The recently awakened Su Tu stretched lazily. Today was Sunday, a precious single rest day for high school seniors.
His phone suddenly started vibrating. Upon checking, he saw someone posting photos in the class group chat.
But when Su Tu saw those photos, his previously blurry thoughts instantly cleared up.
The photos posted in the group were class photos taken with the homeroom and elective teachers during a recent school event.
All other teachers' group photos were fine, except the one with the PE teacher!
Lin Feiyang clearly looked like a sunny, internet-savvy young teacher in his twenties, but in this group photo, the PE teacher appeared as a greasy, potbellied middle-aged man with a scruffy beard—completely a different person from Lin Feiyang.
"Is this Teacher Lin??"
Su Tu looked at the group photo. In the lower left corner were the names of the students and teachers, and at this moment, the PE teacher's name was not Lin Feiyang but had changed to Lin Fei.
After encountering the Martial Arts Dao and understanding the concept of heart and spirit height, Su Tu wasn't too panicked. Instead, he flipped open his album where, during several sports events, he had taken some funny photos of Lin Feiyang with the students.
Opening the album again, sure enough... the photos that originally showed Lin Feiyang had all turned into images of that potbellied middle-aged man!
"Hahahaha, it looks like Teacher Lin is pregnant!"
"Honestly, what do you guys know? This is the official style!"
"Isn't that right? Teacher Lin seems like the Minister of Education's brother-in-law. Didn't you see how our principal was flattering him before?"
In the class group chat, classmates were joking about Teacher Lin's photo. It seemed, besides Su Tu, Lin Feiyang appeared as Lin Fei—this potbellied middle-aged man—to everyone else all along.
Judging by the classmates' reactions, it seemed like only Su Tu had always seen Lin Feiyang.
"Feiyang, oh Feiyang, I know you have a big background, but pulling such a major transformation on me is a bit too much!"
Su Tu was inexplicably bemused.
No wonder he couldn't find Lin Feiyang anywhere; apparently, in others' eyes, Lin Feiyang simply didn't exist.
The difference in heart and spirit height was like a divine difference, as if worlds apart.
Su Tu knew Lin Feiyang's heart and spirit height had reached an unimaginable level, resulting in the current situation.
"But why can I see his appearance? Or am I seeing his true face?"
Su Tu was puzzled. He couldn't understand the other's intention, but ultimately, Lin Feiyang had been very kind to him.
First was the Red Seal, allowing him to join the Tayue Martial Arts Hall, and then that mysterious scroll that unlocked the harvesting Dao skill for himself...
"Harvesting Dao! Damn, I just remembered what I forgot yesterday!" Thinking of that scroll, Su Tu was suddenly startled.
Finally, he recalled what had been nagging at him before he went to sleep the previous day.
It was the Harvesting Dao!!
Too many things happened yesterday, and after being busy, it was midnight when he, overwhelmed with sleepiness, forgot to grind the harvesting Dao skill proficiency.
This left Su Tu feeling a bit regretful.
"Such a loss!! I'm really at a loss this time!"
The harvesting Dao skill was quite unique, relating to martial arts cultivation, though Zhou Wuliang hadn't yet taught it. As a top student, Su Tu understood the importance of figuring out the test questions in advance.
Unlike other skills, the time he could spend on harvesting Dao each day was very limited. Once this timeframe is exceeded, he would feel headaches, difficulty concentrating, and unable to enter the harvesting Dao, thus it was a skill requiring daily grinding, missing even a day made Su Tu ache.
Just then, Su Tu noticed on the system panel there was a newly settled piece of information.
"Hmm? Which skill just settled?" Su Tu was a bit puzzled.
He had just woken up, so how could there be newly settled proficiency?
He immediately opened the piece of information and then his eyes squinted sharply, overwhelmed with joy.
"This works? Isn't this like a bug exploit?"
The system's settlement page in front of him showed a piece of information.
[You completed a dream state Harvesting Dao, Harvesting Dao proficiency +30]
[Harvesting Dao (Initial Tier): 60/300]
At the final moment before falling asleep yesterday, Su Tu vaguely recalled seeing that secret painting, though indistinctly. However, the proficiency now in front confirmed it was all true.
He had actually performed harvesting Dao in his dream!
