It Was Simply a Good-for-Nothing

Just then, Chen Lie's communicator suddenly rang.

I picked up the Communicator and saw that it was my mother calling.

After answering the phone, I heard my mother, Feng Yuelan's, voice.

"Son, have you been busy practicing martial arts lately? Do you have some time now?"

"I have time, what's up, Mom?"

"Isn't Shuangshuang also at Blue Star University? Your dad is leaving today. Go find Shuangshuang now and invite Shuangshuang over for a meal. I'll go cook now, and you can have her come over for dinner!"

"Okay, I understand!"

After Chen Lie answered, he hung up the call and put away the Communicator.

Ruan Liuyun, who was standing nearby, asked, "Chen Lie, is it your mother who's looking for you?"

"Um, I have something to do, so I'll be going now!"

After Chen finished speaking, he left the Drill Hall.

He remembered that Feng Shuangshuang was assigned to the Key Class 20 Key Class 20 was located in the First Campus.

After leaving the Drill Hall, Chen Lie went to the Airship Plaza and took an airship to the First Campus.

Soon, Chen Lie arrived at the Teaching Building for the Key Class 20.

Chen Lie entered the Teaching Building and saw more than a dozen students from the Key Class in a classroom on the first Teaching Building. He walked up to one of Key Class and asked, "Excuse me, is there a girl named Feng Shuangshuang in your class?"

The student in the Key Class nodded. "Yes, are you looking for Feng Shuangshuang?"

"Yes, do you know where she is?" Chen Lie asked.

"I think I saw her in the Martial Arts Arena on the third floor when I came down just now."

"Third floor? Okay, thank you!"

After Chen Lie finished speaking, he went straight to the third floor of the Teaching Building.

Upon reaching the third floor, Chen Lie immediately spotted Feng Shuangshuang among a group of students in the Martial Arts Arena.

At this moment, Feng Shuangshuang is sparring with a girl.

Chen Lie arrived at the edge of the Martial Arts Arena and began watching Feng Shuangshuang's fight with the girl.

It's clear that Feng Shuangshuang has made very rapid progress recently. Although she hasn't reached the Blood-Qi Extreme Realm yet, the gap isn't large.

Feng Shuangshuang's family background is similar to Chen Lie's. She was able to enter the East River Province Genius Training Camp, so her aptitude is definitely outstanding. After arriving at Blue Star University, she had access to martial arts resources, so her martial arts progress naturally improved quickly.

Martial Arts Arena, Feng Shuangshuang and the girl quickly finished their sparring session. When she walked out of the Martial Arts Arena, she saw Chen Lie and looked surprised.

"Chen Lie... cousin, what brings you here?"

"I need to talk to you. Are you done sparring? Come with me, my mom wants you to have dinner with her."

"Aunt? She's come to Lanjing?" Feng Shuangshuang asked in surprise.

The girl sparring with Feng Shuangshuang asked, "Shuangshuang, is this your cousin?"

"Yes!"

After answering, Feng Shuangshuang said, "My cousin needs to see me. You can continue practicing by yourself. I'm leaving now!"

After saying that, Feng Shuangshuang took the lead and walked out of the third-floor Martial Arts Arena, and Chen Lie followed her.

As they walked out of the Teaching Building the Key Class 20, Chen Lie asked, "What's the panic?"

"No!" Feng Shuangshuang shook her head and said, "Um... where did my aunt ask me to eat?"

"Just follow me!"

Chen Lie took Feng Shuangshuang to the Airship Plaza, boarded an airship, and took it to Heavenly Fortune True Martial's villa.

The airship landed within the villa area.

As soon as she stepped off the airship, Feng Shuangshuang looked completely bewildered. "Cousin, why did you bring me here?"

"I just bought a house here in Lanjing," Chen Lie said.

"Here?"

Feng Shuangshuang drawled out her words.

Buying a house in Lanjing? Did she hear that right? Are houses in Lanjing really that easy to buy? Without Lanjing residency, the Relocation Decree doesn't allow it.

Moreover, this is a villa district; even 1 billion Star Dollar might not be enough to buy a villa in the heart of Lanjing.

"Okay, come inside with me!"

Chen Lie nodded and led Feng Shuangshuang into Villa No. 9.

