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Chapter 169: Rising with the Wind
Chapter 169: Rising with the Wind (Requesting Monthly Vote)
Lin Qi hadn’t expected Jiang Zhiguang’s gift to be this extravagant.
He immediately logged into Crimson Heaven Residence to check:
Item: Spiritual Power Elixir
Effect: Dramatically enhances spiritual power. Note: Best results when taken with a spiritual power martial art initially.
Price: 8 million Xia Kingdom Credits per vial
…
Lin Qi’s heart jolted. This is almost ten million!
Resources related to spiritual power were never cheap. Worse, they required a spiritual power martial art to utilize.
Lin Qi hesitated. He decided to wait until entering Azure Firmament Martial Academy to begin his studies properly, ensuring maximum effectiveness.
Putting the elixir away, he opened the official website to check enrollment progress.
Institute: Sixth Institute
Dean: Lin Qi
Applicants: 1,000/1,000
With over five hours until midnight, the Azure Firmament’s Six Colleges had barely reached capacity.
Other institutes lagged far behind the First Institute, Nine Pavilions, and Second Institute, which had filled their quotas days earlier.
Even now, weaker applicants were being cut, replaced by stronger candidates.
Lin Qi suspected his Sixth Institute was full of rejects from other schools.
No matter. Once the competition restarts, only the top hundred’s strength counts.
As long as they don’t drag me down, I’ll surpass them all.
Calmly, he focused on the nine prodigies ranked above him, curious to see their true strength.
…
By 11:59 PM on June 23rd, Xia Kingdom’s enrollment period ended.
The frenzy of the National College Entrance Exam faded as swiftly as it had erupted, replaced by news of Disaster Beast assaults.
Life returned to its old rhythm.
The global environment worsened, with Xia Kingdom no exception.
Reports of Disaster Beasts attacking flooded in. Waves surged daily, claiming countless martial artists’ lives—but also ushering in fresh graduates to the battlefield.
The world shifted constantly, and Lin Qi had become part of its tide.
…
In the Martial Dao Calendar, seniors enjoyed nearly three months off after the exam.
In the Martial Arts Epoch, this shrank to one month.
Unified martial arts universities began classes in early July.
After the graduation banquet, Lin Qi resumed a quiet life.
He stopped overtraining, giving himself a break. Beyond maintaining his Primordial Energy cultivation, he rarely touched his spear.
Instead, he traveled with his parents, Lin Zhen and Fang Huiyi, across Cang Province, savoring food and peace.
He let his nerves unwind completely—like a boxer pulling back a fist before a powerful strike.
He resumed training only in early July, sensing future rest would be scarce.
…
Martial Dao Calendar 2046, July 8th.
Subterranean Martial Arts Training Hall.
Lin Qi, clad in a training uniform, wielded his black Thunderhorn Longspear.
Whoosh—
The spear trembled, tearing air into streaks of light.
Twenty thrusts in a second, muscles coiling, vital force surging like waves through his body, channeling into his weapon.
17… 18… 19… 20—
“Hssk!”
The final strike erupted with explosive force, splitting air into a shrill screech.
[Training improved your Spear Techniques. Spear Techniques +1%]
[Spear Techniques: Second Stage 55% → 56%]
…
Lin Qi paused, catching his breath. His Thunderhorn Longspear remained sharp, but his arms ached under 200-pound Gravity Rings.
He could now pierce a normal person into a sieve in seconds.
Yet the spear felt lighter—time for an upgrade.
His eyes drifted to his status panel:
Name: Lin Qi (18)
Occupation: Martial Artist
Template: Erlang Shen Yang Jian
Fusion Rate: 14.7%
Innate Talents: Stomach Reinforcement, Dragon Vigor Tiger Might, Steelbone
Martial Arts: Harmony Stance, Five Elements Boxing (Golden Vajra Tiger Evolution), Basic, Mountain Collapse, Dripping Water, Unyielding Pillar Spear Techniques, Split Mountain Spear Techniques
Vital Energy Stat: 30.52
Fist Techniques: Second Stage 70%
Spear Techniques: Second Stage 56%
Body Techniques: Second Stage 37%
…
Since the exam, his stats had barely budged. Vital Energy Stat had just cracked 30, though its growth slowed.
Staying home would only slow him further. He needed the martial university.
Fist Techniques inched forward as always, but relaxed training had boosted Spear Techniques unexpectedly—nearing Second Stage Mid-Rank.
He gulped down an energy tonic, anticipation rising. Tomorrow, Azure Firmament awaited.
…
July 9th. Sunny skies blazed overhead.
Inside the Crimson Vault Martial Arts Pavilion, dozens gathered—light packs on backs, Cang Province’s Sixth Institute applicants.
The hall buzzed with chatter.
“Didn’t expect you here! We’ll be classmates now.”
“Which institute?”
“Sixth, obviously! Ask anyone here—we’re all following ‘Hidden Tiger’ Lin Qi.” Lü Xiang smirked.
Nods of agreement flowed.
“Didn’t expect Guo Heng, Wang Qiufeng, and Zhou Xi Yin to join us,” Lü Xiang whispered to a companion.
Guo Heng nodded. The province’s top ten fighters clustered here.
“Lin Qi’s here!”
A blue car halted outside. Two figures stepped out.
First, a muscular, dark-skinned youth—Jiang Tao, the 8th-ranked “Blade Ape.” His body radiated a solid, adamantine aura.
Beside him stood a taller, colder figure. His piercing gaze seemed to dissect souls.
The province’s top scholar, national #10, “Hidden Tiger” Lin Qi.
As they entered, the crowd rose.
“Brother Qi! Same institute this time!” Guo Heng grinned, bumping fists with Lin Qi.
Lü Xiang, Wu Feng, and Qiu Siying followed. Wang Qiufeng, slight and smiling, approached.
“Count me in too!” Zhou Xi Yin, tall and radiant, laughed.
Massive Li Zhou raised his hand: “Add me!”
Voices rose from Tianhai No. 2 High School alumni.
Lin Qi scanned the room—his core group in Azure Firmament.
In a corner, Yu Jing stood quietly. Unexpected—she’d joined Sixth Institute too.
…
(End of Chapter)
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