Chapter Twenty-Nine: Such a Genius Can't Even Get Into the Town Martial Class? You're So Bold!

The Oath-Taking Ceremony ended quickly. Everyone could see that Minister Bai Yuyue of the Yunmeng City Town Martial Division intended to wrap things up as fast as possible.

Soon, Bai Yuyue led Luo Puxin and the others away in a swift departure.

Zhang Qingsi and the other students who had used connections to enter the Town Martial Class finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"What are you afraid of, Zhang Ge's son?"

Beside him, Chu Feiyuan came up to Zhang Qingsi with a smile:

"You need to trust the Chu Family's ability. A simple Town Martial Class—we decide who gets in."

"Mm!" Zhang Qingsi nodded quickly.

Earlier, he had nearly thought he was finished, that Chen Yan would enter the Town Martial Class with mockery aimed at him.

But now he let out a faint laugh.

A poor kid like Chen Yan—what could he possibly fight back with?

He had awakened Qi and Blood, and his family had money. In just a few days, Chen Yan would be left staring up at the soles of his shoes.

Watching the crowd of students follow Chu Xuansheng away, Zhang Qingsi's eyes flickered. He bowed to Chu Feiyuan and immediately chased after them.

"This Origin Stele has lost a lot of its origin."

Along the way, Bai Yuyue and Luo Puxin walked side by side, with Yin Yanjun, Chu Lan, and the Second High principal trailing far behind, not daring to draw close.

"Director Luo and Minister Bai used to..." Chu Lan's heart pounded. He would have to reassess this sudden arrival, Luo Puxin.

"Seem to know each other, huh." Yin Yanjun smiled, his words deliberately vague.

Chu Lan narrowed his eyes. No wonder the man had been able to invite Bai Yuyue.

Up ahead.

"Lost its origin?" Luo Puxin was startled.

"Mm, it happened today. The problem is, an Origin Stele doesn't lose its origin for no reason—it only spits out origin as a reward to someone." Bai Yuyue looked seriously at Luo Puxin:

"For it to give out so much origin means the Stele detected someone who has reached the entry level in the Crimson Gang Body Tempering Canon. If it's a student, we need to find out who!"

Luo Puxin froze, then his eyes suddenly lit up.

"The Origin Stele doesn't just hand out rewards for reaching entry level. It can measure how long it took the practitioner to go from first contact with the Crimson Gang Body Tempering Canon to reaching entry level.

The reason it rewards is only because that person's entry time broke the shortest record!" Bai Yuyue said, a sharp gleam in his eyes:

"The Origin Stele in Luoshan County was brought over from Yunmeng City's First High!"

As if an electric current shot through the depths of his mind, Luo Puxin stood rooted to the spot.

That meant today, a genius who had achieved entry in the Crimson Gang Body Tempering Canon in the shortest time in the city's history might have touched this Origin Stele!

With that thought, Luo Puxin quickened his pace, striding rapidly back toward Second High. Though he appeared to be walking, his speed was so fast that no one could even see his afterimage.

"You..." Bai Yuyue shook his head, but his own steps quickened even more.

Inside Second High's surveillance room.

Bai Yuyue, Luo Puxin, Yin Yanjun, and Chu Lan stared at an extremely outdated computer.

The Second High principal?

He didn't dare come in.

"Whatever happens today, no matter who we find, you must keep it secret." Bai Yuyue looked at the men beside him.

Luo Puxin and the others nodded. Chu Lan's expression shifted slightly, but he nodded as well. Offending Bai Yuyue was an extremely foolish move.

Soon, the screen flickered with static before the video froze on the Body Tempering Room. A male student in a white T-shirt stood at the door, speaking with Wu Chuhua inside.

"Hm?" Luo Puxin's eyes flashed. He hadn't expected to see Chen Yan here. He had even sent someone to find Chen Yan today, but they hadn't located him.

"You know him?" Bai Yuyue asked.

"I do. Chen Yan—he's from my hometown!" Luo Puxin smiled.

"So this is Chen Yan?" Yin Yanjun raised an eyebrow. He and Luo Puxin had even made a bet over Chen Yan.

"That's him. As it happens, he earned the Town Martial Bonus on his own merit."

A look of satisfaction appeared in Luo Puxin's eyes, but he quickly sneered:

"But another student in his class took his place."

