Name: Zhang Lingfeng
Life Chart: Coasting Along
Profession: Senior Martial Dao Student
Combat Power: 8.00009
Coasting Along Value: 3
Basic Spear Skill Thirteen Forms: Mastery (93/100)
Tidal Breathing Method: Entry Level (13/100)
At the entrance of the Martial Arts Cultivation Room, looking at the newly appeared panel information, Zhang Lingfeng secretly clenched his fists. He was originally a promising young man from the 21st century on Blue Star, practicing the 996 blessing, young and accomplished, but unexpectedly, a drunken mistake led him to cross over to the Seven Great Star Systems Alliance, within the territory of the Great Xia Kingdom.
Here, technology is more advanced than in the past life, and martial arts prevail. Unfortunately, survival resources are scarce, and humanity faces the threat of alien race invasion.
To this end, humanity has formed the Seven Great Star Systems Alliance, jointly establishing seven basic cultivation methods, and making them public to universities. Through academy education, they promote martial arts.
The academy Zhang Lingfeng is in, is the South City Ninth High School.
According to the Seven Great Star Systems' survival code, if an eighteen-year-old male cannot become an entry-level martial artist, he must serve on the frontline for two years, baptized by battlefield, becoming a true martial artist.
Most will perish on the frontlines.
Those who survive are entitled to share survival resources.
The original owner deeply understood the strength of the alien race, so he desperately trained, wishing to become an entry-level martial artist soon and avenge his parents who died at the hands of the alien race.
Unfortunately, his ordinary family background lacked nutrient liquid assistance, and overtraining led to his demise, thus providing Zhang Lingfeng the opportunity to cross over.
The original owner is about to turn eighteen, soon to face his entry-level assessment.
According to requirements, a combat power of 10.0 is needed to qualify as an entry-level martial artist.
Currently, Zhang Lingfeng's combat power is only 8.00009. He faces two options: either become an entry-level martial artist, stay in South City, enjoy survival resources, and gradually strengthen his power.
Or head to the frontline and become cannon fodder.
Clearly, Zhang Lingfeng's thoughts align with the original owner; neither wants to become cannon fodder.
He is determined to inherit the original owner's wish, striving to become an entry-level martial artist, eliminate the alien race in the future, seize survival resources, and avenge the original owner's parents.
Unexpectedly, just as he attempted to train hard, he suddenly awakened the Coasting Along Fate.
In this life, he doesn't need to struggle or strive, just fully practice coasting along to achieve effortless victory. The Coasting Along Value obtained can be used to enhance techniques and cultivation method values, thereby increasing combat power.
This means, in this resource-scarce, harsh survival environment where everyone wants to become a martial artist and fight desperately for survival resources, Zhang Lingfeng can coast along and go with the flow.
Standing at the entrance of the Martial Arts Cultivation Room, watching the time on his bracelet roll, he stepped into the cultivation room only when class time was about to start.
Attending class neither early nor late is a theoretical knowledge derived from Zhang Lingfeng's observation of Coasting Along Value changes.
The so-called coasting along does not mean giving up, lying in bed all day like a waste, waiting to be served. Instead, it means not being competitive, not striving, not anxious, not complaining, and calmly viewing everything.
Since he arrived just in time, the cultivation room was already full, and the better seats were occupied by classmates, forcing Zhang Lingfeng to sit in the back corner.
"Phew!"
Today's training course is the Breathing Technique.
Most classmates have already begun breathing and exhaling, attempting to awaken Qi Sensitivity through the Breathing Method.
Just as Zhang Lingfeng sat down, the class teacher Yang Liru entered the cultivation room. She explained to everyone, "Breathing is a crucial course on the path of cultivation. Martial artists refine essence and Qi through breathing. Only by mastering this skill can your flesh and bones evolve, resulting in a significant combat power increase."
"Let's first look at how to awaken Qi Sensitivity from the body using the Tidal Breathing Method. Follow the steps above to breathe with me."
Everyone perked up and took out their notebooks to record.
Scribbling sounds filled the classroom.
Zhang Lingfeng also wrote enthusiastically, nodding occasionally, seemingly contemplating Yang Liru's teachings.
Half an hour later, Yang Liru began guiding everyone through the Tidal Breathing Method's rhythm, attempting to awaken Qi Sensitivity from the body.
She said while guiding, "Last year, Divine Martial University's admission standard was a combat power of 15.0, and six awakened Qi Sensitivity lines. Entering Divine Martial University is your shortcut to leave South City for more survival resources and security."
South City has suffered alien invasions, with severely damaged infrastructure, dense population, scarce resources, and frequent incidents of alien Great Demons infiltrating and slaughtering civilians.
Many consider this place a Purgatory of the Human World, seeking every possible way to leave.
Unfortunately, according to the human survival plan principles, only those exceptionally talented who contribute to humanity are entitled to better treatment, living in safer cities with more survival resources.
Those unable to contribute to humanity's survival yet wishing to share survival resources mostly live in cities like South City, with weak defenses and perpetual threats of alien mass invasions.
