Is the Genius Training Camp Really This Brutal?

The students' conversation abruptly stopped, and they all looked at Chen Lie and Wang Hui.

Because of the conflict in the classmates' group chat, all the students now know that Zhang Zongqiang is coming to cause trouble for Chen Lie and Wang Hui.

Zhang Zongqiang, what are you pretending for here?

You saw me the moment you stepped outside. Is there anything you want to ask?

Let me be clear, Chen Lie and I are both here. What do you want to do now?

Zhang Zongqiang's face darkened as he said, "Wang Hui, watch your tone. I'm just asking a polite question, and this is your attitude?"

With such an arrogant attitude, anyone who didn't know better would think you'd joined the Provincial Youth Genius Group.

As soon as Zhang Zongqiang finished speaking, a student immediately chimed in, "Brother Qiang, I know Wang Hui. He's just a Ordinary Class at Provincial Key High School, not even a student. He's supposed to be part of the Provincial Youth Genius Group? He's miles away from that!"

"Oh? Ordinary Class? Wang Hui, you're so arrogant, acting all high and mighty. You're not even Elite Student?"

"Damn it, who the hell is spreading rumors about me? Look at this!"

With a "snap".

Wang Hui slammed an Elite Student ID on the table, then glanced at the student who had interrupted earlier, who immediately fell silent.

Zhang Zongqiang sneered, "So what if you're Elite Student? Did you even make it onto the Elite Student Top 100 Ranking?"

Once you're in the Elite Class, you'll realize that the gap between Elite Student is bigger than the difference between a person and a dog.

"What do you care whether I went or not? You fucking went?"

I am among the top 20 of the Elite Student Top 100 Ranking in Yunchuan City No. 2 High School.

Do you know what that means? It means he's stronger than the top three Elite Student at East River Province Martial Arts High School.

My grades, even in Cloud River Province, would be enough to qualify for the Genius Training Camp.

"It's just Genius Training Camp, what are you showing off for?"

"Chen Lie has been in the Genius Training Camp for over a month, and he doesn't show off like you do," Wang Hui said.

"Ignorant!" Zhang Zongqiang sneered, disdainfully saying, "Can the Genius Training Camp in Yunchuan Province be compared to East River Province?"

In East River Province Genius Training Camp only requires Blood Qi Value of 200 calories, while in Cloud River Province, even Blood Qi Value of 300 calories is not guaranteed; Strength Value must also be sufficient.

Wang Hui patted Chen Lie's arm, wanting Chen Lie to speak up and argue with Zhang Zongqiang together.

Qin Siyu, her eyebrows slightly furrowed, said, "Zhang Zongqiang, Wang Hui, you're all classmates, and you haven't had any past conflicts. Why are you so hostile upon meeting after three years apart?"

After today, who knows when we'll see each other again? Wouldn't it be better to get along harmoniously?

When Zhang Zongqiang saw Qin Siyu speak, he immediately smiled ingratiatingly and said, "What are you talking about, Siyu? Don't you remember? Back in school, I and a few of my classmates used to talk like that too."

Where's the tension? It's just some bickering between classmates.

Even so, you shouldn't have used a mocking tone to belittle Chen Lie.

Regardless of whether it 'East River Province Cloud River Province, everyone who gets into the Genius Training Camp has emerged from fierce competition among thousands of people.

While East River Province may not be as rich in martial arts resources Cloud River Province Cloud River Province, the difficulty of competition there is no less.

Cloud River Province's martial arts resources far surpass those of East River Province. How can you compare Cloud River Province's Genius Training Camp standards to those of East River Province?

"As a native of East River Province, why do you despise the lack of martial arts in East River Province?" Qin Siyu said again.

"Just kidding, just kidding. How could I, a native of East River Province, look down on East River Province?"

As Zhang Zongqiang spoke, he immediately clapped his hands and summoned a waiter.

"Everyone rushed here, and many of them probably haven't had breakfast yet, so I'll just get straight to serving the food."

As he spoke, Zhang Zongqiang said to the waiter, "Let's have a premium set meal for large conferences."

