Chapter 2

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

After becoming a junior apprentice warrior, Lin Luo went straight to the Martial Arts Association without hesitation.

Although a Beginner Apprentice Warrior was at the bottom of the Warrior class, it still meant a lot to Lin Luo.

There were three major realms for martial artists.

Martial Apprentice, Martial Warrior, and Martial Master were the first major realms. The peak of Martial Master was already considered a strong realm.

Grandmaster, General level, and King level were the second major realm. Anyone who entered the Grandmaster level would be a national figure. They were the strongest combat power reserve of the Federation and enjoyed the highest allocation of cultivation resources.

Above these two levels were the Commander level and Demigod level. These were levels that only existed in legends. It was said that they were the secret weapons of the Federation and the last barrier for the human race.

At this moment, Lin Luo was only the weakest beginner martial apprentice.

But to him, it was still very important.

It meant a breakthrough from zero to one!

It was like being admitted to a top university or receiving a high-paying offer in his previous life.

It was the stepping stone to a new world!

It was the path of hope to escape the slums.

To be able to become a Junior Apprentice Warrior meant that one already had the ability to fight demonic beasts and had the potential to grow.

Therefore, the Martial Arts Association also gave martial apprentices a monthly allowance to encourage them to work hard in their cultivation and fight against foreign enemies.

“Hello, I’m here to receive my allowance.”

The young lady in the warrior hall raised her head slightly.

“Please show me your identity card.”

Lin Luo handed over his dirty identity card. The young lady’s professionalism wasn’t bad. She didn’t mind it at all and took it with both hands.

“Mr. Lin, is this your first time receiving one?”

“Yes, I am.”

“This is your allowance. Please keep it.”

Although the lady at the front desk did not treat a junior martial apprentice with disrespect, she did not show much respect either.

He quickly handed over ten spiritual stones with both hands.

Lin Luo’s eyes lit up when he saw the spirit stone!

In the past, even a single spiritual stone was a luxury that Lin Luo had to look up to.

They had only seen a few spiritual stones in the entire slum.

Now that he had ten pills in his hands, he could feel it was a little hot.

At the same time, Lin Luo wasn’t the only one excited. Even the system was excited.

[Automatic detection of spirit stone balance… Balance: 10]

[Dear host, I will now introduce the system’s advanced functions to you.]

[Your ‘one-click to cultivate dantian’ function can be upgraded.]

[It is recommended that you upgrade to the second level. Your cultivation speed will double from 100 spiritual energy points per hour to 200 spiritual energy points per hour. There is a limited-time discount, and you only need to top up 100 spiritual stones!]

[Your ‘one-click learning’ function is waiting to be activated.]

[The ‘one-click learning’ function can automatically learn any martial arts technique for you. No matter how low your IQ is, you only need to top up 100 spiritual stones, and you will become a martial arts genius in minutes!]

This sure was a real money-hungry system!

He had just received ten spiritual stones, and here it was, promoting two functions to him. It was as though it was promoting cards.

“And low IQ? Who are you kidding? I’ve lived two lives; how can my IQ be low?”

However, these two functions were very attractive to Lin Luo.

The doubling of his cultivation speed meant that he could become a Martial Warrior or even a Martial Master faster.

The one-click learning function could save him a lot of time learning martial arts techniques and quickly learning a skill.

“Hello, I’d like to ask again. How much are the subsequent allowances?”

“Follow-up?”

The lady at the front desk was a little confused.

“It’s after I level up and break through to the martial artist stage.”

Lin Luo said embarrassedly. He was a little embarrassed.

It seemed that very few martial artists would care so much about this little allowance.

“There’s no need to wait until the warrior stage.” The young lady explained patiently.

“A middle-ranked apprentice martial artist gets a monthly allowance of 50 spiritual stones. A high-ranking apprentice warrior gets a monthly allowance of 100 spiritual stones.”

“If you break through to the warrior level, you will be rewarded with 1000, 3000, and 10000 spiritual stones for the beginner, intermediate, and advanced stages of the warrior level, respectively.”

