Qi and Blood Talent Falls Off in the Late Stage, Heading to the Martial Arts Examination

"Yes, President Chen."

The tall and thin secretary's attitude was respectful. He glanced at the pile of sandbags on the ground and a hint of admiration appeared on his face.

"President, you've already broken through thirty thousand of them, haven't you?"

"You've completed one-third of your goal of one hundred thousand."

Upon hearing this, Chen Mingyuan took the towel handed over by the secretary and casually wiped his upper body before putting on his clothes.

"Ten years ago, when I met that Grandmaster, he told me that if I could smash one hundred thousand sandbags, my fist techniques would reach their peak!"

"I'm still short seventy thousand. Peak fist techniques, and a peak-level basic weapon. I really want to experience just how powerful that is."

As the president of the XuJiang City Martial Arts Association, his martial arts strength had already reached level four.

However, his basic martial skills were still stuck at the advanced level and refused to improve, which greatly bothered him, as he was obsessed with fist techniques.

Chen Mingyuan sighed for a moment about martial arts, then shifted the conversation to work.

"How are the preparations for this Martial Arts Examination coming along?"

"Everything is ready, President. Here is the information you asked me to gather on the more talented examinees from XuJiang."

The tall and thin secretary immediately handed a document folder to him when he heard Chen Mingyuan's words.

Chen Mingyuan took it and nodded, then began to look through it.

He nodded with satisfaction as he flipped through the pages.

"Not bad, there are a few good prospects this time, and also an unexpected dark horse."

"That young fellow named Li Ziyu has good talent. At such a young age, his Qi and Blood has already reached 5.99. Not only that, but his Combat Power is also extraordinary."

"This is all thanks to your excellent management, President Chen!"

Seeing Chen Mingyuan's pleased expression, the tall and thin secretary seized the opportunity to flatter him.

"However, that young man named Li Ziyu is truly remarkable. With such strength at his age, he is likely to be the number one in XuJiang this time."

The tall and thin secretary said with a smile, but Chen Mingyuan smiled and shook his head, refuting the secretary's words.

"His talent is indeed good, but it's not enough to aim for first place."

"Ah? He has 5.99 Qi and Blood and 999 Combat Power, and he's still not qualified to aim for first place?"

The tall and thin secretary looked surprised.

Chen Mingyuan looked up at the secretary and chuckled.

"Although Li Ziyu is a Qi and Blood talent awakener, this kind of talent often only has power without substance. Although his Qi and Blood and Combat Power are high, his practical combat ability is weak."

"Furthermore, there's a fatal drawback: the further into the later stages, the smaller the potential of Qi and Blood awakened martial artists becomes."

"Five years ago, XuJiang City also produced a Qi and Blood talent awakened martial artist. At that time, his Qi and Blood test and Combat Power test results were even higher than Li Ziyu's."

"Everyone at that time placed great hopes on him, believing he could overwhelm all other examinees and take first place in XuJiang."

"Even I had expectations for him back then, not just first place in XuJiang, but first place in the entire Su Province!"

"But what happened later? He couldn't handle practical combat against fierce beasts. He had Qi and Blood and Combat Power, but his basic martial skills were inadequate. In the end, let alone first place in Su Province, he didn't even manage first place in XuJiang."

The tall and thin secretary nodded as if realizing something. At this moment, Chen Mingyuan took a sip of tea and continued.

"However, Li Ziyu's strength is still acceptable. At his young age, he has already cultivated his basic martial arts to the intermediate level and mastered a blade technique battle skill. Although he can't win first place, it's no problem for him to enter the top five in XuJiang."

"The one who can truly take first place is this one."

As Chen Mingyuan spoke, a hint of uncontrollable admiration flashed in his eyes. He pointed at the information on the document and read the introduction.

"Nangong Ao! Intermediate level one martial artist, a Speed Talent martial artist, intermediate body tempering technique, intermediate swordsmanship, intermediate movement technique, and he has also mastered a combat-oriented battle skill!"

"This is a genius! A true genius!"

"He has the potential to represent our XuJiang City and contend for the top three geniuses in Su Province!"

