Chapter 279: New Rules, the Three-Year Deadline!
In the distance, Chu Yanhu and a few others also came over to congratulate him.
Meng Chuan saw a faint red True Qi flowing out from Chu Yanhu's hand.
"Congratulations on successfully sensing Qi."
Chu Yanhu pinched his nose and nodded, feeling deeply emotional.
These days he had always been enjoying success, but upon seeing the "True God" return, he realized his brother had been right.
There are always people better than oneself, and always greater heights in the sky.
These past days, he had been adjusting his state, preparing to break through the first major limit.
He heard that Meng Chuan had immediately started breaking through just after successfully sensing Qi, progressing quite rapidly. He didn't have the same confidence and needed to consolidate a bit...
Meng Chuan's heart stirred, and he asked:
"Have you seen the sky in the [Real World]?"
Chu Yanhu replied:
"I saw it, but it felt anything but [real].
The surrounding mountains and rivers were all moved by Qi, while overhead, it seemed an invisible green curtain divided the boundary, creating a strong sense of separation."
Meng Chuan pondered and focused on Chu Yanhu's eyes, asking further:
"Other than that, were there... any other movements?"
In a state of concentrated will, an invisible aura naturally emanated from him.
Meng Chuan was focusing his perception on him, making Chu Yanhu feel a bit uncomfortable.
At this moment, he had a sense of life and death being out of control.
Meng Chuan noticed the other's oddity and slightly restrained his aura, causing the invisible oppressive feeling to gradually dissipate.
Chu Yanhu's face was flushed red; he coughed twice and shook his head.
"It seems the pair of golden eyes in the sky were most likely directed at me..."
Coming back to his senses, Meng Chuan expressed his apologies by advising:
"The main thing before breaking through is to nourish your spirit. In the three steps of Limit Breaking, abandon the insights and suggestions of predecessors in your mind and trust yourself.
When encountering anomalies during the breakthrough, make the appropriate judgments based on your own bodily condition, rather than following others' experiences. If you do so, it could lead to failure."
Chu Yanhu thoughtfully nodded, realizing Meng Chuan's teachings were similar to what his brother had said.
Both were talking about the importance of uniting the spirit with physical will.
Watching Meng Chuan leave, Chu Yanhu murmured to himself:
"That aura just now felt even stronger than my brother's..."
His brother, Chu Yanlong, was a skilled Martial Arts Family expert with diversified three apertures, which shouldn't be the case...
He had previously wished to spar with Meng Chuan after achieving his Realm Breakthrough.
After witnessing the other's aura today, that thought could be dismissed...
...
After exchanging pleasantries with everyone, the first thing Meng Chuan did was to find his supervisor, [Flying Flower Chasing Moon Chen Qiushui].
"Xiaomeng, you've got quite the aura."
In the spacious office, Chen Qiushui sensed Meng Chuan's aura and smiled warmly.
At the Martial Artist stage, merely by appearance, one couldn't tell the difference in strength unless they engaged in a fight.
But after breaking the first major limit, a Martial Arts Family's unique aura field naturally forms around them.
Like Meng Chuan's cultivation in Five Elements, he was surrounded by an intense aura of the Five Elements.
To be even stronger, one could intimidate weaker individuals merely with oppressive aura, even causing their Qi Blood to stagnate.
Sometimes, excluding explosive situations, aura alone can decide the superiority between two individuals.
However, if one can conceal their aura, it reaches another realm, which Meng Chuan has yet to attain.
Upon hearing the other's praise, Meng Chuan calmly nodded.
His thoughts differed from the other's.
"It seems that solely by perception, a Martial Arts Grandmaster indeed cannot discover the subtleties within my body..."
Only by relaxing mental defenses and allowing others to probe deeply, like facing his mentor, could they potentially discover the anomalies within him.
"Have a seat first."
Saying this, Chen Qiushui took out her phone.
She pulled Meng Chuan into a chat group named [Martial Exam Dropout (17 people)].
Meng Chuan noticed there were no Martial Arts Family tutors in the group.
Since the first major limit already signifies adulthood in martial arts, there's no need to be managed like children anymore.
Moreover, the tutors were students who had risen from ordinary classes to Martial Arts Family, lacking the strength to convince everyone based solely on skill.
Next, Chen Qiushui said:
"This is our Martial Arts Family Grandmaster Class chat group. The rules remain the same; there's no fixed class time, aside from my Martial Arts Theory class, you train on your own.
The newly promoted Martial Arts Family members, the school will arrange a Martial Arts Master to guide one-on-one for half a month to help transition, do you still need that?"
Meng Chuan shook his head. His mentor had already taught him clearly enough, so there was no need to trouble the school.
Moreover, that night at his mentor's house, the four of them drank heartily.
His relationship with Teacher Dong Yue was bonded through the wine; if there's anything he doesn't understand, he could just ask the other directly.
Chen Qiushui nodded; she was naturally aware of Meng Chuan's situation, mentioning it casually as part of the process.
"Alright, then let's talk about the benefits and responsibilities after your progress.
From now on, the most important duty of a Martial Arts Family is to defend the country and protect its citizens.
The school will summon you for Demon Nest missions once a year, with the task scope not exceeding your realm's limits.
Resources acquired during this time, aside from mission objectives, belong entirely to the individual. Whether to sell, keep, or exchange for credits, it's entirely your decision.
Of course, you can refuse the summons; after three consecutive refusals, the school will enforce a mandatory summon. I'll be upfront: if you still refuse, you'll be stripped of your Grandmaster Class and United University student status.
