A 30-storey, dilapidated building stands on the side of the city in the south of Yangzhou City, Jiangnan Base City.

On the narrow staircase, there are debris piled up on the side of the resident's house, crowding the already narrow corridor, and people who go up and down the stairs need to avoid it.

Summer Solstice was running briskly on the stairs, dodging the debris that stood in the way from time to time.

Such an expensive configuration as an elevator will not appear in such a low-rent housing in the city, which is a facility that only exists in a residential building where people above the middle class live.

In this world infested by monsters, there are a large number of people gathered in each base city, and every inch of land is the current reality.

Different people enjoy different treatment according to their contribution to the country and the city.

Workers at the bottom can only live in such low-rent housing, and families with middle-income and above can live in better communities and enjoy better environmental treatment.

The best villas are those that can only be enjoyed by warriors.

Because it was the warriors who fought against monsters and defended the city, there is a safe base city today.

Warriors have strong combat power, go out of the city to fight monsters, get monster corpse materials, and come back to sell them to the state and various organizations for good rewards.

Ordinary people can live well with an income of more than 100,000 yuan a year, and the reward for a warrior hunting a monster may be millions, or even tens of millions, or even more.

So, in this world, the status of martial artists is very high, they enjoy countless privileges, and they are respected by ordinary people.

As long as you become a warrior, you can receive a villa to live in, which is just one of the countless privileges.

Ordinary people don't have to think about it, they can only squeeze into low-rent housing provided by the government, and run for survival every day.

The summer solstice is like flying, easily shuttling through the clutter of the stairs.

"It's back. From time to time, neighbors greeted him. "Why are your clothes so dirty?"

"It's okay, Aunt Liu. Today I practiced in the martial arts hall. ”

"Go home quickly, your grandfather has already returned, and this will be waiting for you to come back for dinner. ”

On the twenty-seventh floor, I opened the door and walked into this home, and Xia Zhi looked at everything in the house.

In the room of more than 30 square meters, the living room is simply placed with a table and a few chairs, and some small electrical appliances are stacked against the wall, which are all collected by the grandfather, and they are not willing to sell, and they can still be used after repairing.

Several dishes were already on the table, covered with a cage.

Hearing the sound of the door opening, an old man with gray hair came out of the inner room, his shirt with a few small holes was washed clean, and the sleeve of his left arm was empty, it was actually a one-armed old man.

"It's back. It's so late today?" said the old man, looking at Xia Zhi.

"Next week is the assessment of quasi-martial artists, and today I went to practice with a few senior brothers. ”

"Let's go wash and change our clothes first, and we'll eat first. The old man said.

After a simple but sumptuous dinner, Xia Zhi said to his grandfather who was sitting there drinking tea: "Grandpa, my physical fitness is close to the standard of a quasi-martial artist, and I will be training in a surprise attack these days." You don't have to wait for me to eat at night, I've been eating in the martial arts hall these days. ”

"Will you be sure this time?" the old man asked after hearing what Xia Zhi said, his eyes lit up.

"Our instructor said that it was about the same, and I would be fine if I tried hard these days. When I become a martial artist, we can move out of here, grandpa, you don't have to go out and work hard, you can raise flowers at home and play chess in the future. ”

"Good, good. Grandpa looked forward to it. The assessment will be successful. The old man smiled and said, "Don't worry about grandpa, I'm not old." I still want to see you become a strong man and kill all the monsters!"

"Grandpa, don't worry, I'll go to practice first, and you can rest early. After Xia Zhi finished speaking, he went out and walked upstairs.

On the roof of the building, the flat cement floor clears out a space of nearly 100 square meters, which is the place where martial arts practice on the summer solstice.

At this time, Xia Zhi stood on the edge of the rooftop, and a few rays of cold light flashed in front of him from time to time, and the rapid movement brought the sound of brushing the air.

After a while, the cold light stopped in the air in front of him, and it turned out to be two flying knives, and the metallic flying knives glowed with cold light in the moonlight.

