High Martial Arts Era 12

Chapter 12: The Ultimate Move ‘Dragon Hidden in the Rocky Ravine’

2024-07-31

Chapter 12: The Ultimate Move ‘Dragon Hidden in the Rocky Ravine’

Xu Bo and the woman in black passed by the classroom, their auras concealed, and they didn’t observe for long, so Li Yuan didn’t notice them at all.

He was completely immersed in his own training.

While Li Yuan studied cultural courses seriously, he was essentially completing a task, so his efficiency couldn’t reach its peak.

However, while practicing fist and spear techniques, feeling the gradual improvement in his physical fitness and martial skills, Li Yuan experienced genuine joy.

He focused with utmost dedication.

To truly excel in something, one must immerse oneself, truly love it from the heart, only then can one achieve the greatest progress.

Time passed, second by second.

Suddenly.

【Your fist technique proficiency has increased from 88% to 89% at the Third Stage】

【Your fist power has increased from 426 kilograms to 427 kilograms】

【Your speed has increased from 14.4 meters per second to 14.5 meters per second】

Three consecutive prompts appeared out of thin air in Li Yuan’s field of vision, and the data on his Divine Palace Panel also changed.

But, engrossed in training, he didn’t even notice the slight improvement in his physical fitness.

Until his smart bracelet suddenly vibrated.

“It’s already 5:30? Time flies.” Li Yuan finally woke up.

He was drenched in sweat.

“Hmm? My physical fitness has improved a little?” Li Yuan finally noticed the reminder on the Divine Palace Panel.

He felt increasingly satisfied.

“A little progress every day, persistent effort,” Li Yuan muttered to himself.

Since awakening his Heart Temple a year ago and learning the ‘Observing the Grand Sun Starry Sky Scripture’, Li Yuan only needed to meditate for two hours each day, enduring the torment of the fiery hell in his mind, and his physical exhaustion would be eliminated completely, better than sleeping, resting, or deep therapy.

Since then, he had developed the habit of coming to school to train at 3:30 am.

Even during holidays, he would find a secluded spot in his neighborhood to train alone.

He strived for excellence.

Only through such effort did his martial arts progress by leaps and bounds in the past year.

Li Yuan wiped the sweat off his body and put away his towel.

He suddenly noticed something and turned his head to look.

“Tianyou? You’re here so early?” Li Yuan smiled at the thin figure with a backpack.

“You’re even earlier than me,” Li Tianyou was also slightly surprised to see Li Yuan.

“I just arrived a while ago, just put down my bag,” Li Yuan said with a smile as he took out his long spear, “I left the evening self-study session earlier than you yesterday, so I naturally need to work harder at the morning self-study session.”

“Is that so?” Li Tianyou stared at Li Yuan in confusion.

He couldn’t remember how many times this had happened.

Every evening self-study session, he was the last one to leave the classroom, so he was known as the ‘King of Rolling’ by the other students in the class.

But!!

Only Li Tianyou knew that no matter if he arrived at the classroom at 6:30, or 6:15, or even 6:00, there was always a figure already in the classroom – Li Yuan.

Today, he deliberately arrived early at 5:40.

Li Yuan was already in the classroom.

“Pfft!”

Not far away, Li Yuan took out his long spear and had silently started practicing his spear technique.

“Could it be that Li Yuan arrives at school at 5:30 every day? Or even earlier?” Li Tianyou looked at Li Yuan, unable to help but think.

Then he shook his head to himself.

Impossible!

“My house is just one street away from school, so it’s considered very close.”

“I occasionally arrive at 5:00, and I’ll feel a bit sleepy during the day.” Li Tianyou thought to himself, “If I want to stay energetic all day, I still have to get up at 6:15.”

Li Tianyou was also extremely disciplined.

“Li Yuan’s family is only slightly better than mine, he can’t afford high-end therapy, and he lives so far away… If he wants to arrive at school at 5:30, he has to get up at 5:00, his body wouldn’t be able to handle it.”

“He should be like me, only occasionally arriving at school to train before 5:00.”

“It’s just that we happened to bump into each other these few times,” Li Tianyou guessed.

He didn’t think much of it and began practicing his basic cultivation technique.

Until 6:30.

The sky had brightened considerably, and a few students started arriving at the martial arts classroom.

“You two bookworms are here again?” A few students teased, then they all started training.

It wasn’t that all the students in Class Three (Two) weren’t diligent, but most students focused on cultural courses, and even if they arrived early, they would usually go to the cultural classroom to review cultural courses.

