Chapter 1: The Recomndation Spot
Translator: BeetleBarker Editor: Efydatia
Purple sunlight illuminated the barren land of Donglu Town, adding a glimr of vitality to this little town situated outside the safe zone.
When one stood on the dirt field in the giant crevice of Donglu Town, the faint outlines of huge mountains could been seen through the shattered, glass-like sky.
Scientists had reached the conclusion that those huge mountains were not within the void.
There was Devil’s Peak. “If you are not obedient, you will be thrown off that mountain!” This was what adults said to scare little children.
There was Wealth’s Peak. “Anyone who manages to climb it will gain inexhaustible wealth!” Those feverish words were uttered by adventurers.
There was Spirit-Breaking Peak. Nurous orphans and widows looked at these mountains resentfully. Their fathers and husbands were buried in those rocks.
“Shen Yulang, 177 kilos. Pass!”
“Zhu Ming, 130 kilos. Below standard!”
“Luo Yunyang, 271 kilos. Excellent!”
On the flat training ground constructed out of black and purple soil, an average-looking young man clad in a coarse blue tunic struck his fist out at a practice target, causing a bunch of cheers to erupt.
“This Luo Yunyang fellow is really sick. He has increased his strength to 250 kilos in just a month’s ti. Perhaps he might really be able to beco a martialist in the future.”
“Yeah, he is only 15 years old. By the ti he turns 20, he will probably be able to hit 500 kilos. Becoming a martialist would be a piece of cake for him.”
“I wonder if he has a girlfriend. People must surely be attracted to him!”
As the onlookers gossiped, yet another young man stepped forward. His clothes were the sa as everybody else’s on the field, yet their material and workmanship made them look a lot finer. The young man was extrely handso, but he had a an expression on his face. His snide grin made the onlookers feel uneasy.
“He he… 271 kilos is no easy feat, but it’s nothing compared to my strength!”
The instant he finished his words, the young man strode quickly over to the practice target and threw a hard punch.
“Lian Yubi, 392 kilos. Outstanding!”
The mont that figure was uttered, the students and the teacher in charge of the appraisal were astonished.
“How is that possible? At the previous appraisal, Lian Yubi had only managed 162 kilos, which was even lower than . How was he able to get to 392 kilos in just two weeks? He must be cheating!” chubby Shen Yulang made his opinion known.
Half of the other students dissolved in uproar, but there were also so who didn’t utter a word. Many people looked at Luo Yunyang subconsciously.
Luo Yunyang, who was clad in his blue linen uniform, had turned gloomy. A thought had just popped into his mind.
“You shouldn’t accuse blindly. Brother Yubi took a body-forging dicine 10 days ago. What you see right now is his true strength,” a scrawny young man said, looking very pleased with himself.
As soon as the words “body-forging dicine” were uttered, the yelling students were shocked. Even the teacher standing at the sidelines looked extrely stunned.
“Body-forging dicine costs 100,000 dayuan. Is Lian Yubi’s family really willing to part with so much money?”
“I heard that dicine is made by refining the blood of dire beasts. I’ve only ever heard of this once before. I never expected a dicine like this to really exist.”
Lian Yubi paid no heed to the people talking. He just walked up to Luo Yunyang arrogantly and smirked. “As I’ve said before, Donglu Town’s recomndation spot is mine.”
“You are sowhat talented, but how could a poor worm like you, who can only afford to eat grade-one energy bars, compete with ?”
“You think soone from a poor family could beco this outstanding?”
Luo Yunyang clenched his fists indignantly as he watched the swaggering Lian Yubi walk away. His many days of painstakingly hard work could ultimately not even compare to a vial of dicine.
“Yunyang, you earned that recomndation spot to the Qitian Martial Academy by representing Donglu Town and securing the first place at the Dongshan County Tournant. Nobody can take that away!” Little fat Shen Yulang had walked over to Luo Yunyang in an effort to console him.
Before Luo Yunyang could say anything, Head Teacher Xiong Zhenshan, who had a crown of sparse hair, had already turned in Luo Yunyang’s direction and called out, “Luo Yunyang, co over here for a bit!”
Normally, Xiong Zhenshan was full of smiles whenever he saw Luo Yunyang. This ti though, his expression was incomparably grave.
“Luo Yunyang, the Qitian Martial Academy recomndation spot can only be given to our school’s strongest student. If you don’t keep improving constantly, then you can’t bla the school for hurting your feelings.”
Luo Yunyang flushed with anger. He usually treated people with respect and courtesy, but this didn’t an that he would stand for being humiliated.
“You don’t have to be bitter. That spot isn’t given to you, it is given to our school. I’m just informing you. I’m not discussing this with you,” Xiong Zhenshan said before walking off.
Luo Yunyang bit his lower lip hard. His heart was not resigned, yet he felt an imasurable pressure weighing down on him, making him unable to breathe properly.
“Let’s hurry back to class, Yunyang! The Ultraviolet Tide is coming!” Shen Yulang ran over and pulled Luo Yunyang along. The two of them ran towards the classroom.
