meat.

After finishing his complaints, Guan Ning hurried to finish his breakfast; there was some excitement to watch later.

Sure enough, just as Guan Ning finished his meal, Luo Feng, Zhao Ru, and Shi Jiang appeared in the Jiangnan Pavilion. No matter what, the four of them were all from the Jiangnan Base City of the Huaxia Nation!

With such a big incident happening to Luo Feng, Zhao Ru and Shi Jiang wouldn't just stand by. Look, Shi Jiang had even given up his training in the Nine-Story Tower to rush back and offer Luo Feng some strategic advice.

"Luo Feng," Zhao Ru said, somewhat angry, "how could you agree to a wager battle with him? Do you think that because you're a genius martial artist with strong strength, and you've never met a peer stronger than you in the past, that you're just that confident?"

"You're being blind!"

Zhao Ru scolded Luo Feng angrily, saying he wasn't cautious enough.

"Alright, Zhao Ru," Shi Jiang, standing nearby, interjected.

"Sister Ru, don't be so quick to lose your temper. Since Luo Feng dared to speak up, he must be certain of himself, right, Senior Brother Luo?" Guan Ning said in a flat tone.

Luo Feng glanced at Guan Ning, nodded, and said, "Junior Brother Guan is right. Senior Sister Zhao Ru, if I remember correctly, William's combat power amplification is 'medium,' right?"

"Correct." Zhao Ru was stunned.

"It seems Luo Feng is prepared," Shi Jiang said, looking at Luo Feng in surprise.

"See? I told you so!" Guan Ning spread his hands, looking at Zhao Ru with a teasing expression.

"Shut up! Look at Luo Feng—he just arrived and already dares to challenge someone. Do you dare?" The fire Zhao Ru had just extinguished was reignited by Guan Ning.

"How about I go try it too?" Hearing Zhao Ru's words, Guan Ning rubbed his nose and said, "Too bad I don't have that much money. 5 billion! Luo Feng, you really are rich."

"You..." Seeing Guan Ning acting as if he didn't take William seriously at all, Zhao Ru was so angry she couldn't even speak.

The discussion that was supposed to be aimed at Luo Feng had turned into this. Luo Feng and Shi Jiang looked at each other, unable to understand why Guan Ning and Zhao Ru started bickering the moment they met.

"Heh heh, it's alright," Luo Feng said with a smile to avoid the awkwardness.

Shi Jiang punched Luo Feng in the chest, cheering him on.

"Senior Brother Shi Jiang, Senior Sister Zhao Ru, Junior Brother Guan Ning, I'm going to go train now. After all, it is 5 billion!" Luo Feng joked.

"Now you know to be afraid? Who was it back then..." Zhao Ru still couldn't help herself.

"Sister Ru, didn't we agree on a big meal? Let's go!" Before Zhao Ru could finish, Guan Ning pulled her away. He added, "Senior Brother Luo, Senior Brother Shi, are you two coming?"

Luo Feng shook his head, indicating he would be in seclusion in the basement today.

Shi Jiang was the same; his training time in the Nine-Story Tower hadn't expired yet, and he didn't want to waste it.

Seeing this, Guan Ning nodded at them and dragged the still-annoyed Zhao Ru away.

They talked about a big meal, but in reality, they had already eaten breakfast, so the two of them wandered around the training camp.

Guan Ning followed behind Zhao Ru, touring the entire training camp. Before they knew it, it was noon, and Guan Ning was naturally fleeced by Zhao Ru for a heavy meal.