After entering, Feng Shuangshuang followed Chen Lie through the front yard, the training ground, and then the garden before finally seeing the villa.

She couldn't help but exclaim in her heart, "Wow, it's huge!"

"Mom, I've called Shuangshuang over!"

Upon arriving at the villa's door, Chen Lie pushed the door open and entered.

Feng Yuelan came out and saw Feng Shuangshuang outside the door. She said, "Shuangshuang, you're here? Come in quickly!"

"Aunt!"

Feng Shuangshuang walked up to Feng Yuelan and called out, then saw Chen Gequn and called out again, "Uncle!"

"Come in and sit down, your aunt has already prepared dinner!" Chen Gequn said.

The four of them sat down at a table in the restaurant.

"Aunt, Uncle, when did you buy a villa in Lanjing?"

As soon as she sat down, Feng Shuangshuang asked.

"Your cousin bought it. Your uncle and I originally wanted to come over and help take care of it, but we didn't expect it to already be taken care of," Feng Yuelan said.

"Cousin?"

Feng Shuangshuang glanced at Chen Lie in surprise.

At this moment, Chen Lie asked, "Mom, is Dad leaving today?"

"Yes, he went back to East River Province today," Feng Yuelan said.

"Why the rush? Why not stay a couple more days?"

Chen Gequn said, "We're not staying here anymore. There's nothing to do here anyway. Your mother and I have discussed it, and we've decided that she can stay here for a few more days."

"Uncle, are you leaving? So you weren't planning to settle down in Lanjing?" Feng Shuangshuang asked.

"Why settle down in Lanjing? We only know a few people in Lanjing. Your cousin said he bought this villa because he wants to have a place to stay in Lanjing," Feng Yuelan said.

Buying such a huge villa just for a place to stay? That's incredibly extravagant! Where did Chen Lie get so much money?

Feng Shuangshuang wondered, "Could he have taken Blue Star University's martial arts resources and resold them outside?"

"Alright, Shuangshuang, let's eat. After we finish eating, I need to ask you something!"

"Oh!"

Feng Shuangshuang nodded to Feng Yuelan and then began to eat.

After finishing her meal, Feng Yuelan tidied up a bit and then called Feng Shuangshuang to the sofa in the living room.

After Feng Shuangshuang sat down, Feng Yuelan said, "Shuangshuang, your mother called to tell me that you've encountered a bottleneck in your martial arts and haven't been able to break through it. Is that true?"

"Huh? No, it's not that exaggerated!" Feng Shuangshuang shook her head repeatedly. "My martial arts performance has improved very quickly recently, and I have indeed encountered a small bottleneck, but how can there be no bottlenecks in martial arts cultivation?"

Auntie, don't listen to my mom's nonsense, I'm perfectly normal!

"Never mind whether it's normal or not, the point is you've hit a bottleneck, haven't you?"

"Your cousin is doing quite well in martial arts now. If you have any difficulties, you can ask him for help." Feng Yuelan said.

Feng Shuangshuang glanced at Chen Lie beside her and said, "But my cousin must be very busy with martial arts training. The competition in the Super Genius Class is even greater. How can I delay his training?"

"How do you know he doesn't have time without even asking him? Did you approach him before and he didn't agree to help you?"

If that's really the case, tell me, and I'll teach him a lesson!

"No, Auntie, Chen Lie took good care of me, it's just... it's just..."

"What? Did he bully you?"

Feng Shuangshuang complained, "Chen Lie, relying on his martial arts skills, shows me no respect at all. Whenever he sees me, he always calls me ' Shuangshuang, Shuangshuang,' like an elder addressing a junior. He has never called me 'sister'!"

Upon hearing this, Feng Yuelan burst into laughter. She glared at Chen Liedao, "Did you hear that? Your cousin said you don't respect her. From now on, you need to be polite when you see her and call her 'cousin'."

Chen Lie was amused by Feng Shuangshuang and replied seriously, "I understand!"

Feng Yuelan then looked at Feng Shuangshuang and said, "Shuangshuang, I already asked for you. Your cousin is alright lately. If you're having any difficulties with your martial arts, just ask him. There's a training ground outside."

Feng Shuangshuang hummed in agreement.

Urged by his mother, Chen Lie and Feng Shuangshuang went to the training ground outside the villa.

