Chapter 3
: Converging the Heavens, Nutritional Supplement
Seeing that Li Xijun was able to correct his mistakes and make progress, Zhang Haifeng was satisfied and continued to check the other students.
As Li Xijun stood still, practicing the "Azure Dragon Connecting Heaven Method" stance to further stimulate the circulation of Qi and blood, he carefully examined the information before him. Suddenly, he had a feeling that he could maintain this state in the future and never retreat.
"Is this... a certificate that lasts forever?"
Realizing something immediately, Li Xijun quickly focused her mind on the words in front of her.
Gradually, he felt his consciousness and spirit, like a stream flowing down from a high mountain, gradually flowing into the space between his eyebrows.
Dark!
Dead!
Eternal!
He seemed to have sunk into a dark, silent deep sea, where the concepts of time and space had vanished, leaving only endless darkness and emptiness, as ancient and enduring as the deep universe.
He didn't know how much time had passed until a sound like a bubble bursting rang out, and his consciousness returned, regaining the ability to think and develop self-awareness.
A golden mark, ineffable, intangible, and unimaginable, slowly rose and hung high above the sea of consciousness, radiating an indestructible golden aura that was ever-present in all time and space, like a blazing sun illuminating all the heavens and myriad realms.
Li Xijun was almost uncontrollably drawn to this Great Luo characteristic, his soul and consciousness instinctively fixed on the Great Sun within his sea of consciousness.
Gradually,
That seemingly ethereal mark, appearing both in the sea of consciousness and high above the heavens, seemed to be becoming increasingly clear.
Just as Li Xijun felt he could see clearly, the golden light suddenly filled his entire field of vision like boundless light.
"What I just did..." Li Xijun murmured unconsciously as her consciousness returned to reality.
Although what just happened in my sea of consciousness seems like an eternity ago.
But when Li Xijun came to her senses and looked up at the time on the large screen in front of the martial arts classroom, she found that less than a second had passed in the outside world.
Before he could continue to recall the Great Luo Mark he had just seen in his sea of consciousness, he suddenly found that strands of golden light appeared in his vision, slowly condensing and transforming into a golden light screen that appeared in front of him.
Name: Li Xijun
Age: 17
[Level: Apprentice Level 5]
[Qi and Blood Level: 5.7]
[Spiritual Level: 8.2]
[Technique:]
[Azure Dragon Sky-Piercing Technique: (Proficient 59%)]
[Martial Arts]
【True Martial Thirty-Six Forms (87% Proficiency)】
[Basic Knife Techniques: (Beginner 98%)]
[Convergence of the Heavens (1%)]
...........................
Looking at the golden panel in front of him, Li Xijun, who had read many online novels, immediately understood.
This should obviously be your own attribute panel.
Excited, he immediately began to explore his newfound ability.
Unfortunately, he couldn't find the legendary plus sign after his Qi and Blood level, cultivation method, and martial arts data. Even after diligently practicing the Azure Dragon Heaven-Reaching Method for a while, he didn't see any progress as expected from "Heaven rewards diligence".
However, during cultivation, I felt that every adjustment and improvement I made was perfectly solidified, without any regression.
Furthermore, even though he had been practicing for almost two hours and could clearly feel that his physical strength was almost exhausted, he was still able to perform the stance training and various supporting movements in perfect condition without any loss of efficiency.
"So, this data panel is actually an external manifestation of the characteristics of the Great Luo Imprint in my sea of consciousness?"
"With this ability and my own talent, my chances of getting into a martial arts university will definitely be much greater."
"It's a pity, I only have 20,000 yuan a month. Just the nutritional meals alone cost 9,000 yuan a month, and a bottle of qi and blood medicine costs 2,500 yuan, not to mention things like hiring a personal trainer..."
Thinking that Zhang Haifeng had only pointed out the error in his stance training with a single finger, yet it had increased the progress of the "Azure Dragon Connecting to Heaven Method" by 3%, Li Xijun couldn't help but feel envious of the elite class.
The first four realms of martial arts are Apprentice, Transcendent, Realm of Intent, and External Realm.
The experts at the Exterior Realm level are already the backbone of this world. They are enough to be the principals of their No. 7 Middle School. Now they are teaching the students in the elite class. This kind of teacher resource is more important than Qi and Blood Elixir. You can't buy it even if you have money!
"Resources... Martial arts cultivation ultimately cannot be separated from various resources..."
Li Xijun, who was constantly cultivating his body, turned his attention to the last item on the panel.
[Convergence of the Heavens (1%)]
"If the previous proof of eternal proof was a manifestation of the characteristics of the Great Luo Mark, then could this 'convergence of all heavens' be, as I suspect, a journey to some world among the myriad realms?"
If that's true, then this month we shouldn't buy health potions; instead, we should save the money for essential items for exploring the world.
The time spent practicing martial arts passed quickly, and as the bell rang, the whole school suddenly became noisy.
After practicing all morning, Li Xijun felt so hungry he could eat a whole cow. Starving, he turned around and saw a short, thin boy waving at him from the back door. He immediately quickened his pace and walked downstairs with the boy.
"Brother Li, you seem to be in exceptionally good form today. When I was exhausted and had to rest twice this morning, you were still practicing, and your movements were very precise."
