Gao Wu: From Martial Arts Student to Star Emperor

Chapter 164 Seed of a Grandmaster

Chapter 164 Seed of a Grandmaster

"What's so strange about that?"

Lu Qingying thought about it and realized that with Chen Lie's strength, passing the provincial youth genius team assessment would be a piece of cake. He must have already possessed the strength of a member of the provincial youth genius team before the new year. He just kept lingering and wanted to collect the points of all the students.

Lu Qingying asked, "What do you want to change the name of the Blazing Sun Alliance to?"

"Let's change it back to the original one," Chen Lie said.

This thing doesn't actually have a good reputation, since it exists to collect protection money from trainees. If it's allowed to circulate, its reputation will be ruined.

"Then we'll release a notice shortly."

"Um—when are you leaving?"

"What, are you in such a hurry for me to leave?"

Lu Qingying did not answer Chen Lie's question.

She certainly hoped Chen Lie would leave as soon as possible.

Chen Lie naturally knew what Lu Qingying was thinking, so he said, "Let's do it the day after tomorrow. I'll go to the Martial Arts Association to verify my identity the day after tomorrow."

Lu Qingying nodded, thinking to herself that this great master was finally leaving.

Chen Lie has already collected 600,000 points from the Genius Training Camp, so there's no point in staying any longer.

On the last day of the genius training camp, Chen Lie sent a message to Feng Shuangshuang using a green bubble, calling her out.

After all, Feng Shuangshuang's mother, who is also his aunt, had asked him to give Feng Shuangshuang martial arts guidance time and time again, and had even visited her in person. It wouldn't be right for him not to show any appreciation.

Moreover, without Feng Shuangshuang's dedicated one-on-one guidance in his previous life, it's hard to say whether Chen Lie would have been able to attend an ordinary martial arts university.

In martial arts training, time is life. If it's a distant relative, no one would be willing to waste a month of their time guiding a relative during a period of rapid progress in martial arts.

Upon receiving Chen Lie's green bubble message, Feng Shuangshuang went to the location Chen Lie had mentioned, filled with doubt.

Wu Qianqian, who had been practicing martial arts with her, also went with her.

We arrived at a quiet spot in the training ground.

"Shuangshuang, what does your cousin want with you?"

Feng Shuangshuang shook her head and said, "I don't know, he didn't say. Let's go ask."

Upon entering the training ground, Feng Shuangshuang spotted Chen Lie from afar.

Upon reaching Chen Lie's side, Feng Shuangshuang asked, "Chen Lie, what brings you here?"

Chen Lie said, "I'm going to join the provincial youth genius team tomorrow. I'm letting you out today just to give you some guidance on martial arts."

Feng Shuangshuang knew that Chen Lie's Qi and Blood value was in the four digits, so she was not surprised by it. Instead, she said, "Instruct me in martial arts."

"No need, is it? I feel my martial arts progress is very good, so please excuse the lack of instruction?"

"I'll give you guidance for half an hour first. If after half an hour you still feel that you don't need guidance, then forget it."

"Oh well."

Feng Shuangshuang nodded: "Just give me some pointers on my strength. My strength has always been a weak point, only maintaining at 3.2 times."

Chen Lie responded, checked Feng Shuangshuang's blood and qi purity, gave her targeted advice, and taught her a blood and qi circulation method, which she then practiced on the spot.

After Feng Shuangshuang tried practicing the Qi and Blood Circulation Technique for a while, her Qi and Blood became incredibly pure.

She was greatly shocked. If she continued to cultivate in such a way that the progress was visible to the naked eye, how could her strength not increase quickly?

Half an hour passed quickly.

Chen Lie asked, "How is it? Do you need me to give you some pointers?"

"Yes!" Feng Shuangshuang nodded quickly. Who would go against their own martial arts?

Having received Feng Shuangshuang's reply, Chen Lie began to offer his guidance.

Based on his insight and perspective, he immediately saw over a hundred shortcomings in Feng Shuangshuang.

Because of time constraints, he only pointed out a few of the biggest shortcomings.

Feng Shuangshuang, who was being guided, felt as if she had received divine assistance. Areas where she had only a vague understanding of cultivation in the past suddenly became clear to her.

Chen Lie instructed Feng Shuangshuang for the entire day, without even having time for lunch.

Seeing that Wu Qianqian, who had come with Feng Shuangshuang, was waiting on the side, he casually pointed out a few moves to Feng Shuangshuang while she was immersed in martial arts.

But it was these few moves that made Wu Qianqian suddenly realize the truth. The mystery that had been shrouding her in cultivation was suddenly cleared up, like the moon emerging from the clouds.