Inside the training ground, Chen Lie stood in front of Feng Shuangshuang: "Cousin, what bottleneck have you encountered in your martial arts?"

"Actually, I think this is normal. My Strength Value has increased fourfold, my Blood Qi Value has increased to 2,500 calories, and my power has exceeded 10,000 jin, but I have not been able to break through to the Blood-Qi Extreme Realm for a long time."

I asked the tutor in the Key Class, and he said that the Blood-Qi Extreme Realm is a bottleneck, and it's not easy to break through it.

After observing Feng Shuangshuang for a while, Chen Lie said, "You meet all the requirements, but the reason you haven't been able to break through to the Blood-Qi Extreme Realm is because your Skin Refining Stage cultivation is not up to par."

"The Skin Refining isn't up to par?"

Chen Lie nodded. "The human body is weak and cannot withstand Myriad Jun Great Strength. Such immense force can break through a limit of the human body, that is, break through the barrier of the Ultimate Realm, and allow the body and life level to undergo a great sublimation. The most direct manifestation is that the Blood-Qi Extreme Realm has the pressure of the life level, and the external manifestation is 'bone marrow like tribute, Blood-Qi Like Slurry '."

"Your strength has broken through to the level of ten thousand jun, which is good, but your Skin Refining Stage was a complete mess, resulting in a weak body that cannot fully contain the power of ten thousand jun, which is why you have been unable to break through to the Blood-Qi Extreme Realm."

Feng Shuangshuang was taken aback. "Is that so? But I'm already at the Skin Refining Stage."

"I know, that's why I said your Skin Refining Stage cultivation is not up to par!"

"Then... what should we do?" Feng Shuangshuang was at a loss.

"How about this, I'll be your sparring partner. You can go all out against me, and I'll guide you through the battle to improve your Skin Refining Stage stage."

"You'll be my sparring partner?"

"Okay, let's begin!"

Chen Lie reached out his hand to Feng Shuangshuang.

Feng Shuangshuang hesitated for a moment, then said "okay" and attacked Chen Lie.

She mobilized all her energy and attacked Chen Lie.

After exchanging a few blows, Chen Lie noticed that Feng Shuangshuang's fists were weak and light, so he said, "Use your full strength. Don't worry about hurting me; you can't hurt me."

Feng Shuangshuang gritted her teeth and began to attack Chen Lie with all her might.

Inside the training ground, Feng Shuangshuang's blood and qi surged, and she used all her strength in every punch and palm strike, unleashing a force of tens of thousands of jin. Between her punches and palm strikes, the ground of the training ground trembled slightly.

However, this amount of force was insignificant to Chen Lie. Chen Lie only used a strength slightly stronger than Feng Shuangshuang's to try to force Feng Shuangshuang to her limit and help her advance further in her Skin Refining Stage cultivation.

Because of Feng Shuangshuang's relentless attacks, the training ground was filled with deafening booms.

Next door to Villa No. 9, in the martial arts training ground of Villa No. 10, Xu Caiying, a student of the first phase of the Lanjing Genius Training Camp First Phase, was practicing martial arts in her own Martial Arts Arena when she heard the commotion next door.

"What the hell? Why is there such a commotion!"

Xu Caiying's eyebrows furrowed. How could she concentrate on her martial arts practice with such a loud commotion coming from next door?

"If I had known, I would have had my parents spend more Star Dollar to buy a detached villa. A row house not only lacks privacy, but also makes practicing martial arts so much more difficult due to the neighbors' influence."

She still remembered the boy next door who spied on her while she practiced martial arts; otherwise, he would never have known her skill level.

It was fine when no one was living in the villa next door, but now that they've only been living there for a few days, it's already starting to interfere with my martial arts training.

Xu Caiying leaped up and jumped onto the wall of her own villa. Looking towards the martial arts training ground next door, she immediately saw Chen Lie and Feng Shuangshuang 'sparring'.

After watching for a while, she couldn't help but chuckle.

"You call yourself Super Genius Class at Blue Star University? You can't even crush an ordinary Blood-Qi Extreme Realm, yet you have the audacity to offer guidance!"

With Xu Caiying's keen eyesight, she could clearly see that Feng Shuangshuang was probably around the Blood-Qi Extreme Realm, and was slightly weaker than herself. Although Chen Lie seemed to be able to deal with the girl with ease, after more than ten moves, he could only suppress her, but could not defeat her.

