The next day, Zhang Haoran entered the Martial Arts Arena again. He first summoned a dummy and practiced Dividing Tendons and Misplacing Bones Hand and Luo Han Fist for over an hour.
Then, he began to practice "Seven Star Step," the prerequisite Martial Arts School for Spiral Nine Shadows.
Seven Stars Steps is a movement technique, also considered a type of lightness skill. However, it focuses on short-distance bursts and evasion during close-quarters combat. It is particularly effective in close-quarters combat.
But it also has a drawback: it is, after all, only a movement technique and not suited for long-distance sprints.
However, it can still achieve wall-climbing and roof-running. This movement technique is incredibly subtle, especially its final form, Seven Star Moon Step, which allows one to take seven steps in mid-air, with a sudden burst in speed.
Although he cannot yet perform Seven Star Moon Step, he has a premonition. Once he can perform Seven Star Moon Step, his Pile Stance should also be able to reach the Zhan Kong Realm.
Moreover, the two complement each other. Even if Pile Stance reaches the Zhan Kong Realm, it only allows for a brief stay in the air in one place. Even if one can move in the air, the speed is very underwhelming.
But Seven Star Moon Step is inherently an aerial movement technique; within seven steps, the speed is extremely fast, far exceeding the burst speed on the ground. Whether used for escaping or pursuing an enemy, the effect is excellent.
Flying in the air—this is the dream of all humans. With a fervent heart, Zhang Haoran adjusted his Cultivate time in the Martial Arts Arena.
He would Cultivate Seven Star Step for two hours, then Dividing Tendons and Misplacing Bones Hand and Luo Han Fist for one hour.
Aside from time for eating and sleeping, Zhang Haoran dedicated all his time to Cultivate. A week passed in a flash.
A week of intense Cultivate yielded significant results. First, Dividing Tendons and Misplacing Bones Hand and Luo Han Fist, though not yet at Minor Achievement, were very close.
Seven Stars Steps had also been practiced quite well. He could barely perform Seven Star Moon Step, but only able to take one step in the air.
However, this could be considered a trump card in combat. The speed of taking this step in mid-air is twice that of the speed on the ground.
This sudden acceleration effect, whether used for surprise attacks or for escaping, can catch the opponent off guard.
When Zhang Haoran was able to take a step in mid-air and suddenly accelerate, he was already on the verge of reaching the Pile Stance Zhan Kong Realm.
When he can take a second step in the air, his Pile Stance will reach the Zhan Kong Realm.
On this day, as Zhang Haoran was diligently working towards the impending Zhan Kong Realm, the System suddenly transmitted a large wave of information to him.
He carefully read the information in his mind. This was a commission message from the Ten Thousand Realms Building.
The general meaning was that several important figures were looking for sparring partners for their descendants.
That's right, sparring partners. And the requirement was that they had not yet entered the Transcendent realm.
To be honest, given the scale of the Ten Thousand Realms Building, finding experts is easy. But finding someone who has not yet entered the Transcendent realm is truly difficult.
Zhang Haoran was among the latest batch of Transmigration individuals. It had been over two months, and he still hadn't become Transcendent. Even if he wasn't the only one, he was pretty close.
Even if others hadn't entered the Transcendent realm, they were still striving and seizing the time to enter it. Who had the leisure to be a sparring partner for others?
But Zhang Haoran was different; he had the ability to enter the Transcendent realm at any time, but the System restricted him from doing so.
Most importantly, he had the time to complete the commission.
The information from the System stated that sparring partners would earn 100 value points per hour, and he was allowed to use value points in the Martial Arts Arena. Otherwise, what was the point of earning money if there was nowhere to spend it?
Although the earned value points could only be used in the Martial Arts Arena, Zhang Haoran was very satisfied. So, he happily accepted the task issued by the System.
The next prompt, however, left Zhang Haoran a bit stunned, because being a sparring partner required his true body to enter.
He was hesitating whether to enter with his true body first, earn money after an hour, and then exchange for a dummy body.
At this point, the System very humanely gave a prompt: he could first borrow 100 value points from the System to purchase a dummy body, but he would need to repay 110 value points within a week.
There was no need to consider this at all. Now that he had a channel to earn value points, it was better to borrow from the System than to save those ten value points and risk being discovered.
Zhang Haoran unhesitatingly borrowed 100 value points from the System to purchase a dummy body. He first exited the Martial Arts Arena, then entered with his true body.
Entering the Martial Arts Arena with his true body for the first time felt incredibly good.
How to put it? Even standing still here, the effect of nourishing Qi and blood was no worse than nourishing it with full effort outside.
It's no exaggeration to say that here, one can become stronger even while sleeping. Perhaps it's not that the conditions here are too good, after all, this is just the most basic Martial Arts Arena. It can only be said that the environment on Earth is too poor.
Zhang Haoran took a few deep breaths. He adjusted his mood and notified the System that he was ready.
He felt the surrounding space shift. In a blur, he arrived in a new environment.
He looked around, but this place was not like Zhang Haoran's own Martial Arts Arena, where he could see to the end at a glance.
Here, he could only see two or three hundred meters; beyond that, it was obscured by hazy white mist. He could only vaguely discern the outline of a pavilion, and it faintly glowed with treasure light.
It was just obscured by the mist, completely unclear. It shouldn't be that the owner here was stingy; it was just that seeing something of too High-Rank by someone who was not yet Transcendent might not be a good thing, and it might even have some kind of effect.
Zhang Haoran had only stood there for a moment when he heard a voice from afar.
"Rui'er, go. This is the sparring partner your father found for you. You can go all out; there's no need to hold back."
As the voice faded, a young boy emerged from the white mist in the distance. He looked only fourteen or fifteen years old. His hair was tied up in a high crown, his teeth were white and his lips red, his face was like jade, and his eyes were like bright stars. He wore a pure white Dao robe, with an Eight Trigrams symbol in the center, which was the Innate Eight Trigrams. He wore cloud-patterned shoes and purple-gold Dragon-carved gauntlets on his hands.
A strong Xianxia vibe washed over him.
Just this appearance stunned Zhang Haoran. He looked at the other party, then at himself. He didn't even mention the other party's jade hairpin; even the Dao robe glowed faintly, clearly High-Rank goods.
Then he looked at himself, only wearing a set of ordinary Cultivate clothes. More importantly, what was this feeling of a Cultivator descending, preparing for a dimensionality reduction strike?
Zhang Haoran was still sizing up the other party, but he didn't notice that the other party's eyes were already eager to try. He saluted him with one hand. Without even an opening remark, he struck out with a palm.
The incident happened suddenly, and Zhang Haoran subconsciously raised his hand to block. He blocked the palm strike.
He instinctively used Dividing Tendons and Misplacing Bones Hand to grab the other party's wrist.
At this moment, he realized that he was here to be a sparring partner, not to duel with someone.
So, he withdrew some of the strength from his hand, and it was fortunate that he did. When he grabbed the other party's gauntlet, a sharp pain shot through his fingertips.
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