Chen Xingyao Arrives

Wang Chen immediately introduced to Chen Lie, "Brother Chen, this is also our Martial Academy's top disciple, named Yang Xinrui."

We belong to the same sect, but she joined later than me, yet her martial arts skills are slightly stronger than mine.

"I am in the early stage of Blood Refining," Chen Lie nodded and said to Yang Xinrui.

"Early stage of Blood Refining?"

Wang Chen's heart skipped a beat. Wasn't Chen Lie still in the Organ Refining Stage when he sparred with him just two days ago? How could he have broken through in such a short time?

Yang Xinrui replied, "If you're only at the early stage of Blood Refining, there's no need for us to spar. I'm already at the late stage of Blood Refining; the difference is quite significant."

Wang Chen said, "Junior Sister Yang, Brother Chen's combat strength is extraordinary. I was no match for him on the Duel Platform when he was still in the Organ Refining Stage the day before yesterday."

Although you are in the late stage of Blood Refining and only one step away from the perfection of Blood Refining, it doesn't necessarily mean you can defeat Brother Chen.

Is it really true?

Yang Xinrui stepped forward, clasped her hands in a fist and palm salute to Chen Lie, and said, "Brother Chen, why don't you come up to the Duel Platform and give me some pointers?"

"Alright."

Chen Lie nodded and went up to the Duel Platform next to Yang Xinrui.

On the Duel Platform, Chen Lie and Yang Xinrui stood facing each other.

A group of disciples from the Shuimang Star Martial Academy gathered together, crowding around the Duel Platform to watch.

At this moment, a classical beauty with her hair piled high and dressed in white, gracefully approached the martial arts academy disciples.

"Why aren't you all practicing martial arts together? What are you all doing here!"

Upon hearing that familiar, clear voice, many martial arts academy disciples quickly turned around.

"Senior Sister Yan/Eldest Sister Yan!"

Upon seeing this classical beauty, the martial arts academy disciples all bowed respectfully to her. This classical beauty, with her hair styled in a high bun, was none other than Yan Qingwu, the senior disciple Yan Qingwu head of the Shuimang Star Martial Academy.

Wang Chen explained, "Senior Sister, Junior Sister Yang is currently Duel Platform, and many of our fellow disciples want to watch."

"Um!"

Yan Qingwu nodded slightly.

Her clear eyes caught sight of the two people on the Duel Platform, and a look of confusion flashed across her face.

Wang Chen said, "Senior Sister, the one sparring with Junior Sister Yang is Brother Chen, who sparred with me the day before yesterday. He has now broken through to the Blood Refining Stage and is now Junior Sister Yang's opponent."

Yan Qingwu nodded slightly and looked towards the Duel Platform.

After saying "Please enlighten me" on the Duel Platform, Yang Xinrui suddenly made her move, her powerful qi and blood creating a hundred-meter-long shockwave.

With a loud "boom," Yang Xinrui threw a punch at Chen Lie. Before the force of the punch could land, she swung her hands around.

"Heavenly Rank Martial Art, Flow-Splitting Cloud-Breaking Hand."

Yang Xinrui pushed with both hands, and dozens of overlapping palm shadows instantly fell towards Chen Lie.

Chen Lie suddenly threw a punch, and a nearly 100-meter-long blood-red Flood Dragon Phantom instantly surged out, scattering Yang Xinrui's palm strike.

"Boom!"

Yang Xinrui knew that Chen Lie was only in the early stage of Blood Refining, so she only used eight-tenths of her strength in her palm strike. However, she did not expect that Chen Lie could unleash such power. The blood-red Flood Dragon Phantom surged forward, and the force of the recoil made her retreat repeatedly.

"Such immense power!"

Yang Xinrui exclaimed in surprise, and was about to go all out and take it seriously when Chen Lie suddenly launched an attack, unleashing dozens of palm strikes in succession, with a force of over 30,000 jin continuously crashing down.

"Boom boom boom!"

