Xu Mengyao had already made up her mind to post the results of Li Ziyu's test in the class group and spread them far and wide.
To make Li Ziyu lose face.
"Let's go. He's just an ordinary person, so he isn't worth getting angry over. Let's go take our test."
Nearby, Bai Haoran spoke with a calm expression.
Xu Mengyao nodded. As she spoke, the two of them entered the room where Li Ziyu had just taken his test.
The testing machines kept records that could be checked. There was nothing confidential about anyone below a Level 1 Martial Artist, so the results could all be accessed.
Xu Mengyao watched as Bai Haoran sat inside the testing machine.
She had originally thrown Li Ziyu's matter to the back of her mind.
But for some inexplicable reason, she addressed Bai Haoran in a soft, gentle voice.
"Master Bai, we're already here anyway. Why don't we pull up Li Ziyu's blood-energy test record and take a look? It might boost our confidence, too."
"Is that really necessary?"
Bai Haoran frowned.
However, when he saw Xu Mengyao's pitiful expression, he ultimately couldn't resist a beauty's request.
He could only helplessly reach out and swipe at the screen in front of him, pulling up the test records.
As he did so, he muttered helplessly,
"Didn't you say his blood energy was only 0.8 when he tested yesterday?"
"It hasn't even been a day. There's no way his blood energy could have changed."
"With blood energy at 0.8, no matter how he trains, it's already too late. We won't even be in the same class of people in the future. I really don't know why you still care about him... Huh?"
Before he could finish, Bai Haoran's voice halted, and he let out a soft exclamation.
Bai Haoran furrowed his brows. Puzzlement filled his eyes as he looked up at Xu Mengyao and asked curiously,
"Are you sure Li Ziyu's blood-energy test result was 0.8 yesterday?"
"Of course I'm sure. We're in the same class, and he tested right after me. I saw it clearly. What's wrong, Master Bai?"
"See for yourself."
After speaking, Bai Haoran moved aside. Xu Mengyao stood up and looked over, and her expression immediately froze.
"Blood energy of 0.92? How is that possible?"
"Could this be someone else's result?"
"Li Ziyu had just left, and we came in right after him. There couldn't have been anyone else."
Xu Mengyao was bewildered, feeling as if her mind couldn't process what she was seeing.
She even began to wonder whether she had misread it yesterday.
After all, increasing one's blood energy by 0.1 in a single day was simply impossible.
If he could increase it by that much, Li Ziyu might very well reach the blood-energy requirement for a Martial University in a week.
"Could the machine be malfunctioning? I'll find someone to check it."
Thinking of the change in Li Ziyu's attitude toward her today, and then combining it with the change in his blood energy,
Xu Mengyao inexplicably felt something strange welling up inside her.
According to what people said online,
there was a kind of genius whose blood energy might usually be very low.
They had simply awakened late. Once they awakened, their strength would advance by leaps and bounds.
Could Li Ziyu be the kind of genius they talked about online?
Without waiting for Bai Haoran to respond, Xu Mengyao turned around and hurried toward the door as if she were trying to prove something.
Outside, at the front desk,
a bald, burly man was spraying spittle as he bragged to the Beautiful Clerk about something.
He was broad and powerfully built, with the physique of a tiger-backed bear-waisted brute.
While flattering the Beautiful Clerk, he kept staring at her with lecherous eyes.
If the shop hadn't had surveillance cameras, he probably would have already tried to lay hands on her.
The Beautiful Clerk forcibly suppressed her displeasure and gave the Bald Strongman perfunctory replies from time to time.
This man was Niu Dali.
He was a coach at Hongsu Martial Arts Hall.
He was extremely lustful and had privately messaged her several times, trying to ask her out, but she had refused every time.
If he hadn't been a Peak Level 1 Martial Artist,
while she was merely an ordinary person who couldn't afford to offend him,
the Beautiful Clerk would probably have lost her temper long ago.
"Front desk, one of the testing machines seems to be malfunctioning. Could someone come and take a look?"
