Lin Jinyu's expression remained unchanged as she walked indifferently through the crowd with her female classmate.
At that moment, their gazes happened to collide in midair.
If it had been the former Su Zhan, he would definitely have lowered his head at once.
But now, with his cheat at his side, Su Zhan was brimming with confidence.
Not only did he neither dodge nor avoid her gaze.
He even smiled and nodded in greeting.
Even Lin Jinyu could not help but freeze for a moment.
But she silently nodded back before brushing past Su Zhan.
She did not know why Su Zhan had suddenly become so "outrageously bold."
But she did not want to bring him trouble.
However, after taking only a few steps, her lovely brows suddenly furrowed.
"Did he break through?"
As a genius with exceptional talent, Lin Jinyu immediately sensed that Su Zhan had reached the Intermediate Grade Quasi-Martial Artist realm.
On second thought.
That made sense.
Su Zhan had lingered at the Beginner Quasi-Martial Artist realm for nearly two years.
Breaking through at this point was fairly normal.
Meanwhile, on Su Zhan's side.
"What the hell? She's already a Martial Artist?"
Su Zhan was stunned.
Through the techniques' senses, Su Zhan learned that Lin Jinyu had silently broken through to become a Beginner Martial Artist!
"Worthy of Commander Rank talent."
"By the time of the college entrance exams, even Advanced Martial Artists probably won't be able to stop her. She'll be charging straight toward the Martial Master realm, won't she?"
Su Zhan sighed.
A high school student at the Martial Master level.
The key Martial Sciences universities would probably smash their heads fighting over one!
What was called a gap?
This was the gap!
"I wonder if I'll ever get the chance to surpass her?"
Su Zhan's gaze flickered.
He definitely would not have dared to imagine it before.
But now?
There was nothing he did not dare imagine!
"No rush. One step at a time."
"I'll test my strength first."
Su Zhan entered the Cultivation Room. Its door automatically shut behind him, cutting off all the noise from outside.
A moment later.
He emerged from the Cultivation Room, his eyes shining brightly.
The results were exactly as Su Zhan had expected.
Qi and Blood Value: 32 points.
Strength: 324 kilograms!
According to the basic standards for each realm.
Beginner Quasi-Martial Artist: 10 Qi and Blood points, 100 kilograms.
Intermediate Grade Quasi-Martial Artist: 30 Qi and Blood points, 300 kilograms.
Advanced Quasi-Martial Artist: 50 Qi and Blood points, 500 kilograms.
He had fully met every standard.
"Others have to stabilize their realm after breaking through and spend time consolidating their foundation... I get to skip all those steps. As long as my techniques improve, I can receive all of it!"
Su Zhan could not help revealing a brilliant smile. "Next, I just have to slowly wait for time to pass."
Over the following days, Su Zhan remained in slacker mode.
But this time, his slacking was highly targeted. Every day, he went online to research ways to quickly obtain Gold Coins, pills, Heavenly Treasures, metal veins, and so on...
Unfortunately.
After looking into it all, he found that there were indeed ways, but the minimum requirement was to be a Martial Artist. No one even gave Quasi-Martial Artists a second glance!
So for now, he could only slowly develop.
Not only that.
Su Zhan also specifically looked into other information.
For example, which type of Spirit Weapon was cheapest at every rank, and where he could buy them.
For example, which pills were cheapest at every grade, whether they were available in large quantities, and whether there were hidden discounts.
For example, which group offered the best purchase price for vicious beast meat, and so on...
And just like that.
Five days flashed by.
"Ding! Congratulations, Host! Your technique Nine Fire Saber has successfully broken through and reached the Intermediate Grade realm!"
As the notification suddenly sounded in his mind.
The next second, a sea of information about Nine Fire Saber—combat experience, proficiency, techniques, tricks, and more—surged into Su Zhan's mind.
In merely a second.
Su Zhan's understanding of the technique Nine Fire Saber rose to an entirely new level!