It will also be recorded in your personal information file, accompanying you for life."
"I understand."
The general requirements are similar to those of the Han Hai Company, except the "punishments" are somewhat heavier.
Meng Chuan could accept this, after all, he lived and ate at the school, which was reasonable.
Besides this, Chen Qiushui explained in detail to him about the matters within the school after becoming a member of the Martial Arts Family.
Students in the Grandmaster Class, after progressing to the Martial Arts Family, are completely different from ordinary students.
The former, after breaking through, can still cultivate martial arts step by step.
Anything below a Divine Skill can be freely accessed, with free resources given out monthly. If you lack resources, you can take on tasks, if not, you can simply focus on practicing martial arts.
Besides, all public resources in the school, such as nutritional meals and villas, are completely free.
The purpose of all this is to enable them to become Martial Arts Grandmasters as soon as possible!
The latter, on the other hand, face a tougher situation, equivalent to officially leaving the student status.
They must "seek a duty" within the school, even water needs money, as United University does not support idle people...
Only the top students in the ordinary class can retain a "half-student" status to work as teaching assistants or counselors.
Even so, most people would not leave the battle cruiser of United University to venture out independently.
Once in society, they would appreciate the benefits of United University.
Those still pursuing martial arts choose to stay for further studies, and after breaking the second limit, they can transition to being teachers at United University.
By then, the treatment is greatly improved, signifying the end of hardships and the beginning of prosperity.
Finally, Chen Qiushui asked:
"Do you need to change your Fist Skill teacher? After advancing, Grandmaster Class students have the right to renew their mentor-student contract once.
You can choose each other, maybe a third-limit expert could guide your learning."
"No need, Master Lu is quite good."
Meng Chuan politely declined.
In practicing the Five Elements Fist, given its nature, he didn't need a teacher's guidance.
With Pile Skill, once mastered, it couldn't regress.
As for the Thunder Method mind technique, he was even more hesitant to find someone to guide him...
If he wanted to learn a True Skill, he would simply spend credits to find a teacher to teach him.
Even finding a more formidable teacher would similarly require paying someone to learn from.
Others, unlike him, don't need to learn countless cultivation techniques to enhance their nature.
Even Martial Arts Masters, excluding one or two main disciplines, have mastered no more than a handful of True Skill Fist Skills.
Others may change Fist Skill teachers, most likely because there's a better option with the same mind technique and path.
By then, having the mentor-student status makes it convenient for teaching and learning.
Chen Qiushui thought for a moment, then said:
"Alright then, if you don't understand something about martial theory, you can ask me directly. In this aspect, I should know more than your master.
Regarding the core technique, I can't help you. I've only heard about the Thunder Method of you and your mentor, it's only... self-reliance."
Meng Chuan nodded his thanks.
He had never planned on relying on anyone, Grandmaster Chen was right, self-reliance is the key.
...
The next morning.
After finishing his morning exercises, Meng Chuan discovered that the United University's Comprehensive Administration Office had sent him a text message.
[Dear "Infinite Fist Meng Chuan", starting next month, your credits in the Grandmaster Class will follow the distribution of the Martial Arts Family Class. If there's any question, please consult the responsible person, Chen Qiushui.]
"Almost forgot..."
Chen Qiushui had also told him yesterday that there's no sparring ranking in the Martial Arts Family Grandmaster Class.
Instead, credits were distributed based on the level of cultivation.
For the first limit, there's a monthly credit quota of 100 points, not as much as the first place in the Martial Artist Class, 50 points less than what Meng Chuan originally had.
"Contentment brings joy; after progressing to the second limit, I can get 200 points a month. With my cultivation speed, it won't take long..."
Moreover, after becoming part of the Martial Arts Family, there were more channels to earn credits.
In terms of gaming, he had already exited the "beginner's benefit period" and must rely on himself to defeat enemies and gain equipment.
Taking out the Team Divine Mat, before cultivating the Tao Heart planting Demon Mind Technique, Meng Chuan opened his phone to check the Celestial Spirits and Earthly Fiends List.
As expected, he was already delisted from the Earth Demon List, losing a significant source.
As for the Celestial Spirits List, Meng Chuan just took a cursory glance.
Master Lu, considered competent among the second limits, was only a gatekeeper for the Celestial Spirits List, so Meng Chuan did not set unrealistic expectations for himself to be listed.
He only looked at the bottom to check the credit reward.
[90-100th places, 200 points of credit reward to be issued on the end-of-month settlement day.]
"At least I must break through the second limit to qualify for the listing..."
Unlike the incentivizing Earth Demon List, the Celestial Spirits List ranked purely based on solid battle achievements.
Meng Chuan couldn't help but glance at the top of the list, which belonged to a peak Martial Arts Master from the Fengtian main school.
[Chiwon Liu Jiangyuan]
"Fengtian main school Grandmaster Class student..."
At this moment, Meng Chuan truly felt the significant gap between the main school and branch schools.
He looked at their class group, which besides himself and Grandmaster Chen, had a total of fifteen people.
In total, there were six in the second limit, the remaining nine were like him, first-limit Martial Arts Family members.
In principle, every year, some students from the Grandmaster Class would advance to the Martial Arts Family Class.
In terms of reasoning, there should be at least twenty to thirty more students in the group.
But in reality, it's completely different; those missing students were the ones eliminated...
Before leaving yesterday, Grandmaster Chen Qiushui had instructed him about the evaluation period of the Martial Arts Family Grandmaster Class.
"Reach the second limit within three years..."
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