Gao Wu insists on cultivating immortality.

Chapter 16 Let's get started!

At six o'clock in the morning, Gao Wu woke up from his deep sleep on time.

I was busy half the night last night, getting the video collaboration settled, chatting with Shang Qingjun for a long time, and finally getting an injection of Blood Dragon Elixir. My nightlife was quite fulfilling.

Gao Wu quickly took care of his personal hygiene, put on his weighted clothing, and went out.

He waited at the school gate for two minutes, and then Shen Yue arrived on his electric scooter.

Today, Shen Yue is going to film Gao Wu training and upload the footage as a short video. For this, he even prepared a small drone.

The new camera has facial recognition capabilities; once it locks onto a person's face, it can automatically fly alongside and film them.

"Can your electric scooter handle it?" Gao Wu reminded him, "It's about 25 kilometers round trip."

"Forty kilometers is no problem, don't worry." Shen Yue patted the little electric scooter under his backside, looking very confident.

He wasn't worried about the battery life, but the temperature was very low in the morning, and riding the electric scooter for dozens of kilometers was really tough.

Shen Yue hung an action camera on Gao Wu's chest, while he himself used a head-mounted action camera.

"Strive for self-improvement and forge a stronger version of yourself! Let's do it!"

Gao Wu pointed at the camera and shouted passionately, then turned and sprinted forward.

This approach was inspired by a social media influencer from his previous life; he made slight adjustments in hopes of replicating that successful path in this world.

Small internet celebrities can be easily promoted using various well-established business tactics.

Becoming a major internet celebrity is a mysterious art.

No one can predict which point will resonate with the target audience and generate massive traffic. Maintaining that massive traffic is even more complex.

Gao Wu wants to become an internet celebrity mainly to accumulate a lot of merit. Of course, making money from it would also be extremely beneficial.

With money, you can buy all sorts of top-tier resources and provide a better life for your family. Unfortunately, money is hard to earn in any world.

This world is teeming with martial artists, and there are countless short videos of martial arts training. It's a stark contrast to his previous life.

Fortunately, these martial artists mainly teach various techniques or show off their martial prowess and wealth; most of them haven't realized the true nature of short videos.

Not many people want to learn knowledge from short videos, nor are they very willing to watch others show off. At least most people just want to gain emotional value and please themselves.

In his view, the most important thing about short videos is conveying emotions.

Saving lives evokes a strong positive emotion, as does turning adversity into victory. However, short videos that combine compelling stories with powerful emotions are impossible to produce every day.

His workout videos aren't about teaching others how to exercise; they're simply about conveying a positive attitude.

In this respect, Gao Wu felt he had a significant advantage. This also suited his personality; he didn't need to deliberately feign or create a persona…

Gao Wu was wearing light sportswear with an 80-kilogram weighted vest over it, yet his steps were incredibly light and powerful.

A small drone followed behind Gao Wu, taking pictures of him from a diagonal angle, and occasionally hovering around Gao Wu as the center.

Shen Yue followed behind on his electric scooter. After a short while, Gao Wu was surrounded by steaming white vapor, while Shen Yue's face turned blue from the cold and he was shivering all over.

The main problem was that once outside the city, the wind was biting cold with no buildings to block it. Although Shen Yue had made some preparations, he hadn't expected it to be so cold outside.

Whether it was out of loyalty to his friends or for the sake of his short video business, he had no choice but to grit his teeth and follow along.

Bailong Mountain isn't high, only seven or eight hundred meters, but even so, Shen Yue didn't have the strength to climb it. Fortunately, there was a drone to film Gao Wu.

Gao Wu practiced the Dragon Form Nine Styles on the mountaintop for half an hour before running back to his school dormitory.

Shen Yue's nose was running from the cold, so he took the video materials and went home first. Gao Wu thought he had caught a cold.

Sure enough, Shen Yue didn't come to class in the morning.

It wasn't until noon that Shen Yue contacted Gao Wu via Fetion and sent him the video he had edited.

The film opens with Gao Wu pointing at the camera and shouting, "Strive for self-improvement and forge a stronger version of yourself!"

What followed was a series of training scenes, accompanied by rousing music, with rapid cuts between the footage, culminating in Gao Wu singing those four lines of passionate youth.

The video is only twenty seconds long, but it effectively conveys emotions through visuals, and the overall execution is quite good. It even has a rather exhilarating and spirited feel to it.

Gao Wu was very satisfied with this. Shen Yue did have some talent in shooting videos and had accomplished his goal very well.

