Martial Artist: Stronger by Coasting Along-Chapter 431 - 122: Finally Entering the Academy, a Different Cultivation Method

Chapter 431: Chapter 122: Finally Entering the Academy, a Different Cultivation Method

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"Why are you still carrying poker cards and a chessboard?"

"Why are there characters like one thousand, two thousand, three thousand on these little tiles, and there’s even a little bird drawn on this one..."

Ming Cheng was utterly puzzled.

"That’s called mahjong, it helps with my cultivation."

Zhang Lingfeng explained.

"That’s not right, something that helps with cultivation, why are you secretly hiding it? How do you use it? Quickly teach me. You have so many tiles, giving me one or two isn’t too much to ask, right?"

Ming Cheng hurriedly grabbed a handful of mahjong tiles, looking furious.

"Does this thing really help with cultivation?"

"Zhang Lingfeng, how does it work?"

Tiangong was also very curious, seriously fiddling with the mahjong tiles. As a pseudo-spiritual root expert, he had seen many things, but this was truly his first encounter with such an item.

"Don’t rush, come, sit down. Oh, we’re one short!"

Zhang Lingfeng rubbed his hands together.

"Tell me what’s missing."

Tiangong said seriously.

After a while, Zhang Lingfeng, Tiangong, Ming Cheng, and one of Tiangong’s subordinates, four people sat around a table.

"Let me explain to you first, this is called a ’circle’, this is called a ’bamboo’, and this one is the ’little bird’... There, I’ve explained the rules clearly, now I’m going to roll the dice!"

The airship traveled all the way to Guangjing Province, Jinghua City.

It would take about twenty-six hours.

"Pong!"

"I won!"

Facing three rookies, Zhang Lingfeng dominated the table. Beside him, charcoal burned, a teapot sat on a stand, and a teacup with some goji berries was on the table. While brewing tea for himself, he touched the mahjong tiles and just lacked a cigarette at his mouth.

Tiangong and the other two scratched their heads in frustration. Although their spirits weren’t weak, and their minds worked fast, playing this game for the first time made them more and more addicted. The idea that it helped with cultivation had long been forgotten, and they were left with one thought: they must win a hand, preferably by self-draw.

In the end, the four of them played mahjong nonstop on the airship for over twenty hours.

Zhang Lingfeng gained a lot, whereas Tiangong, Ming Cheng, and that Hidden Kill department member were immersed in thinking about how to win a hand. Reflecting on playing mahjong with Zhang Lingfeng, the three missed many winning opportunities, all intercepted by Zhang Lingfeng, and they lost many cultivation resources to him.

Zhang Lingfeng became the biggest winner, not only obtaining cultivation resources but also earning Coasting Along Value.

When the airship reached Jinghua City and landed at the academy’s airship landing zone, Tiangong stood at the door to bid farewell to Zhang Lingfeng and Ming Cheng, then gradually walked away under their watchful gaze.

"How can playing mahjong enhance strength? Strange, Zhang Lingfeng didn’t seem to be lying. Could it be my intelligence is the problem? The more I play, the weirder it gets. I wonder if Zhang Lingfeng noticed?"

Tiangong thought to himself.

He took a piece of paper from his pocket, with drawings of each mahjong tile on it. He planned to have several sets made for careful study after returning.

Someone as talented as Zhang Lingfeng highly regarded it, surely there’s something to learn.

As a domain traveler in training with only pseudo-spiritual root, he’d already fallen behind in terms of spiritual root compared to others; he couldn’t fall behind in learning attitude too.

He vowed to figure out the secret of enhancing strength through mahjong.

...

Entering the academy, Zhang Lingfeng and Ming Cheng were assigned a suite, both of them living together.

"Truly worthy of a first-tier province, this place is really a land of talented individuals."

Zhang Lingfeng stood by the window, looking out. He discovered that although Jinghua City lacked blue skies and white clouds, the air quality was clearly several levels higher than that of Jiangbei Province. Amazingly, there were lawns and some low trees to be seen.

He could even see some flowers and fruits and vegetables planted on the ground by the river, without needing any shelters.

"Ming Cheng, don’t you want to come and see the scenery here?"

Zhang Lingfeng saw Ming Cheng sitting in the corner of the room, pondering over a piece of paper.

"What, you won again?"

Ming Cheng blurted out.

"Cough cough, well, mahjong is of no use to you."

Zhang Lingfeng, exasperated, couldn’t help but remind him.

"Whether it’s useful or not, I’m not blind."

Ming Cheng snorted coldly.

Ming Cheng knew all too well how Zhang Lingfeng’s strength had increased along the way; if playing mahjong didn’t improve strength, would Zhang Lingfeng take it to the academy?

Surely no one would actually spend their time cultivating in the academy on entertainment, right!

Ming Cheng refused to believe it.

"All new students, gather in Classroom One immediately."

Suddenly, a voice came from above.

"Realm traveler."

Zhang Lingfeng realized that the voice wasn’t coming from a broadcast, but from a realm traveler using the power of heaven and earth resonance to create a special vibration. The vibration could even penetrate into everyone’s rooms, as if someone was speaking right in front of you.

"Classroom One, let’s hurry."

Summoned by the academy teacher, Ming Cheng didn’t dare to delay, quickly put away his mahjong notes, and ran to Classroom One.

There were two or three hundred new students.

Almost all arrived at the academy today simultaneously.

After hearing the instructions, the sound of new students rushing could be heard from outside the corridor. Having just arrived at the academy, no one dared to slack off, let alone defy any of the academy teachers’ instructions.

Zhang Lingfeng, unhurriedly, followed behind the crowd, making his way to Classroom One.

Classroom One was very grand.

Located just beside their residence, easy to spot at a glance.

Zhang Lingfeng, trailing behind the crowd, saw several academy teachers standing on the roof of Classroom One.

They stood side by side, watching the group of new students rushing towards the classroom hall below, and all the new students also knew the academy teachers were observing them.