So I Really Want to Be His Godfather...

Seeing Ye Fan block Chu Sheng's path, everyone in the Elite Class knew there would be a good show.

One was a genius at the first level of the Meridian Opening Realm.

The other was a freak at the ninth level of the Body Tempering Realm whose strength rivaled the first level of the Meridian Opening Realm.

It was hard to say who would win and who would lose.

Ye Fan held a hand against the training room door, wearing a faintly casual smile.

"Friend, take this as a warning. I don't want what happened yesterday to happen again."

"Otherwise, I'll—"

"Wait, you said you want to fly?" Chu Sheng was immediately no longer sleepy.

Ye Fan froze, but before he could speak—

"Honestly, what am I supposed to do with you..."

Chu Sheng slapped him across the face.

Smack—

Ye Fan was sent flying, spinning through the air like a top.

Fortunately, his body at the tenth level of the Body Tempering Realm was extremely tough.

He did not pass out the moment he hit the ground.

Still, Ye Fan took quite a while before he managed to climb back up.

Everyone's jaws nearly dropped at the sight.

Wasn't Ye Fan supposed to rival the first level of the Meridian Opening Realm?

How had one slap turned him into this?

Once he regained his senses, Ye Fan's face filled with horror. First level of the Meridian Opening Realm?

No, the first level of the Meridian Opening Realm did not possess such strength.

This was the second level of the Meridian Opening Realm!

He had hidden his strength!

"I've never heard such a request in my life."

"I'm only granting it because we're classmates. Otherwise, there's no way I'd satisfy you."

With that, Chu Sheng strode straight into the training room.

Ye Fan's face was flushed crimson. Of course, it would have been red even if he had not been holding it in—he had been slapped.

He wanted to throw out some harsh words, but realized he had nothing that could threaten Chu Sheng.

This was the second level of the Meridian Opening Realm!

The same realm as Shu Li, the strongest student in the entire school!!

Even if he gave it everything he had, victory was impossible.

Gritting his teeth, Ye Fan made a decision that betrayed his ancestors.

Advance to the Meridian Opening Realm!

Originally, he had planned to wait another half month,

until he reached the limit of the tenth level of the Body Tempering Realm before advancing.

With the powerful foundation he had built at the tenth level of the Body Tempering Realm, once he advanced to the Meridian Opening Realm, his strength would increase severalfold.

It might even be possible for him to directly rival the third level!

By then, the gates of a first-rate martial university would practically be open to him.

If one asked where his confidence came from,

it naturally came from his formidable mind!

The Lost Realm.

Come on, did they have any idea just how incredible this realm was!?

There were heroes under heaven as numerous as carp crossing a river, but how many could enter this realm?

That was Ye Fan's confidence!

Now, he could not wait any longer.

If he did not vent this anger soon, he feared that even advancing to the Meridian Opening Realm might go wrong.

That would truly be a case of losing more than he gained.

Thus, Ye Fan decisively took a week-long leave.

His family had long prepared every resource needed for him to advance to the Meridian Opening Realm.

He planned to use one week to advance to the first level of the Meridian Opening Realm!

When they heard the news,

the Elite Class students secretly began looking forward to it as well.

He was already this strong at the ninth level of the Body Tempering Realm. Wouldn't he be monstrously powerful at the first level of the Meridian Opening Realm!?

Naturally, Chu Sheng knew nothing of these matters.

Otherwise, he would definitely have mocked Ye Fan a couple of times.

The tenth level of the Body Tempering Realm? What a fucking idiotic realm.

The morning was mainly devoted to martial arts theory lessons.

After listening for a while, Chu Sheng found them rather dull.

Techniques for exerting force in martial skills?

Secrets to circulating cultivation techniques?

Things to watch out for during training?

None of this meant anything to him.

He could solve everything by adding points.

The instructor teaching martial skills was a voluptuous woman named Sun Mei.

After seeing Chu Sheng's utter lack of interest,

she understood that the boy was looking down on her.

It was normal for gifted students like him to be arrogant, and Sun Mei had seen quite a few of them.

