Faculty Dormitories Area One.

Although it was called a dorm, the place was really a high-end villa residence!

Large independent villas had nothing to do with the word dormitories.

Villa number 8.

When Fang Ping knocked on the door, it was Lu Fengrou who personally opened it.

Perhaps more accurately, Lu Fengrou was the only person living in the entire villa.

Seeing Fang Ping, Lu Fengrou showed no surprise and said calmly, Youve come.

Yes, Instructor. I came because

Breakthrough to martial artist, right?

Lu Fengrou cut him off and turned away, saying, Come in.

With that, she paid Fang Ping no attention and walked into the living room by herself, leaning on the couch while she resumed watching television.

Fang Ping, who was standing at the door, felt a little helpless. He wanted to find a pair of slippers to change into, but he noticed there was not a single pair of slippers on the entire shoe rack!

What was Lu Fengrou doing?

Did she not receive guests?

Come in. You dont have to change your shoes.

Lu Fengrou gave a shout, as though she knew what he was looking at.

Fang Ping could only step in straight away at her word.

Your Vitality stopped growing?

It has reached the limit of thrice-honing. It stopped at 209cal.

Thats about what I expected. To be able to hone it to a 209cal Vitality in the aspiring martial artist stage is no easy feat, so you should be able to have other opportunities.

Of course, it doesnt matter because no matter how strong an aspiring martial artist is, theyre still just an aspiring martial artist. Any random peak Rank-1 martial artist isnt someone you can provoke.

Im talking about martial artists from martial arts universities. Casual martial artists dont count as martial artists; theyre just a bunch of useless people with Vitalities!

Lu Fengrou regarded casual martial artists with extreme contempt. She noticed Fang Ping was still standing and said airily, Have a seat.

Fang Ping looked around, then sat on the couch next to her.

Choosing to break through to a martial artist is the right choice.

Lu Fengrou said lightly, To put it this way, for the human skeleton, in the aspiring martial artist stage, bone-honing once equals to one honing point. Youre thrice-honed, so its equal to three honing points.

This is your whole body. You know how difficult it is honing your entire body three times.

If you want to keep honing to four points Thats pretty much impossible.

Even if you can, itll take up a lot of time!

Its different after you enter Rank-1. You can choose to isolate the honing to a single limb of your choice and aim for nine honing points!

Now that youre at three honing points, after you enter Rank-1, youll have it much easier than others. You only have to hone another six points.

Fang Ping noticed that Lu Fengrou was in a talkative mood and hesitated a moment before asking, Isnt that overall honing?

Are you kidding me!

Lu Fengrou said impatiently, The human skeleton is not that simple! Can you hone your marrow now? Martial artists below Rank-3 only hone the outer layer of their bones. Nine points is the limit.

When you complete the honing of all bones, only then can you replace the marrow. The last point is not to force a honing, its a natural rebirth of your bones.

Of course, this is Grandmaster stuff.

Fang Ping felt he had profited. Casual words from powerhouses benefitted people a lot.

An aspiring martial artist who had done bone-honing once was equal to a whole-body honing of one point.

Thrice meant three points!

Martial artists below Rank-3 could choose to hone individual limbs and could hone to a maximum of nine points, which was considered the completion of honing.

The last bone marrow honing had to wait until the grandmaster realm was reached; by then their bones would naturally replace themselves.

Youre thrice-honed. Your days cultivating below Rank-3 would have an increase. Realistically, not everyone can withstand a thrice-honing.

Dont listen to those people who say you can become a thrice-honed martial artist as long as youre willing to spend resources. This also has to do with personal qualifications.

If it were that easy, even if they had to spend some time to do it, everyone would choose to thrice-hone to save time in the later stage.

Lu Fengrou smiled. In other words, you can be considered a genius. Do you feel that I dont look after geniuses enough?

No.

Fang Ping shook his head and said, Cultivation is a personal matter. Instructors are just teachers to help guide the cultivation, not parents. I dont feel theres anything not appropriate.

Heh heh. These words are true, but also false.

Lu Fengrou spread out on the couch and browsed through television channels. She said lazily, Actually, a lot of times, I feel that being a genius is not necessarily a good thing.

Geniuses always want more and have more nerve; they behave as if only the sky and earth are above them.

Someone like this entering the field will mostly die faster!

Being a little more average is better. Dying of old age or illness still means enjoying some peace.

Geniuses though?

Others are Rank-1 while hes Rank-3. When others are enjoying life, hes going through hell.

Everyones still young. Dying without enjoying or letting loosesometimes I feel sorry on their behalf.

Me, I dont actually look up to geniuses. However, since Im peak Rank-6, it wont do if I dont accept some geniuses.

Do you know why my students die so quickly?

Fang Ping shook his head. Even if he knew, he would not say a word.