The Ultraviolet Tide was actually a bunch of ultraviolet rays that ca with the shattering of the void. The originally mild ultraviolet rays had created the Ultraviolet Tide. The Ultraviolet Tide, which lasted four hours a day, had beco the most unbearable period of the average person’s day.
The only way one was able to evade its onslaught was by hiding indoors.
“I will go rest for a bit,” Luo Yunyang said firmly when they reached the corridor outside the classroom.
He ran towards the dormitories, even though Shen Yulang urged him to stay. Halfway there, Luo Yunyang rembered that there would be so students hiding from the Ultraviolet Tide in the dormitories.
He didn’t want to see the pitiful looks on those students’ faces!
The cave behind the school was the place where Luo Yunyang normally practised martial arts. As soon as he reached it, he headed straight for the broken wooden stake in the middle of the cave and hit it.
One punch, two punches, three punches…
Luo Yunyang did not know how many punches he had thrown. His strength was used up by the crazy flurry of his fists.
All those years of bitter, hard work couldn’t even be compared to a vial of dicine.
This setback made Luo Yunyang feel a deep, indescribable sorrow. Despite that sorrow though, what made him feel even worse was his powerlessness to change things.
If he took a vial of body-forging dicine, then his strength would increase to a martialist’s level.
How would he be able to obtain a vial of body-forging dicine though?
It was impossible. 100,000 dayuan was an amount his family would not be able to acquire even in 100 years.
His mother washed and starched other people’s laundry in order to make enough for their family to get by. How could such a presumptuous thought even cross his mind?
Droplets of blood kept trickling from the cuts on Luo Yunyang’s fists, but he was too consud by fury to feel even the slightest bit of pain.
Bang!
The instant his last punch stuck the broken wooden stake hard, Luo Yunyang lost his footing and his head smashed against the top of the wooden stake.
Luo Yunyang had trained with all his might, to the point of exhaustion. All he saw in front of him as he fell was a black abyss.
The mont he landed on the ground, dazzling rays of light blossod from the center of the broken wooden stake. The stake splintered to pieces under that dazzling brilliance and a dark gold sphere about the size of an infant’s fist appeared and flew into Luo Yunyang’s body.
“Host: low-level form of life…”
“Weak energy. Undesirable…”
Sounds of machinery rang out from within the cave.
After an indefinite amount of ti had passed, Luo Yunyang woke up. His skull was hurting uncontrollably.
He wouldn’t vent his frustration this way again in the future. When it ca right down to it, the only one he had hurt was himself.
Even though his family did not have a rich background, and it would be very difficult for him to obtain body-forging dicine, he still wanted to beco a martialist!
Luo Yunyang shook his head vigorously as he struggled to get up. He suddenly realized that the wooden stake he had picked up soti ago had disappeared.
Who would steal a broken wooden stake?
Just as Luo Yunyang felt his head hurt, a panel suddenly appeared in his mind.
Power: 0.5
Speed: 0.7
Mind: 1
Constitution: 0.9
When had this sort of thing appeared in his mind?
Luo Yunyang was stupefied as he looked at the figures.
“Would you like to make any adjustnts?” This ti, six words had appeared instead.
Adjustnts? Luo Yunyang tried to shift Power to 2. He wanted to see what exactly was going on.
The mont he made the adjustnt, the small panel in his mind suddenly changed.
Power: 2
Speed: 0.2
Mind: 0.5
Constitution: 0.4
At first, Luo Yunyang did not pay too much attention to the changes on the panel, but the instant he completed the adjustnt, he felt his head buzz.
So things that had been very clear before had suddenly beco fuzzy. Plus, he also felt an incomparable exhaustion in both his heart and mind.
Exhaustion… Imnse exhaustion…
What was going on?
Luo Yunyang stood up and walked over to the entrance of the cave. He realized that his own speed had beco much slower. Normally, this path would only take him 10 seconds to cross, but now it took him about half a minute.
However, when Luo Yunyang’s feet bumped against a fist-sized rock, the rock flew out like a rocket.
Bang!
The rock struck a larger rock outside that weighed about 50 kilos and made it fly away as well. Luo Yunyang’s jaw dropped open in shock.
When had he beco so strong?
Could this have been caused by that adjustnt panel that had appeared in his mind?
Luo Yunyang made so more adjustnts without hesitation. This ti, he increased his Constitution to 1 and reduced his Power, Speed and Mind by 0.2 each…
It was a small change, yet when he was done with the adjustnts, he felt too wonderful for words. He had never felt this comfortable before.
Boom!
He threw a heavy punch against the rock wall, creating a three-inch thick imprint of a fist.
In the past, Luo Yunyang’s fist marks had been only slightly deeper than one inch, yet now his punch had produced a three-inch imprint.
That was sothing that could only be achieved with over 500 kilos of strength!
His strength must have reached and surpassed 500 kilos. Luo Yunyang’s eyes were glowing with ecstasy.
He wanted to look up at the sky and howl in joy. Even though he wasn’t sure what had happened exactly, these changes had no doubt opened up a new path for him.
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