"Okay sir." The service staff said, "However, the premium package requires VIP membership rights to reserve. Please show me your membership."

"OK!"

Zhang Zongqiang nodded and handed over a black card.

The staff member took the black card and asked, "Let me confirm with you, is this VIP card yours?"

"It belongs to my dad."

"Okay, please wait a moment, your large premium meal will be served shortly."

After the staff confirmed the information, they left the private room.

"Students, the dishes will be labeled later."

The dishes served on white plates are suitable for everyone.

The dishes on the brown plates can only be used after your Blood Qi Value exceeds 3 calories.

Dishes served on red plates are best consumed if their Blood Qi Value exceeds 30 calories.

The Beast Bone Wine that will be served later can only be consumed when one's Blood Qi Value are above three digits.

Don't eat anything just to save money; I won't allow it if you get sick.

After Zhang Zongqiang finished speaking, the surrounding students erupted in chaos.

"As expected of the best hotel in East River Province, my Blood Qi Value are too low; I really can't eat this or that."

"My Blood Qi Value are only slightly over 1 calorie, does that mean I can only eat the dishes on the white plates?"

"We need to be careful in a bit. I reckon most of us don't even have double-digit Blood Qi Value, let alone the Beast Bone Wine that requires triple-digit Blood Qi Value to drink."

A short while later, the door to the private room opened, and dishes were brought to the table one after another.

In just two or three minutes, the table was filled with over a hundred dishes.

The dishes were served on white, brown, and red plates, each making up roughly one-third of the total.

After all the dishes were served, the waiter quickly left. Zhang Zongqiang said, "Classmates, all the dishes are served, please eat."

As soon as Zhang Zongqiang finished speaking, the students all started picking up their chopsticks and eating.

At this point, many students started eating and talking at the same time.

A girl next to Qin Siyu asked, "Siyu, you said you went to Martial Arts High School in Cloud River Province?"

I heard that the standard for Cloud River Province's Elite Class is 5 cards of Blood Qi Value. Is Cloud River Province's martial arts really that much stronger than our East River Province's?

Qin Siyu nodded slightly. "It's true. Although I'm also from East River Province, to be fair, the overall martial arts in Cloud River Province are indeed much better than those in East River Province."

Because of the richness of martial arts in Cloud River Province, in which year of the Three Rivers Martial Tournament in the past twenty years has Cloud River Province not been the champion?

But this only reflects the abundance of martial arts geniuses at the top level in Cloud River Province. The Martial Arts Student at the middle and lower levels in Cloud River Province are far superior to those in East River Province.

"Silk Whisper, didn't you already meet the recruitment standards for the Genius Training Camp in Cloud River Province? Why are you coming to East River Province to participate in the Genius Training Camp?"

Qin Siyu sighed, "Because my dad was transferred to East River Province for work."

But the most important reason is that the competition in the Cloud River Province Genius Training Camp is too fierce.

On the surface, the training camp allocated equal martial arts resources to each Genius Training Camp, but in reality, it supported the top senior students in the training camp to plunder resources from ordinary students.

The Cloud River Province Genius Training Camp's philosophy is to take from those who have less and give to those who have more. I actually went to the Genius Training Camp for half a month to experience it, but the newcomers were weak and only had resources to be taken from them.

In the Cloud River Province Genius Training Camp, top-level students plunder all other students, while mid-level students plunder bottom-level students.

After all this exploitation and plundering, the martial arts resources allocated to me by the training camp were simply insufficient to support my martial arts training. I had no choice but to come to East River Province with my parents.

"Huh? How come the trainees at Cloud River Province's Genius Training Camp don't know how to cherish women at all? They even have the heart to plunder the resources of a goddess?" the girl said.

Qin Siyu nodded and smiled without saying a word. Once martial arts have reached a certain level, who has the leisure to pity a beautiful woman?

The Genius Training Camp is a place where martial arts geniuses from an entire province compete, not a place to show mercy to the weak.

The girl added, "However, Siyu, even if you come to the East River Province Genius Training Camp, you may not be able to avoid this kind of resource exploitation."