And normally, harvesting Dao once increased proficiency by 10, while a single dream state harvesting Dao increased it by 30, meaning he was sleeping in bed while the dream was grinding for him!
"I'll try it again tonight to see if this dream state Harvesting Dao is just a coincidence."
Su Tu felt great, akin to thinking he lost twenty bucks and was troubled, only to find the money in his pants, and it wasn't twenty but a hundred.
He flipped and leapt out of bed, stepping onto the floor, settling his body and mind. A daily morning Qi flow cycle was the quickest way for a martial artist to awaken the spirit, something Zhou Wuliang taught Su Tu.
Yet this Qi flow was significant; Su Tu only felt the Qi in his body had multiplied several times over. Originally, the Qi was like a weak trickle at the mountain's foot, but now it resembled a wide river, still shallow yet vaguely showcasing the form of mountains and rivers.
Su Tu introspected, discovering that aside from the Initial Acupoint beneath his heart, there were eleven interconnected mountain and river formations with Qi flowing simultaneously in between. Clearly, eleven acupoints had been refined by Qi.
"When were these eleven acupoints refined?"
Su Tu felt the initial opening of the eleven acupoints inside him, with each Qi passage enhancing his strength ever so slightly.
"Could it be yesterday's battle that accelerated my acupoint opening?"
He recalled last night's fierce combat and vaguely remembered seeing a forum post.
That post mentioned martial artists finding great threats and opportunities between life and death, occasionally achieving significant breakthroughs and insights during fights!
Could he be such a person?
Having read novels in his past life, he feared that rapid advancement might destabilize his foundation, feeling somewhat worried, deciding to visit the martial arts hall and consult with his teacher later.
While Su Tu pondered, a knocking sound came from outside his door.
Su Tu got up, walked to the living room, and saw breakfast bought by Zhang Meng on the table, but she wasn't home.
The door continued to receive knocks.
"Coming." Su Tu called out, heading over to open the door.
As soon as he opened it, he saw Li Hu standing there, holding four large boxes.
"Hu, why are you here?" Su Tu greeted Li Hu and invited him inside.
"Hehe, little Tu, I brought you some goodies." Li Hu grinned as he put the large boxes down on the floor.
"These are rewards from killing that Xie Race yesterday. There's the Star Tempering Potion, which can enhance your muscle activity, and this is the Heart and Spirit Incense, nurturing your heart and spirit, beneficial for raising your heart and spirit height."
Li Hu patted the boxes and opened them, revealing five bottles of purple potion in one, and three scented sticks wrapped in gold foil in the other.
Seeing these two items, Su Tu's expression remained unchanged, yet waves of shock surged within.
He had seen these on the trade page before; the Star Tempering Potion was priced at around 1.5 million per bottle, while the Heart and Spirit Incense was even more extravagant, costing around 1.6 million for just one stick that burned for ten minutes!
He hadn't expected yesterday's Xie Race to be worth so much!
Moreover, these were just the contents of two boxes; there were still two unopened boxes beside Li Hu.
Noticing Su Tu's gaze, Li Hu grinned, about to speak when his eyes suddenly flashed looking at Su Tu.
"Little Tu, did you open new acupoints?"
"Yes, Hu, after waking up I inexplicably opened eleven acupoints. Could this result in an unstable foundation?"
Su Tu used this opportunity to voice his concern.
Upon hearing this, Li Hu's mouth twitched. Great, another inexplicable case.
First, it was an inexplicable one-day Entry Tier, then inexplicably learning Prajna Seven Kills, and now an inexplicable opening of eleven acupoints.
What's next, planning to inexplicably become a Celestial Being Grandmaster or something like a Divine Dao Venerable in the future?
Why can't I have such an inexplicable happening too?
"Wait a minute, with Tu's talent, he might truly become a Celestial Being or Venerable in the future. Wouldn't that put me in a great position then!"
Li Hu suddenly thought of a recently popular Star River novel, titled "My Tale of Recognizing a Celestial Apprentice."
If that silly title could become popular, when little junior disciple rises, he could directly write a book "My Venerable Junior Disciple." Wouldn't that be an instant hit!
With this thought, Li Hu's gaze towards Su Tu became even more fervent.