Chapter 19: Assisting Mei in Her Cultivation

  Coming out of Instructor Carter's office, Sun Yan directly rushed into his best friend Mu Tong's dormitory and didn't even bother to go to class. Since their homeroom teacher Li Gang had already brought up the "Teacher Protection Measures", what was the point of going back to class to humiliate himself?

  Sitting cross-legged on the bed, Sun Yan's mind was turbulent and couldn't calm down for a long time.

  A glimmer of understanding rose in his mind, and the change in Instructor Carter's attitude was precisely because he valued his martial arts talent, which is why he cast the crucial opposing vote.

  No matter what, Sun Yan was deeply grateful for Instructor Carter's help. From young to old, this was the first time he had received attention from a teacher, and it felt wonderful.

  Is it because of strength?

  Clasping his fists tightly, the sensation of surging inner power made Sun Yan's eyes shine with increasing confidence.

  At the same time, thinking that because of Qian Hui's matter, the Qian family actually used a black hand behind his back to start the "Teacher Protection Measures" to punish him, Sun Yan's heart was filled with raging flames. If it were another student, wouldn't their whole life be ruined like this? It's really too despicable.

  Less than 9 days left, hum! Qian family, at that time in the martial arts test, let's see how you end up!

  Sun Yan sneered and immediately turned serious, his mind focused, starting to circulate the inner yuan in his body. He still didn't have absolute confidence that he could get three A- grades on the martial arts test, so he needed to continue practicing diligently.

  Inside the body, the inner yuan is as thin as a small finger, flowing slowly from the dantian position, pouring into the top of the head and the baihui, and pouring down to the soles of the feet. In an instant, it spreads throughout the four limbs and hundreds of bones, and then flows back into the dantian. Every time the inner yuan circulates, one can feel its power increase by a tiny, imperceptible amount.

  This feeling is not an illusion, but actually exists. Sun Yan's skin also showed a wavy rhythm in the internal yuan operation, emitting a layer of strange luster.

  This is the sign of Tempering the Body and Gathering the Origin, after becoming a First-Class Warrior. The internal origin is completely stable, from outside to inside, reversing the refinement of the body, the origin power penetrates the skin and pores, it is the realm where the internal origin of a First-Class Warrior is about to be fully rounded.

  It was from this that the warrior's body could truly be strengthened. According to Sun Yan, when the inner yuan is fully replenished from the outside in, it marks the realm of a seventh-level warrior. Only then can one be called a high-ranking warrior, possessing unmatched power.

  Ordinary warriors condense their inner yuan, and then cultivate to the completion of the great circle of inner yuan. Generally, it takes 5 years or even longer. Just like the elite students in Class A of Nan Ying Academy's third year, some were already first-class warriors when they entered the academy, but now that three years have passed, only a handful of students have truly cultivated to the completion of the great circle of inner yuan and broken through to become second-class warriors. Throughout the entire third-year class of A-level, there are only about ten people or so.

  Generally, people become a first-class warrior at the age of 18. After that, every time they advance to a higher realm, it takes an extremely long time. In today's society, the average martial arts cultivation is at the third level. That is to say, the vast majority of people cultivate up to the third level and can no longer make progress for the rest of their lives.

  Martial artist ten levels, also known as martial boundary ten levels, three levels for Kan, six levels for Guan, nine levels for Zhen.

  Among the billions of martial artists, those who can break through the third level of martial arts are commonly known as intermediate martial artists. These martial artists have already qualified to enter high society and become social elites. As for those so-called martial arts geniuses, they are exceptionally gifted and must be able to break through the sixth level of martial arts. In this life, they have hope to impact the ninth level of martial arts, and then transform their bodies, becoming outstanding figures among the great masters of martial arts.

  Sun Yan's internal yuan cultivation progress is incredibly fast, it can only be described as genius!

  Time passed bit by bit, Sun Yan was tirelessly cultivating, circulating the inner yuan in his body non-stop, until the dantian was completely saturated, and the exhaustion of spiritual overdraw appeared, he lay on the bed and fell asleep.

