“In a little over a month, it’ll be the Academy Grand Ceremony. Brother Luo will be participating, right?”
Cheng Qing Man said.
“Mhm.”
Luo Mu nodded.
The Academy Grand Ceremony had extremely generous rewards. He wouldn’t miss it for the world.
However, before the ceremony.
He needed to diligently cultivate and improve his cultivation, as well as learn a few more cultivation techniques and martial skills.
These past two weeks, he had already discovered his shortcomings.
For example, his defense.
And his speed.
If his opponent was skilled in movement techniques, he wouldn’t be able to cope.
Coming to the Inner Palace today.
He truly felt the strength of the Inner Palace disciples. Looking around, almost everyone was at the True Aperture Realm, their blood and energy overflowing.
These geniuses enjoyed the best resources and treatment.
Naturally, their strength wouldn’t be weak.
Therefore, he had to improve himself in all aspects.
Only then would he have a chance to defeat these geniuses, enter the top one hundred, or even higher!
“With your swordsmanship, Brother Luo, entering the top one hundred shouldn’t be a problem.”
Cheng Qing Man stated directly.
“Then I’ll take your good fortune, Sister. I still have things to do, so I’ll go now.”
Luo Mu smiled slightly, then cupped his fists, turned, and left.
He had no time to waste.
“Erm.”
Cheng Qing Man wanted to chat with Luo Mu a little longer.
After all, it was rare to find someone with a similar personality.
But Luo Mu seemed uninterested.
This made Cheng Qing Man wonder if her charm had decreased recently.
“You seem confident in that kid.”
The steward said.
“The 《Eternal Life Sword Art》at the Perfection Realm, how many have mastered it? How could I not be confident?”
Cheng Qing Man said.
“But it is just an Earth-grade Upper-class technique after all.”
The steward shook his head. “And the Inner Palace is a place where hidden dragons and crouching tigers lurk. This generation, in particular, is stronger than before.”
“Makes sense.”
Cheng Qing Man nodded slightly.
She thought of a few individuals, they were indeed ridiculously strong, already stepping into...
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Back in his room, Luo Mu couldn’t wait to shut the door.
He then sat cross-legged on the bed.
He took out the Shattering Yuan Pill that Cheng Qing Man had given him.
This pill’s main function was to help martial artists breakthrough to the next major realm.
Aside from that, it had no other effect.
“True Aperture Realm.”
Luo Mu’s eyes reflected anticipation.
In his previous estimation, he would need at least three years, perhaps even longer, to reach this realm.
But now.
Only half a month had passed.
It felt surreal.
Huu!
He exhaled gently.
Luo Mu dispersed his distracting thoughts and adjusted his state before swallowing the Shattering Yuan Pill whole.
Almost the moment it entered his stomach.
A vast surge of medicinal power erupted from the pill, spreading throughout his body.
Luo Mu quickly circulated his cultivation technique.
Absorbing it all.
His blood and energy, in a short time, increased more than six or seven times over!
The human body has nine major apertures.
They are located in the center of the right palm, the center of the left palm, the center of the right foot, the center of the left foot, and five more near the five internal organs.
The barrier in the center of the right palm is the weakest.
And easiest to sense.
Therefore, martial artists seeking to breakthrough to the True Aperture Realm would all choose to first open the aperture in the center of the right palm.
“Found it!”
Luo Mu closed his eyes.
His mental awareness searched.
In the darkness, he felt a point of light.
That was the aperture!
“Charge!”
Without hesitation, Luo Mu circulated his blood and energy, like a tide, surging towards the aperture!
Crack!
The aperture barrier didn’t hold for long, gradually shattering.
Normally, Luo Mu’s blood and energy would never possess such terrifying power.
But thanks to the Shattering Yuan Pill’s incredible enhancement.
Whoosh!
After the aperture shattered.
Pale golden primordial blood flowed out.
In an instant, every part of his body was filled with a yearning emotion, as if it knew that once it was devoured, there would be great benefits!
And the primordial blood flowed through his meridians, beginning to circulate throughout his body.
Gradually absorbed by his flesh.
Crack, crack, crack!
Luo Mu felt his flesh vibrating.
Whether it was his flesh, skin, meridians, bones, everything was constantly becoming denser and tougher.
Black impurities were also expelled from his skin.
This process lasted for a full incense stick before gradually stopping.
Luo Mu stood up, brushing off the impurities from his body.
Revealing white, tough skin.
Although he was only seventeen, he was already well-developed.
Standing there, he was nearly six feet tall.
His physique could be described as slender yet sturdy.
Boom!
Luo Mu casually threw a punch, the air seemed to burst!
“This has to be close to thirty thousand pounds of force?”
“As expected of the True Aperture Realm, as expected of the primordial blood, the improvement is insane.”
Luo Mu’s heart was filled with excitement.
He remembered that when he was at the Body Tempering Realm, ninth stage, he only had five or six thousand pounds of force.
If his swordsmanship wasn’t strong.
He wouldn’t have been able to face off against that demon True Aperture.
To understand it using concepts from his past life, the Eternal Life Sword Qi would be considered magical damage.
“Ding!”
“You have diligently cultivated, using a Shattering Yuan Pill to breakthrough. A critical hit has been triggered, granting you ten times the gains!”
Suddenly, a system notification echoed in his mind.
Luo Mu was immediately stunned.
Breakthroughs count too?
Then some images appeared in his mind.
They were all scenes of his breakthroughs.
Equivalent to ten breakthroughs.
“This...”
As if thinking of something, Luo Mu’s eyes gradually lit up.
Breakthroughs weren’t guaranteed to succeed.
He had the Shattering Yuan Pill, so he was almost certain to succeed.
If he didn’t have the Shattering Yuan Pill, with insufficient preparation, he would likely fail.
But with critical hit gains.
As long as his luck wasn’t too bad, ten consecutive breakthroughs, there would be at least one that would succeed, right?
“System, you are awesome.”
Luo Mu gave a thumbs-up.
In this world, talent didn’t completely limit a person’s ceiling, it only limited their cultivation speed and the probability of breaking through to a major realm.
The better one’s talent.
The faster one’s cultivation speed.
And the realm barriers would be thinner than ordinary people, easier to breakthrough.
Although he had average talent, with critical hit gains, it meant he had unlimited opportunities!
“Let’s consolidate my realm. Tomorrow, I should head to the Martial Arts Library again.”
Luo Mu opened the window to let in some air, then sat back on the bed.
He needed to learn more martial arts!
To compensate for his shortcomings!