Three Consecutive Monthly Exam Victories! Embryonic Breathing Third Layer!

"Whew..."

Three months later, in the first-year students' daily training hall No. 001 at Mingyang City No. 1 Technical Primary School, Sima Mingli took a deep breath.

After the person opposite him had taken first place in this month's exam that morning, with no suspense whatsoever.

He had been waiting for this moment ever since.

Now, at the other person's request, he drew upon his Fifth Layer Embryonic Breathing without reservation.

He held nothing back and left no room to spare.

Next, he slowly gathered power in his right hand, imbuing it with the strongest first-grade attack Law Technique among those for which he had purchased licenses-

In an instant, a breeze stirred through the training hall, and cracks rang out on all sides.

It was a blow he had put everything into. In theory, even someone at Embryonic Breathing Seventh Layer would have a hard time taking it head-on.

But the person opposite him did not move in the slightest, remaining utterly unruffled and paying no attention to the commotion Sima Mingli made as he gathered power.

After about ten seconds, Sima Mingli finished gathering power.

He stepped forward. Though the training ground's floor was sturdy enough not to crack, it still trembled slightly.

A full-force strike at Embryonic Breathing Fifth Layer, plus a special-class first-grade Law Technique, plus the Earth Virtue Dao Lineage's enhancement within the megacorporation's domain...

Everything about Sima Mingli's move showed that his reputation as the top graduate of the preparatory class was well deserved.

Sure enough, as he shot forward and threw his punch, a sonic boom rang out.

Then, wreathed in his dense Embryonic Breathing power, it slammed toward the person before him, who only now slowly raised a right hand, intending to block it one-handed-

Before the result became clear, many thoughts had crossed Sima Mingli's mind...

Yes, he admitted that he could not compare to a top-grade pseudo spirit root, but could that person really catch up to three years of his hard work in just three months?

When all was said and done, there should not have been a massive gap between the medicines and various resources they used in the early stages.

So why had he made such a request?

And when his cultivation was still far below Sima Mingli's, he intended to take his full-force blow head-on?

He did not even cultivate the Earth Virtue Dao Lineage!

Although I became your follower, I have my dignity too-

Sima Mingli thought as he threw his punch, Yes, that's right. When it comes to competing in cultivation and the speed of improvement in all kinds of Law Techniques and Technique Methods on the weekly and monthly exams, I'm far behind you...

But without suppressing my cultivation level in a magical duel, how could you possibly beat me as I am now!

I just hope that after you go down, you'll keep your word and triple my school loan quota.

Boom-

As his thoughts came to an end, the blow he had put everything into struck its target.

But the scene he had imagined did not appear.

Even though the dust before him had yet to settle, Sima Mingli understood the outcome from the sensation against his right fist.

"How is that possible..."

"How is that possible? Is the gap really that big?"

His pupils widened involuntarily, and his mouth fell slightly open, unable to close.

Though Sima Mingli refused to believe it, when the dust settled and revealed the hand that had not budged an inch, reality still dealt him a crushing blow.

Lü Yuan looked at him calmly, then drew back his left foot, which had just stepped back.

"Embryonic Breathing Fifth Layer. Passable, I suppose..." He withdrew his right hand and brushed the dust from his shoulder.

"Although you didn't meet my expectations, there really isn't anyone your age more suitable than you for now."

"While Lin Qi raises her cultivation and catches up over the next six months, you'll be my sparring partner."

Lü Yuan glanced at Sima Mingli, the tool person who had been left utterly dejected.

"Although you didn't knock me down and get the loan quota, if you can satisfy me over the next six months, doubling it for you wouldn't be out of the question."

"Make the most of the opportunity. Otherwise, once my cultivation surpasses yours next year, it won't be your turn for this sort of thing."

With that, Lü Yuan wasted no more time. He turned, picked up his coat, and set off for home.

It was actually only dusk, nowhere near the end of the school day. They usually got out at one in the morning.

But as a top-grade pseudo spirit root, he had the right to enter and leave campus whenever he pleased.

Even the principal did not dare stop him, let alone anyone else.