  ……

  In the late afternoon, Sun Yan woke up from a deep sleep, squinted at the time and saw it was 5:15.

  He turned over and let out a groan. "Mmm, I'll just sleep for a bit longer. Forget going back tonight."

  "Dead party wood's voice rose inappropriately, like thunder, 'A Yan, you pig! You're simply a stupid pig.'"

  "What's wrong now?" Sun Yan sat up, rubbing his ears which were still ringing from the shock.

  "Do you know what you missed last night? Shuimei came to find you, and you actually said you were busy? In that case, even if you had to crawl back."

  Mu Tong stood in front of the bed, staring at him with extremely contemptuous eyes, and scolded him harshly in a tone of extreme pain: "You are really a pig, without half a brain, is that when you show off?"

  "I really had something important last night." Sun Yan stretched out his limbs, suddenly looking at Mu Tong in surprise, and found that his sworn brother was a bit different today.

  Wearing a crisp silver suit, his hair was neatly combed and shiny, and the thick black-framed glasses had been replaced with gold-rimmed ones. He transformed into a scholarly figure, exuding an air of academia.

  In short, it's a wolf in sheep's clothing!

  Sun said with a look up and down, "You little brat is dating a girl? With such a hypocritical appearance."

  Mu Tong snapped his fingers, "Even if it's not a hit, it's not far off!" He waved the golden invitation in his hand, "Elite Tech Exchange Conference! I heard there are many beauties inside, and I'd love to take you, Ah Yan, but unfortunately, those who enter need to randomly answer three academic questions. If they don't pass, they'll be directly knocked out."

  "It's no wonder you're an academic, you like to get involved in so many things." Sun Yan's interest was lacking, his face suddenly changed, "Dating!"

  Suddenly thinking of 7 o'clock, at the top of Building C's teaching building to meet with Feng Lingxue, Sun Yan's face immediately fell, what a fatal appointment!

  "OK! I might not be back tonight, don't wait for me." Mu Tong threw a flying kiss and spun around to the door, turned the handle, but his body suddenly stiffened and he couldn't move anymore.

  "What's wrong?" Sun Yan turned his head in surprise and was also stunned for a moment. At the door stood a beautiful girl, who was none other than their class monitor, Shui Lianqing.

  A head of slightly curly aqua-blue hair tied in a ponytail, the school uniform pants were tightly stretched, showing elasticity, the black school uniform top was tightly attached to her body, outlining the tempting curves of her chest, extremely beautiful and lovely.

  Mu Tong stood stupidly blocking the doorway, his eyes wide with wonder, stuttering: "Wa... wa... Water Curtain Qing classmate."

  "Good evening, Mu Tong classmate." Shui Lian Qing smiled and her eyes passed over Mu Tong, falling on Sun Yan's body, wrinkling her nose, "Sun Yan classmate, you skipped class again."

  He took a look at his sworn brothers, then glanced at Shui Bingqing, and suddenly felt that the evening's gathering was simply too dull. He really wanted to stay behind and not leave. However, such a thing that would bring shame to heaven and earth wasn't something a brother would do.

  So, Mu Tong casually waved his hand, "I have a gathering tonight, talk to you later!" He turned around and rushed out of the door, his heart bleeding.

  The door closed again, and Shui Bingqing stood beside the door, looking at Sun Yan who was closing his eyes in thought. She felt uneasy and extremely shy. Taking the initiative to find a boy's dormitory, it was her first time since birth.

  "How can he not even say a word of greeting, how rude! Is it that he dislikes me coming to find him like this? Never mind, the graduation exam is less than 9 days away, I must think of a way to break through!"

  Shui Lian's face showed a determined look, and she said softly: "Sun Yan, classmate, can you accompany me to practice together for another evening?"

  Sun Yan was still worried about the blind date tonight, and when he heard this, he looked up in surprise, "Couple's practice?" Thinking of the 7 o'clock appointment, he shook his head, "Not tonight, I have another appointment tonight."

  Another date? There was a date last night and there's another one tonight, excuse!