Facing Chen Lie's attack, Yang Xinrui showed no fear, but instead met him head-on and engaged in Chen Lie.

In less than half a minute, Chen Lie and Yang Xinrui had exchanged more than a hundred blows.

Despite the seemingly evenly matched contest, Yang Xinrui felt immense pressure. Luckily, she knew that Chen Lie was only at the early stage of Blood Refining, otherwise she would have thought Chen Lie was at the Blood Refining Stage Perfection.

The opponent was only slightly weaker than her in strength; in every other aspect, physique, speed, and combat awareness, she was superior. Yang Xinrui felt that she was in a tough battle.

She was puzzled. Were all the younger generation on Blue Star this strong? How could someone at the early stage of Blood Refining be able to overpower her, a late-stage Blood Refining cultivator?

She's no ordinary late-stage Blood Refining; she's already considered one of the best in the Shuimang Star Martial Academy.

Yang Xinrui fought Chen Lie for hundreds of moves, displaying all the Heaven-rank martial arts she had cultivated.

Chen Lie noticed that Yang Xinrui was gradually finding it difficult to defend herself, and she was showing a weakness almost every ten moves.

Seeing this, Chen Lie's attacks became even more ferocious. His powerful blood energy surged like a dragon, causing a series of explosive sounds around the Duel Platform, like the detonation of high-explosive bombs.

Under a series of fierce attacks, Yang Xinrui finally couldn't defend herself and revealed her biggest weakness in the process.

Chen Lie showed no mercy, unleashing a palm strike with over 30,000 jin of force.

"Boom!"

Yang Xinrui had no time to defend and was directly knocked off the opposite stage by a single blow.

The disciples of the Shuimang Star Martial Academy below exclaimed in shock, "Senior Sister Yang has actually been defeated!"

As the writing continued, a martial arts academy disciple leaped up and caught Yang Xinrui before she fell to the ground.

At this moment, the top disciples of the Martial Academy on Shuimang Star all fell into deep thought.

One of the female disciples couldn't help but ask, "I remember, Senior Sister Yang's strength ranks among the top fifteen in the entire Shuimang Star Martial Academy, right?"

"In the martial arts academy competition half a month ago, Senior Sister Yang ranked fourteenth in the entire academy."

"Where does this Chen Lie rank at Blue Star University? He can't possibly be outside the top 50 on Blue Star Blood-Qi Ranking, can he? If he really is outside the top 50, then the martial arts level of our Shuimang Star is far behind that of Blue Star, isn't it?"

Amidst the murmurs of the Shuimang Star Martial Academy, Yan Qingwu, standing behind them, also raised her eyebrows.

The Five Stars of the Eastern Region all embarked on their interstellar journeys almost simultaneously, with only a few years separating them.

The reason why Red Flame Planet is ahead of the other four stars is that before it came into contact with Outer Stars martial Red Flame Planet, it was a low-level martial arts society. At that time, Red Flame Planet already had Seventh Tier Qi Refining into Gang Martial Artist, which gave it a higher starting Qidian than the other four stars.

As the saying goes, if you take the first step, you'll always be ahead.

Therefore, Red Flame Planet has maintained its number one position all these years. Even if Red Flame Planet were to split into two, either the Taiping Sect or the Great Flame Dynasty would be slightly stronger than Blue Star and Wood Source Planet.

However, apart from Red Flame Planet, the other four stars all started from the same Qidian. As a person from Shuimang Star, Yan Qingwu naturally knew that Shuimang Star and Jintian Star were the bottom Five Stars of the Eastern Region and could not be compared with Wood Source Planet and Blue Star.

Even if there is a gap, it shouldn't be this large. Yang Xinrui's combat strength is not much inferior to that of her contemporaries, so how come she is no match for a mere early-stage Blood Refining from Blue Star?

"Brother Chen, impressive skills! You've only just broken through to the Blood Refining Stage, yet you've already defeated Junior Sister Yang head-on."

When Wang Chen saw Chen Lie walk down from the Duel Platform, he quickly went up to greet him.

