Do You Still Look Down on Him?

The second-generation High-Speed Airship was indeed fast, crossing dozens of provinces in just over two hours to reach the territory of Sunan Province.

Upon arriving in Suyang City, Sunan Province, the airship stopped and landed in a roadside parking area.

According to Ruan Liusu, her father's name is Ruan Yingjie, her mother's name is Cheng Rujin, and they are a family of three.

As for relatives, his uncle's name is Ruan Yinghao, his aunt's name is Wang Yilan, and they have a daughter and a son, Ruan Liuyun and Ruan Liudong respectively.

If this were a hundred years ago on Blue Star, according to custom, someone like Chen Lie would have brought several respectable gifts on his first visit. However, now that society has entered the Martial Era, these formalities have become a thing of the past.

So, Chen Lie followed Ruan Liusu into her house empty-handed.

Ruan Liusu's family was naturally far superior to Chen Lie's. Her family had a unique courtyard that covered an area of over 1,000 square meters, and there were two Martial Arts Arena in the courtyard.

She could have parked the airship inside the courtyard, but she parked it by the roadside, probably because she had Chen Lie with her.

Led by Ruan Liusu, Chen Lie walked along the main path in the courtyard.

Arriving at the garden in front of the building, Chen Lie spotted a beautiful woman, probably around thirty-six or thirty-seven years old, with a graceful figure.

"Mom, I'm home!"

As they approached the building, Ruan Liusu called out.

The beautiful woman turned around and saw Ruan Liusu, and quickly said, "Susu is back?"

"Um!"

Ruan Liusu nodded and introduced, "Mom, this is Chen Lie!"

Ruan Liusu's mother immediately looked at Chen Lie.

She observed Chen Lie carefully for a moment and said, "Good, very good! Chen Lie, is that right? Come and sit down at home!"

After observing for a while, Ruan Liusu's mother warmly invited Chen Lie to her home.

Ruan Liusu then Chen Liedao, "Chen Lie, this is my mother!"

Even without Ruan Liusu's introduction, Chen Lie could tell that this graceful and beautiful woman was none other than Ruan Liusu's mother, Cheng Rujin, because she bore a striking resemblance to Ruan Liusu, with five parts physical resemblance and three parts spiritual resemblance.

Especially their eyebrows and eyes, they're practically identical.

Perhaps due to her advanced martial arts skills, Cheng Rujin looks much younger than her age. Ruan Liusu is seventeen or eighteen, and Cheng Rujin is her mother. Logically, she should be over forty years old. In the Martial Era, marriage shouldn't be so early.

Chen Lie greeted Cheng Rujin, saying, "Hello, Auntie, you don't need to be so polite!"

Cheng Rujin smiled and said, "Come in and sit down!"

As they were talking, Cheng Rujin invited Chen Lie into the building.

Upon entering the living room, Cheng Rujin immediately gestured for Chen Lie to sit on the sofa, then said to Ruan Liusu, "Susu, go pour Chen Lie a glass of water."

"Oh!"

Ruan Liusu responded, poured a glass of water, and placed it in front of Chen Lie.

After everyone was seated, Cheng Rujin began asking questions.

"Chen Lie, you're from East River Province. Which part of East River Province are you from?"

Changdong City!

"What do your parents do?"

"My father served in the army and rose to the rank of colonel. He was later injured and discharged from the army. He then worked for a large company in a neighboring province."

My mother works at the grassroots level of the Changdong City system.

Cheng Rujin smiled and nodded. She had known all along that Chen Lie came from an ordinary family, and now, hearing Chen Lie 'Chen Lie answer, she had a better understanding of his situation.

Although she didn't care about Chen Lie's family background, it was related to her daughter's future, so she still needed to find out more about him.

"So, after you apply for the Martial Arts Department exam, your family probably won't be able to provide you with much help, right?"

"How long can you remain a martial arts champion in East River Province? The fact that you even became the Three-Province Martial Champion provinces within the Chuanzhong region is enough to prove your exceptional martial arts talent."

Chen Lie said, "It's alright, actually my aptitude is only slightly above average."

Cheng Rujin looked at Chen Lie with a hint of approval in her eyes. "It's good for a young person to be humble, but there's no need to be so self-deprecating."

A genius who rises from the bottom of a poor province is simply different from the children of the powerful and wealthy.

Cheng Rujin is from Lanjing. Sunan Province is considered a relatively prosperous province for martial arts. She has seen many martial arts geniuses from powerful families who are arrogant and domineering. So, she finds Chen Lie's humility particularly pleasing.

Chen Lie listened to Ruan Liusu's mother's opinion and did not explain. After all, the title of "Three-Province Martial Champion" was enough to show that he couldn't possibly be untalented. If he tried to explain, others might think he was faking it.

Ruan Liusu then said, "Mom, the Three-Province Martial Champion of Chuanzhong is a thing of the past."

Chen Lie's martial arts skills are now vastly different from before; he has made further progress.

At Blue Star University, apart from the Martial Leader from Lanjing, the top students from Longhai Province and Jingji Province are both already defeated by Chen Lie!

