Citywide Mock Exam, on par with a Martial Saint

Chapter 66 Citywide Mock Exam, on par with a Martial Saint

Banquet at Anqi Middle School in April

Inside Su Nianyi's private martial arts classroom.

Su Nianying stood with her arms crossed, calmly watching the two people holding swords in the center of the classroom.

Both were dressed in black nano-suits and wielded basic standard-issue longswords and knives, standing ten meters apart.

Both are serious oppositions.

The instructor, Su Nianying, acted as the referee.

After confirming that both of them were ready

She said coldly, without any expression: "Three..."

.start!"

As soon as he finished speaking,

A longsword, gleaming with the cold luster of alloy, pierced through the air, its tip flashing like lightning. Almost simultaneously with Su Nianying's voice, the sword tip had already struck the opponent's chest.

This is the new ancient martial arts sword technique that Su Nianyi has been practicing, called "One-Word Lightning Sword".

This sword technique is extremely fast, and it already qualifies one to advance to the fourth stage of martial arts.

Especially in the early stages, battles between martial artists are decided in a very short time.

This kind of move, with its extremely fast attack speed and sword speed, can easily cause a "first-time kill" at the very beginning.

If the other party is even slightly unfocused or negligent from the beginning,

In this battle, the outcome was basically decided in the very first move.

"clang!"

Before anyone knew it, Li Xijun's longsword had already blocked the path of this sword.

Not more, not less, not a fraction off.

This made Su Nianying, who was watching from the sidelines, shake her head slightly.

If this sword strike is blocked so easily, Su Nianyi has already lost 70% of the battle.

the other side,

The immense force of the clash caused Su Nianyi, who was trying to absorb the force and prepare for a counterattack, to instinctively retreat several steps to maintain her balance and prevent her sword from flying out of her hand.

"What is your current Qi and Blood level? 9.4?" Su Nianyi, who felt numbness in her right hand, could not hide her surprise.

"I just broke through to level 9.5 in Qi and Blood last night."

Li Xijun's calm and casual demeanor made it seem as if he were talking about winning a game last night.

This made Su Nianying, who stood to the side with her arms crossed and seemed aloof, unable to help but bite her lip.

I just felt that the other person's nonchalant words were really inhuman.

"Your progress is just too fast..."

Su Nianyi was somewhat dazed upon hearing these words.

Even though their strengths were worlds apart when they met at the start of the school year...

As the top student in her grade, she had unknowingly been easily surpassed by the person in front of her.

The "level 9.5" that the other party mentioned was a level that she never dared to even dream of before.

In fact, if it weren't for Li Xijun's occasional hand-assisted efforts to improve her internal organs, it would have been incredibly fortunate for her to achieve a score of 9.2 in the college entrance examination.

This made the girl, who had always been incredibly proud, want to catch up with him and not be left too far behind.

She wants to become stronger!

"I have one last strike, so watch out!"

With countless thoughts swirling in her mind, Su Nianyi took a deep breath, and her purple eyes instantly became extremely focused and bright.

This gave Li Xijun the same feeling she had when she first met the other person, when she was startled by the flashing lightning in those purple eyes.

Both he and Su Nianying, who was watching from the sidelines, realized something.

At this moment, Su Nianyi slightly raised her longsword, the blade resembling a business card being presented. Her swordsmanship wasn't particularly remarkable, yet it subtly conveyed...

It began to have a special meaning.

"I never imagined that being stuck at this level for so long... would be because of his stimulation that I broke through to the fourth stage."

Su Nianying looked at her younger sister in the room, and her heart was also stirred for a moment.

Those who practice modern ancient martial arts sword techniques often talk about some rather mystical things when they want to achieve the unity of "mind, body, and weapon".

The ultimate essence of the "One-Word Lightning Sword," which achieves the unity of man and sword, requires the practitioner to have the determination and will to abandon everything external and pour all their beliefs into the sword.

According to the old-style sword manuals, it is said that so-and-so reached this level when, in a moment of crisis, when a single sword strike determined life or death on the duel field, they poured all their beliefs into the sword.

With Su Nianyi's mental strength and swordsmanship proficiency already meeting the requirements, now that the opportunity has arrived and her belief has been instilled, everything is a natural progression.

In an instant,

A sword light flew out, like a flash of lightning in the night sky.

Li Xijun instinctively entered a state of oblivion, a bullet-time state at 0.3x speed.

He saw with absolute clarity everything that happened when the girl broke through to the 'Mind, Body, and Weapon' three-in-one realm.

I saw the profound meaning behind that sword that infused faith.

at the same time,

Having already mastered the [Ten Thousand Blades Return to Flow] technique, he suddenly understood.

Your skill level in "Ten Thousand Blades Return to the Flow" has increased from 97% proficient to 15% masterful.

As the information popped up in view,

Li Xijun felt that the blade he was holding was no longer a cold, solid thing!

Faced with this lightning-fast sword light, he effortlessly and gracefully drew a perfect arc with his blade from bottom to top.

He unleashed a furious slash.

With each strike, a terrifying force surged and vibrated wildly within the steel, coursing through the spine of the blade!

