He Was Getting Too Full of Himself

Chen Lie simply said, "I know what I'm doing, you don't need to worry."

Luo Zhixun then comforted them, saying, "Most of the top ten on the Blue Star Blood-Qi Extreme Realm Ranking are students of Starry Sky University, and they are rarely on Blue Star."

Furthermore, someone who can pass the candidate assessment for the Administrator of Blue Star shouldn't be so petty as to sabotage things afterward.

As soon as Luo Zhixun spoke, several acquaintances nearby came over to comfort her.

Tang Jiu'er shook her head and said, "Offending a martial arts genius who is ranked in the top ten of the Blue Star's Blood-Qi Stage rankings would indeed have serious consequences."

You have no idea how much the Blue Star government favors such top martial arts geniuses. Even if such a person has a conflict with the Provincial Governor of a province, the government will still side with him to the greatest extent possible.

However, people like us from a small place are probably not good enough to catch the eye of the top geniuses on Blue Star; they might just forget about us as soon as they turn their backs.

But if they really are trying to trip up Captain Chen at Blue Star University, then he can only hope for the best.

As she spoke, Tang Jiu'er shrugged.

In fact, in her opinion, a top genius like Huo Jinghong on Blue Star would definitely not take Chen Lie's little matter to heart, since Chen Lie's level was not high enough.

She said this to scare Chen Lie, since this guy had broken both of her arms during the East River Province All-Member Martial Competition.

She knew that Chen Lie's current martial arts strength was beyond her reach. She wouldn't dare to provoke Chen Lie openly, but she could still stir things up secretly.

Tang Jiu'er secretly glanced at Chen Lie's reaction, but Chen Lie's expression remained completely unchanged.

She immediately sensed that Chen Lie was quite shrewd and capable of concealing his emotions.

She didn't believe that Chen Lie had offended a top martial arts genius on Blue Star and made such a huge mess that he might not even be able to keep his title as the Three-Province Martial Champion. She wasn't afraid at all.

Upon hearing this, Feng Shuangshuang became even more nervous.

Ji Lingxuan walked over from the Special Enrollment Student in Yunchuan Province and said, "I think everyone doesn't need to worry about Chen Lie."

The path of martial arts is never smooth sailing. The fact that Chen Lie can now command respect from the powerful and wealthy on Blue Star shows that he has a fearless heart. Maintaining a clear mind in the martial arts is no easy feat.

Even if this kind of thing can be avoided now, you will inevitably have to face it when you go to Starry Sky University.

Shen Miaowei, who was behind Ji Lingxuan, said, "Actually, there's really no need for everyone to worry."

Given Mr. Chen Lie's potential, he may not necessarily be inferior to that candidate from Blue Star in the future.

Everyone looked at Shen Miaowei with confusion after she said that.

She's one of the top ten martial arts geniuses on Blue Star! How dare she say such a thing?

Shen Miaowei didn't answer, but walked to Feng Shuangshuang's side and whispered, "What I just said is true."

Mr. Chen Lie isn't stupid. Without backing, how could he be so reckless as to challenge a candidate for Administrator of Blue Star?

"Really?" Feng Shuangshuang was somewhat skeptical.

"Believe me!"

Shen Miaowei nodded emphatically.

About an hour later, the Star Boat from East River Province finally arrived.

Under the arrangement of staff from the Northwest Army, the Special Enrollment Student from East River Province and Cloud River Province provinces boarded the Star Boat.

Soon, the Star Boat took off, transforming into a streak of light and flying towards East River Province at an incredible speed.

On the Star Boat, the Special Enrollment Student from East River Province had different thoughts.

In the back row of the Star Boat, Lu Qingyun, a member of the Genius Group, said to his friend Mo Sheng with some schadenfreude, "That Chen Lie is a typical example of arrogance that will eventually be punished by heaven."

Damn it, they're used to being arrogant in East River Province, thinking they can still be so cocky outside of East River Province. Now they've bitten off more than they can chew. I bet their title of "Three-Province Martial Champion" will be stripped away.

Mo Sheng warned, "Qingyun, you'd better keep your voice down. If someone hears us, we'll both be in trouble."

Lu Qingyun scoffed, "You think I'm afraid of him?"

Despite saying that, Lu Qingyun obediently kept his mouth shut.

He knew very well how much of a gap there was between his current strength and Chen Lie's. He wasn't even at the Blood-Qi Extreme Realm, and he probably wouldn't be able to withstand a single move from Chen Lie.

The Star Boat traveled at high altitude for about half an hour before slowly landing outside the Dongchuan Province Martial Artist Association Square.

More than a thousand Special Enrollment Student from Cloud River Province and East River Province disembarked from the Star Boat.

Meanwhile, members of the Provincial Martial Artist Association East River Province and Cloud River Province provinces had already arrived to meet them.

Upon seeing the Special Enrollment Student from East River Province, Jiang Xiaodong and all the reception staff from the East River Genius Group came forward.

