Playing the Field! Get It?

Fifty-three thousand!

Looking at his current savings, Lu Jue was filled with emotion.

Just two days ago, he had been in despair over a hundred thousand yuan in tuition fees.

Yet who could have imagined that in just two short days, he had gained more than a hundred thousand yuan in spoils!

In this world, strength truly was everything!

After solemnly bowing to Instructor Wang, Lu Jue carefully tucked the cultivation manual into his chest and turned to leave.

Ever since defeating Zhang Tie, the way his classmates looked at him had completely changed. People would occasionally come over to cozy up to him, and two girls had even blushed as they asked for his Feixin.

The environment was far too noisy, so he decided to find somewhere quiet in the martial school's back mountain and focus on cultivation.

Money was no longer a problem. As long as he could get Sound Location started, he would gain another controllable talent! This was crucial for the upcoming match!

This cultivation manual was only a few dozen pages thin.

Its core principle was to imagine oneself as a three-dimensional coordinate system, then accurately deduce the source's location from the direction and intensity of incoming sounds.

It sounded simple, but getting started was extremely difficult.

Entering the woods, Lu Jue passed straight through the front section that the students jokingly called the "Cannon Range" and reached the depths of the back mountain, where few people ever went.

Closing his eyes, he began carefully listening to the birdsong in the forest, trying to determine the birds' exact locations.

Yet four hours passed, and even as night shrouded the mountain forest, he still could not grasp the trick.

Frustrated and restless, he took out his phone, intending to search online for a beginner's guide, only to discover several new Feixin messages.

The first was a reminder from his father: Get some rest, don't push yourself too hard, your health comes first.

The brief words brimmed with concern.

The second was from Liu Ga: Holy shit! I haven't seen you for two days, and you actually knocked Zhang Tie flat! That's insane!

After replying to them one by one, Lu Jue looked at the third message.

It was from a new friend named "Li":

"Sorry, but my grandmother has some dementia. She keeps talking about wanting to hold a grandson. According to Article 18 of the martial school regulations, martial school students should focus on martial arts and are forbidden from dating early! This blind date was merely a misunderstanding!"

Why did this School Belle talk so stiffly?

Without even thinking, Lu Jue replied, "Alright, then let's delete each other!"

After sending it, he decisively deleted her.

He then entered the martial arts forum and searched for guides on Sound Location.

Just as he had expected, although this cultivation manual had been designed specifically for blind people, plenty of normal people with bizarre thought processes had still tried cultivating it.

The most popular post was titled: How to Use "Sound Location" to Identify Your Neighbors' Night Battles!

Lu Jue did not know whether to laugh or cry as he kept searching, eventually finding a reliable post.

The post stressed that one needed to completely simulate the lifestyle of a blind person in order to find the knack.

"I'll come back tomorrow. It's just Sound Location..."

Lu Jue checked the time and found that it was already ten-thirty at night. The martial school dormitories would close in half an hour.

With no choice, he gave up on continuing his practice and turned to leave.

The boys' dormitory was not far from the back mountain.

When he returned, Liu Ga and another roommate, Chen Hong, were huddled together, excitedly discussing something.

"She begged me! She begged me! Hahaha!" Liu Ga's face was flushed red, looking as thrilled as if he had hit the jackpot.

Lu Jue walked over and gave them a pat, startling the two so badly they nearly counterattacked on instinct.

"Holy shit! Lu Jue! Did you really knock Zhang Tie flat today?" Liu Ga grabbed Lu Jue by the shoulders and shook him excitedly.

"Yeah. I had a small epiphany a couple days ago and improved a little," Lu Jue said lightly.

"Teach me! How exactly did you have that epiphany?"

Although Chen Hong wore a smile, his eyes were filled with jealousy.

By comparison, Liu Ga was purely happy over his brother's progress.

"It was just the right time, that's all. By the way, where's Li Zhiqiang? Why haven't I seen him?" Lu Jue smoothly changed the subject.

"He..."

Liu Ga and Chen Hong fell silent for a while. After exchanging glances, they said in low voices, "It seems like he's given up on martial arts!"

Hearing that, Lu Jue silently looked toward Li Zhiqiang's empty bed, and a trace of melancholy rose in his heart.

If not for the panel, he would probably have ended up the same way!

"What were you two talking about just now?"

Liu Ga immediately grew excited again. "You know Zeng Qian, right?"

