Breakthrough to Intermediate Grade Quasi-Martial Artist, Encounter Lin Jinyu

"Breakthrough?!"

Su Zhan perked up instantly.

Basic Qi and Blood Method: "Congratulations, Third Brother! You've successfully broken through!"

Nine Fire Saber: "Third Brother's impressive—the first among us to break through!"

Bloodthirsty Rampage: "That fast?"

Su Zhan: "Congratulations, congratulations!"

Jade Body: "Thanks, thanks, all thanks to Big Boss and Big Brother's blessings! Hehehe..."

It was clear Jade Body was overjoyed.

Su Zhan was even happier!

He could distinctly feel his body undergoing visible changes.

Flesh and blood writhed, growing denser.

Bones creaked and cracked, as if growing within him.

His heartbeat accelerated, roaring like an engine.

Spiritual energy surged inside Su Zhan.

"So this is what body strengthening feels like... pretty amazing."

The entire process lasted a full three minutes before gradually subsiding.

Su Zhan directly took a compass and stabbed it hard into the back of his hand.

The back of his hand was fine—only a slight pain.

But the compass bent straight away!

"This physical toughness, so satisfying!"

Su Zhan felt exhilarated all over.

If he had painstakingly spent effort, drained his mind, and devoted time to pondering cultivation, then broken through, he would have felt a sense of accomplishment—but never as refreshing as this.

Because that would have been deserved, everything falling into place naturally.

But this was pure lying down and profiting!

No sweat, no brain-racking hard work—it was no different from a pie falling from the sky or winning the lottery... how could it not feel great?

Su Zhan: "Third Brother, next up, breaking through to Advanced—how many days do you need?"

Jade Body: "Big Boss, not many, just 8 days!"

8 days to Advanced?!

Even a genius like Lin Jinyu wouldn't dare claim she could reach it in 8 days, right?

Su Zhan was excited.

Compared to the difficulty from Primary to Intermediate.

Intermediate to Advanced had more than doubled.

But with automatic cultivation and 26x acceleration, even doubled difficulty could be easily conquered!

Nine Fire Saber: "I'm jealous. Third Brother has 26x speed, I only have 10x. Won't I be left far behind by Third Brother later?"

Basic Qi and Blood Method: "Not quite right. You're a weapon technique, he's a body tempering technique—the difficulty isn't even on the same level... Later, when Big Boss finds you a suitable Spirit Weapon, you'll catch up quickly!"

Jade Body: "Second Brother, don't panic. We're of one mind. Strength is a minor issue—everything serves Big Boss! Besides, only by quickly improving ourselves can we prevent certain people from stirring up trouble!"

Nine Fire Saber: "Got it!"

Basic Qi and Blood Method: "I get it too!"

Bloodthirsty Rampage: "..."

Watching the techniques tease Bloodthirsty Rampage, Su Zhan couldn't help but chuckle.

But the momentum of Jade Body's breakthrough hadn't faded yet.

Right during the break of the third class in the morning.

Su Zhan, who had been holding it in all class and was now relieving himself in the restroom, suddenly heard another new prompt in his mind—

"Ding! Congratulations to the host. Your technique Basic Qi and Blood Method has successfully broken through, reaching the Intermediate realm!"

Pop!

In an instant, Su Zhan felt as if a thin membrane inside him had been pierced.

Then a massive surge of qi and blood rose up, and his entire body underwent a leap-like transformation!

"Hm?"

Because the qi and blood generated during the breakthrough were exceptionally turbulent, they visibly released an intangible aura.

This caused all the students in the men's restroom to involuntarily focus their gazes on Su Zhan.

Frowning.

The students all had strange looks in their eyes.

'Just using the restroom, do you really need to release your Qi and Blood?'

'Threatening shi* or what?'

The students squatting in the stalls were even more mentally shattered.

"Who is it?! Any sense of public decency?! Not releasing Qi and Blood in the restroom is basic etiquette—don't you know the conditioned reflex of Qi and Blood is instinct?"

"Scared the hell out of me, almost fell into the pit, dammit!"

But the instigator, Su Zhan, couldn't be bothered with them at all right now.

He was joyfully sensing the changes within his body.

Flesh tightening.

Qi and Blood surging.

Vision sharpening.

He casually clenched his fist and could clearly feel a significant increase in strength!

"So this is the feeling of breaking through a realm?"

"It really is quite marvelous."

Su Zhan's eyes burned with excitement.

At this moment, the chat group was also bustling with activity.

Nine Fire Saber: "Congrats, boss, on successfully breaking through to Intermediate!"

Jade Body: "What did I say? The boss is the boss—I bet his strength has already surpassed mine!"

Su Zhan: "Congrats, congrats!"

Basic Qi and Blood Method: "Haha, all thanks to the boss's favor, thank you, boss!"

Only Bloodthirsty Rampage remained silent.

Clearly, the consecutive breakthroughs of the other techniques had put immense pressure on him.

If he kept up this pace, his strength would always lag behind the other Beginner Grade Techniques, meaning he'd have to endure "oppression" in the group forever!

At that thought, he couldn't hold back anymore.

Bloodthirsty Rampage: "Boss... get me some more Elixir or beast meat too."

He took the initiative to make a request to Su Zhan for the first time.

Nine Fire Saber: "That's right! That's the right attitude!"

Jade Body: "Willing to call him boss means there's still hope."

Basic Qi and Blood Method: "As long as you straighten out your attitude, the boss is easy to talk to."

Su Zhan: "Don't worry, I'll treat everyone equally—no one gets left behind!"

Bloodthirsty Rampage: "Thanks, boss."

Just then, the class bell rang.

The students all hurried off to class.

Only Su Zhan walked in the opposite direction instead.

"I'll go test how much my strength has increased!"

Class?

He had his cheat running at full throttle—why would he still go to class?

Having just broken through, he wanted to test his current Qi and Blood Value and how much his strength had grown.

Soon, Su Zhan arrived at the Cultivation Hall.

It was noisy here.

A constant stream of students came and went.

Every single one was drenched in sweat, their Qi and Blood surging, radiating vigorous life force even from a distance.

At this time of day, the only ones who could stay here instead of going to class were basically one type of person: students aiming for Martial Sciences!

Martial Sciences also had tiers: key universities, first-tier, second-tier, third-tier.

Reaching Advanced Quasi-Martial Artist gave a chance at third-tier universities, the lowest tier in Martial Sciences.

Reaching Beginner Martial Artist opened the door to second-tier universities.

Reaching Intermediate Martial Artist gave a shot at first-tier universities.

Reaching the Advanced Martial Artist level—without a doubt, that meant aiming for a top-tier university.

Across all of Heaven City High School, those qualified to target a top-tier university numbered fewer than the fingers on one hand.

"As expected, she's here too."

Su Zhan spotted the graceful silhouette surrounded by a crowd at a glance—Lin Jinyu.

She seemed to have just finished training, drenched in sweat, her stunning face flushed pink, strands of hair clinging to her flawless white skin, breathtakingly beautiful.

It left many of the boys outside the Cultivation Room completely dumbstruck.

Even Su Zhan couldn't help but sigh: "No wonder Mom and Dad were so earnest in persuading me—she really is beautiful!"

At the same time, he couldn't help but marvel.

To be childhood sweethearts with a beauty of this caliber, growing up together—how much dog shit must his predecessor have stepped in to have such luck?