Chương 19: War God — Chapter 19 - Flowing Water Blade Art, Astonishing Comprehension, Mastered in One Viewing!

After the small test ended, Teacher Cui kept Wang Xian behind alone.

"Wang Xian, tell your teacher honestly..." Teacher Cui said in a low voice.

"Did your martial talent awaken on its own?"

"..." Wang Xian. Sorry to disappoint you, Teacher Cui. I probably won't awaken any martial talent. Of course, he could understand why Teacher Cui would think that. Because after awakening martial talent, the hidden power within the body erupts, and one's life force instantly takes a leap. For example, if someone has only 0. 5 life force, awakening even a low-level martial talent could instantly bring it to 1 life force, directly doubling it.

The more powerful the martial talent awakened, the more the life force skyrockets. Otherwise, countless students wouldn't be hoping to awaken their talent and reverse their fate. It's just that martial talent generally requires external guidance to awaken. If it could awaken on its own, there's only one possibility. The martial talent is so terrifyingly high that the power accumulated inside can no longer be contained. Wang Xian shook his head.

Teacher Cui gave Wang Xian a steady look, but didn't press further on this. The life force increase wasn't that large. There were other possibilities too.

"Then your blade technique skill..." Teacher Cui had to ask. Because this was just too exaggerated. Wang Xian thought for a moment, as if something had occurred to him, and spoke:"Actually, these past two years, I've been playing an online game related to martial arts." Cui Sanyan froze, then suddenly understood:"You mean 'Martial Arts Without End,' right?"

"Could it be you've been practicing the blade on it these past two years?" Martial Arts Without End, a virtual combat martial arts online game developed jointly by several large domestic game companies under national leadership. In Martial Arts Without End, it still can't achieve 100 percent identical martial combat to reality. But it can achieve over 90 percent realism. The main purpose of this game is to raise the foundational martial level of all Dragon Nation citizens.

Inside are countless amateur martial artists, professional martial artists, and occasionally even virtual matches featuring Seventh Realm Martial Grandmasters. Of course, cultivating martial techniques in this game certainly differs considerably from reality. But if one immerses in it for a long time, it does have a significant impact on reality as well.

"It wasn't really these two years, more like recently..." Wang Xian answered casually.

"Then this means you have exceptional talent in blade techniques!" Cui Sanyan was very excited.

"There's still over a month left. If you have any problems during this time, you can come to your teacher. Our class has three spots for the martial arts class!"

"When the time comes, fight for one!"

"Right, now that you've reached first-stage blade technique, theoretically you can choose one foundational blade art to cultivate."

"You can go to the school's martial arts library and select one third-class foundational blade art to observe." Saying this, Cui Sanyan became very serious.

"Remember, choose only one. Do not be greedy. If you can fully comprehend one foundational martial art within a month, then entering the martial arts class is guaranteed!" Wang Xian nodded slightly. To be called a martial art, it naturally possesses extremely strong lethality. Ordinary high schools only have foundational-level martial arts. Above foundational are advanced martial arts, which generally require a Third Realm Martial Artist to have the ability to cultivate. Further above are superior martial arts.

Superior martial arts generally require reaching the Sixth Realm to qualify for cultivation. The highest-level martial arts are Nation-Guarding martial arts, which are extremely few in the entire Dragon Nation. Nation-Guarding martial arts correspond to Martial Gods. Without being a Martial God, you basically don't need to consider them. Moreover, cultivating martial arts also requires reaching a certain skill tier. Otherwise, they are extremely difficult to comprehend.

For example, with only first-stage blade technique, wanting to comprehend advanced martial arts, it's not that it's completely impossible. But even with the highest talent, progress would be at a snail's pace. Even after full comprehension, if one's own life force doesn't meet the standard, they still can't bring out the martial art's power. After the small test, there was only one cultural class left. After that was lunch.

As the class dismissal bell rang, the students who had been waiting for ages rushed toward the cafeteria in a swarm. Chen Yuting didn't leave her seat, but waited quietly. Out of the corner of her eye, she glanced at Wang Xian, several seats away. But she saw Wang Xian stand up and head directly toward the back door. Seeing this, Chen Yuting hurriedly stood and called out:"Wang Xian, what exactly do you mean?"

"?" Wang Xian turned his head slightly, looking puzzled.

"I admit, I was wrong before." Chen Yuting bit her lip lightly.

"But haven't I already apologized? Can't we just move past it? I didn't just reject Li Zihang... I've rejected many people."

"Before, you said you wanted to eat lunch together with me... I didn't agree then because you had already brought breakfast in the morning. I didn't want you to spend more money at noon!" Did you know this story is from Royal Road? Read the official version for free and support the author.

