Li Ye's Martial Arts Results Are Not Ideal

Jianghuai Province, Ningjiang City No. 14 Middle School.

Sophomore Preparatory Class.

The General Studies teacher and homeroom teacher, Yan Menglu, adjusted her rectangular gold-rimmed glasses. Hands on her hips, she leaned forward, her slightly oversized shirt revealing the curve of her waist and hinting at her ample figure.

With pleasant features and a good figure, she was clearly a beauty by common standards. However, her slightly messy hair, somber expression devoid of makeup, and a pair of hawk-like eyes behind her glasses silenced most of the students below.

"In a certain area, the wheat stalks in a field turned black as if burned, the wheat ears showed many barren spots, and field mice were found gnawing on the wheat ears. The straw was mixed with rodent bones, and stored food became moldy. The locals knew it was moldy but insisted on eating it. What does this situation represent!"

Yan Menglu scanned the forty-two students in the class, her gaze passing over the few who appeared calm and focusing on the majority who kept their heads down in silence.

"Deng Hao, you answer!"

A chubby boy stood up with a pained expression. "Um, it represents the appearance of demons."

"Very good. Then, what specific demon?"

"Um, it's..."

Deng Hao stammered, unable to utter another word. Finally, he lowered his head and remained silent.

Yan Menglu glared at him but didn't let him sit down. Instead, she turned her attention to a young man sitting by the window in the back row. "Li Ye, you answer."

The seventeen or eighteen-year-old young man named Li Ye stood up. Without even thinking, he directly replied:

"Field mice eating ears of grain attract evil Qi. Mice carrying ears of grain gather malevolent energy and become spirits. The withered black wheat stalks with barren spots are a 'ghost haircut' phenomenon, indicating a high probability of hungry ghosts appearing. Hungry ghosts cause food to mold and emit pollution, leading to famine in the area."

Hearing this, Yan Menglu nodded. "What kind of hungry ghost is it?"

Li Ye said, "Those that generally manifest as moldy food are mostly chaff hungry ghosts. They appear as human-shaped straw skeletons, filled with rotten grain and rodent bones, with bellies like drums but hollowed out in the center, revealing moldy food. Their throats are needle-thin, and their mouths are large but can swallow nothing."

Yan Menglu asked again, "What should be done if encountered?"

Li Ye pondered for a moment and said, "The pollution generated by most types of hungry ghosts fears fire and light. Burning them with fire or shining light on them is the quickest way to drive them back. However, if conditions are insufficient, salt can temporarily subdue them, as salt restrains grain spirits. Additionally, records from Japan also mention similar methods, such as scattering clean rice to subdue them."

Yan Menglu showed a satisfied expression. "Sit down."

Then, she sighed and said earnestly:

"Martial arts require aptitude, but memorization does not. The knowledge points in High School General Studies are not complicated; you just need to study diligently and memorize them well."

"Why learn so much? We'll never encounter demons," Deng Hao muttered, turning his head away.

"You guarantee you'll never encounter them in your life?"

Yan Menglu glared at him. "Demons are not myths. You think this way because you live in a safe country! In ancient times, the appearance of demons meant disaster. After being analyzed in modern times, they are now all around us!"

"For example, if you are always messy, demons are easily bred! Deng Hao, what kind of demon does filth and decay breed?!"

Deng Hao fell silent, but the resentment in his expression was obvious.

"Li Ye!"

"I don't know." Li Ye answered crisply.

Yan Menglu pursed her lips and stared at Li Ye for a moment. Just as she was about to speak, the school bell suddenly rang.

"Ring ring ring—!"

Yan Menglu sighed slightly and said, "Learning General Studies is to help you better understand demons, so you won't be clueless if you encounter them. Practicing martial arts is the same, also for dealing with demons. Summer vacation is coming soon, study hard, and don't regret it. Li Ye, come with me for a moment."

After she left the classroom, the atmosphere in the class relaxed.

"Brother Ye, no words needed!"

Deng Hao gave Li Ye a thumbs-up, then exclaimed, "That's right! Nowadays, how can you easily see demons? I haven't seen one in my entire life!"

A classmate sitting in front of him turned back and said teasingly, "Both Liberal Arts and Martial Arts classes have it as a required subject. Whether you see them or not, the college entrance exam will test it."

Deng Hao said disdainfully, "As long as martial arts are strong, it doesn't matter how well you study General Studies. You're just a weakling scholar, and at most, you'll help me look up information in the future."

"Brother Ye, he's looking down on you." The classmate immediately called out.

"No, Jia Dong, you..."

Deng Hao was stunned and quickly turned to Li Ye, who was packing his bag to leave, and said anxiously, "Brother Ye, I didn't mean it like that."

Li Ye smiled and waved his hand. "It's not wrong to learn some General Studies. If you're not a genius, you can get into a better university by adding points with this."

"Brother Ye is insightful," the person named Jia Dong chuckled. "Brother Ye, why is the teacher looking for you?"

As Li Ye reached the classroom door, he turned back upon hearing this and smiled calmly. "Transferring to Liberal Arts."

With that, he walked out of the classroom, causing a moment of silence.

"Really? Old Yan is willing to let Brother Ye transfer to Liberal Arts?"

Deng Hao exclaimed in surprise, but quickly realized something was wrong. "Didn't Brother Ye just pass the test yesterday?"

Jia Dong said, "He's teasing you because you were talking trash earlier."

"You son of a bitch..."

In the office, Yan Menglu stared at Li Ye, who had just sat down, with a complex expression.

As the homeroom teacher of the Martial Arts Preparatory Class, she had a special task in addition to teaching.

