After returning home, Lu Chenzhou sent his chattering mother away.
He finished practicing Heavenly Pile and Fist Technique, took a bath, sat down at his computer desk, and began to review the information on his opponents for next month’s exchange competition, given by the Master.
The Master had given him a list of 10 people.
According to the intelligence, they were all at Third Rank.
Whether they had breakthrough to Fourth Rank during this period was unknown. However, objectively speaking, it’s extremely hard for someone with low-class root bone to reach Fourth Rank before the age of 18!
Lu Chenzhou was confident because he had the Martial Arts Tree.
Setting aside this factor, reaching Third Rank at 16, as Du had done, was actually the limit for someone of average comprehension and low-class root bone. Yet whether he could achieve Fourth Rank before turning 18 was still uncertain; breaking through from visible force to Dark Force was a major hurdle!
Although this hurdle was not as severe as the physical body’s restraints, it still wasn’t something an ordinary person could easily overcome. Those with average root bone and comprehension generally needed a long time to grind through it.
"As long as I don’t encounter a Fourth Rank, I am confident that I can make it into the top three. If I do encounter a Fourth Rank, even if I exert all my skills, it would be impossible to beat them."
Lu Chenzhou analyzed in his mind.
In the end, he singled out three main competitors.
Ricken, the eldest son of Giant Elephant Rickett, 17 years old, an immigrant from the Silver Eagle Federation who had joined Da Xia nationality with his father, studying the "White Elephant Fighting Technique" close to Great Success!
Liu Qingyuan, a direct disciple of Jiang Jiao, 16 years old, had Small Success in the "Green Snake Palm," a third-tier Martial Arts, and he was also proficient in the exclusive Martial Arts of the Youlong Martial Arts Hall, "Youlong Body."
The last one, Wang Chong, a true disciple of Wenda, 17 years old, had Small Success in the "Lion Fist" of third-tier Martial Arts, including the movement technique technique, "Dancing Lion Step"...
"They have all been in Third Rank for a while, at least having one third-tier Martial Arts at Small Success. Except for Ricken, others also mastered movement techniques. They are all formidable opponents indeed."
Whether these people had hidden Martial Arts was unknown.
Being listed as True Inheritances, they were generally extraordinary.
Among the three, Lu Chenzhou was most wary of Ricken. According to the data, this person was 1.9 meters tall, with incredibly vigorous Qi-Blood, possibly close to 2!
And 2.07 was the standard Qi-Blood level for Fourth Rank.
Lu Chenzhou had just reached Third Rank.
This person’s fighting technique was also close to Great Success!
He found some videos on "White Elephant Fighting Technique."
"Vigorously unbeatable, forsaking some movement techniques for extreme lethal power, those who practice this fighting technique often need an unrivaled bravado, which is sheer recklessness!"
After watching the introduction, Lu Chenzhou evaluated as such.
It was a very extreme type of Fist Technique.
All Fist Techniques have "Fist Theory"!
Da Xia has long been influenced by the Doctrine of the Mean and the thoughts of the Three Religions. Since time immemorial, the Fist Theory of Martial Artists also tended to pursue a certain "balance," "Yin and Yang," "reservedness," "moderation," and among the thousands upon thousands of Martial Arts in the world, few took extremes.
It was different abroad.
Especially in the Silver Eagle Federation, founded later, without a profound historical background, from the nation to its people, all preferred extremes. Under such cultural influence, the Martial Arts theories that spread there favored a radical approach with everyone believing "bigger is better."
Their fighting techniques specialized in stimulating the extreme development of the body.
A common phenomenon that resulted was:
The strong were very tall and imposing.
You could even roughly judge their strength by their physique.
A typical battle style over there might look :
"Oh my God! This person is in the two-meter realm, unbelievable!"
"You’re shorter than me, you’ve already lost!"
From a natural perspective, being larger holds absolute advantages, but Martial Arts is a transcendental path that breaks free from restraints. Lu Chenzhou thought the theories in Da Xia were better.
Of course, mankind was still on the path to breaking free from restraints.
Martial Arts is infinite, and theories have no absolute right or wrong.
The dispute over Martial Arts philosophies also never ceases!
"If I can’t reach Fourth Rank before the exchange competition, I might need to intensively train in ’Sea Sweeping Body’! Facing Ricken directly, I’m at a disadvantage."
Martial Arts, should play to strengths and avoid weaknesses.
If he could ascend to Fourth Rank, he would outright overwhelm by force!
Then, he analyzed everyone on the list again, considering the countermeasures based on their Fist Techniques, not underestimating anyone due to their lower ranks.
As the night deepened, Lu Chenzhou fell into a deep sleep amid his research.
