Full-Time Martial Saint

The "enlightenment" of the night had a severe drain on his mental energy. Chen Cong could now clearly feel that even just closing his eyes would likely make him fall asleep immediately.

But last night, in order to keep his appointment, he postponed his evening private lesson to this morning. Right now, he has to persevere no matter what.

Forced to get out of bed, exhausted, Chen grabbed his toiletries and took a cold shower to clear his head before rushing to the cafeteria.

Normally, his breakfast is a regular nutritious meal, but since his first "enlightenment" during his meditation practice, he discovered that the mental energy he consumed could be replenished to some extent by the energy contained in the nutritious meal, so this time he directly ordered a premium nutritious meal.

After finishing a whole high-quality nutritional meal, while still on his way to the small playground, Chen Cong clearly felt a warm current flowing continuously along his spine to his head, slowly turning into a cool energy to replenish his severely depleted mental strength.

The drowsy state was relieved, and Chen Cong secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

At least for now, it shouldn't have a significant impact on today's lessons.

At six o'clock in the morning, when he arrived at the small playground, Ning Yuhang and the others had already arrived ahead of time.

Chen stepped forward and said apologetically, "I'm sorry I'm late."

Huang Changhu grinned and took over the conversation: "We just arrived a little while ago."

Ning Yuhang, ever observant, noticed the fatigue in Chen Cong's eyes and asked with some doubt, "Chen Cong, did you not sleep well last night, or did you spend too long in the virtual realm?"

Hou Long also asked with concern, "You have dark circles under your eyes, you look very tired, how about... we skip today's class?"

Meeting their gazes, Chen Cong smiled and shook his head: "I'm fine, let's begin."

As soon as he finished speaking, he divided the six people into two groups, as usual. He first gave instructions to Zhao Cheng and the other two, and then gave individual explanations to Ning Yuhang and the other two.

As soon as he opened his mouth, Chen Cong noticed that perhaps because of his "sudden enlightenment" last night, when he was explaining the techniques and key points of the boxing skills from the threshold of minor mastery to the breakthrough of true minor mastery, he clearly had a lot more details in his mind that he had never thought of before.

His brain worked at lightning speed, working backward from these details, and his explanation this time was noticeably different from his usual one.

As Ning Yuhang and the other two listened, they unknowingly fell into a state of complete absorption.

Time quickly came to 7:40 in the morning. Seeing that Chen had no intention of stopping, Zhao Cheng hesitated for a long time, but finally couldn't help but interrupt.

"Brother Cong, class is about to start."

Chen Cong suddenly realized, glanced at the time on his bracelet, nodded, and said, "That's all for today. See you at the usual time this evening."

Before them, a hint of regret and lingering satisfaction flashed in the eyes of Lin Xiao and the other two.

Huang Changhu couldn't help but sigh, "I used to hate boxing theory classes the most; I always thought they were very boring."

"But this time, listening to Chen Cong talk about boxing theory, I unknowingly listened for an hour, and I didn't find it boring at all. On the contrary, I gained a lot of insights."

Upon hearing this, Lin Xiao and Ning Yuhang exchanged a glance and nodded in agreement.

Both of them felt that Chen's boxing theory today was more helpful to them than his usual personal instruction.

"Chen Cong, tell me honestly, have you gained a deeper understanding of boxing recently?" As everyone rushed towards the classroom, Huang Changhu excitedly caught up, put his arm around Chen Cong's shoulder, and asked with a smile.

Chen smiled but remained silent.

Yang Can, who was standing nearby, picked up the conversation, saying, "Any deeper insights? We'll find out after the boxing class this afternoon!"

"Right, right, you have to test your martial arts skills in the afternoon boxing class, let us see what you're made of!" Hou Long chimed in.

"Okay, let's try the test this afternoon." Chen Cong reluctantly agreed.

Joyful laughter echoed, and the morning light pierced through the thin mist, bathing the group in a warm and cozy scene.

On the main road leading directly from the martial arts academy's main gate to the teaching building, the group had just turned a corner when they encountered a familiar figure.

Several meters apart, Xu Baiwei paused slightly in her hurried steps, looking at Chen Cong, who was surrounded by several people not far away.

Ning Yuhang and his friends also saw the girl in the white dress standing and looking at them from the opposite side, and quickly stopped laughing and joking.

"Chen Cong, let's go first."

