The next morning, Zhou Bai again went to the training room to attend the Body Refining Technique class.
But he saw Kuang Tu calling him over.
"Zhou Bai, over the past few weeks, your progress has been a bit slow," Kuang Tu said as he carefully chose his words. "I’ve tried several body refining techniques, but none seem to have much effect on you."
Zhou Bai’s heart tightened. Over the past few weeks, he had been enhancing the poverty points of his star chart. The first star point was bare-chested acceleration, the second was selling off family property, and only the third and fourth star points had enhanced his speed a bit.
However, none of these could enhance the strength of his flesh body; hence the effects of the Body Refining class were naturally not obvious.
Zhou Bai thought to himself, ’Troublesome. I have to wait until I start enhancing my Dao integration level, and then the effects of the star points on the 0th level will boost my physical strength and defensive power rapidly.’
Kuang Tu continued, "Next, I want to try another body refining method to see if it’s more suitable for you."
As he spoke, Kuang Tu took out a scroll and said to Zhou Bai, "This is the flying sword Body Refining Technique I selected for you recently, based on some techniques of Sword Cultivators and your situation. Take a look."
Zhou Bai looked up: ’Cat Sword Integration? Merging sword Qi with the flesh body, then merging the sword weapon with the flesh body, and finally refining oneself into a flying sword?’
Zhou Bai sighed in his heart: ’It sounds great, but I’m not practicing the Sword Diagram.’
The Sword Diagram was what Christina practiced. Zhou Bai’s bodily strength and defensive power had always relied on his Heavenly Man Nine Calamities Divine Chart.
’There’s no way I can practice this,’ Zhou Bai cried out in his mind. ’If I want to increase my bodily strength more quickly, the most effective method is still enhancing my Dao integration level. If I could increase my Dao integration level from 10% to 15% and break through this minor barrier, my divine chart abilities would also be enhanced again, and my bodily strength and the effect of lying like a mountain would become stronger. By then, my defensive power might not be much different from Jiang Weishan’s.’
’Sigh, I had already used laziness points to increase my Dao integration level to 10% without side effects. I also attended the Body Refining class to temper my will. Now I would absolutely be familiar with reading Dao treasures.’
’But the thing is, I just can’t read the Dao treasures now. If I were to use laziness points to increase it, reaching 15% Dao integration level would require 50,000 laziness points, which is too wasteful. Unless absolutely necessary, I’d rather not use laziness points to increase it.’
So Zhou Bai helplessly said, "Teacher, I think I might not be very suited to practice this Cat Sword Integration."
Kuang Tu’s expression hardened as he said to Zhou Bai, "A cultivator must be brave in trying new things."
"Zhou Bai, to tell you the truth, your current progress is just a bit faster than the ordinary body-refining classmates, but you are in a special class with access to the best resources. Your current progress in body refining is clearly unsatisfactory."
"I’ve tried all the methods I could, and next, you should try the Sword Cultivator’s method."
"At Dao School, if you can do it, you stay; if you can’t, you leave. Do you understand?"
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Seeing the serious look on Kuang Tu’s face, Zhou Bai decided to just go along and said, "I understand."
Although Kuang Tu had high hopes for Zhou Bai, the outcome was clearly self-evident.
Zhou Bai, who had never followed the Sword Diagram path, found it utterly impossible to enhance his bodily strength through Cat Sword Integration.
However, Christina actually tried practicing it a bit.
…
"Zhou Bai!" Christina, looking at her own hair standing straight like a hedgehog’s, exclaimed, "I’ve become harder!"
Zhou Bai looked curiously at Christina and tried touching her rigid cat fur, shocked, he said, "This Cat Sword Integration... no, this is rather something, isn’t it? Could it be that if you keep practicing, each hair will become a sword?"
"Darn it!" Christina angrily said. "How is anyone supposed to live like this? I’m not practicing this rubbish martial art anymore. Whoever wants to practice it, let them."
Zhou Bai regretfully said, "I think it’s pretty amazing, though. If you master it, in future fights, I’ll just throw you out..."
Boom! Christina, like a hedgehog, ran straight into Zhou Bai’s arms.
"Ss! That hurts a bit when you prick people."
"Hey! Stop rolling down!"
"Alright, alright! No more practice, we’re not practicing anymore."
Christina shook her whiskers and discovered that even her whiskers were rigid. She snorted and said, "That’s more like it."
That day, after class, Zhou Bai was walking out of the building when a gust of strong wind swept past him. Surprised, he said, "Qian Wangsun? Wanna grab some food together?"
But he saw Qian Wangsun run off without turning back.
At the same time, several powerful blasts of Primordial Spirit erupted behind Zhou Bai.
The fifth ranking, second realm Lu Wanzhen.
The eleventh ranking, first realm Liu Bingxin.
And two other female cultivators ranked in the teens, all emerging with murderous intent, intercepting Qian Wangsun.
Qian Wangsun chuckled awkwardly, "I was just joking."
Lu Wanzhen angrily said, "Did you draw our nude sketches?"
Liu Bingxin coldly said, "Were you spying on us?"
"How could I possibly spy? It’s all from my imagination and detailed observation," Qian Wangsun pointed to his head, "Wanzhen, you’re also on the Gong Tu path, you know, we have good eyesight. Just a glance, and we know other people’s physique and figure."
"And I was just thinking about it in my head, haven’t drawn yet."
"Even thinking is not allowed," Lu Wanzhen snapped. "Enough talking, he wants to die cultivating, let’s help him."
"Beat him to death."
"Don’t hold back!"
As the four women began their onslaught, Qian Wangsun instantly faced deadly peril, acquiring countless wounds.
Qian Wangsun screamed, "Hey! Liu Bingxin! Why are you drawing your sword? Stop!"
Zhou Bai watched for over ten minutes as Qian Wangsun dodged, struggled, and his avoidance and instincts seemed to improve visibly.
Then, bloodied, he collapsed on the ground, and only then did Lu Wanzhen, Liu Bingxin, and the others leave.
However, before Liu Bingxin left, she approached Zhou Bai, stared at him and said, "Zhou Bai, the next assessment, I will challenge you, and this time I will beat you."
After saying that, Liu Bingxin left. Zhou Bai walked over to Qian Wangsun, crouched down, and asked, "You’re not dead, are you?"
Qian Wangsun smiled, "After all, we’re classmates and I’m so handsome, how could they really go all out?"
He then slightly curled the corners of his mouth, "From my years of experience in flirting, a girl like Liu Bingxin who seems cold and focuses solely on cultivation, once you genuinely beat her a few times, she might actually fall for you."
"Do you need to tell me that?" Zhou Bai nodded. "Every morning when I look in the mirror, I almost fall for myself."
"Zhou Bai, you know," Qian Wangsun said, "your shameless look is really damn handsome."
Zhou Bai replied, "You too."