Several hours later.
Good, very good!
Chen Qingyu clenched his fists, feeling the Star True Qi surge freely through his body, and laughed heartily.
At this moment:
With time accelerated tenfold, he had cultivated in the [Martial Practice Hall] for over forty full hours.
Here, with its various powerful functions supporting him, one hour of cultivation was more effective than three hours in the outside world.
He had officially reached the beginner stage in all three martial techniques and thoroughly consolidated his progress.
After returning, he would only need a few hours to familiarize himself with them before bringing his physical body in the real world to the beginner stage as well.
Chen Qingyu nodded in satisfaction.
Cultivating martial techniques required more than sufficient proficiency and a high enough level of mastery. The body also had to adapt completely to the changes in True Qi, forming an instinctive memory.
Especially with a method like the "Great Radiance Body Refining Method," which strengthened and transformed the physical body in concrete ways, he would have to cultivate it step by step, no matter how high his mastery was.
It seems I can't spend all my future cultivation time in the [Martial Practice Hall], either.
I'll cultivate diligently in the [Martial Practice Hall] for four hours every day, using tenfold time acceleration to raise my mastery of martial techniques with all my might.
In the real world, I'll also cultivate for four hours, truly digesting what I gained in the [Martial Practice Hall] and making it my own.
That will be the cultivation path best suited to me.
Having settled on his future cultivation path, Chen Qingyu felt refreshed from head to toe.
Time for dinner.
With a thought, he left the [Martial Practice Hall].
Within the Supreme Void Dao Realm, anyone inside an enclosed space such as the [War God Tower] or [Martial Practice Hall] could not leave the realm directly.
Whoosh!
His vision blurred, and he was already outside.
Yet when he took in his surroundings, he could not help freezing slightly.
The entrance to the [Martial Practice Hall] was nothing like the bustling scene of people coming and going that he had imagined.
Only a solitary figure stood at the entrance.
It was a young man in black with a tall, straight figure, standing with his hands behind his back. He seemed to have been waiting for a long time.
A large crowd had gathered over a dozen zhang away, watching the young man in black with awe and admiration in their eyes.
They whispered quietly among themselves, not daring to raise their voices for fear of disturbing him.
"Hmm?"
The young man in black seemed to notice the movement and slowly turned around, fixing eyes as brilliant as stars on Chen Qingyu.
"Chen Shaojun?"
Chen Qingyu raised an eyebrow and said:
"That's me. And you are...?"
The young man in black smiled slightly and raised his hands in greeting.
"I am Chen Qinggu. Greetings."
Chen Qingyu's expression shifted, and he immediately returned the salute.
"So it's my elder cousin Qinggu. Greetings."
At that moment:
Outside the [Martial Practice Hall], countless gazes gathered on the two of them, and the onlookers even held their breath.
Two young men, one in black and one in white.
One stood first on the War God Rankings, the other first on the Combat Victory Rankings.
One was a peerless prodigy who had recently risen, bursting onto the scene; the other was the leader of the younger generation, who had dominated for years and reigned supreme within the clan.
A clash between these two was undoubtedly enough to stir the soul.
"Elder cousin Qinggu."
Chen Qingyu spoke first.
"What important matter brings you here to see me?"
Chen Qinggu smiled gently.
"Nothing else. I seek only a battle!"
Chen Qingyu's eyes immediately lit up, and he laughed aloud.
"Just what I wanted!"
Besides honing his martial techniques, his purpose in entering the Supreme Void Dao Realm was to accumulate combat experience.
He, too, yearned for battle, for truly powerful opponents.
Chen Qinggu, standing before him, had dominated all the Chen Clan's Blood Sea Realm prodigies for years. He was truly the strongest in the clan and precisely the most suitable opponent for him.
"Good!"
Chen Qinggu likewise burst into hearty laughter.
"Straightforward!"
"Younger cousin Shaojun, would you set a time?"
Chen Qingyu pondered briefly, then said:
"How about noon tomorrow?"
Chen Qinggu nodded.
"Good. At noon tomorrow, outside the [Combat Victory Platform], I shall respectfully await your arrival!"
With that, he swept his sleeve, and his figure vanished.
Chen Qingyu smiled and likewise left the Supreme Void Dao Realm with a thought.
After the two had departed:
The surrounding crowd finally erupted into thunderous cheers, surging outward like a tide.
The scene they had most eagerly anticipated had truly come to pass, and so quickly at that-
The two Blood Sea Realm prodigies with the greatest talent and strongest abilities in the Chen Clan were about to fight a decisive battle to determine who was superior.
Before long:
News that the leaders of the two rankings were about to fight a decisive battle swept through all of [Divine Capital Changluo] like a hurricane, leaving countless people cheering with joy and craning their necks in anticipation.
Without a doubt, this was a showdown at the pinnacle that would draw every eye!
In Divine Capital Changluo, at the residence of Chen Qingyu and his father.
By the time Chen Qingyu left the Supreme Void Dao Realm, the evening lanterns had just been lit, turning the entire divine capital into a city without night.
After discovering that his father was still cultivating diligently, he could only eat dinner alone again before heading to the Martial Practice Ground and devoting himself wholeheartedly to practicing his martial techniques.
Just two hours later:
He had fully made the gains from the [Martial Practice Hall] his own, truly reaching the beginner stage in all three supreme martial techniques.
Beginner, minor accomplishment, major accomplishment, perfection!
The four stages of martial techniques also represented differences as vast as heaven and earth in power, skill, and flexibility.
As supreme martial techniques backed by Star True Qi, the three techniques Chen Qingyu had mastered were far stronger even at the beginner stage than ordinary martial techniques at perfection.
Good, very good!
Chen Qingyu nodded in satisfaction.
With these three martial techniques cultivated, I have far more ways to deal with opponents now.
After I wake up tomorrow morning and have breakfast, I can go to the Floating Heavenly Palace to check in again. This is simply wonderful.
In high spirits, he returned to the study and read for a while, then washed up and went to bed early.
Early the next morning.
Chen Zhengxing finally finished cultivating and had breakfast with Chen Qingyu. After chatting briefly, he watched his son ride an auspicious cloud and rush toward the Floating Heavenly Palace.
Whoosh!
Sensing Chen Qingyu's arrival, the nine layers of golden astral winds automatically parted to either side.
Chen Qingyu stroked the green jade thumb ring on his thumb, feeling a trace of nervousness as he silently prayed:
Please, you must hold out a little longer.
So far, at the Floating Heavenly Palace, his first check-in location, he had obtained a full five divine abilities, all from the Thirty-Six Heavenly Gang Transformations.
He suspected that the Floating Heavenly Palace's reward pool was nearly exhausted and the next check-in location would soon open.
However, the system had given no notification so far. He could only hope that this vital foundation of the Chen Clan could hold out a little longer.
A moment later:
Riding his auspicious cloud, Chen Qingyu landed before the Floating Heavenly Palace and silently said:
System! I want to check in!
Ding!
A crisp, pleasant notification sounded in Chen Qingyu's mind:
Host has checked in at [Floating Heavenly Palace] for the sixth time! Congratulations, host. You have obtained one of the Thirty-Six Heavenly Gang Transformations: the Dragon Subduing and Tiger Taming Technique!