Fuse it?
Ye Tian dared not fuse just yet because he did not know the reaction. It was safer to fuse somewhere secluded.
The academy was loosely managed, indifferent to students' attendance; even if one didn't come, it was fine.
In fact, once students learned Body Tempering Method, most trained on their own. The teachers did not have time to personally guide everyone.
This was the situation at Fifth Academy; it would be very different at the First Academy.
Strictly speaking, the First Academy was a true academy; the others were more like larger martial arts gyms.
Back home, Ye Yu was reading martial arts knowledge left by their parents, preparing for training two years later.
Ye Tian entered his room alone and locked the door.
"Fuse!"
Boom!
An unknown power surged through Ye Tian's body, sweeping from head to toe.
Pain!
Endless agony flooded his mind; his body felt like it would explode.
"Damn, I didn't expect fusing copied Talent to be so painful!"
Ye Tian cursed silently.
But despite the pain, he fused without hesitation. This was an unprecedented transformation of Talent, like being reborn. A little pain was nothing!
"Brother, what's wrong?"
Ye Yu seemed to notice and softly asked outside the door.
"Nothing!" Ye Tian gritted his teeth.
He dared not cry out in pain; otherwise, he could not explain.
Fortunately, the pain came fast and went fast. After ten minutes, the pain gradually faded, replaced by a pleasant feeling, like the joy of intimacy.
Of course, Ye Tian did not forget the most important thing.
He immediately checked his Talent status.
Human: Ye Tian
Cultivation Talent: Intermediate-grade Talent
Seeing the virtual display, Ye Tian was excited.
No longer Weak-grade Talent, it meant his Talent truly changed, giving him infinite potential.
Martial Artist, Elite Martial Artist, Great Martial Artist were no longer limits. As long as he kept fusing new Talents, he would become greater than a Great Martial Artist in the future.
"One month. I need one month before I can Copy Talent again!"
This was the message from Copying Talent.
In other words, he could copy one Talent every month.
"Let's test the training speed of Intermediate-grade Talent!"
Ye Tian couldn't wait to try.
Actually, after first mastering the eighteen Body Tempering Method moves yesterday, he tried but only felt slight numbness. Without his strong soul, he might not have felt anything.
Because the effect was so weak, he came to class again today to check if he had trained incorrectly.
Unfortunately, he hadn't trained wrongly; his slow training speed meant little effect without long practice. Without Copying Talent, he wouldn't become a Martial Apprentice in a year.
"The first move!"
"The second move!"
...
Ye Tian practiced each move of Body Tempering Method in his room. The moves looked strange but were the best basic body-tempering techniques discovered through human trials.
All eighteen moves took half an hour to complete; only after completing all could tempering take effect.
Soon half an hour passed, and Ye Tian perfectly executed all eighteen moves.
When the eighteenth move finished, a warm current suddenly appeared on Ye Tian's body, slowly flowing through and tempering him.
This warm current was human potential, and Body Tempering Method effectively developed it.
But overdeveloping potential would harm the body, so the method could only be practiced ten times a day at most, and no more than three times at once, based on experience.
"No wonder Intermediate-grade Talent's training effect is a hundred times stronger than Weak-grade Talent. No wonder Chen Dong became a Martial Apprentice in half a month and gained two hundred pounds in a month!"
Ye Tian was very satisfied but knew talents above Intermediate-grade Talent existed. Such geniuses progressed at speeds he could not imagine.
So he had to work harder.
As the warm current from the first practice faded, Ye Tian began the second round of Body Tempering Method.
After three rounds, he was drenched in sweat, with faint black impurities on his body.
He took a shower, then ate ten buns.
Training Body Tempering Method consumed a lot of energy, so he had to eat more to replenish.
One month later.
A small forest near the Fifth Academy, near dusk and deserted.
Ye Tian was training here, a regular practice spot.
"Phew, finished ten rounds of Body Tempering Method today!"
Ye Tian stopped and headed to Training Ground No. 3.
The ground was filled with stones weighing one hundred, two hundred, or even three hundred pounds.
Lifting a one hundred pound stone overhead for three seconds proved strength of one hundred pound; lifting two hundred pounds meant two hundred pounds of strength—simple tests.
By the eighth day of training, Ye Tian had reached one hundred pound, entering the Martial Apprentice stage.
"Today I should be able to lift two hundred pounds. Chen Dong trains fast with the director's guidance. But I'm not bad. My Talent is a fusion of Intermediate-grade Talent and Weak-grade Talent, theoretically stronger than Chen Dong. Plus one month of perfect training every day, all ten rounds finished. Body Tempering Method grows harder to practice, and most people can't complete ten rounds daily. With Chen Dong's personality, probably only seven or eight rounds. So my progress might not be slower than his; maybe even faster."
Ye Tian thought.
After resting, he approached the two hundred pounds stone.
"Lift!"
Using all his strength, he grabbed the stone and lifted it overhead.
Holding it above his head for three seconds, he dropped the stone and collapsed, exhausted.
He knew he had two hundred pounds of strength.
"A good start. With Intermediate-grade Talent, I might become a Martial Artist in a year!"
Ye Tian clenched his fist in hope.
After resting for ten minutes, night fell, and Ye Tian left the academy, heading home.
On the street, shops were still open, lights flickering throughout the base.
There was no electricity in this era; some powerful bases used Yuan Force to replace electricity and recreated wonders from before the apocalypse.
But small bases like Seaside Base lacked this ability.
People used oil lamps or candles. Walking down such streets, Ye Tian felt as if he were in ancient times.
Suddenly-
"Ahhh! A Ferocious Beast!"
"Run for your life!" Ferocious Beast is coming!"
Fear and panic spread through the streets.
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