Lu Chenzhou’s bedroom.
Qingtian Cang sat by the side and said,
"After achieving Special Level, you’ll get a monthly allowance of 30 Great Merit for purchasing medicine, courses, and other cultivation resources. You’ll have to pay for anything beyond that out of pocket; you can also choose one of the four Grandmasters every week to listen to an hour of their teaching at their home, of course, if you make the Grandmaster happy, three hours is also no problem.
If you need to travel far for business, you can apply to the school, and they will arrange for a Martial Artist to accompany you to ensure your personal safety. For some official and international competitions that the school participates in, as a Special Level Martial Arts talent, you won’t need to go through an assessment and can represent the school directly. The prize money you win will be exempt from taxes.
The benefits for Special Level Martial Arts talents were quite numerous, and many were very detailed and personable hidden perks. After finishing his explanation, Qingtian Cang stood up and left, saying,
"Your master will also benefit from your achievements. Indeed, with his aptitude, breaking the Second Shackles is difficult, but the school will provide as much help as possible. Whether he can actually break through depends on his own fate... Martial Arts, it’s tough."
Lu Chenzhou felt relieved knowing his master would benefit too. Although, as a Martial Artist, his master had a lifespan of at least 120 years, he was already over fifty. According to what his master had said, he needed to open up 120 acupoints before the age of 80 to have a chance at breaking the Second Shackles.
Only a Martial Arts Grandmaster can maintain their Qi-Blood forever at its peak, and not regress in strength due to old age, which would hinder their cultivation.
Master, there’s less than 30 years left.
His speed of opening acupoints is not very encouraging.
Therefore, Qingtian Cang was always urging Ji Xuantong.
If he doesn’t break the Second Shackles soon, it will be too late.
after finishing his cultivation, Lu Chenzhou shared the good news with his master.
Ji Xuantong’s voice trembled with excitement over the phone,
He had been fantasizing about Lu Chenzhou achieving Special Level.
Now, it had finally happened.
The talent rating was a very private matter, and as a True Inheritor Master, Ji Xuantong had the privilege of knowing. So with this joy, he drank alone since he had no one else to share it with.
Ji Xuantong transferred another 50 Great Merit to Lu Chenzhou.
Lu Chenzhou, looking at the notification on his phone, called and said,
"Thank you, Master, but really, you shouldn’t keep transferring to me. Your daily expenses on Great Medicine are already high, and I’m earning quite a bit at school now, so I don’t lack money."
He alone has an allowance of 30 Great Merit.
Only ten days are left in the month, and if he doesn’t spend it, it will be wiped clean.
This time, Old Ji wasn’t as stubborn.
To sprint for breaking the Second Shackles, his finances had been indeed tight lately.
He chuckled and said,
"I understand, I didn’t give you much money... From now on, you should strive on your own. I may not achieve much in the future, so it’ll be up to you to bring me honor."
"You should focus on breaking the Second Shackles first, master."
Old Ji’s face flushed slightly and he responded,
Great, now not only is the master urging, but the disciple is too.
It’s about time he rekindled that sense of diligence from his Martial Artist days.
Looking back, he too was a leading figure once, but feeling that his aptitude was mediocre, he lost his drive after achieving his Martial Artist goals and got lazy.
Nowadays, all three True Inheritors have taken off.
He indeed doesn’t need to worry about anything anymore, just let it go.
After finishing the day’s lessons, Lu Chenzhou visited Chen Jiu’s house again.
"Teacher, I want to learn the ’Eighteen Arhats Golden Body Skill’."
Chen Jiu stroked his chin and inquired,
"When did you achieve Perfection in your ’Arhat Skill’ again?"
"It’s been about a fortnight."
"Oh, then that should be fine, your body should have had enough rest by now. As per our previous agreement, you just need to pay me 50 Great Merit per month."
"Teacher, I am now a Special Level talent, I get a thirty-exemption."
"When did that happen?"
Chen Jiu looked at Lu Chenzhou, his face showing surprise.
Silently, he had already reached Special Level.
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After a moment of thought, Chen Jiu said,
"There are ten days left this month. Although the Golden Body Skill is difficult, with your foundation in Arhat Skill, it’s certainly possible to get started by practicing for two hours every day for these ten days.
That’s a total of 20 lessons, normally costing 40 Great Merit, but for you, just give 30 Great Merit, and that will use up your entire month’s allowance. What do you think?
Starting next month, as per our original deal, you’ll give me 50 Great Merit per month, practice for one hour a day, and after deducting your exemption, you’ll only need to pay me 20 Great Merit."
Lu Chenzhou smiled and said,
In this manner, his cost of learning what is known as the most difficult first-class Hard Qigong was reduced to 20 Great Merit, allowing him to enjoy the tutelage of a Mystic List expert, ensuring fast progress.
Chen Jiu’s wife, carrying a child, looked at Lu Chenzhou and smiled,
"Xiao Lu, you’re back to learn Hard Qigong?"
"That’s right, Lady Teacher, this time I’m learning the Golden Body Skill."
Chen Jiu, recalling something, asked,
"Chenzhou, how is your ’Iron Crotch Skill’ coming along?"
Lu Chenzhou answered,
"It has achieved Small Success."
Chen Jiu showed a pleased expression and remarked,
"Not bad at all, you’ve achieved that in less than five months; your Cross Training Talent is even a bit better than what I had estimated... It seems there’s still more potential to unearth."
He was the deputy head of the Vajra Group in Su City, and a Cross Training prodigy himself. Clearly, Lu Chenzhou’s talent surpassed that of others like Liu Ying by a large margin. It might be necessary to report up to the national level for special cultivation consideration, benefiting Dragon City Martial Arts University in the process.
listening to her husband’s conversation with Lu Chenzhou while playing with the child, the wife felt secretly shocked. She hadn’t expected Lu Chenzhou to master it so quickly. As someone with experience, she knew just how formidable the Iron Crotch Skill was; that youngster’s future wife would indeed be fortunate.