“Clang!”

Li Yuan put his long spear in the weapon cabinet and left the classroom to head towards the cafeteria.

It was time for breakfast.

Three meals a day, eaten at the designated time, with additional or reduced meals based on the body’s needs.

This was the basic etiquette of a martial arts student.

After breakfast.

Li Yuan went straight to the cultural classroom and started a morning of cultural course study.

…

Day after day.

Li Yuan trained according to his plan.

For high school students, whether they focused on cultural courses or martial arts.

The process was incredibly tedious and monotonous.

But Li Yuan knew very well that there were no true geniuses.

Geniuses are always 99% perspiration and 1% inspiration. Sometimes when breaking through bottlenecks, 1% inspiration is indeed more important.

But without 99% perspiration, no matter how high the inspiration, it would be nothing more than a castle in the air.

Because, this world is never short of geniuses.

What is lacking is always hard-working geniuses.

…

Day after day, it was already mid-September.

During this time, Li Yuan went to the ‘Stellaluna Martial Temple Guanshan Branch’ to buy a whole box of basic Qi and Blood Medicine, costing 19,000 Lanxing Coins.

Uncle Zhong, a friend of his uncle Li Changzhou, was an entry-level warrior and a member of the Stellaluna Martial Temple, so he could get a discount on the purchase of basic Qi and Blood Medicine.

Even so, this expense made Li Yuan feel a pang in his heart.

But he had to spend it.

Without basic Qi and Blood Medicine, his physical fitness progress would slow down by at least half.

He might even be unable to withstand such intense training and his body would suffer from deficiency.

Martial arts not only require talent and hard work, but also money to invest.

All three are indispensable.

Now, more than ten days had passed since Teacher Xu Bo’s promise of ‘Third-Level Scholarship’.

Li Yuan longed for it.

But during this time, whether it was martial arts class or during breaks when he encountered Teacher Xu Bo, Li Yuan never mentioned it.

It was as if they never had that conversation.

“This scholarship, I can only wait for it, I can’t ask for it,” Li Yuan sighed silently.

Because, he wasn’t qualified.

Since Teacher Xu Bo hadn’t said anything, he must have encountered difficulties.

Asking proactively would only upset him.

…

Another five days passed in a blink of an eye.

The moonlight was hazy, casting a cold glow on the asphalt road outside the high school building.

In the empty martial arts classroom of Class Three (Two), a dozen or so students were training individually.

On one side of the field, Li Yuan was immersed in practicing his spear technique.

He stood there, his entire body like an unyielding boulder, exuding an invisible aura of authority, his hands gripping the spear.

He repeatedly practiced various spear techniques.

“Whoosh!”

“Pfft!” The spear tip drew invisible arcs in the air, forming a series of illusory figures, suddenly as swift as a gale, fiercely thrusting forward.

“Boom!” Suddenly, it became as solid as a rock, the spear shadow extending and flowing.

Every time Li Yuan turned, lifted his spear, thrust, parried, or swept, it landed precisely on the preset point in his mind.

With his spine arched and his waist twisting, his muscles and bones moved in sync with the long spear, already reaching a high level of integration of body, mind, and weapon.

Suddenly.

Li Yuan, who had just parried in a defensive posture, suddenly charged forward with his spear, like a giant dragon lurking in countless rocky ravines, ready to burst forth.

This spear attack was concealed to the extreme before it burst forth.

But when it unleashed, its power was also terrifying.

“Boom!” The spear shadow instantly blurred, and even the air seemed to tremble.

This scene.

Surprised the surrounding students, they couldn’t help but turn to look at the move Li Yuan was performing.

“Finally, I’ve perfected this killer move.”

“Dragon Hidden in the Rocky Ravine!” Li Yuan retracted his spear, a glimmer of light in his eyes, “With this killer move, combined with my previously created move ‘Firmament Pillar Technique’, one for offense and one for defense, complementing each other.”

“I have a good chance of exceeding 500 points in the gold tier on the Stellar Combat Network.”

The Stellar Combat Network had long set a rule.

Those who could reach 500 points in the gold tier before the age of eighteen would be rewarded with 50,000 Lanxing Coins.

“Hmm?” Li Yuan suddenly noticed a reminder on his Divine Palace Panel.

【Your spear technique proficiency has increased from 40% to 46% at the Third Stage】

(End of Chapter)

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