Today was Sunday, and Lu Chenzhou didn’t have classes. As soon as he got up in the morning and turned on his mobile phone, he saw a message from Shi Ruyu in the middle of the night.
"Junior brother, come to the Martial Arts Hall tomorrow."
After practicing Heavenly Pile and Fist Technique, Lu Chenzhou had breakfast and rushed over.
"Mom, I won’t be coming home for lunch today."
Flying Swallow Martial Arts Hall.
Ji Xuantong arrived in his luxury car.
The training students quietly gathered around, discussing.
"They say that car cost two million."
"The Master is really wealthy."
For wealthy and prestigious Martial Artists, there was only admiration.
No one was envious, after all, it was what Martial Artists deserved.
Especially Du, he had been saved by a Martial Artist once, and the Master hadn’t even publicized that. From then on, his admiration for Ji Xuantong grew even stronger!
Ji Xuantong called out,
"Chenzhou, Ru Yu, come with me to the Martial Arts Association."
"Alright, teacher, let me drive."
Ji Xuantong sat in the back, and Lu Chenzhou sat in the passenger seat.
Old Ji thought for a moment and said,
"Chenzhou, after you come of age, go and get a driver’s license too. This car is a Daoist Science and Technology ’Seeking Dao’ model, with some features to prevent Void Things.
"I don’t usually drive much, so if you and Ru Yu need to go out and run some errands for me, like picking up my parents, just use my car."
Lu Chenzhou obediently replied,
He found that becoming a True Inheritor was different; Old Ji had suddenly become much more generous; a two-million car, at the ready for his disciple to drive, filled his heart with satisfaction.
But that was not all.
Old Ji took a white gift box from the back of the car, unsealed it, checked the ten boxes of Qi Boosting One supplements inside to ensure there was no problem, and then handed it to Lu Chenzhou.
"Take these supplements and use them."
Lu Chenzhou turned around, his expression changing, and quickly said,
"Teacher, this is too valuable..."
This was worth a hundred and twenty thousand, equivalent to a year’s salary for Lu Guoping. How could he accept it?
The driving Shi Ruyu laughed,
"Junior, keep it. If you don’t, it’s like not showing face to our master. It’s common practice for a master to give a gift upon acknowledging you as a True Inheritor."
"It’s not much money. I’m just giving you some resources to get started. Eventually, you need to work hard yourself; I can’t provide for you forever. Besides, with these supplements, you might even breakthrough to the Fourth Rank before the exchange competition and take first place for me!"
Lu Chenzhou earnestly said,
"I have my parents who gave birth to me, and a master who teaches me! As a disciple, I shall respect and obey, and dare to accept this gift. I will never forget today’s great kindness from my master in this lifetime!"
A gift worth over a hundred thousand given casually—why would he need a bicycle anymore? Not to mention, it exempted the huge annual True Inheritance fees. Old Ji was definitely a generous person with money to share!
Lu Chenzhou held the box, which had the label "True Inheritance Gift, Ceremony Gifts for Teachers and Juniors, Showing Respect to Elders, You Deserve to Have It—Martial Medicine Factory No.6." It turned out Martial Arts Supplements also came in gift boxes; those medicine factories really knew how to make money.
Ji Xuantong closed his eyes to rest.
The True Inheritance gift he had given to Shi Ruyu was a gift box worth 300,000 Yuan called "Bone-Strengthening One", not from favoring one over the other. For Lu Chenzhou’s current realm, Qi Boosting One was plenty adequate. Shi Ruyu, at Seventh Rank, would retrieve minimal benefit from Qi Boosting Potions,
Feeling emotionally moved, Lu Chenzhou found Old Ji even more endearing.
"Teacher, what business do we have at the Martial Arts Association?"
Ji Xuantong opened his eyes and said,
"We’ll record your registrations. Accepting True Inheritors isn’t like taking regular students. By accepting you, I’m also taking on a measure of responsibility for your future actions, so Martial Artists don’t easily accept True Inheritors; they need to observe and test character over a long period.
Many Martial Artists consider character to be of highest importance, followed by comprehension and talent. If someone has a poor character and goes around causing trouble, no matter how talented they are, nobody wants them. Whether it’s at the Martial Arts Academy or Martial Arts University, the first lesson is always about being a proper human!"
Lu Chenzhou deeply agreed,
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Shi Ruyu also shared some instances of people being expelled from Martial Arts University due to poor character. Martial Artists are transcendent beings, but they still must adhere to basic moral, ethical, and legal standards.
Those who break the law and discipline lightly may get punished by the Martial Arts Association.
In more severe cases, they would be dealt with jointly by the Martial Arts Department, police, and the legal system.
Of course, because of the strong powers Martial Artists possess, some criminals still escape and commit crimes under the radar, disturbing society—colloquially called: