Xu Zimei had not been gone long when a sudden, aged light gasp came from a corner.
"Did that little guy just notice me? Impossible!"
Xu Zimei walked to the first floor of the Scripture Pavilion and casually took a Yellow Tier Vein Skill.
The cultivation techniques and Vein Skills of Yuan Central Continent are also divided into eight levels.
Universe, Cosmos, Star, Celestial, Heavenly, Terrestrial, Mystical, Yellow!
The Universe Tier belonged to the highest, while the Yellow Tier was the lowest.
The Vein Skill that Xu Zimei picked up was called "Sword Drawing Technique".
It was a very simple Vein Skill, with just one move—that is, drawing the sword!
The Vein Skill was simple and crude: draw the sword, a head falls.
Emmmm......terrifying indeed!
As long as you draw your sword quickly enough, even the head of a Great Emperor could be chopped off.
Xu Zimei left the Scripture Pavilion and began to communicate with the orb within his body, using the power of the Divine Vein Realm he had stored inside to start tempering his body.
The internal organs and Extraordinary Meridians within his body were strengthening at a rate visible to the naked eye.
From time to time, a "creak creak" sound could be heard coming from inside of Xu Zimei.
His realm was also soaring in an instant.
"Mortal Realm, first layer,
Mortal Realm, second layer,
...
Mortal Realm, ninth layer."
His realm kept rising until the ninth layer of the Mortal Realm, and it stopped just as he was about to open the first Vein Gate.
Xu Zimei was not in a hurry to step into the Spirit Vein Realm, as this instant growth had made his foundation somewhat unstable.
As they say, a skyscraper rises from the ground; he decided to temper himself first and then advance to the Spirit Vein Realm.
Within the True Martial Holy Sect, there was a Gravity Tower specifically for disciples to hone their bodies.
The Gravity Tower had ten floors, and the gravity of each floor increased almost tenfold.
On his way to the Gravity Tower, Xu Zimei was suddenly stopped by someone.
"Zimo bro, wait for me," gasped a little fatty who was running towards him from not far away.
The little fatty had short hair, a candy stick in his mouth, and snot hanging at the corner of his lips.
"Zimo bro, what are you doing here? No wonder I couldn't find you all day," said the little fatty as he skillfully flicked his snot away and licked his candy with satisfaction.
"Ruhu, long time no see," Xu Zimei greeted the youth in front of him with a nostalgic tone.
The little fatty's full name was Lin Ruhu, the grandson of the third elder of the True Martial Holy Sect, and also a fox and dog friend who had been causing mischief with him since childhood.
Since childhood, Lin Ruhu had always been his follower, obedient to his every word.
In the previous life, he always played the role of a green leaf, complementing Xu Zimei, but actually, his cultivation talent was not even slightly weaker than Zimei's, perhaps even stronger.
Back then, Xu Zimei thought it was his unique air of domineering arrogance and that charm that reached the sky which deeply attracted Lin Ruhu and made him worship him endlessly.
It wasn't until that late battle, when Lin Ruhu stepped forward, that in the crucial moment, he used his body to block the protagonist Chu Yang's fatal sword for him.
While holding the young man who was already stained red with blood, he yelled, "Why, why?"
At that time, the youth who was at death's door finally revealed the truth that had always followed him.
At the age of ten, the two of them snuck out of the Sect Gate to play, and halfway through, they suddenly encountered a Droopy-eyed White Tiger.
Back then, I shielded Lin Ruhu behind me and faced the White Tiger alone, telling him to run first.
Lin Ruhu asked me, "Why do you want to protect me?"
Because I could have completely abandoned him and run away alone.
At that time, I just replied in a very plain manner, "Because we are brothers; I'm the elder, you are the younger.
Brothers, elder before younger, it's natural for me to protect you!"
From that moment on, even Xu Zimei himself didn't know, this slightly chubby young boy secretly vowed in his heart.
"In this life, he would always stay by his side as a follower, protecting him no matter the changes of time or the transformation of the seas into mulberry fields."
After hearing Xu Zimei's words, Lin Ruhu was a bit puzzled, "What do you mean, long time no see? Didn't we just meet yesterday?"
"It's nothing, nothing," Xu Zimei laughed and shook his head, saying, "I'm going to train at the Gravity Tower. Do you want to come with me?"
Lin Ruhu was about the same age as Xu Zimei, and it was also about time for him to start his cultivation.
"Sure, sure," Lin Ruhu nodded innocently, as if in his eyes, he would hardly refuse anything Xu Zimei asked him to do.
......
Walking toward the Gravity Tower together, Xu Zimei observed Lin Ruhu's appearance.
A runny nose with snot hanging from it, and he would often carelessly flick it around, while occasionally having a piece of candy in his mouth.
To say he looked lowly was an understatement, Xu Zimei thought for a moment and decided to remind him, "Ruhu, can you eat less candy and wipe your nose clean, pay some attention to your image."
"What's wrong with my image?" Lin Ruhu asked, puzzled.
Xu Zimei felt that, as a young man at the dawn of romance, he probably cared about what girls his age thought.
He tried to persuade him from this angle, saying, "You must have a girl you like, right? Who would like you if you look like this?
Listen to Brother Zimo, clean yourself up a bit, and maybe you could win a girl's heart."
"Why should I win her heart?" Lin Ruhu asked again, puzzled.
"Love is a matter between two people; it has to be mutual. You can't possibly be unrequited, can you?" Xu Zimei said.
"No, I can just take her by force," Lin Ruhu replied.
"A twisted melon never tastes sweet," Xu Zimei remarked.
"I know, but it quenches thirst," Lin Ruhu retorted.
...
"Holy crap, you're a freaking genius," Xu Zimei stopped in his tracks, somewhat disheveled by the wind.
"Why does your utterly nonsensical reasoning sound sensible to me, leaving me at a loss for words?"
...
They arrived at the Gravity Tower, which had an oval exterior resembling a pagoda.
Inside, there were already many disciples practicing.
Of course, training at the Gravity Tower wasn't free, the disciples needed to complete tasks to earn contribution points, which they then used to exchange for training time inside.
However, with the identities of Xu Zimei and Lin Ruhu, they were definitely not short on that kind of thing.
The first floor of the Gravity Tower doubled the gravity, and from there on up, the gravity increased by nearly tenfold with each level.