Extraordinary Realm from Persuasion System

Chapter 125: Chapter 114: The Expert Unaware of His Own Strength, Just How Strong Am I?

It was quite normal for Yue Family’s Sequential Punches to have made a breakthrough.

Zhang Beixing had initially used Yue Family’s Sequential Punches to cultivate Hidden Force and master it.

Now, having mastered Hidden Force and able to manipulate it at will, it was logical for Yue Family’s Sequential Punches to break through as well.

As for the Great Accomplishment Realm of Yue Family’s Sequential Punches... I wonder if this level is considered high or low? But having mastered something like Hidden Force, even if it’s not overwhelmingly strong, it should still be quite formidable, right?

I still lack real combat experience; I need a chance to test my level.

Then there was the Northern Sect’s Eight Pieces of Brocade...

Zhang Beixing thought about it. It’s time to add some Ability Points to it.

He hadn’t done so before because it was pointless; the insights and ideas he gained couldn’t be integrated into the Northern Sect’s Eight Pieces of Brocade.

Blindly adding points only left him feeling powerful yet unable to apply it during his practice of Northern Sect’s Eight Pieces of Brocade, causing unnecessary frustration without any benefit.

But now it was different, after integrating Hidden Force into the practice.

Zhang Beixing found that his previous ideas could now be put into practice.

Therefore, adding +15 to Northern Sect’s Eight Pieces of Brocade might not be sufficient. I’ll need to raise Northern Sect’s Eight Pieces of Brocade to at least +20 for it to be effective.

This was not a difficult task for Zhang Beixing.

With the 9.7 Ability Points he currently had, even though each additional point cost 2 Ability Points after a skill reached +10, the 9.7 was enough to elevate his Northern Sect’s Eight Pieces of Brocade to +19.

After a casual workout the next day and earning another 0.3 Ability Points, he could easily raise the Northern Sect’s Eight Pieces of Brocade to +20, the current limit of his body.

But... that’s not the main problem right now.

The main problem is, who’s going to come and save me?

I’m completely exhausted!

I can’t recover anytime soon! You can’t just let a guy like me sleep out here all night!

Lying on the ground, gazing at the bright crescent moon in the sky, listening to the clear chirping of insects by his ear, and the trickling sound of water that he couldn’t tell if it was coming from the artificial lake or from within himself, Zhang Beixing muttered with a face full of dismay.

This was the first time he had practiced to such an extent.

He hadn’t expected to end up in such a state.

A million rules for martial arts training, but physical well-being comes first. Train improperly, and you’ll end up crying... Yet, previously when I practiced Yue Family’s Sequential Punches, it wasn’t this difficult or draining on my Essence, Qi, and Spirit!

This Eight Pieces of Brocade is truly bizarre.

Fortunately, at half-past ten that evening, Zhang Beixing managed to recover some strength through his natural healing speed and by adding points.

This allowed him to take out his phone and call Zheng Jituo to come and pick him up.

Thus, he avoided spending the night outdoors.

Together with Jin Linyu and Dong Guoning, Zheng Jituo carried Zhang Beixing back to the dorm and dropped him on his bed.

Zheng Jituo looked at the completely drained Zhang Beixing, utterly baffled.

He was just about to ask how this fellow had managed to wear himself down to such an extent.

But before he could speak, he heard even breathing coming from Zhang Beixing’s bed.

Hearing this, Zheng Jituo wore a helpless expression.

With the man already asleep, his questions were pointless.

Considering this, Zheng Jituo simply turned around, signaled to Dong Guoning and Jin Linyu, and they began their daily reverse point-dropping spree in their game.

「...」

Due to extreme physical exhaustion, even though Zhang Beixing had an excellent recovery ability and had added points the night before, he still inevitably felt a wave of aches and tiredness emanating from all over his body upon waking the next day.

It was as though he had been beaten up in his dreams.

Zhang Beixing originally intended to lie in bed a while longer before getting up.

