Chương 37: War God — Chapter 37 - One Month Later, Life Force Surge, Renewing the Agreement with Ye Miyue

So I don't want to join any Martial Arts Class. Wang Xian kept the thought to himself. He already had other plans for winter break. Training at school was out of the question. Over the past month, relying on that bottle of Elemental Crystal Water, he'd opened all his Eight Extraordinary Meridians except the Governing and Conception Vessels. His life force had climbed to 3. 2. A decent surge. The Elemental Crystal Water was nearly gone.

An improvement this large would've been impossible through meridian opening alone. It was all thanks to that bottle. If he hadn't used it for opening meridians but kept taking it long-term instead, the life force boost would've been several times higher. But for Wang Xian, opening meridians meant too much. His winter break plan: leave Rong City's urban district and head to a special beast relic.

Find a chance to open his Governing and Conception Vessels, then hunt down Spirit Malevolence and refine all seven meridians into Divine Meridians. Before that, though, he needed a week of thorough preparation. So wasting time in the Martial Arts Class was absolutely not happening. After school. Teacher Cui kept Wang Xian and the other three Martial Arts Class students behind, leading them to the school's martial training room. Nearly 50 people had already gathered inside. The entire Martial Arts Class.

"The Martial Arts Class is led by Zhou Dahai, Dean Zhou. All your training and questions will go through Dean Zhou from now on. Winter break starts today, but Dean Zhou has something to say to you Martial Arts Class 'freshmen.'" Cui Sanyan finished and left the training room. The four remained.

"I'll skip the nonsense." Zhou Dahai cleared his throat.

"Day after tomorrow, 8 in the morning. Gather at Rong City's Heavenly Blade Club. We'll train there together. Training content: high-multiple gravity chamber work, holographic intelligent beast adaptation, and first-stage movement technique obstacle courses." Eyes lit up across the room. The school had gravity chambers too, but only up to 5 times gravity. Once your life force hit 1, your body was already far beyond normal human limits. Five times gravity became useless. That's when you needed high-multiple gravity.

The school just didn't have the facilities. You had to get a martial hall membership or join certain clubs to find proper conditions. Unless your family was rich enough to buy a high-multiple gravity chamber outright. Most families couldn't afford it. Same with holographic beast adaptation training. The school had nothing. Martial Dao Infinity's entertainment mode had holographic beasts as mobs, but they weren't intelligent. Just pre-programmed data. No real training value.

Did you know this text is from a different site? Read the official version to support the creator. Holographic intelligent beasts, though, had actual AI. Beast models built from complex algorithms. Not identical to real beasts, but safe enough. As for movement techniques, they were harder to improve than weapon skills. Movement technique martial arts were harder to cultivate too. Wang Xian knew all this already. Third Uncle's martial hall had everything except holographic intelligent beasts.

But it couldn't compare to the Heavenly Blade Club. Founded by former ninth-realm Martial God Zhao Gang, the Heavenly Blade Club had over a thousand branches across Dragon Country. Zhao Gang was Dragon Country's second Martial God in history, unmatched in blade and sword both. A historical figure. That the school could partner with Heavenly Blade Club and let students access their cultivation resources showed the Martial Arts Class's real foundation.

Even the one or two students from wealthy families felt genuine anticipation. Zhou Dahai went through more details, then dismissed everyone. After dismissal. Wang Xian started to leave, then noticed Ye Miyue still standing there. He walked outside the training room and waited. Voices drifted out. Inside.

"Teacher... can I skip tomorrow's training?"

"Why?" Zhou Dahai frowned.

"Teacher knows your situation. In the Martial Arts Class, aside from Wang Xian, your overall quality surpasses even Xia Sichen. Your life force is already at 2. 8. With gravity chamber training, it'll climb even faster!"

"Why won't you go?" Outside, Wang Xian shook his head. Based on what he'd sensed last time, Ye Miyue's life force had already passed 3. Not far behind his own after using Elemental Crystal Water. Couldn't be helped. Ye Miyue's innate life force was too high. Her physical growth was too fast. And most importantly, she harbored martial talent at king tier or above. Plus the Primordial Chaos Breathing Method's incredible cultivation boost. Her improvement rate was becoming terrifying.

Of course, once he opened his Divine Meridians, he could still handle this girl easily. Just then. Ye Miyue lowered her head.

"The Heavenly Blade Club charges fees..." Zhou Dahai froze, then didn't know whether to laugh or cry.

"Child, it's just a few thousand kuai. They're barely charging anything."

"Normally their monthly membership starts at tens of thousands..." True enough. A few thousand kuai for the entire winter break. Even for a school, arranging this without connections and resources would be impossible. That money wouldn't even cover equipment maintenance.

"Besides, I know your family situation isn't good, but didn't the school give you the highest scholarship tier?" Zhou Dahai thought for a moment.

"Surely you're not still worried about this little bit of money?"

"But..." Ye Miyue grew anxious.

"I still want to skip it..."

"You..." Zhou Dahai seemed to think of something. He started to speak, then held back. He sighed.

"Think it over. If you decide to come, show up at the gathering tomorrow." He walked out of the classroom. His peripheral vision caught Wang Xian.

"Cough." Zhou Dahai pretended not to see him and left. Wang Xian pretended not to see him and stayed. Shortly after, Ye Miyue walked out. Head down, eyes dim. THUMP! Ye Miyue crashed right into him. Wang Xian's heart stirred. This girl seems like she's grown a bit more. A few days ago during the massage, he hadn't noticed...

"You... why haven't you left?" Ye Miyue retreated several steps, looking at Wang Xian, hurriedly forcing herself to stay calm.

"According to our agreement..." Wang Xian rubbed his chin, then said suddenly, "After the last massage, the membership fee I loaded at the martial hall should be used up by now, right?"

"How many sessions was that?" Ye Miyue's face flushed.

"Eight."

"Let's renew," Wang Xian said. Ye Miyue shook her head like a rattle-drum.

"Too little?"

"N-no... too much." Ye Miyue's voice was soft. Not just too much. She felt her massages weren't even that good. Nowhere near worth the price. Wang Xian had loaded 30, 000. Each session earned her at least 3, 000. The martial hall's technicians didn't make a tenth of that.

"How about this. Besides massages, come to my place every so often. Do housework, cook meals, clean up, that sort of thing." Wang Xian counted on his fingers.

"Just for winter break."

"But I won't pay you."

"......" Ye Miyue. She looked up, stealing a glance at Wang Xian. Her first instinct wasn't to refuse. She thought it over.

"Okay..." Ye Miyue said quietly. She'd already felt like she was taking advantage with the massages before. Sure, sometimes Wang Xian found excuses to make her wear that embarrassing outfit... But at least he'd never touched her. Wang Xian grinned. You think I'm trying to freeload off you? Please. I, Wang Xian, am not that kind of person.

"I can cover your training fees." Wang Xian didn't ask where her previous earnings had gone. He just addressed the issue at hand.

"Pay it directly to the school."

"Alright, it's settled then!"

"Remember, if I don't see you show up the day after tomorrow..." He gave her a look that said you know what'll happen if you don't, then left. Ye Miyue stood there, staring blankly. In her watery eyes, all that reflected was Wang Xian's retreating figure. ➤ Next: Martial Secret Skill — Butcher Carving the Beast