"Xu Jie is insanely awesome!"
"If I wasn't seeing things... Xu Jie just killed Xu Ming with a single slash!"
"Hiss, one slash to kill the ninth-ranked fighter? Then... wouldn't Xu Jie's strength be enough to challenge the first place?"
"Are you stupid? Xu Ming broke through to the Pulse Opening Realm before the fight, then took a Blood Burst Pill at the end, raising his cultivation to the mid-stage Pulse Opening Realm. Even some instructors wouldn't have been a match for Xu Ming in that state. To Xu Jie, the people on the rankings are worth jack shit!"
"Xu Jie is too strong! What cultivation is he at, anyway? We can't see through him at all!"
"Anyway, he's definitely beyond Blood Moving Six Times. Maybe seven or eight times, or even... nine times?"
"Blood Moving Nine Times!? Not even the gods of the heavens or Xia Country's eternal ones have achieved that, right?"
"Who knows? In any case, Xu Jie is already beyond anything we can compare to. We'd better steer clear of him when we see him in the future..."
"I'm just afraid he'll retaliate! Hehe, those people who used to bully and torment Xu Jie are in for a treat now!"
On the podium.
The principal was lowering his head over his phone, rapidly typing something. The vice principal glanced over and immediately understood.
The principal was reporting Xu Jie's situation to the Martial Department in Central Prefecture!
The grudges between members of the Xu family had little to do with the school.
But if the principal failed to report Xu Jie's situation, it would instead give others something to criticize.
After all, every Martial Arts University in Xia Country was nominally under the Martial Department.
And the Martial Department was the institution with the greatest authority in Xia Country. Its leading figures were Xia Country's immortal, eternal gods!
Now that Jinwu University had produced a supreme monstrous genius like Xu Jie, the principal naturally had to hurry and report it to the Martial Department in Central Prefecture, using this to secure a greater allocation of resources.
Once Xu Jie's talent was verified by the Martial Department, the university would have rendered a great service by nurturing a supreme monstrous genius, and many people would benefit along with it.
However...
The principal did not know exactly how many times Xu Jie had moved his blood.
Therefore, when making his report, he had worded certain matters vaguely, and it made him frown.
The principal raised his head and asked the vice principal, "Where is Chu Mingyue, Miss Chu? Have her come see me immediately!"
"Uh..."
The vice principal turned to look toward the instructors' seats nearby but could not find Chu Mingyue. He could only shake his head.
Seeing this, the principal immediately issued a new order, speaking in a grave voice.
"Double Xu Jie's rewards for this ranking battle! Go handle it immediately. Do not delay, and personally deliver them to Xu Jie! Also, contact Chu Mingyue and have her find out Xu Jie's exact cultivation. I need reliable information on my end. Understand?"
"Understood!"
Xu Jie's direct instructor was Chu Mingyue. Their relationship looked ambiguous to outsiders, so naturally, she was the best person to handle this matter.
After Xu Jie displayed his strength and talent, the principal resolved to make every effort to make up for his previous mistakes and win Xu Jie over while soothing him.
At the same time.
After the principal of Jinwu University reported Xu Jie's situation, Jincheng City's upper echelons also received the relevant documents.
Although the emergence of a monstrous genius at a martial arts school did not fall under the jurisdiction of Jincheng City's upper echelons, they were able to view the documents.
Thus, Jincheng City's upper echelons immediately exploded!
A monstrous genius suspected of Blood Moving Nine Times!
News like this spread at an astonishing speed. In less than a day, several other martial arts schools in Jincheng City had also received the intelligence.
Everyone who received the news wore an expression of utter disbelief.
Jinwu University had produced a monstrous genius suspected of Blood Moving Nine Times?
How was that possible!!!
For a time, Xu Jie's name spread among Jincheng City's upper echelons. He had become famous with a single thunderous cry.
The leaders of the other martial arts schools, however, believed that Jinwu University's principal was exaggerating and overstating the matter.
There was no helping it!
If Xu Jie were truly confirmed to have moved his blood nine times, then from this day onward, the resource allocation Jinwu University received would leave the other martial arts schools far behind in the dust.
As one side rose and the other fell, they might even be swallowed up by Jinwu University in the future!
Besides, how difficult was Blood Moving Nine Times?
It required martial arts of at least Earth Grade, vast amounts of cultivation resources, talent and aptitude comparable to a god's, along with opportunities and luck. Lacking even a single part, it was impossible to achieve!
Across Xia Country's vast territory, with billions upon billions of people and countless Martial Arts Universities, a monstrous genius who moved their blood nine times might not appear even once in ten years.
Yet Yue Prefecture was located on the frontier, with barren resources, scarce spiritual energy, and backward conditions in every respect.
Who would believe that a monstrous genius who moved his blood nine times had suddenly appeared there?
Moreover, when the principal of Jinwu University made his report, he had spoken vaguely.
He sounded as though he did not know whether Xu Jie had truly moved his blood nine times. What did "suspected of Blood Moving Nine Times" even mean?
It meant that even you were not sure!
Since he was not sure, Xu Jie could not possibly have moved his blood nine times!
Realizing this, the principals of the other universities began reporting to the Martial Department one after another, trying to muddy the waters and disrupt the Jinwu University principal's plans.
At the very least, they had to make the Martial Department send someone to verify Xu Jie's situation. They could not simply conclude that Xu Jie had moved his blood nine times!
A clash among Jincheng City's university upper echelons had begun in the shadows, unseen and intangible. It was the norm in this High Martial World.
Strife existed everywhere!
It was not only between students or instructors. There was strife between schools, and even between local martial artist armies!
Elsewhere.
Xu Bin, Xu Ming's father, was visiting the Jincheng City Lord's Residence, chatting and laughing with the city lord. He casually picked up his phone and glanced at the message that had arrived.
The next moment, the smile on Xu Bin's face froze.
First came disbelief. He reread the message, and then endless fury surged forth.
His pair of children, whom he had been so proud of, had died in Jinwu University's ranking battle, killed by Xu Jie!
With a sudden motion, Xu Bin shot to his feet, making City Lord Yu Sheng frown.
"Brother Xu, what has made you so furious?"
"City Lord Yu, I..."
Before Xu Bin could say anything, a personal guard rushed in and handed a red document to City Lord Yu Sheng.
Yu Sheng opened the document and swept his eyes over it. His gaze immediately sharpened!
Jinwu University had produced a monstrous genius?
And his surname was Xu as well...
Could it be...
Yu Sheng felt that something was off. If that monstrous genius truly was Xu Bin's junior, why would he be so furious?
The principal of Jinwu University could not possibly have reported that Xu Jie had ruthlessly killed several students.
For one thing, killing was permitted in ranking battles, or rather, there was no rule saying it was forbidden.
For another, was this not perfectly normal?
How could anyone become a martial artist without people dying?
"Brother Xu, Jinwu has produced a monstrous genius. Do you know him?"
Xu Bin gradually calmed down and did not reveal the truth.
Because their family had been sent here by Young Master Jiang to seize the treasure belonging to Xu Jie's father, and it had always been carried out in secret. No one knew the inside story.
Therefore, Xu Bin forcibly suppressed his hatred and killing intent toward Xu Jie. Enduring the pain of losing his son, he barely squeezed out an ugly smile and shook his head.
"I don't know him!"
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