Realm-Hopping Martial Master

Hands joined.

In the Martial Arts of Xia Country, there was a formality called "hands joined."

The two sides did not even need to spar—with just one touch, their level could be judged.

And at this moment, Xie Feichen joined hands to let Jiang Shu further understand what it truly meant for muscles and bones to be relaxed, while the skin and surface had to launch the attack.

He circulated his strength, his pores tightening and relaxing in an instant, as if hidden within were millions of razor-sharp steel needles, ever so slightly pricking upward, rising and falling, restraining the power without releasing it.

This was attacking with the skin and surface!

Jiang Shu kept his hand joined, continuing to feel, and only sensed that Xie Feichen was tough outside but soft inside.

Like lead hugging mercury.

He shut his eyes, his body gradually relaxing, circulating his strength, attempting to seize that sensation.

*Seeing Jiang Shu fully absorbed…*

Xie Feichen held one hand still, waving the other, hinting for everyone else to quietly leave.

Soon after, the classroom was left with just the two of them. Xie Feichen remained absolutely motionless—even his breath was light and undetectable.

"Phew… I think I understand a bit now. Thank you, Master Xie."

A whole quarter of an hour later,

Jiang Shu finally opened his eyes, having gained a bit of insight. Yet, he was still some time away from truly mastering it.

"When you all grasped Bright Force, you learned to align the shoulders with the hips, elbows with the knees, hands with the feet. But at the Dark Force level, you then had to fathom the unity of mind and intent, intent and qi, qi and strength."

Xie Feichen pulled back his hand, "Now that no one else is here, I'll control my strength—let's cross hands once."

"Okay!"

Jiang Shu stepped back and performed the disciple's salute.

*Famished Tiger Roar Mountain Strength, he could not show off at will.*

*Yet the Famished Tiger Sitting Cave Stance and the breathing technique, with his current ability, revealing them was no big deal!*

Jiang Shu crouched like a tiger, breathing like a tiger.

Adjusting his state under Xie Feichen's slightly surprised gaze. A murderous aura brewed from inside him, breaking out like a surging force!

"Pow!"

Fist out like a tiger!

Jiang Shu did not hold back—his very first move was Pounce from Tiger Form Three Styles.

"Good!"

Xie Feichen could not help but shout in praise. He did not budge, merely stretched out a single hand, controlling his qi and blood, delivering Bright Force.

No matter how fierce Jiang Shu's fists and kicks, every move was as if a tiger attacking viciously.

He himself stood rooted, unmoved as a mountain.

With just one hand, he blocked countless savage attacks from Jiang Shu.

While blocking, he said with casual ease,

"Actually, as a genius, you're bound to catch some opportunities."

"Even Yang Kai, who spars with you, got the Three-Body Style stance training."

"Xia Country absolutely would not dig too deep over your little pieces of luck."

"If you've got trump cards, then use them. Do your best to break into the top ten in this tournament. The benefits will last a lifetime."

…

*As expected.*

*The more of a genius you are, the more information you get access to.*

*He had no time to guess what these benefits really were.*

Jiang Shu walked out of the classroom, sweat-drenched, never tired.

His spine and both arms kept practicing one move after another.

*There was a term in his past life: Butcher Ding dissects an ox. Don't look at the whole cow—analyze the texture first. While sparring with Xie Feichen, he vaguely grasped this point too: in a fight, one shouldn't watch a Martial Artist's physical movements.*

*One should observe the Martial Artist's force changing instead.*

*The Martial Arts of Xia Country and Da Jing Dynasty might differ.*

*But the essence was still force—he could use it all the same.*

*Avoid their strong points.*

*Hit their weak spots.*

*Had he known this earlier, his black market fight with the masked Martial Artist wouldn't have needed to be so desperate.*

Punching and kicking at the air along the way, like some Martial Maniac freak.

Student dormitory!

Single rooms!

The treatment for new Martial Arts students was naturally different from regular freshmen.

They had their own separate dorm building.

All single rooms, to suit everyone's schedules.