Chen Lie nodded without saying anything.

"I wonder where Brother Chen ranks on the Blue Star Blood-Qi Ranking?" Wang Chen quickly asked again.

"Blood Qi Ranking? Is that the list that includes the top 100 students in Blood-Qi Stage at Blue Star University? I'm not on the list yet."

"Not on the list? Brother Chen, you must be joking. You're not even in the top 100 of the Blue Star Blood-Qi Ranking, yet you think you can defeat the top 15 from our Martial Academy?"

I admit there are differences between our Shuimang Star and Blue Star, but surely the difference can't be this huge?

"I didn't make it onto the list in time. If we're talking about martial arts strength based on the Blood Qi Ranking, I'd probably be around 50th or 60th," Chen Lie said.

"Fifty or sixty is acceptable," Wang Chen nodded.

Yan Qingwu then approached and softly asked Chen Liedao, "Are you truly someone who has just broken through to the Blood Refining Stage?"

"Yes."

Seeing Chen Lie's reply, Yan Qingwu asked again, "The difference between the early stage of Blood Refining and the late stage of Blood Refining is enormous."

"I don't see that you used any martial arts techniques. Surely you can't close this gap just by relying on combat experience?"

Wang Chen, who was standing nearby, said, "Senior Sister, didn't Brother Chen say that the day before yesterday?"

His extraordinary combat prowess stemmed from his mastery of Outer Stars martial arts.

Yan Qingwu nodded slightly and continued, "If that's really the case, then your Outer Stars martial art seems to be no ordinary martial art."

"I'm willing to exchange this martial art of yours for an SSS-grade martial arts crystal from outer space, plus a method for cultivating the purity of qi and blood. I wonder if you'd be willing?"

Chen Lie shook his head directly and said, "I have no intention of exchanging anything."

"That's such a pity!"

Yan Qingwu also realized that Chen Lie's martial art was so miraculous and greatly enhanced his combat power that he would not easily make a move.

At this moment, a martial arts academy disciple said, "Senior Sister Yan, there is a young man surnamed Tao on Red Flame Planet who says he has arranged to play a martial arts match with you."

"Good!"

After answering, Yan Qingwu Chen Liedao, and then left.

After walking around the Martial Arts Arena, Chen Lie returned to the rest area for the Super Genius Class students of Blue Star University.

It's halftime, and a large portion of the students in Blue Star University's Super Genius Class have gathered here.

In the rest area, Chen Lie saw Qin Ruoxi and Cheng Xiaoxiao.

Qin Ruoxi noticed Chen Lie's gaze sweeping over her and glared at him. "What are you looking at? If it weren't for you, would I have had to hunt Exotic Beast on the Northwest Frontline for days?"

Chen Lie said expressionlessly, "You used underhanded tactics on me first, didn't you? You deserve it, who else can you blame?"

Qin Ruoxi was furious when she heard Chen Lie's sarcastic words. "Even if I use methods on you, it's for your own good."

Hmph, they really don't know what's good for them!

Chen Lie naturally didn't believe such nonsense and was about to leave when Cheng Xiaoxiao suddenly spoke up.

"Um, cousin... Chen Lie, Ruoxi really doesn't have any bad intentions. You have no grudge against her, so why would she target you for no reason?"

Cheng Xiaoxiao couldn't bring herself to call him "brother-in-law," so she could only address him by his first name.

"Tell me what you think!" Chen Liedao.

"Here's the thing, the Martial Leader of our Lanjing Province wants to gather some people with outstanding strength and talent to form a small group to prepare for attending Starry Sky University in the future."

It is said that the situation at Starry Sky University Starry Sky University complicated, and only by sticking together can one better survive there.

"No, Ruoxi took a liking to you at first sight and wanted you to join this group. She was afraid you wouldn't agree, so she used some tricks," Cheng Xiaoxiao said.

Qin Ruoxi then asked, "Hey, Chen Lie, Brother Jiang Yuan is a powerful expert at the Great Extreme Realm of Blood-Qi."