I have a cousin whose skills have met the recruitment standards for the East River Province Genius Training Camp, and he will be joining the Genius Training Camp after the New Year.

He has been following the East River Province Genius Training Camp Forum these past few days.

According to him, a very ruthless top student appeared to have emerged in the Genius Training Camp. He defeated the previous top student in the Genius Training Camp and directly recruited the representative group of students from the training camp.

Upon taking office, he imposed additional taxes on all trainees in the Genius Training Camp, and each month he plundered more than one-tenth of the resources from Genius Training Camp.

Many trainees in the training camp secretly curse him as a tyrant, but they all dare not speak out.

Is that so?

Qin Siyu was taken aback, but after thinking for a moment, she said, "Even if the East River Province Genius Training Camp plunders more than one-tenth of the resources, it is still stronger than Cloud River Province."

At the Cloud River Province Genius Training Camp, the principle is to compensate for what is lost at the top by taking it back from the bottom. As a result, the students at the bottom bear almost all the burden, which leads to the fact that the resources that the new students with low strength receive each month are almost one-tenth of what they used to be.

In comparison, East River Province's mechanism is much more moderate.

The girl sighed, "I originally thought that getting into the Genius Training Camp meant I was all set, but it turns out everyone has their own struggles."

Qin Siyu said, "The Genius Training Camp is still a long way from making it to the top. Advancing to the Provincial Youth Genius Group, that's what you truly mean by making it to the top."

Hearing this conversation, Wang Hui couldn't help but ask Chen Liedao, "Chen Lie, is the Genius Training Camp really that tough?"

Chen Lie picked up a dish and put it in his mouth, saying, "Others might feel miserable, but I think it's pretty good."

"Do you have connections in there?" Wang Hui asked.

"Yes!" Chen Lie nodded.

At this moment, Zhang Zongqiang walked over carrying a jar of Beast Bone Wine.

"The Beast Bone Wine has arrived. Only those with Blood Qi Value in the hundreds can drink this Beast Bone Wine."

Anyone whose Blood Qi Value are in the triple digits, please state your numbers. I'll pour you some wine.

After asking around, only four out of more than twenty people had Blood Qi Value exceeding three digits.

Chen Lie, Zhang Zongqiang, Qin Siyu, and a quiet girl.

A jar of Beast Bone Wine was divided into four cups, one for each of the four people whose Blood Qi Value were over 100.

"Everyone, put down your chopsticks. Those who can drink animal Beast Bone Wine Beast Bone Wine, drink it; those who can't, pour yourselves an energy drink. Cheers!"

"Okay, cheers!"

More than twenty people raised their glasses together and drank them down in one gulp.

Chen Lie drank a cup of animal Beast Bone Wine Beast Bone Wine and felt a rich energy spreading through his stomach, circulating throughout his limbs and bones, and lingering for a long time.

"Brother Qiang, on behalf of everyone, I'd like to raise a glass to you to thank you for bringing us to East River First Restaurant and broadening our horizons."

Seeing everyone sit down, Xie Bing stood up and raised his glass to Zhang Zongqiang.

Zhang Zongqiang simply smiled faintly, "No need to be polite."

As he spoke, Zhang Zongqiang did not get up. He raised his glass slightly and drank a cup with Xie Bing.

"Brother Qiang, what's your Blood Qi Value? Can you tell me?"

Zhang Zongqiang said, "Only a little over three hundred calories."

"Three hundred calories? That's more than ten times my usual amount!" one student exclaimed in shock.

Zhang Zongqiang said, "Three hundred calories is just average in Cloud River Province. Qin Siyu is really amazing. She is the fourth on the Elite Student Top 100 Ranking in Yunchuan Province. Her Blood Qi Value has reached a terrifying four hundred calories."

However, even if I'm slightly inferior to the most outstanding elite students at Yunchuan Martial Arts High School, I'm still far superior to Chen Lie, the top student at Dongchuan Province Key High School.

