Volume One, Chapter 12: Stronger Than the Military Academy's Top Prodigy? Must Be Cheating!
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Of course, Murong Nanci was not the only one who understood the intricacies involved.
Several deeply concealed powerhouses in Northwind City knew the truth just as well.
Though these figures had not shown themselves, they were watching every move unfolding here from the shadows.
At that very moment, Lin Yao remained calm and composed despite being the center of attention. Zhu Zhihan stood obediently beside him, her beautiful eyes filled with trust and admiration for him.
As it turned out, while frantically grinding levels in the Newcomer Trial Grounds, he had already planned how to deal with a situation like this should he encounter one upon his return.
His strategy was simple:
Copy the answer sheet—Murong Nanci’s answer sheet.
The reason Murong Nanci had set the record back then was that she had practiced Energy Bullet for a long time, refining her energy to an astonishing degree and developing immensely powerful mental strength. Her combat ability had consequently become extraordinary as well.
Therefore, Lin Yao could simply claim that his mastery of the universal skill Energy Bullet had surpassed Murong Nanci’s, which was why he had been able to set an even higher record!
What made things even better was that he possessed the Attribute Doubling talent. With it, he could put on a convincing public display of just how formidable his Energy Bullet was.
Lin Yao coughed twice, then began spouting solemn nonsense without the slightest hint of embarrassment.
“Principal Lu, fellow principals, teachers, and students, I really don’t have any particularly special secrets to success.”
“As for reaching Level 8 in one go within the Newcomer Trial Grounds, that was merely because I train diligently in my daily life, and because I fought alongside my beasts with all my strength during the trial.”
The principals grew incredibly excited upon hearing this.
Exactly! This was what they had wanted to hear!
More precisely, what they truly wanted to know was how Lin Yao trained so diligently in his everyday life.
Could it be that, like Guardian Murong Nanci, Lin Yao had mastered some cultivation method even more astonishing than the Energy Bullet training method?
Principal Lu Zhengting eagerly pressed him for an answer. “Student Lin Yao, would you mind telling us how you usually train?”
The moment he finished speaking, everyone present turned toward Lin Yao in unison.
Unlike that little bastard Wang Dongzhe, Lin Yao had not come out with any nonsense such as, “My success cannot be replicated.”
Instead, he generously shared his cultivation method.
“Ahem… Actually, I don’t have any secrets. I simply persist in cultivating with the Energy Bullet training method.”
Lin Yao’s answer detonated in the hall like a nuclear bomb!
The Energy Bullet training method! It was the Energy Bullet training method yet again!
Upon hearing this, Han Yanran could not help glancing at Murong Nanci.
After all, this method had originated with Murong Nanci herself.
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Wang Guangyang furrowed his brows and muttered in a low voice, “The Energy Bullet training method is excellent, but it has quite a few limitations.”
Murong Nanci nodded lightly. “Exactly.”
As she spoke, a rare trace of approval flashed through her eyes. She walked straight toward Lin Yao, who remained the center of attention.
The moment Murong Nanci stopped before Lin Yao, the entire hall erupted once more!
The two record-holders in the history of the Newcomer Trial Grounds had appeared together in the same frame for the first time ever!
Murong Nanci glanced at Lin Yao, then spoke in an indifferent tone. “Everyone should already understand the effects of the Energy Bullet training method. However, you may not be fully aware of its limitations.”
Principal Lu Zhengting had clearly developed a strong interest in this universal skill, which he had previously regarded as unimportant.
As soon as Murong Nanci finished speaking, Lu Zhengting could not help asking, “Guardian Murong, what do you mean?”
Lu Zhengting and the others were naturally very familiar with the training method itself.
However, judging from Murong Nanci’s words, did this method possess other hidden restrictions?
Murong Nanci shook her head lightly. “I made all the information regarding the training method public long ago. I have never held anything back.”
“However, anyone who uses this method will encounter a series of ‘pain points.’ First, this training method requires slow, painstaking effort—the first year yields almost no results at all.”
Many of the principals, teachers, and senior students nodded repeatedly upon hearing this.