"But at least, every noon, you would come and ask me!"

"Now you don't even ask anymore?"

"..." Wang Xian. Uh, just how many simp things did I do in my past life high school? As Chen Yuting spoke, her eyes gradually glistened with moisture. That aggrieved and charming expression would probably soften the heart of any iron-willed man!

"Didn't you say it yourself? You were afraid I'd waste money, so..." Wang Xian said casually. However, as soon as the words left his mouth, Chen Yuting seemed to have anticipated this:"So, as long as you ask me, I can pay for the meal."

"You don't think I'm someone who only spends other people's money, do you?" Wang Xian said:"Isn't that the case?"

"You—!" Chen Yuting stomped her foot in anger, a mix of shame and fury like a petulant young girl.

"Then this time, I'll pay, alright!" Chen Yuting wiped the corner of her eye.

"From now on, I'll pay for lunch every day!" Wang Xian looked at her and suddenly understood something. In his past life, when he occasionally heard news of Chen Yuting remarrying, he always wondered. Those rich young masters had played with every kind of woman. How did Chen Yuting manage to make them utterly infatuated? What tricks did she use? Looking again now, he suddenly understood a little. It's just that, in high school, she shouldn't have been this skilled at manipulating men's psychology yet.

"Sorry, I still prefer being alone." With that, Wang Xian quickly walked out of the classroom. He kept feeling that Chen Yuting wasn't quite right. Thinking of his past life, it was still better to stay far away from this woman. Arriving at the cafeteria, it was already a sea of people. Wang Xian got a 30-yuan meal with two meats and one vegetable. Just as he was about to sit down, he suddenly looked around. As if something had occurred to him.

He got an extra portion, left the cafeteria, came to the teaching building, and headed straight for the rooftop. Before even opening the door, he heard a soft chewing sound. He opened the door.

"So you really are here..." Wang Xian looked at the lonely figure ahead and smiled. On a bench by the edge of the rooftop, Ye Miyue held a large white steamed bun in both hands, her snowy cheeks puffing with each chew. Like a hamster eating. As if hearing a sound, she looked up blankly. The moment she saw Wang Xian, her watery eyes were full of surprise and panic. Wang Xian walked over and glanced at the lunchbox. Nothing but pickled vegetables. He sighed inwardly. No wonder Ye Miyue had an innate life force of 0.

5 in her past life high school entrance test. Yet even by senior year, her life force hadn't improved much. Eating this kind of stuff every day, how could she possibly nourish her body and qi? Not regressing was already a blessing. Life force represents the overall physical quality of a person. To improve life force, one is training, and the other is eating. With mediocre food, no matter how well you train, life force improvement is very limited.

If the food is poor and the body lacks nutritional supplementation, regression is even possible.

"No wonder your massage strength is so soft and weak." Wang Xian walked over, his face stern.

"Eating this stuff? How are you supposed to give me massages?"

"As a technician, you don't even qualify." After saying this, Wang Xian snatched the large white steamed bun and lunchbox from Ye Miyue's hands. He placed the meal he had bought into Ye Miyue's hands.

"I'll eat this. You eat mine." Wang Xian finished speaking and immediately took a big bite of the steamed bun. He finished a third of the bun in one bite.

"Th-that... that's mine..." Ye Miyue's face instantly turned red. That one I already ate from. She was too embarrassed to say it out loud.

"What do you mean yours or mine? In my hands, it's mine!" Wang Xian polished off the bun in a few quick bites. Have to say. This large white steamed bun was really fragrant. Just not very nutritious... Ye Miyue held the lunchbox in both hands, for a moment not eating and not not eating. Fragrant, so fragrant... The cafeteria aunties at this key high school were very skilled. Whether it was the glistening braised pork or the fragrant large chicken leg...

"From the look on your face..." Wang Xian looked at Ye Miyue, who hadn't started eating, and rubbed his hands together.

"You're waiting for me to feed you, right? Fine, remember to pay the service fee later." He made a move as if to pick up the chopsticks...

"N-no need..." Ye Miyue, face flushed with embarrassment, turned her body aside and began to eat. She ate very slowly, not touching the most delicious braised pork and large chicken leg. But that portion of emerald stir-fried greens, she ate it very quickly, along with the rice, finishing more than half in no time. At the very end, she only picked up one piece of braised pork.

"What about the rest? Why aren't you eating?" Wang Xian frowned and asked. He had already finished the other portion.

"I'm full," Ye Miyue answered. Wang Xian glanced at her flat stomach. It wasn't even bulging, and she said she was full? Who was she trying to fool?

"Wasting food is shameful!" Wang Xian said. Ye Miyue shook her head and thought for a moment:"I... I want to wait until evening to eat it."

