Leaving the playground, Xu Qing held a pill in his hand that resembled a Vitality Pill.

"A top-grade Vitality Pill, I wonder what's the difference between this and the ordinary ones?" He was itching to give it a try.

But now was not the time.

After leaving the school, he drove to the kindergarten.

At the entrance of the kindergarten, a lovely little girl sat on the edge of a flower bed, her short legs swinging, pouting cutely.

As soon as the little girl saw Xu Qing's car, her eyes brightened, and she jumped down from the flower bed, skipping towards him.

"Daddy, you've come to pick me up!"

Xu Qing got out of the car and picked up the little girl, his expression a bit complicated.

This was the daughter of the original body's owner – Xu Yan.

He had been single for so long in his previous life, and now, just by crossing over, he had skipped all the steps and got an adorable daughter directly. This left Xu Qing at a loss for words.

Looking at the jubilant little girl cuddling into his arms, the strong familial bond evoked strange feelings in him.

"Can you parents be more responsible?!" The kindergarten teacher who had been keeping Xu Yan company, walked over furiously.

"How long has it been since school got over? Huh? All the other kids have been picked up by their parents, only Xu Yan has been sitting here alone for over an hour. Aren't you worried something might happen?"

"You're only supposed to pick her up once a week, and yet you're late? If it wasn't for…"

The female teacher began to lecture Xu Qing furiously.

Xu Qing could only sigh and repeatedly apologize.

It wasn't until they had vented their frustrations that the female teacher allowed Xu Qing to take Xu Yan away.

As she watched the pair get into the car, the female teacher snorted coldly, "This parent...well, he is quite handsome."

With that, she strutted back to the kindergarten in her high heels.

"Xu Yan, what do you want to eat?"

Having buckled Xu Yan's seatbelt, Xu Qing asked.

"Dad, I want to eat hot pot, super spicy!" Xu Yan spread her hands wide, dramatically describing the degree of spiciness.

"Alright, we will have hot pot," Xu Qing grinned.

As for the 'super spicy', that was not going to happen.

The little one acted tough only in words. When it came to actually eating spicy food, she was barely able to handle mild heat.

After randomly selecting a hot pot place and finishing their meal, Xu Qing took Xu Yan back home, put on a cartoon for her to watch, and then left alone.

Closing the door, Xu Qing looked up to see two suited men instantly hiding in the staircase landing.

He didn't care and left on his own.

Though it was never explicitly stated, Xu Qing had long guessed that these two men were sent by the family's elder to protect Xu Yan. After all, she was his dear granddaughter, and they couldn't just leave her unattended.

And that's why Xu Qing dared to leave Xu Yan alone at home.

After a ten-minute drive, he parked his car in the parking lot in front of the "Skyshaker Martial Arts School" and walked in.

"Brother Xu, you're here?"

"Ah Xiong, long time no see."

"Brother Xu, you seem about to ascend to the third tier, aren't you?"

"I should be close."

"Brother Xu..."

There were quite a few martial artists in the school greets Xu Qing.

As a peak-level member of the second tier in the martial arts school, Xu Qing did have some fame in the Skyshaker Martial Arts School.

After some polite exchanges, Xu Qing headed directly to the second floor.

The Skyshaker Martial Arts School, as one of the largest martial arts schools in the Jiangnan district, had three floors in total. The first floor had the most people and was where ordinary members of the first tier and below practiced their skills.

The second floor was accessible only to elite members of the second tier. There were far fewer people, with just over a dozen practicing in the public area when Xu Qing went upstairs.

As for the third floor, it was a place only third-tier martial artists and high-ranking members like the schoolmaster could go. The training equipment and facilities there were the best in the school.

When people saw Xu Qing going upstairs, most of them greeted him warmly with a nod and a smile.

"Brother Xu!" A youth nearly two meters tall, dressed in a cheongsam, which was almost a head taller than Xu Qing, came over.

"Feng Zi." Xu Qing responded with a smile.

The young man's name was Lin Feng, a friend he had made at the martial arts academy.

"Coming so early today?"