However, the sour smell of sweat on his clothes was simply too overpowering.

He hadn’t noticed it while sleeping, but upon waking up, the smell was, in a word, overpowering!

Bearing the discomfort, he crawled out of bed and tossed his clothes into the washing machine.

Zhang Beixing then rushed into the bathroom, turned on the shower, and enjoyed a comforting hot shower.

Feeling the stickiness of sweat being washed away by the water, disappearing without a trace, Zhang Beixing gazed at his own skin, fair with a touch of rosy freshness, and fell into contemplation.

That was because he remembered something. Last night, after finishing the second form of the Northern Sect’s Eight Pieces of Brocade, ’Drawing the Bow to Shoot the Eagle,’ a sound like a babbling brook had unexpectedly emerged from his body.

He understood this to be due to the rapid flow of his blood, which had caused this phenomenon.

But the problem is... I remember Elder Chen didn’t experience this when he was practicing martial arts. Even if Elder Chen wasn’t using his true skills, his real techniques... But blood flow isn’t something that can be controlled by human effort alone. What’s going on?

Zhang Beixing muttered, expressing his confusion.

He found that ever since he tried to get the Northern Sect’s Eight Pieces of Brocade to achieve Three-in-One Resonance, various unexpected outcomes started occurring more frequently.

If I were practicing it incorrectly, that would be understandable. But the thing is, I’ve been practicing up to this point, and the Eight Pieces of Brocade is indeed improving steadily. Not only have I not encountered any issues, but I’ve also been practicing very well, with exceptional results—I even managed to produce the ’Tiger’s Roar’ from the Tiger Leopard Thunder Sound. That sound was incredibly vivid. How could this be wrong? There’s nothing wrong at all!

Strange or not, I’m definitely not practicing it wrong! Zhang Beixing affirmed to himself, then turned off the shower and dried his body.

He got dressed, ready to grab his bag and leave the dorm.

That’s when he realized that last night, when Zheng Jituo and the others had carried him back, they had left his bag in the woods.

Considering that his training spot was quite remote and that the bag contained only a few cheap PDD 19.9 yuan, free-shipping T-shirts, Zhang Beixing wasn’t in a hurry to retrieve it and simply went to the cafeteria to eat.

On his way to the cafeteria, Zhang Beixing ran into Sophia Zhou. He thought the somewhat goofy girl would still shyly avoid him as she had in the past few days.

Unexpectedly, today, Sophia Zhou approached him with a blushing face.

She looked down, peeking at her toes past her chest, and said to Zhang Beixing, ”Um... Beixing, our training camp is ending today.”

”Yep, I know. What’s up?” Zhang Beixing asked.

”It’s... It’s nothing. I just really appreciate your sparring with me during this time; I’ve learned a lot and improved. Um... can I still come and hang out with you later?”

As she spoke, the usually simple-minded and unceremonious Sophia Zhou now showed a shy, girlish demeanor.

She fidgeted and hesitated, clearly embarrassed.

Hearing this, Zhang Beixing’s eyebrows lifted slightly, and then he nodded in response, ”Of course, we’re friends. As long as it’s not a bother for you, even if you come to Shi University to find me every day, I wouldn’t mind!”

”Phew~ That’s good. Um... Beixing, if you don’t mind, shall we have breakfast together? To celebrate the end of my training camp,” Sophia Zhou asked timidly.

Zhang Beixing considered her proposal for a moment and saw no issue. He nodded and said, ”Sure, let’s go, girl.”

With that, he took the lead and walked ahead.

Sophia Zhou, seeing his response, followed closely behind him like a little shadow.

Soon, the two finished their breakfast.

Sophia Zhou had to attend the closing ceremony of the training camp shortly after, so she left first after they finished eating to meet up with Coach Kanggu.

Zhang Beixing sat for a while to digest his meal, then, as usual, went to the small grove at Shi University to practice his boxing.

Arriving at the grove, he saw his forgotten backpack.