This guy is a whole year ahead of me from Blue Star University, and a member of the East River Province's Provincial Genius Group. He's just a complete good-for-nothing.

At that moment, Xu Caiying's mother, Jin Xiuying, passed by the Martial Arts Arena and saw her daughter standing on the courtyard wall. She couldn't help but ask, "Cai Ying, why are you standing so high?"

Upon seeing her mother, Xu Caiying immediately jumped down, shouting, "Shh, Mom, keep your voice down!"

"What? You weren't spying on them, were you?"

Xu Caiying pouted. "I wouldn't be that bored. It's just that the martial arts competition next door was disturbing my practice. I was just checking to see what was going on."

"Did the neighbors disturb your martial arts practice?" Jin Xiuying asked.

"Well, who told you to be so greedy and buy a townhouse? Who knows how many more times this will happen in the future?"

"If we had just bought a detached villa back then, we wouldn't have had this problem," Xu Caiying complained.

"Is today a special case? The kid next door is a top student at Blue Star University; he usually eats and lives on Blue Star University."

"A top student, huh? I remember the boy's name was Chen something-lie, right?"

His grades are probably only slightly better than mine. You're really too carefree. You want everyone you meet to teach me martial arts. What if they teach me bad things?

"This... can't be, right?" Jin Xiuying said.

"Why not? If I actually believed his nonsense and practiced martial arts the way he taught me, I might end up taking a huge detour. You'd be happy if others progressed while I regressed and I got kicked out of the Lanjing Genius Training Camp!"

"I mean, how could the other person's martial arts skills only be slightly better than yours? I asked around, and it was that kid who bought the villa next door."

"If he weren't a true martial arts genius, it would be impossible for him to break Lanjing's Relocation Decree."

"Blue Star University is full of children of powerful and wealthy families. It's easy for someone from a poor, small province to curry favor with one of them. If they flatter him, what's so strange about him rewarding them with a villa?"

"You're being too presumptuous. What powerful family is so arrogant as to casually offer villas to others?"

"You and Dad don't understand. Putting aside everything else, just look at the Lanjing Genius Training Camp. I've seen countless children of powerful and wealthy families there."

"Alright, stop talking. I'll go check on what's going on next door for you later."

Jin Xiuying spoke, she walked out of the villa.

On the other hand, under Chen Lie's constant pressure and minor blows, Feng Shuangshuang's progress in the Skin Refining Stage was rapid.

After knocking Feng Shuangshuang back with a powerful punch, Chen Lie said, "Let's call it a day. Your progress in the Skin Refining Stage stage has improved since before, and you should be able to try to break through to the Blood-Qi Like Slurry Realm."

"Is... is that so?"

Feng Shuangshuang steadied herself, and seemed to vaguely sense that her body had become lighter in some way.

"Okay, come here and I'll teach you a little trick to break through to the Blood-Qi Extreme Realm. Go back and prepare for two days, and I guarantee you'll reach the Blood-Qi Extreme Realm smoothly!"

Feng Shuangshuang hummed in agreement and leaned closer.

After Chen Lie explained a simple tip to Feng Shuangshuang, he left the training ground.

Seeing Chen Lie and Feng Shuangshuang emerge from the training ground, Feng Yuelan asked, "How was it, Shuangshuang?"

"Auntie, Chen Lie has been teaching me very diligently, and I feel that I should be able to break through my bottleneck in martial arts now," Feng Shuangshuang said.

"That's good. If you encounter any difficulties in martial arts in the future, just ask your cousin for help!"

"Thank you, Auntie!"

Chen Lie was also quite willing to help Feng Shuangshuang more. After all, in his previous life, Feng Shuangshuang from the Genius Training Camp was willing to spend a month guiding him in martial arts, which was the golden period for martial arts cultivation.

After talking for a while, Feng Shuangshuang said she had to leave. She had made an appointment with her classmates to go into the Sumeru Illusion Realm together in the afternoon to hunt Illusion Beast.

So Chen Lie and his mother saw Feng Shuangshuang off from the villa.

Outside the villa, Chen Lie and his group encountered their next-door neighbor, Jin Xiuying.