"NO! It would be useless. There are no Martial Skills for the Body Refinement Realms. You can display the Qi Gathering Realm Martial Skills, but in an actual fight using it would result in a defeat. Even though the Body Refinement Realm Cultivators can't use Martial Skills, it is common to teach them many Martial Skills. Body Refinement Realm Cultivators can only cultivate for about 4 hours a day, the rest of the time will be used to learn Martial Skills or other things. Learning Martial Skills at the Body Refinement Realm can measure the intelligence of the cultivator and equip them with more weapons for the future.
I, as your teacher, know that you especially need to focus on your cultivation. Currently, you have the weakest cultivation of all students in the academy. The Thunder Head Academy only accepts students in the 3-Star Body Refinement Realm or higher. Normally, you wouldn't be even allowed to enter the academy. Only because of the enrollment letter could you enter it."
"Does that mean there are stronger Martial Skills than the Thunder Fist?"
"Really…. This is your only comment to that? Did you even listen to what I said in the end?"
"Yeah. Cultivation. Need to cultivate. I am the weakest… Now tell me are there stronger Martial Skills than the Thunder Fist and how strong are they?" His eyes were glowing as he asked about the Martial Skills.
"… Of course, there are stronger Martial Skills than the Thunder Fist. The Thunder Fist is only a Qi Gathering Realm Martial Skill. Every Realm has its own Martial Skills."
"So… How many Realms are there?"
"… Seriously, were you even born into this world?"
"Hehehehehe…" Trying to brush off Vown's remark, he only could laugh at his comment.
"Look, in total there are 9 Realms:
The Body Refinement Realm,
The Qi Gathering Realm,
The Qi Core Realm,
The Qi Sea Realm,
The Spirit Qi Realm,
The World Qi Realm,
Qi Lord Realm,
Qi King Realm,
Qi Emperor Realm.
Every Realm is a unique process in itself. This process will be done 9 times over. The 9 stars. Then there comes the transition to the next higher realm, this is the 10th star."
"Ok. And in which Realm are you?"
"Is this important right now? Look, I will arrange a cultivation room in the cultivation grounds for you tomorrow. You count as my only student and also my direct student. Direct students have more privileges in the academy than normal students. You will get a private dorm room, the best cultivation rooms and so on. If you focus on your cultivation, you could reach the 3-Star Body Refinement Realms in a few weeks, maybe with your talent in a week.
A week from now will be held the first-grade tournament. You could enter it if you want. Do you have any battle experience at all?"
"I battled only with a few Snow Wolfs. I don't know if that counts."
"The Snow Wolfs are far weaker than 1-Star Body Refinement Realm Cultivators. With your strength, it should be pretty simple to defeat them. In the tournament you will face off against mostly 3-Star or 4-Star Body Refinement Realm Cultivators, but also against many 5-Star Body Refinement Realm Cultivators and a few 6-Star Body Refinement Realm Cultivators. In your current state, the 3-Star/4-Star Cultivators shouldn't be a problem at all. 5-Star and 6-Star Cultivators should be a big obstacle in your current state, even if you reach the 2-Star you will still face a challenge. With the 3-Star you should be able to defeat them easily. But this all depends on you. Given your talent and the cultivation room you could reach the 3-Star Body Refinement Realm in a week."
"Why do I have to use the cultivation room? After all, I could cultivate anywhere."
"The cultivation ground has many formations to gather the qi in the environment and concentrate them to the cultivation rooms. This means you would have far more and purer qi than in the environment. It's still not comparable to the qi at the capital, but for this city, the cultivation rooms are the best spots to cultivate."
"All right then let's go now! I can't wait to actually use the Thunder Fist!"
"I told you, I will arrange a room for you tomorrow. Currently, nearly all the rooms are occupied, especially the best rooms. I can reserve you the best room for tomorrow until then you have to wait. It's been a long day you can rest until tomorrow. Here take this."
Vown handed a purple token over, with his qi imprint on it.
"This will work as an indication that you are my student and as a key for the dorm rooms. You can go to the male dormitory. The rooms 301 to 305 are reserved for my direct students. Choose one of them. If anyone asks you about the rooms show them the token or say that you are the direct student of teacher Bolt. Let's meet tomorrow morning at my lodge outside the academy. I have to finish a few things first."
After saying that Vown walked out of the building. Zayn still stood there and was in thought.
'Dormitory. A place to sleep… Seems like I am really not going back to the earth for now. Well, nothing that I can change now...'
Following his thought process, he again felt energized. As he cannot change the outcome right now, he has to give his best to again reach Daisy. After that, he may have the possibility to get back to the earth again. Even though this world was really entertaining for Zayn and it was fun to learn the new things in the world, he still wanted to get back to earth. His best friend and his only family Harry was still on earth. Harry was the only reason for Zayn to get back to earth. He felt that he owed Harry too much to just leave him behind.
Walking out of the training grounds building, Zayn noticed that it was evening. The sun was setting. He did not know for how long he was passed out, but he figured that he must be passed out for about 2 to 3 hours. When he passed out it was still around midday, now after walking to the training ground and being tested for 1 to 2 hours, it was evening.
He left the training grounds and walked to the male dormitory. Vown showed him the location of the male dormitory on their way to the training grounds. The female dormitory was at the opposite end of the academy. It was deliberately put far apart. They wanted that their student focused on their cultivation and not interact in a romantic relationship.
Passing many other students, he stood out like a sore thumb. He was the center of the attention inside the academy. Many students around him babbled about him, talking about the unique boy inside the academy. He knew that it was because of his clothes. He needed the academy uniform urgently. One thing which he pondered about was the reaction of the students. Before, when he was walking towards the training grounds with Vown, he was showered with looks of disgust and contempt. Now there are only looks of interest and curiosity. Zayn could not figure out the reason behind the change of attitude.
Inside the dormitory, he was still the center of attention. Still, no one dared to approach him. They only gibbered in the background. Zayn ignored all of this and searched for the rooms 301 to 305. He noticed that every floor rooms started with the floor number they were currently on. So, he walked up to the 3rd floor with the rooms 301 to 305. In front of room 301, he held his token against the lock and unlocked the door. Entering the room, a voice suddenly yelled at him.
"Who dares to enter my room?!?"
"Sorry? I thought the rooms 301 to 305 were empty."
Zayn answered the young boy. The young boy was around 16 years old. He wore the ordinary academy uniform with a few custom-made red strokes on it. His sleeves were torn apart. It was clear that he tried to stand out. He looked down on Zayn as if he was far above him. The arrogant nature of the young boy could be seen with a glimpse.
"Sorry?!? You are sorry?!? Empty? The rooms 301 to 305 are reserved for the direct students of teacher Leaf! Who are you to dare barge into my room?"
"I am the direct student of teacher Bolt. I was told that the rooms were empty."
"Teacher Bolt? You mean that trash Vown?"
The young boy clearly viewed Vown in disgust. As he told Zayn that he is a direct student of teacher Leaf, he felt pride towards the teacher. When Zayn mentioned Vown, his pride flew off and a look of disgust and contempt appeared. Again he looked down on Zayn.