His bag had been left in the grove overnight and was now wet with morning dew dripping from the trees.

Luckily, the clothes in the bag were wrapped in plastic; otherwise, Zhang Beixing would have had to wash them again.

Taking a deep breath of the fresh morning air, Zhang Beixing walked on the steel wire and practiced Yue Family’s Sequential Punches. This completed the suggestions ’Martial Arts Training on a Steel Wire, Walking Like a Dragon’ and ’Walking on a Steel Wire,’ earning him 2.3 Ability Points.

He then added a point to his Northern Sect’s Eight Pieces of Brocade.

After upgrading his Northern Sect’s Eight Pieces of Brocade to +20, the highest level possible given his current physical condition, Zhang Beixing performed a routine of the standard Northern Sect’s Eight Pieces of Brocade to warm up.

He then reviewed the new insights that had appeared in his mind.

He took a deep breath, nurturing it within his body, and following the Three-in-One Resonance method of Qi, Blood, and Hidden Force he had figured out yesterday, he continued to develop his unique version of the Northern Sect’s Eight Pieces of Brocade.

This development lasted all day long.

Aside from attending classes, eating, and going to the toilet, Zhang Beixing spent almost all his other time in the grove, pondering the Hidden Force version of the Northern Sect’s Eight Pieces of Brocade, not wasting a moment.

He even skipped the grand closing ceremony of the training camp.

This made Sophia Zhou, who was looking around in the crowd, trying to find Zhang Beixing, feel very disappointed.

However, her disappointment didn’t change anything.

After today’s training camp, in the coming days, she had to prepare for the provincial competition on May 29th, so she definitely wouldn’t have time to see Zhang Beixing in the near future.

Sophia Zhou’s only consolation was that she could still chat with Zhang Beixing on VX.

「...」

Zhang Beixing was completely unaware of the girl’s thoughts.

Right now, he was wholeheartedly focused on his martial arts training.

In order to figure out the Three-in-One Resonance Hidden Force version of the Northern Sect’s Eight Pieces of Brocade as soon as possible, he even postponed his plan to make money by setting up a street stall.

Under such almost obsessive training, on Tuesday, May 30th, at 7:28 PM, after Liu Yi and Chen Rourou had left, Zhang Beixing, after a week since he started, finally managed to integrate ’Hidden Force, Qi and Blood, and a single breath’ into ’Dismounting the Horse with Seven Stumbles, a Hundred Steps Dissipated,’ the final move of the Northern Sect’s Eight Pieces of Brocade.

After performing the final move, Zhang Beixing exhaled the stale air from his body.

Thus, all eight forms of the Northern Sect’s Eight Pieces of Brocade had successfully achieved Three-in-One Resonance!

He rested on the spot for a while.

I’ll try to perform the Three-in-One Resonance Northern Sect’s Eight Pieces of Brocade coherently from beginning to end. If I can complete it without interruption and produce the Tiger Leopard Thunder Sound, then I will have truly mastered the Northern Sect’s Eight Pieces of Brocade to a profound level! At that time, the suggestion task ’Tiger Leopard Thunder Sound, Enduring Qi and Blood’ will also be almost complete!

With a burning gaze and an anxious heart, Zhang Beixing began anew from the first form of the Northern Sect’s Eight Pieces of Brocade, ’Lifting the Earth and Supporting the Heavens to Regulate the Triple Burner.’

As long as he could complete it, his Hidden Force version of the Northern Sect’s Eight Pieces of Brocade would be thoroughly mastered!

Zhang Beixing was already eager to see the tremendous effects it would bring after mastering it!

Taking a deep breath, he nurtured a mouthful of ’Qi’ within his body.

Carefully sensing the resonance between Qi, Blood, and Hidden Force inside, Zhang Beixing was fully concentrated, not daring to be careless for a moment.

Success in achieving the Tiger Leopard Thunder Sound realm of Internal Boxing depended on this attempt!