Chapter 95: The Head-Retreating Turtle

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  The Royal Newcomer Hall, every year all disciples have two chances to try out. After the two trials, for more than half a year, they are free to do as they please.

  It can be closed for cultivation, or it can be tempered by accepting the tasks released by Xinxiu Hall, and rewards of corresponding levels can be obtained after completing the tasks. This kind of task is a good way to temper oneself for the disciples of Xinxiu Hall, and also an extra way to obtain spiritual medicine.

  And when encountering any problems during practice, you can also go to the Chuan Wu Tang to ask for guidance from the duty instructor, and there is no collective instruction that is like a class.

  It has to be said that this model of Xinxiu Tang is Chen Hao's most favorite one.

  ……

  Chen Hao and his three companions chose a secret manual in the Extreme Academy, but instead of accepting the task, they devoted themselves to crazy closed-door cultivation.

  The time to borrow the secret book is only three months, and this special secret book can only be learned through cultivation and layer-by-layer comprehension. Three months is really too short, and there is no possibility of renewal. Unless they obtain the third-level benefit again. So, the three people must comprehend as much as possible.

  The benefits of the Royal Newcomer's Hall are only basic and never change. However, the upgraded benefits are calculated on a monthly basis. If you receive them for the current month, but don't have any assessment next month, you can only get the basic benefits. You can only enter the first floor of the Absolute Academy. The third floor is not possible. So the three people can only try to comprehend as many secret books as possible.

  ……

  Cultivation room, Chen Hao's body shone with a dazzling brown yuan force light, his figure as fast as lightning, one punch blasted out!

  At this moment, the yuan force light around his body suddenly converged, and his fist shone with a dazzling brown light like stars!

  "Boom!"

  A dull, muffled explosion caused the entire training room to shake violently. On the wall made of special metal that was as hard as steel, a deep fist print about five centimeters in depth appeared, with almost the entire fist sunk into the wall!

  "Bang! Bang! Bang!"

  Chen Hao swiftly threw out dozens of punches like lightning, suddenly retreating to the core of the training room and letting out a soft shout: "Seal!"

  As Chen Hao let out a loud roar, he faced the thousand-jin giant stone that had been specially moved back ten steps away, spread his five fingers apart, and grasped at the air. The thousand-jin giant stone suddenly flew up into the air and shot straight towards Chen Hao!

  At the same time, Chen Hao threw out a punch!

  "Bang!"

  Rocks shattered into dust!

  "Hmm..."

  When the dust settled, Chen Huan gazed at the wall covered with dense and shallow fist prints, let out a long sigh, and a hint of relief appeared on his face.

  "For two whole months, I've mastered 'Star Shaking Fist', 'Void Seizing Palm' and 'Heart Breaking Technique'... my speed is pretty good, right? My combat power should have increased by at least 30%! I wonder how Xiaowu and Xiaomo are doing..." Chen Hao thought to himself as he pushed open the door of his training room.

  For the past two months, the three of them only met once when they went to collect their welfare last month. At other times, they did not leave their homes and relied on Biegu Dan to sustain themselves, fully devoting themselves to closed-door cultivation and contemplation.

  At this time, Chen Huan's level was rising too fast, and what he lacked most was the tempering of battle. Chen Huan was very clear about the importance of foundation. So, in this month, apart from recovering his vitality by practicing "Long Life Secret Art", and experiencing a "death" every day to practice "Shattered Heart Secret Art" to refine his willpower, he didn't make any breakthroughs. Instead, he devoted himself wholeheartedly to martial skills and mental techniques. However, even so, the fourth-grade peak of Martial Emperor and Mental Emperor was already subtly loosening. Chen Huan believed that as long as he was willing, he could break through at any time!

  Moreover, Chen Huan discovered that his unique physique of cultivating both martial arts and magic in this state where they were equally matched, although the two barriers were completely independent, yet there was a subtle connection between them. Chen Huan couldn't describe it clearly, but he could feel it. As long as he broke through any one of the barriers, the other barrier would also shatter! This feeling was very clear!

  ……

  "How is it?"

  Not long after, when He Lian Wuzi and Mo Yu Yi arrived at Chen Huan's dormitory, Chen Huan asked.

  "He Lian Wuzi said: 'I have cultivated up to the seventh layer. I was promoted to third-grade Wu Huang, and next month I should be able to cultivate to the last layer...'"

  "Not bad!"

  He Lian Wu Zi was quite satisfactory to Chen Huan, and it had to be said that this little girl's talent was indeed astonishing. She wasn't like him, special in her own way, able to achieve such heights without extremely strong innate abilities being impossible. In a small place like the He Lian family, she was indeed buried treasure. With the imperial new star hall's environment and conditions that surpassed hers by over a hundred times, Chen Huan believed that this little girl would display more and more astonishing talents.

  "I've also been promoted to the third rank of Wu Huang. I've comprehended the Eighth Layer of the Heartless Sword, but as for the eighth-grade martial art 'Pure Yang Art', I've only comprehended up to the sixth layer..." Mo Yu Yi said with a hint of regret.

  "It's still okay," Chen Hao said.

  "And you?" He Lian Wuzi asked.

  "I've finished cultivating everything. I'll return the secret manual with you all in three months. I want to go accept some tasks and gain some experience first..."

