[Celestial Martial (Initial Tier): 9600/10000]

[Combat Body (Initial Tier): 9809/10000]

[Candle Wisdom (Middle Tier): 1280/20000]

[Transformation Dao (Initial Tier): 5300/10000]

[Acting (High Tier): 2820/5000]

[Culinary Skill (High Tier): 3000/5000]

[Good Fortune (Initial Tier): 300/1000]

Su Tu looked at the soaring skills on his system interface, and his lips curled up slightly. His guess was indeed correct.

During his tenure as the preliminary examiner, the greater the change he effected in the students, the more his skill proficiency grew.

Since finding the puppet that day, only four days had passed, and all of Su Tu's skills had gained a modest improvement.

However, when Su Tu saw the Good Fortune skill, he felt a bit helpless. Such a mystical skill had no direction for grinding.

Su Tu had tried buying scratch-off tickets before, hoping to trigger good fortune and increase proficiency, but the result was disappointing—a hundred dollars' worth of tickets turned into a heap of waste paper.

"Luck, you can't force it. Experience babies are still the best~"

Su Tu thought so and swept his gaze over the venue.

Those were well-behaved examinees.

With the deterrence established on the first day, all the examinees were entirely compliant with Su Tu's words.

That punch that burst into a bloody mist in the sky had left them unforgettable until now.

Originally, Su Tu planned to use this group of rebellious individuals to grind a bit of proficiency, but he found there was simply no chance.

These unruly scions were incomparably obedient in front of Su Tu, even more than good babies.

The preparations he had made had become completely unnecessary now.

At this moment, in the examination hall, examinees were relentlessly practicing basic punching and kicking techniques, and Su Tu merely sat there doing nothing, yet they were fiercely committed.

Every examinee was filled with awe towards this teacher, whose strength was vast and whose background was even more astonishing.

Seeing this situation, Su Tu was pleased to enjoy the peace.

Because, even if he did nothing, as long as the examinees followed the standard process, he would still gain proficiency.

[Your examinees are working hard, Candle Wisdom proficiency +300, Transformation Skill +200]

[Candle Wisdom (Middle Tier): 1580/20000]

[Transformation Dao (Initial Tier): 5500/10000]

Looking at the system notifications popping up, Su Tu chuckled inwardly.

Although the proficiency gained through hard work brings a sense of achievement that others cannot understand, this feeling of growing stronger by doing nothing brings a kind of capitalist joy.

It could only be said that Su Tu had gone from hating capitalism, questioning capitalism, understanding capitalism, to completely becoming capitalism.

After the puppet incident, higher-ups swiftly deployed a batch of stationed martial artists to the third examination hall and dispatched three or four assistant instructors to Su Tu.

He no longer needed to manage anything in the examination hall.

The only thing he seemed to have done was ferociously intimidate that batch of second-generation elites on the first day.

After glancing at the hard-working examinees again, Su Tu turned and left, knowing from his experiments that as long as he remained in the third examination hall, he would gain proficiency from the examinees.

He didn't even need to be personally present to supervise, knowing whether these students were slacking off depended on his proficiency gain. If they slack off a bit, his proficiency gain would decrease.

This had happened once before; on that day... Su Tu supervised this group of second-generation elites as they tempered their Basic Skills to their personal limits, enduring the most unforgettable day of their eighteen years of life.

Su Tu glanced at the examinees posturing and spoke lightly, "Practice well."

Then he turned and left, heading directly to the internal Cultivation Room of the third examination hall. Normally, the preliminary examiner, equivalent to a teacher, should not leave the venue easily.

But clearly, this rule did not apply to Su Tu.

He soon arrived at the training room, he skillfully changed into training clothes and slightly moved his body, Qi circulated throughout the body, intent concentrated on his heart.

The stance of Immortal Burial unfolded instantly.

However, this time Su Tu did not use Sacrificial Fire nor enter the Inner Realm.

Instead, he was carefully experiencing the roar of blood within.

