Late Bloomer, With Hopes of Becoming a Grandmaster

Lu Qingchan began eating the Spirit Herb Beast Meat Meal before her in small, elegant bites, forming a stark contrast with Chen Lie beside her, who was wolfing his food down.

"Chen Lie, your Blood Qi Value is only 0.02 Ka higher than mine. Are you sure eating like this won't cause any problems? I've only had a few bites, and I can already feel nutrients accumulating in my body," Chen Xingyao said from beside him.

Hearing this, Chen Lie still did not stop eating. He merely nodded, swallowed the food in his mouth, and said, "I know my limits."

He could feel that he had already escaped his state of nutritional deficiency. In fact, nutrients had begun accumulating in his body.

Even excluding Lu Qingchan's Spirit Herb Beast Meat Meal, the spread at Lu Qidong's table probably cost more than a hundred thousand Star Dollars.

Seeing that Chen Lie did not appreciate her concern at all, Chen Xingyao huffed and turned her little face away.

At the dining table, Chen Gequn and Lu Qidong began talking about amusing incidents from their days in the military.

Meanwhile, Chen Lie had quietly cleared out more than half the high-nutrition dishes on the table.

By the time Chen Gequn and the others finished talking and noticed the sight before them, they were all stunned.

"You brat, can your body even digest that much food?" Chen Gequn was the first to react and hurriedly scolded him.

"This... don't eat yourself into some kind of problem." Xu Yunyan covered her mouth as she spoke.

Feng Yuelan also looked utterly panicked. "What is wrong with you today, child? Can your body handle so many high-nutrition dishes?"

Lu Qingchan also looked at Chen Lie in surprise, her eyes filled with confusion.

Chen Lie straightened his back and delivered the explanation he had prepared in advance. "Mom, don't worry. I forgot to tell you that when I was training at the Martial Arts Hall yesterday, I happened to run into the hall master of Dongchuan Martial Arts Hall, who had come to assess the students.

He saw through my condition at a glance and said I had a Pseudo-Nutrient Saturation Constitution. That was why I could not absorb nutrients to raise my Blood Qi, like someone being so exhausted that they could not fall asleep. However, my potential was extremely high.

So, he advised me to consume a large amount of nutrients. He declared that if I conditioned my body properly, I would definitely soar to great heights, overtake those ahead of me, and have hopes of becoming a Grandmaster in the future."

As soon as Chen Lie said this, before Chen Gequn and his wife could react, Chen Xingyao burst out laughing.

"Chen Lie, can you stop being ridiculous? Soar to great heights? Become a Grandmaster?

Those Grandmaster Martial Artists, at your age, would have Blood Qi Values of at least eight hundred Ka even if they had not broken into the Four-Digit range. You're a thousand times worse than them, yet you dare say you have hopes of becoming a Grandmaster?"

It was not only Chen Xingyao who did not believe Chen Lie's words. Lu Qidong and his wife did not believe him either, because they had never heard of any Pseudo-Nutrient Saturation Constitution with such enormous potential.

Chen Gequn and Feng Yuelan exchanged a glance before asking, "The hall master you mentioned, was it Xu Tianchuan, the hall master of Dongchuan Martial Arts Hall?"

"It was him!" Chen Lie nodded.

"So all these years, we've been holding our son back?" Chen Gequn looked at Feng Yuelan, sinking into deep doubt.

Feng Yuelan also found it strange. Why was Chen Xingyao so gifted while Chen Lie was so lacking?

Logically speaking, they were full siblings born of the same mother. There should not have been such a huge gap between them.

"Could that hall master's judgment have been wrong?" Feng Yuelan could not help asking.

"Absolutely not!" Chen Gequn said. "Xu Tianchuan is not merely a Martial Arts Hall master. He is also the president of the Dongchuan Province Martial Artist Association, a Grandmaster-level Martial Artist, and a towering figure in East River Province's martial arts world.

The chance of a Martial Artist of that caliber making a mistake when judging an ordinary Martial Arts Student is negligible."