"Welcome back, students. After receiving our comrades from the Northwest Frontline, the Martial Artist Association immediately arranged for us to come and meet you. We didn't expect you to complete your military training ahead of schedule."

On behalf of the Dongchuan Province Martial Artist Association, I congratulate you on completing your military training and gaining your qualification to train at Blue Star University.

After speaking, Jiang Xiaodong walked to Chen Lie's side and asked, "Chen Lie, have any of our Special Enrollment Student students from East River Province been injured or killed?"

Chen Lie said, "There are three."

"Three? According to President Xu, we had a good chance of completing the military training mission with zero casualties. How could there be three casualties?" Jiang Xiaodong asked, puzzled.

Luo Zhixun explained, "The casualties are not the captain's fault, because we encountered an emergency. A Tier 7 Exotic Beast suddenly broke into the Military Training Zone."

"An unexpected situation has arisen?" Jiang Xiaodong exclaimed in surprise. "You students at the Qi and Blood-Qi Extreme Realm, please go to the President's Office on the second floor of the Martial Artist Association. President Xu is waiting for you."

After finishing speaking, Jiang Xiaodong said to the Special Enrollment Student students, "The rest of you may leave."

Now that military training is over, you will soon be heading to Blue Star University in Lanjing. If you have any personal matters to attend to, please take care of them as soon as possible.

After Jiang Xiaodong finished speaking, the Special Enrollment Student from East River Province dispersed.

Meanwhile, in Cloud River Province, with the help of the Yunchuan Martial Artist Association, the Special Enrollment Student from Yunchuan Province boarded Cloud River Province's large airship.

Ji Lingxuan glanced at Chen Lie with her beautiful eyes, walked away from Cloud River Province's group, and called out to Chen Lie, who was heading towards the Dongchuan Martial Artist Association.

Chen Lie let the others go in first, then came to Ji Lingxuan and asked, "Ji, is there something you need?"

Ji Lingxuan pursed her lips and said, "It seems that Chen Lie didn't take what happened earlier to heart at all."

"It's nothing, why take it to heart?"

Ji Lingxuan hummed in agreement and said, "Since that's the case, I won't say any more."

Once you get to Blue Chen Lie Blue Star University, if you encounter any trouble, please don't hesitate to ask me for help. I will definitely help you if I can.

"Okay, I understand."

"Okay, goodbye!"

Ji Lingxuan waved to Chen Lie, then rejoined the group of special recruits from Yunchuan Province, boarding the airship with many other special recruits from Yunchuan Province.

Chen Lie turned around and went to the second floor of the Martial Artist Association Building, then pushed open the door and entered the President's Office.

Inside the office, Luo Zhixun, Wang Dongting, Tang Jiu'er, and Song Yixuan, four people at the Blood-Qi Extreme Realm, were talking with Xu Tianchuan, the president of the Dongchuan Province Martial Artist Association.

Xu Tianchuan looked surprised. "To encounter an attack by Tier 7 Exotic Beast and only suffer three casualties is quite fortunate."

"If we hadn't encountered this Exotic Beast attack, Captain Chen Lie would definitely have been able to lead us to complete this military training mission with zero casualties, because the number of Exotic Beast he hunted alone would have been enough to complete the training," Luo Zhixun said.

Xu Tianchuan nodded, just as he saw Chen Lie push open the door to the President's Office.

"Chen Lie, you've come at the right time. I have something I'd like to ask you."

"What is it?" Chen Lie asked.

"Here's the thing, just now, the Martial Artist Association received an order from headquarters to strip you of your title as the champion of Three-Province Martial Champion."

It was also requested that the three provinces in Chuanzhong issue a public reprimand to you.

When I asked what happened, the people at headquarters only said that you behaved strangely during military training and offended Outer Stars VIP. I'd like to ask what exactly happened?"

The several people present, all at the Blood-Qi Extreme Realm, were shocked. How long had it been? The Blue Star Martial Artist Association Headquarters had already issued an order. Did the Blue Star Administrator Candidate really possess such power?

They can even command the headquarters of the Martial Artist Association?

"It's nothing. If President Xu is interested, he can ask any of the Special Enrollment Student. I won't go into details," Chen Lie said.

Seeing Chen Lie's nonchalant attitude, Xu Tianchuan immediately became suspicious.

If it were truly just a minor matter, why would the Blue Star Martial Artist Association Headquarters have bothered with it?

If it weren't a trivial matter, why would Chen Lie have acted so nonchalantly?

"Chen Lie, first of all, the Martial Artist Association is very grateful to you for bringing the great honor of winning first place in the Three-Province Martial Tournament Arts Tournament to East River Province. However, as you also know, the Blue Star Martial Artist Association Headquarters and our Dongchuan Province Martial Artist Association are in a superior-subordinate relationship. Now that the headquarters has given instructions, the branch has no room to refuse."

"I know, then let's do as the Blue Star Martial Artist Association Headquarters instructs. It's just a title, I don't care." Chen Lie waved his hand.