At that moment, Xu Mengyao came out of the testing room and called toward the front desk.
The Beautiful Clerk was just about to reply.
But Niu Dali spoke first. He put on a serious, upright expression, assumed the air of an expert, and walked toward Xu Mengyao.
"I'll take a look."
A moment later.
"The testing machine isn't broken. As for the situation you described, your classmate probably encountered some kind of fortuitous opportunity."
"Students, are you from a nearby school?"
"You're about to take the Martial Arts Exam, right? Why don't you sign up for a crash course with me?"
"It only costs one hundred thousand yuan. I guarantee I can raise your strength another level before the Martial Arts Exam and help you get into a good Martial University!"
As Niu Dali inspected the equipment, he deliberately revealed his robust muscles.
He also displayed the badge proving that he was a Peak Level 1 Martial Artist.
"We'll think about it."
Bai Haoran was somewhat tempted.
However, he didn't agree immediately.
One hundred thousand yuan was no small sum. Even with his family background, he still had to consider it carefully.
"All right. Add me on Feixin. Come find me whenever you need me. I'm a Peak Level 1 Martial Artist, so I definitely won't cheat you."
Niu Dali didn't pester them.
He took out his phone and added them on Feixin before turning around and leaving the testing room.
Before leaving, he even deliberately closed the door, giving Bai Haoran a meaningful look that all men understood.
After Niu Dali left, Xu Mengyao also tested her blood energy on the machine.
It had risen by 0.02. This was the result of Bai Haoran giving her some medicine to replenish her blood energy after she attached herself to him.
Otherwise, with her ordinary family background, she couldn't afford such blood-energy supplements.
Although her blood energy had risen, Xu Mengyao couldn't feel happy.
Li Ziyu's blood energy had increased, and he might very well be able to enter a Martial University.
Moreover, the look Li Ziyu had given her just now had left her feeling disappointed.
"Forget it. I won't think about it."
"Even if Li Ziyu can get into a Martial University, it'll be the worst one. He definitely can't compare with Bai Haoran."
"After all, Bai Haoran can already take the Level 1 Martial Artist assessment soon. As long as I hold on tightly to Bai Haoran, my future development will definitely be much better than following Li Ziyu."
After leaving Bai Haoran's Martial Arts Hall, Li Ziyu didn't return home.
He was an orphan. From the time he could remember things, he had never seen what his parents looked like.
His only relatives were his maternal aunt and her family.
Now that he had obtained the system, his most urgent task was to hurry and raise his blood energy.
After all, having blood energy to rely on, moving with the speed of a flying horse, and feeling as though his body possessed inexhaustible strength—that feeling was simply too exhilarating.
"Killing mosquitoes, cockroaches, rats, and the like raises blood energy far too slowly."
"Besides, those things only exist in the sewers. They're disgusting."
"I remember there are lots of non-grade fierce beasts called Red-Eyed Rabbits near the city wall. I'll go hunt those!"
On his way out just now, he had already tested more than a dozen species.
From ants and cockroaches to spiders and rats, he had tried them all.
Their contribution to his blood energy was negligible.
He didn't know whether these creatures had become unqualified as his blood energy increased, or whether something else was going on.
In any case, they no longer provided as much of an increase as they had at the beginning.
The key problem was that technology was advanced now, and urban sanitation and construction were both well managed. These creatures were difficult to find.
"It's a pity that the slaughterhouse in Xujiang City uses automated slaughtering. Otherwise, a slaughterhouse would definitely be heaven for raising my blood energy!"
Li Ziyu sighed and hurried toward the city wall.
He had seen Red-Eyed Rabbits before.
Although they were called fierce beasts, they looked more like mutated rabbits.
Aside from having eyes that were a little redder than normal rabbits, being more irritable, and reproducing a little faster,
they were basically no different from ordinary rabbits.
An ordinary person could beat one to death with a stick.
Not to mention him, a Martial Dao student.
When he was close to the city wall,
Li Ziyu turned into a sporting-goods store.
With the little money he had left, he bought a steel knife and a sack, then headed to the city wall.
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