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    “Hm?”

    Xia Long furrowed his brows: “Does Xingcheng High School now teach students such dangerous martial arts?”

    The Soul-Searching Dragon Claw Hand, like the Exquisite Emotion Sword, is too dangerous. Although both are A-class martial arts, they are not included in the high school curriculum; they are clearly beyond the scope of the syllabus.

    “Hehe, this wasn’t taught by us, but is a family tradition of classmate Ming…”

    Sun Fu replied with a strained smile: “This Liu classmate is truly lucky, having actually awakened an ability. It’s most suitable for forging the body; at this point, he’s probably already advanced to the second realm, right?”

    Before his words fell, Liu Wei roared, his body parts acting like drawn bowstrings, accumulating immense power, revealing his Refined Muscle cultivation.

    He moved with the power and grace of a dragon and tiger, his arms outstretched, lunging at Ming Yixin, actually attacking with an attack!

    Crazy Eighteen Strikes—Mad Tiger Style!

    Dragon against Tiger!

    The air in the arena churned, resembling a dragon and tiger fighting. Two figures continuously flew about, their energy overflowing.

    “Indeed…this Liu classmate has broken through to the second realm of Martial Dao. This Crazy Eighteen Strikes is quite flavorful.”

    Sun Fu commented to the two students beside him.

    “Hm?”

    Seeing this, Xia Long immediately frowned.

    The opponent’s actions clearly indicated a certain level of confidence.

    “Refined Muscle martial artist, nothing more!”

    The next moment, Ming Yixin let out a long cry, the joints in her body cracking inch by inch. With a flick of her finger, a metallic sound rang out.

    “Refined Bone as Steel?”

    Seeing this, Xia Long sighed, knowing that Liu Wei had lost.

    As expected, facing Ming Yixin’s bone-strengthened claw strike, Liu Wei retreated several steps, and five bloody holes appeared on his chest, continuously bleeding.

    “It’s Refined Bone, I’ve lost…”

    Liu Wei bowed, his eyes dull, looking very disheartened.

    ‘Hm?’

    Fang Xing, however, was moved by this scene.

    He had gone out to work with Liu Wei before, seeing him fake fight a lot, and knew some of his little habits and movements.

    ‘This appearance…looks a bit like faking it. Is he holding back? Planning to ambush someone?’

    The former top student of his year worriedly thought.

    “Classmate Ming, would you like to rest?”

    Xia Long looked at Ming Yixin.

    “No need, please continue.” Ming Yixin stared at Fang Xing and Bai Liany, her gaze lingering on Bai Liany a bit more.

    Clearly, she was somewhat curious about someone of the same gender.

    “I can’t even beat Liu Wei, I’m no match for you…I’m sorry, teacher.”

    A hint of shame appeared on Bai Liany’s face.

    Xia Long glared at Fang Xing.

    “Fine, fine, I’ll go!”

    Fang Xing had nothing to say. Joking around was fine before, but now he had to directly take the stage.

    After all, Xia Long had taken such good care of him; how could he negotiate terms at this time?

    Whoosh whoosh!

    The sky was gloomy, with a light snow falling.

    “My name is Fang Xing…”

    Fang Xing looked up at the sky, yawned: “Let’s end this boring farce early…”

    “You…”

    Ming Yixin remained expressionless, transforming into a dragon form, incredibly swift.

    Suddenly!

    Roar roar!

    A real dragon seemed to appear before her!

    —Dragon’s Intent Realm!

    This wasn’t the simulated realm cultivated from A-class martial arts! This was a true, genuine martial will belonging to a Brave Warrior Realm martial artist!

    Although she had cultivated A-class martial arts, possessing a certain level of mental resistance—for example, in the previous fight with Liu Wei, neither side had been affected—that was merely an ordinary simulated realm.

    Before a genuine martial will, it was like a castle made of sand, utterly vulnerable!

    Boom!

    Like a collapsing dam, Ming Yixin seemed to return to her childhood, encountering a ferocious tiger on the roadside! No, it was a being hundreds of times more terrifying than a tiger!

    Her body trembled, unable to move.

    Fang Xing’s figure moved with the wind, coming before her, stroking her hair: “You lose…”

    “I lose…”

    Ming Yixin replied blankly.

    “That…Dragon’s Intent Realm. She actually truly mastered the Dragon’s Intent Realm at the second realm?”

    Sun Fu crushed his glasses: “A genius! A true martial arts genius!”

    His gaze towards Fang Xing was as if he were looking at some rare treasure. He said to the two students beside him: “You two don’t need to go on stage either; you’ll definitely lose anyway.”

    “Amazing…”

    Liu Wei, seeing this scene, secretly clenched his fist.

    “No wonder he’s the top student of his year, so amazing!”

    Bai Liany, beside him, practically had stars in her eyes.

    What did cultivating martial will signify?

    It signified that the path of a martial artist had no bottlenecks!

    A person like this, as long as they survive military service, upon leaving, could at least achieve the same status as Gu Yun’s father, truly achieving class ascension!

    “You kid!”

    Xia Long didn’t say much, just patted Fang Xing on the shoulder.

    Martial Dao realm might be possible to achieve through resource accumulation, but martial will? Aquila Star truly lacked resources that could allow students to awaken martial will!

    This only showed that his student was becoming more and more outstanding!

    Thinking back to the student’s performance in his first year of high school, Xia Long couldn’t help but marvel.

