Breakthrough

"Creation Pill?!!"

Jiang Yuan's heart pounded wildly.

This meant an opportunity to defy fate and rewrite his destiny lay before him.

"Fatty, I'm going to the bathroom."

Jiang Yuan tossed out those words impatiently and ran out of the classroom as though he could fly.

"Brother Yuan, I'll wait for you in the martial arts hall!"

Jiang Yuan did not catch Guo Hongtao's words clearly. At that moment, every thought in his mind was focused on the Creation Pill.

As a transmigrator, Jiang Yuan had always harbored an unyielding spirit that refused to accept fate.

Three years after three years—I had waited eighteen years already.

Do you know how I spent those eighteen years?

His fighting spirit had nearly been ground flat by cruel reality. Fortunately, his golden finger had arrived, giving him a chance to choose again.

Jiang Yuan hurried to the bathroom and slipped into the innermost stall. Only after making sure the lock was intact did he silently recite, "Extract."

The next second, a pitch-black pill appeared in his hand.

Just from its appearance, he could tell the pill had to be incredibly bitter.

Yet Jiang Yuan did not hesitate in the slightest. He opened his mouth and swallowed it.

A violent force flowed through his body, washing over his tiny meridians.

Jiang Yuan clenched his teeth tightly and did not make a sound.

Who knew how long passed before the violent qi and blood gradually calmed, transforming into pure energy that nourished his internal organs.

To become a martial artist, the first hurdle was tempering one's qi and blood.

Tempering qi and blood was delicate work, something that could only be ground out bit by bit.

For ordinary people, even spending three to five years might not be enough to become a martial artist.

Although certain pills could greatly assist the user in tempering qi and blood, they would damage the user's foundation.

Few students would resort to such a practice of abandoning the root to chase the branches.

But Jiang Yuan did not have that concern.

After the Creation Pill finished transforming his innate physique, the pure power it released would not harm him.

Once the energy in his body had been fully digested, an eager expression appeared on Jiang Yuan's face.

In the end, he could not hold himself back.

Boom!

The sound of a punch exploded, and a huge hole was smashed directly into the marble wall.

Seeing this, Jiang Yuan nodded in satisfaction.

That punch definitely carried no less than four hundred kilograms of force.

Several years of grueling cultivation had actually brought him less improvement than a single pill.

"So... this is what a genius feels like?"

Jiang Yuan muttered to himself, a flame called ambition igniting in his eyes.

Martial arts hall.

In the several-hundred-square-meter space, a group of students dressed in training uniforms were warming up, with shouts of "hey" and "ha" rising from time to time.

Because Jiang Yuan had spent a great deal of time taking the pill, all the other students had arrived. Only he was missing.

"Brother Yuan, over here."

Guo Hongtao waved. Seeing this, Jiang Yuan quickly walked over to his side.

At the front of the crowd stood a burly man with a powerful build, his entire body covered in muscles. He was their martial arts teacher, Li Qingshan.

"Everyone's here."

The corners of Li Qingshan's mouth lifted into a satisfied smile.

"Today's class will test your strength and see whether you've slacked off during the break."

"Those who have slacked off will be punished next."

"As for the punishment... heh heh..."

The moment he finished speaking, the air seemed to freeze, and the hall fell silent enough to hear a pin drop.

Everyone knew Li Qingshan was not joking. He had quite a few tricks when it came to punishing students.

He could squeeze students to their limits without letting them get injured.

Every student's expression turned grave, afraid of becoming the example. Some students' legs even went weak; one look was enough to tell that they had probably spent the entire break eating, drinking, and having fun, tossing qi and blood tempering aside.

Li Qingshan did not care what the students were thinking. He directed two students to carry over the punching-force tester.

During the qi and blood tempering stage, the only standards of evaluation were speed and strength.

Speed was tested with a one-hundred-meter sprint. Specialized speed-measuring equipment could record results to four decimal places.

As for strength, there were three attempts, with the greatest force recorded.

"All right, testing begins now."

At Li Qingshan's command, a girl in a black training uniform was the first to step forward.

She was the martial arts class representative, so naturally, her strength was not weak.

She quickly walked to the starting line and stood in place, swiftly adjusted her breathing, then took a step back and kicked off hard. Her whole body shot out like a cheetah.

She was incredibly fast. In the blink of an eye, she had darted to the other side.

With a beep from the infrared measuring device, the test result appeared.

Song Xi, speed: 19.5 m/s.

"Damn, that's insane."

"With that speed, she'd rank in the top ten across the entire school, wouldn't she?"

"As expected of our class representative—she's fierce!"

Cries of surprise rang out as the students began discussing it among themselves.

Guo Hongtao was also astonished by the result. "She's improved so quickly. She's almost surpassing me."

Hearing that, Jiang Yuan shook his head speechlessly.

This little fatty was not showing off.

His speed had reached 21 m/s, comparable to the Body Tempering Second Layer.

It could truly be said that he had put every skill point into speed.

Jiang Yuan could not help thinking.

Could I surpass her?

The old him would never have entertained such a thought. But after taking the Creation Pill, Jiang Yuan felt that his body had undergone earth-shaking changes—it would not be an exaggeration to call it a rebirth.

His strength and speed had definitely improved enormously compared to before.

But without being measured by professional equipment, Jiang Yuan had no idea whether he could surpass Song Xi.

Still, he was confident that he could keep up with Song Xi's speed.

The next event was the strength test.

Song Xi calmly walked up to the punching-force tester, gathered strength in her right hand and clenched it into a fist, then threw three consecutive punches.

Punching force: 410 kilograms

This result was within everyone's expectations.

After all, girls and boys were born with different physical structures. During the Body Tempering Stage, girls still had a slight disadvantage in strength.

Li Qingshan nodded faintly. "Not bad. You've improved since last time."

"With this result, getting into a key martial arts university is a sure thing."

Upon hearing that, a student asked unwillingly, "Teacher, Song Xi's strength is at least at the peak of the Body Tempering First Layer. If she pushes herself for three months, she can definitely reach the Body Tempering Second Layer. Even then, she still can't earn a ticket to New Star?"

Li Qingshan gave a mocking smile. "The Body Tempering First Layer is the Body Tempering First Layer. What peak are you talking about?"

"You spend all day reaching for things beyond your grasp, thinking about this and that, instead of putting your minds on the proper path."

"Do you really think New Star is so easy to reach?"

"I dare say that not a single third-year student in our school can go to New Star."

"Remember, I mean there isn't the slightest hope."

The entire hall erupted in uproar.

Even Song Xi's face showed a trace of unwillingness.

New Star was the center of human civilization.

Every cutting-edge technology, advanced martial arts technique, and finest cultivation resource was there.

No one did not dream of going to New Star and truly seeing this world.