‘That’s why I don’t want to join any martial arts class…’
Wang Xian thought to himself.
He already had other plans for the winter break and naturally couldn’t waste time training at school.
Over the past month, thanks to that bottle of Yuan Crystal Water,
all of his Eight Extraordinary Meridians—except for the Ren and Du meridians—had been unblocked.
His vitality had also surged to 3.2, marking a significant leap forward.
The Yuan Crystal Water was nearly used up by now.
Such a massive improvement wouldn’t have been possible through mere meridian unblocking alone.
It was all thanks to that bottle of Yuan Crystal Water.
In fact, if he hadn’t used it for meridian unblocking and instead continued using it long-term, the vitality boost from the Yuan Crystal Water could have multiplied several times over!
But for Wang Xian, unblocking his meridians held far greater significance.
For the upcoming winter break, Wang Xian planned to leave the urban area of Rongcheng and head to a special beast ruin.
There, he aimed to unblock his Ren and Du meridians and then seek out Spirit Malice to refine all seven meridians into Divine Meridians!
Of course, before that, he needed a week to make thorough preparations.
So, there was no way he could waste time training in the martial arts class.
After school,
Teacher Cui kept Wang Xian and three other students from the martial arts class, leading them to the school’s martial arts training room.
Nearly fifty people had already gathered there.
This was the entire martial arts class.
“The martial arts class will be led by Director Zhou Dahai. From now on, all your training and questions will be under his supervision. Even though winter break starts today, Director Zhou has something to say to you ‘newcomers’ in the martial arts class.”
After saying this, Cui Sanyan left the training room,
leaving the four of them behind.
“I’ll keep it short,”
Zhou Dahai cleared his throat. “At 8 a.m. the day after tomorrow, gather at the Heavenly Blade Club in Rongcheng. We’ll conduct unified training there. The main training content includes: high-gravity chamber training, holographic intelligent beast adaptation training, and first-tier movement technique trap training.”
The moment everyone heard this, their eyes lit up.
The school did have gravity chambers, but they only went up to five times gravity.
Once one’s vitality reached 1, their physical strength far surpassed that of an ordinary person.
Five times gravity barely had any training effect anymore.
At that point, higher gravity was necessary.
But the school didn’t have the facilities—usually, one had to sign up for a gym membership or visit martial arts clubs to find suitable conditions.
Of course, if their family was well-off, they could just buy a high-gravity chamber… but most households couldn’t afford that.
The same went for holographic beast adaptation training.
The school had none of that.
In fact, the entertainment mode of the martial arts virtual world did feature holographic beasts as wild monsters, but those weren’t intelligent.
They were just pre-programmed data.
Useless for actual training.
Holographic intelligent beasts, on the other hand, were AI-driven holograms built with complex algorithms to simulate beast behavior.
Their strength was nowhere near that of real beasts,
but they were safe enough for training.
As for movement technique training, movement techniques were harder to improve than weapon skills.
Similarly, movement-based martial arts were also more difficult to master.
Wang Xian was no stranger to these things.
His uncle’s martial arts school had all the training environments except for holographic intelligent beasts.
But of course, it couldn’t compare to the Heavenly Blade Club.
The Heavenly Blade Club was founded by former Ninth-Realm Martial God Zhao Gang and had thousands of branches across the Dragon Nation.
Martial God Zhao Gang was the second Martial God in the nation’s history, a master of both blade and sword.
A true historical legend.
For the school to secure a partnership with the Heavenly Blade Club, allowing students to access its training resources,
was a testament to the martial arts class’s prestige.
Even among the students, a few from wealthy families couldn’t help but feel drawn to the opportunity.
After Zhou Dahai finished speaking, he went over a few more details before dismissing everyone.
Once dismissed,
Wang Xian was about to leave when he noticed Ye Miyue still standing there.
He waited outside the training room and soon heard voices from inside.
Inside.
“Teacher… can I skip tomorrow’s training?”
