Published: February 19, 2025
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Strong, but at the cost of pain.
In the cultivation room, as the boiling blood energy calmed down, Chen Chu slowly opened his eyes, a glimmer of brilliance flickering within, sharp and imposing.
"So this is true martial, truly powerful."
With a sense of awe, Chen Chu slightly clenched his right hand, and instantly, the muscles in his entire arm swelled slightly, forming a powerful force that gathered between his palms.
He could feel that his overall physical attributes hadn't improved much; his skin and muscles had merely become a bit tougher.
However, after cultivating the dragon elephant skill, the nature of the power within him had changed.
The 'strength' that was previously loose had become more condensed, domineering, akin to a tangible substance, allowing his movements to unleash about double the destructive power compared to before.
Don't underestimate this; if Chen Chu's punching power test was 210 kilograms in the morning, now he could unleash around 400 kilograms, an astonishing increase.
This was still without practicing the accompanying combat techniques of the dragon elephant skill.
According to the description of the technique, the dragon elephant skill has two associated combat techniques, each capable of allowing the user to unleash strength far beyond their limits, akin to an elephant stomping on the ground.
After slightly sensing the changes within his body, Chen Chu focused his thoughts and summoned the attribute page.
Level: first level of heaven
Physique: 23
Strength: 24
Agility: 19
Spirit: 24
Talent: soul splitting
Technique: lotus platform meditation technique [Perfect] dragon elephant skill [Entry, first layer]
Split Body: ...
Having entered the technique, his physique had increased by 2 points, strength by 3 points, and nothing much else...
"Eh! There's no proficiency note for the true martial technique."
Chen Chu was slightly taken aback and looked again at the notes after the dragon elephant skill, discovering that there was indeed no hint of proficiency progress.
However, there was a level note above.
After studying it for a while without any gains, Chen Chu shook his head, opened the door to the cultivation room, walked into the changing room, and washed off the dried blood on his body.
At this point, it was already past five in the afternoon, and there was no one on the third floor, but surprisingly, Pang Long was still in his office.
Seeing this, Chen Chu knocked on the half-open door and greeted Pang Long inside.
"Teacher, I'm leaving first."
"Go ahead. By the way, Chen Chu, I remember you chose a weapon technique."
Pang Long called out to Chen Chu again.
"Right."
Pang Long reminded him, "The weapon technique is not urgent; you should focus your main energy on the primary cultivation technique. Even after school, you must diligently practice."
"Remember, the first level of heaven is still an ordinary person, just with slightly greater strength. You will only significantly widen the gap after breaking through to double heaven."
"Of course, simply doing arduous cultivation can be counterproductive; occasionally, you still need to take time to attend cultural classes, balancing relaxation and rigor."
"Thank you for the reminder, teacher." Chen Chu nodded and then greeted before turning to leave.
Initially, Chen Chu thought this martial cultivation teacher was a strict and cold person, but today he discovered that the other party was actually quite approachable.
Upon exiting Building C, Chen Chu did not pass through the playgrounds to the main entrance as usual; instead, he followed the sign to take the south side door.
This route was much closer to the cultivation area, which also explained why martial cultivation students and cultural class students rarely met.
Entering and exiting through different gates made it almost impossible to encounter each other.
When Chen Chu returned home, it was already past six in the evening.
Fortunately, he had sent a message to Chen Hu at noon, saying he would be back later, so when he opened the door, he found Chen Hu was cooking.