"Innate Realm." Xu Chen looked at Qin Junlin, who had advanced in the training ground, and answered Tang Tiancheng's question about the highest realm of martial arts. Tang Tiancheng actually knew, but what he knew was only the Grandmaster Realm. The term Grandmaster was extremely vague; any weakling could call any strongling a Grandmaster.
"The Innate Realm? Hey kid, are martial artists in the Innate Realm very powerful?"
"There will be a qualitative change. Innate Realm experts can live for three hundred years, fly through the air and escape into the earth, and withstand missiles with their bare bodies. To put it simply, Innate Realm experts are like gods in the eyes of mortals," Xu Chen explained.
Tang Tiancheng's expression was solemn, but his eyes were also full of hope. After listening to Xu Chen's explanation, he hoped that his subordinates could reach this level, but his expression revealed his subconscious desire that his absolute confidants would reach this level even more.
"Old Tang, you don't need to be hopeful or worried right now. Even for someone with exceptional martial arts talent, reaching this level is, well, about the same probability as winning five million in the lottery."
"Ah, why? Even if I provide him with unlimited resources, it won't work?" Tang Tiancheng muttered to himself as he looked at Qin Junlin, who was advancing to the Transformation Realm.
"That's all I can say. Cultivation isn't just about talent and diligence; it also depends on opportunity." As soon as Xu Chen finished speaking, Qin Junlin on the training ground opened his eyes.
"Old Tang, Boss, I did it!" Qin Junlin rushed to Xu Chen and Tang Tiancheng to report the good news.
The surrounding team members also gathered around to celebrate Qin Junlin's breakthrough. Xu Chen thought for a moment and then gave orders to everyone.
"Team One, listen to my command, attack Qin Junlin with all your might."
"Ah..." Qin Junlin's mind went blank as soon as he heard those words. He and his teammates were also stunned for a moment. Finally, under the ill-intentioned gazes of his teammates, he ran away.
"Chase!"
Watching the scene unfold as Qin Junlin began to be ganged up on, Xu Chen and Tang Tiancheng exchanged a smile and went into the office for tea. Qin Junlin's promotion was quite coincidental; it happened right when Xu Chen was leaving class, thus preventing Xu Chen from skipping class again.
"Old Tang, how's the training going at the military region down there?" Xu Chen suddenly asked about the execution of the plan while they were drinking.
Upon hearing this, Tang Tiancheng's expression turned bitter, and he frowned as he said, "Most of them have already failed."
"Ah, why?" Xu Chen asked curiously.
"Money...money is the problem," Tang Tiancheng said helplessly. "At first, everyone was just curious, then they were envious, and finally they tried it themselves, only to find that the required funds were extremely large. We have no choice but to give up." According to the rough estimate of Old Man Tang and the heads of several military regions, if each military region were to completely establish a martial arts force in accordance with the Beijing Military Region, it would require at least 20 billion RMB.
"If we had known this would be the outcome, why didn't we allocate more funds to the defense budget when we held the general meeting in March this year?"
"Let's wait until the next conference. I'll discuss it again with some of the older comrades. We were caught off guard this year," Tang Tiancheng said helplessly.
"Old man, where did you get the money to pay for this?"
"My granddaughter is waiting for me to come home for dinner, kid. I'm leaving now." Old Tang avoided the topic and prepared to go home.
"Actually, I have a way to make money and satisfy your ideas at the same time, without having to waste words and favors persuading officials from various departments to approve this budget."
Tang Tiancheng paused, took out a pack of cigarettes and handed it to Xu Chen, "Good lad, tell me what you think, and if you do well, I'll reward you with a whole case!"
"We could set up a martial arts school or a martial arts sect. It seems like you don't want to keep this a secret anymore. In that case, why not just announce it to the public, establish a sect or academy, select students, and charge tuition. Each student would be charged 200,000 Chinese yuan per year, divided into inner and outer sects. Outer sect students would pay 10,000 or 30,000 yuan per year... Old Tang, what do you think?"
Tang Tiancheng fell into thought. He had to admit that Xu Chen's idea was quite tempting. Sending the team members to serve as high-level officials and instructors at the academy, signing agreements with the students, and having them serve in the military after graduation would be much more cost-effective than spending money to train them without any return.
"This idea is... very good. I'll go and discuss it; you can go back first."
"Old Tang, here's my cigarette."
"What cigarette? Didn't you have your cigarette in your mouth? I'm leaving now." Tang Tiancheng, due to his martial arts training and frequent interactions with his teammates, still retained a relatively youthful spirit. (Actually, the author simply didn't know the way older people speak.)
"Alright, old man Tang, so your promise doesn't count, huh? You just wait!" Xu Chen smiled as he watched Tang Tiancheng hurry away and then left the base as well.
"Boss, I did it!" Qin Junlin excitedly ran out of the base to share his joy with Xu Chen. With his outstanding talent and the army's unlimited resource supply, Qin Junlin successfully became a so-called martial arts master in just over a year. Of course, this was inseparable from the life-and-death battles Qin fought during the mission.
"Congratulations! In all my years, this is the first time I've seen a martial artist advance so quickly. How are you adapting to this power?" Xu Chen said with a smile.
"It feels so...so light and airy, it doesn't feel real at all."
"You got promoted too quickly. Tell me, what level are the team members at now?"
"Most of them are in the early stage of internal strength, and a small part are in the middle and late stages of external strength... Boss, will my foundation become unstable in the future and I stop progressing? That's how it's written in novels."
“With me here, you don’t need to worry about that. If you want a solid foundation, you need to practice more. Here, take this leaf.” Xu Chen picked up a leaf from the ground and handed it to Qin Junlin.
Qin Junlin pondered blankly for a moment, then suddenly realized, "Boss, you said before that you could injure people by plucking leaves and flying flowers, were you referring to a master of internal energy?"
"Try it, put your inner energy into this leaf and fling it outwards."
After giving his instructions, Xu Chen waited quietly for Qin Junlin to try.
"Whoosh." A moment later, the sound of a leaf piercing the air rang out. The leaf in Qin's hand shot towards the car next to him like a bullet. Xu Chen looked closely and exclaimed, "Damn it, this is Old Man Tang's car. No wonder the window didn't break."
Qin Junlin also recognized the car. Just now, he acted with his eyes closed like a master in a TV series, and didn't pay attention to the vehicle next to him at all. From the base to the outside of the military restricted area, a large part of the area was where the team members trained. Tang Tiancheng's car was often parked at the entrance of the base.
"Boss, run!"
Before the driver could react, the two men sped away, and the driver quickly called Tang Tiancheng.
"Those two brats." Tang knew whose fault it was, of course. All the team members were there, except for Qin Junlin, who had just run out, and Xu Chen, who had left not long ago.
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