“Teacher,” Bai Yang could not help asking, “I have heard that the guidance technique is very amazing. How amazing is it? How does it increase the speed of cultivating genetic energy?”
At this moment, a middle aged man with slightly greying hair in the training hall spoke up. “Bai Yang, let me put it this way. If you do not practise any guidance technique and only use the Five Hearts Facing Heaven cultivation method, you might only be able to refine for five minutes a day before your whole body cells are saturated and can no longer absorb energy.”
“But if you practise a guidance technique, your cells’ capacity becomes much larger. You could cultivate for eight minutes, or even ten minutes, or even an hour.” The middle aged man looked at Luo Feng and the others. “Do you understand now?”
Luo Feng finally understood.
So guidance techniques are like increasing how much each cell can “eat” every day. Absorbing cosmic energy and turning it into genetic energy is like eating food. If a person can only eat three bowls of rice, then a guidance technique allows them to eat five bowls, or ten bowls.
Instructor Jiang Nian smiled and said, “If you do not cultivate a guidance technique, the energy your cells can absorb is one unit. Once you cultivate a guidance technique, it may become two units, three units, or even more. In other words, one year of cultivation could equal ten years for someone else. That is the charm of guidance techniques.”
The martial artists around them discussed it enthusiastically, clearly having much to say on the topic.
“As for guidance techniques, the world’s strongest person, our Extreme Martial Arts global headquarters leader ‘Hong’, has created nine top tier guidance techniques. If you join the Extreme Martial Arts Gym and accumulate enough contribution points, you will have a chance to learn them,” they said with smiles, clearly trying to tempt Luo Feng and the others.
All major forces in the world hope to increase the number of their own martial artists.
“Teacher,” Luo Feng suddenly spoke.
“Mm?” Instructor Jiang Nian looked at him with a smile. “What is it?”
“Teacher, the silver haired black robed martial artist who left with the chief instructor earlier, how could one glance from him leave us completely powerless? What kind of ability is that?” Luo Feng had never heard of such a thing and was very curious.
Instructor Jiang Nian smiled faintly, and the surrounding martial artists laughed loudly.
“Kid, that person who left with the chief instructor is a spiritual master. They are far rarer than martial artists,” they laughed. “Of course, spiritual masters are also a type of martial artist, but they are the most terrifying among them.”
“Spiritual master?” Luo Feng was shocked.
The internet was well developed, and Luo Feng had seen mentions of spiritual masters before. They were a very special and very terrifying group among martial artists.
However, the details were never clearly explained online.
“After you become a martial artist, you will soon understand spiritual masters,” instructor Jiang Nian said with a smile. “Alright, today’s quasi martial artist assessment ends here. You can all go home. Your certificates will need official approval and identity registration. They will arrive in a few days. You will be notified then. You may leave now.”
“Yes, teacher.”
Luo Feng, Yang Wu, and Bai Yang left the training hall together, and under the watch of armed soldiers stationed at the Extreme Martial Arts Gym, they exited the area.
……
At the entrance of Mingyue Community, Luo Feng, Yang Wu, and Bai Yang all had smiles on their faces.
“My name is Bai Yang. I am from Jiangnan First Military Academy. My hometown is Yangzhou City. I just happened to be back for summer vacation, so I came here for the assessment.” Bai Yang shook hands with Luo Feng and Yang Wu. “Nice to meet you both.”
Jiangnan First Military Academy?
That was the school he had originally planned to enter.
Luo Feng smiled and said, “My name is Luo Feng. This is Yang Wu. We are both from the Yi An district Extreme Martial Arts Gym.”
“Brother Luo Feng will surely have a bright future. Even in our military academy elite class, not many become martial artists,” Bai Yang said warmly. He was very willing to make friends, especially with someone so young who had already become a quasi martial artist. Luo Feng might become a great figure in the future.
Beside him, Yang Wu laughed. “Enough talk. The three of us passed the assessment on the same day at the same place. That is fate. Let us find a restaurant and have a good meal together.”
“Alright,” Bai Yang agreed with a smile.
“Let’s go,” Luo Feng laughed.
The three of them, all newly passed quasi martial artists, were in high spirits. They chose a restaurant, had lunch together, and then went their separate ways home.
……
Luo Feng had a little alcohol that day, and only remembered to call home when he was on the subway.
However, the train was too crowded. If he said “I passed the quasi martial artist assessment,” it would definitely attract attention. “Forget it, I will call after I get off the subway.”
……
He took Metro Line 1 to Zhong’an Road Station and got off. From there, transferring to Line 11 required a long walk.
“I need to tell Dad, Mum, and my brother,” Luo Feng thought, still excited.
A quasi martial artist.
After so many years of hardship at home and so many years of hard training, he had finally achieved something.
Standing by the roadside near Zhong’an Road Station, Luo Feng took out his phone.
Beep, beep.
After dialling, he waited.
“Hello,” his younger brother’s voice came through. Luo Feng smiled. “It is me.”
“Of course. Do you even need to ask who your brother is? I passed, of course. Haha, yes. Alright.” Luo Feng laughed happily. “Mum is at home too? Good, pass the phone to her.”
“Hello Mum, it is me, Xiao Feng,” Luo Feng said joyfully.
Listening to his mother’s excited voice on the phone, Luo Feng felt his eyes slightly moisten. He had worked too hard for this day.
“Mum, you have asked three times already. I really did pass. The certificate will be sent home in a few days.”
“Yes, I already ate. I ate with the other two who passed,” Luo Feng smiled. “Call Dad? Don’t worry, Mum, I will not forget.”
After hanging up, Luo Feng could not help but smile.
Happiness and satisfaction.
He had worked so hard, trained his movement skills and sword techniques since childhood. Was it not all for this day?
He took a deep breath and calmed himself before dialling his father’s number.
In this family, his father Luo Hongguo was like a mountain, the pillar of the household. Before Luo Feng became an advanced student at the martial arts gym, almost all expenses were supported by his father’s hard work.
His mother also worked, but most of her energy was spent caring for the two sons, one of whom was disabled.
His father’s job in house renovation was extremely hard. He often suffered back pain and hand injuries.
“Dad, from today on, you do not need to work so hard anymore,” Luo Feng thought silently.
Beep, beep.
He waited for his father to pick up the call.