Breakthrough

"Creation Pill?!!"

Jiang Yuan's heart pounded wildly.

This meant an opportunity to defy fate and change his life lay before him.

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

Jiang Yuan impatiently tossed out those words and bolted from the classroom like the wind.

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

Jiang Yuan did not catch Guo Hongtao's words. Every thought in his mind was fixed on the Creation Pill.

As a transmigrator, Jiang Yuan had always carried a stubborn refusal to accept his 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 worn flat by cruel reality. Fortunately, his golden finger had finally arrived, giving him a chance to choose again.

Jiang Yuan hurried to the restroom and slipped into the innermost stall. Only after confirming that the lock worked properly did he silently say, Extract.

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

Just looking at it, he could tell it had to be incredibly bitter.

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

A violent force coursed through his body, washing through his tiny meridians.

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

After an unknown amount of time, 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 painstaking work and could only be done slowly.

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

Although certain pills could greatly help users temper their qi and blood, they would also damage their foundations.

Few students would resort to such a shortsighted approach.

But Jiang Yuan did not have that concern.

After the Creation Pill remolded his bones and innate talent, the pure power it released caused him no harm.

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

In the end, he could not resist.

Boom!

The force of his punch exploded, smashing a huge hole into the marble wall.

Seeing this, Jiang Yuan nodded in satisfaction.

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

After years of grueling cultivation, his improvement had been less than what a single pill gave him.

"So... this is what it feels like to be a genius?"

Jiang Yuan murmured, a flame called ambition rising in his eyes.

The martial arts hall.

In the several-hundred-square-meter space, a group of students in training uniforms were warming up, with occasional shouts of exertion ringing out.

Because Jiang Yuan had spent so much time taking the pill, all the other students had arrived. He was the only one missing.

"Brother Yuan, over here."

Guo Hongtao waved, and Jiang Yuan quickly walked over to him.

At the front of the crowd stood a burly man covered in muscles. He was their martial arts teacher, Li Qingshan.

"Everyone's here."

Li Qingshan curled his lips into a satisfied smile.

"Today, we'll test your strength and see whether any of you slacked off during the break."

"Those who slacked off will be punished."

"As for what that punishment will be, heh heh..."

The moment he finished speaking, the air seemed to freeze, and the hall fell silent.

Everyone knew Li Qingshan was not joking. He had quite a few methods for punishing students.

He could push students to their limits without actually injuring them.

Every student looked grave, afraid of becoming an example. Some even had weak knees; one look was enough to tell they had probably spent the holiday 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 bring over the punching-force tester.

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

Speed was tested through a hundred-meter sprint, with specialized measuring equipment accurate to four decimal places.

Strength, meanwhile, allowed three attempts, with the highest result counted.

"Alright, 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, she was quite capable.

She strode to the starting line and steadied herself, quickly adjusted her breathing, then kicked off fiercely. Her entire body shot forward like a cheetah.

She was astonishingly fast. In the blink of an eye, she had reached the other side.

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

Song Xi, speed: 19.5 m/s.

"Damn, that's insane."

"At that speed, she could probably rank in the top ten in the entire school."

"As expected of our class rep. She's amazing!"

Exclamations rang out as the students discussed the result.

Guo Hongtao was also surprised when he saw it. "She improved so quickly. She's almost caught up to me."

Hearing that, Jiang Yuan shook his head speechlessly.

This little fatty really was not showing off.

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

He had practically put all his skill points 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 earthshaking changes. Calling it a complete rebirth would not be an exaggeration.

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

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

However, he was confident that he could at least keep up with Song Xi's speed.

The next event was the strength test.

Song Xi calmly walked to the punching-force tester. She gathered power in her right fist and threw three consecutive punches.

Punching force: 410 kg

This result was within everyone's expectations.

After all, girls and boys were born with different physical constitutions. During body tempering, girls still held a slight disadvantage in strength.

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

"With this result, you're guaranteed a place at a key martial arts university."

Hearing that, one student asked unwillingly, "Teacher, Song Xi is at least at the peak of the Body Tempering First Layer. If she pushes herself over the next 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 dismissive laugh. "The Body Tempering First Layer is just the Body Tempering First Layer. Where did this so-called peak come from?"

"You spend all day aiming too high and thinking about this and that, never putting your minds on the proper path."

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

"I dare say that not a single senior in our school will make it to New Star."

"Remember this: I mean there isn't even the slightest hope."

The entire hall erupted into an uproar.

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

New Star was the center of human civilization.

All cutting-edge technology, advanced martial arts techniques, and the finest cultivation resources were there.

No one did not dream of going to New Star and seeing the true world for themselves.