Use first and repay later: Advance the future cultivation fruits Chapter 42: 42, Achievement Completed

Chapter 42: 42, Achievement pleted

The day after the mendation ceremony ended, just as Xiao Peidong had said during his speech—

The entire sub-bureau’s Patrol Team was deployed to conduct a thorough search of Qingtai Hotel and Red Oak Boxing Gym as well as their surroundings.

But in the end, they found nothing.

The Patrol Team even conducted a meticulous search of the VIP elevator in the underground parking lot of Qingtai Hotel. A Patrol Officer went so far as to climb into the interior of the elevator shaft, only to find that the elevator’s bottom was sealed off.

Although this VIP elevator did lead to a hidden floor, it was a secret club on the twenty-first floor of the hotel.

Indeed, it was illegal, but only a minor issue.

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As the team leader of Group Seven, Lin Qing also joined the search at Red Oak Boxing Gym.

He wasn’t sure if Xiao Peidong was Yuanhong Society’s informant, but whether he was or not, he didn’t plan to unveil the secret behind the changing room’s closet so soon.

The time was not yet right.

And after Xiao Peidong personally searched, he indeed found nothing.

It was uncertain whether he truly found nothing or was providing cover.

However, that wasn’t important.

Lin Qing was also happy to see this result; all he needed was to keep himself hidden and continue to grow.

…

January 23.

The Spring Festival of this era was no longer as grand as it was a hundred years ago—at least the atmosphere wasn’t so intense and many had forgotten it.

The temperature in Lin’an City had dropped again, but Xiao Shan District, being closer to the Coastal Urban Circle, although not enjoying the urban circle’s artificial climate system, had a slightly higher temperature than other districts.

“Team leader, Happy Spring Festival.”

Inside the warm office of Group Seven, Zhao Jiayi looked at Lin Qing across her desk and asked, “Are we really on vacation these two days?”

“Yes, Group Seven collective vacation, consider it a mendation award,” nodded Lin Qing.

“Spring Festival is supposed to have a reunion dinner, right? Does your family have this tradition?” Zhao Jiayi asked curiously.

“I’m an orphan,” Lin Qing glanced at her.

“…I didn’t do it on purpose,” Zhao Jiayi bowed her head slightly.

“It’s nothing,” Lin Qing said casually, “I used to go to my cousin’s place for the reunion dinner, but she’s in the hospital this year, so I won’t be going.”

“Why don’t you e to my place?”

Zhao Jiayi cautiously said, “I don’t even know how to celebrate Spring Festival.”

“No need,” Lin Qing shook his head, “There’s no Spring Festival Gala to watch anyway…”

“Spring Festival Gala? What is that?” Zhao Jiayi asked in confusion.

“Just a custom,” Lin Qing glanced at her and said, “You take a good rest during these two days off.”

“Oh…” Zhao Jiayi muttered, then mumbled something in a strange dialect that Lin Qing didn’t understand.

Lin Qing looked at her speechlessly, feeling she was secretly cursing him.

“Right, team leader.”

Zhao Jiayi suddenly said, “Didn’t you mention that your intuition has been unreliable lately? My dad knows a meditation class instructor; do you want to try it?”

“Meditation class?” Lin Qing asked in confusion, “What is that for?”

“It’s said to be about the sixth sense and intuition, helping people to use their intuition better.” Zhao Jiayi said uncertainly, “Anyway, many rich people are attending.”

“Sounds like a scam,” Lin Qing raised his eyebrows slightly.

“Supposedly the instructor knows a real Telekinesis Awakener, seems to be a disciple, should not be fooling people right?” Zhao Jiayi said, propping her chin and tilting her head slightly.

“Oh?”

Lin Qing remarked thoughtfully, “If it’s true, it would indeed be worth listening to.”

“Shall I ask my dad to sign you up?” Zhao Jiayi asked.

“Is it expensive?” Lin Qing inquired.

Zhao Jiayi shook her head and said, “It mainly depends on connections; my dad doesn’t want to go anymore, you can just take his place. You don’t have to be polite to my dad, team leader, you saved my life last time, I don’t even know how to repay you.”

“Alright, then maybe after a while,” Lin Qing nodded.

“After a while?” Zhao Jiayi asked in confusion.

“Let’s wait till the end of February or March,” Lin Qing said, “I’m practicing bat Skills lately, can’t be distracted.”

“Oh, then let’s wait a while, no rush,” Zhao Jiayi nodded.

…

That afternoon.

After returning home, Lin Qing summoned the Entropy panel and took a look—

[Current Order Level: 1.2]

[Number of pre-authorized items: 0/2]

[Pre-authorized items: Free Body Series Battle Technique “Min” (98.8% replenished)]

[Pre-authorized items: Version Seven Sunrise Training Method (7.1% replenished)]

“Just one more time, and I will have pletely replenished bat Skill ‘Min’.”

Lin Qing didn’t waste any time, immediately beginning the last perfect run-through to finish replenishing bat Skill “Min”.

After not too much time—

“[Speed has been pleted.]”

