I Said I Was a Genius!

Chapter 17: I Said I'm a Genius!

Su Yingxue was on full alert, her hair standing on end. Her gaze was fixed on Lu Chen, afraid he might suddenly make a move.

Her muscles were tense all over, ready to spring into action, like a taut bowstring.

A person's reputation precedes them.

Lu Chen had committed so many major crimes. Setting aside his martial arts cultivation, his killing intent alone was extraordinary.

A martial artist who had killed, and one who hadn't, were two different kinds of people.

Furthermore, everyone outside was saying he was possessed by a demon!

"What do you want?"

Su Yingxue asked. Lu Chen frowned, instantly sensing her nervousness. "I mean no harm. I heard you're recruiting experts to deal with Rising Sun Martial Hall. I think I can help, but I have a condition!"

"You want to help me deal with Rising Sun Martial Hall?"

Su Yingxue quickly asked.

"Yes. Zhao Hu's son was killed by me. He won't let me go, and I won't let him go either. We have a common enemy. Give me your cultivation method, and I'll kill him for you!"

Lu Chen got straight to the point, his tone calm.

"You want my cultivation method?"

Su Yingxue's eyes narrowed as she sized up Lu Chen, almost suspecting he was just another person trying to trick her out of her cultivation method. "How can I trust you? Zhao Hu is a Third-Rank Realm expert. What about you? What's your realm? How long will it take you to deal with Zhao Hu after getting my cultivation method? I don't have three or five years to wait..."

"Third-Rank Realm?" Lu Chen frowned. "I think I can give it a try."

He suddenly clenched his fist and moved like lightning, appearing in front of a stone pillar in an instant. He unleashed a punch.

Bang!

The entire stone pillar exploded.

Debris flew everywhere.

"Is this good enough?"

He asked.

Su Yingxue's heart leaped, and she was dumbfounded.

This stone pillar was carved from granite and was exceptionally tough.

Even with a knife or axe, one could only leave a mark.

But now it had been shattered by a single punch?

"Third-Rank Realm? Are you also Third-Rank Realm?"

Su Yingxue was shocked.

The rumors about Lu Chen had spread throughout the city yesterday. It was said that Lu Chen wasn't even a martial artist yesterday and had only become one suddenly afterward.

But now he was already in the Third-Rank Realm!

How was this possible?

What kind of speed was this?

"You... what kind of demon are you?"

Su Yingxue's voice trembled as she asked in fear, instinctively.

"I'm not a demon, I'm human!"

Lu Chen frowned.

"You're human?"

Su Yingxue's eyes widened. "Then your strength?"

"What? Haven't you seen a Martial Arts Genius?"

Lu Chen snorted coldly and waved his sleeve. "I am the one-in-a-million Martial Arts Genius."

"..." Su Yingxue didn't know what to say for a moment.

This was the first time she had ever met someone who boasted so much about themselves.

But!

If this person truly wasn't a martial artist before, and he had reached the Third-Rank Realm in just one day, then this kind of talent could indeed be called one-in-a-million...

Not just one-in-a-million, but perhaps a rarity unseen for centuries.

Su Yingxue's mind was in turmoil, countless thoughts surging.

"How can I believe that you'll avenge me after getting the cultivation method?"

She stared at Lu Chen.

"You have no choice but to believe me. Because I've committed so many crimes, the yamen won't let me go, Rising Sun Martial Hall won't let me go, and with the city gates closed, I can't leave. Therefore, a confrontation with them is inevitable," Lu Chen said.

Su Yingxue fell silent again.

"Senior Sister, we can't trust him easily. He's killed so many people..."

A disciple beside her said warily.

"Think about it. Do you want Zhao Hu to capture you and interrogate you, or do you want to take a gamble on me? A gamble that benefits neither of us."

Lu Chen said.

A moment later.

Su Yingxue seemed to have finally made up her mind, gritting her teeth, "Fine, I'll teach it to you, but you must become my father's disciple. Our family's cultivation method is only taught to true disciples!"

"Easily done!"

Lu Chen said.

Becoming a disciple was nothing. "Then follow me."

Su Yingxue led Lu Chen towards the room.

"Senior Sister..."

The others' expressions changed.

The cultivation method was the core secret of the entire martial hall. They had been members for so long, yet they hadn't been taught it.

Now it was being taught to someone else based on a single sentence?

"I know what I'm doing!"

Su Yingxue said firmly, "You all go back first."

"Yes, Senior Sister!"

Several people nodded uneasily.

"Also, don't reveal Lu Chen's whereabouts."

Su Yingxue turned and commanded.