A day passed quickly, and the sky outside the training ground had already darkened. Seeing that it was getting late, Chen Lie said to Feng Shuangshuang, "If you cultivate according to the instructions I just gave you, it will greatly accelerate your progress in the Qi and Blood stage."

It's getting late, so I'll stop my guidance here. You should reflect on this carefully over the next few days.

After saying that, Chen Lie left.

The knowledge he explained today is definitely enough for Feng Shuangshuang to digest for several days. If she can comprehend even half of it, breaking through four digits in her Qi and Blood value will be a piece of cake for her.

In his previous life, Chen Lie might have been at the bottom of the ninth-tier Grandmasters in the Central Galaxy Empire, but compared to the Grandmaster level martial artists on Blue Star, he was practically a dimensional reduction in strength.

Although both Grandmaster warriors of the Central Galaxy Empire and Grandmaster warriors of Blue Star are at the Grandmaster level, they cannot be considered the same species.

Placing a Grandmaster from Earth in front of a Grandmaster from the Central Galactic Empire is like a toddler who has just learned to walk facing a strong adult—there is almost no comparison.

After Chen Lie finished speaking, he left the training ground, leaving Feng Shuangshuang and Wu Qianqian looking at each other in bewilderment.

"Shuangshuang, our combined Qi and Blood Points are at least 500 each. Is the gap between us and martial arts geniuses with four-digit numbers really that big?"

Wu Qianqian fell into deep doubt.

Feng Shuangshuang also felt that Chen Lie's guidance to her just now was so brilliant that it was almost frightening.

Just like the teachings given by a knowledgeable scholar to a young child who has just begun to learn.

She couldn't help but wonder, "Perhaps all members of the province's youth genius team are like this?"

"Aren't these geniuses a bit too over the top?"

I thought I was only a few hundred calories of Qi and blood, and a fraction of a ki, away from being a member of the province's top youth talent team.

If all the young geniuses in the province are this prodigy, then I think I can forget about ever making it into the provincial young genius team.

Not only in this life, but also in the next.

Feng Shuangshuang also fell into deep thought for a moment.

Why is there such a big gap between me and the provincial youth genius team?

The difference is more than a hundred thousand miles.

"Shuangshuang, your cousin has such profound insights into martial arts, you can ask him for advice more often when you have time."

"I'm not saying this to be mean, but the instructors at our training camp are nowhere near as good as your cousin's."

This time, Feng Shuangshuang did not refuse Wu Qianqian's request, but nodded instead.

The next morning, Chen Lie found Ding Haiyan, the head instructor of the training camp, and asked him to go with him to the Martial Arts Association to verify his identity.

And so, Chen Lie verified his identity again in the verification room.

"Fingerprint authentication successful—"

"Iris verification successful—"

"DNA verification passed—"

"Processing—"

"Identity verification complete. Confirmed to be Chen Lie, a citizen of Dongchuan Province."

As Chen Lie walked out of the certification room, Ding Haiyan immediately walked up to him with a smile.

"Congratulations, Chen Lie, you have been selected for the provincial youth genius team."

The man next to me is named Zhong Qifeng. He's an envoy from the Martial Arts Association. He'll be showing you around the province's youth prodigies.

Chen Lie nodded and looked at the middle-aged man named Zhong Qifeng next to Ding Haiyan.

"Chen Lie, congratulations on joining the ranks of the strongest martial arts geniuses in Dongchuan Province. This represents a great honor for any family in Dongchuan Province."

Your selection for the provincial youth talent team will be announced province-wide.

"Your name will appear in all the major official media outlets in Dongchuan Province for a week," Zhong Qifeng said.

"Oh? Aren't you afraid of being assassinated by the Dark Moon Organization?" Chen Lie asked.

"Don't worry about that, the authorities will protect your identity information and whereabouts."

Besides, the Dark Moon Organization isn't as rampant as you think. Your existence can inspire tens of millions of young men and women across the province.

"Just look at Ji Lingxuan, who's ranked number one in three provinces. She's so famous in Sichuan, central Sichuan, and even the eight provinces of Shaanxi. That tells you everything."

Chen Lie nodded in agreement.

"The province's Young Geniuses Group has a total of 26 members. Now, with you added, the total is 27."

"Give me your genius training camp student card, I'll upgrade it for you."

Chen Lie said "okay" and then handed the Genius Training Camp student card to Zhong Qifeng.

Zhong Qifeng took Chen Lie's genius training camp student card and used the Martial Arts Association's quantum computer to upgrade the card's permissions.

The whole process took less than ten minutes.

Zhong Qifeng returned Chen Lie's student card to Chen Lie.

"Chen Lie, I have transferred the 200,000 points from the provincial youth genius group every month to your card."