Lin Qing gathered the mysterious energy within his body and exhaled slowly, “After entering the threshold of bat Skill ‘Speed,’ I can directly anticipate a reward.”

However, this time he was quite confident.

This was only his third day studying the bat Skills. In his continuous attempts, he had already felt the mysterious energy inside him stirring restlessly, as if it could transform into a light and graceful wind like the Visualization Image at any moment.

bat Skill ‘Speed’ involved simulating and transforming the mysterious energy into bioelectricity, stimulating nerves and muscles.

Whereas bat Skill ‘Speed’ was a different kind of energy, light and insubstantial as the wind, capable of reducing one’s own weight and forming a special layer of airflow on the surface of the body to optimize airflow trajectory and thereby reduce air resistance.

This was the key to ‘Speed.’

“It should be soon…”

Lin Qing was not in a hurry and continued to try patiently, immersing himself in the Spiritual Images brought by the Visualization diagrams.

After all, bat Skill ‘Min’ had already bee his instinct; other Free Body Series Battle Techniques he practiced would benefit from this, so it shouldn’t be hard to get started.

Indeed, just on that night—

“Phew, I did it.”

Lin Qing opened his eyes, a slow smile spreading across his lips.

At this moment, he could feel that the mysterious energy within him could transform into bat Skill ‘Speed’s light and graceful special energy at any time.

“It’s only been three days since I started, and already I’m seeing the benefits of the bonuses.”

Lin Qing nodded to himself with satisfaction.

The last time he started on bat Skill ‘Min,’ it took him five days and he didn’t succeed until his cousin helped push him through.

This time, he relied solely on himself, and it only took three days to get started, reflecting the obvious effect of the bonuses.

“The more skills I master to the Instinct Level within the same bat Movement series, the greater the bonuses will be. The next steps should be even faster,” Lin Qing thought with anticipation.

Next.

He just had to proceed step by step, adapting and practicing; in at most half a year, he could master bat Skill ‘Speed.’

However, with the possibility of anticipation of rewards, it would be foolish not to take advantage of it.

After all, it was based on his own efforts. Anticipating the reward and then making up for it later would be far more efficient.

“Order.”

“Anticipate, bat Skill ‘Speed’!”

After calling out for the Entropy, Lin Qing made up his mind and chose to anticipate the reward.

“Boom!”

In that instant, countless pieces of obscure information kept pouring into Lin Qing’s mind.

According to the Entropy’s deduction—

With his Talent and the patibility with the Free Body Series Battle Technique, to perfect bat Skill ‘Speed,’ he had to fully integrate the light and agile energy transformed from the mysterious energy into his entire body and perfectly control the changes in the boundary layer of airflow.

He would need to plete it 68 times consecutively to perfectly integrate the bat Skill into his instinct.

Then, a flood of memories suddenly emerged in Lin Qing’s mind.

These were the memories of his numerous attempts to practice bat Skill ‘Speed,’ from being awkward to skilled, and from skilled to mastery, approaching perfection. It was hard to know how long it had taken.

By the time he had perfectly integrated bat Skill ‘Speed’ into his instinct, an unknown span of years had already passed.

At the same time, strands of light and indescribable energy began to gush out, permeating every part of Lin Qing’s body, and even circulating on the surface, forming a fine layer of airflow invisible to the naked eye, which dramatically reduced air resistance.

As he subconsciously rolled over slightly, his body floated up as if weightless.

Not much longer, and the various changes had e to an end.

“It’s done.”

Lin Qing opened his eyes slowly and stood up.

“Let’s see…”

With a light step, not exerting much strength, he shot forward like an arrow leaving its bow, instantly crossing the distance of the living room and somehow arriving by the window.

And he did this without causing much wind movement.

“So fast!!”

Lin Qing turned his head in surprise, a bit beyond his expectations, “Indeed much faster than ‘Min.'”

No wonder those who mastered bat Skill ‘Speed’ were all extremely adept at pursuit and escape. With such agility and speed, how could they be slow?

This gave him the feeling of the legendary lightness skills in wuxia.

After all, his home was still too small for accurate speed measurement.

However, according to the bat Skill description, once bat Skill ‘Speed’ was pushed to the limit, the movement speed could easily skyrocket to an astonishing level. The key was extremely high instantaneous burst speed with minimal air resistance, and even the speed of his strikes could increase significantly.

The downside was that the moving speed was so fast it was easy to react too late and hard to control.

“With bat Skill ‘Min’ in action, I could be even faster, and it’s impossible not to react in time.”

Lin Qing pondered to himself, “But this speed is too fast, indeed hard to control. This drawback must be pensated for, and it happens that I could learn another bat Skill…”

Fortunately, once he perfected bat Skill ‘Speed’ 68 times, he would be able to plete the process!

Practicing five times a day, it would take less than fourteen days to finish.

“In a few days I’ll learn a new bat Skill to make up for the shortings, just in time to confirm my status as a bat Genius with headquarters.”

“Then, I can go to claim the Merit left to me by the Yuanhong Society…”