Just as Zhang Zongqiang finished speaking, feeling quite pleased with himself, the quiet girl with a three-digit Blood Qi Value said, "I don't think so. Our East River Province's Four Major Martial Arts High Schools rank the highest among the Provincial Key High School schools."

In this year's martial arts competition, the first place winner from our City No. 1 High School had a Qi Blood Qi Value of 300. Since Chen Lie is the first place winner from the Provincial Key High School, his value should be even higher.

Moreover, he has already joined the Genius Training Camp, so his strength should have improved even further than before.

Wang Hui then said, "That's right, Zhou Tianhong, who has been at the top of the elite Top 100 Ranking in our Provincial Key High School for almost a year, is said to have Blood Qi Value that has already exceeded 300 calories."

Chen Lie's victory in the martial arts competition, which means he defeated Zhou Tianhong, demonstrates that Chen Lie's strength is definitely superior to Zhou Tianhong's.

Zhang Zongqiang, you're showing off to the wrong person. Chen Lie is already a member of the Genius Training Camp; do you think you can fool him?

"What, you want to challenge me? Come out and have a go!"

Zhang Zongqiang slammed his hand on the table and stood up.

"Oh? You want to spar with me?"

Chen Lie looked at Zhang Zongqiang.

Qin Siyu then advised, "Alright, we've been classmates for three years, and it's not easy for us to get together like this. Let's not be so tense all the time."

Chen Lie's ability to win first place out of tens of thousands of students in the entire school is already incredibly impressive, regardless of his actual Blood Qi Value, not to mention that he even made it into the Genius Training Camp.

Upon hearing this, Zhang Zongqiang immediately sat down.

After careful consideration, he concluded that Chen Lie might indeed be no weaker than himself.

After all, he was the champion of the martial arts competition, so his combat skills must be extraordinary. And the fact that he joined the Genius Training Camp means that his Blood Qi Value are not low.

If he insisted on sparring with him, he might really lose face, so with Qin Siyu smoothing things over, he immediately backed down and stopped making a fuss.

Chen Lie reached this level, he is no longer as easily manipulated as before.

"Chen Lie, you've joined the Genius Training Camp. Can you tell me what the Genius Training Camp in East River Province is like?"

"Won't some veteran students steal resources from newcomers?" Qin Siyu asked.

Actually, as soon as she heard that Chen Lie had joined the genius Genius Training Camp Genius Training Camp, she wanted to ask Chen Lie about it. She had been waiting for Chen Lie to speak to her first.

Because all of the dozen or so boys present were trying, without exception, to get her attention and greet her in a roundabout way.

She waited for Chen Lie Chen Lie for a long time, but he didn't take the initiative to speak. Instead, he just ate and drank in silence. So she took the opportunity to ask Chen Lie a question.

Chen Lie had a good impression of Qin Siyu, so when Qin Siyu pressed him for an answer, he immediately replied, "The East River Province Genius Training Camp is similar to the Elite Class, except that the training camp is under closed management."

It's not uncommon for stronger students to take resources from weaker ones, but it's not considered a serious issue.

Qin Siyu said, "I'll be joining the East River Province Genius Training Camp after the New Year. I'd like to know more specifically: for new students, after the older students have their resources taken away, how much will they retain, and will that be enough to sustain their martial arts training?"

Chen Lie said, "You don't need to worry about that."

We were classmates, and you even helped me out in junior high. Once you get into the Genius Training Camp, just come to me. I'll put in a good word and get your resources exempted.

Upon hearing Chen Lie's words, Qin Siyu's expression froze, then turned strange.

Zhang Zongqiang, who was standing to the side, burst out laughing, "Chen Lie, is the Genius Training Camp your family's business?"

That's incredibly boastful; you've blown your own horn out of proportion.

If you give them a heads-up, will the older students stop taking martial arts resources from the new students?

"Yes, even I, who am not a student in the Genius Training Camp, know that the survival-of-the-fittest, cult-like competition model of the Genius Training Camp is something that the Blue Star Martial Artist Association has tacitly approved."

Even if the Genius Training Camp really is yours to run, you have no right to control it.

The students burst into laughter.