The reason they had not devoted much time to the Energy Bullet training method in the beginning was that they simply could not see any progress at first.
Many students had originally intended to grit their teeth and keep practicing for a year to see what would happen.
But forget about persevering for an entire year—many of them could not even manage to go to bed early and rise early for three months, much less practice a training method that produced almost no results for a full year.
At this point, Murong Nanci brought up the second pain point.
“Cultivating with the Energy Bullet training method is like sailing against the current: stop advancing, and you begin to retreat. If you interrupt your practice even for a single day, it will take several days to make up for the lost progress.”
“After enduring the first year, which brings almost no gains whatsoever, the second year will yield some results, but they will still be pitifully small. That is because you are still in the accumulation stage of quantitative change, far from reaching the threshold at which qualitative change occurs.”
Many senior students nodded deeply in agreement.
With other cultivation methods, progress could generally be seen and felt.
But improving through the Energy Bullet training method was not only an agonizing process; it was also tantamount to wagering one’s youth on an uncertain future.
Under such circumstances, naturally few people could persevere to the end.
Just as everyone was sighing with emotion, Murong Nanci revealed the final pain point.
“I said long ago that those who practice the Energy Bullet training method must endure until quantitative change gives rise to qualitative change. Otherwise, all their previous efforts will be wasted. But while this is easy to say, it is extraordinarily difficult to accomplish.”
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“Every Beast Tamer is different, and no one can guarantee that three years of grueling practice with the Energy Bullet training method will necessarily complete the accumulation of quantitative change and trigger qualitative change.”
“So, among the students here, I doubt there are many who can persist in cultivating with the Energy Bullet training method every single day throughout all three years of high school, are there?”
When her voice fell, only one student in the entire hall raised his hand. Everyone else lowered their heads.
Ultimately, this path of cultivation tested a person’s perseverance and self-discipline above all else.
Ordinary students, and even elite students, rarely possessed the astonishing willpower and determination required to endure this kind of arduous training day after day for three full years.
Of course, the person raising his hand was not Lin Yao.
Lin Yao had already proven, through his dazzling results, how much time and effort he had devoted to the Energy Bullet training method. There was no need for him to raise his hand and make a declaration.
The one who had raised his hand was Bai Jinghao, one of the two prodigiously talented twins of the Bai family.
By then, Bai Jinghao was already a Level 6 Beast Tamer, only one step away from Level 7.
In a sense, he had also demonstrated the effectiveness of the Energy Bullet training method through his own impressive achievements.
However, Bai Jinghao had not raised his hand merely to prove the method’s uniqueness. He also intended to use this opportunity to publicly challenge Lin Yao!
Bai Jinghao slowly lowered his right hand. A fist-sized, deep-blue Energy Bullet immediately condensed in his palm.
When this was done, he demanded in a harsh voice, “I have serious doubts that Student Lin Yao is lying! Ever since the first day I entered high school, I have cultivated with the Energy Bullet training method alongside other methods.”
“To this day, I spend at least one hour every day practicing the Energy Bullet training method. I have never once interrupted it throughout my entire high-school career!”
“The process has been extremely painful and agonizing! I believe that, like me, Student Lin Yao possesses extraordinary willpower and self-discipline beyond that of ordinary people.”
“But I do not believe that, over the same period of time, Student Lin Yao could have cultivated this universal skill to a level several grades higher than mine!”
After all, Bai Jinghao was the number-one genius of the military-affiliated high school. He had practiced the Energy Bullet skill throughout his entire high-school career.
Lin Yao, by contrast, had remained obscure throughout high school, only rising to prominence and astonishing everyone this time.
Logically speaking, his talent could not possibly surpass Bai Jinghao’s!
Even if Lin Yao had also persisted with the Energy Bullet training method for three years, that alone should not have enabled him to achieve such dazzling results in the Newcomer Trial battlefield.
The moment Bai Jinghao finished speaking, Wang Dongzhe immediately leaped forward and demanded harshly, “Lin Yao, did you discover some kind of loophole in the Newcomer Trial Grounds and cheat by taking advantage of it?!”
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