As Ning Yuhang spoke, he pulled Huang Changhu's arm off Chen Cong's shoulder and then pushed the group forward quickly.

Chen Cong stood still, glanced at Xu Baiwei's slightly complicated expression, and greeted her with a smile, "Good morning."

Xu Baiwei nodded gently, as if she had a thousand words to say, but in the end she didn't say them. She just silently turned around and slowly walked forward.

Looking at her like this, Chen Cong felt somewhat helpless.

He knew that Xu Baiwei had sent the martial arts skills test video to Qingshan Martial Arts Academy anonymously without his consent, also because she wanted to help him.

But that's often how things are. What you think is for the benefit of others may not actually help them. Sometimes it may even cause trouble or harm them.

"I went to the Xiangcheng branch of Qingshan Martial Arts Academy last night." The two walked slowly, about a meter apart, and Chen Cong suddenly spoke.

Xu Baiwei stopped in her tracks and slowly turned around: "What kind of contract did Qingshan Martial Academy offer?"

"A reserve contract that falls between a temporary contract and a third-class contract."

He paused, then added, "I didn't sign it."

Xu Baiwei gazed at him quietly, and after hesitating for a long time, she finally spoke: "I sent your martial arts skills test video to Qingshan Martial Academy just to see if they would make an exception and train you, so you wouldn't have to risk buying those inferior blood and qi potions on the black market."

Chen Cong nodded: "I was too harsh earlier, you..."

"I don't know why I'm explaining all this to you. I just don't want you to think that the Xu family is backed by the Martial Extreme Hall, and that what I'm doing is a conspiracy by the Martial Extreme Hall against the Green Mountain Martial Academy."

Before he could finish speaking, Xu Baiwei suddenly interrupted him again.

Chen Cong stared at her in surprise. He had never thought of it that way before. This girl was really good at imagining things.

"It's alright, it's all in the past." Chen Cong didn't say anything more about it, and said with a smile, "Anyway, I still want to thank you."

Xu Baiwei gripped the straps of her handbag with both hands, remained silent for a moment, and finally unzipped it, taking out an invitation.

"The Martial Peak Hall would also like to invite you to their branch. You can decide for yourself."

After handing the invitation to Chen Cong, Xu Baiwei hurriedly turned and walked towards the teaching building.

Chen Cong held the invitation in his hand, looked it over, shook his head with a smile, put the invitation in his pocket, and ran quickly towards the classroom as the school bell rang.

The first class in the morning was "Fusion Biology". The substitute teacher was a middle-aged woman who looked to be about the same age as the homeroom teacher, Ma Xinhua. Her surname was He and her name was He Shuyun.

However, compared to Ma Xinhua, He Shuyun's martial arts level has reached the second-level martial artist. Although she is already over fifty years old, she has maintained her appearance and temperament very well.

"Today we're going to talk about a fusion-world alien race called the 'Myriad Forms Evil Spider.' Everyone, please turn to page 23 of your textbooks."

"Merging World Creatures" is the only relatively popular course among all the cultural courses in the Martial Arts Academy, and most of the martial arts students in the class listen to it quite attentively.

"The Myriad-Faced Evil Spider is a relatively rare species among alien monsters, and its individual strength is generally not very strong. However, it is one of the monsters that poses the greatest threat to Blue Star and causes the most headaches for martial artists."

"Because this monster has a very special ability called—'Silk-Pulling and Appearance-Stealing'." He Shuyun wrote the four characters "Silk-Pulling and Appearance-Stealing" on the blackboard with a solemn expression.

At this time, Chen Cong also read a detailed introduction to the strange ability of the Myriad Manifestations Evil Spider in the book.

The Myriad Manifestations Evil Spider's unique talent is its ability to use spider silk to trap enemies. The powerful neurotoxins carried by the silk paralyze the enemy, eventually devouring their body bit by bit, and then transforming into the enemy's appearance almost perfectly from the inside out. Unless one is a powerful martial artist or uses special methods, it is difficult to detect.

"The universe is truly all-encompassing, with such a bizarre race..." After reading it, Chen Cong was amazed and couldn't help but sigh: Fortunately, the Myriad Forms Evil Spider is a very rare monster among the Fusion Realm races. Otherwise, if a large number of Myriad Forms Evil Spiders were to devour and transform into the appearance of human martial artists, then perhaps the entire Blue Star would be in complete chaos without the need for other Fusion Realm creatures to attack.