"Luo Ji?" Looking at the young man who acted superior to everyone else, Chu Tiannan ignored his disdain and sneered inwardly.
Chu Tiannan knew why the other man had it in for him. Luo Ji had previously been the top student in his year, but then came a strength test.
Chu Tiannan had clearly felt that he was holding his strength back with extreme care, yet his explosive power had still been a little greater than Luo Ji's.
As an advanced student from a wealthy family, Luo Ji was known to everyone for his arrogance. On top of that, he had reached the level of an advanced student at such a young age that even the Martial Artist Academy's instructors knew about him.
Within a year, Luo Ji would definitely become a Martial Artist.
Yet because of one careless slip by Chu Tiannan, that prodigy's halo had been affected: the Martial Artist Academy's third year now had another advanced student.
The entire Martial Artist Academy now had six advanced students, but the other five all had considerable status and standing. Chu Tiannan alone was an ordinary young man who even needed a part-time job to cover his daily expenses.
When Luo Ji learned that Chu Tiannan had been a little stronger than him during the test, it naturally left him secretly displeased and resentful.
"How pointless!" Chu Tiannan paid no attention to those disdainful eyes and simply got into a taxi and left.
"Brother Luo, what are you looking at?" Meanwhile, two more young men had joined the young man in sunglasses. Both were Luo Ji's friends, and they had also seen Chu Tiannan getting into the taxi.
"Some newcomer who doesn't know his place. One test doesn't mean anything. With your physical fitness, Brother Luo, you could knock him down easily. Why let a piece of trash ruin your mood?" one burly man said with a sneer.
"Exactly. One test proves nothing at all. Once the Martial Artist assessment comes around, that kid will understand just how big the gap between him and you is, Brother Luo!"
The other man, lean and wiry, pushed up his glasses, equally disdainful.
"Hmph, some random new student shows up, and he's already at the level of an advanced student?" Hearing this, Luo Ji's expression eased considerably. After thinking it over, he sneered.
"The odds of that are just too ridiculous. He's probably only close to being an advanced student. I'll find a chance to test him!"
One reason Luo Ji targeted him was that the other advanced students all came from wealthy families as well. Chu Tiannan alone had no background whatsoever, yet he actually possessed strength close to theirs.
Naturally, this left him feeling aggrieved. If fighting had not been forbidden on academy grounds, he would have gone looking for trouble with Chu Tiannan long ago.
Poor Chu Tiannan had done nothing at all, yet he had incurred the hostility of one of the Martial Artist Academy's five big shots-and the most narrow-minded one, Luo Ji, at that.
In the taxi, Chu Tiannan looked at the advertisements for part-time jobs around him. Recalling the earlier scene, he shook his head slightly.
It's my own fault for being careless before. I wanted to keep a low profile until I became a Martial Artist. I hope he doesn't provoke me. Otherwise, I won't mind making him regret it.
Clearly, at Chu Tiannan's level, he truly thought nothing of so-called advanced students like Luo Ji!
As far as Chu Tiannan was concerned, they were a bunch of people who had never even experienced a life-or-death situation.
How much fighting power could they unleash?
The afternoon was devoted to academic lessons at the Martial Artist Academy, and Chu Tiannan was, of course, among those in the classroom.
There were only thirty people in the entire classroom. After all, whether in the China Alliance or across the world as a whole-
The requirements for pursuing studies as a Martial Artist were far too stringent, which meant ordinary people still vastly outnumbered Martial Artists.
This was also why there were so few students.
Chu Tiannan watched the multimedia presentation at the front with boredom, his thoughts elsewhere.
I wonder how she's doing now...
After his narrow escape from death some time ago, Chu Tiannan had awakened to learn that Luo'er had been taken away. Not having seen her one last time left him with some regret.
Forget it. Once I've found my footing, I'll go look for her. Earth's only so big. How hard could finding someone be?
With these thoughts on his mind, Chu Tiannan felt drowsy as he listened to the lesson.
As far as he was concerned, he would be better off going to the training hall and working on improving his strength.
"Students, sorry for the interruption!" Just then, a calm voice sounded at the door, and all the students turned toward it.
An academy director walked into the classroom, looked at the young students, and said with a smile,
"Today, another transfer student is joining our Advanced Class Three here at the South District Martial Artist Academy of South China Base City. Let's give our new student a welcome."
As he spoke, the potbellied academy director beckoned toward the doorway.
"Come in!"
Originally, Chu Tiannan had no intention of looking, but when everyone suddenly broke into cries of amazement, he could not help looking over as well.
That one look gave Chu Tiannan quite a shock!