CHAPTER 50: CHAPTER 50: BEHIND EVERY STRONG PERSON, THERE IS A...

Zhang Li frowned, "Please don’t make it sound so shady, like we’re doing some illegal transaction. Don’t worry, someone will come to deliver the equipment to you later. Quickly sign this document. Once you’ve reached Great Perfection of your Fist Technique, you’ll be sent to Luozi Mountain for testing."

With that, Zhang Li took the employment document signed by Lu Ren and left without looking back.

Lu Ren shouted, "Hey, what about me?"

"Just wait for notification. Report when the time comes. Considering the recent frequent space quakes, the equipment will be delivered in advance."

"..."

Half an hour later, a van stopped at the villa entrance.

"Mr. Lu, I am He Li from the Logistics Department of the Security Bureau. Please sign for your equipment."

Lu Ren came out, exchanged a few pleasantries, signed for the delivery, and He Li hurriedly drove off after dropping off several large boxes.

Lu Ren carried a silver-white case in one hand and tucked two large boxes under his arm as he entered the house.

Opening one of the boxes, he saw two black tight-fitting combat suits, adorned with many black alloy armor pieces.

He tugged at them with his hand; they had excellent toughness and elasticity. Although the alloy armor pieces appeared to be only about one or two millimeters thick, they were extremely hard, with crucial body parts well protected.

Opening another box, he was hit by a cold chill and saw a waist pouch filled with nutrient pills like those in Zhang Li’s hand earlier.

No wonder when he previously saw Xiao Chen and Zhang Li, they were all carrying waist pouches; they were used to hold these nutrient pills.

"Highly Concentrated Nutrient Pills."

Lu Ren picked up the manual and looked through it carefully. It described various nutrients required by the body, but the pills were very hard, with a mercury-like sheen. It’s no wonder that alchemists in ancient times refined metal-like elixir pills; these pills are certainly not meant for the average person. Only those who cultivate in martial arts and have a strong physique can digest them.

Anyway, he didn’t really understand it.

He attempted to swallow one. Due to his increasingly robust build, as soon as the nutrient pill entered his stomach, his intestines began to wriggle and digest it endlessly.

His stomach felt warm, continuously releasing the energy required by the body.

Very good and powerful!

Opening yet another box, Lu Ren’s eyes widened as he saw the contents.

Two pistols and six magazines.

They even gave him guns?!

Interesting...

Lu Ren picked up a pistol, rubbed it thoughtfully, and carefully read the manual. He then loaded the magazine, switched off the safety, and cautiously turned it back on.

This box included matching holsters that could clip together with the combat suit, clearly designed as a set.

Another box, however, took Lu Ren by surprise.

An alloy sword, about two and a half fingers wide and three and a half feet long, its length not very different from the longsword he customized from a cold weapons store, but slightly longer.

The custom longsword was about 109 centimeters in length, while the one issued by the Security Bureau was approximately 124 centimeters long, named Yan Form.

Heavy, at least thirty kilograms, it was hard to imagine that such a sword would be issued to him.

Even on ancient battlefields, wielding such a heavy weapon would make one a first-rate warrior!

Thinking about this, Lu Ren felt somewhat vain, thinking Zhang Li has a good eye for talent after all.

This heavy sword could be used to practice Basic Swordsmanship or execute some strong and powerful sword forms more smoothly.

At least now, Lu Ren could wield it, and as his fist technique improved, his height and physique began a secondary development.

In the days that followed, he returned to the routine content of constant practice. The sixty-pound heavy sword made his physical strength deplete quickly, but in return, his Basic Swordsmanship skill level improved rapidly.

"Ding, you’ve gained +2 Skill Level for Basic Swordsmanship due to continuous high-intensity practice."

Double the happiness!

As for the Phoenix Falcon Fist, after days of endless practice, it was about to upgrade, likely exceeding his body attribute value past the threshold of 10.

This attribute point of 10 seemed to be a breakthrough in human threshold, leading to significant improvements in physical condition.

Each attribute point increases the existing attribute point by twenty-five percent. It’s unknown whether there will be changes beyond 10 points, as the improvements gained from enhancing the four-dimensional attributes will certainly be higher.

That is to say, 10 points equate to twice a normal person’s value, but post-10 points may follow a different calculation. The 10-point Spirit Attribute makes his perception far exceed that of ordinary people, and perhaps the enhancement of a single attribute seems insignificant, but when the value of all body attributes elevates, the outcome is definitely not as simple as one plus one.

Physique and Spirit are gradually surpassing normal human understanding.

Recently, Li Shu next door has been looking as if he’s dying and coming back to life, coming home late every day, and seeing Lu Ren still practicing fist techniques in the courtyard, he grits his teeth and practices even harder.

"You look really diligent!"

After completing the visualization of the Wooden Sword from Yan Zhenghua’s so-called Heartless Sword, Lu Ren looked with interest at Li Shu exercising his strength.

"I’m really exhausted now..."

Li Shu, with a hint of tears in his eyes, yet showing determination.

Lu Ren: "Then why don’t you give up?"

"I’ve spent almost one and a half million!!!!"

Li Shu cried out, tears and snot flowing, but giving up now means all previous expenses would go to waste.

As a shrewd businessman, he would never make a losing deal!

"For my skin, for my figure!!"

In his shouts, Li Shu continued to follow the Phoenix Extreme Boxing framework to stretch his tendons and temper his muscles.

In adults who haven’t exercised since childhood, the first task for those wanting to practice Martial Path is to stretch tendons and elongate muscles.

This process is quite painful and lasts at least more than three months.

Lu Ren chuckled, "At least you are being taught real skills, not like those so-called gurus online."

Shaking his head, he left Li Shu to practice on his own, went back to take a shower, and feeling refreshed, once again sat cross-legged on the balcony on the second floor with the wooden sword placed across his knees.

Time flowed like water, and after half a month, Lu Ren felt quite delighted looking at the notification sound in his mind from the system.

"Ding, after a long time visualizing the wooden sword, you have finally understood and successfully comprehend the Heartless Sword."

"Ding, due to continuous practice of the Phoenix Falcon Fist, Skill Level +1, your Phoenix Falcon Fist successfully upgrades, Phoenix Falcon Fist (Slightly Accomplished 1/8520)"

"Ding, due to an upgrade in Fist Technique Level, your Constitution Skill Level increases, your Constitution Attribute +1"

"Ding, due to an upgrade in Fist Technique Level, your Strength Proficiency increases, your Strength Attribute +1"

"Hmm!!"

Before he could feel happy, Lu Ren suddenly experienced a wave of excruciating pain as his body was being torn apart, his muscles ravaged, torn, crushed, and then repaired.

His bones felt as though being smashed by a giant hammer and then reassembled, internal organs undergoing rapid transformation, making it difficult for him to breathe and forcing him to take deep breaths to alleviate the choking sensation.

His entire body was in agony due to the sudden leap in attributes, as his body underwent rapid transformation.