    Initially, he only thought that the student was making steady progress, every step very stable.

    Now, not only was it steady, but more importantly, the steps were incredibly large!

    “You, come with me!”

    Xia Long grabbed Fang Xing, his figure moving, seemingly floating in the air, flying into a classroom.

    “Huh? Teacher, you can fly?”

    Fang Xing was surprised.

    “Martial Dao external manifestation is the spirit influencing matter. I don’t know how to fly, I just use my own external manifestation power to create footholds in mid-air. It can be considered a set of flying steps!”

    Xia Long explained seriously: “To truly fly with one’s physical body, you still need the Martial Dao Golden Core…”

    ‘Your Martial Dao is lacking, teacher. At least, as far as I know, Foundation Establishment cultivators can already float in the air with their physical bodies…’

    Fang Xing mentally complained, then asked: “Then, teacher, why did you bring me here?”

    “Nothing, it’s just that I feel your Martial Dao progress is a bit fast…Judging from your body’s reaction just now, you’ve also reached Refined Bone, right?”

    Xia Long asked: “Do you feel any discomfort? Do you want a check-up? The thing martial artists fear most is having hidden injuries during their foundational training and not realizing it. When it comes time to condense the flawless Golden Core, they will discover it, and then it will take a hundredfold more effort to make up for it…”

    He spoke with deep feeling, as if he had personally experienced it.

    “I’m fine, but teacher you…”

    Fang Xing looked at Xia Long. This teacher was stronger than an ox; he shouldn’t be this frail, right?

    “There’s nothing to hide. When I was young, I was reckless and left myself with hidden injuries, making it difficult to condense the Golden Core; otherwise, I wouldn’t still be teaching here…If I had been more careful back then, I would at least be the principal now.”

    Xia Long sighed with emotion.

    “Hidden injuries from your youth, even with the Federation’s medical technology now, they can’t be repaired?” Fang Xing’s expression turned serious.

    For the current Federation, limb regeneration wasn’t a complicated surgery.

    “…It’s an old problem from the battlefield, not just in the physical body…”

    Xia Long seemed to recall something, and a sudden aura of countless corpses and bloodshed appeared on him.

    Fang Xing tactfully didn’t ask further, only saying: “I wonder if there’s anything I can do to help the teacher?”

    “You can actually help me. My merits are almost accumulated, but I’m still short of one achievement…If you can get into a top-tier university, then I’ll almost be eligible to apply for a ‘Source Sea Level Nursing Pod Full Body Repair’…” Xia Long seemed to be joking.

    In his mind, Fang Xing getting into university was a sure thing, a top university would require some effort.

    As for a top-tier university?

    That was still a bit far-fetched!

    After all, the Federation was so large, with numerous star systems, and countless educational planets, while top-tier universities were only a few, and the competition each year was between geniuses!

    Ordinary geniuses didn’t even have the qualifications to compete.

    “Top-tier university? I understand, I just want to buy a house on Blue Star…”

    Fang Xing showed a slight smile.

    “Fine, fine, I’m counting on you.”

    Xia Long grinned: “Let’s cut the chatter. This time you brought glory to the school, what reward do you want?”

    “I fought for the school’s honor; why would I need a reward?” Fang Xing looked righteous.

    “You can’t expect the horse to run without feeding it grass…” Xia Long smiled: “What’s more…are you planning to save Lu Guangming money? He’s already at the Martial Dao Golden Core stage, will he care about this little bit?”

    “Indeed…”

    Fang Xing nodded, seriously pondering what he needed.

    After a long time, he said: “I have a deep understanding of the Great Dragon Stake and Subduing Tiger Stake, progressing extremely quickly…At this rate, I might be able to attempt a breakthrough to Jadeite Level during the winter break…”

    “Hm? So fast? But the Dragon and Tiger Stake techniques are the foundation of Martial Dao, and you’ve already cultivated the Great Dragon Stake to the fourth stage, it will indeed speed up your cultivation speed.”

    Xia Long didn’t deny this: “However, do you think the bottleneck is too simple? Even if you cultivate Jade Skin, Willow Muscles, Steel Bones…it’s not like you can break through to Jadeite Level just by wanting to. This kind of bottleneck might trap a martial artist for life, only breaking through through bloody battles…”

    ‘It’s because I have medicine…Of course, I won’t mention that.’

    Fang Xing mentally complained: “Does the school have resources to help me break through to Jadeite Level?”

    “No, don’t even think about it.”

    Xia Long shook his head: “The Federation’s control over breakthrough resources on educational planets is very strict, it’s to screen out truly talented individuals…”

    “Alright then, after I break through to Jadeite Level, I should be able to learn new martial arts. If the school insists on giving a reward, I want to learn in advance for self-study during the winter break.”

    Fang Xing stated his intentions.

    He didn’t want to face a repeat of the summer vacation lessons.

    He had to get the martial arts manuals first, to avoid being caught off guard.

    “Jadeite Level martial artists, their aura is long and smooth, like jade, constantly refined…” Xia Long’s expression turned serious: “Theoretically, one A-class martial art is enough for you to use all the way to the Brave Warrior Realm, but I see that you seem to be insatiable. What do you want to learn?”

    “Let’s get one that forges the body. For martial artists, a strong body is essential for the future…”

    Fang Xing sighed.

    You need to be able to stand to be able to output. That’s the truth!

    (End of Chapter)

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