Chapter 9 (1/2)

Qi Shengjia was badly frightened, and his expression tightened. He didn’t dare to swallow the half-mouthful of porridge in his mouth.

“Can you be any shadier?” 1

Sun Mo was extremely unhappy. Qi Shengjia’s potential value was extremely low, and there were just five days before the test started.

Sun Mo was a ‘newcomer’, and the Central Province Academy could be considered his home ground. Hence, after spending two days in the library, he had almost read through all the information relevant to the school.

The battle hall was the most popular club in the Central Province Academy. It was also extremely famous in Jinling City.

In order to maintain the battle hall’s lofty status and make each member of the club cherish their identity, the limit of their members had always been set at 500.

Every three months, the battle hall would organize an entrance test. Students who wished to join the hall could draw lots in the test and choose a person in the club as their opponent.

If they won, they would be able to enter the battle hall. If they lost, they had to wait for next time.

If a member lost, they would instantly lose their identity as a battle hall member. It was precisely this cruel competition rule that caused all members of the battle hall to do their utmost in cultivation.

There was a great teacher in the battle hall acting as a consultant, and he would provide public guidance lectures for free every week. As long as one wasn’t retarded, who would bear to miss it?

Other than this, if one could join the battle hall, their reputation would surely grow. Their social circle would enlarge as well, and this would prove to be of immense help for their futures.

Under the temptation of such good conditions, the competition in each test would be extremely intense. Even using his knees to think, Sun Mo could tell that Qi Shengjia didn’t stand a chance at all.

“A great teacher is someone who can transform the impossible into the possible. Turning a student who’s crow into a phoenix, from rotten wood to a pillar that can support the state. If not, why would the world need great teachers for?”

The system sounded like this was inevitable and right.

“Do you have an original body? Come out for me, I guarantee I won’t hit you to death.”

Sun Mo cracked his fingers.

“Teacher Sun?’

Qi Shengjia summoned up his courage and asked.

“Eat your porridge!”

Sun Mo commanded.

“Oh!”

Qi Shengjia’s neck shrank back, and gurgling sounds rang out as he ate the porridge. Although it was a little hot, he didn’t spit it out.

“After finishing your meal, lie back on the wooden plank.”

It seemed like there was no way for him to cancel the mission that had been issued. Sun Mo could only do his best.

“Teacher Sun is so good!”

Qi Shengjia’s eyes grew wet again. As a mediocre student, he had never received any extra care from any teachers before.

Ding!

Favorable impression points from Qi Shengjia +2.

Prestige connection state with Qi Shengjia. Neutral (20/100)!

Upon hearing the notification, Sun Mo’s mood became much better. At the very least, this fellow still had a conscience and knew how to feel grateful.

Qi Shengjia didn’t dare to let Sun Mo wait too long. He hurriedly finished his breakfast and lay back on the wooden plank.

“Teacher Sun, do you think this pose is okay?”

Qi Shengjia’s eyes were filled with trepidation.

“Relax your body, why are you so nervous for? I’m not a butcher, alright?” Sun Mo was speechless. “Why are you lying in such a straight and stiff manner? Are you a salted fish?”

“Oh!”

Qi Shengjia grew even more nervous.

Sun Mo didn’t wish to be stared at, so he took Qi Shengjia’s clothes to cover his head. After that, he grabbed hold of Qi Shengjia’s left arm and started Tuina, clearing his energy channels.

Time slowly flowed.

“How’s the feeling?”

As Sun Mo massaged, he asked Qi Shengjia. He could gain a more detailed understanding of this partial ancient massage technique from Qi Shengjia’s answers.

“It’s painful at the start, after that, the pain transforms into an itch!”

Qi Shengjia moved slightly. “It feels like ants are crawling on my body.”

“And after that?”

Sun Mo patted Qi Shengjia’s arm. “Flip your body over and lie down on your stomach!”

One couldn’t help but say that this fellow did train his muscles well. Qi Shengjia’s body was robust. Sun Mo could tell that Qi Shengjia was someone walking down the path of a man of steel.

“Hot!”

Qi Shengjia then flipped his body over. “It feels comfortable!”

Sun Mo’s hands gently massaged Qi Shengjia’s cervical vertebra. After that, his hands moved down toward the backbone. When his hands reached the lumbar vertebra, Sun Mo suddenly used force and pressed down.

“Argh!”

Qi Shengjia immediately shouted in pain. His backbone curved like a bow, and he looked akin to a cooked prawn now. Before the pain faded, the spirit qi in the surroundings suddenly surged in, flooding his body.

“Mn?”

Sun Mo was puzzled. As he also understood the dao of cultivation, he soon realized that this was the phenomenon that would occur before a cultivator broke through to the next level.

Because this was the first time he was seeing it, Sun Mo observed very seriously. His hands didn’t leave Qi Shengjia’s body and were moving about, stopping on different parts as he sensed the flow of spirit qi through the energy channels.

Pak! Pak! Pak!

Qi Shengjia’s body suddenly emitted patting sounds. His muscles seemed to be inflated. They swelled up and this condition lasted for about three minutes before they returned to their original form.

In the storehouse, the surging spirit qi also gradually calmed down.

Sun Mo retreated as he recalled the massage process that had happened earlier in his mind. This was his habit. Through reflecting the process step-by-step, he wanted to reinforce his memories and dig out all the good points and flaws that were worthy to be taken note of. This way, he could perform better in the future.

“I…I…broke through?”

Qi Shengjia’s body trembled. He was dumbstruck as he stared at his hands in a daze. This feeling of having an abundance of spirit qi in his body…there was no mistake.

He had experienced this wondrous state before. It was half-a-year ago when he had broken through to the 3rd-level of the body-refinement realm.

He was in a daze for five whole minutes. Only then did he remember Sun Mo, and he hurriedly got up.

Boom!

Qi Shengjia overturned the wooden plank, scattering dust around. He took two steps and rushed in front of Sun Mo. With a thudding sound, he knelt down.

Bang!

Qi Shengjia kowtowed. The force he used was too great and shattered the floor panel. He wanted to say some words of thanks, but he was too agitated and only unintelligible words came out of his mouth. In the end, he didn’t manage to say anything.

“Why are you kneeling again?”