That feeling was like a mountain spring pouring down, shaking heaven and earth together; the blood within him seemed to have turned into magma, fiery hot, and the True Qi within the Celestial Acupoints continuously infused every drop of blood within his veins.

After the Nine Bone Transformations, tempering the blood throughout the body, Qi and blood fusion, could break Falling Leaves.

Su Tu's speed in refining blood was extremely fast; under the full effort of fifteen Celestial Acupoints and 108 Acupoints, his blood was completely compatible with Qi. If he wanted, he could rush towards Falling Leaves at this moment.

Yet deep down, Su Tu felt an indescribable sensation.

It was as if something was missing, as if something had not reached completion; this feeling was very subtle.

Crackling sounds accompanied the changes in movements of Immortal Burial, and his body emitted crisp noises.

At this moment, Su Tu introspected himself, scanning the mountains and rivers within his Acupoints, detecting the fifteen Celestial Acupoints spiraling like Grotto Heaven, seeing the blood imbued with endless vitality.

"Missing something... What's missing..."

Su Tu murmured within his heart, as this sense of missing continued to haunt him.

Suddenly, Su Tu recalled the humanoid shadow shackled by thirty-six chains he had observed then.

"Peeping Branch Realm has body lock shackles, I opened fifteen body locks, breaking fifteen chains."

"According to this logic, in the later realms, breaking shackles means breaking chains..."

"But the problem arises, after opening body locks, there's no longer any shackles in cultivation..."

Su Tu paused his Basic Skill cultivation, furrowing his brow, pondering like this.

To be honest, Su Tu was somewhat skeptical about his feeling of that missing bit.

He thought it might be because he saw the shadow shackled by chains, making him subconsciously believe there should be shackles like body locks in this realm.

But perhaps, past sages never discovered it.

Yet setting aside all sensory aspects, just looking at the cultivation progress, Su Tu's Qi and blood were fused at this moment, True Qi surging, Nine Martial Bone Transformations complete, already having the momentum for realm-break.

Feeling it faintly, Su Tu knew he had reached that delicate thin membrane.

Just a gentle pierce and he could directly enter Falling Leaves, perceive the True Intent of Martial Arts, and possess the qualification to briefly tread the starry sky with his physical body.

"Maybe I've overthought it; otherwise..."

"Realm-breaking then...."

Suddenly, this thought surged fiercely in Su Tu's heart!!

Definitely, he had overthought it, influenced by that shadow; there's no shackle, no perfection, probably he just thought too much!

Break through!!

After breaking through to Falling Leaves, I will be able to comprehend the True Intent of Martial Arts and become an existence of the same realm as Brother Hu!

Break through!! After the breakthrough, my strength will definitely surge immensely, and the top spot in this martial arts exam will surely be in my grasp!

Break through!!!! In the battle of Mingtiao, Mu Wuyang was a great sun in the sky, slaughtering each other, the outcome undecided. At this moment, break through, use Falling Leaves to fight Mingtiao, crushing effortlessly!

Break through!!! If you are at Falling Leaves, how dare Chen Xian provoke you!! You can easily push forward to the top of the Celestial list, trampling all other celestial prodigies underfoot, and you can bring the name of Heaven-Reaching Dao Lineage back into the world!!

Break through!! Break through!! Break through!!!

In an instant, countless thoughts, countless ideas, exploded violently in Su Tu's heart.

Once this thought arose, it grew wildly like spring weeds, unstoppable and never-ending.

Clatter!!!

In an instant, the blood within Su Tu seemed to boil, burning, as all the acupoints in his body frantically absorbed and exhaled True Qi.

His Qi was restraining, his True Qi roaring, his Bone Appearance roaring, he... was on the verge of breaking through at this moment.

Crack crack crack~~

A series of sounds like popping beans exploded on Su Tu's body.

His Qi and blood had completely fused, waves of blood energy soared, beginning to spread towards where the Martial Bone was located.

Mingtiao used Qi and blood to temper Bone Appearance, with Bone Appearance nourishing the blood in return, while for Falling Leaves, the sublimated blood energy surged, using the location of the Martial Bone as a foundation, condensing all bones. Once the blood energy soared and connected thoroughly with the Bone Appearance, Su Tu would break through.