  Shui Lian Qing put her hands behind her back, tightly clenched together. She naturally thought that Sun Yan was making excuses, and with her usual self-respect, she really wanted to turn around and leave immediately. However, thinking about the upcoming graduation exam, if she couldn't break through the third layer of the "Weak Water Technique", it's likely that getting into one of the top 20 colleges in Nanfeng Domain would be extremely slim.

  "Sun Yan, just accompany me to practice for one night and my [Weak Water Technique] will definitely break through to the third layer." Shui Lian Qing's tone was tinged with a hint of pleading.

  Thinking of the 7 o'clock appointment with Feng Xue, Sun Yan's face turned gloomy, and he frowned, saying: "I really have a date." As he looked up, he was surprised to see two lines of tears falling from the corners of Shui Qing's eyes.

  Shui Lian burst into loud wails, "Wuuu... wuuu..."

  "What's wrong? What happened?"

  Sun Yan hastily stood up and suddenly panicked, from small to large, he was still the first time encountering a girl crying in front of him, and what's more, it was such a beautiful girl like Shui Lianqing.

  "Shui Lian Qing, don't cry! What's wrong?" Sun Yan was at a loss.

  Leaning against the wall, the current Water Curtain looked extremely weak. She glared with tearful eyes and shouted: "Do you know how hard we work to cultivate? Day and night, just to get into a slightly better college. And you? You sleep in class, skip school, and are distracted during martial arts classes. Yet, you can cultivate for just one day and surpass what we do in a month. Any martial skill you learn becomes second nature, and you can even trigger Inner Yuan at the level of a first-class warrior."

  "You geniuses, must you be so arrogant? I just want to break through before the graduation exam and get into one of the top 20 colleges in Nanfeng Domain... Waaahhh..."

  Looking at the sobbing girl, Sun Yan was speechless. He finally understood why Shui Lian Qing had been looking for him. Unconsciously, he thought of his past days and his own emotions back then, weren't they just like Shui Lian Qing's?

  Sun Yan walked up close and said gently: "Don't cry, Shui Lian Qing classmate, there are still 9 days left, I'll accompany you to practice until we break through."

  "Really?" Shui Lian Qing's head lifted in surprise, her beautiful face flushed with excitement, she couldn't believe that Sun Yan had really agreed to accompany her all the way until she broke through the Weak Water Technique.

  Seeing the girl burst into laughter, Sun spoke lightly and said, "Don't waste time, let's start now." As for tonight's appointment, since it was a matter of life and death, he might as well pretend not to have seen that message.

  Sun Yan's character had always been straightforward, and he immediately pulled Water Curtain Qing to practice together. Although the dormitory space was not spacious, Water Curtain Qing's goal was to use "Inner Yuan Activation" to stimulate a breakthrough in "Weak Water Technique", so the size of the space was not an issue.

  Two people take off their outer garments, sit cross-legged opposite each other, with palms facing each other, this is the standard posture for "Inner Yuan Activation".

  "Let's start!"

  Sun Yan said a word, Shui Lian Qing nodded in understanding, and immediately urged the inner yuan to come out through her palm.

  "What a flexible and resilient inner yuan force, this is the effect of [Weak Water Jue]?" Furrowing his brow, Sun Yan hastily activated his inner yuan, adjusting it to the same level, and countered with it.

  According to his previous knowledge, the exclusive techniques of the Martial Family were all very mysterious, and after cultivation, they could give the inner yuan special properties. These exclusive techniques were mostly untransmitted secrets that ordinary martial artists couldn't come into contact with. To cultivate similar techniques, one had to be admitted to a very good higher academy. In the case of Nanfeng Domain, only the top 100 higher academies possessed such techniques.

  These higher colleges are also known as prestigious colleges.

  Sun Yan was moved in his heart while adjusting the intensity of his inner yuan, this dual task didn't require any effort. Because he controlled the circulation and emission of his inner yuan with his mind, performing such an "inner yuan activation" was almost a natural instinct for him.

  Gradually, Sun Yan felt something was off. He discovered that in the continuous Inner Yuan activation, Shui Lianqing's Inner Yuan was soft and flexible, but there was a hint of stagnation.