Although she was in the liberal arts and did not know much about Martial Sciences.
Still, even if she had never eaten pork, she had at least heard pigs squeal!
The Su Zhan she saw a second later felt completely different from the one a second before. His aura alone had become far sharper, and when he broke through, it felt as though a wave of heat had rushed straight at her.
This was clearly Su Zhan breaking through to a new realm.
But the key was—
Su Zhan really had done nothing these past few days!
He played from morning until afternoon, and after going home at night, he would occasionally chat with her over video... She had never once seen Su Zhan cultivate.
And under those circumstances, he could still break through?
"Yeah. I'm already an Advanced Quasi-Martial Artist now."
Su Zhan reined in his surging Qi and blood, a smile curling at the corner of his mouth as confidence brimmed within him.
He casually clenched his fist. The solidity he felt was as real as it could be.
Yesterday, the breakthrough of Jade Body to Advanced Grade had already brought him a considerable boost.
Today, Basic Qi and Blood Method had broken through to Minor Accomplishment, allowing Su Zhan to step into the ranks of Advanced Quasi-Martial Artists in one stroke.
By his estimate—
With the bonuses from several cultivation methods combined, his strength should be at least 600 kilograms by now, right?
"H-how did you do that?" Fang Ling'er still found it difficult to understand.
"Talent."
Su Zhan had long prepared his excuse. He would pin everything on talent.
"But your talent is only... only..." Fang Ling'er was somewhat embarrassed to say it.
"Only Lowest Grade, right?"
Su Zhan directly picked up where she left off and gave a mysterious smile. "Who says someone with Lowest Grade talent can't suddenly break through and advance?"
Fang Ling'er did not know how to respond to that.
After all, the breakthrough had happened right before her eyes. She was not in Martial Sciences, so she truly could not understand it.
"Don't worry. Let's be bold and play to our hearts' content. Don't let any concerns hold you back, or it won't be nearly as fun!"
"Come on, a new movie is premiering today. Let's go watch it!"
Su Zhan grabbed Fang Ling'er's hand, cutting off her train of thought and pulling her along to continue eating, drinking, and having fun.
But fun was fun.
Su Zhan had not forgotten to ask how long Basic Qi and Blood Method would need to advance to its next realm.
Basic Qi and Blood Method: "Boss, I need 29 more days to reach Minor Accomplishment."
"They're all tripled..."
Yesterday, Su Zhan had already asked Jade Body. It needed 27 days to break through to Minor Accomplishment.
One needed 27 days, the other 29...
Su Zhan gradually figured out some patterns.
From Intermediate Grade to Advanced Grade, it took twice as long as before.
From Advanced Grade to Minor Accomplishment, it took three times as long as before.
If nothing unexpected happened, then from Minor Accomplishment to Major Accomplishment, it would take four times as long.
And from Major Accomplishment to Perfection, it would take five times as long!
If that time were placed on an ordinary Martial Artist, it would take years to achieve... For someone with weaker aptitude, they might never be able to cultivate a method to Perfection in their entire life.
But for Su Zhan, it merely meant waiting a little longer.
"Martial Artist... In one month, I'll become a Martial Artist!"
Su Zhan was especially eager. "Then I'll be able to hunt ferocious beasts and get a good snowball rolling!"
The next day.
Su Zhan went to school.
It was not because he had suddenly come to his senses or grown tired of playing. It was because today was the day to register for subject placement!
Would he choose the liberal arts, or charge into Martial Sciences?
Would he enter an ordinary class, or the Elite Class?
All of it would be decided today.
But before heading to the classroom, Su Zhan deliberately made a trip to the school's Cultivation Hall.
He wanted to test just how far his strength as an Advanced Quasi-Martial Artist had reached.
"It's him!"
The moment Su Zhan arrived, the person Lin Baitian had arranged was already watching him and immediately sent Lin Baitian a message. "Young Master, he's here."