Heh heh, its because theyre geniuses! I wasnt lying when I said that youll have more medicinal pills and elixirs, more missions and faster improvement if youre with me.

Thats why my students get breakthroughs sooner too.

As a result, these people ended up thinking theyre unparalleled geniuses who can do anything.

They accepted missions that others wouldnt dare to!

In the end, they died.

Still, I cant deny, among my students, Rank-3 make up the majority.

In these few years, aside from you and Zhao Xuemei, Ive accepted 12 students. 11 of them were Rank-3 Another one was Rank-4!

Now, the Rank-4 has died and another 3 Rank-3 have died too. 3 others are quite seriously injured. I asked them to drop out and enjoy their lives, but they were not willing and wanted to continue struggling, so I dont care about them anymore and let them do what they want.

There are a total of 5 people who are still whole and healthy, excluding you two.

The 5 of them are all Rank-3. 4 of them are undercover outside the school. I dont know if more of them will die later on. Theres still one left in schoola girl.

If you have any problems in the future and Im not there, you can consult her. Shes more responsible than most instructors.

Ill give you her number, so you can contact her yourself.

Lu Fengrou told him everything about her students circumstances; clearly she felt it was pointless hiding anything from him.

After that, she said, If you want to live a little longer, then do things with your own judgment. Im not your mom. I can warn you, but I cant dissuade you.

If worst comes to worst and you die, Ill help you get more welfare and compensation, so your family wont be troubled.

Every one of them thought they were amazing geniuses. Just a few words and they lost all reason.

I can see that you value your life though. Yesterday, during the school allocation, being able to surrender and admit defeat is quite meaningful.

Lu Fengrou gave a rare smile and said, A great person recognizes the right times of action. This saying is very appropriate at times.

Of course, Im not saying you should have cling to life and be afraid of death, but you should be able to look clearly on the whole.

When its time to fight, like it was before, then go fightthats the way to earn more credits!

When its not time to fight, whats the point of battling to the death with others?

Fang Ping nodded. He hesitated for a moment before saying, Instructor, I heard

Speak!

I heard it was because of Senior Wang Jinyang

Lu Fengqing interrupted. Whom did you hear this from? Ah, forget it, theres no need to linger on these things.

Youre an aspiring martial artist. Youre not worth shit. Nobody has any designs on you, so dont be too conceited.

This is a contest between normal martial arts universities and famous schools. It has nothing to do with you people!

Still, Wang Jinyang is quite heavily tied to it right now. His mentor fell into the ground He hit rock bottom, so he wants to break through quickly.

Since he doesnt have any influence or family support, he can only be flashier and charge onward on behalf of the Nanjiang Province and Nanjiang Martial Arts University so that he can exchange for what he needs!

Wang Jinyang might die very soon, or he might improve at the speed of light. This is the road he chose himself. Others would have a hard time replicating it.

Still, you dont have to worry. Wang Jinyang isnt brainless.

He has a Grandmasters support behind him. His safety is guaranteed. If he can quickly break through Grandmaster, the Big Twos Grandmasters have power that cannot be ignored anywhere!

You are far from a Grandmaster, so theres no reason you should be bothered.

Didnt you want to break through to martial artist?

Have you applied for medicinal pills and elixirs?

I have.

Fang Ping mentally noted all this, but he could not continue. It was as Lu Fengrou saidhe was still too weak. Even if he wanted to get involved, he was not qualified.

The contest behind Old Wang had to do with the fight between the martial arts universities and Grandmasters. It was not something he could participate in.

The most urgent business at the moment was to break through to martial artist.

Its good that you have. In that case, tomorrow Ill go to your dorm. You prepare yourself a little. Its fine as long as youve chosen to break through.

Actually, as youre thrice-honed, the breakthroughs outburst wont affect you much, so there should be no hazards to your safety.

As your instructor, I hope youll be able to break through quickly, but I also dont want you to improve too quickly and become involved in these matters too early.

However, I treat my students as my children. When an old person buries a young one, I understand that I will have overstepped.

Im just your instructor. The path is your own choosing

If I feel deeply for you, Ill suffer if you die. If you feel deeply for me, youll suffer if I die. These feelings are unnecessary.

Wang Jinyang is like this. Its unknown if Zhang Qingnan is dead or alive, but its possible hes been dead for ages, yet Wang Jinyang is still fantasizing about rescuing him.

If he had not been like this, he wouldnt have to act this way

Lu Fengrou lamented. She was not unfeeling and did not stir things up without reason. She merely did not want to feel too much for her students.

It was too much suffering!

At the start, she had accepted 3 students for her first batch and had raised them as if they were her own children!

What were the results?

The 3 of them did not give a word of protest and charged straight to the Catacombs. Two of them died, and one of them was disabled!

