Branch Exam Sprint, Borrowing Pills for Cultivation!

Lin Qingyue's call!

Fang Li stopped at the entrance of a house. Looking at the name in the caller ID, his expression shifted uncertainly before he finally answered.

"How did the matter I told you to handle today go?"

Lin Qingyue's cold, proud voice came through the phone.

Fang Li felt utterly suffocated, yet he did not dare lose his temper. "Miss Lin, there was a slight problem."

Lin Qingyue was of noble status, the cherished daughter of the Lin Family, one of the Four Great Families. He was merely a collateral descendant of the Fang Family, and the gap in their status was immense.

"Hm? There was a problem?"

There was a trace of puzzlement in Lin Qingyue's voice.

That question immediately stirred Fang Li's pride, and he hurriedly explained.

"It was mainly because that brat Su Ye has Li Aoxue's favor and protection, so it wasn't convenient for me to make a move!"

In the end, he could not bring himself to admit that Su Ye had crushed him with sheer strength and nearly sent him to the hospital, so he came up with an excuse.

"I see."

Lin Qingyue's tone was indifferent. She knew of Li Aoxue as well.

Among the Heavenly Chosen and scions of major families around the same age in Shenzhen City, they all belonged to roughly the same circle. Even if they did not know one another personally, they had at least heard of each other.

Still, Lin Qingyue did not think much of it. Su Ye was, after all, a direct descendant of the Su Family. Perhaps Li Aoxue had learned of this from somewhere, or perhaps someone was still secretly protecting Su Ye.

Fang Li had only been a casual move she made in her spare time.

It would be best if he could thoroughly curb that fellow who did not know the immensity of heaven and earth, but failure did not matter either.

"Don't worry!"

"I'll definitely find a chance to teach him a vicious lesson later! It won't be—"

Fang Li was eager to win back his dignity, and he also wanted to curry favor with Lin Qingyue.

News that the Lin and Su Families were about to form a marriage alliance and arrange an engagement had spread throughout the Four Great Families.

The Lin and Su Families joining forces was undoubtedly an alliance of powerhouses. Coupled with Su Ling's bearing as a Heavenly Chosen who had awakened a True Bone, the two families would flourish and rise if nothing unexpected happened, greatly affecting Shenzhen City's current power structure.

The Fang Family ranked near the bottom among the Four Great Families. Even for the sake of family interests, they had to make greater efforts to befriend both families!

"Enough! You are not allowed to make a move against Su Ye again!"

"I have my own plans here."

Lin Qingyue's tone changed as she gave him a direct order.

Humiliating Su Ye a little was fine, but it would not be good if things blew up during the honeymoon period of the Su and Lin Families' marriage alliance!

Without waiting for Fang Li to respond, she directly hung up, leaving him with a suffocated, ugly expression!

Inside an extravagantly luxurious Private Underground Training Room.

Three private instructors in the Blood Nourishing Realm had been waiting for Lin Qingyue to finish her call. Once she put down her phone, one of them praised her.

"Miss Qingyue, your martial arts Comprehension is exceptionally good. You have already cultivated the Phantom Sword from the Extreme Shadow Swordplay."

"Perhaps before the Martial Arts Branch Exam, you may even have a chance to reach the third stage, Shadowless!"

The Extreme Shadow Swordplay was one of the College Entrance Examination assessment items.

Though it was not a major scoring category, most examinees only reached the Phantom Sword level during the College Entrance Examination!

Those who reached the Shadowless level were few and far between!

Hearing this, Lin Qingyue's lips curled slightly. Her pride was impossible to suppress, but she still said,

"I heard that this year's Martial Arts Branch Exam is extremely competitive. In previous years, around eight Martial Bones would have been enough to place in the top ten."

"But now, just among those I know, there are already no fewer than six people who have reached eight Martial Bones!"

"I still need to work hard. I cannot fall behind in any aspect."

As soon as she finished speaking, she casually swallowed a Supreme Bone Tempering Pill and a top-grade Qi Recovery Pill as though they cost nothing.

On the chair beside her, all sorts of pill bottles and jars were piled together.

At that moment, Lin Qingyue had reached a full eight Martial Bones!

The rewards for placing in the top ten of the Martial Arts Branch Exam were naturally as insignificant to her as a mosquito's leg.

But the honor and recognition were what she desired.

Su Ye's unruly appearance flashed through her mind.

For now, she needed to sprint toward the top ten in the branch exam. She would not bother with such a minor character!

"Brother Ye, you broke through in just these two hours?"

After Li Aoxue left, Zhang Yuan's floodgates burst open, and his words poured forth in a torrent of shock!

"Got lucky." Su Ye nodded in admission, glancing at Zhang Yuan, whose face was flushed with excitement, with a faint smile.

Zhang Yuan's actions just now had touched him somewhat.

He knew that he could deal with it no matter what. Even if he could not win, he could still escape unscathed.

But Zhang Yuan did not know that.

"Brother Ye, you're really something. You hid your cultivation for so long before finally revealing it, and you didn't even tell me!"

Zhang Yuan immediately pouted, shooting him a resentful look.

He still remembered how Brother Ye had solemnly sworn just a week ago that he had not yet tempered a Martial Bone, making him worry for quite a while.

Looking at it now, he had clearly tempered Martial Bones long ago!

Surely these five Martial Bones could not have all been tempered within this single week, right?

Su Ye merely smiled faintly without denying it.

"Brother Ye, your talent is incredible. Fang Yuan in our class keeps breaking through only because he's from the Fang Family and has resources."

"I think you won't be inferior to him in the future! No, you'll definitely be stronger!"

Su Ye's heart stirred at those words, and he casually said, "Who can say for sure what the future holds?"

In this era, martial arts reigned supreme.

The strong possessed nearly everything!

Take money, for example. Major companies might painstakingly operate for an entire year to earn profits in the hundreds of millions, but top martial arts experts could leave the city to hunt demons and earn several times that amount!

That was not even mentioning strength, status, lifespan, and the like!

This also gave many impoverished people from humble backgrounds, yet blessed with exceptional talent, a chance to rise to prominence!

Of course, such people were as rare as phoenix feathers and qilin horns!

He raised his head and looked toward the faint blue glow in the sky at the edge of the city, narrowing his eyes as he vaguely sensed something strange.

Perhaps it was just his imagination, but that blue radiance seemed to have grown a little thinner?

Remembering the words of the Su Family's Head Steward, his heart could not help turning solemn.

But then he shook his head slightly.

"Even if something really changes, it isn't something a mere student like me can help with."

His gaze sharpened slightly as he calculated inwardly.

"Right now, the most important thing is still the Martial Arts Branch Exam."

"With the help of Qi Recovery Pills, one pill a day..."

After doing a quick calculation, he arrived at the answer. "By the time of the branch exam, reaching eight or nine Martial Bones shouldn't be difficult. As for ten, I'll have to see."

After bidding farewell to the chattering Zhang Yuan.

The moment he arrived at his front door, he heard fierce conversation coming from inside.

"Sister-in-law! Your Su Ye still hasn't tempered even one Martial Bone, has he? I think his chances are slim!"

"But my Ling'er is different. She already has four Martial Bones. With one final push, she can enter the Martial Arts Key Class! She's just lacking Bone Tempering Pills for that sprint!"

"I know that you went to the bank and took out a loan of tens of thousands a while ago! You bought Bone Tempering Pills for Su Ye, didn't you?"

"Why not let Su Ye lend those Bone Tempering Pills to Ling'er, so she can make a push for the Martial Arts Key Class?"