I must say, you're truly a tycoon; you have an astonishing 2.3 million points in your account.

As he spoke, Zhong Qifeng gave Chen Lie a meaningful look.

Two million three hundred thousand points, which is equivalent to seven billion star coins. Which big family in Dongchuan Province would dare to be so extravagant and give so much money to a young man?

This Chen Lie must have an extraordinary background; his connections are at least stronger than some of the major families in Dongchuan Province, otherwise he wouldn't possess such enormous wealth.

Chen Lie took the student card. His student card originally had 1.5 million points, and a few days ago he earned another 600,000 points from the Genius Training Camp. Now he has also received 200,000 points per month from the members of the Provincial Youth Genius Group, which adds up to exactly 2.3 million points.

"Chen Lie, come with me. I'll show you around the place where the members of the provincial youth genius group usually listen to lectures by famous teachers."

Chen Lie nodded and followed Zhong Qifeng down from the Martial Arts Association building to the venue of the Provincial Youth Genius Team.

The venue for the provincial youth genius team is right next to the martial arts association. It covers a huge area of ​​tens of thousands of square meters, and has many independent individual training rooms, medicinal bath rooms, and martial arts rooms.

The province’s group of young geniuses has fewer than thirty members, but they enjoy the highest level of training environment.

It can be said that the entire Dongchuan province is pooling its resources to support these twenty-odd martial arts geniuses.

Dongchuan Province is already poor in martial arts resources, and these twenty-odd people may have occupied nearly half of Dongchuan Province's martial arts resources.

"This is the venue for the province's young genius group, and the place in the middle is where famous teachers give lectures."

There are dedicated personal training rooms all around, and everything needed for martial arts training is available here.

You can use it anytime you need it in the future.

Upon entering the venue of the provincial youth genius group, Zhong Qifeng began his introduction.

There is also a competition mechanism within the province's group of young geniuses.

Among the more than twenty members, a martial arts competition is held every month, and the top ten members in the competition receive additional points as a reward.

In addition, members of the provincial youth genius group have two opportunities each month to apply to search for the martial arts resources they need through the Martial Arts Association.

For example, second-tier martial arts treasures, spiritual herbs over 800 years old, and so on.

However, you must remember that the martial arts resources you search for cannot be too rare, otherwise the search will fail.

If the Martial Arts Association fails to find the specified resource within half a month in the eight provinces of Sichuan and Shaanxi, the search will fail and the opportunity will be automatically forfeited.

The Martial Arts Association also used a huge amount of manpower and resources to search for resources.

Chen Lie asked, "Are there only two opportunities to search for resources each month?"

Zhong Qifeng replied, "That's right, but even within the provincial group of young geniuses, there are different levels."

If you can become a Grandmaster Seed, you will have an extra opportunity to search for resources.

Furthermore, if one can become the champion of Dongchuan Martial Arts, which is the first place winner in the monthly martial arts competition for the province's youth geniuses, one will receive another opportunity for the Martial Arts Association to search for resources.

Chen Lie asked, "What does this 'Grandmaster Seed' mean?"

"Grandmaster Seeds" are obviously members who are being cultivated by the provincial government as future martial arts grandmasters.

There are two requirements to become a Grandmaster Seed.

First, the Qi and Blood value must be close to 2,000 calories. Specifically, once the Qi and Blood value reaches 1800 calories, this condition is met.

Second, you need to have four times the stamina.

Once these two conditions are met, and after verification, one can become a Grandmaster Seed.

Grandmaster seed members also enjoy an additional 100,000 Martial Arts Association points each month.

"Oh? I see—" Chen Lie nodded, then asked, "So, among the members of the provincial youth genius team, how many are potential grandmasters?"

"There are only five," Zhong Qifeng said.

"Only five?"

"Five is not enough? Do you know how difficult it is to reach four times the strength value?"

Four times the strength means you're likely to reach the pinnacle of Qi and Blood. You should know the concept of the pinnacle of Qi and Blood, right?

"I know that!"

Chen Lie nodded. Once his Qi and Blood value broke through four digits and reached ten times his strength value, he would complete the first step of tempering his body, "tough skin and resilient flesh," and thus achieve minor success in the "Dragon Nirvana Technique," reaching the first extreme realm of the Qi and Blood stage, where his bone marrow would be like mercury and his Qi and Blood like syrup.

"Even in Yun Chuan, there are very few people who have broken through to the extreme realm of Qi and Blood stage."

Therefore, it's already quite good that our Dongchuan province has five people whose Qi value has exceeded four times and who are expected to reach the peak of the Qi and Blood stage. They are much stronger than those in the neighboring Xichuan province.

"How much strength do you have?" Zhong Qifeng asked Chen Lie.