At this moment, strands of extremely potent blood energy spread from Su Tu's body, the Emperor Bone trembled slightly, as if expecting something, just as the blood energy was about to merge with the Bone Appearance....

Buzz~

Buzz buzz buzz~

A very weak vibration sound suddenly penetrated into Su Tu's mind, and in an instant, a sense of clarity suddenly surfaced in Su Tu's heart that was entirely focused on breaking through.

Then, he suddenly opened his eyes.

The previously soaring blood energy instantly plummeted, and the various changes within his body followed suit and retracted.

"Hoo hoo hoo~"

Su Tu sat cross-legged on the ground, drenched in sweat.

He stopped the breakthrough.

His entire state was somewhat bewildered; clearly, he could ignore that vibration sound earlier, as that level of disturbance was almost negligible for Su Tu...

Yet, for some reason, he stopped the breakthrough because of that tiny disturbance.

At this moment, a system prompt suddenly popped up, instantly bringing Su Tu back to his senses.

[Good Fortune Arrives!!! Good Fortune Proficiency +200]

[Good Fortune (Initial Tier): 500/1000]

"Good fortune arrives??"

"I stopped the breakthrough, and that's good fortune arriving??"

Looking at this prompt, Su Tu suddenly stood up from the ground, his eyes narrowing slightly with an indescribable expression.

This short prompt contained a tremendous amount of information.

Not breaking through is considered good fortune...

Which means staying at this realm is a good thing...

This can explain a lot of things already...

"My previous feelings weren't unfounded..."

Su Tu gathered all his True Qi, it seemed that in the Second Realm there was something profound that all predecessors had overlooked.....

My feelings are correct!!

Buzz buzz buzz~

At this moment, the vibration continued, Su Tu got up and approached the source. He opened the cabinet, and the source was Su Tu's phone; someone was calling him.

Most of the people Su Tu now interacted with were those who had ventured beyond the Star River. They used communication tools that were terminals; terminals had all the functionalities of a phone. Typically, Su Tu didn't carry a phone with him anymore.

But this time, coming to the exam venue, as he was packing his things, he casually brought along the phone, and when he came for training earlier, he casually tossed the phone into the locker.

"It really is good fortune..."

Looking at the vibrating phone, Su Tu couldn't help but speak aloud.

The terminal could completely inherit all the functionality of the phone, but as a direct connection virtual technology, the terminal abandoned the common vibration function of old phones.

If Su Tu hadn't brought the phone, then the call would have been redirected to the terminal, and there wouldn't have been that vibration sound earlier.

Without that vibration sound, Su Tu would have naturally broken through and missed the good fortune prompt, perhaps missing it once would mean forever missing the secret of the Second Realm.

Martial Arts Cultivation, one wrong step, and a lifetime of mistakes, never able to turn back, unable to change, even if he knew the secret of the Second Realm, he would never have a chance to start over.

This is good fortune...

It's the little 'miracles' composed of seemingly inconspicuous small events

Su Tu looked at the phone; the display showed an unfamiliar number.

Few people knew his number, so an unfamiliar number calling was indeed rare.

Su Tu picked up the call, filled with curiosity.

"Hello, is it Xiao Tu!"

On the other end of the line came Sister Hua's hearty voice.

"It's me, what's up, Sister Hua??"

Su Tu recognized the voice and responded, but his eyes suddenly lowered.

"You don't have anything going on today, do you?"

"Can you pick up Yaya for me, and by the way, go to Chenguang Seafood Market to buy some seafood? Yaya's been clamoring for it, and Sister Hua will give you the money later."

Sister Hua spoke loudly.

"Alright, Sister Hua, I got it.

"Anything else?"

"No, just be safe."

The call ended, and then Su Tu's expression suddenly darkened.

Sister Hua's family has encountered something!

Although Sister Hua's tone just now was as usual, but... Yaya has been allergic to seafood since childhood!

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