Chapter 7: I Didn't Lie, I Really Didn't
Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
After school, Guo Zheng didn't succeed in going for games.
He was asked to stay behind by the homeroom teacher, Wang Qingya, to clean the classroom.
Rightfully so. After all, he had said bad things about Wang Qingya without looking back to check if she was around... It wasn't his fault that Wang Qingya had overheard what she shouldn't have heard just because she had some to see if he had recovered from his illness before class.
Xu Lingjun very naturally removed himself from the matter, firmly believing that it had nothing to do with him.
After school, in the physical fitness test room.
Countless suspended sandbags swayed back and forth irregularly from the inertia.
In the middle of these sandbags, a figure was rapidly dodging, but there were too many sandbags. When he encountered some that he couldn't dodge, he could only smash the sandbags away with punches.
The figure was Xu Lingjun.
At this moment, he was doing his final test.
Away from the sandbags, Zhou Qing was holding a notebook. He was recording Xu Lingjun's current state based on his previous performance.
His strongest explosive strength was 888 kg, a very auspicious number. Although he had just broken through to stage 8 of the Body-tempering Tier, his strength was already infinitely close to stage 9!
He had improved a lot compared to before.
His speed had also increased by a lot, and his body coordination had also improved greatly compared to before.
His reflexes had reached C grade, almost surpassing the Body-tempering Tier. Was it because he was living with a teacher and had finally stepped onto the ladder of adulthood?
He was already an adult.
Almost all the teachers in the school knew about the matter of Xu Lingjun living with Wang Qingya.
Back then, the principal had arranged a separate dormitory for the new teacher, Teacher Wang, but she had bluntly said that she had a place to live and that she could just live with Xu Lingjun.
When they heard that, a few teachers who had romantic intentions towards Teacher Wang had their hearts broken into pieces. They almost raised their heads to the sky and roared, "Xu Lingjun, you are finally not satisfied with just the students and are going to start laying your hands on the teachers?"?
The test lasted for an hour.
Zhou Qing recorded Xu Lingjun's performance very seriously, and the expression on his face became more and more regretful. No one knew better than him how much effort and connections the principal had put in to obtain the five spots from the Riyueming Sect... Of course, the principal was doing it all for the reputation of Qingyang High School. After all, once the selected five joined the sect and had some achievements in the future, they would become the living signboards of Qingyang High School.
This was a huge investment. The five who were selected would undoubtedly benefit for the rest of their lives.
Unfortunately, although Xu Lingjun was infinitely close to stage 9 of the Body-tempering Tier, in the end, he was still not at stage 9.
Stage 9 of the Body-tempering Tier was the minimum requirement to enter the four great martial arts universities. Since the sects had always thought highly of themselves, they naturally would not fall below this standard.
If Xu Lingjun did not break through it would be fine, but once he did, it would be a pity.
After Xu Lingjun came out, Zhou Qing very carefully hid his regretful expression. He smiled and said, "Congratulations, Xu Lingjun. You have indeed broken through to stage 8 of the Body-tempering Tier, and you've made great progress. You're not far from stage 9. I remember that your goal has always been the North Xuanwu Martial University, right? Previously, the hope of you getting in had been slim, but if you work hard now, you might really be able to achieve your goal."
Xu Lingjun said seriously, "I'll work hard."
"Other than that... You should have been practicing some Body-tempering techniques recently, right?" Zhou Qing thought for a moment, he said, "I found that your endurance is very strong. You've been moving back and forth intensely for an entire hour without stopping, but you didn't even break a sweat. On top of that, you didn't seem to show much pain when those sandbags crashed into your body."
"Yeah," Said Xu Lingjun, "Recently, I unintentionally obtained a Body-tempering technique. I don't know what grade it is, but I started cultivating it as soon as I saw that it was quite suitable for me."
"What's its name? You can't just cultivate a cultivation technique so carelessly. Otherwise, you'll regret it for the rest of your life if you cultivate something wrongly."
"The Infinite Celestial Demon Body-tempering Technique!" Xu Lingjun said seriously.
Zhou Qing blinked and asked in confusion, "The-what?"