Beside him, Chu Lan narrowed his eyes, a sense of unease rising in his heart, but he still forced a smile:

"The one who replaced him is Zhang Qingsi. Like Ju Gao and Zhang Mancang, Zhang Qingsi awakened Qi and Blood, while Chen Yan didn't."

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Zhang Qingsi lost to him for a similar reason. This Chen Yan has mediocre talent, so I..."

Chu Lan was speaking when Bai Yuyue waved his hand, and Chu Lan shut his mouth.

Fortunately, Zhang Mancang had tipped him off, so he went and properly looked into all the students. Otherwise, he wouldn't have remembered some country bumpkin named Chen Yan.

Someone like that didn't deserve to be in his sights.

But soon, Chu Lan's expression shifted slightly.

"He's fighting Wu Chuhua!" Luo Puxin exclaimed in surprise. "Wu Chuhua is top five at Second High."

The others grew interested too, because on the screen, that lean-figured youth was actually sparring with Wu Chuhua. Gradually, everyone's expressions changed.

Because they saw Chen Yan tossing Wu Chuhua around like a sandbag.

Thud.

Bai Yuyue narrowed his eyes and rewound the video progress. Then rewound again. And again.

"Old Bai... Minister Bai, what are you doing? Let's watch the fight. I never thought Chen Yan could—"

"Don't talk!" Bai Yuyue barked, pointing at Chen Yan, who was about to strike. "Haven't you noticed? From the very start of the fight, Chen Yan activated the [Crimson Gang Body Tempering Canon]."

"Huh?" Everyone's focus sharpened as they looked back at the surveillance lake surface.

The surveillance had no sound, and the image was blurry, but in the frame Bai Yuyue had frozen, Chen Yan seemed to exhale a puff of white mist.

"He did activate it. Using the Breathing Technique like that, unless he's mastered it, he won't last long..." Chu Lan said flatly, then suddenly fell silent.

His eyes flew wide, and a buzzing rang in his mind.

"When did he learn the [Crimson Gang Body Tempering Canon]!?" Bai Yuyue spoke first, his gaze locked intently on Chen Yan.

"After Monday. This week, after Monday. Today is Friday!" Luo Puxin quickly replied, his breathing growing rapid.

"Don't talk nonsense!" Bai Yuyue scolded.

"It's true. Qingshan High only evaluated the Town Martial Bonus on Monday. He observed the Origin Crystal after winning!" Yin Yanjun's voice was steady beside him, but a gleam of wonder flickered in his eyes.

Bai Yuyue opened his mouth, then turned his head to glance at Chu Lan.

"Good!"

"Very good!"

Chu Lan's face suddenly went pale. Chen Yan being able to exhale white mist meant his understanding of the [Crimson Gang Body Tempering Canon] was on the verge of mastery. How many days had he been learning?

And a genius like this had been stripped of his spot in the Town Martial Class by him.

But Bai Yuyue kept clicking through the surveillance, the images changing.

"But he hasn't mastered it yet. It wasn't him who triggered the Origin Stele's resonance." Chu Lan said awkwardly. "This time, I—"

"Strength Stripe!" Luo Puxin's jaw dropped. "He actually condensed a Strength Stripe! Last time I saw him, I could tell his strength was immense, but he forged a Strength Stripe this fast!"

In the surveillance room, the air seemed to still.

No one spoke now. Luo Puxin and Yin Yanjun waited for Bai Yuyue to keep playing the footage, while Chu Lan's face gradually turned ashen.

Until the moment Chen Yan took his first [Skill] Character Saint Breaking Fruit today.

Bai Yuyue narrowed his eyes, and the others stared fixedly at the computer screen.

Then, Chen Yan exhaled a puff of white mist tinged with red.

"It's him. He broke through to Breathing Technique mastery on the spot!"

Luo Puxin spoke in disbelief.

"It's him!" Bai Yuyue said as well.

Thud!

The computer screen froze. In the surveillance room, the four of them fell silent.

Chu Lan's face lost all color, his steps unsteady. Then he saw Bai Yuyue turn toward him, his gaze fierce.

"It's him!"

"Old Luo, go find him!"

"Bring him here immediately!"

"Yin Yanjun, you go too. Chu Lan, you stay!"

"A genius like this couldn't even get into the Town Martial Class? Couldn't even get into the county Town Martial Class? Is your Luoshan County Town Martial Class on par with Town Martial Refinement?"

"You have some nerve!"