Seeing the other party sweating profusely and his clothes soaked, Xu Qing asked.

"Sigh." Lin Feng let out a sigh.

"I graduated from Jiangzhou Martial Arts University half a year ago, and my family started arranging for me to do things. In a few days, I will leave Jiangzhou City and go to Huchuan City to take over some of the family businesses there.”

"So, arriving early today to bid everyone farewell."

"That's a good thing! From now on, we will have to call you Boss Lin!" Xu Qing laughed, "We will need to rely on Boss Lin to help out more in the future."

"Don't forget us when Boss Lin becomes rich!" Others also teased along.

Lin Feng looked sad.

"Compared to managing the business, I would rather continue my martial arts training..."

Xu Qing could understand him, knowing him for so long. Everyone knew Lin Feng's insistence on martial arts.

However, this is what the scion of a large family has to face.

In the early stages, the family invested resources to cultivate you; after that, you naturally need to contribute back to the family's development.

After chatting a few more lines, Xu Qing walked into the quiet room he rented at the martial arts academy.

The quiet room was made of special materials. A small room accommodating one person costs as high as one million, only the extravagant Zhentian Martial Arts Academy dared to build dozens of them at once to rent out to members.

Nevertheless, the meditation room is indeed very important for martial artists, especially when breaking through. The meditation room can isolate external influences and simultaneously monitor the condition of the martial artist's body, instantly alerting when anomalies occur.

"Did Xu Qing go to the meditation room?" someone noticed.

"Is he planning to break through?"

Generally, they only use the meditation room when they are about to break through as the rent is quite expensive. Even as second-grade martial artists, they could not afford to use it constantly.

Inside the meditation room, Xu Qing took out a top-grade Qi-blood pill without hesitation and swallowed one.

Everything seemed normal at first, but three seconds later, a burning sensation suddenly rose from his lower abdomen, spreading throughout his body!

Xu Qing's face instantly flushed red.

Such intense medicinal power!

He exclaimed in his mind.

"Exhale!"

Xu Qing breathed out a hot breath, practiced boxing and footwork in the meditation room, aiming to absorb the medicinal power to the maximum.

Ordinary Qi-blood pills could not directly increase Qi-blood, but merely serve as an aid to enhance the efficiency of Qi-blood initiation during martial training.

However, he could distinctly feel a difference with this top-grade Qi-blood pill.

Not only is the efficiency of Qi-blood initiation from martial training increased by more than a hundred times compared to the ordinary Qi-blood pill, but more importantly, it felt like a powerful Qi-blood had been sealed inside the pill, rampantly gushing inside him, stimulating the birth of new Qi-blood!

After a while, the medicinal effect faded, so Xu Qing took another pill.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

This time, under the bombardment of vital energy and blood, he finally broke through the barrier between the second-tier and third-tier warriors, successfully advanced to a third-tier warrior!

But he didn't stop there.

The third-tier, also known as the "Tempering Bones Realm," requires one to temper every single one of the 206 bones in their body, in order to be regarded to have reached the peak of the third-tier.

Under the residual medicinal effects of the second top quality vital blood pill, Xu Qing tempered more than half of the bones in his head in one go.

Then came the third pill…

By the time he had used all the top quality vital blood pills, he had tempered forty-one bones, going halfway through the initial stage of the third-tier.

Xu Qing looked at the record meter in the quiet chamber, his data prominently displayed:

Number of tempered bones: 41, including: parietal bone, occipital bone…

Vital blood: 2147 joules

To know that, before his breakthrough, his vital blood was only a little over nine hundred. Now, it was a complete leap!

Klang!

Xu Qing pushed open the heavy doors of the quiet chamber, and a group of people immediately looked over.

"Brother Xu, how did it go?" Lin Feng hastily asked.

"I was lucky enough to break through." Xu Qing said with a smile.

"Oh! Oh! Oh!"

"Congratulations, Brother Xu!"

"Congratulations, Xu Qing!"

"A third-tier warrior, wow, looking at the whole Jiangnan district, you are now a top-notch person!"