Chen Mingyuan's expression was filled with joy.

When he first discovered the dark horse Li Ziyu, he was somewhat pleased and even considered taking Li Ziyu as his disciple.

But after Nangong Ao, the Speed Talent martial artist, appeared, Li Ziyu seemed rather ordinary in comparison.

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"Pay close attention to Nangong Ao, and build a good relationship with him. A martial artist with this kind of talent will eventually surpass me. Building a good relationship in advance can only be beneficial."

In a dilapidated old residential area, Ling Ziyu walked out of the bathroom.

"I can't even take a comfortable shower. I need to find a new place to live."

While drying his hair, Ling Ziyu grumbled.

The neighborhood was old, and the water from the faucet wasn't even hot.

However, all the money he had was converted into equipment and martial skills, so he didn't have any left.

Ling Ziyu pondered whether he should go hunt more fierce beasts outside the city and sell them to get a better living environment.

But he dismissed this idea.

"Forget it. The Martial Arts Examination is coming up soon. After I get into a Martial Arts University, I'll have to leave this city. I won't be able to stay in Xujiang City for more than a few days anyway. Plus, they provide dorms during the Martial Arts Examination, so the environment shouldn't be too bad."

"I'd rather save some money and improve my strength."

With that thought, Ling Ziyu realized he didn't know much about some of the Martial Arts Universities in Great Xia. He lay on the sofa and started searching on his phone.

In just a moment, he found the information he was looking for.

"The top four Martial Arts Universities in Great Xia are Canglan Martial Arts University, Shenpan Martial Arts University, Modu Martial Arts University, and Kyoto Martial Arts University."

"Each university is overseen by an Eighth-level Great Grandmaster! They've cultivated countless powerful individuals. Only the most talented elites can attend these four universities!"

Ling Ziyu softly read out the information, his eyes growing brighter and brighter, filled with surging fighting spirit.

Below the information on the four universities were introductions to their respective visualization methods. The schools would issue visualization methods of corresponding levels to each enrolled student based on their Martial Arts Examination scores and talent.

"Not bad! Since I'm going to a Martial Arts University, I have to choose the best one!"

Ling Ziyu had set his goal and no longer thought about anything else.

After sending a few messages back to Liu Yanfang, who had tried to dissuade him, he picked up the Vajra Body battle skill he bought from the Precious Martial Pavilion and began to cultivate it.

A moment later.

Name: Ling Ziyu.

Realm: First-level Advanced Martial Artist.

Combat Skills: Advanced Raging Bull Body Tempering Method, Vajra Body, Gale Blade Technique, Intermediate Blade Technique, Intermediate Movement Technique.

System: Martial God System.

Function: Can absorb all things and improve Qi and Blood. Other functions are for the host to discover.

Two days passed in the blink of an eye. Due to the fierce beast consciousness, Ling Ziyu did not go to the wilderness to kill fierce beasts during these two days.

Instead, he stayed at home, resting and adjusting his state.

As the alarm clock rang, Ling Ziyu's eyes snapped open from his meditation, two sharp glints flashing within them.

Ling Ziyu picked up the long saber placed beside him, slowly stood up, pushed open the door, and walked towards the school.

After two days of rest, he felt that his current state was unbelievably good!

Hearing the sound of the door closing, the neighbor living opposite Ling Ziyu's apartment immediately opened her door.

A middle-aged woman with a face full of thick flesh, her eyes narrowed so much that only a slit was visible, and with spots on her face, ferociously poked her head out.

She quickly glanced at the corridor. Seeing that it was empty, the middle-aged woman cursed grumpily:

"Hmph, you little brat, lucky you ran fast!"

"When I asked you to help throw out the trash, you actually threw it at my doorstep. You're truly lazy and uncivilized. No wonder no one raised you properly."

"Don't let me catch you next time!"

The middle-aged woman was about to complain when a young man's voice sounded from inside the house:

"Mom, hurry up and take me to the examination venue! We can't be late for the Martial Arts Examination!"

"Alright, coming, son. Do well on your exam! If you become a Martial Artist, we won't have to live in this dump anymore!"

"And we can stay away from stingy neighbors like this!"