Now that he's recruiting members, it's a great opportunity for you. You don't know the annual dropout rate at Starry Sky University. Very few people from our Blue Star who enter Starry Sky University Starry Sky University graduate smoothly without being eliminated midway.

If you're willing to join Brother Jiang Yuan's group, given his sense of justice, he'll definitely help you and prevent you from being eliminated from Starry Sky University.

Do you want to join us?

Chen Lie asked, "What benefits will I get from joining this group?"

"Of course there are benefits. With Brother Jiang Yuan protecting you, you can rest easy at Starry Sky University."

"Just follow Brother Jiang Yuan's orders. Brother Jiang Yuan is in the top ten on both the Blood Qi Ranking and the Divine Sense Master Ranking. Working under him won't be a disservice to you," Qin Ruoxi said.

"No wonder..."

Chen Lie finally understood why Qin Ruoxi had been trying to trip him up.

It turns out they wanted to suppress his momentum so that someone could successfully recruit him into that clique.

"I have no interest in joining this clique."

"Hey, are you sure you haven't thought this through? It's going to be very difficult to survive at Starry Sky University by going it alone," Qin Ruoxi quickly added.

Chen Lie didn't even bother to answer and simply walked away.

Seeing Chen Lie turn and leave, Qin Ruoxi angrily said, "You'll regret this later!"

Seeing Chen Lie walk away, Qin Ruoxi became even more annoyed and said to Cheng Xiaoxiao beside her, "Why didn't you say anything? At least praise Brother Jiang Yuan once, let him know that Brother Jiang Yuan recruited him and thought highly of him!"

Cheng Xiaoxiao's face fell. "I can't say..."

"Why can't I say?"

Cheng Xiaoxiao felt somewhat helpless. Of course, she wouldn't tell Qin Ruoxi that Chen Lie was actually her cousin's boyfriend from Sunan Province, and that their elders had even confirmed it.

Chen Lie walked to the rest area at the back and suddenly heard his Communicator ring.

He took out his Communicator and saw that it was a call from his sister, Chen Xingyao, so Chen Lie immediately answered.

As soon as the call was connected, Chen Xingyao's voice came through.

"Brother, I've come to find you. Where are you?"

"I'm at the Thirteenth Campus, where did you look for me?"

"I originally went to the First Genius Class you mentioned, but the people there said you've already moved up to the Thirteenth Campus. I'm in the inner square of the Thirteenth Campus now, and there are so many people here."

You should be here too, right?

"I'm in the innermost Exchange Arena. Wait for me in the inner plaza, I'll be right out."

"Okay!"

After asking his sister Chen Xingyao where she was in the inner plaza, Chen Lie put away his Communicator and walked out of the top genius Exchange Arena of the Eastern Region Three Stars.

As they arrived at the outer perimeter of the inner plaza, Chen Lie spotted his younger sister, Chen Xingyao, from afar.

Chen Xingyao also saw Chen Lie and quickly ran over.

"Elder brother!"

Chen Xingyao ran up to Chen Lie and stopped.

Chen Lie saw his younger sister, smiled, walked over to her, patted her head, and said leisurely, "It's been two or three months since I last saw you. You seem to have grown taller. How's life at Blue Star University these days?"

Chen Xingyao immediately replied, "That's great. The Department of Divine Sense Master at the Twelfth Campus often has many senior experts who come to guide me in cultivating my Mental Power."

"They probably can't teach you anything, can they?" Chen Liedao.

Chen Xingyao nodded. "That's right. I think these people are far inferior to you, brother. The content they explained seems to be only superficial."

"That's normal."

Chen Xingyao also cultivates the <Lingguang Divine Refining Chapter>, one of the national treasures of the Central Galactic Empire. Based on this alone, the Divine Sense Master of Blue Star cannot understand it.

At that moment, a beautifully sculpted, gentle-looking little girl walked over.

"Chen Xingyao, is this the brother you've been talking about?"