A week later!

Deep within the East Battle Dao Cliff, a piercing scream suddenly echoed, like a monkey accidentally eating a ghost pepper—indescribably sharp!

calories, Third Grade Great Perfection!

Su Yue’s excitement was beyond words; he was so thrilled he could almost fly.

Although there’s still a long way to go before truly breaking through to Fourth Grade, Su Yue couldn’t suppress his exhilaration.

...

Available diligence points: 91964

1: Sleep Exemption

2: Price of Love (next use will consume 4900 diligence points)

3: Save Your Dog Life

4: Man and Ghost Are Different

5: Sneaky Invisibility

6: Eye Blind Ear Deaf

Qi Blood: 2000 calories

...

At this moment, Su Yue felt the confinement from the Qi ring.

It was like a wall, firmly blocking him.

No matter if he used pills for training or the system to amplify, he couldn’t increase his Qi Blood by even 1 calorie.

Su Yue had reached the pinnacle of Third Grade.

To continue, he could only smash this wall and break through to Fourth Grade.

"Whew!

"Finally, I can leave this damned canyon; just seeing it makes me want to puke.

"Bah!"

Su Yue took a deep breath, spat a mouthful of phlegm, without any composure.

Unfortunately, it froze.

That should count as wet garbage.

Then, his Beast-Selecting Sinew swung, and Su Yue’s body rapidly ascended.

The speed was fast.

Even though he hadn’t officially broken through to Fourth Grade, the realm of Third Grade Great Perfection was vastly different from his previous Third Grade.

Su Yue could clearly feel a significant improvement in his strength.

This is good news!

The only downside is the high cost.

Su Yue’s account only had 1.08 million credits left.

Moreover, he still needed to clear out the dregs within his body; the cold qi accumulated inside hadn’t been removed for a long time.

Yan Chenyun was busy, unable to serve him often, so Su Yue had to handle all this himself.

During his training, he secretly estimated.

To completely purify the accumulation inside, he’d need around seven to eight Purification Pills.

And to remove the cold qi, he’d need at least 20 Cold-Driving Pills.

Calculating that, it’s 140,000 credits.

Su Yue felt as if destiny had assaulted him a hundred times.

I risked life and limb to accumulate 1.3 million credits—was it easy?

Is this the curse of destiny?

To bear the weight of a crown, one must pay the price?

To run faster than everyone else, you must be poorer than them.

Wait... that’s not right; I’m not that poor.

Wang Lu Feng and others are truly impoverished.

Along the way, as Su Yue wandered in thought, he returned to the Hidden Eagle Combat Camp.

It’s cold!

Wet and cold!

That’s the cold qi inside acting up, but aside from discomfort, Su Yue didn’t feel much harm.

Maybe because he has more Qi nodes, he can suppress it.

But now he’s not in a battle; there’s no guarantee—if the moisture affects combat, it would be a big loss.

Therefore, no matter how much money it costs, Su Yue must clear away the cold qi.

"Su Yue, be honest, is there some kind of cheat at the bottom of the cliff?"

Jia Weisu stared at Su Yue as if he were looking at a monster.

Yes, a monster indeed.

He’s seen a lot but a training speed like Su Yue’s is unprecedented.

calories of Qi Blood.

He’s a college student; just saying it would shock people.

Jia Weisu is over 40 years old.

He’s part of the Cangyuan Sixth Camp, the ace combat unit of Yan Gui Corps.

But Jia Weisu’s Qi Blood is only 2987 calories!

Look, it seems to be 900 more calories than Su Yue.

But you should know, Su Yue isn’t even 20 years old, he has 20 years less training than me.

Twenty years, and the gap is merely 900 calories.

Curse it!

Who knows when Su Yue might catch up? It’s simply disheartening.

I, Jia Weisu, have trained for 20 years only to end up with nothing worth mentioning.

"No cheat, but there’s a golden thigh, soft and fluffy, haha!

"Brother Jia, I probably won’t be coming for a while, goodbye!"

Su Yue waved goodbye and dashed away.

Got to rush for the sauna.

Speaking of which, Su Yue felt a bit sorry for the sauna point’s owner.

Last time, while soaking in the bath, clearly in warm water, after ten minutes there were ice flakes floating which startled the owner.

The urgent matter is to remove the cold qi first.

How exactly to break through!

Ah!

Clueless.

...

Back in West City, it’s already midnight!

At the bathing center, walking through the procedures, dawn has come.

Su Yue felt bad about letting the bath scrubber rub his back, since his body was too cold—wouldn’t want to harm others.

But the cold qi inside Su Yue’s body was imperceptible to others; only a Ninth Grade expert could detect it.

Today’s task plan was to first purchase the pills, have a good spending spree.

Cold-Driving Pills.

Su Yue had already ordered last night; they might arrive today.

Su Yue couldn’t afford to buy all 20 pills at once; it pained him too much.

Taking one step at a time.

After breakfast, Su Yue returned to West Martial, and just as he entered the campus, Sima Lingling was on her morning run.

Su Yue found it perplexing.

Given the martial artist’s training volume, there’s really no need for such minor exercise as a morning run.

Perhaps it’s a habit, but Sima Lingling kept at it.

"Back?

"How is it? How long until you break through to 2000 calories?"

Seeing Su Yue, Sima Lingling ran over to ask. 𝐟𝕣𝗲𝕖𝕨𝗲𝐛𝗻𝗼𝐯𝗲𝚕.𝗰𝚘𝐦

Though she asked, Sima Lingling had an estimate in mind.

Given Su Yue’s training speed, he might need about three more months of training since the martial artist pressing through the Qi ring trains particularly slowly.

This is a path of madness.