“Why?” Zhou Dahai frowned. “I know your situation. Aside from Wang Xian, your overall abilities surpass even Xia Sichen’s. Your vitality has already reached 2.8. With gravity chamber training, your vitality growth will accelerate even faster!”
“Why wouldn’t you go?”
Outside, Wang Xian shook his head.
Based on his last personal assessment,
Ye Miyue’s vitality had already exceeded 3, nearly matching his own after using Yuan Crystal Water.
There was no helping it—Ye Miyue’s innate vitality was too high, and her physical growth was absurdly fast.
Most importantly, she also possessed martial arts talent at the King-tier or above!
Coupled with the ultra-efficient Primordial Breathing Technique,
her progress was becoming downright terrifying.
Of course, once he unlocked his Divine Meridians, he could still easily handle this little girl…
At that moment,
Ye Miyue lowered her head.
“The Heavenly Blade Club charges a fee…”
Zhou Dahai was taken aback, then laughed helplessly.
“Kid, it’s just a few thousand yuan… They’re only charging a symbolic amount.”
“Normally, using their training facilities would cost tens of thousands per month in membership fees…”
It was true.
A few thousand for an entire winter break’s access was a steal.
Even with the school’s connections, such a deal was hard to come by.
That amount of money wouldn’t even cover equipment maintenance.
“Also, I know your family isn’t well-off… but didn’t the school award you the highest-tier scholarship?” Zhou Dahai thought for a moment. “Surely you don’t have to worry about such a small sum?”
“But…” Ye Miyue grew anxious. “I’d still rather not…”
“You…” Zhou Dahai seemed to realize something but hesitated to say it.
He sighed.
“Think it over. If you change your mind, come tomorrow.”
With that, he walked out of the classroom, glancing at Wang Xian from the corner of his eye.
“Ahem.”
Zhou Dahai pretended not to see him and left.
Wang Xian also pretended not to see him and stayed put.
Before long, Ye Miyue walked out, her head down, her expression dim.
Thud—!
She bumped straight into Wang Xian.
Wang Xian’s heart skipped a beat.
This girl… seems to have grown a bit more.
When she massaged him a few days ago, he hadn’t noticed…
“You… why are you still here?” Ye Miyue took a step back, flustered, forcing herself to stay composed.
“According to our agreement…” Wang Xian rubbed his chin, then suddenly said, “After the last massage, the membership fee I paid for you at the martial arts school ran out, right?”
“How many sessions was that?”
Ye Miyue’s face reddened.
“Eight.”
“Let’s renew it,” Wang Xian said.
Ye Miyue shook her head like a rattle-drum.
“Not enough?”
“N-no… it’s too much,” she whispered.
It wasn’t just too much.
She didn’t think her massages were that good.
They weren’t worth the price.
Wang Xian had paid 30,000, meaning she earned at least 3,000 per session.
The professional masseuses at the martial arts school didn’t even make a tenth of that.
“Then how about this—aside from massages, you can come to my place every now and then during the winter break to do chores, cook, clean, stuff like that,” Wang Xian counted the days on his fingers.
“But I won’t pay you.”
“……” Ye Miyue.
She looked up, stealing a glance at Wang Xian.
For a moment, she didn’t refuse.
She thought about it.
"Okay..." Ye Miyue murmured softly.
Originally, she had felt like she was taking advantage during the previous massage sessions...
Though sometimes, Wang Xian would find all sorts of excuses to make her wear that embarrassing outfit...
But at least, he had never laid a hand on her...
Hearing this, Wang Xian grinned.
"You think I’d freeload off you?"
"Come on, I’m not that kind of guy."
"I can cover your training fees," Wang Xian said, not asking where her previous earnings had gone—just sticking to the matter at hand. "I’ll pay the school directly."
"Alright, it’s settled then!"
"Remember, if I don’t see you there the day after tomorrow..."
With that, he shot her a look that clearly said, You know what’ll happen if you don’t show up, before walking away.
Ye Miyue stood frozen, her watery eyes reflecting nothing but Wang Xian’s retreating figure...