"I'm glad you understand. Although East River Province has always been poor and has limited resources, we will not mistreat our heroes."

On behalf of Martial Artist Martial Artist of East River Province, I hereby compensate you with ten Resource Gold Booklet.

Chen Lie nodded, having no objection whatsoever. He would exchange his title as the Three-Province Martial Champion for ten Resource Gold Booklet, thus sparing him the trouble of offending others for the sake of his future cultivation.

After exchanging a few words with Chen Lie and the others, Xu Tianchuan dismissed them.

Stepping out of the office, Luo Zhixun approached Chen Lie.

She didn't even notice that Chen Lie was acting strangely when the title of Three-Province Martial Champion was lost.

"Chen Lie, don't be discouraged. I think that once you get to Blue Star University and are exposed to a better martial arts environment, your martial arts will definitely improve by leaps and bounds, and your final achievement may very well place you among the top experts on Blue Star."

"How come you can tell I'm discouraged?" Chen Lie asked back.

Luo Zhixun shook her head and said, "No."

"Then let's not talk about this anymore. Is Huo Jinghong really that good at martial arts? Maybe he is on Blue Star, but in the vast world, he's just starting out."

"Don't think I'm depressed. I really didn't take this little thing seriously," Chen Lie waved his hand and said.

"Okay, that's good!"

Luo Zhixun nodded, relieved to learn that Chen Lie was alright.

Outside the Martial Artist Association Building, Feng Shuangshuang stood in front of the door, waiting anxiously.

At this moment, her friend Wu Qianqian walked over and said, "Shuangshuang, everyone else has left, shall we go too?"

"You go first, I'll wait for my cousin," Feng Shuangshuang said.

"Sigh, your cousin probably had it too easy all the way. He has such high talent in martial arts, and he even became the Three-Province Martial Champion."

He's probably getting cocky, but that's normal; if I were him, I'd get cocky too.

But as arrogant as he was, he acted too impulsively. That was a candidate for Administrator of Blue Star; he publicly contradicted him and pointed his finger at him, cursing him. Who could tolerate that?

Now things are really bad; I'm afraid I won't be able to become the Three-Province Martial Champion."

Wu Qianqian shook her head and sighed.

"It's all my fault. If it weren't for me, he definitely wouldn't have caused this trouble." Feng Shuangshuang bit her lip.

"It's a pity. This isn't ancient times from hundreds of years ago. Close relatives can't marry. Otherwise, someone in your situation would probably have no choice but to offer yourself in marriage." Wu Qianqian shook her head and sighed.

Lu Qingchan walked over to Feng Shuangshuang, opened her mouth, and said, "You don't need to blame yourself too much, and it's not all your fault. Actually, I also bear a lot of responsibility."

"You?"

Wu Qianqian and Feng Shuangshuang gave Lu Qingchan a strange look at the same time.

Lu Qingchan said somewhat shyly, "Actually— Chen Lie used to like me, he liked me for almost three years."

I think Chen Lie's impulsiveness was largely due to me!

"Ah?"

Feng Shuangshuang was taken aback.

Lu Qingchan lowered her head in embarrassment.

At this moment, Chen Lie walked out of the Martial Artist Association Building.

Upon seeing Feng Shuangshuang, Lu Qingchan, and Feng Shuangshuang's friend Wu Qianqian, he stepped forward and asked, "Why aren't you leaving yet?"

Feng Shuangshuang asked, "Chen Lie, has the Martial Artist Association disciplined you?"

Lu Qingchan also looked at Chen Lie with a question in her eyes.

"Why did the Martial Artist Association punish me?" Chen Lie asked rhetorically.

"No?" Feng Shuangshuang asked again.

"Not only is there no reward, but there's also a bonus," Chen Liedao.

"Really?"

Chen Lie grunted and said, "I'm going home now, you guys should go home too."

After saying that, Chen Lie added, "The Blood Spirit Bead is a good thing. Wearing it close to your body while practicing martial arts will be very beneficial."

Before Feng Shuangshuang and Lu Qingchan could speak, Chen Lie walked out of the square.

After learning that Chen Lie liked Lu Qingchan and that Lu Qingchan was partly responsible for her impulsive actions, Feng Shuangshuang felt much less guilty and didn't chase after him. Seeing that Feng Shuangshuang didn't move, Lu Qingchan also didn't follow.

After standing there for a while, they said goodbye to each other and went home.

Chen Lie walked out of the Martial Artist Association square and was about to figure out how to leave when he saw Song Yixuan waving at him from beside an airship.

"Captain Chen, would you like me to give you a ride?"

Chen Lie nodded and said, "Alright."

Then, he walked over and boarded the airship with Song Yixuan.

At the front of the airship, a middle-aged man was piloting it.

Song Yixuan casually introduced him to Chen Lie: "This is my uncle, you've met him before, he even gave you a gift."

Chen Lie hummed in response and said, "Hello."

The middle-aged man in front simply nodded without saying a word, and steered the airship into the air, heading towards Chen Lie's home.