"Yeah, your goddess!"

"She finally accepted my Feixin request! She even begged me just now to help pull some votes for her in the forum's School Belle rankings! Tell me, do you think she likes me?" Liu Ga's eyes shone, looking like he had fallen head over heels in love.

"This..."

Lu Jue was speechless.

She had not accepted you before, but accepted you now. Had you not thought carefully about why!?

"Quick, Brother Jue! Log into your forum account and vote for Qianqian! She's about to break into the top ten!" Liu Ga urged anxiously.

Lu Jue was somewhat helpless. "Come on, the Martial Arts Examination is almost here. If I remember right, both of you are ranked behind one thousand, aren't you? Can you settle down?"

No matter what world it was, wherever there were men and women, hormones would inevitably fill the air.

Not to mention a group of vigorous young martial artists like them—even among the old men and women dancing in public squares in his previous life, there had been plenty of cases of people finding a second spring.

When the martial school had first been established years ago, the training grounds had been shared by both sexes.

As a result, every time they trained, plenty of boys would stare exclusively at the girls. Around certain particularly pretty girls, crowds would gather so densely that it looked like a concert.

Later, the martial school had no choice but to divide the training grounds into four sections, separating not only fist techniques from Sword Dao, but men from women as well.

Lu Jue could understand Liu Ga's behavior, but with the Martial Arts Examination almost upon them, he was still thinking about farming votes for his goddess. It was simply incomprehensible.

"That just shows you don't understand! Girls this age are just starting to awaken to love. This is the only time we can trick those rich girls into our hands! If we don't seize the chance now, we'll have no chance later!" Chen Hong immediately argued, looking like a seasoned expert.

Liu Ga slapped his thigh. "Enough with this useless crap! Brother Jue, hurry up and vote for my Qianqian!"

"Fine, fine, fine!"

Helplessly, Lu Jue took out his phone, entered the East City Martial School Forum, found the pinned post, and opened it.

Currently, Qin Xiaoyue from Sword Dao Class Two ranked first, while the commoner School Belle Su Li ranked second.

Liu Ga's goddess, Zeng Qian, ranked eleventh, only twenty votes behind the person ahead of her.

At that moment, Chen Hong began shouting again. "That vote-farming Qin Xiaoyue is farming votes again! What gives her the right to compare herself to Su Li? Doesn't she just have a little stinking money!?"

Lu Jue asked instinctively, "Su Li hasn't been farming votes either?"

Hearing that, Chen Hong looked as though he had suffered some enormous injustice. "Do you even know what you're saying? Su Li's Feixin is the most mysterious in the whole school! Not a single boy knows her Feixin! How could she farm votes?"

Then he said with a dreamy look, "If I could add Su Li's Feixin, I'd be willing to get sterilized!"

Beside him, Liu Ga flew into a rage and stepped forward to punch Chen Hong. "You brat, did you not vote for Qianqian at all and give your vote to Su Li instead?"

"Fuck! That's right! I voted for Su Li! What are you going to do about it?"

Watching his two roommates start shouting at each other again, Lu Jue shook his head and turned to the bathroom to wash up.

By the time he returned to his bed, the dormitory lights had already gone out.

He opened his phone, intending to browse casually, but discovered a friend request on Feixin. It was from the previous "blind date partner" named Li.

"Why is this woman so troublesome? Is she trying to play some kind of trick on me?"

After thinking it over, Lu Jue still tapped accept.

The other side replied instantly.

Li: Hello. Approximately two hours ago, your relative contacted my grandmother again and mentioned our blind date. I believe it is necessary for you to clearly explain the situation to your relative.

Lu Jue: Alright, alright, alright!

The other side hesitated for a moment before quickly sending another message.

Li: Also, how should I address you? My grandmother only knows that you are called "Little Jue."

Lu Jue: Liu Jue!

Li: Student Liu Jue, I do not have the Feixin of any male peers. I would like to take this opportunity to ask you something!

Lu Jue: Go ahead!

Li: I have a friend who experienced abnormal emotional impulses today and developed favorable feelings toward an unfamiliar male. From a male perspective, how should I advise her to stop such feelings and focus her energy on martial arts cultivation?

Lu Jue: Isn't that easy? Just steal him away and date that guy yourself. Let your friend give up completely!

Li: The martial school prohibits early dating!

Lu Jue: Are you stupid? Tease him! Play the field! Get it?