Come On, All of You!

"You actually dare to think that?" Wan Keshan was stunned on the spot, looking Li Qingshan up and down.

He knew you were greedy, but he never imagined you'd be greedy to this extent!

"Is it not allowed?" Li Qingshan's face fell with disappointment.

The ranking reward for First Year only let you pick one C-rank Martial Skill.

That meant he had to choose between Nine Heavens Wind Thunder Blade and Heavenly Net Mizong Step.

As an adult, of course he wanted both!

"Is this a question of whether it's allowed or not?" Wan Keshan shook his head speechlessly.

"There are only three months left until the end of the year. Even if you cultivate The Stars Are Calling to the fourth realm, at most you'll only reach Body Tempering fifth level."

"The top elites in Second Year are basically all above the sixth level, and some are even at the seventh level!"

"Besides, even if their martial skills haven't reached Great Accomplishment, they're at least at Mastery."

"After Body Tempering fifth level, the difference in punching power between each level nearly doubles. Tell me, how are you going to fight?"

Wan Keshan's spit flew everywhere as he rattled on endlessly.

Li Qingshan consciously stepped back, and only when the man finally stopped did he speak up in a low voice:

"If I train Mizong Step and Wind Shadow Blade to Perfection, wouldn't that be enough?"

"Heh, if you can actually do that, then you can give it a try."

Wan Keshan let out a cold laugh, not taking it seriously.

Two martial skills at Perfection would indeed be enough to close the gap, especially since he was only aiming for the top ten.

But Perfection and Great Accomplishment in martial skills were worlds apart—how easy could it be?

"That's good then!"

Li Qingshan seemed not to notice the teacher's expression, letting out a long sigh of relief.

Martial skills weren't as hard to train as cultivation techniques.

In three months, he only needed to set aside some time from "grinding" the technique to train both martial skills to Perfection.

Thinking of the technique, Li Qingshan asked a question that had been nagging him for a while.

"Teacher, does The Stars Are Calling really only have four realms?"

Wan Keshan's eyes flickered with curiosity, puzzled. "Why did you suddenly think to ask that?"

"It's not exactly sudden, is it?" Li Qingshan shrugged, pointing at himself.

"After all, I'm already at the fourth realm now. I can't just have nothing to train afterward, right?"

Wan Keshan was left speechless, frowning and pondering for a good while before he spoke.

"I can tell you, The Stars Are Calling does have a fifth realm.

But across the entire Ziying Star, no one has reached that realm in nearly a thousand years, so it's not usually mentioned during lectures."

"Is it that hard?"

Li Qingshan tried to widen his eyes, putting on an exaggerated expression of surprise, while his gaze casually swept over the Status Panel.

Hard or not, he didn't know—but if he just "grinded" for another half year or so, wouldn't he become the "first person in a thousand years"?

"Don't overthink it. The fifth realm of The Stars Are Calling mainly involves the 'Extreme Realm' of Body Tempering. You're still far from that stage. Wait until you're at Body Tempering Tenth Level before considering it."

"Extreme Realm?"

Another new term. Li Qingshan instinctively connected it to his guess about Body Tempering Eleventh Order during the entrance test.

Back when he was at Body Tempering First Level, the Status Panel showed Body Tempering 9/100.

Later, when he was at Body Tempering 18/100, he tested again and barely exceeded Body Tempering Second Level's speed of 13 m/s and punching power of 350 kg.

Clearly, his guess was right—Body Tempering Tenth Level would only reach 90/100 on the panel's Progress Bar.

Since "Extreme Realm" could only be touched after Body Tempering Tenth Level, it had to be related to this.

Li Qingshan's curiosity itched, but Wan Keshan had no intention of elaborating, waving his hand to leave.

"Focus on training. Raise your Body Tempering realm first before anything else."

Just then, "Teacher Li, you have to stand up for us!"

"That's right, the single-person training rooms belong to the whole of Luoying City. What right does Teacher Wan have to decide on his own?"

"Exactly! Li Qingshan is just a new student. He has no right to occupy the training room."

Amid a chorus of accusations and the clatter of footsteps, a group of Second Year martial arts students crowded around a lean male teacher, stopping outside the training room door.

Wan Keshan crossed his arms over his chest, a faint, unreadable smile tugging at the corner of his mouth as he looked at them.

Where his gaze fell, it was like pressing a pause button—all the students broke out in cold sweat and clamped their mouths shut.

"Weren't you quite talkative just now? What's wrong? Cat got your tongue?"

Wan Keshan's expression was half-smiling, and the students grew even more tense. The few at the front who had instigated this, all at Body Tempering fourth level, had gone pale.

"Teacher Wan, why scare these kids?"

Teacher Li spoke helplessly, stepping forward and turning his gaze to Li Qingshan.

"Li Qingshan, I personally have no issue with you taking the last single-person training room.

But training rooms are public resources. I can't just assign it to you without a clear reason. In the end, we need to give an explanation. Do you agree?"

Li Qingshan met the teacher's gaze, sensing no ill intent, and nodded.

"Teacher Li is right. I have no objections."

"Good."

Teacher Li let out a breath and turned to face the four students behind him.

"You're all close to Body Tempering fifth level, and you're the only ones with a shot at the single-person training room. Since you're not convinced, let's settle it with a fight!"

As his words fell, the four immediately grew excited, exchanging glances as if deciding who would make the first move.

The students watching from behind erupted in cheers, looking at Teacher Li with admiration, as if he had become a champion of justice.

Teacher Li shifted his neck uncomfortably, his gaze sweeping over his four "prized students," and sighed inwardly.

Though he wasn't on the Patrol Bureau's roster, he was fully aware of what had happened at Silver Glow Hotel last night.

Given Li Qingshan's record, occupying a single-person training room was no issue at all.

But since the students had come to him, he had to go through the motions.

Some things couldn't be settled with words alone—only seeing with their own eyes would make them give up.

Within a minute, the four had reached a decision.

"Li Qingshan, we won't take advantage of you. Yang Peng will spar with you. If you win, we'll leave without another word!"

As he spoke, one of the four, a tall, sturdy boy, stepped forward with a confident look.

Li Qingshan's gaze landed on Yang Peng, and he said knowingly, "So, you're the strongest among them?"

Yang Peng's expression froze, turning awkward.

The three behind him frowned slightly, clearly disagreeing with Li Qingshan's words.

If Yang Peng were the strongest, they wouldn't have been arguing earlier.

Pushing Yang Peng forward was just because they were all evenly matched and didn't want to waste time.

"Li Qingshan, why do you care about that? Beating you is enough anyway." Yang Peng took a deep breath, trying to take control of the pace.

"Did I guess wrong?"

Li Qingshan ignored the provocation, his brow furrowing.

He had agreed to Teacher Li's suggestion because this kind of thing was unavoidable and had to be dealt with.

If Yang Peng were the strongest, one fight would shut them up, and that would be fine.

But clearly, none of the four accepted the others' superiority. They said they'd leave without a word, but without taking a beating, they wouldn't learn their lesson.

Next time, they'd probably find some other excuse to waste his time.

In Li Qingshan's eyes, that was exactly what this was—a waste of time.

Every minute that passed meant losing ten minutes of training time in the Martial Arts Space.

At that thought, Li Qingshan grew impatient and waved his hand.

"Forget it, don't waste time. All of you, come at me together!"

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