The system was set three years in advance, but the universal deities still hadn't arrived.

Chapter 20: Martial Arts School Score Farming Points, A Determined Resistance
[The host has defeated a fourth-tier fire slave, achieving a victory against overwhelming odds. Survival points +200.]

Hearing the notification sound in his ear, Zeng Shen felt a pang of disappointment.

He originally thought that defeating a fourth-tier intelligent race would earn him a thousand survival points, but he only received two hundred.

"It seems that the thousand survival points that Liu Tongtong contributed that day were just the first survival points earned by the clan."

Just as Zeng Shen was making this guess, the middle-aged master of the martial arts school walked up to him, paused for a moment, and then clasped his hands in a fist and said:

"Although you did not win through martial arts, according to the rules set by our ancestors, since you successfully challenged our school by taking on multiple opponents in a series of battles, you will have the right to ask all the martial artists in our school to do something for you within your power."

"Huh?" Zeng Shen was stunned for a moment, looking at the middle-aged martial arts school owner in front of him, and hesitated, "Can I ask your martial arts school to do something for me?"

“That’s right, these are rules passed down from our ancestors, but they must not violate morality or break the law,” the middle-aged curator said.

"I don't need you to do anything for me, I just..."

Zeng Shen shook his head as he spoke, but his voice was quickly interrupted by an angry young man from a martial arts school.

"Are you looking down on my Li Huo Martial Arts School?"

"Yes, do you look down on our martial arts school?"

Other martial arts school youths also spoke out.

Seeing the situation, Zeng Shen felt that if he didn't ask them to do something for him, it would be as if he had really done something wrong.

Zeng Shen wiped the sweat from his forehead, thought for a moment, and then suddenly had an idea. He said, "Alright then, I'd like each of you to spar with me every day, is that okay?"

In an instant, the whole place was silent.

"You're so fast, every time we spar, you kick us down," said one of the young men from the martial arts school.

Zeng Shen thought for a moment and then said, "Since that's the case, how about this: I'll only use 20% of my fastest speed each time."

"20% of the fastest speed? What kind of speed is that?"

"It should be at the same speed as our curator's all-out effort," someone guessed.

"Ah, that's great! At that speed, haven't we indirectly challenged a martial arts master who only has speed but no martial arts skills?" a young man said happily.

The middle-aged martial arts master glared at him, then turned to Zeng Shen and said, "If that's the request, then it's no problem at all. However, it seems that you're at a disadvantage, becoming their sparring partner. How about I teach you some martial arts and moves while you're sparring with them?"

Zeng Shen's eyes lit up, and he immediately nodded.

Even with speed alone, having some basic moves can greatly enhance one's strength.

This can be described as killing two birds with one stone.

You can earn survival points every day and improve your combat skills.

This was something Zeng Shen hadn't expected at all.

At first, he just wanted to spar with Master Ma, rack up some survival points, and verify some things.

Instead of meeting Master Ma, he developed a martial arts school as a scoring spot and racked up 1,500 survival points.

"Then I thank Master Li." Zeng Shen happily cupped his hands in thanks and tossed over a Spying Eye.

[Intelligent Race: Fire Slave]

[Qualification: Lord (Common, Elite, Lord, King, Legendary, Epic, Mythical)]

[Tier 4: 0/50000]

Name: Li Zhiyuan.

[Skill: Not activated.]

[Faith: Master Ma, Third-Order Fire-Element Deity]

【Piety (Provide 100 faith points daily to the deity you worship)】

[Mood: Slightly depressed]

[Analysis: Originally a first-tier fire deity, he tragically perished in a battle against a horde of mutated beasts. Through the talent of Master Ma, he was reborn from the ashes as a new life form, but from this life, he is eternally enslaved by him.]

"Uh." Zeng Shen was taken aback when he saw the feedback.

The Fire Slave Clan was actually transformed into Fire Slaves thanks to Master Ma's talent. Doesn't that mean I misunderstood Master Ma?

The system keeps saying he enslaved his comrades, is that what it actually refers to?

So it seems he wasn't a deity who became utterly wicked after the cataclysm.

Thinking of this, Zeng Shen remembered that Master Ma had not yet returned. He looked at Master Li in front of him with a slight doubt and asked, "Master, if Master Ma is not the master of the martial arts school, then what does he do in the school?"

"He has been working as a cleaner at this building for almost ten years."

Master Li said slowly.

"Holy crap, a cleaner!" Zeng Shen exclaimed in surprise.

Master Li nodded. "Yes, he's basically in charge of all the cleaning and maintenance in this martial arts school. If he doesn't have anything else to do, he'll stroll around the nearby park and square, showing off a couple of Tai Chi moves he's seen here, fooling the old men and women in the park, and then getting those old women to bring their grandchildren here to learn some self-defense moves. For each one they bring, I give him a small subsidy."

"Uh, okay."

Zeng Shen wiped his sweat.

I had indeed overestimated that old man Ma.

Suddenly, he heard a child's clear voice coming from the courtyard of the martial arts school.

"Master Ma, someone is looking for you."

"Xiao Xin, who's looking for me, Master Ma?" Master Ma said, looking curiously into the martial arts hall, where he met Zeng Shen's eyes.

That one moment.

His expression changed, and he turned to run out of the martial arts school.

however.

Zeng Shen unleashed a speed boost spell without hesitation, appearing right in front of him the instant he stepped out of the martial arts hall.

"Ah, hell."

Master Ma was so frightened by Zeng Shen's ghostly speed that he cried out in surprise. His old legs trembled, and he staggered to the ground, completely losing the air of a hermit master he had in the park.

[The host displayed unparalleled bravery, overcoming the strong with the weak to suppress a third-tier fire-elemental deity. Survival points +100.]

"this…"

"As expected, you can repeatedly farm survival points, and not only do third-tier intelligent races provide 100 survival points, but even third-tier gods do."

"Could it be a third-tier beast as well?"

Hearing the notification in his ear, Zeng Shen made a slight guess, then looked speechlessly at Ma Zhenren, who had fallen to the ground in fright.

"Master Ma, didn't you want to spar with me? Why did you run away as soon as you saw me?"

As Master Ma listened to Zeng Shen's words, he glanced at the children that the old ladies had brought to practice martial arts and found that they were all looking at him.

He immediately crossed his legs and stammered, "Who, who said I was going to run away? I was just tired from walking and felt comfortable on the ground, so I wanted to sit down for a while."

Zeng Shen glanced at Master Ma's gaze and knew what he was thinking. He didn't expose him and said, "Oh, is that so? It is indeed comfortable to sit on the ground. Then you can continue to sit for a while."

talking.

Zeng Shen suppressed his smile, looked up at Master Li who had come out, and said, "Master, I have to go back first. I'll come back tomorrow."

Master Li nodded slightly.

Zeng Shen turned and walked out of the martial arts school, when a clear voice rang in his ears again.

[The host, under the relentless bombardment of a third-tier fire-elemental deity and its horde of slaves, fought to the death and ultimately defeated them all, gaining +1000 survival points.]

"Has this triggered the first-time purchase?"

Zeng Shen paused slightly in his steps.

(End of this chapter)