He could clearly "hear" the subtle, yet fierce, metallic vibrations inside the blade as it bore the immense force!

It allows one to perfectly pour their heart and body into the long sword in their hand!

In an instant, the endless sword light bloomed like petals of a thousand white lotus flowers.

next moment,

The martial arts classroom became incredibly quiet.

Only the sudden, clear, and bright sound of broken sword fragments falling to the ground was heard.

Su Nianyi gazed at the broken sword in her hand, now only the hilt remained, its broken edge as smooth as a mirror, and murmured:

"I...I've lost..."

Whether it was her blood energy level or her martial arts skills, she was defeated by the young man in front of her.

Su Nianying was about to say a few words of comfort.

However, the girl, who had just grasped the mysteries of swordsmanship, quickly accepted this and returned to her usual quiet demeanor.

Before her sister could speak, she stepped forward and grabbed Li Xijun's hand.

"I'm going to practice even harder, at least until the college entrance exam, to match Mu Sheng's score from back then!"

A few days later,

Ye Liuyun collapsed to one side in Li Xijun's private martial arts room, limp and covered in sweat, panting heavily.

Feeling as if her internal energy and blood had barely moved, Li Xijun took an energy drink from the incubator, tossed one to the other person, and then...

He started drinking it himself.

I took a quick, pleasant look at my current screen.

Name: Li Xijun

Age: 17

[Level: Apprentice Level 9]

[Qi and Blood Level: 9.5]

[Spiritual Level: 22.4]

[Refining Spirit System: Meditation Realm (21%)]

[Martial Arts Refinement System: Refining Realm (70%)]

[Technique:]

【Azure Dragon Sky-Piercing Technique: (Master 100%)】

[Detailed Explanation of the Spirit Refining Method for Opening the Mind and Sensing (100%)]

[Visualization Method: The Twenty-Four Grades of White Lotus Crossing the Netherworld (Master's 77%)]

【Tiger-Taming Bone-Refining Technique (Master 100%)】

【Turtle and Snake Spirit Breath Refining Secret Method (100% Proficiency)】

[Detailed Explanation of the Method of Meditation and Concealing the True Self (100%)]

[Martial Arts]

【True Martial Thirty-Six Forms (Master 100%)】

【Ten Thousand Blades Return to the Flow: (Mastery 21%)】

Basic Swordsmanship: (100% Proficient)

[Spells]

[Shocking Eyes (100%)]

[Convergence of the Heavens (0%)]

"Now that I've mastered the first half of 'Ten Thousand Blades Return to Flow,' it's time to find some time to practice 'The Sword of No Life and Death.'"

"However, this demonic sword technique is quite outrageous. I previously bought cows, pigs, and other animals online, but even after killing them, it was still useless."

"It seems that swordsmanship is only effective against creatures with some intelligence; in other words... it still requires killing people."

Li Xijun considered it for a moment and decided that if he couldn't find anyone from the Wusheng Taoist Temple when he returned to Dasheng, he would go to the arena to kill the Western devils.

The skill level provided by the knights of the Church of the God of War, who are skilled in potion-making, is certainly not low.

"Brother Li, I have a feeling... I estimate that I will be able to break through to level 8.9 in terms of Qi and Blood before the citywide mock exam tomorrow."

Ye Liuyun, who had just gotten up and was continuing his cultivation as usual, suddenly opened his eyes, and even with his state of mind, he could not hide his joy.

Being able to break through to level 8.9 in the city-wide mock exam means that a Qi and Blood level of 9.0 is guaranteed before the college entrance exam.

His dream of attending a university in the C9 League is now secure!

This naturally made Ye Liuyun extremely happy.

In response, I casually used the modified Void Tremor technique, which I had just used to help Su Nianyi cultivate.

Li Xijun, who had guided the opponent's muscles, bones, flesh, and blood through a shockwave of qi and blood, simply smiled slightly.

With his current level of cultivation and the spirit of the Meditation Realm, it would be quite easy for him to easily help Ye Liuyun subtly improve his Qi and Blood cultivation speed while crushing weaker opponents.

Although Ye Liuyun could more or less guess what was going on after a while,

But given the other person's temperament and intelligence, they would naturally just keep it to themselves and not even ask.

"Have you rested enough? If you are, come again. Let's try to stabilize at level 8.9 in the Qi and Blood test tomorrow."

Li Xijun precisely threw the empty beverage bottle into the trash can.

Ignoring his usual noble demeanor, Ye Liuyun sprang to his feet and charged energetically toward Li Xijun.

quickly,

The sound of someone intently crushing a newbie echoed again from the private martial arts studio.

The following day, the mock exam was a city-wide unified test, and the entire process was basically modeled after the college entrance examination.

Whether taking academic or martial arts exams, all candidates will be issued the same admission ticket, and schools will be randomly assigned via AI.

Class and seat number.

Yesterday, when the exams were distributed, almost all the high schools in the city were in an uproar as everyone checked their assigned school and seat.

Upon checking, Li Xijun discovered that her examination venue was not at her own school, but at Bocheng No. 1 Middle School.

It's an old school, but in the last ten years or so, the students' academic performance hasn't been very good, and it's been a long time since we've heard of any students from the "Two Days in the Imperial Capital" program.

