Martial Artist: Stronger by Coasting Along-Chapter 303 - 72: Spear Grandmaster

Otherwise, the gap between Ming Cheng, who has awakened the Spiritual Realm, and Zhang Lingfeng, how could it be getting wider and wider? If she hadn’t seen it with her own eyes, she wouldn’t have believed it at all.

"Ming Cheng."

Chu Yuyan called out.

"Teacher Chu."

Ming Cheng was overwhelmed with shame, aware that Chu Yuyan had surely seen everything just now. He had intended to make Zhang Lingfeng a laughingstock and let everyone in Jibei Prince’s Mansion know he could redeem his honor. Who knew, he ended up humiliating himself and reaping what he had sown.

"Did you really release the Spiritual Realm just now?"

Chu Yuyan couldn’t help but ask.

She kept feeling that even if it was a newly-formed realm, it couldn’t be so weak. Zhang Ling Feng stood within the realm, completely unaffected, as if Ming Cheng’s Spiritual Realm was nonexistent.

So much so that she couldn’t help asking this way.

"Puh!"

Ming Cheng, with a blockage of blood in his chest, upon hearing Chu Yuyan’s words, couldn’t control himself and spurted out a mouthful of blood, fainting on the spot with his limbs twitching a few times uncontrollably.

"You... are so useless."

Chu Yuyan cursed out loud, feeling wronged by Ming Cheng.

...

"He defeated Ming Cheng with just one spear strike."

"Ming Cheng’s Spiritual Realm has no effect on him?"

"Hahaha, it seems in this period, Zhang Ling Feng has been working hard on spear intent. His mastery of the Power of Heaven and Earth far surpasses Ming Cheng’s Spiritual Realm, only in this way can Ming Cheng’s Spiritual Realm have no influence on him."

The King of North of the River, upon learning what happened, couldn’t help but laugh.

No matter how wise and godlike, he could never have guessed that Zhang Lingfeng’s Bloodline Power had already transformed into advanced bloodlines, and his Combat Power had thus broken through the 1100.0 threshold.

"In the next half month, you go busy yourself with other matters. I’ll find someone to teach Zhang Lingfeng to refine spear intent."

Spoke the King of North of the River.

"Yes."

Chu Yuyan had no objections.

Zhang Lingfeng had already formed spear intent and could easily defeat Ming Cheng, who had awakened the Spiritual Realm. At this stage, even if his cultivation stagnated, he could still achieve good results in the national exams.

Now the King of North of the River does not hope for Zhang Lingfeng to make another breakthrough. He just hopes he can consolidate his current strength well. 𝚏𝕣𝕖𝚎𝚠𝚎𝚋𝚗𝐨𝐯𝕖𝕝.𝕔𝐨𝕞

Obviously, consolidating spear intent has become more important than consolidating Bloodline Power.

The next day, Zhang Lingfeng went to the Cultivation Room once again.

Chu Yuyan was nowhere to be seen, replaced by a middle-aged man.

The middle-aged man, holding a black long spear, upon seeing Zhang Lingfeng enter, without a word, swiftly wielded the long spear, stirring the surrounding Power of Heaven and Earth, sweeping towards Zhang Lingfeng.

Zhang Lingfeng knew that within the Jibei Prince’s Mansion, no one dared to harm him. If a traitor could infiltrate the Jibei Prince’s Mansion, the entire Jiangbei Province would already be in chaos.

This middle-aged man was testing him.

He sensed the surrounding Power of Heaven and Earth, forming ropes driven by the middle-aged man’s long spear, attempting to bind him.

He quickly deflected with one spear strike.

Also releasing waves of spear intent, two forces of Heaven and Earth clashed with each other.

With a bang.

Zhang Lingfeng retreated a few steps.

The middle-aged man remained unmoved, but his eyes were filled with immense surprise.

Although he didn’t exert his full strength, as a Spear Grandmaster, he had long awakened the Third Layer of spear intent. Though he seemed to have used only the First Layer just now, in reality, as a Spear Grandmaster, his control of the surrounding Power of Heaven and Earth was comprehensive.

Unexpectedly, Zhang Lingfeng could divert some strength from it, although unable to block his attack. But at his age, in a Fourth-tier Province place like this, it was already quite commendable.

"My name is Guo Wei, the King of North of the River asked me to come to teach you cultivation."

Guo Wei said.

His aura was steady, speaking of the King of North of the River with neither arrogance nor inferiority, unlike Ao Dagang and others, who were full of reverence for the King of North of the River.

Zhang Lingfeng could vaguely perceive that Guo Wei had a powerful Power of Heaven and Earth, constantly resonating with his body.

It seemed as though Guo Wei’s mind had already undergone a Demon Realm metamorphosis.

Of course, this was merely Zhang Lingfeng’s personal conjecture.

"Student Zhang Lingfeng, greetings to Teacher Guo."

Zhang Lingfeng replied respectfully.

"The King of North of the River told me, your talent is outstanding, achieving the Bone Realm from a beginner Martial Artist in less than a year, becoming both a Master of Gun Technique and a Body Tempering Master, even being a Mental Telekinesis Master, awakening Spiritual Power, and now mastering the Spear Intent Power, becoming the strongest Martial Dao student in Jiangbei Province."

Guo Wei said with his hands behind his back.

"You overpraise me."

Zhang Lingfeng smiled.

"In a Fourth-tier Province, you are indeed a top-tier genius, but in a Third-tier Province, there are at least a hundred Martial Dao students like you. In a Second-tier Province, your current strength wouldn’t even qualify for the national exams, let alone in a First-tier Province, where you couldn’t even get a slot for the provincial exams."

Guo Wei changed his tone.

"Ah?"

"Eh, is the gap that big?"

This sudden turn almost made Zhang Lingfeng twist his waist.

"The reality is much harsher than I say. The Martial Dao students in Second-tier and First-tier Provinces, many have been cultivating in academies from the start. Their potential is beyond estimation for those from the Third and Fourth-tier Provinces."

Guo Wei said seriously.

"This... then how could we compete?"

Zhang Lingfeng asked in shock.

The King of North of the River told him that those who take the national exams could all cultivate in the academy, with time decided based on individual strength and potential. Now Guo Wei said that in the First and Second-tier Provinces, Martial Dao students could enter the academy without taking the national exams.

The disparity in resources was simply unimaginable, to an absurd degree.

"Grit your teeth and compete."

Guo Wei replied.