Chapter 127 - 120: About dirty practice, you should know, we are first and foremost men.

Hua Jing. Pick Flowers and Fly Leaves; all can injure the enemy! With energy entering the Zang organs, life spans beyond 120 years! Spider Treading on Water; the water wouldn’t pass their knees! Countless descriptions of Hua Jing Masters surfaced in the minds of the Dark Force Martial Artists who were browsing the forum. In the Martial Arts of Xia Country, each realm is a whole new world! For all Dark Force Martial Artists, Hua Jing Masters are the beings they must look up to! They practice Martial Arts themselves. They know how difficult it is to advance in realm! From Qi Blood Transport to evident strength, from evident strength to Dark Force. They all took it step by step. The vast majority had been practicing Martial Arts for decades before the drastic changes in the world. They laid a solid foundation and then burst forth all at once within a mere year and a half, reaching their current realm. Their strength could tear apart tigers and leopards, their punch packing thousands of pounds. In ancient times, each of them would have been champions of the army. Even so, they all knew that they still had a long way to go to reach Hua Jing. That’s why they exchanged ideas in the Martial Artist Alliance. In the Heaven and Earth Secret Realm, they battled Mutant Beasts, seeking a slim chance for advancement. But now, an eighteen-year-old youngster, at an age when he should just be starting university, had advanced to Hua Jing and made it onto the Grandmaster List. How could they not be shocked! "Am I dreaming? Did I travel two or three years into the future? I remember, half a year ago, the genius promoted by our Xia Country was an eighteen-year-old at evident strength. And now, this? An eighteen-year-old at Hua Jing? What kind of joke is this!" "Is this Jiang Shu the champion of the university Martial Arts genius competition? I remember he was only at evident strength back then. Evident strength on October 1st, and now it’s June 14th... damn, in just over eight months, from evident strength to Hua Jing?" "The Grandmaster List updated by the Martial Artist Alliance has definitely been verified; they wouldn’t make a mistake. This Jiang Shu... he couldn’t be a Hua Jing Master who only focused on practicing Martial Arts and advancing his realm but lacks actual combat capabilities, right? Look at the other Grandmasters on the list; they all have combat records. For him, it only says ’Young Grandmaster’." "He’s already a Young Grandmaster; what combat achievements does he need? Even if he doesn’t focus on actual combat, as a Hua Jing Master, he could still easily dominate me, a Dark Force Martial Artist! We Dark Force practitioners have a strength limit of under ten thousand pounds. Our energy can only temper our bones. But training the internal organs means internally strengthening them; any strike would carry ten thousand pounds of force. How can we compare? Not to mention, he’s so young—an eighteen-year-old at Hua Jing! With the world undergoing such drastic changes and the difficulty of Martial Arts practice decreasing, who knows if he’ll advance further in a few years?" "That’s true, but having combat achievements would definitely be better. After all, other Grandmasters have records of battling Rank-3 Mutant Beasts. Isn’t there a new Secret Realm in Hening Province that only Hua Jing Masters can enter? If only we could bring devices into the Heaven and Earth Secret Realm. Turn on our phone cameras so those of us outside could also witness the allure of a Hua Jing Master battling Mutant Beasts." "It’s shameful to admit, but to this day, I’ve never truly met a Hua Jing Master. I don’t know any of the Grandmasters on the Grandmaster List. But this Jiang Shu... I saw him in the university Martial Arts youth competition. Um, I was with my daughter... Back then, I was already at Dark Force, and I thought it was just kids messing around. I never expected... in just a few months, the champion reached Hua Jing. Do you know how that makes me feel?" "I don’t get it. Right now, all I want to know is how powerful Hua Jing truly is. Strength isn’t everything. For example, an evident strength Martial Artist might also possess a thousand pounds of force, but even if I only use a thousand pounds of force, I can still suppress them. We Dark Force Martial Artists have to rely on weapons to hunt Rank-2 Mutant Beasts. But at Hua Jing, even fingernails, hair, and the tongue can be tempered. Can they directly kill Rank-2 Mutant Beasts without weapons then?" "The poster above doesn’t get it, do they? The combat prowess of someone at Hua Jing primarily depends on which Zang organ they choose to internally strengthen first. For example, with Jinn entering the Zang organs, if the heart is strengthened first—the heart governs Spirit—then the Grandmaster’s spiritual power improves. Once spiritual power is enhanced, it becomes very easy to sense nearby hostility and avoid danger in advance. If I were practicing Martial Arts, I’d also prioritize internally strengthening my heart first; self-preservation is