Basic Body Tempering Technique

Early the next morning, Feng Yuelan called Chen Lie and Chen Xingyao together.

"Chen Lie, I signed you and your sister up for a Blood Qi Value Sprint Class."

"It's a martial arts training course run by Dongchuan Martial Arts Hall, the largest Martial Arts Hall in East River Province. There are ten classes in total, two per week, lasting thirty-five days. Even when there are no classes, you can still go train at the Martial Arts Hall. Their equipment is very comprehensive."

Chen Lie nodded, but Chen Xingyao said, "Mom, I've already signed up for a Combat Arts Guidance Class. How would I have time for this Blood Qi Value Sprint Class too?"

Feng Yuelan said, "I calculated it. Your Combat Arts Guidance Class only has one class a week, so it doesn't conflict with the Blood Qi Value Sprint Class."

"It's almost time. Hurry and get going."

As she spoke, Feng Yuelan handed Chen Lie and Chen Xingyao each a bottle of Nutrient Solution and a piece of Nutrient Bread.

Chen Lie took the Nutrient Solution and Nutrient Bread, then nodded.

Both of these were high-nutrition foods essential for Martial Arts Students.

A piece of Nutrient Bread retailed for 130 Star Dollars. It weighed only a hundred grams, yet contained nutrition equivalent to two jin of beef.

A 350-milliliter bottle of Nutrient Solution contained nutrition equivalent to ten jin of beef and was easier for the human body to absorb. One bottle cost over a thousand Star Dollars.

This alone showed just how expensive it was to support a Martial Arts Student. An ordinary family simply could not afford the expense.

Although the Chen Family was well-off, supporting two Martial Arts Students, Chen Lie and Chen Xingyao, still put them under considerable pressure.

Not to mention that Chen Lie and Chen Xingyao's Blood Qi Values had yet to reach 1 Ka. Once their Blood Qi Values broke through 1 Ka, they could use all sorts of costly supplements. That was when the real spending began.

Chen Lie tore open the Nutrient Bread's packaging and chewed it.

After leaving home and walking several hundred steps, Chen Lie and Chen Xingyao boarded a Flying Bus together. They inserted two Star Dollar coins, then found seats and sat down.

The Flying Bus rose into the air and flew at an altitude of a hundred meters for several minutes before arriving at the stop Chen Lie and Chen Xingyao needed.

After getting off the Flying Bus, Chen Lie spotted a building occupying roughly eight thousand square meters from afar. Its enormous sign read, "Dongchuan Martial Arts Hall Changdong Branch."

"Brother, I'm heading in first. One of my classmates also signed up for Dongchuan Martial Arts Hall's Blood Qi Value Sprint Class, so I won't be training with you."

Before Chen Lie could respond, Chen Xingyao jogged into the Martial Arts Hall.

Chen Lie shook his head without dwelling on it, then entered the Martial Arts Hall after her.

At the reception desk, Chen Lie saw a receptionist. He handed over his identification code and said, "Hello."

After scanning Chen Lie's identification code, the receptionist immediately said, "Hello, are you Chen Lie?"

Chen Lie nodded.

"This is your Student ID. Your martial arts instructor is Sun Jian. Instructor Sun Jian's class starts at ten. There's still over an hour left, so you can wait in the lounge inside or go train in the martial arts training room first."

"Alright!"

Chen Lie took the Student ID and headed straight into a Personal Training Room in the Martial Arts Hall.

Once inside the Personal Training Room, Chen Lie immediately searched through the memories in his mind.

He remembered that the Martial Arts Academy of Taia Star Province had a training technique specially developed for martial arts enlightenment among children, called the Basic Body Tempering Technique.

This Basic Body Tempering Technique contained twelve forms and one thousand seven hundred and thirty-six movements. It placed great emphasis on technique and could thoroughly convert the nutrients stored within the body into blood qi.

Chen Lie also discovered that children in the Central Galactic Empire could practice the Basic Body Tempering Technique at six or seven years old without causing any harm to their bodies. Blue Star's Body Tempering Techniques, on the other hand, were far too crude. Training too intensely could easily leave hidden damage behind.

That was why martial arts training on Blue Star had to wait until the age of fourteen. The bones of boys and girls under fourteen had not yet fused, so they could not withstand such body-damaging training techniques.

Looking at this ordinary training technique and comparing it with Blue Star, Chen Lie could not help but marvel. The Central Galactic Empire's martial arts cultivation was ahead of Blue Star by more than just ten thousand years.

The Basic Body Tempering Technique had twelve forms. The first form alone contained nineteen movements.

Chen Lie began performing the movements of the first form of the Basic Body Tempering Technique one by one.

By the fifth movement, Chen Lie instantly felt his body temperature rising rapidly. He carefully observed himself and found that the nutrients stored in his body were being consumed at an astonishing rate.

After completing the nineteen movements of the Basic Body Tempering Technique's first form once, Chen Lie suddenly frowned.

A fierce wave of hunger washed over him.

