New Transfer Student, Starlight Body

"The Qing Province Garrison Army needs a thorough purge."

Inside the Qing Province Garrison Army headquarters, the figure who had just stepped off the plane sat in the seat of honor, with a young man standing beside him.

Below stood the Martial Dao Eighth Layer Great Grandmaster-level officers of the Qing Province Garrison Army.

As for the several Martial Dao Ninth Level Martial Kings who had come to greet him, they had already been seriously injured by him.

They would still need to thoroughly investigate whether those Martial Kings had any problems.

The aura of a Martial Saint appeared once more, filling the Qing Province Garrison Army's Great Grandmasters with terror.

This was a Martial Saint from the Imperial Capital, who had originally come to protect Lin Tian.

Yet halfway there, he learned that Lin Tian had been assassinated—and that a traitor had emerged within the Qing Province Garrison Army.

This enraged him beyond measure.

"You leave first. What comes next is not something you can take part in."

The Martial Saint from the Imperial Capital then looked at the young man standing nearby.

"Yes!"

The young man nodded, then left with the Garrison Army personnel.

After he left, another wave of Martial Saint pressure surged forth.

Inside Qing City First High School's Experimental Class, while Lin Tian and the others were in class, Garrison Army vehicles arrived once again.

"Why are Garrison Army vehicles coming here again?"

At the sight of the Garrison Army vehicles, the Experimental Class students were somewhat indignant. Traitors had appeared among Qing Province's guardians; this was something no one could tolerate.

They had not expected that after something like this happened, the Garrison Army would still enter Qing City First High School.

"Look, someone got out of the car."

At that moment, Jiang Cheng shouted. Though he appeared indifferent toward the Garrison Army matter, he was still eagerly awaiting a response from them deep down.

"Could it be for the same reason as Lin Tian?"

The Experimental Class students looked over, and a bad premonition immediately rose in their hearts.

Lin Tian had come because he was an Extreme Martial Artist. Could this young man getting out of the car be here for the same reason?

"Probably not. If two Extreme Martial Artists had appeared at the same time, then across Blue Star's three-thousand-year history of spiritual energy revival, there would not have been only one Extreme Martial Artist—the Pioneer of Martial Dao."

Jiang Mingyue shook her head.

"Then what is he here for?"

The Experimental Class students watched the young man gradually approach their classroom, thoroughly puzzled.

Before long, Wang Yang brought the young man into the Experimental Class.

"Students, this is Geng Xian, a new member of the Experimental Class. Let's welcome him."

Wang Yang felt rather bitter inside. Why had students transferred into the Experimental Class for two days in a row?

"Teacher, doesn't that mean the Experimental Class has one extra person now?"

Jiang Cheng looked at Wang Yang with an unfriendly expression. The Experimental Class had already taken shape, and he did not want to lose any classmate.

"Don't worry about that, everyone. Lin Tian, as an Extreme Martial Artist, does not occupy an Experimental Class slot."

Seeing the dissatisfaction on many students' faces, Wang Yang explained.

"I see. Then it's fine."

Upon hearing this, the Experimental Class students' hostility toward Geng Xian instantly vanished.

Just as everyone thought the matter would pass peacefully, Geng Xian spoke up.

"May I ask who currently ranks first in the Experimental Class?"

Geng Xian looked at Wang Yang as he asked. His gaze then swept across the class, lingered on Lin Tian for a moment, and finally settled on Jiang Mingyue.

"Did you come for the Secret Realm slot?"

"Where are you from?"

Hearing Geng Xian's words, Jiang Mingyue's expression sharpened. Lin Tian had entered the Experimental Class without knowing about the Secret Realm slot.

But Geng Xian's purpose was very clear: he had come for the Secret Realm slot.

"The Imperial Capital!"

The moment those two words came out, the Experimental Class erupted.

"Get the Imperial Capital bastard out of here! This is Qing Province!"