"Your videos of turning the tide and saving lives yesterday were linked, which brought in some traffic. The videos received over 30,000 likes and several thousand comments, and the popularity was quite good."

Shen Yue said, "I just checked the leaderboard, and you've already broken into the top 200. You've improved very quickly!"

"It's too far off." Gao Wu shook his head. The middle school martial arts league was already halfway through, and he could only make it into the top ten if he could win every single match. In fact, that was absolutely impossible.

There are more than ten advanced martial arts masters in the Dongjiang Middle School League, most of whom are from good schools like No. 1 Middle School and No. 3 Middle School.

Even if he were to win against a high-level martial artist by sheer luck, it would be impossible for him to lead his team to victory.

Half of the martial arts points are team points; if the team is weak, no matter how skilled an individual is, they won't achieve a high ranking. This is also to cultivate a sense of teamwork among the young people.

The martial arts academy assigns a very high weight to individual student scores during admissions.

As for the school's guaranteed admission quota, Huang Hai would not give it to him either.

That being said, such a guaranteed admission spot is only suitable for second-rate schools, so I wouldn't accept it even if it were offered to me.

He would only be eligible to interview at Ankyo University, the top university in Northern State, if he ranked in the top ten of the points list.

From beginning to end, Gao Wu's goal was Anjing University. Going there would not only allow him to reunite with Shang Qingjun, but also allow him to enjoy the top martial arts resources in Beizhou.

The martial arts of this world have been combined with biotechnology for over a hundred years, creating a complete system through the wisdom of countless people.

Although the Book of Immeasurable Merit is wondrous, it can only serve as a supplementary means at present.

To achieve something in martial arts and become the strongest in the world, he must actively integrate into the modern martial arts system.

The high school league is no longer enough to earn enough individual points. Fortunately, there are other ways to obtain a large number of martial arts points.

He can't even be considered a high-level martial artist now, and it's too late for him to cultivate steadily. He can only try to make use of the wonders of the Book of Boundless Merit.

If he could elevate the Azure Dragon Divine Qi Mantra to a higher level, or activate another divine mantra, he would be confident of entering Anjing University.

Gao Wu and Shen Yue discussed some ways to drive traffic to the video, such as forwarding the video link in the class group and asking classmates to help forward it.

Although this method is inefficient, its advantage lies in its extremely low cost.

Alternatively, you can establish connections with public organizations such as schools and secondary school martial arts league committees, and ask them to help with promotion and publicity.

These organizations have many channels and resources, and at least have a certain influence locally.

"We are insignificant and our voices carry little weight; the school and other organizations simply won't care..."

Shen Yue suggested, "Why don't we try contacting the Song family? They have plenty of money and enormous influence through various channels."

"never mind."

Gao Wu shook his head. He could tell that Song Yunhe didn't care about him, but the man was shrewd and didn't show it on his face.

"Let's leave it at that for now. Making short videos is also a matter of luck. Let's focus on creating solid content first, and maybe we'll go viral when the right opportunity arises."

In the afternoon training session, Gao Wu used heavy weights.

At the martial arts stage, the main focus is on strengthening the muscles and bones, with weightlifting being the most important training method.

High-intensity, heavy-weight training is essential to unlocking the body's potential. After all, the body is the foundation of martial arts and the key to awakening one's inner power.

When Huang Long entered the training hall, he saw Gao Wu doing deadlifts while wearing a vest.

He glanced at the thick barbell plates and his heart skipped a beat. They weighed a full 850 kilograms, heavier than the barbells he usually used.

Gao Wu then proceeded to do ten deadlifts in one go, demonstrating his exceptional endurance.

The intense anaerobic exercise caused Gao Wu's blood vessels to bulge, and a surge of power radiated outward from his slender body.

The other martial arts team members watched silently. Lifting an 850-kilogram barbell wasn't an exaggeration, but the key was doing ten consecutive deadlifts, which was truly terrifying.

The last time Gao Wu defeated Bai Xiang, it could be attributed to the effects of the potion.

His training intensity has now reached this level, putting immense pressure on all the martial arts members. Especially Huang Long…

Huang Hai was also somewhat surprised by this. Blood Dragon Agent can stimulate blood and qi and strengthen bones and muscles, but the human body also has a limit to its tolerance.

Training like Gao Wu can easily ruin your health.

Instead of stopping him, he praised Gao Wu in public and encouraged the other team members to learn from him.

During a break in training, Huang Long couldn't help but find Huang Hai and whisper, "Third Uncle, is the Blood Dragon Potion really that effective? I want to try it too..."

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