Unlocking a New Equipment Slot

On the day he challenged Zhao Yong to win the first-class scholarship, Ma Mingyu had made a promise.

As long as Xu Ziming succeeded in the challenge, he would teach him his own original sword art. One must know that outside of the Basic Sword Method, any random technique on the market could easily sell for tens of thousands of Blue Star Coin.

These were all bottom-of-the-barrel goods, so Xu Ziming had been looking forward to this sword art for a long time.

"The sword art I created is named Five Prison Sword Art. It carries a power of suppression and cultivates a strand of Luofu Sword Intent."

As he spoke, Ma Mingyu transmitted the entire content of the technique to Xu Ziming via his wristband.

"Go back, memorize the entire technique, and practice it on your own first. If you encounter anything you don't understand, you can ask me at any time."

"The principal was also present during the match earlier. The first-class scholarship reward will be deposited into your card by this evening. It is a supplementary payment on top of the second-class scholarship, totaling twenty thousand."

Xu Ziming nodded. The school wasn't a fool; there was no way they would give him extra Blue Star Coin, so this was already quite good.

As for the Blood Qi Potion, he had chosen the D-grade one just now. On one hand, he had already purchased four E-grade Blood Qi Potions, and on the other, he wanted to see if the D-grade potion could trigger new entry effects.

After obtaining the sword art and confirming the scholarship reward, Xu Ziming bid farewell to Ma Mingyu. He would deal with the underground boxing match tomorrow; he trusted that his teacher wouldn't lead him astray.

As for today, he intended to grind the Basic Body Forging Method to one hundred repetitions to permanently solidify the entry and unlock a new Equipment Slot.

Since it was still daytime, Xu Ziming didn't go home but headed instead to the Pengcheng Martial Arts Training Base.

As soon as he stepped inside, the beautiful clerk walked up with a smile. She froze for two seconds upon seeing Xu Ziming, then subconsciously covered her nose.

"Do you need a special room again today?"

"No, I need a standard training room today."

"Ah? Oh, oh, okay."

What was that supposed to mean? He wasn't a pervert; it wasn't as if he came here every time just to experience being whipped in a public place and leave smelling foul.

Although, that was how it went last time...

Entering the standard training room, Xu Ziming immediately assumed the stance for the Basic Body Forging Method.

His blood qi circulated continuously. Ever since he had achieved minor success in the technique, practicing it was no longer as difficult as it once was.

His cultivation speed was also extremely fast.

[Basic Body Forging Method: 95/100]

[Basic Body Forging Method: 97/100]

Time passed, and soon Xu Ziming reached the final repetition.

His blood qi surged from his lower abdomen, slowly moving upward, reopening one acupoint after another, reaching the crown of his head and the Baihui point, then slowly circulating back down to complete a full cycle.

As the blood qi completed its cycle, the final practice of the Basic Body Forging Method was finally finished.

["Body Forging Acceleration" entry permanent solidification condition met]

[Detected that the task to unlock a new Equipment Slot has been completed 2/2]

[Equipment Slot unlocked]

An electronic chime rang in his ears, but Xu Ziming had no mind to pay attention to it, for as the hundredth repetition of the Basic Body Forging Method was completed, his body felt as if it had been set ablaze.

A surge of blood qi, deeply buried within his bone marrow, suddenly emerged.

"Hah—" He gasped for air, a faint flush gradually spreading across his face.

Then, this blood qi began to circulate within his body on its own, over and over again, showing no signs of stopping.

His body also began to move as if beyond his control, repeatedly performing the motions of the Basic Body Forging Method.

Even though it was still the Basic Body Forging Method, the movements now carried a natural grace and profundity he had never possessed before.

[Detected that the number of unlocked Equipment Slots has reached three. Equipment Slot new function unlocked: Epiphany]

[Epiphany condition: Can be automatically triggered every one hundred repetitions of the same technique]

[Unlocked entry level classification; you may view the level of each entry yourself]

[Unlocked investigation function: Can automatically help explore an enemy's Life Energy Level and number of Life Evolutions]

[Unlocked new function: Generates a personal panel by synthesizing entries such as Body Forging Acceleration and Natural Sword Bone]

The electronic voice echoed in his mind, but at this moment, Xu Ziming could hear nothing.

His entire being was immersed in the Epiphany, unable to even perceive the passage of time in the outside world.

Ten minutes, twenty minutes, an hour.

The rental time for the training room slowly ticked away, yet Xu Ziming's movements grew faster and faster.

Finally, with a loud boom, a massive aura erupted from Xu Ziming's body, followed immediately by another electronic chime.

[Life Energy Level breakthrough, current: 3.4]

A single Epiphany had directly increased his Life Energy Level by a full 0.2.

Only then did Xu Ziming open his eyes.

"Hoo—" A powerful force brewed within his hands; the increase in Life Energy Level was different from the improvement of a technique.

This was closer to an elevation of his life essence; the previous two upgrades had left him feeling ravenously hungry the first time, and unconscious from exhaustion the second.

He had never truly felt the tangible effects brought about by an increase in his Life Energy Level.

Only this time did he feel it clearly—a sense of comfort emanating from the very depths of his soul.

"Beep."

The door to the training room made a sound, and a beautiful young lady peeked inside cautiously.

"Sir, your time is up. May I ask... ah?!"

Her gaze landed right on Xu Ziming's lower body; the recent surge of blood qi had left Xu Ziming in a state of extreme arousal.

Combined with the low growls she had heard coming from inside before she entered, the scene instantly became incredibly awkward.

"Hey! It's not what you think!"

Before Xu Ziming could finish his sentence, the door on the other side was slammed shut, leaving him alone in the room.

A notification for an automatic renewal popped up on his wristband.

Great, another new plot development.

Xu Ziming looked helplessly at the closed door and could only cast his gaze toward his Equipment Slot.

It was only then that he realized the Epiphany from moments ago had been brought about by the Equipment Slot.

"I get an Epiphany for every hundred repetitions of practice? This must be an Extreme Dao Equipment Slot, though it's a pity I'm not a hunter."

There were two empty positions in the Equipment Slot, with only the [Qilin Body] entry not yet permanently solidified.

Every remaining entry had been successfully solidified, and the fonts were displayed in different colors.

[Body Forging Acceleration] and [Steel Body] were white, [Natural Sword Bone] was green, and [Qilin Body] was a rich purple.

It seemed the classification of entry levels followed these colors, with white likely being the lowest grade.

He then re-equipped the [Sword Saint Body Technique] and took a look; this entry was blue.

Immediately after, he checked his wristband to see if the D-grade Blood Qi Potion had been issued.

Seeing the notification that his first-class scholarship had arrived, he immediately took out the D-grade Blood Qi Potion and held it in his hand.

[Detectable equippable item: D-grade Blood Qi Potion]

[Predicted obtainable entry: Filter Charge+]

[Entry effect: Based on the white entry, further increase the absorption efficiency of all types of Blood Qi Potion by 100%, and increase the energy utilization efficiency from all sources by 100%]

[Permanent solidification condition: Consume ten D-grade Blood Qi Potions]