The idea was to persuade students who weren't suited for further martial arts training to switch to liberal arts, saving them time and money.

But now, the tables had turned. It was Li Ye who wanted to switch to liberal arts, and she wanted to convince him to train for another year.

After staring at Li Ye for a long time, she finally said, "Li Ye, to be frank, your general knowledge is even better than mine. Are you sure you don't want to try for another year?"

Seeing Li Ye remain silent, she continued to persuade him, "You know, your score on yesterday's test was 'Excellent.' If it were just 'Pass,' I wouldn't say anything, but isn't it a bit of a shame now?"

The physical test for the preparatory class consisted of three standards: a physical fitness standard of running three kilometers with a thirty-jin weight in fifteen minutes; an agility standard of clearing a hundred-meter obstacle course in one minute without any collisions or delays; and a strength standard of withstanding one punch from a martial arts teacher without retreating three steps.

Li Ye had performed well in all of these, exceeding the passing line.

"Train for another year, and once you step into the martial arts path, you'll have more choices. Combined with your general knowledge, your achievements will surely surpass mine by a lot. You've always been mature, so you should know that in society, what martial artists can obtain requires ordinary people to work twice as hard."

Seeing that Li Ye still wasn't speaking, Yan Menglu put in more effort and continued to persuade him:

"Training for one more year won't hurt. Your liberal arts scores are also very stable, so if it really doesn't work out, you can directly take the liberal arts exam. If you're not confident, you can repeat the year, and I'll personally pay for your cram school!"

As soon as she finished speaking, Li Ye looked up and said something that left Yan Menglu speechless.

"Teacher, my family has no money."

The atmosphere fell silent.

Yan Menglu opened her mouth, but found that anything she said felt futile.

This was a reason so powerful that no one could dismiss it lightly.

"No money, huh..." she finally said dryly, "Then there's really nothing we can do."

Li Ye nodded. "Teacher, martial arts isn't only something that can be practiced now. When my circumstances improve in the future, I can continue training. It's not like there aren't examples of this in the world. Our province's renowned martial artist Fu Yan only began his martial arts journey at twenty-eight and is now a master of the three realms."

Yan Menglu's expression turned strange.

He was using her own words!

These were the exact words she often used to persuade unsuitable students to give up.

Helplessly, she could only sigh, "You're capable of making your own decisions. Fine, then I won't try to persuade you anymore. But I hope you'll think about this again. I'll hold onto your application form for now. If you still haven't changed your mind after the summer vacation, then you can transfer to liberal arts."

"Thank you, teacher. Goodbye, teacher."

Li Ye nodded and walked out of the office. He glanced at the sky, which was gradually turning dusky, and couldn't help but shake his head. "Martial arts..."

Li Ye, a transmigrator, was a second-year high school martial arts preparatory student who would turn eighteen in six months.

In his previous life, he had been incredibly lucky to be reborn into this world, which was both familiar and strange.

History, technology, and daily life were not much different from his previous life. The only difference was that this was a world with martial arts and demons.

The might of six generations cultivated the First Emperor, who transformed the Black Dragon's aura into the Ancestral Dragon's aura and swept across the six states to unify the world.

The High Ancestor slew a white snake demon as large as a mountain, wielding the Red Emperor's Sword and contending with the Hegemon for dominance in the Central Plains.

Liu Xiu could truly call down meteor showers, and the Great Teacher of Peace genuinely possessed the ability to scatter beans to form soldiers.

There was also the Invincible Iron Fist and the Northern Leg Through the Forest.

All of history had been infused with the background of martial arts and demons.

Although it was a distorted version, the figures recorded in books were not the same as those in his previous life's textbooks. The world was much larger than before, but the events that occurred were largely similar.

In this world, powerful martial artists truly possessed the ability to burn mountains and boil seas, and destroy heavens and shatter earths.

And the other entity that appeared alongside martial arts were demons, beings possessing polluting powers. They had been enemies of humanity since ancient times, a synonym for disaster.

Only martial artists could deal with these demons, which made them the mainstream in the world.

Starting from elementary school, schools would distribute basic Guiding Methods, similar to broadcast gymnastics, which were practiced daily to improve Blood Essence.

By the second year of high school, students would be divided into specializations. Those whose Blood Essence surged and who stepped into the martial arts path would enter the Martial Arts Class, while others would switch to Liberal Arts.

However, the majority were in an intermediate state. Those who wanted to continue practicing martial arts but had slightly poorer aptitude, after undergoing testing, would enter the 'Martial Arts Preparatory Class' to specifically prepare for entering the martial arts path.

Li Ye was in the preparatory class, but he no longer wanted to attend.

Because those truly suited for martial arts had already entered the martial arts path and joined the Martial Arts Class during specialization.

Instead of being graded as 'Excellent,' 'Good,' or 'Pass' in the preparatory class to decide whether they could remain in the third-year preparatory class.

Only students in the Martial Arts Class could receive resources distributed by the school to consolidate and strengthen their martial arts. Students in the preparatory class could only rely on their own efforts.

How could they make efforts?

Of course, by spending money.

Or perhaps by using Deep Blue Attribute Points?

Students in the preparatory class couldn't get by on the school's basic training alone; most of them enrolled in external martial arts dojos for training.

This was a huge expense. Li Ye had spent his family's fortune over the years practicing martial arts, yet still hadn't managed to step onto the martial arts path, just like other preparatory students.

Therefore, in terms of aptitude, he belonged to the masses.

In terms of family, he belonged to an ordinary family.

In terms of reality, he would likely be a laborer in the future.

But in terms of his system...

He was born with a system.

A 'Godslayer System' that obtained Authority through slaying gods.