Resting was not on his mind—Jiang Shu began practicing the first thirty-six moves of the Innate Guiding Skill.

All the foundational Martial Arts from Famished Tiger Dojo, he had already mastered to Break Limit.

And what could boost his combat strength, were Famished Tiger Roar Mountain Strength and Famished Tiger Desperate Claw.

Honestly, not great for showing off in a tournament.

The first was too unique.

The second too vicious.

If it was not a fight to the death, exposing these two trump cards would be completely unwise.

What he could do now was simply to keep getting stronger on the Martial Arts path of Xia Country!

Shang Jibei.

Zhu Qingyun.

Wu Zhiming.

The names of the top ten flashed through his mind one by one.

He had his opportunities, but so did these geniuses.

Then... let them compete!

He hoped he would not let himself down!

Top ten was never his goal.

Jiang Shu trained tirelessly day and night, losing track of time.

And during this, outside,

The whole of Xia Country was building hype for the National College Martial Arts Genius Tournament!

All the airport and train station ads were immediately swapped to display banners for the National College Martial Arts Genius Tournament.

The Newcomer Rankings were printed clearly in the ads!

First- and second-tier celebrities all made appearances on social media, declaring, "I'll go to Beijing and watch the tournament myself."

Short video and streaming platforms—many streamers saw their traffic take a hit.

All the attention was focused on National College Martial Arts Genius Tournament content!

"Martial Arts Realm—Bright Force, Dark Force, Transformation Force."

"Becoming a Martial Artist, you get a martial allowance of ten thousand Xia currency every month—you could immediately be hired as a high school Martial Arts teacher!"

"A Martial Artist's status far exceeds civil servants! Free flights and trains! Free tourist spots!"

"The best time to learn Martial Arts was last year, the second best is 'now.'"

"The CEO of Xia Country XX Shoes offered thirty million to sign top-ranked Shang Jibei as their brand ambassador."

"Thirty-six geniuses from the Newcomer Rankings, all the real info revealed! From kindergarten to college!"

Official accounts frenetically blasted Martial Arts pushes.

*During this time, every citizen of Xia Country believed they were about to witness history.*

*Even the Olympics never got this kind of hype before!*

The Jiang Family.

Because of Jiang Shu, Qingjiang Garden became Ji City's new internet-famous neighborhood.

Many high school students wanting to study Martial Arts rushed to rent apartments here, wanting to catch some of Jiang Shu's "good luck."

Especially now, with Xia Country going all-out promoting Martial Arts.

When news broke that Jiang Shu ranked nineteenth on the Newcomer Rankings,

the price of Qingjiang Garden apartments basically doubled.

People wanted to buy, but none were selling!

Jiang Yongyi glanced out the window, seeing several million-level luxury cars parked inside the complex, and could not help but gasp.

He never would have imagined,

that his life and surroundings would one day be completely transformed by his son's Martial Arts training!

"Yanyue, did you get the tickets?"

"I got them. Wow, Dad, you have no idea. It was almost impossible to grab plane tickets to Shengjing. I just grabbed a ticket to Jicheng, then I'll take the green train to Shengjing. It's a hassle, but what can you do—the College Martial Arts Genius Tournament is just too popular."

Staring at the ticketing app that had crashed who knows how many times,

Jiang Yanyue was about to lose it.

She had only just started high school.

*How did her big brother suddenly become such a big celebrity?*

Nineteenth on the Newcomer Rankings.

Popular enough that some boss was offering seven or eight million to have Jiang Shu endorse their brand.

Seven or eight million.

*She would never have dared to dream—never—in her whole life that starting a business for a year could make her so much money!*

Jiang Shu's Martial Arts training…

*really did change their fate.*

She opened Weixin, looking at their last chat page.

Jiang Yanyue thought it over but still did not send a message.

After all, the whole family was going to Shengjing.

No need to say anything yet.

When the time came, she would give him a surprise!

*Who asked him, after learning Martial Arts, to never tell her anything about his progress?*

*She wondered if the roast duck in Shengjing would be any good.*

*Her thoughts gradually drifted away…*

October,

was just about to arrive.