Hunting God Era

Chapter 54 Genius? I'm cheating.

Ningjiang City and its eight subordinate counties have a total of 67 high schools, 27 of which are located in Ningjiang City. These schools include both public and private institutions.

There are five schools in Dongcheng District: No. 2 Middle School, No. 7 Middle School, No. 10 Middle School, No. 14 Middle School, and Wuyu Middle School.

In last year's district martial arts competition, No. 14 Middle School ranked second in Dongcheng District.

The main players were Fu Chuxue and Xiang Feipeng, and there was another player who was a senior in high school at the time. He graduated this year and went to Chongqing University of Technology, so Yang Jie took his place.

Having received the documents, Li Ye walked out of the office, looking at them as he went.

The three main players from Ningjiang No. 2 Middle School are: Deng Zihao, ranked first, a senior in high school, a student at the Fourth Dragon Gate, who follows the Qi Meridian Gate route, has a long breath, is good at physical strength, and often wins by wearing down his opponents. He is also good at dodging.

The second and third ones are not purely about clearing levels.

Other high schools are similar; only one student has completed the first stage of the process, while the others are either halfway through or have reached the fifth or sixth stage of the process.

If it weren't for Fu Chuxue, No. 14 Middle School would be pretty much the same as them.

However, this Wuyu Middle School is a little different.

All three main players are pursuing the path of clearing levels.

Hua Zihang, the first, is a martial artist from the Six Dragons Gate who has mastered the Po Jun Pass and Shen Xing Pass.

The second and third were both through a single stage, and they were all martial artists from the Five Dragons Gate.

"I sent you the materials, right?"

When Yao Ledan saw Li Ye come out with a stack of documents, she went up to him excitedly, "I know about this, can you explain it to me?"

"Talk about it."

"The martial arts competition is a best-of-three series. We used to be at the bottom, but after Fu Chuxue came in, we started to stay in the middle. The year before last, we were third in the district's martial arts competition, and last year, after Xiang Feipeng became a key player, we were second."

Yao Ledan said, "Wu Yu is too strong. He has three main players. The first one is Hua Zihang, who is ranked second in the city and 153rd in the province. He is from the Six Dragons Sect and is known as the 'Deadly Sword.' He has excellent swordsmanship and good lightness skills. He is very powerful."

"The other two are Gong Zhongda, who took the Po Jun Pass and is skilled with a long spear, and is ranked 17th in the city. Lei Yu took the Qi Mai Pass and is skilled with palm techniques, and is ranked 32nd in the city."

"You don't need to pay attention to anyone else, just focus on Hua Zihang."

Upon hearing this, Li Ye asked, "Is the order of the martial arts competition freely changed?"

"Of course, if everyone goes in order, it's easy to be targeted. In a martial arts competition, you can freely choose your order of appearance. If you're lucky enough to be drawn against someone you're good at, you might just win. Luck is also a part of skill."

"We've been very lucky this year. With you and Fu Chuxue, as long as you don't run into Hua Zihang, we're guaranteed to win. If we win just one match, we can become the district's number one. Wu Yu is already number one in the city, so if we really win, we might even have a chance to become number one in the city. If we're even luckier, we might even be able to participate in the provincial martial arts competition."

The district-level martial arts competition is limited to the district level, with three main competitors sent. The city-level martial arts competition selects the top three from each district and county-level competition to participate. The provincial-level martial arts competition selects the top three from each city to participate in the provincial-level competition.

High school students only participate in provincial martial arts competitions, not national ones, and even if they did, it wouldn't be relevant to No. 14 Middle School.

At best, No. 14 Middle School can participate in the city's martial arts competition, but they will be eliminated at that stage. No matter how well Fu Chuxue wins, she is only one person. The other two are indeed no match for so many high schools in the city.

With sixty or seventy high schools in a city, it's impossible for them not to produce geniuses.

"What's going on with the rankings?" Li Ye asked curiously.

"The overall ranking is based on past martial arts competition results. For martial artists with more than a thousand in the province, someone will give them a title based on their style. You know Water Margin, right? That's the kind of title."

Yao Ledan laughed and said, "If you can get into the top 1,000 in the province, and people study you a lot, you'll also get a title."

Li Ye had known about Water Margin for two lifetimes. The martial arts in the classic novel of his previous life were still within an acceptable range, but the Water Margin of this world was even more of a high-level martial arts novel. Black Whirlwind wielding his double axes was truly like a black whirlwind, without any exaggeration.