  Upon hearing Chen Huan's words, He Lian Wu Zi and Mo Yu Yi didn't show any surprise. The two had already gotten used to Chen Huan's abnormal talent, even though for the past two months they had been following Chen Huan's instructions, torturing themselves to death, crazily cultivating. But in the end, they still couldn't keep up with his pace.

  ……

  Chen Hao received his welfare and directly handed over a few sentences to He Lian Wuzi and Mo Yu Yi, then went to the Cold Moon Temple's novice disciple task release location.

  The grand hall of the palace was filled with disciples from the Cold Moon Palace, including junior, intermediate and senior disciples.

  The first day of each month is the day when the tasks of various halls in the Royal Newcomer Hall are released. Therefore, today is undoubtedly the most lively day for task release.

  "Hao Chen?"

  What surprised Chen Huan was that he had just walked to the gate of the task publishing palace when he met Fang Qing, a elegant and refined girl, again. With Fang Qing were several young men and women, Fang Qing took the lead, obviously the core of the group, walking out of the grand hall.

  "Fang Qing shi jie, what a coincidence..." Chen Hao said with a faint smile.

  "Didn't you borrow the secret recipe? What, have you hit a bottleneck?" Fang Qing said with a faint smile. Normally, disciples who borrowed the secret recipe would be in seclusion to comprehend it, unless they encountered a bottleneck and couldn't move forward, then they would use actual combat to stimulate inspiration.

  "Uh-huh." Chen Hao was slightly taken aback, but responded immediately.

  "Haven't you received your mission yet?"

  "Yes, first time!" Chen Hao said.

  "Then Master will only help you answer it again... You wait for me first." Fang Qing said to Chen Hao, then turned around and said to the disciples behind her.

  Upon hearing Fang Qing's words, several disciples looked at her with a mixture of confusion and skepticism, clearly not understanding when "Big Sister" had become so kind-hearted. People who didn't know her might be deceived by her calm and elegant demeanor, but if you really thought Fang Qing was a gentle and soft little cat, the consequences would be too pitiful...

  "Thank you, teacher! I'm troubling you again!"

  "It doesn't matter," Fang Qing said as she led Chen Hao into the mission hall.

  "Have you seen those nineteen task posting boards? Our New Show Hall's tasks are divided into nineteen levels based on their difficulty. They are also divided according to the cultivator's level, for example, the lowest first-level task is a one-product emperor-level task. To complete this kind of task, at least one-product emperor-level cultivation is required. Following this logic, ninth-level tasks correspond to nine-product emperor-level, and at least nine-product emperor-level cultivation is needed. Tenth-level corresponds to one-product martial emperor, eighteenth-level corresponds to nine-product martial emperor, and nineteenth-level is an unknown difficulty level task. These kinds of tasks are usually special tasks, and very few disciples meet the task conditions." Fang Qing said.

  "Does it mean that as a 4-star Martial Emperor, I can only accept 4-level tasks?" Chen Hao frowned slightly and said.

  "That's not necessarily the case, you can take on tasks from level one to three, it's just that the rewards are small and there's no challenge. You can also take on tasks above level five, as long as you're not afraid of death... I heard from Grandpa that your combat power is very strong, but don't think about taking on a level five task. What's your current rank?"

  "Still fourth rank!"

  "Oh?" Fang Qing was slightly surprised, but seeing Chen Huan's confident eyes, she understood what was going on and smiled slightly: "Stabilizing the lower realm is not bad either. It has its advantages and disadvantages. You are a fourth-grade imperial level, at most you can take on four-level medium-difficulty tasks. These task levels are evaluated based on the average combat power of talented disciples in the Eastern Continent at that level. Your talent is considered one of the best among us. However, our Town Yuan Kingdom is just a small country after all, compared to other kingdoms and empires' talents, it's far from... So, taking on four-level tasks that are relatively simple for you is already very dangerous, it's better to do third-level tasks to be safer. Generally speaking, most disciples take on lower-level tasks. For teams, it can be slightly higher..." Fang Qing explained.

  Chen Hao's expression was slightly stunned, even he didn't expect that the task of the Royal Newcomer Hall would contain so much information. Fang Qing's words made Chen Hao more aware of his original guess, that the Zhongyang Kingdom was after all a small country, a weak nation. And his "astonishing talent" was only considered "genius" in the Zhongyang Kingdom.

  The Eastern Continent mentioned by Fang Qing is a region divided from the Wujie Continent. The Zhongyuan Kingdom belongs to the Eastern Continent. The Wujie Continent is divided into five continents: East, West, South, North and Central, as well as overseas islands.

  Fang Qing explained it clearly to Chen Huan and then left after reminding him to be careful.

  "Is the task level evaluated based on the average combat power of Dong Dazhou's genius disciples? Great!" Chen Hao took a deep breath, and his eyes shone with a hint of sharpness as he walked towards the fourth-level task posting board.

  With this in mind, Chen Hao had a reference and a goal!

  "Hey, isn't this a humpbacked turtle?"

  When Chen Huan arrived in front of the fourth-level task release board and was scanning through each task with a piercing gaze, a voice that was both sarcastic and filled with disdain and arrogance suddenly came from beside him.

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