The moment Feng Yuelan heard the word Grandmaster, the doubts in her heart immediately vanished.

Across all of Dongchuan Province, with its population of more than seventy million, how many Grandmaster-level Martial Artists were there? They could probably be counted on one hand.

Grandmaster Martial Artists were towering figures standing at the pinnacle of martial arts. With a single stomp, all of Dongchuan Province would tremble.

"Are you sure you encountered the Martial Arts Hall master assessing students while training at Dongchuan Martial Arts Hall yesterday?"

At that moment, Xu Yunyan stared directly at Chen Lie.

Chen Lie's expression did not change as he nodded and gave a quiet "Mm."

After receiving Chen Lie's answer, Xu Yunyan, who had been wearing a serious expression, suddenly covered her mouth and chuckled. She said to Chen Gequn and Feng Yuelan, "Sister-in-law, Brother Chen, congratulations. To receive such an evaluation from a Grandmaster, Chen Lie will surely leave his peers far behind on the path of martial arts and surpass countless people his age."

Chen Gequn laughed heartily. "Then we'll gladly accept your good wishes."

With his parents' permission, Chen Lie continued eating the remaining high-nutrition dishes on the table.

By the final stage of the banquet, nearly all the dishes had become empty plates.

Seeing this, Lu Qidong was immediately overcome with embarrassment. He had hosted the banquet, yet before it was even over, the table had already been picked clean, making it seem as though he could not afford to treat them. He said, "Brother Chen, how about we order a few more dishes?"

"No need, no need. We're already full. Ordering more would only be wasteful."

As he spoke, Chen Gequn glared at Chen Lie. "You brat, replenishing nutrients can't be rushed. You ate so much at once. Aren't you afraid of bursting yourself?"

Chen Lie was very satisfied with this banquet. The high-nutrition dishes supplemented with tonics had not only pulled him out of nutritional deficiency, but also allowed him to accumulate a great deal of nutrients.

When Chen Lie's family left, Lu Qidong escorted them to the airship outside the hotel.

Inside the Spring Scenery Hall on the second floor of the Starlight Hotel.

Lu Qingchan asked in great confusion, "Mother, what is a Pseudo-Nutrient Saturation Constitution? Can someone with that constitution really have hopes of becoming a Grandmaster?"

Hearing her daughter's question, Xu Yunyan sneered. "What Pseudo-Nutrient Saturation Constitution could there possibly be in this world? It was nothing more than that Chen boy's lie."

"How could that be?" Lu Qingchan asked in surprise.

"Xu Tianchuan is a Grandmaster and the president of the Provincial Martial Artist Association. He is normally impossible to track down. He does not even have time to guide the younger generation of his own Xu Family. Would he go to a Martial Arts Hall to assess students?

Yuan Hao is one of the most talented martial arts geniuses among the Xu Family's younger generation, yet even he cannot regularly receive a Grandmaster's guidance. Why would an outsider receive it?"

Thinking of Chen Lie's dull and honest nature, Lu Qingchan asked again, "Could it have just been a coincidence?"

"From what I know, Grandmaster Xu was invited by the Provincial Governor of a neighboring province. He left for that province two days ago to attend a seven-day Warrior Summit and has not returned yet.

Your mother is half a member of the Xu Family. How could I not know a Grandmaster's whereabouts? That Chen boy claimed a Grandmaster guided him yesterday. He was obviously deceiving people."

Upon hearing this, Lu Qingchan nodded and gave an "Mm."

Xu Yunyan continued, "I think that boy surnamed Chen will amount to nothing in the future. He is nearly a year older than you, yet his Blood Qi Value has not even broken 1. His talent is far worse than his father's was at the same age.

I have no idea what your father was thinking, wanting to match you with that Chen boy. He has completely lost his mind.

So listen to your mother. Your future should be bright and dazzling. You should not waste your life on such trivial matters."

"I understand."

Lu Qingchan nodded. Though she felt that her mother's words were somewhat inappropriate, she truly had not taken her father's matchmaking intentions to heart.