After dodging several girls who were holding hands and acting like moving obstacles in the stairwell, Zhou Yibai ran out of the martial arts classroom building and started chatting casually.
"Hmm...it might be that there's been a breakthrough in the basic cultivation method."
After leaving the teaching building and reaching a main road leading to the two canteens, Li Xijun gave a perfunctory reply.
Unlike the protagonists in novels who always have loyal and reliable brothers by their side, his relationship with Zhou Yibai can only be described as that of ordinary classmates.
Because the two lived relatively close to each other, were in the same class, and had similar grades, they often ate together and went home together.
Li Xijun wasn't worried that the other party would notice anything unusual about her.
Zhou Yibai didn't pay attention to this and continued chatting casually. Then, as he turned onto the road leading to the martial arts class's special canteen, he looked at the students in the cultural classes on the other side. Whenever he occasionally saw the envious looks from those students, he would unconsciously straighten his body and his steps would become lighter.
The two entered the cafeteria, left a key at their usual spot to reserve a table, and then went in opposite directions to get their food.
Li Xijun, who was starving, quickly chose a 100-yuan nutritional meal that she often ate, and took it back to her seat to start showing off.
Because the main staple food is not rice or noodles, but a large lump of transparent high-energy nutritional paste, and the side dishes are also supplements with a variety of trace elements, this so-called best value-for-money nutritional meal for 100 yuan actually tastes rather terrible.
"This stuff, which is even more disgusting than boiled chicken breast, the original owner was able to eat for over a year. Such dietary tolerance would have been considered a gift from a naturally fit body in her previous life."
After only a few bites, Li Xijun looked distressed and wanted to throw the thing in the trash and buy a meal with meat from mythical creatures.
Unfortunately, he was really short of money right now, especially with his plans to buy and explore other worlds. He had to save money so he could only hold his nose and swallow his money.
"Another 100-yuan meal, Brother Li, your willpower is truly impressive."
Zhou Yibai returned from another window with a tray of food and sat down. He looked at Li Xijun, who was eating the same things every day, and his tone was somewhat admiring.
"When I was getting your food, I asked the lady to ladle an extra spoonful of braised toad broth over your nutritional paste, okay?"
"That's fantastic!"
Li Xijun, struggling to swallow, quickly mixed the broth and continued to wolf it down.
Zhou Yibai, sitting opposite him, seemed to be in a good mood, and slowly picked up a piece of meat and started eating as well.
He ate a 250 yuan-level nutritional meal, but the staple food was spirit rice produced in the mythical world, with each grain distinct like a white jade bead, and the side dish was braised pork made from the meat of the pig-armored beast, which is quite common in the mythical world.
Both the nutritional value and taste are quite good, making it a mid-to-high-end nutritious meal at the Martial Arts Restaurant.
This gave Zhou Yibai a sense of superiority every time he ate with Li Xijun, and even made the food taste better.
Of course, his sense of superiority didn't last long.
A group of students wearing black one-piece nanosuits also arrived at the cafeteria and, under the watchful eyes of many students, went straight up to the second floor.
The second floor of this martial arts student-exclusive cafeteria no longer sells high-energy nutritional meals made by ordinary mythical creatures, but rather nutritional meal sets that have been innovatively developed from the prescriptions and recipes of ancient martial arts practitioners.
It mainly involves cooking with various mythical medicines and ingredients, which can effectively enhance physical fitness and make up for the losses incurred during cultivation.
However, although this dietary supplement formula extracted from the old era before the Great Cataclysm is very effective, it is very costly and time-consuming to prepare. Therefore, the number of dietary supplement packages on the second floor is limited, and the school requires students to show their elite class ID to purchase them.
Of course, there are also loopholes in this.
For example, there are instances where students in elite classes buy items using their own IDs and then share them with their friends. As long as it's not too outrageous, the school usually turns a blind eye.
"Speaking of which, there's usually a martial arts spirituality test at the beginning of the senior year of high school. I hope I can awaken my martial arts spirituality this time. Then, I'll show you what a nutritional supplement meal tastes like."
Zhou Yibai watched the elite class students, who were the center of attention, as they walked step by step to the second floor. His eyes were filled with envy and jealousy, and he was just short of saying, "A real man should live like this."
"Martial arts talent is too ethereal; it's more realistic to just get into the top 30 in the grade."
The so-called martial arts spirituality refers to the degree of compatibility with the advanced cultivation methods created by the Seven Sages. Once the standard is met, the corresponding basic cultivation method will be much faster than that of ordinary people, and the level of qi and blood will increase faster.
Then comes level nine, where one can smoothly advance to cultivate the advanced cultivation methods of the Seven Saints. This is equivalent to advancing on a broad road paved by a Martial Saint. Compared to other martial artists who have to pave their own way through hardships, the probability of advancing to a higher realm is indeed greater, at the very least starting from the Great Perfection of the Mortal Transformation Realm.
However, Li Xijun, who possessed the panel, was perfectly aware that he lacked any martial arts spirituality, possessing only a Great Luo Mark, and...
[Convergence of the Heavens (11%)]
"It's much faster than I expected; it should be available in about three days."