Chapter 41: Comprehending the Momentum

After studying the Eye of Spiritual Vision for a while, the food in his stomach was mostly digested.

Wang Teng stood up and went downstairs, greeting his parents.

"Mom, Dad, I'm heading to the martial arts hall."

Wang Shengguo had just returned from a business trip and wasn't going to the company tonight; he was staying home to rest and spend time with his wife.

At that moment, he was watching TV in the living room with Li Xiumei.

When the plot reached an exciting part, he would discuss the melodramatic twists with Li Xiumei.

In this aspect, he was no different from the millions of ordinary men in the world.

Hearing Wang Teng's voice, Wang Shengguo waved his hand without even looking back.

"Go on, don't disturb your mother and me! It's getting good!"

"Alright, alright, I won't disturb you two elders!" Wang Teng rolled his eyes and slipped away.

Li Xiumei gave Wang Shengguo a light smack and hurriedly called out, "Son, what do you want to eat tonight? Mom will cook you some late-night snacks."

"Anything is fine, Mom. Just cook whatever you like. I'm off!"

Wang Teng's voice drifted in from outside the door, followed by the roar of a sports car.

***

Polaris Martial Arts Hall.

After parking his car, Wang Teng walked along the small path inside the hall, thinking to himself, "I'll go straight to the third floor today. People already know my strength is beyond that of an intermediate martial apprentice, so there's no point in pretending. However, it's best to delay the news of me becoming a martial artist for a while."

*Sigh, improving too fast is also a headache!*

In truth, Wang Teng hadn't expected to become a martial artist so quickly; he originally thought it would be at least after the college entrance exams.

Accidents always come so suddenly!

It caught him completely off guard!

Standing in front of the Martial Apprentice Training Building, Wang Teng glanced at the adjacent Martial Artist Training Building and let out a deep sigh.

It was out of reach!

Wang Teng entered the building and silently completed the test. His identity information was automatically updated, granting him access to the third floor.

After picking up a wave of attributes from the first and second floors, he headed straight for the third!

The stairs leading to the third floor were in a quite prominent location.

Even though Wang Teng didn't want to draw attention to himself, his step onto those stairs still caught everyone's eye.

"Wang Teng, I didn't expect you to become an advanced martial apprentice so quickly!" an acquaintance among the students stepped forward.

His tone was full of envy.

Martial apprentice training became increasingly difficult the further one progressed.

Many students here had been stuck at the intermediate level for a long time, never quite breaking through the threshold to become advanced apprentices. It was a tragic sight.

"Sigh, Zhang Shaoyang became an advanced apprentice, and now another one has left."

"I heard the Education Bureau is reforming this year, so intermediate apprentices can participate in the Martial Arts College Entrance Exam. But that has nothing to do with us."

"Dammit! Why didn't this policy come out sooner..."

The news of the expanded recruitment for the martial arts exam had spread like wildfire as soon as it was released; everyone who needed to know already knew.

Many of the intermediate apprentices present were practitioners from society, generally older and unable to take the path of the college entrance exam.

Unlike the students in school, even as intermediate apprentices, they would still have opportunities to ascend further in the future.

For them, this news wasn't good news.

Instead, it was a blow.

Some people were simply born in the wrong era and missed the opportunity!

*When time is not on my side, what can I do?*

"Keep working hard, opportunities will always come," Wang Teng nodded to the student and headed toward the third floor.

"That's right, opportunities always come!"

The student clenched his fists, his eyes reigniting with fighting spirit. He was only in his early twenties; it was too early to talk about giving up.

In the crowd, a fat man watched Wang Teng's "showing off" silhouette as he walked away, cursing inwardly: "I knew it, I knew it! This guy must be hiding his strength. Otherwise, how could he be faster than me, or become an advanced apprentice in such a short time? This isn't very 'martial arts' at all."

***

The third floor.

The number of people here was much smaller than on the second floor. From the first to the third floor, the population decreased layer by layer, perfectly illustrating the pyramid principle.

Wang Teng's arrival caused many people to stop their training and look back.

"So young!"

"Another genius!"

"Hmph, a genius?"

...

Wang Teng's gaze swept across the area. There were attribute bubbles scattered everywhere, and a flock of "two-legged sheep" waiting for him to shear them...

*Wonderful!*

Just then, Zhang Shaoyang, who had recently promoted to advanced martial apprentice, walked over, staring at Wang Teng with a strange expression.

"Wang Teng, this speed of yours is a bit terrifying!"

"I've been practicing martial arts since I was a kid. I've been at the intermediate level for a while; I was just missing a catalyst," Wang Teng smiled.

With an "as expected" expression, Zhang Shaoyang put an arm around his shoulder and led him inside.

"Come on, come on. Now that you're here, there's finally someone to spar with me in fist techniques."

...

Over the course of the night, Wang Teng cleared out all the attribute bubbles on the third floor.

It was another bountiful harvest.

Totaling—

[Comprehension *5] [Spirit *6] [Strength *153] [Speed *66] ...

Currently, Wang Teng focused more on improving [Comprehension] and [Spirit], but these two attributes were as rare as ever.

He had checked online.

Both Original Force cultivation methods and Original Force combat techniques were quite profound, thus requiring high levels of comprehension.

With high comprehension, practicing methods and techniques would yield twice the result with half the effort. But if comprehension was too low, you would experience true despair.

Although Wang Teng could improve his methods and techniques by picking up attributes, the number of martial artists was inherently small, and they wouldn't gather together like martial apprentices for him to shear wave after wave.

Therefore, when attributes were available, he picked them up; when they weren't, he had to rely on his own cultivation!

Improving comprehension was a way of preparing for a rainy day.

At least Wang Teng could improve his comprehension through attribute collection.

By accumulating small amounts over time, he believed he could eventually stack his comprehension high enough.

Unlike others with low comprehension, who had nothing to do but despair until death.

The [Spirit] attribute was related to the duration of his [Spiritual Vision] ability. This ability might play a major role in the future, so he needed to expand his "battery capacity" now.

In addition, he had picked up many attributes for basic movement techniques, basic fist techniques, basic sword techniques, and basic saber techniques tonight.

Currently, these combat techniques were pushing toward another level beyond "Microscopic Mastery."

After Microscopic Mastery came "Understanding the Momentum"!

Understanding the Momentum was the final stage of basic combat techniques. Once at this level, one would perceive the "momentum" (Shi), and when fighting others, one's aura would strike before the physical blow.

To defeat the enemy without fighting!

That was the function of momentum.

However, very few people spent vast amounts of time training basic techniques to such a degree. With that energy and time, it was better to increase one's strength to the level of a martial artist and practice Original Force combat techniques.

Wang Teng didn't care; since he was picking up attributes anyway, he might as well take them.

Furthermore, mastering the basics was actually beneficial for practicing Original Force techniques later. After all, only with a solid foundation could one build a higher tower.

In addition to his existing basic techniques, Wang Teng obtained a new one—Basic Staff Technique (Entry Level)!

Staff techniques!

*Hmm... does this mean I'll go get a Ruyi Jingu Bang or a Heart-Following Iron Staff in the future?*

*And then shout—*

*"Halt, demon! Let my Lion-Tiger go!"*