crucial. Besides, the heart supplies blood, making Qi Blood more vigorous and overall power even stronger!" "I think the person above has really trained themselves dumb. Talking about internally strengthening the heart, they really do talk a good game. But you have to remember, first and foremost, we are men...." "???" Below the "Grandmaster List" post, no one knew how many Dark Force Martial Artists were expressing their thoughts at that moment. Dark Force Martial Artists who had always been lurking also began to speak out. The term "Young Grandmaster." Everyone knew how great a compliment those two words were! Although Jiang Shu currently didn’t have any significant achievements to his name, it didn’t stop the entire Martial Artist Alliance from being shocked! Meanwhile, Jiang Shu, now known as the Young Grandmaster, was packing his bags and driving home. After he uploaded the video demonstrating his Hua Jing, staff from the Martial Artist Alliance immediately came to verify it. A helicopter landed at Jiangnan Academy. Not long after, he, a doctoral student who hadn’t been enrolled for long, graduated immediately. He met the president of the academy for the first time. He became a Martial Arts Professor at Jiangnan Academy. Practicing Martial Arts... it’s truly more fantastical than going from a peasant in the morning to the emperor’s hall by evening. Seven months of Martial Arts practice. He had gone from a student who relied on luck to get into an undergraduate program to being directly admitted to Jiangnan Academy. Another year of Martial Arts practice. He had skipped from a freshman to a PhD, and then became a professor at the academy! An eighteen-year-old academy professor! No one would believe it if you told them! He started the car and hit the highway. Jiang Shu gradually recaptured the feeling of his previous life. In this life, time was tight, so he naturally had no time to enroll in driving school. He used his connections to secure a test spot and, within a short hour, passed all four subjects to smoothly obtain his driver’s license. Originally, Jiang Shu hadn’t planned on needing a car urgently. After all, Jiangnan City and Ji City were very close, only about ten minutes by high-speed rail. After alighting from the high-speed rail, he could just take a taxi home; the money wasn’t an issue. But that was before. Now that he had reached Hua Jing, Xia Country had directly arranged for a Red Flag car to be sent over. It appeared modest on the outside, but the interior was extremely luxurious. From the leather quality and craftsmanship, it was clear that this car was worth at least a million to start. Not to mention, the car also had bulletproof capabilities. Leaving it parked at the academy was one thing, but it made more sense to drive it. As for the requirement to have held a driver’s license for a year before driving on the highway... Did that matter? It did not. A Hua Jing Master was already an existence Xia Country needed to court. Very few laws could apply to him. Even if it was murder, as long as a legitimate reason could be provided... The "license to kill" and the pistol in the small suitcase on the back seat were not just for show! In just two hours, Jiang Shu had driven to the new residential complex. It was the weekend. Jiang Yanyue lay sprawled on the couch, eating ice cream. In front of her was a 100-inch projection screen, showing some ancient palace intrigue drama from who knows how many years ago. She had discovered one great advantage of practicing Martial Arts. Having mastered Qi Blood Transport, she wasn’t afraid of the cold at all. Even during the chilly weather of early spring, she could still flaunt her ice cream indulgence. Let alone now, during the hot days of June. Three ice creams a day! It was blissfully delightful. Hearing the sound of the fingerprint lock disengaging, Jiang Yanyue startled and looked toward the door. Seeing it was Jiang Shu, she immediately flopped back to her original position. She still had to put on an act in front of her parents. Either study hard or practice Martial Arts diligently. But in front of Jiang Shu... she might as well just be a quiet dependant. After all, she had figured it out. Her older brother wasn’t even human anymore. He had been directly admitted to Jiangnan Academy and won first place in the university Martial Arts genius tournament. A little over a month ago, he had also announced he’d become a Martial Arts Doctor at Jiangnan Academy. What the heck. She, Jiang Yanyue, a genius in academics, had only taken two days off a week since entering high school. And the result? So far, her grades were only consistently in the school’s top ten, just enough to say she could steadily aim for a good academy. But Jiang Shu, after practicing Martial Arts for just a year and a half, had directly become a Martial Arts Doctor at the academy. In a few more years, would he become a teacher at the academy, or even a professor? With such a monster in the family, Mutant Beast meat costing a thousand yuan per jin was delivered continuously whenever they wanted. Why should she even bother trying so hard? Time to just slack off!