All she needed to do was teach him a proper lesson, and she could cure that bad habit of his.

As she explained the force-exertion techniques of the Rippling Wave Fist, she suddenly changed the subject.

"Chu Sheng, the Rippling Wave Fist you displayed during yesterday's selection competition left a deep impression on me."

"It was clear that you put in a great deal of hard work."

"But do you know why you failed to cultivate it to perfection?"

At those words, the entire class instantly turned their eyes toward Chu Sheng.

He had not cultivated it to perfection? In other words, he had cultivated the Rippling Wave Fist to Great Accomplishment!?

Was he even human!?

Everyone thought Chu Sheng would be unable to answer.

Yet to their surprise, Chu Sheng merely nodded calmly.

"I know. It's because I didn't want to."

It was merely a beginner-level fist technique.

Reaching Great Accomplishment was already enough; there was no need to waste Justice Points raising it to perfection.

"Hm!?"

Sun Mei's expression stiffened. It was the first time she had heard such an answer.

The Elite Class students were stunned as well.

Such a reason was truly fresh and unconventional.

In other words, if he wanted to, he could easily cultivate it to perfection?

Sun Mei shook her head and laughed.

"I hope you say that after you have already mastered a martial skill to perfection. Otherwise—"

"I have."

Chu Sheng walked to the corner, picked up a training wooden saber lying nearby, and raised his hand. Azure qi flared wildly from it.

This was a technique one could only master after bringing the Spirit Wind Saber Technique to perfection.

Sun Mei was dumbfounded, her expression rigid.

Was this what a genius was? It truly made people despair...

Wait, no!

Sun Mei suddenly snapped awake. How could such abundant true qi belong to someone at the first level of the Meridian Opening Realm!?

"Chu Sheng, you're... at the second level of the Meridian Opening Realm!?"

"Yeah. Is there a problem?"

"Of course there's a problem! You're at the second level of the Meridian Opening Realm, so why didn't you register for this league!?"

Chu Sheng looked puzzled. "League? What's that?"

Sun Mei checked the time. Relieved that they were not too late, she hurriedly took Chu Sheng to find Wu Qingshan.

On the way, she explained the league to Chu Sheng.

It was led by the Education Department and jointly organized by all fifteen high schools in the city.

Its purpose was to select those with exceptional talent for focused cultivation.

It would help them make a final push over the last month for first-rate and even top-tier martial universities.

Only those at the second level of the Meridian Opening Realm could register.

There were only thirty people in all of Baian City who met the registration requirements.

Today was the final day for registration.

Chu Sheng asked in confusion, "What does this focused cultivation involve?"

Sun Mei explained:

"The top ten will receive three high-grade Blood Qi Pills, along with a mid-grade Earth-grade martial skill."

"Third place will additionally receive one Jade Spirit Fruit."

"Second place will additionally receive one bottle of low-grade Meridian Opening Pills."

"First place will additionally receive one Heaven-grade Breathing Technique."

At those words, Chu Sheng's breathing immediately quickened.

A Heaven-grade Breathing Technique!

It was exactly what he lacked most right now.

This was truly someone delivering a pillow the moment he got sleepy.

The National College Entrance Examination lasted twelve hours. If he had a Heaven-grade Breathing Technique, he would no longer need to worry about insufficient true qi!

Getting into a top-tier academy would be absolutely certain!

Upon arriving at the principal's office,

Wu Qingfeng's eyes nearly popped out of their sockets when he heard that Chu Sheng had already advanced to the second level of the Meridian Opening Realm.

Yesterday, when he heard Chu Sheng say he wanted to enter a top-tier academy,

he had even grumbled to himself,

saying that no one in Baian City could rise two levels within a single month.

Yet who would have thought that Chu Sheng would turn around and demonstrate one level per day!

What difficulty was two levels in a month to him!?

What was a top-tier prodigy!?

The one standing before him was exactly that!!!

An impulse surged through Wu Qingshan's heart once more.

I really want to be his godfather...