"Has this kid turned the Cultivation Room into a testing ground?"
Lin Baitian was speechless when he received the message.
Logically, if someone wanted to charge into Martial Sciences, they should be spending at least eight hours a day in the Cultivation Room, cultivating in every possible way... Yet after five or six days, Su Zhan had only now returned to the Cultivation Room.
And according to what he knew—
Su Zhan had barely attended class during this time. No one knew where he had gone, and he had not returned until the day of subject placement.
Now, the moment he came back to school, he headed straight for the Cultivation Room to test his data.
This made Lin Baitian even more puzzled.
"Start a video call. I want to see the data changes in real time."
Lin Baitian gave the order directly.
"Yes, Young Master!"
As the Cultivation Room's door shut tightly—
Su Zhan took a deep breath. "Come on, let's see exactly how strong I am now."
Su Zhan placed both hands on the Qi and Blood detector.
Spiritual energy surged.
Qi and blood boiled.
Su Zhan's entire aura rose.
Beep!
Qi and Blood Value: 53 points.
His base Qi and blood had already reached the standard of an Advanced Quasi-Martial Artist.
At the same time—
Su Zhan's current Qi and Blood Value appeared in the backend data.
"Hmm?"
When Lin Baitian saw that the displayed figure was actually 53, he straightened the upper half of his body from where he had been leaning against the chair, surprise appearing in his eyes.
53 points of Qi and blood.
That was already enough to meet the standard for an Advanced Quasi-Martial Artist.
If he remembered correctly—
Lin Jinyu had said that Su Zhan had only broken through to Intermediate Quasi-Martial Artist ten days ago, hadn't she?
Ten days, from Intermediate Quasi-Martial Artist to Advanced Quasi-Martial Artist?
This aptitude truly was, as Lin Jinyu had said, superior even to theirs!
"No rush. Let's see what his strength is like."
Lin Baitian leaned back in his chair again and continued waiting for the next data to appear.
Then, in the very next second—
The strength data began to change before settling.
Strength: 544 kilograms.
"He really is a genuine Advanced Quasi-Martial Artist."
Lin Baitian's eyes were filled with astonishment. "In five days, he went from 370 kilograms to 544 kilograms. This kid must have had another cultivation method break through."
"But it's only been five short days..."
"How did he do it?"
Lin Baitian was beginning to lose his composure.
But before he could figure out what was going on—
New strength data appeared once more.
Strength: 607 kilograms.
"???"
Lin Baitian could barely hold it together.
It was true that the force unleashed by a martial cultivator's strikes could vary, sometimes high and sometimes low... But what the hell was this sudden increase of nearly 60 kilograms?!
This was absurd to an outrageous degree.
But it was not over yet.
The strength data refreshed again.
Strength: 718 kilograms.
"What?!"
Lin Baitian shot up from his chair, his face written all over with shock.
His strength had increased by another hundred kilograms!
Was this some kind of international joke?!
"Could it be that it wasn't just one cultivation method that improved, but several?"
"And their levels aren't low, either!"
"But only a few days have passed. Where did he get such terrifying talent?!"
Lin Baitian was genuinely stunned.
If he did not know Su Zhan's situation, then an Advanced Quasi-Martial Artist striking with 718 kilograms of force would be utterly commonplace... But this guy was his younger sister's childhood sweetheart, and he knew him like the back of his hand!
He had no powerful or influential Lineage backing him.
He had no good cultivation resources supporting him.
Yet in barely over ten days, he had surged from a Beginner Quasi-Martial Artist to an Advanced Quasi-Martial Artist, and was even considered above average among Advanced Quasi-Martial Artists.
There was only one explanation—this kid's talent had to be far from low!
It might even be higher than his sister's Commander Rank!
"No. Since I've discovered a talent like this, it's my good fortune... I have to bring him in!"
A brilliant glint flashed wildly in Lin Baitian's eyes.
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