"Is this the power of a spiritual master? Controlling two flying knives at the same time is my current limit, how can a martial artist of the same level prevent the attack of a flying knife that is not subject to the limits of his body and can freely change the angle and direction. Xia Zhi looked at the flying knife in front of him, as if he could see what might happen in the battle.

"I can't let people know that I'm a spiritual teacher, and I have to be able to protect myself. In the original book, when Luo Feng awakened, there was only one dark gold orb, I had one more than him, and the potential was greater, plus the Taishang Refining Body Decision obtained by the nine-story pagoda, I must stand at the peak of the universe in the future and break the reincarnation. ”

After Xia Zhi inherited the memory of the original owner, he found that the reborn world turned out to be the world in a great god novel he had read in his previous life.

After reading the original book, I know that this is an incomparably grand background, the universe is vast and the starry sky is boundless, and he is also full of longing for the future.

"Taishang refining the body, focusing on cultivating the body, is the supreme foundation building method of cultivation. It is divided into three layers, the first layer is refining tendons, the second layer is refining bones, and the third layer is refining blood, cultivating the body from the inside out, and the three layers correspond to the warrior level, war general level, and war god level of this cosmic power system. If you complete your cultivation, you will be able to break through to another level. ”

"There is still a week left before the quasi-martial artist assessment, and I want to practice the first layer of tendon refining. Li Wei, don't you want me to participate in the assessment? Not only do I want to participate, but I also want to make a splash! Only geniuses can get more resources and rise quickly. You'll know who's the garbage. ”

Xia Solstice opened his posture, and according to the information of the first layer of the Taishang Refining Body Decision, he took one posture after another, using a unique breathing method, and the originally gentle and calm cosmic energy suddenly stirred up and rushed towards Xia Solstice's body.

The pores of the whole body seemed to have been opened, and the cells that had been saturated before and could no longer absorb energy, under the powerful effect of the Taishang Refining Body Decision, a feast of strength improvement began again, the cells accelerated their evolution, and from time to time there was a sound like a bowstring ringing from inside the body.

It is the sound of the big tendons in the body being moistened by energy, stimulated by refining the body, and strengthened by trembling.

Collapse, collapse, collapse.

In the midst of this sound, the body of the summer solstice continues to strengthen.

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A week is fleeting!

Early this morning, Grandpa Xia Zhi went out early, holding a stack of sacks in one hand and walking down the stairs.

"Morning, old Xiatou. I went out so early. ”

"Are you so young that you are going to take the assessment today?"

"I heard that your family is a martial artist who passed the assessment today, and you will enjoy happiness in the future, old Xiatou. ”

From time to time, there are neighbors who get up early to work in the corridor and greet Grandpa Xia Zhi.

When Xia Zhi was very young, his grandfather took him to move here with one arm, and the neighborhood was a long time, and those who knew Xia Zhi's grandfather directly called him Lao Xia Tou, after a long time, when it came to Xia Solstice, people only knew that it was Lao Xia Tou, and the original name was 'Xia Dahai' but no one knew.

"yes, I'm out for a walk. As small as today, I went to take the assessment. Xia Dahai responded to the greetings of the neighbors.

"Old Xiatou, you are so old, you have worked hard all your life, and it is time to rest. A neighbor looked at his gray hair and sighed.

"It's not that I'm old and can't move, I can't drag the child down. Xia Dahai shook his head, said hello to his neighbors, went downstairs and pushed out his tricycle, threw his pocket behind the car, and rode on the car to drive outside the community.

In the bedroom, Xia Zhi, who was sitting cross-legged on the bed, heard the sound of his grandfather going out and going downstairs and opened his eyes.

"Today is the assessment of the quasi-martial artist, after I cultivated the first layer of the Taishang Refining Body Decision, I can feel the improvement of my strength almost every moment, and the awakening of the spiritual master is the rapid stage of the explosion of strength, and this assessment is not difficult for me at all. ”

The improvement of one's own strength can be felt at any time, and such an improvement speed is simply incomparable.

Remembering the scene in the last memory of the original owner, his hands were clenched into fists.

"The road to the peak of the strong starts today. ”