Lu Fengrou had no place to cry and had nobody to get revenge on!

Later on, when more of her students died one by one, she could not stand it anymore.

Now, when she accepted students, she only did her job.

After speaking with Fang Ping, she waved him away. Alright, thats it. I want to make up for my sleep.

Fang Ping did not know whether to laugh or cry. Her dismissal was too straightforward.

Still, it was better this way. Lu Fengrous words and actions were straightforward, which saved a lot of trouble.

When Fang Ping got up to leave, Lu Fengrou suddenly remembered something and uttered a string of numbers. This is your seniors number. You can contact her if you need anything, but dont disturb her for nothing.

Of course, if any martial artists with higher rankings than you are bothering you, you can contact her.

If there are any instructors bothering you, report straight to me.

You can die in missions, you can die outside too, but if you have any trouble in school, seek me out!

Thank you, Instructor.

Wu Fengrou waved a hand, dismissing him. She did not care if he appreciated it or not.

After Fang Ping left, Lu Fengrou thought for a while before dialing a number and saying, Fight your own battles. Dont involve normal people, especially on my side!

Dont provoke me. If you provoke me, Ill slaughter your entire family!

The person on the line was stunned for a moment and only spoke half a beat later. Youre my wife!

We divorced long ago!

Have we?

Bullshit!

Then why are you still using my name to intimidate people?

Im happy to, what do you care? Wait until I break through to Grandmaster, then you should go wherever you should!

The person on the line had no words to retort this. He spoke wearily after a long silence. It wont. The overall situation is serious. Nobody wants to involve anyone specifically.

How could MCMAU pursuit for all the resources be for me?

My daughter died ages ago, and Ive divorced my wife. Im all alone. For whom would I fight for all of this?

Im doing this to centralize resources

Dont bring this up with me. What does it have to do with me!

Lu Fengrou cut him off and impulsively hung up.

Outside the door.

Fang Ping mumbled to himself, We were talking about death, but how do martial artists actually die?

Cults?

Missions?

Or is it something else?

Wang Jinyangs mentor is possibly dead That little girl last time, is she his mentors daughter?

Wang Jinyangs journey to Magic City and the north might have some other factors involved Its so complicated!

Forget it. Im too weak. Right now, I have to gather strength and Wealth.

Only when I have them, Ill be qualified to participate.

Whether if its to help Old Wang or myself, all of it depends on strength as the foundation.

If I dont have strength, Ill probably have safety, but is this what I want?

Lu Fengrou

Finally, he verbalized his mentors name. This instructor was not as insane as he imagined her to be. She was a very calm and logical person.

The reason her students death rate was high was actually due to her students improving too quickly!

This point was once again out of Fang Pings expectations.

Whatever. Ill break through Rank-1 first and fight to enter Rank-3 quickly. Ill consider more after I reach Rank-3. According to what everyones saying, as long as I dont seek death, I wont die that easily.

The ones who died all asked for it.

Isnt Qin Fengqing still living well?

Old Wang has been asking for it all this time, but because hes strong enough, hes living well too.

All in all, I should either be strong enough or cautious. This way, my safety is ensured

Having spoken for a while, Fang Ping exhaled a breath of air and paced away.

At the same time.

Capital City.

Wang Jinyang turned and left.

Behind him, a peak Rank-3 martial artist from Capital City Martial Arts University coughed blood and said, Wang Jinyang, challenge our president now if you have the guts! Arent you the president of Nanjiang Martial Arts Universitys Martial Arts Society? Could it be that you dont dare to compete once?

Wang Jinyang ignored him and left. When he exited the martial arts stage, somebody asked in a low voice, Why dont you give it a try?

Wang Jinyang gave him a glance and smiled icily. Are you an idiot or am I?

Having spat this out, Wang Jinyang walked off straightaway. A Rank-3 facing Rank-4did they expect him to deliver himself for slaughter?

It was not as if he owed these people. Everyone is just working together. You do yours and I do mine. Do they think I would give away my own life?

Or do they think I, Wang Jinyang, cant accept this?

The person who had been scolded was not happy and spoke angrily, Wang Jinyang, dont forget

Before he finished speaking, suddenly, a long saber hacked his shoulder!

Snap!

His shoulder was cut clean off. The slice was so quick, the people were at a loss!

Idiot! Spout any more bullshit and next time itll be your brain!

Wang Jinyang gave a cold laugh and did not linger, leaving immediately!

Ah!

A woeful cry sounded. The expressions of the bystanders who had been watching changed drastically as they looked at Wang Jinyang. The expression of the martial artist who had been coughing blood on the stage changed too. Without a word, he silently watched Wang Jinyang walk away.

The others did not make a sound either. Wang Jinyang was on the brink of Rank-4 and he had a Grandmaster backing him up. He was not to be served on a platter.