“So many!”

Lin Luo was so shocked that he couldn’t care less about his country bumpkin-like shock.

The young lady was used to it and explained casually, “High-level martial artists can form hunting teams and actively hunt demonic beasts for the Federation to obtain battle merits.

“The Federation will provide the best allowance and welfare for every great martial artist.

“Spirit stones are stored and not used. They are inanimate objects. Only by using it for cultivation can the nation resist foreign enemies and protect our home.”

The young lady’s words seemed to have been trained and memorized, and there was no emotion in them.

However, Lin Luo admired the magnanimity of the current leader of the Federation.

At the same time, he also had a new understanding of the ranks of martial artists, especially high-level martial artists!

“System, with my current automatic cultivation speed, how long will it take for me to break through to the warrior stage?” Lin Luo asked in his heart.

Seven days? A month?

Lin Luo kept guessing as he waited for the system’s reply.

[A beginner martial artist only needs to cultivate 10000 spiritual energy points. With your current cultivation speed of 100 spiritual energy points per hour, you will automatically break through in four days!]

Four days!

He had once heard that martial apprentices from large families had to cultivate for at least a year before they even had hope of breaking through to the primary level.

He only needed four days?

That felt so good!

Looking at Lin Luo’s smug and hopeful expression, the lady at the front desk sighed silently in her heart.

She had seen countless people dream of becoming martial artists, martial masters, and great heroes after breaking through to martial apprentice.

However, the reality was cruel, where cultivation was a matter of comprehension and perseverance. How could an ordinary person break through without spending at least three to five years?

…

Lin Luo didn’t go home immediately. Instead, he went to the restaurant and called Lin Meng’er, who was washing the dishes, and Mr. Zhang, who was slaughtering the pigs, to the backyard.

“You little brat! You still know how to come back! If you dare to skip work again, I’ll…”

“Mr. Zhang, look, What’s this?”

Lin Luo didn’t wait for Mr. Zhang to finish speaking. He took out two spiritual stones and stuffed them into his hands.

Mr. Zhang frowned.

“Where did you get these? Did you steal them or rob someone?”

Although Mr. Zhang looked fierce, he knew Lin Luo and Lin Meng’er were orphans.

In the depths of his heart, he actually treated Lin Luo like half a child.

His brows were tightly furrowed, and his expression was grave.

“Mr. Zhang, I’ve broken through to the rank of Beginner Martial Apprentice. This is the allowance from the Martial Arts Association.”

Lin Luo took out the remaining eight pills and waved them in front of Mr. Zhang.

“What? you broke through?”

Mr. Zhang quickly checked. As expected, spirit Qi was flowing in Lin Luo’s body. This was the sign of a breakthrough to the beginner apprentice warrior level.

“I didn’t expect that there would be a day when I, Zhang Hao, would be wrong. Not bad, not bad at all!”

“I’ve seen it before. Your aptitude was trash. I didn’t expect you to step into the martial apprentice realm. Not bad!”

Mr. Zhang smiled.

He was truly happy.

Lin Luo’s breakthrough meant that Lin Luo and Lin Meng’er could live a good life in the future.

“Mr. Zhang, once we return the spirit stones to you, Meng’er and I will resign. We won’t be working in the restaurant anymore.”

Lin Luo immediately stuffed two pills into his mouth as a way of thanking Mr. Zhang for taking care of him for so many years.

However, he didn’t expect Mr. Zhang to return the spirit stones.

“I used to be a warrior, so I have some savings. These spirit stones are nothing to me. You can keep them.”

Lin Luo was stunned.

He didn’t hesitate and directly took back the spirit stones.

“Thank you, Mr. Zhang. I will definitely repay you in the future!”

“There’s no need for that. You just have to take good care of Meng’er.”

Mr. Zhang still didn’t know that his small friendship today would bring him a return of a thousand times or ten thousand times in the future!

A few years later, Mr. Zhang, who had become an honored guest of the country, bragged to everyone he met at a banquet.

“In the past, the human king still owed me a spirit stone!”