Ding! Ding! Ding!
A bell rang three times bringing with it excitement.
The moment the last bell rang, noise erupted all around.
Observing from the sky, it was possible to see a larger group of students in blue uniforms rushing out the classes. The commotion was all around the school premise, as some students even rushed towards the school gate.
"Is that Meng Chao! Brother Meng!" A shout came from a far , attracting little to no attention.
A chubby figure rushed foward, pushing those in his way aside.
At the forefront of the students, a teenager, dressed in simple uniforms turned to look back.
He wasn't unique among the crowd, as his appearance was just ordinary, but his eyes had a strange determination that those without courage would retreat just by staring in them.
He looked at the direction of the voice with an expressionless face. But upon seeing the chubby guy pushing through other students making way to his side, Meng Chao sighed.
His face that was expressionless finally showed a slight ripple.
"Fatty Liu! Why are you here to find me again!" Meng Chao complained as he put his arm around Liu Yan's shoulder.
Liu Yan felt as though he was a winner when he saw this and laughed unrestrainedly.
Liu Yan looked at Meng Chao and asked, "Brother! What are your plans? The Martial arts present in the federation can't help you at all to reach entry of Xiantian realm."
From the lessons they had, Martial arts was divided into realms, and the commonly distributed method of foundation building was the work of founding pioneers of the federation.
The federation was in charge of the entire world management. All students had the chance to practice the foundation technique.
With it one was able to get in contact with talent hidden deep within their bloodline.
Once the talent was activated, paired with the right technique taking the first step into the Fist heaven of Xiantian stage was to be expected.
It was just that without the right technique to match the talent, achieving entry into the path of martial arts was impossible.
It was because the right martial arts was the only way to completely mobilize the potential of the talent.
In the federation, several talents have appeared over the years, but the physical talents are considered a headache as no suitable technique exists to exploit them.
Meng Chao is a legendary figure in highschool for several reasons.
One of them being that he took two years to open his talent and when this happened it turned out to be a useless talent.
This was no different from having wasted his two years for nothing.
In normal cases, those that take this long as considered among those with poor talents.
The school however doesn't force anyone one how to decide their future. Only those that take more than two years without opening their talents are discouraged to continue wasting their time.
If one persists, then that is their business.
"I don't know yet! One step at a time!" Meng Chao replied not like what an ordinary 14year old child would say.
Walking further and further from the crowds, Liu Yan pondered over what Meng Chao had just said before asking, "Brother! Aren't you anxious?"
Based on the regulations of the federation, if one reached the age of Fifteen before they had achieved entry into the path of martial arts, it was impossible to get the support of the federation and use it's resources.
Resources involved the secret realms and training. Liu Yan wasn't wrong in his concerns.
Without the support of the federation, even those with the best talents could amount to nothing.
When hearing this words from Liu Yan, Meng Chao's mind drifted off into his memories.
*About a year and seven months ago, Meng Chao had just started to practice the foundation technique, and making rapid progres. It was just that something unexpected happened.
Back at his family's farm, on the cliff he was used to practice, an object descended from the sky, it often turned virtual and real.
With his childish curiousity taking over, he rushed to chase after it.
Who knows this was the start of his bad fate.
The object turned out to be a stem from an unknown tree. Other than the nine coloured strips on its surface he couldn't tell anything else.
As if sensing his presence it turned into a stream of light and disappeared between his brow.
Everytime he made some progress in the foundation technique and his Qi and blood improved, he would wake up and discover his efforts had gone just like that.
He was just about to give up and confess, but realized something strange.
His physique was changing, becoming stronger.
He persisted and in just a year, even though he didn't stand out as a genius his physical strength was already transformed.
Without even reaching the entry stage of martial arts, he could easily unleash power of about 800kg in just a year.
Feeling this change he persisted and without knowing it, another year had flown by and his physique seemed to have reached some kind of limit. He was capable of unleashing power of about 1500kgs.
All this was something he had not told anyone during this period of time. Even though he seemed young, he was raised on a farm and no naive.
The benefits were not only limited to this, but rather, his spirit and senses had all been magnified.
Now, standing within the crowds, he couldn't be bothered with what they had to say.
It was just that the question Liu Yan had asked him, about his future path was indeed something he had to consider.
He had reached the limit and couldn't improve his physical strength anymore. He had even awakened a physical talent just a few days ago.
The gossip flowing around was only natural, as he appeared to have wanted his life.
Even though his gossip was interesting, it was far from matching the most famous figure in the school.
It was rumored that the guy had the best talent, but for some reason his cultivation has never been able to surpass the (entry stage) first heaven of Xiantian realm.
Everytime this guy attempts to breakthrough, he always fails. What is even more outrageous is that his cultivation will always revert back to foundation stage.
Even though Meng Chao has never met this guy, he always heard about him for the past year or so.
He admired him more for his perseverance. He also suspected him ofhaving some secret.
Regardless of what secret the other party had, Meng Chao had no interest.
The chubby man following him, pretended not to hear this words. It was because he could see Meng Chao was also uninterested.
"Brother Meng! I just wanted to ask you to come out and see the world of geniuses with me on the weekend!" Liu Yan finally mentioned what he had been thinking about the whole time.
It turned out that he had been invited to a gathering and he didn't have anyone to go with.
Having Meng Chao appear with him was just right as he was considered his friend. As for who invited him, it was just a group of students that had already achieved entry into martial path.
They clearly wanted to show off and this was understandable.
Being able to enter the first heaven, they would no longer be seen as ordinary people.
According to the lessons they had learned, once someone took a step into the First heaven, they experienced a complete transformation.
Upon hearing about this gathering, Meng Chao was also interested in attending, as he wanted to see the difference between him and actual martial artists at the entry stage.
"Okay!" He agreed without even a second thought.
Hearing his agreement, Liu Yan looked over with a slightly shocked expression. It was because originally, Meng Chao would not accept to participate in such kinds of events.
But Meng Chao couldn't help it in the past. He prefered to avoid wasting time attending such kinds of events that didn't really offer him any benefits and practice more to access the talent hidden within his bloodline.
Now that he had accomplished this, it was best to get in contact with actual martial artists and see if he could acquire any information that might be beneficial to his breakthrough into entry level.
He knew it might be useless, but still, he wanted to go.
Liu Yan on the other hand, just assumed he was finally willing to see the world of geniuses.
"Okay! Let's meet tomorrow at 10am. Don't change your mind halfway, keep your promise." Liu Yan was afraid Meng Chao would turn back on his promise.
He thought Meng Chao was just trying to avoid embarrassing him by declining as such agreed.
Little did he know, that Meng Chao was indeed interested in going to this meet. Even though his sister was a martial artist, she was busy even for him to meet her.
He could only gauge the level of a real martial artist at that meet.
"Okay let's meet tomorrow at 10am." Meng Chao waved as he took a familiar route without even looking back.