"Oh?"

Cheng Rujin was startled when she heard her daughter say that.

The top three provinces on Blue Star are not on the same level as the rest. The top three provinces on Blue Star are supported by global resources. The martial arts training in these three provinces is comparable to that of Outer Stars. Although it is certainly not as good as Outer Stars, it is still better than that of other provinces.

A boy from an ordinary family in a poor province in Chuanzhong, who has been attending Blue Star University for only a few months, is able to compete with the Martial Leader of the top three provinces on Blue Star. He must be a martial arts genius that comes along only once in a century on Blue Star.

Although his daughter was also a top martial arts genius in Sunan Province, she was still quite different from Chen Lie.

Cheng Rujin, of course, did not believe her daughter was lying, and Chen Liedao, "Chen Lie, I did not expect your martial arts talent to be so outstanding. Our Liusu's martial arts are definitely not as good as yours."

The martial arts skills of the younger generation today are so much better than those of our generation. Even Liusu's father and I can't always give her pointers. If you have the time, you could help her in this area."

"I will!" Chen Lie nodded.

For the next half hour, Cheng Rujin began to question Chen Lie about various aspects of his life.

Meanwhile, Ruan Liusu swung her legs, looking a little bored. After a while, seeing her mother still asking questions incessantly, she couldn't help but interrupt, "Mom, where's Dad?"

"Your dad is practicing martial arts in the backyard!"

"Practicing martial arts? Hasn't my dad hit a bottleneck in his martial arts for a long time? What kind of martial arts is he practicing? Has he broken through the bottleneck?" Ruan Liusu asked.

"Some time ago, your maternal grandfather, on behalf of the Martial Artist Association, invited your father to participate in the Permanent Councilor Star Competition and presented him with a martial art from Outer Stars, asking your father to master this martial art before the Permanent Council Star Contest begins."

"Your father has been practicing martial arts at home for almost half a month now, and in that time he hasn't even stepped out of the house," Cheng Rujin said.

"Oh, then I'll go take a look!"

Ruan Liusu winked at Chen Lie and said, "Chen Lie, why don't you come with me?"

"Good!"

Chen Lie got up from the sofa and followed Ruan Liusu out of the living room to the training ground in the backyard.

Once outside the building, Ruan Liusu said, "Chen Lie, my mom can be a bit long-winded. If you don't want to listen to her questions, just let me know, and I'll take you out."

"No need, it's good to ask more questions and learn more!" Chen Liedao.

"Yeah, my dad practices martial arts in the backyard, and he doesn't like to nag."

Ruan Liusu spoke, she led Chen Lie into the training ground in the backyard.

As soon as Chen Lie entered the training ground, he saw a middle-aged man around forty years old with a tall and upright figure.

At this moment, the middle-aged man released his Innate Gang Qi, which spread throughout the entire training ground. The Innate Gang Qi flowed continuously, with sparks of lightning within it.

It's obvious without even thinking that the middle-aged man practicing martial arts is Ruan Liusu's father.

To Chen Lie's surprise, Ruan Liusu's father had actually cultivated Variant True Qi with lightning attributes.

After Martial Artist breaks through to the True Qi Realm, they can cultivate True Qi of various attributes, such as the Five Elements Two Forms True Qi Five Elements True Qi (metal, wood, water, fire, earth) and the Yin-Yang Variant True Qi such as wind, ice, and lightning.

Martial Artist on Blue Star, especially those who Ranked Martial Artist twenty years ago, almost all cultivate ordinary True Qi; very few cultivate Variant True Qi.

"Dad, I'm home!"

Her father was practicing martial arts, so Ruan Liusu didn't dare let Chen Lie walk directly into the training ground.

Her father was a peak Extreme Realm Grandmaster, possessing invincible Innate Gang Qi. Ordinary Grandmaster couldn't withstand a single move from him, and if they were accidentally injured Blood-Qi Stage, they would surely die.

Ruan Liusu's father clearly heard his daughter's voice. After finishing practicing the martial arts once, he withdrew his Innate Gang Qi.

"Susu, when did you get home?"

After finishing their practice, Ruan Liusu's father, Ruan Yingjie, beckoned Ruan Liusu over.

"Dad, I just got home!"

After Ruan Liusu finished speaking, she immediately introduced, "Dad, this is Chen Lie!"

Ruan Yingjie hummed in agreement and looked at Chen Lie.

"Hello, Uncle Ruan!"

Chen Lie first greeted Ruan Liusu's father.

Ruan Yingjie looked at Chen Lie for a while before saying, "Chen Lie? I heard about you a few months ago."

Your grandfather said that you came from a poor family, yet you overpowered a group of wealthy and powerful children to become the East River Province Martial Leader.

"Actually, my family isn't poor; we're better off than the average family, we're considered well-off."

"It's the same. Susu has enjoyed a martial arts environment a hundred times better than yours since she was a child."

