High Martial Arts: Grinding for the Supreme Talent

Chapter 373: Chapter 369: Rainbow Transformation Spear Technique

The top floor of the Red Dome Martial Arts Dojo.

The Hall Master’s office. This was Lin Qi’s first time here.

This was an enormous office, over 500 square meters, decorated in a classical Chinese style.

The floor was made of a special alloy, and the walls and ceiling projected an illusion of a small bridge over flowing water. The fresh scent of incense filled the air.

In the very center was the work area, with a huge black desk and a brown bookshelf.

And a tall figure standing in front of the desk.

”BEEP!”

The office door opened, and Lin Qi’s group of three entered.

The figure in front of Lin Qi turned around, revealing a handsome, middle-aged man with a ramrod-straight posture and gentle, refined features.

He wore a custom-made white robe that blended classical and modern styles.

He exuded a unique aura of effortless calm.

His disposition was quite similar to that of Xue Zhou, the Dean of the Azure Sky Sixth Institute.

Wuu Lingyun extended a broad hand and said with a smile,

”Hello, Lin Qi!”

Lin Qi extended his own hand and shook it.

”Hello, Master Wuu!”

The moment their hands clasped, Wuu Lingyun’s expression changed as an immense aura leaked from him.

”You’ve Awakened?”

Lin Qi felt a peculiar Energy flow into his body, and the power of his [Jin Feng] was involuntarily stirred.

He calmly nodded and replied,

”I just Awakened in the last couple of days!”

Nearby, Manager Sun gasped, while Yue Feng wore a look of astonishment.

”Lin Qi, you actually Awakened? How did I not notice?”

Wuu Lingyun chuckled and said,

”That’s because you’re too weak!”

He looked at Lin Qi, marveling inwardly. ’Just yesterday, we were still debating whether to upgrade him to an SS-level Contract because of his potential to Awaken. And now, he’s already done it. He’s an SS-level genius in every sense of the word.’

At this thought, his attitude became even more enthusiastic, and he said with a laugh,

”Lin Qi, from now on, you should call me Uncle Wuu!”

”Calling me Master Wuu is too formal!”

Lin Qi nodded. ”Alright, Uncle Wuu!”

Wuu Lingyun walked over to a white tea table on the side, where a brown tea set was already arranged.

The three of them sat down. Lin Qi and Wuu Lingyun sat across from each other, and Yue Feng took a seat facing them.

Wuu Lingyun placed two cups of freshly brewed hot tea in front of the two of them and then said,

”The reason I called you here today is to help you sign the SS-level Contract.”

Lin Qi accepted the teacup. Its fragrance was rich. He took a small sip, and his mind felt clear and his vision sharp.

Even the Qi Blood in his body became more active.

Lin Qi set down the cup and nodded. ”Dean Liu already told me about it!”

Manager Sun, who was standing by, placed a file on the table and simultaneously projected a large amount of information.

Wuu Lingyun nodded and said,

”I will be presiding over this signing ceremony!”

”Let me give you a brief overview of the SS-level Contract!”

”It’s completely different from the S-level Contract you signed before.”

Lin Qi nodded. He knew his S-level Contract was already different from the ones signed by Awakened geniuses like Wan Ming and Xiang Long.

To say nothing of the contract for an SS-level genius like Yu Zhuoran.

Wuu Lingyun pointed to the projected data and explained,

”Under the original SS-level Contract, you would have received 40 million Xia Country Coins in cash annually, plus resources worth 20 million Xia Country Coins.”

”A total value of 60 million Xia Country Coins!”

”However, just yesterday, the Three Great Martial Arts Dojos and the military redrafted the contract bonuses!”

”It takes effect today, and even those who have already signed a contract will be automatically upgraded.”

”Under the brand-new contract, you will receive 60 million Xia Country Coins in cash annually, plus resources worth 40 million Xia Country Coins.”

”Since SS-level geniuses develop so quickly, we’ve converted all the resources into their cash equivalent.”

”That adds up to a hundred million!”

”Lin Qi, once the contract is signed, you will immediately receive one hundred million Xia Country Coins.”

Lin Qi’s eyes lit up. He hadn’t expected such a good deal.

The contracts for all Three Great Martial Arts Dojos had been upgraded.

His S-level Contract was only for 15 million a year. An Awakened genius might get up to 25 million, and an SS-level genius might have gotten 40 million Xia Country Coins.

Now the cash portion had been increased significantly, and with unneeded resources converted to cash, it totaled a hundred million.

He was a sophomore now, so he could still collect it for three more years. That was three hundred million Xia Country Coins.

That was a huge sum of money!

Wuu Lingyun continued his explanation,

”Additionally, your discount at the Red Dome House is still 40 percent off. We can’t go any lower than that.”

”However, you will receive an additional ten million Points, which can be used to purchase Secret Techniques!”

”And at the Martial Arts Dojo...”

Wuu Lingyun went on to list various other benefits and perks.

Lin Qi checked the contract’s contents. The discount really couldn’t go any lower. Every time he made a purchase, the discount saved him tens of millions of Xia Country Coins.

And the amount of resources that geniuses like them purchased was absolutely terrifying.

He had a feeling that in the future, some resources might no longer be eligible for a discount.

As for the other benefits, they were better than nothing, but not by much.

”These are the benefits our Martial Arts Dojo is offering you.”

”And at the three top academies, you will also receive better benefits. You can ask Dean Liu about that,” Wuu Lingyun said with a smile.

Lin Qi nodded, gave the contract a quick glance, then picked up a pen and signed his name on the last page.

He then pressed his fingerprint on it and finally repeated the process on the electronic contract.