Li Xijun went for a morning run, and when she arrived at the school, the bell had already rung, allowing all candidates to enter.

A group of students, each wearing their own school uniform, poured into the somewhat old teaching building, climbed the stairs, and went to their respective classrooms to sit down.

And he sat there for the entire morning.

It wasn't until the midday sun was at its strongest that the bell rang to signal the end of the exam. Only then did the students stretch and yawn, leaving the exam hall with their brains practically turned to mush.

After a short lunch break.

When Li Xijun arrived at the back playground of Bocheng No.1 Middle School in the afternoon for her martial arts exam...

The atmosphere became noticeably more lively.

Every now and then you can hear the students taking the test in front of you making classic exclamations like "Oh!" or "Holy crap!"

Finally, it was Li Xijun's turn to go on stage.

Because he was wearing the elite class nano-integrated suit, he attracted a lot of attention almost as soon as he appeared on stage.

Many students in line behind them craned their necks to watch, joining the students who had been making various noises earlier.

Speculation and discussion began.

"Look, it's the elite class from No. 7 Middle School."

"I heard that almost everyone in the elite class there is guaranteed admission to the martial arts university."

"Not only that, there are quite a few at the level of the Nine Schools Alliance. Recently, there was one with particularly outrageous talent. He started the semester with a Qi and Blood level of 5.3, and now I hear he's reached level 9.0."

"I heard it mentioned by the students from No. 7 Middle School; I think it's called..."

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"Li Xijun, please prepare for the test!"

The two proctors from Bocheng No. 1 Middle School, who were in charge of the exam, read out the name of the boy in front of them from the list.

Meanwhile, those who usually knew a lot about the news in the teachers' group also looked at the student in front of them with curious expressions.

They had heard that Zhang Haifeng, who discovered this genius, had suddenly become a senior teacher.

Knowing how good the benefits and how sought-after this position were, the two teachers couldn't help but scrutinize the boy taking the test.

Everyone was incredibly curious: just how skilled was this rumored genius who had supposedly propelled his martial arts teacher to new heights? What would happen next...?

"Li Xijun, Qi and Blood Level 9.5".

The blood and qi testing instrument displayed a level that surprised everyone.

Before they could react,

Li Xijun, who was conducting the test, had already arrived in front of the punching power testing equipment and threw a punch without any hesitation!

Punching power: 1250 kg.

The moment that string of cold numbers appeared, all the students watching behind him gasped in unison.

"Holy crap! Awesome!"

"Whoever said it only applies to those with a HP/Qi level of 9.0, get out!"

"Has he truly broken through the human limit of Qi and Blood Level 9.0?"

"The capital city is safe in two days; No. 7 Middle School has so many geniuses this year!"

"Genius is nothing! 1250 kilograms is 2500 jin (1250 catties), that was Mu Sheng's record back then! That was Mu Sheng's college entrance exam record, and he's now tied it!"

The heated discussions from all directions made the scene incredibly lively.

The teachers in charge of proctoring the exam were completely blank-minded.

At that moment, an uncontrollable feeling of envy, jealousy, and hatred suddenly arose in their hearts towards Zhang Haifeng.

This is a genius who has produced someone who can match the record of the Martial Saint back then. His future in the education system is incredibly bright.

That evening, most of the senior students were eagerly anticipating their results.

Zhang Haifeng, who had just gained access to the electronic form for the city-wide rankings, couldn't hide his excitement and lit a cigarette. Just as he opened the form and was waiting for the results to appear, the door behind him was pushed open.

"Congratulations, Teacher Zhang!"

Principal Ji, whose appearance was comparable to an outdoor scene, walked up to the other party. Seeing this, he simply flicked his fingers, channeling his spiritual energy to create a flame, and lit the flame for the other party, smiling as he did so.

"Li Xijun achieved a Qi and Blood level of 9.5 in the city's first mock exam, and his strength test directly matched the record set by Mu Sheng."

"The leaders of the Municipal Martial Arts Hall just called to praise our 'Ten-Year Talent Cultivation' program, saying it produced a true genius. Our Yan'an No. 7 Middle School has certainly made a name for itself throughout the city."

"Qi and Blood level 9.5! Tied the record of the Wood Saint!"

Zhang Haifeng was so shocked he almost stood up from his chair.

No wonder Principal Ji personally lit a cigarette for himself; Li Xijun's mock exam results this time were truly unbelievable.

Seeing Zhang Haifeng's state, Principal Ji couldn't help but sigh, "When I heard the news, I couldn't believe it either. I never thought that our Yan'an No. 7 Middle School would have such a day."

"Teacher Zhang, if all goes well after the college entrance exam, you'll probably be giving a speech at the Education Department meeting. Don't forget about the school then."

"Yes, Principal, I understand!"

Zhang Haifeng, a seasoned veteran, quickly offered his opinion.

"Our Yan'an No. 7 Middle School's outstanding performance in the 'Ten-Year Talent Cultivation Program' is mainly due to the effective leadership and hard work of the school leaders. It's the result of the efforts of all the school leaders and teachers. I only did some insignificant little things..."