"Next year... his cultivation will surpass mine-"

Only after Lü Yuan's figure had gradually receded into the distance did Sima Mingli finally give a bitter smile, his expression then turning complicated.

"Embryonic Breathing Third Layer in three months, even faster than the previous one, and nearly four times as fast as me..."

"By next year, I'm afraid only the pseudo spirit roots in fifth and sixth grade will be able to catch his interest-"

"No wonder he said within two years at the opening ceremony. By the third year, who in the entire primary school will still be his match?"

But after saying that, his spirits rose instead. "Good thing, good thing I had the foresight."

"Unlike those upper-year students who don't know their own limits and want to compete with him in off-campus competitions, I became his number one follower first."

"I said it long ago: how could becoming a top-grade pseudo spirit root's follower be anything but a tremendous blessing?"

"As long as I do well over these six months and my school loan quota doubles, my immortal cultivation potential will surpass those upper-year guys'."

"It's just a pity Lü Yuan is only interested in Lin Qi-"

At that, Sima Mingli heaved a great sigh of regret. "Otherwise, I'd go book a sex reassignment surgery at the hospital right now."

Fortunately, Lü Yuan had not stayed to hear that, or he would have kicked the guy away and found someone else right then.

Although this capitalist society had changed him a great deal, sexual orientation was the one thing on which there was absolutely no room for compromise!

Even when faced with a higher cultivator, the same held true.

Unless he was offered a reasonable price, Lü Yuan would rather die than submit!

Embryonic Breathing Third Layer, some gains in talisman arts. Although I haven't comprehended Sword-Ray in swordsmanship yet, I've already cultivated Sword Light, and I've made some modest achievements in Law Techniques too...

Walking home alone, Lü Yuan took stock of the progress he had made over the past three months-

Although there had been quite a lot, and he had even broken several of his predecessors' records, he still was not particularly satisfied.

That was because Ancient Cultivator Lü Yuan next door was even more outrageous.

With tens of thousands of people behind him slowing him down, he had not reached his destination within the expected two months.

Naturally, he had yet to enter Qi Refinement.

But he had simply not reached Qi Refinement yet. As the three months passed, he had drawn closer and closer to Great Marsh Mountain.

He had now reached Embryonic Breathing Twelfth Layer, nearing completion, just a little short of successfully entering Qi Refinement.

Moreover, he had brought Sword-Ray and the Embryonic Breathing section of talisman arts to major mastery, and had even begun studying the Qi Refinement section of artifact refining.

Not long ago, two fourth-grade books on formations and medicine refining had appeared in the Immortal Book one after the other. He had now mastered both in turn and could use them with ease.

Presumably, it would only take a few more days for him to reach major mastery.

He was a genuine six-sided warrior. No joke, Ancient Cultivator Lü Yuan could certainly fight above his level now, taking on Qi Refinement cultivators while still at Embryonic Breathing.

Although Lü Yuan himself could match the Fifth Layer while at Embryonic Breathing Third Layer, that was thanks to his sixth-grade Cultivation Method, which made his Embryonic Breathing power much denser.

Compared to Ancient Cultivator Lü Yuan, he was like Sima Mingli facing him.

Still too slow...

If I didn't have to use my predecessors' records as a reference and hold back, with Ancient Cultivator Lü Yuan's Spirit Root, plus all kinds of medicines and spiritual objects, I could actually cultivate even faster!

Lü Yuan arrived downstairs at his building, calculating the time with a sigh.

Now I can only hope that Purple Mansion cultivator at the [Bright Yang Tower] can give me a surprise, so I can naturally reveal a little more strength.

Otherwise, catching up to his progress will be a prospect as distant as the horizon...

Shaking his head, he went upstairs and opened the door to apartment 412. There he saw that Lin Qi, who had used his name to skip class and come home, had already finished cooking and was waiting for him.

"Oh, the three-time monthly exam champion is back?" Lin Qi, who was at Embryonic Breathing First Layer, teased softly when she saw him return.

Lü Yuan ignored her. He simply walked over and, as usual, gathered all the sweat he had just worked up onto his fingertips.

Then he reached toward her lips.

He asked in return, "Some of the medicine in it hasn't evaporated yet... So, are you going to lick it today?"