Chapter 7: An Absolute Piece of Trash

Su Lang joined a queue and began to wait.

There were too many people, and from time to time, Formal Martial Artists would bring their juniors to cut in line using their privileges, making the queue move even slower.

Su Lang waited for a full three hours before it was his turn.

"Hello."

Su Lang handed his identity card to the heavily made-up woman behind the window.

"What Rank of allowance are you claiming?"

The heavily made-up woman asked in a numb tone.

"Primary Body Tempering."

Su Lang offered a smile and touched the crystal next to the window; the crystal lit up with a single white dot.

This type of crystal could accurately determine a Martial Artist's strength. In the Body Tempering Realm, it always displayed white dots, with the quantity determining the Rank.

"Hm? It really is Primary Body Tempering."

The heavily made-up woman exclaimed in surprise, a flash of contempt crossing her eyes as she looked at Su Lang.

"Ahem, could you please hurry up?"

Su Lang caught that trace of disdain, and his expression instantly turned cold, feeling somewhat annoyed.

"Su Lang? You're twenty years old and only at Primary Body Tempering. Do you have Ordinary Aptitude or Trash Aptitude?"

As the heavily made-up woman spoke, she took out 10 gold coins and placed them under the window. She made no attempt to lower her voice, so everyone around heard her.

"So old and only at Primary Body Tempering? It must be Trash Aptitude for sure!"

"With that kind of trash Aptitude, coming to collect an allowance is a real waste of resources."

"Exactly, don't even think about making a Breakthrough to the Martial Artist Realm in this lifetime. Advanced Body Tempering is the limit."

"Right, right, right. Even if you collect the allowance for a few more years, you might not even reach Intermediate Body Tempering."

"…"

Immediately, someone voiced their mockery.

"Heh!"

Su Lang sneered, "You're all quite old yourselves, aren't you still just in Body Tempering?"

"Is that the same thing?"

A similarly young man with a braid tugged at his collar and clamored, "I am a Quasi-Martial Artist, how can you, a piece of trash, compare to me!?"

"Wow, so young and already a Quasi-Martial Artist, stronger than the Peak of Body Tempering. What a Genius!"

"Yeah, this is a Martial Artist reserve; it's incredible."

"Handsome, what's your name? Do you need someone to run errands?"

"…"

The surrounding Body Tempering practitioners immediately exclaimed in amazement, looking at the braided man with envy.

"See that!"

The braided man tilted his chin up, looking at Su Lang with extreme disdain, "This is the Realm you'll have to strive for your whole life!"

Su Lang glanced at him, and the braided man's attribute panel immediately appeared.

【Name】: Yang Shi

【Race】: Human

【Aptitude Rank】: Medium Grade

【Realm Rank】: Quasi-Martial Artist

【Attack Rank】: Quasi-Martial Artist

【Defense Rank】: Quasi-Martial Artist

【Movement Rank】: Quasi-Martial Artist

【Stamina Rank】: Quasi-Martial Artist

【Cultivation Technique Mastered】: Boundless Heart Sutra

"Medium Grade? Trash."

Su Lang rolled his eyes.

The Medium Grade Aptitude was three to four hundred times slower than his own flawless Cultivate speed. Compared to him, it was truly an absolute piece of trash!

"Yo ho, talking back, are we?"

Yang Shi stepped forward and patted Su Lang on the shoulder, laughing, "Right, you're a Genius, you're the Genius, a born piece of trash."

"Hehe."

Su Lang sneered, "Since you say I'm a piece of trash, why don't we make a bet."

"A bet? I like it!"

Yang Shi clapped his hands, "What are we betting on? I'm in!"

Su Lang said indifferently, "Let's bet on how long it takes me to make a Breakthrough from Primary Body Tempering to Intermediate Body Tempering. The stake is 50 gold coins."

"Fine, I bet!"

Yang Shi sneered, "I bet it takes you ten years to make a Breakthrough from Primary Body Tempering to Intermediate Body Tempering. If you succeed, come to the Puyuan Villa District in the north of the city and find me, Yang Shi, and I'll give you fifty gold coins!"

"If you can't do it, I won't make things difficult for you; just strip naked and run three laps around the Martial Artist Alliance Tower, shouting 'I am a Genius' while you run, so everyone can get to know you. How about that!"

"Good, that's a good idea!"

"Strip naked and shout 'I am a Genius'? That's very exciting, not a bad idea!"

"Right, right, right, just thinking about that scene makes me want to laugh!"

"…"

The onlookers began to jeer.

None of them believed that Su Lang could make a Breakthrough to Intermediate Body Tempering within ten years.

Everyone began to Cultivate as soon as they were old enough to understand, while Su Lang, already over twenty, had only reached Primary Body Tempering after more than ten years of Cultivating. How could he possibly spend even less time to make a Breakthrough to a more difficult Realm?