Therefore, cities like South City are called Outer Ring Cities in the Seven Great Star Systems.
Leaving the Outer Ring City, living in an Inner Ring City, becoming one of the elite, is every outsider's dream.
Divine Martial University is located in an Inner Ring City, where it is said not only advanced skill techniques are cultivated, but every student can also enjoy a bottle of Nutrient Liquid daily.
After cultivating for less than a year, reaching a combat power of 20.0 allows one to become an Elemental Martial Artist and enjoy various survival benefits in the Inner Ring City.
Zhang Lingfeng is equally filled with visions of the Inner Ring City.
Achieving a combat power of 15.0 and awakening six qi senses to successfully get into Divine Martial University was the original goal for both the original owner and him.
Of course, the most urgent thing right now is to raise the combat power to 10.0 before turning eighteen to avoid becoming cannon fodder on the frontline.
"Hoo!"
Under the guidance of Yang Liru, everyone practiced breathing and exhaling, attempting to awaken the qi senses from within their bodies according to the rhythm of the Tidal Breathing Method.
"The first three months of training with breathing techniques is the easiest period for awakening qi senses. Everyone must remember, once you feel a warm flow in your abdominal cavity, even if it's just a trace, you must grasp it and not lose the opportunity to awaken due to slackness."
Yang Liru reminded them.
Everyone listened to her without daring to relax even a bit.
Suddenly.
A student in the corner stopped the breathing and exhaling, opened a warm water bottle, took a long sip, and then continued with the exercise.
Yang Liru frowned slightly.
Since more than a month ago, after Zhang Lingfeng fainted from over-cultivation and woke up seeming like a different person, his attitude toward cultivation became lax, attending classes just on time each day.
In this crucial cultivation class focusing on breathing techniques, all the students were eager to hold their breaths through to the end and awaken their qi senses from their bodies as soon as possible.
Yet Zhang Lingfeng stopped every ten minutes to take a sip of water.
He usually liked reading health content during self-study classes, and Yang Liru had privately talked to him several times hoping he would recognize reality and put in maximum effort to become an entry-level martial artist to avoid dying on the frontline.
Unfortunately, Zhang Lingfeng completely changed, not only not listening but becoming more casual with his cultivation, as if he was determined to become cannon fodder on the frontline.
Recalling how Zhang Lingfeng, like the other students, was taking notes diligently when she talked about the essentials of cultivation, Yang Liru couldn't help but approach Zhang Lingfeng.
She picked up Zhang Lingfeng's notebook and flipped through it.
The result was a whole page of "hmm hmm hmm hmm hmm hmm!"
Several black lines appeared on Yang Liru's forehead.
In these times of scarcity and harsh living conditions, Zhang Lingfeng's attitude is destined to make him cannon fodder, not deserving of sharing survival resources.
Yang Liru threw down the notebook as if she hadn't seen Zhang Lingfeng.
Zhang Lingfeng slightly opened his eyes; he couldn't explain his Coasting Along Fate to Yang Liru, but continuing to practice coasting along and changing his fate through the Coasting Along Value was his only way forward now.
When the time reached exactly six p.m.
Yang Liru said, "If you can hold on, continue cultivating, trying a few more times to see if you can awaken your qi senses today. If you really can't, then head back first."
Yang Liru knew that many students in the class were approaching eighteen. If they couldn't awaken their qi senses or increase their combat power to become entry-level martial artists, like Zhang Lingfeng, they would only become cannon fodder on the frontline. Unlike Zhang Lingfeng, not many could survive to enjoy surviving resources.
As their teacher, Yang Liru didn't want her students to become cannon fodder, so she was quite attentive to their cultivation.
Everyone understood her intentions and knew well the difference between Yang Liru's guidance and cultivating alone.
So, no one wanted to give up this rare chance to cultivate.
But Zhang Lingfeng got up and left under everyone's gaze, disappearing from sight.
Yang Liru was extremely disappointed with him, too tired to call Zhang Lingfeng back.
Zhang Lingfeng not only attended classes just on time, but also left right after class, never insisting on hard work, treating cultivation like a game.
Even if such a person survived the frontline, they would only waste survival resources.
Yang Liru felt both heartbroken and helpless.
Stepping out of the cultivation room.
Zhang Lingfeng saw a line of words appear before him.
"By coasting along in the breathing technique class for one month, not arriving early or staying late, and not striving hard, you have acquired the all-weather breathing and exhaling ability."
"Wow, it turns out that continuing to coast along the same thing can also bring unexpected abilities."
Zhang Lingfeng was surprised and happy.
He thought coasting along could only bring him the Coasting Along Value, not expecting it could also grant abilities.
The all-weather breathing and exhaling ability.
Doesn't this mean that at all times, his body can maintain a breathing and exhaling state, continuously refining essence and qi, enhancing physical fitness, allowing flesh and bones to evolve?
Zhang Lingfeng was thrilled.
Such an ability was simply tailor-made for him. What qualifications did he have not to coast along?