"What's going on? Why do I suddenly feel so hungry?"

Chen Lie thought for a moment, then understood.

"So these movements used up all the nutrients in my body. That's why I feel so hungry."

Ignoring the intense hunger in his stomach, Chen Lie performed the nineteen movements of the Basic Body Tempering Technique's first form once more.

After practicing the Basic Body Tempering Technique for over an hour, Chen Lie could clearly feel the layer of fat on his body thinning rapidly. His face had visibly become thinner than before.

After a while longer, Chen Lie stopped moving and took two deep breaths.

"No, I can't keep training. If I continue, I'll probably be nothing but skin."

Chen Lie rested where he stood for a while, then walked out of the Cultivation Room.

At the rest area, Chen Lie opened the Nutrient Solution he had brought from home that morning and drained it in one gulp. Only then did his body feel somewhat better, but the hunger in his stomach had not diminished in the slightest.

After practicing the Basic Body Tempering Technique for less than two hours, Chen Lie felt his blood qi strength increase dramatically. As for how much his Blood Qi Value had risen, he could not be sure. After all, in his previous life, he had never practiced such a profound Body Tempering Technique.

"Gather up!"

At that moment, a deep, neutral voice suddenly rang out.

Seeing the students waiting for the sprint class quickly gather in front of the training room and line up, Chen Lie walked over as well.

A middle-aged man stepped before the students and began to speak.

"Students, I am your instructor, Sun Jian. Today is my first day teaching you."

"During the time you attend this sprint class, as long as you work hard, I guarantee that your Blood Qi Values will improve to a certain extent."

"So if you have any questions about cultivation, feel free to ask me."

"Now, let's start with a baseline test. I'll check your Blood Qi Values. Everyone, line up in front of the Blood Essence Detector and test your blood qi one at a time."

After Instructor Sun Jian finished speaking, the sprint class students rushed over to line up in front of the Blood Essence Detector.

The sprint class's Blood Essence Detector was more advanced than the one at school. A single body scan could produce all the results.

Chen Lie also wanted to know how much his Blood Qi Value had increased just now, so he joined the line.

As the line ahead of him grew shorter and shorter, it was finally Chen Lie's turn.

"Once you enter the testing chamber, don't move. The machine will scan you automatically," the staff member instructed.

"Alright."

After replying, Chen Lie stepped into the narrow chamber of the Blood Essence Detector.

After the staff member closed the chamber door, a blue light scanned upward from Chen Lie's feet.

"Beep. Test complete. Blood Qi Value: 1.34 Ka."

Chen Lie, inside the chamber, also heard the detector announce the result and could not help but be startled.

A Blood Qi Value of 1.34 Ka. In less than two hours, it had actually increased by 0.4 Ka?

The Central Galactic Empire's Basic Body Tempering Technique was actually this powerful. It was nearly equivalent to the effect of taking a bottle of Blood Essence Fluid after one's Blood Qi Value had reached 1 Ka.

After taking a bottle of Blood Essence Fluid, one's Blood Qi Value would not increase immediately. It still required several days of training to digest it. If the absorption was poor, it might not even raise the Blood Qi Value by 0.4 Ka.

Just as Chen Lie fell into thought, the Blood Essence Detector suddenly began flashing red.

"Warning, warning. The machine has detected a severe nutritional deficit in the test subject's body. Stop training immediately and replenish nutrition as soon as possible to avoid bodily harm."

The Blood Essence Detector made the announcement three times in a row, and the staff member outside opened the chamber door.

As soon as the door opened, Chen Lie saw Instructor Sun Jian, dressed in a training uniform, standing in front of the Blood Essence Detector.

"Student, what is your name?"

Chen Lie glanced at Sun Jian, thought for a moment, and said, "Chen Lie."

"Chen Lie, do you know that your body is suffering from a severe nutritional deficit?" Sun Jian asked.

Chen Lie nodded. "I know now."

Sun Jian said, "Your Blood Qi Value has already broken through 1 Ka, yet you still have a nutritional deficit. That means you've never used Blood Essence Fluid. In fact, even before your Blood Qi Value broke through 1 Ka, your nutrition was already failing to keep up."

"After class today, take me to your home. Your parents are truly paying too little attention to your martial arts cultivation. I must have a proper talk with them."

"Insufficient nutrition will seriously affect your martial arts progress. If your nutrition had always kept up, your Blood Qi Value might have already broken through 3 Ka by now."

"Please don't!" Chen Lie hurriedly waved his hands. "Instructor Sun, I know you're being responsible toward your students, but my situation is rather complicated. Let's forget about going to my house to talk with my parents."

Upon hearing this, Sun Jian immediately frowned. "I looked at your information. You're in your final year of high school, and there are only a little over two hundred days left until the college entrance examination."

"You need to be responsible for your own future. If your nutrition keeps failing to keep up, your blood qi will improve very slowly."

"Thank you for your concern, Instructor. I understand."

Seeing this, Sun Jian could only shake his head and leave.