Although you come from an ordinary family, you first won the East River Province Martial Leader, and then competed for the Chuanzhong Martial Champion. Your environment limited your talent. If the martial arts environment were the same as Susu's, then your current martial arts achievements would probably be no less than those of the Martial Leader of the top five provinces on Blue Star.

Ruan Liusu said from the side, "Dad, what are you saying? Even now, Chen Lie's martial arts skills are stronger than those Martial Leader from the five major provinces."

Your assumption is too conservative. Currently, across all the Blood-Qi Stage at Blue Star University, everyone except Lanjing, the Martial Leader, has been defeated by Chen Lie.

"Do you mean all the Martial Leader from Longhai and Jingji provinces?" Ruan Yingjie asked.

"Including! The Martial Leader of Jingji Province is named Hao Yulong, who was defeated head-on by Chen Lie in the Global Inter-Province Resource Allocation Contest."

A few days before Blue Star University's holiday, Zuo Yuan'er, the Martial Leader of Longhai Province, and Chen Lie went on stage to spar. Chen Lie was about to win, but if their instructor hadn't stopped them, Zuo Yuan'er would have definitely made a fool of herself.

Upon hearing her daughter's words, Ruan Yingjie suddenly fell silent.

The moment he saw Chen Lie, he felt that Chen Lie's energy was surging, far surpassing that of his daughter. He never expected that Chen Lie could achieve such success.

"I heard from President Wang of the Martial Artist Association headquarters that the Martial Leader from the top three provinces in the world this year are all at the Great Extreme Realm of Blood-Qi. Could it be that you have also entered this realm?"

Chen Lie shook his head. "Not yet, but it's almost there."

"Oh? You're not at the Great Extreme Realm of Blood-Qi, yet you managed to defeat someone at the Great Extreme Realm of Blood-Qi. It seems your combat strength is extraordinary."

"Anyone interested in sparring with me? I'd like to see just how far the Blood-Qi Martial Way of Blue Star have developed over the past twenty years."

"Since Uncle Ruan is interested, then I shall take the liberty!"

Chen Lie knew that Ruan Yingjie was Extreme Realm Grandmaster, at the peak of Martial Artist at the age of forty, and had also cultivated Variant True Qi with the lightning attribute. With this kind of strength, he could probably go toe-to-toe with an ordinary Grandmaster in the early stage of the Yuan Gang Alternation. Killing someone in the Qi and Blood-Qi Transforming into Rainbow Realm was no different from stepping on an ant.

His suggestion to spar was intended to give him a taste of his own skills, so Chen Lie readily agreed.

"Susu, stand further away."

Upon hearing her father's reminder, Ruan Liusu immediately hid far away.

Seeing Ruan Liusu walk away, Ruan Yingjie Chen Liedao, "Let's begin!"

"Excuse me!"

After Chen Lie finished speaking, all his energy and blood erupted. The combined power of his Dragon Tendon Flood Dragon Bone, his Five Viscera Vajra, and his Pure Yang Precious Blood made his golden energy and blood soar into the sky like a blazing sun. He then threw a punch at Ruan Yingjie opposite him.

"Boom boom boom!"

The sound of blood and qi exploding was deafening; every punch Chen Lie was like a heavy bomb falling.

Ruan Yingjie simply accepted the attacks without making any retaliatory move.

Chen Lie unleashed his full power, his golden blood energy resembling a vast golden ocean. He pushed his palms out from his chest, and the solidified Golden Flood Dragon of blood energy surged towards Ruan Yingjie in an instant.

With a flick of his finger, Ruan Yingjie dispersed the Golden Flood Dragon with a "whoosh".

Chen Lie fought over a hundred battles at his peak, and Ruan Yingjie easily thwarted them all.

After a series of high-intensity attacks, Chen Lie chose to stop.

"Uncle Ruan, I just used all my strength!"

Ruan Yingjie looked at Chen Lie with admiration. "Very good. With your strength, no wonder you were able to defeat the Martial Leader of the top three provinces on Blue Star. It's no exaggeration to say that you have extraordinary talent."

"You alone could defeat a hundred of me when I was at the Blood-Qi Extreme Realm!"

Chen Liedao, "You flatter me!"

Ruan Liusu hadn't expected Chen Lie to unleash such terrifying power at full strength. She immediately stepped forward and said, "Dad, why are you still using twenty years ago as an example? Twenty years ago, you were only Skin Refining and Muscle Refining; you didn't even have the methods to refine your Tendon Refining and Bone Refining. Let alone Chen Lie, even I could probably handle a hundred of you."

Ruan Yingjie looked at his daughter and said, "I remember you used to complain about East River Province East River Province being poor, saying that the Martial Leader of such a poor province was not as good as you."

What else do you have to say?

"When have I ever complained about East River Province's poverty?" Ruan Liusu retorted immediately, blushing.

Ruan Yingjie did not argue with his daughter, and said, "I said before that the talent of an ordinary family who wins the Martial Leader in a province is inevitably limited by the environment."

Once environmental constraints are removed, it will surely soar to new heights.

From now on, don't say your grandfather is unreliable. Even if an elder's decisions aren't brilliant, they're not foolish either. You can't question them."