"So that's how it is..."
Su Zhan's eyes lit up.
The feeling was incredibly strange. It was as if all this information had been innate, already engraved in his mind since birth!
The group chat also became lively at this moment.
Basic Qi and Blood Method: "Congratulations on your promotion, Second Brother!"
Jade Body: "Hahaha, congratulations on your successful breakthrough, Second Brother!"
Bloodthirsty Rampage: "Congratulations!"
After several days of contact, Bloodthirsty Rampage had gradually adapted quite a bit, though its aloofness remained as unwavering as ever.
Su Zhan: "Congratulations, Second Brother!"
Nine Fire Saber: "Thank you, Boss, Big Brother, Third Brother, Fourth Brother! Hahaha..."
Clearly, he was thrilled beyond measure.
Su Zhan: "Second Brother, how long will it take to break through to Advanced Grade?"
Nine Fire Saber: "Boss, around eighteen days!"
Eighteen days.
More than half a month.
"That's a little long..."
Su Zhan muttered.
If anyone knew what he was thinking right now, they would probably curse him to death... A weapon technique only needed eighteen days to break through to Advanced Grade—what kind of concept was that?
Even Lin Jinyu, with her Commander Rank talent, might not be able to achieve it!
And he actually thought it was too long?
"I'll test my strength first!"
Su Zhan headed straight for the Cultivation Room.
The results came out quickly.
His Qi and Blood Value was still 32 points, with no change.
But his maximum strength had increased by more than forty kilograms, reaching 370 kilograms!
"This rate of improvement isn't bad!"
Su Zhan grinned.
If others heard that, they would want to hack him to pieces too... Was this merely a matter of "not bad"?
This was practically cheating!
Su Zhan happily left the Cultivation Room.
But he failed to notice a figure passing by in the distance.
Lin Baitian.
The future heir of the Lin Group, Lin Jinyu's older brother, and Qingwu High School's genius Martial Master!
He was the one who had specifically sought out Su Zhan's former self before, telling Su Zhan to keep his distance from Lin Jinyu.
"That kid went to the Cultivation Room?"
"Is he planning to apply for Martial Sciences?"
Lin Baitian frowned.
He walked straight into the Cultivation Hall.
A moment later.
A set of data was sent to his phone.
"370 kilograms. Still mediocre."
Although test data was private, for him, obtaining it was no more than a flick of his finger.
And with numbers like these, Lin Baitian could not even be bothered to glance at them twice.
"Brother!"
When Lin Baitian looked up, the disdain on his face immediately transformed into a doting smile.
"Jin Yu, how is it? Did the Grade 3 Pill work?" Lin Baitian asked with a smile.
"Of course!"
Lin Jinyu smiled radiantly. "My progress has been especially fast lately, all thanks to you, Brother!"
"Of course it has!" Lin Baitian smiled smugly. "Don't worry. Once your brother breaks through to the Martial General level, I'll get you some Fourth-grade Pills to try, no matter what!"
"No need. Dad prepared plenty of Fourth-grade Pills for me. I have enough to eat."
"That won't do. How can the ones Dad prepared compare to the ones your brother gets you? Those are all rewards from my Tower Challenges. You have to try them!"
"Alright, alright. Brother treats me best. I'll eat the ones you give me!"
"Hahaha, that's more like it!"
Lin Baitian laughed loudly. "Oh, right. I just ran into him."
At those words, Lin Jinyu paused.
"Brother, stop always picking on people..." Lin Jinyu's lovely brows furrowed.
"Don't worry, I didn't cause him trouble this time."
"I only looked into his test data."
"Here, take a good look. Just 370 kilograms—not even close to a fraction of your strength. You believe what your brother said now, right?"
Lin Baitian directly placed his phone before Lin Jinyu, crossed one leg over the other, and wore an expression that said, See? Trust your brother.
"370 kilograms?!"
However, when Lin Jinyu saw that number, a flash of surprise passed through her beautiful eyes.
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