"..." Wang Xian. Wait, so you didn't even prepare your own dinner? He didn't press further, but changed the subject:"This morning at the martial arts field, was I cool or not?" Ye Miyue froze, then turned her head to look into the distance:"I... I didn't watch." Wang Xian smiled. He walked over and sat on the other end of the bench. After a while, Ye Miyue took out a notebook:"These are some notebooks for cultural classes..." Wang Xian paused, took them, flipped through them, and nodded.

The Martial Exam doesn't place much emphasis on cultural class grades, but not emphasizing doesn't mean they're unimportant. If your scores in several key cultural classes are terrible, you still can't get into a martial arts university. Flipping through, the notes were made very meticulously. Until he flipped to the very end. Wang Xian saw page after page of fresh, elegant handwriting. It was filled with over 10 foundational blade martial arts, even with very detailed introductions and annotations.

Even the strengths and weaknesses were spelled out clearly. Among them, there was one foundational blade martial art marked with a star, as if specially recommended. [Flowing Water Blade Art]: Third-class foundational martial art. Draw the blade to cut water, yet the water flows even stronger. One slash can cleave waterfalls and split waves, unmatched in power! If you can unleash flowing cloud blade waves, it rivals first-class foundational martial arts.

Cultivated to the highest realm, each slash is stronger than the last. The strongest slash, roaring waves shake the universe, can unleash 5 times one's own surging power! Wang Xian was no stranger to blade techniques, and he could naturally see that this blade art seemed quite suitable for himself. Below this blade art, there was also a note.

"Library first floor, third martial arts room, left side, second to last row. Available for borrowing."

"..." Wang Xian. This detailed? Wang Xian turned his head to look at Ye Miyue. Ye Miyue's expression was calm as she quietly packed up the lunchbox. But after just a few seconds, her earlobes turned red. Like a red crystal.

"Classmate Ye, you put thought into this." Wang Xian smiled. He didn't know when the earlier parts of this notebook were written. But these last introductions about blade martial arts were definitely written during the previous class.

"I'll take your advice..." Wang Xian laughed heartily and tucked the notebook away.

"I'll start with this Flowing Water Blade Art." He hadn't expected this girl to have quite a strong perception of martial arts. Just from seeing him demonstrate blade technique for the first time this morning, she could immediately determine that this martial art suited him. This kind of discernment and sharpness in judging martial arts, even Teacher Cui might not possess it. After school in the afternoon, Wang Xian immediately went to the library.

Following the notes in the notebook, he indeed found the manual for the Flowing Water Blade Art. Modern manuals are generally holographic martial images, demonstrated through projection in martial arts rooms. They cannot be taken out or carried away. At the same time, before cultivation, explicit prohibitions against spreading them are imposed. For example, Third Uncle's martial academy's signature martial art, the Extreme Path Stone-Shattering Hand.

Core students must sign an agreement not to spread it before cultivation. Once privately disseminated, legal consequences follow. Of course, without holographic martial image demonstrations, combined with the martial art's mnemonic formulas, spreading it isn't that easy. Inside the martial arts room, a holographically projected young man demonstrated while reciting the formulas.

The Flowing Water Blade Art has 3 moves in total: Flowing Clouds and Streams, Wind and Rain Like Dusk, and Roaring Waves Shake the Universe. Each move is further divided into several slashes. For example, the last move requires at least 5 consecutive slashes or more to form a true "Roaring Waves Shake the Universe." Its force-channeling methods have many variations. It's considered one of the harder foundational blade martial arts to master.

To fully comprehend an entire martial art set, one month isn't really long, but it isn't short either. If one has decent talent in blade techniques, it's still enough. However, for Wang Xian... After watching the demonstration, Wang Xian lightly picked up a wooden blade prepared in the room. He briefly went over it in his mind. The next second, he swung the blade out, his body like flowing clouds, his blade like flowing water. Inside the martial arts room, it was as if a surge of water rose around Wang Xian.

This was the aura formed by the blade art carrying the surrounding primal energy. Then came Wind and Rain Like Dusk. Amid slash after slash, the water waves transformed into sweeping wind and rain, blotting out the sky and sun. Until Wang Xian's blade momentum shifted, and the endless wind and rain instantly formed rolling sea waves, roaring throughout the entire room. Wave after wave rose. After 5 consecutive slashes, a faint, indistinct water-form blade qi truly condensed on the wooden blade.

"Flowing Water Blade Art."

"Done." Wang Xian chuckled lightly and turned off the holographic projection. Just one viewing, instantly comprehended. ➤ Next: First Step into Martial Arts Unending — Real Combat Begins!