Jiang Cheng was the most agitated, roaring loudly at once.

"That's right! An Imperial Capital bastard comes here to steal a Qing Province Experimental Class slot? Get out!"

"Get out! Get out!"

The impassioned crowd left Lin Tian utterly confused. He patted Qu Mu, who was sitting in front of him and seething with excitement, and asked.

"What's going on? He's just someone from the Imperial Capital. Why are you all acting like this?"

Qu Mu replied with a furious expression.

"For the past few decades, people from the Imperial Capital have taken countless Experimental Class slots, even though they already had the strength to enter the Big Four."

"Their goal is the top spot in the Experimental Class, so they can obtain a Secret Realm entry slot."

"Over the past few decades, only five Secret Realm slots have belonged to Qing Province itself. The rest were all snatched away by the Imperial Capital."

"Doesn't Qing Province's upper echelon object?"

Lin Tian was puzzled. These were Qing Province's resources; Qing Province should naturally oppose this.

"Of course Qing Province's upper echelon objects, but the Imperial Capital's explanation is this: the cultivation techniques obtained from the Secret Realms are all for Dragon Nation's use. Letting stronger people enter is good for everyone."

"This isn't just Qing Province's problem. The same thing happens in the other provinces of Dragon Nation."

"But that excuse is merely the rhetoric of those Imperial Capital aristocratic families. Very few of the cultivation techniques they obtain ever truly make their way out."

Qu Mu shook his head.

That one sentence from the Imperial Capital directly choked off the other provinces' voices of rebuttal.

Greater strength really could mean obtaining better cultivation techniques. They were inferior in skill, so they had nothing to say.

Lin Tian nodded after hearing this. He now understood the whole story.

The Imperial Capital's geniuses were stronger than those from ordinary provinces like Qing Province. Even if many geniuses were scattered among the provinces, they could still keep a tight grip on the slots.

As for clashes between aristocratic families, any family capable of building up a certain level of influence in a place like the Imperial Capital was bound to be immensely powerful.

And since they were all citizens of Dragon Nation, the upper echelons of each province could only choose to let the matter fade away.

"Are you the top-ranked student of the Experimental Class?"

While Lin Tian was thinking, Geng Xian pointed the spearhead directly at Jiang Mingyue. After Jiang Mingyue spoke, everyone in the Experimental Class stopped cursing.

"I'm not. He is."

Jiang Mingyue shook her head and pointed at Lin Tian.

"An Extreme Martial Artist?"

"Wasn't he only confirmed as an Extreme Martial Artist two days ago?"

"At most, he has a little over two hundred points of vitality and blood. Even as an Extreme Martial Artist, how could he possibly be first in the Experimental Class?"

Geng Xian was confused. No matter how weak Qing Province was, its number one could not possibly be Lin Tian, who was only at the Martial Dao First Layer Mid-stage.

"Isn't he at the late stage of Martial Dao First Layer?"

Geng Xian's words puzzled the Experimental Class students. They only knew that Lin Tian was an Extreme Martial Artist; they truly did not know much more than that.

"Martial Dao First Layer, late stage?!"

Geng Xian stared at Lin Tian in utter disbelief, as though he had seen a ghost.

The information he had received was not like this. Could the intelligence have been wrong?

"What, is that not allowed?"

Lin Tian looked at Geng Xian with a half-smile.

"I'm the top-ranked student in the Experimental Class. Are you surprised?"

"I am very surprised. The information I received said Jiang Mingyue had Martial Dao Second Layer Mid-stage cultivation and had awakened the Starlight Body possessed by the Jiang Family's founder."

"Even I would have to treat an opponent like that with utmost caution. One moment of carelessness, and I might lose. I don't believe you can defeat her."

Geng Xian voiced his thoughts.

"Starlight Body?"

Lin Tian looked at Jiang Mingyue in bewilderment. Wasn't this a high-martial world? Why were there Special Physiques too?