Breathing Techniques and Grandmaster Martial Arts
"Instructor Yang, what are you doing here?" Qin Chen asked in surprise as he looked at Yang Xue.
At that moment, the people outside the door saw Qin Chen and recoiled involuntarily, as though they had seen a ghost.
Yang Xue stared at Qin Chen. She noticed that his eyes were flickering like two flames.
A martial artist! Her heart jolted.
Qin Chen had broken through to become a One-Star Martial Artist. With her experience, there was no way she could be mistaken.
"Nothing. I just came to see whether you were dead," Yang Xue said expressionlessly.
Before Qin Chen could react, she turned to the crowd. "What are you all standing around here for? Get out of here!"
The crowd immediately scattered, not daring to linger for a moment.
She glanced at Luo Bin. "Let's go."
The two of them left without lingering.
The place that had just been bustling with activity was suddenly empty except for Qin Chen.
"How bizarre!" Qin Chen shook his head.
Outside the building.
Luo Bin followed behind Yang Xue and could not resist asking, "Did he break through?"
He had wanted to ask Qin Chen just now, but Yang Xue had told everyone to leave, so he could hardly stay behind to ask.
Yang Xue nodded. "He probably broke through."
"That kid is incredible. He stayed in there for twelve hours straight. He's an absolute freak." Luo Bin was astonished too.
"But he has two elements, and the other one is wind. It should have been able to counteract some of the heat, so twelve hours is still understandable."
"Maybe."
Neither of them had the fire element, much less two elements, so they could not guess exactly how Qin Chen had endured twelve hours.
"So? Are you still going to have Yu Yang and Xu Fei put pressure on him?" Luo Bin asked with a smile.
He had broken through to become a One-Star Martial Artist on his second day at the Genius Training Camp. How were the people behind him supposed to catch up? The pressure really would turn around and crush those two instead.
Yang Xue glanced at him, not bothering to respond.
Luo Bin shook his head and muttered, "You must be bursting with joy inside!"
That was just how Yang Xue was. The colder she appeared on the surface, the more shaken she was inside.
"What did you say?" Yang Xue turned and asked.
"Nothing!" Luo Bin shuddered and hurriedly spoke up.
Inside Rest Room No. 1, Qin Chen put the two Elemental Mark fragments into his mouth.
"They don't taste like anything!"
The two fragments melted as soon as they entered his mouth, as though he had swallowed nothing at all.
But once they entered his body, he could feel his wind and ice Elemental Marks beginning to form.
[Ding! Successfully devoured wind Elemental Mark fragment] [Ding! Successfully devoured ice Elemental Mark fragment]
A moment later, Qin Chen looked at the system again. The information for the two elements on his status panel had changed.
Wind element realm: Peak Body Tempering (Elemental Mark progress: 25%) Ice element realm: Peak Body Tempering (Elemental Mark progress: 35%)
Qin Chen was not surprised by the information. His talent for the wind element was lower, so it was only natural for it to lag behind in every respect.
"Time to open the blind box!"
He looked at the martial arts gift pack with anticipation.
"God-Level Mission, please don't let me down!"
With a thought, the box vanished on its own. Several shapes of light appeared before his eyes, and before he could react, they surged into his mind and turned into pieces of information that he quickly absorbed.
"Flame Breathing Technique!"
Martial art description: seventh-grade cultivation technique (can be advanced), usable only by fire martial artists.
"Wind Breathing!"
Martial art description: seventh-grade martial art (can be advanced), usable only by wind martial artists.
"Ice Breathing!"
Martial art description: seventh-grade martial art (can be advanced), usable only by ice martial artists.
In an instant, information on the three techniques appeared in Qin Chen's mind.
The descriptions were simple, but the words "seventh-grade" filled Qin Chen with delight.
Martial arts and cultivation techniques had grades just as martial artists had realms: one used stars, the other grades.
The seventh grade was also called Grandmaster martial arts, because Seven-Star Martial Artists were called Grandmasters.
Grandmaster martial arts were not necessarily created by Grandmasters. Rather, they were so powerful among all martial arts that they could be called Grandmasters in their own right.
After all, in the previous Rongcheng announcement, Zhou Kuan had become a martial artist as a genius and received only a second-grade martial art as a reward.
Moreover, seventh-grade martial arts and cultivation techniques that One-Star Martial Artists could practice were extremely rare. Every one of them was considered the finest among techniques of the same grade.
Good talent alone was not enough to practice them. One also had to make contributions to humanity.
Generally, someone with talent like Qin Chen's would have no chance to learn them. Only people who had earned military merit in the army were qualified, though their talent might not be good enough to call them geniuses.
Some had not even become martial artists and joined the army until they were over thirty, but they had bought the chance to practice such techniques with blood and lives.
What delighted Qin Chen most was that they could be advanced. That meant the techniques could later be upgraded to an even higher grade. They were simply perfect martial arts and cultivation techniques.
He also paid particular attention to the wind and ice breathing techniques and was delighted to discover that although he had not yet broken through to the martial artist realm with either element, he could still practice them.
"Blazing Sun Fist!"
Martial art description: seventh-grade martial art, usable only by fire martial artists.
Another Grandmaster martial art filled Qin Chen with delight.
Blazing Sun Fist could greatly increase his strength.
Next, Qin Chen began to digest the information about these techniques and martial arts. Only after he had thoroughly committed them to memory did he leave the rest room.
After stepping outside, he headed straight for Yang Xue's office area.
"Instructor Yang, I'd like to ask for some leave." When Qin Chen saw Yang Xue, he came straight to the point.
"Leave?" Yang Xue frowned. "It's the second day since the training camp opened. What do you need leave for?"
"There's something you don't know, Instructor Yang. My family's situation is a little complicated. I want to move my parents to the martial artists' family residential area as soon as possible. Only then can I cultivate in peace." Qin Chen did not explain much more.
Although he was outstanding, he was not yet remarkable enough for someone like Yang Xue to take the initiative to deal with the Zhao Family for him.
So he still had to rely on himself for everything. As long as he moved his parents somewhere safe, even if the Zhao Family found out afterward that he had killed Zhao Kuan, he could deal with them step by step, no matter how high their floodwaters rose.
Yang Xue looked at Qin Chen seriously and finally nodded. "How long do you need?"
"I'm not sure. About a week, I think!" Qin Chen gave her an estimate.
On this trip back, he had to get certified as a martial artist and move his family, so there was bound to be plenty to do.
"I'll give you ten days. Do your best to settle your affairs." Yang Xue agreed without much further thought.
"All right!" Qin Chen had not expected her to be so generous. Ten days was more than enough.
After Qin Chen left, Yang Xue made a phone call and summoned Luo Bin.
"Find someone to investigate Qin Chen's family background, including everyone connected to his family. The more detailed, the better," Yang Xue said as she sorted through her documents.
"What's going on?" Luo Bin was somewhat surprised. It was the first time he had seen Yang Xue take such an interest in a trainee.
Yang Xue fell silent for a moment, then said without looking up, "It's preparation for the General Star Selection."
Luo Bin was taken aback. The General Star Selection did indeed require the trainees' backgrounds to be completely clean.
Not all humans in this world were united, so everyone who joined the army had to undergo a background check, especially for the General Star Selection this time.
But there was still quite some time before the General Star Selection, and two days was enough for them to investigate someone's background. There was no need to start so early, and it was unlike Yang Xue's style.
However, seeing that Yang Xue had no intention of explaining, he nodded. "All right."