The others felt a surge of emotion and nodded again.

After dismissing everyone, Su Yingxue brought Lu Chen into the room and solemnly performed the disciple initiation ceremony before a spiritual tablet.

Su Yingxue said, "Although I don't know how you went from an ordinary person to a martial artist, you have successfully gained my trust. From today onwards, you are my Junior Brother. I hope you will keep your word."

"Don't worry, I value promises the most. I said I'd help you kill Zhao Hu, and I'll help you kill Zhao Hu. I'll go kill him right now!"

Lu Chen nodded.

"Right now?"

Su Yingxue's eyes widened.

"Of course, when else would you want to wait?"

Lu Chen said, "Pass the cultivation method to me, and I can do it immediately."

"Are you kidding me?"

Su Yingxue was dumbfounded.

"Do I look like I'm kidding?" Lu Chen said.

"Then... alright. Our Canglang Martial Hall's cultivation method is called the Azure Wave Art..."

Su Yingxue immediately began to explain it word by word.

The Azure Wave Art, as the name suggested, could make one's internal energy last as long as the surging waves, possessing immense power. Cultivating it could form nine layers of giant waves within the body.

When internal energy was unleashed, one wave would be higher than the next, tearing enemies apart from the inside out like a spiral.

This cultivation method was particularly renowned for its endurance.

Su Yingxue's introduction was extremely detailed.

Lu Chen listened with equal seriousness.

After about half an incense stick's worth of time.

Lu Chen had recorded this cultivation method.

[Cultivation Method Name: Azure Wave Art]
[Quality: Good Grade]
[Realm: Untrained]

Seeing the panel that appeared before him, Lu Chen's face showed astonishment.

"Good Grade?"

"Yes, our Canglang Martial Hall's cultivation method is Good Grade. Otherwise, Zhao Hu of Rising Sun Martial Hall wouldn't have tried every means to get our family's cultivation method."

Su Yingxue said proudly.

"So, Rising Sun Martial Hall's cultivation method isn't Good Grade?"

Lu Chen inquired.

"Naturally."

Su Yingxue nodded and said, "Six months ago, Zhao Hu killed my father through a conspiracy involving secret poisoning. Otherwise, in a fair duel, he wouldn't have been my father's match."

"So that's how it was."

Lu Chen's eyes flickered. He had truly struck gold this time.

"Junior Brother Lu, recite it back to me now, and I'll check if you've missed anything?"

Su Yingxue suddenly said.

"No need, I've remembered it all."

Lu Chen replied.

"You remembered it all?"

Su Yingxue's eyes widened again.

How is that possible?

She had only narrated it once.

And she had explained it word by word, separately.

How could he possibly remember it all?

What kind of memory is this?

Lu Chen ignored her and looked at the panel before him. [Would you like to spend 200 Merit Points to upgrade the Azure Wave Art?]

A line of text appeared.

Lu Chen was slightly stunned.

That's so much?

"Upgrade!"

He silently chanted in his heart.

[You have spent 200 Merit Points. The Azure Wave Art has advanced past the introductory level and improved to the Rudimentary Understanding realm!]

Whoosh!

It was as if a brand new internal energy network had appeared within him, forming a unique circulation. This circulation seemed to possess immense suction, automatically drawing all the shallow internal energy generated by his previous cultivation of inferior martial arts into this circulation.

If the internal energy he had cultivated before was scattered and unsystematic, then after cultivating the Azure Wave Art now, all the internal energy within him was forcibly organized into a system.

Both the quality and the total amount had greatly increased.

Name: Lu Chen

Cultivation: Third-Rank (90%)

Cultivation Method: Azure Wave Art (Rudimentary Understanding)

Martial Arts: Four Absolute Martial Arts (Perfection)

Talents: Convince with Virtue, Bronze Skin Iron Bones

Merit Points: 90

Waves of surging internal energy poured out from his pores, like invisible torrents, circulating all over his body and emitting powerful auras.

Su Yingxue's eyes widened, her expression one of utter disbelief.

This is... the Azure Wave Art has reached the second realm?

How is that possible?

As an internal cultivation method, each realm has unique markers.

At this moment, the internal energy surged around Lu Chen, like the surging azure waves, continuous and unending. This was clearly the mark of the cultivation method reaching the second level!

"You... you've practiced the Azure Wave Art to Rudimentary Understanding?"

She quickly asked.

As if to confirm.

"Something like that."

Lu Chen glanced at her, his tone calm.

Such a characteristic could not be hidden from her.

Rather than concealing it, it was better to admit it openly.

"I told you, I'm a genius!" he emphasized again.