With the signing complete, Wuu Lingyun stood up and posed for a photo with Lin Qi.

”Lin Qi, as of today, you are the 36th person to sign an SS-level Contract with our Red Dome Martial Arts Dojo since we started the genius ranking system.”

Lin Qi nodded. Looking at it that way, there were quite a few SS-level geniuses in Xia Country.

The Red Dome Martial Arts Dojo had 36, so with the other two Great Martial Arts Dojos and the military, there were probably over a hundred SS-level geniuses in total.

Wuu Lingyun smiled. ”Log in to the official website now with your information. The verification should be complete in a moment.”

At the same time, he took out his smartphone and said,

”Lin Qi, let’s exchange contact info!”

”If you run into any trouble in the future that Old Yue can’t solve, you can come to me.”

Lin Qi nodded, took out his phone, and added Wuu Lingyun’s contact.

He now had the contact information for several Eighth Realm Martial Artists and over a dozen Seventh Realm Martial Artists on his phone.

He also had a large circle of geniuses who were all future High Realm Martial Artists.

He hadn’t deliberately sought them out, but he had unknowingly built a powerful network of connections.

...

A few minutes later, Yue Feng was driving Lin Qi home.

Wuu Lingyun continued to sip his tea leisurely, recalling the moment he shook hands with Lin Qi.

’It must be the Special Ability [Jin Feng].’

’To have such a strong aura right after Awakening is rare!’

’Meeting him today, he really is a dragon among men!’

’Being an SS-level genius isn’t his limit!’

’Who knows, one day he might even become an SSS-level genius.’

Thinking this, he shook his head and smiled.

’How strange. I actually think he could be upgraded to SSS-level.’

He figured it was just because Lin Qi had left such a deep impression on him.

An SSS-level genius... that was a whole other Level entirely.

Ever since Xia Country established its genius ranking system, there had been fewer than 30 SSS-level geniuses in total.

Each one was a genius among geniuses, the future of humanity.

...

「The next day.」

In the spacious living room of Villa 66.

”Brother Qi, you became an SS-level genius?”

The dark-skinned Jiangtao listened to Lin Qi’s announcement, his expression thrilled as he burst out laughing.

”Brother Qi, I knew you could become an SS-level genius!”

”Good to see the Red Dome Martial Arts Dojo has a sharp eye.”

The tall and slender Jiang Miaoyin leaped up from the sofa and said with a smile,

”Brother Lin Qi, SS-level is just the beginning! I’m sure you’ll become an SSS-level genius!”

Lin Qi then told Jiangtao about the details of the SS-level Contract.

Jiangtao’s eyes gleamed. ”A hundred million a year! That’s so much money!”

”I have to work hard too! Maybe I can become the second Unawakened SS-level genius.”

Jiang Miaoyin raised her hand. ”I’ll be the third!”

Lin Qi smiled. ”You will!”

With him as an example, if Jiangtao and Jiang Miaoyin’s Talent continued to improve, they really could become SS-level geniuses.

But they would still have to Awaken first.

...

A few minutes later, Jiangtao and Jiang Miaoyin left to go back to their Cultivation.

Lin Qi also returned to his Martial Arts Room.

On the floor were two shoe box-sized Metal Boxes.

Lin Qi verified his fingerprint and opened both boxes.

Inside the first box was a thick, silver Secret Manual—the *Thousand Calamities Atlas*.

It also contained three Scrolls, one green, one cyan, and one blue.

He took out the Scrolls. Green represented Fourth-Level Calamity Beasts, cyan represented Fifth-Level Calamity Beasts, and blue represented Sixth-Level Calamity Beasts.

An Intermediate Spiritual Technique meant that one could cultivate their Spiritual Power to the Seventh Realm.

He picked up the Secret Manual and began to browse through it.

The Cultivation method for the *Thousand Calamities Atlas* was similar to that of the *Hundred Calamities Atlas*: using visualization to fight Calamity Beasts in one’s consciousness to temper one’s Spiritual Power.

The only difference was that the Calamity Beasts visualized in the *Thousand Calamities Atlas* were of a higher level, the visualization was more complex, and the battles were more intense.

The stronger one’s Spiritual Power, the more powerful the stimulus needed to temper it.

After a quick browse, he put down the *Thousand Calamities Atlas*.

He picked up the red Secret Manual from the other box. Four elegant words were clearly written on it—*Rainbow Transformation Spear Technique*.

”SWISH!! SWISH!!”

Gazing at the four words, he felt as if countless beams of red light were shooting straight toward him in an instant.

They pierced through his body in a flash, before he could even react.

’So fast!’

Lin Qi’s Heart Spirit trembled, and he snapped back to his senses.

This was the Realm the *Rainbow Transformation Spear Technique* sought to achieve.

He began to read through it. He had studied Havier’s file in detail, so he already had some understanding of this Spear Technique.

The essence of the *Rainbow Transformation Spear Technique* lay in the two words ”Rainbow Transformation.”

It pursued a brilliant and swift style of attack, like a rainbow’s light. When executed, the Long Spear moved like a nimble ray of light, shuttling freely through the air.

It was a powerful Spear Technique that took speed to the absolute extreme.

Its philosophy was that speed is power; the faster an ordinary strike, the greater the damage to the enemy.

As long as you were fast enough, you could kill any opponent, Shuttle through Space, and be everywhere at once.

After a brief look, Lin Qi closed the Secret Manual, picked up the Tiger Slaying Spear from the wall, and began to practice the *Rainbow Transformation Spear Technique*.

”SWISH!! SWISH!!”

The fifteen forms of the *Rainbow Transformation Spear Technique* were executed one by one in his hands.

He went from clumsy to Proficient in just three repetitions.

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