"It's something I got from an old beggar I bumped into," Xu Lingjun smiled and said, "At that time, I was helping an old granny cross the road. Maybe it's because he saw that I was eager to help others that he gave me this cultivation technique... You know my situation, teacher. I can't afford a real cultivation technique, so I tried to cultivate this. I didn't expect it to be a success."
This was the answer that Xu Lingjun had thought of long ago.
After the body tempering, although his strength had increased, it wasn't too outrageous.
However, the toughness of his physique and the increase in his endurance were simply too shocking and couldn't be hidden at all, so he might as well just say the reason directly.
Besides, he was truly cultivating the Infinite Celestial Demon Body-tempering Technique. The reason he was able to cultivate it was probably because he was fated with the cultivation technique. Even if the others weren't able to cultivate it, it was also because they weren't fated with the cultivation technique. This was something that the old beggar expert had said himself.
He didn't lie, not a single word.
"I see. Looks like you've encountered a blessing. However, you must remember to be careful when cultivating. Once there's a problem, stop immediately. If you encounter any problems that you don't understand while cultivating, you can also give me a call to ask about them. After all, it's just a body tempering cultivation technique. I should be able to answer it," Zhou Qing could only say as such. As for borrowing the cultivation technique to browse through it, he knew the boundaries, so he naturally wouldn't ask such a question that wasn't in line with his teacher's ethics.
"Thank you, Teacher Zhou. I understand."
"Right, this is your reward," Zhou Qing smiled as he took out three pills.
Body-tempering pills.
This was a subsidy given by the Empire to every student in the Body-tempering Tier.
Depending on the tier, the amount of subsidy would vary. For example, once one advanced from stage 7 to stage 8 of the Body Tempering Tier, one could get an additional three body-tempering pills every month.
To those rich kids, it was naturally nothing. After all, the pills were something that could be consumed by everyone, their quality simply couldn't be considered to be good.
But to Xu Lingjun, this was the only orthodox way he could even come into contact with pill resources!
Zhou Qing smiled and said, "Although you've already received the subsidy for this month, it shouldn't be a problem for you to receive three more pills since you've broken through this month."
"Thank you, teacher."
Xu Lingjun naturally knew that normally, he would only receive the subsidy next month. Zhou Qing was clearly taking care of him within the limits of his ability.
He gratefully accepted the pills.
Then, a notification appeared in his eyes.
[Sub-quality medicine body tempering pills detected. Do you wish to bestow it with true origin? Cost: 20 source value points.]
Xu Lingjun could not help but be stunned. Why were the source value points needed this time so little?
Then, he immediately came to his senses. Up until now, the evaluation of the items he had encountered had all been different. Some were fake, some were inferior, and the pills this time were sub-quality.
It seemed that the quality of the items was closely related to the consumption of source value.
"You don't have to be so polite. You can rely on your face to make a living, but you insist on working hard. This point of yours is exactly the same as when I was young, so I can't help but want to take care of you a little more," Zhou Qing patted Xu Lingjun's shoulder and said with a smile, "Do your best. These few months will be hard on you. I'm still waiting to bask in your glory after you get into one of the four martial arts universities in the future. When that time comes, I will have the capital to brag, won't I?"
He continued seriously, "During this period, don't work anymore. Focus all your time on cultivation. I won't be able to help you much. It's mainly up to you to work hard."
Xu Lingjun nodded.
"Alright, you can leave first. I'll clean up this place."
"How about letting me help you? You must be very tired after having wasted so much time conducting the test me. The Infinite Celestial Demon Body-tempering Technique may not be good in other aspects, but it has given me extremely high endurance. I'll clean up."
"Very well, then I'll have to trouble you."
[You agreed to help Zhou Qing clean up the miscellaneous items and received his sincere gratitude. As a result, you received the favor of the World's Origin Will. Source value +48!]
The origin value given by the teacher was so high!!!
Was it because he was in the advanced phase of the Qi-gathering Tier?
If the target was stronger, would the source value they provided become higher too?
In that instant, Xu Lingjun looked at Zhou Qing with greedy eyes. In his eyes, Zhou Qing was no longer just his teacher. He was a moving treasure trove
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