He returned to the dormitory.
Seeing that no one else was there,
Wei Yi eagerly chose to claim his quest rewards.
The 5,000 cultivation experience directly raised him from a first-rank Martial Master to a second-rank Martial Master, advancing his cultivation by another minor realm. Wei Yi instantly returned to peak condition, and the exhaustion and depletion from his recent battle vanished without a trace.
Wei Yi put all the other 5,000 skill experience into the Blackwater Movement Technique.
The Blackwater Movement Technique, a supreme-grade mortal-tier movement technique, deserved the lion's share of the credit for his victory over Qian Tonghe. Without it, there was truly no telling whether he would have won or lost that match.
The Blackwater Movement Technique had already reached LV3 and was approaching LV4. Adding those 5,000 experience points took it straight past LV4 to LV5.
With those two improvements, Wei Yi's strength made another considerable advance.
One bronze treasure chest remained among the quest rewards.
In the game, treasure chests came in four grades: bronze, silver, gold, and diamond. The higher the grade, the rarer and harder the chest was to obtain, but the items inside were generally more precious and valuable as well.
"I wonder what I'll get from this bronze treasure chest."
"Although bronze treasure chests usually give low-level items, there's a small chance of getting high-level ones too. This is where my luck gets put to the test!"
"Heaven, please bless me. Don't let my luck be too terrible on my first try."
Wei Yi had no certainty about what he would get.
Taking a deep breath, he chose to open the bronze treasure chest.
"Ding! Player Wei Yi has opened a bronze treasure chest and obtained one copy of the mid-grade profound-tier cultivation art, Purple Cloud Manual."
Hearing the system notification, then seeing the cultivation manual glowing with pale purple light in his inventory, Wei Yi froze for a moment before he could no longer hold back his laughter.
The Purple Cloud Manual contained the mental art of the Purple Cloud Art, the Mount Hua Sect's foremost divine art in wuxia novels. It was also a top-class mental art that only the sect leader was qualified to practice. Its power was astonishing, and it had the remarkable ability to neutralize foreign True Qi. Among the many internal cultivation mental arts in wuxia novels, it could rank in the top ten.
Of course, in a fantasy world like the Martial God World, it naturally could not be considered top-class.
But for a Martial Master like Wei Yi, who had only just cultivated internal Qi, the Purple Cloud Manual was exceptionally suitable. This was no longer a standard setup, but a genuinely high-end one.
Getting the Purple Cloud Manual from a bronze treasure chest was undoubtedly an explosion of good luck-he had hit the jackpot.
As far as Wei Yi knew, most people at True Martial Academy cultivated mortal-tier arts, including the instructors.
As for profound-tier arts, only the academy's highest-ranking figures were qualified to learn and cultivate them.
Even in the Wei Clan, known as one of the Great Chu Dynasty's ten great Lineages, few could actually cultivate profound-tier arts. The Wei Clan's clan-guarding art was itself only a profound-tier cultivation art, and in a true comparison, it might not be much better than the Purple Cloud Manual.
Cultivation arts were a martial artist's foundation, far more valuable than martial skills. Calling a mid-grade profound-tier cultivation art worth a fortune would be no exaggeration.
Naturally, Wei Yi was immensely satisfied to get something like this from a bronze treasure chest.
"Ding! Player Wei Yi has discovered one copy of the mid-grade profound-tier cultivation art, Purple Cloud Manual. Begin learning?"
"Learn."
Wei Yi did not hesitate in the slightest.
"Ding! Player Wei Yi has learned the mid-grade profound-tier cultivation art, Purple Cloud Manual."
After the system notification, the Basic Cultivation Mental Art was soon replaced by the Purple Cloud Manual.
A low-grade mortal-tier cultivation art had become a mid-grade profound-tier cultivation art. It was like trading a bird gun for a cannon in one stroke.
Wei Yi tried circulating the Purple Cloud Art, and the internal Qi in his dantian immediately surged. An incomparably powerful force instantly filled his entire body. A faint purple light flickered across his face, while threads of soul-seizing radiance shone from his eyes.
It was on an entirely different level from circulating the Basic Cultivation Mental Art.
Powerful!
Wei Yi fully experienced the power of a mid-grade profound-tier cultivation art.
Even without activating his bloodline power, he now felt confident taking on Qian Tonghe with the Purple Cloud Manual alone.
The next day, Wei Yi came to the training room.
Of course, it was not Class Eight's training room, but Class Three's.
Zhu Yuanhe had made all the arrangements for him the night before. He was now a student of Class Three.
"Wei Yi, come sit here."
"Wei Yi, over here! We saved you a seat."
The moment Wei Yi arrived, Zhu Ling'er and Yang Qingqing greeted him warmly.
The two behaved just like a pair of little fangirls.
Seeing the class's two prettiest goddesses welcoming an outsider like Wei Yi together, the other boys in Class Three could not stop their eyelids from twitching. Their expressions were gloomy, and the looks they directed at Wei Yi were distinctly unfriendly.
Fortunately, Wei Yi had stolen the limelight yesterday and even defeated Instructor Qian Tonghe, making him far too intimidating. Otherwise, someone might already have been unable to resist challenging him to a duel. Even if they dared not challenge him, quite a few still launched an "offensive of glares."
"Come on, ladies, aren't you drawing a little too much fire? I've become the target of every arrow the moment I arrived."
Wei Yi looked around and noticed the changes in everyone's expressions. Though he did not take them to heart, he still could not help saying this, caught between laughter and tears.
Even as he spoke, however, he unceremoniously sat down beside the two.
"Hmph, hmph! Our youthful charm is invincible. Now you've seen it for yourself, right? If you ever dare bully us, you'd better watch out."
As soon as she finished, Zhu Ling'er and Yang Qingqing could not help laughing first themselves.
"By the way, don't you never come to the training room for lessons? Why did you come today?" Zhu Ling'er blinked and asked curiously.
"It's my first day. I have to give Instructor Hu a little face," Wei Yi replied with a shrug.
"I heard that, you know."
Suddenly, a young woman's voice sounded behind him. Not yet thirty, with short hair and a brisk, capable air, she was none other than Instructor Hu, who was in charge of Class Three.
"..."
Caught red-handed, Wei Yi could not help looking embarrassed.
"From what you said, you're planning to show up on the first day and never come again?"
Instructor Hu asked Wei Yi with a smile.
Previously, she had not had much of an impression of Wei Yi, knowing only that he had been born with severed meridians and could not cultivate. But yesterday's events had left a deep impression on her and made her see him in a new light.
"Um, Instructor Hu, you've misunderstood. I was just joking around..."
Although that really was what Wei Yi had planned, since he had the game system and could instantly learn any martial skill or cultivation art, he naturally did not need to waste time here. It was just that he could hardly explain that to anyone else.
But Instructor Hu was not angry. Instead, she smiled.
"Actually, it's fine if you don't want to come. With your talent, I have no concerns about letting you cultivate on your own. However..." She paused there, then looked at Wei Yi and continued with a broad smile, "your results in the end-of-term assessment must satisfy me. I'm not asking for much. Take first place in the second year for me. How about it?"
The moment Instructor Hu said this, Zhu Ling'er and Yang Qingqing could not help gaping.
Some students sitting nearby could not help gaping as well.
That demand... wasn't asking for much?
Hearing this, Wei Yi too could not help being caught between laughter and tears.