"So study that Hua Zihang more, and make sure you beat him if you run into him." "Oh? He's very strong?" Li Ye laughed.

It's not about whether they're strong or not.

Yao Ledan said, "They are all on the path of breaking through the gates. Even if we can't distinguish their specific strengths, we can still roughly tell. At the same level, those who practice Foundation Building Techniques can't beat those who practice Basic Martial Arts, those who practice Basic Martial Arts can't beat those who practice martial arts schools, those who practice martial arts schools can't beat those who practice half-stage techniques, and those who practice half-stage techniques can't beat those who practice pure breakthrough techniques."

"If you fight someone of lower strength, you need an extra layer of qi and blood to theoretically achieve a draw. If you need two extra layers of qi and blood, you can theoretically win. But that's still just theoretical. In reality, it's very difficult for anyone to defeat you martial artists who are on the path of breaking through barriers. Only people like you are qualified to do this."

As she spoke, she gave Li Ye a knowing look, "So you're practicing the Vajra Gate? Who are you trying to fool? A single Xuan Gate can never beat Xiang Feipeng's; it's a difference in Qi and blood."

Li Ye was able to defeat Xiang Feipeng of the Fourth Dragon Gate when he was at the Third Dragon Gate, which means he must have gone through more than one level. In addition, considering the roar he showed last time, he must have gained either an extra Qi Meridian or an extra Po Jun.

If your cultivation level isn't high enough, you can make up for it with sheer strength.

“You’ve at least taken the two-stage path, and I even think you might be on the top three-stage path, just like Fu Chuxue.”

"He was a preparatory student before summer vacation, and only a week after summer vacation ended until the start of the new semester, a little over two months later, he reached the Four Dragons Gate. It's very likely that he was laying the groundwork for some kind of top-tier martial art beforehand, otherwise his aptitude wouldn't be so strong!"

Yao Ledan said, "Are you practicing legendary top-level martial arts? Those martial arts each have their own wonders. Your martial arts may need to be honed more when you are an ordinary person."

Good for imagining things.

Li Ye wanted to give her a thumbs up.

This gave him a perfect excuse to go from a preparatory student to a high-achieving student in no time.

He didn't answer, but just smiled slightly, which was taken as his consent.

"Are there really three trials?"

Yao Ledan's eyes lit up, and she exclaimed in surprise, "A genius!"

Then she sighed, "But why did you only come now? It would have been better if you had come earlier. This year is the last chance. Our class should be the strongest class in the Fourteenth Middle School. Next year, when we graduate, we'll be trash again."

Li Ye chuckled, "Before becoming trash, at least there was glory."

Although Li Ye didn't consider himself unique—after all, there were experts and top-notch martial arts practitioners everywhere—there were still differences between top-notch martial arts.

According to Yao Ledan's comparison, the three-stage route is very intense, requiring at least three levels of combat.

After all, those who practice foundation-building techniques will learn some martial arts; it's impossible for them not to learn any at all. They can be considered as one.

Those who take the three-gate route can fight ordinary four-gate fighters at the first Dragon Gate, and ordinary seven-gate fighters at the third Dragon Gate. However, Li Ye has killed people from the seven-gate, so it is certain that he is far more than that.

He remembered that his master was number one when he entered university, and no one in the Dragon Gate Realm could surpass him.

That means that the [Twelve Dragon Gates Golden Palace Dragon Tiger Gate] is unparalleled and should be the purest martial art.

Other martial arts may not be able to achieve the unique transformation of qi and blood that this martial art possesses. Moreover, Li Ye uses authority to practice, making him even more pure than his master.

If we consider the normal breakthrough of Qi and blood as 'ordinary Qi and blood,' then the Qi and blood refined by martial arts is 'refined Qi and blood.' Li Ye's Qi and blood is not ordinary at all.

After all, no one can guarantee that their training will produce the purest 'refined qi and blood' refined through martial arts, since both eating and training will increase ordinary qi and blood.

Even others at his level of cultivation cannot start storing qi and blood to complete the Twelve Elements Technique. Even if they practice while eating, it would be difficult to complete the Twelve Elements Technique.

Li Ye was able to do it; his control over his qi and blood was at a level that even his master called genius, and the talent brought by his authority...
More than a genius, he's practically cheating.

(End of this chapter)