After the system's voice sounded, the glass door opened automatically.
Chu Tiannan walked in with a grin. Prospective Martial Artist... looks like that's what they call everyone before the assessment.
The glass door closed automatically. It was made of pure black rock glass; even an attack from a Martial Artist would only leave a mark on it.
It took a High-Level Martial Master to break through it completely. It was also bulletproof and cost a considerable amount.
The entire office was extraordinarily simple, with only a huge desk.
A middle-aged man in Martial Artist attire sat leaning back behind the desk. Holding a cup of hot tea, he laughed.
"Young Tiannan, you really did wait until the last day to come. You could have come earlier, you know."
As the chief instructor of the East Martial Arts Hall in the East District, Wang Jinhai would not normally have received him personally, but for one thing, Chu Tiannan had exceptional talent.
For another, there was his connection with Luo'er, so naturally, Wang Jinhai took him seriously.
"Instructor Wang, coming earlier wouldn't have helped. I had nowhere to stay." Chu Tiannan grinned, then sat on the nearby sofa at Wang Jinhai's gesture.
"Haha, you really know how to joke, kid. How did you know there was nowhere for you to stay?"
Wang Jinhai looked at Chu Tiannan with a half-smile. A thought stirred in Chu Tiannan's mind, and he could not help asking, "Could it be that you, Instructor Wang..."
"Of course, this wasn't my decision alone. The higher-ups made the decision at a meeting just a little while ago," Wang Jinhai said with a smile, shaking his head.
"You're already as strong as a Junior Martial Master. Although you haven't taken the official assessment, naturally, we'll treat you differently from ordinary people to keep a young genius like you."
"Oh? Then I'll have to see what benefits the hall is offering me."
Chu Tiannan had already heard about Martial Artist benefits from A Lai, and anticipation immediately welled up in him.
"Haha, don't rush. Read this contract first, then decide whether to sign it." Wang Jinhai handed Chu Tiannan the contract on the desk and took a sip of tea.
Inwardly, he was filled with emotion.
It was not as though he had never received a genius Martial Artist before, but the higher-ups seemed to take this youngster quite seriously.
Still, these benefits... were a little excessive.
As chief instructor, Wang Jinhai had naturally read through it, and he had immediately shaken his head helplessly.
Even he was envious!
Taking the contract, Chu Tiannan began reading eagerly. Gradually, the young man's smile faded.
A solemn expression took its place.
"Holy crap, this..." As he read, Chu Tiannan's eyes widened, and he could not help exclaiming.
The main contents of the contract were very simple.
If Prospective Martial Artist Chu Tiannan agreed to join the East Martial Arts Hall's organization, he would receive the following benefits.
Fifty million in Earth Currency as starting funds, to be used to purchase secret manuals, Body Guidance Techniques, equipment, and so on.
Direct promotion to Elite-Level Martial Artist without an internal assessment.
Unrestricted daily access to the hall's elite area for independent training, with guidance from a dedicated instructor.
One bottle of Grade A Genetic Modification Agent.
And one villa in the East Martial Arts Hall's residential area!
After reading it, Chu Tiannan felt his breathing grow heavier. He knew what benefits ordinary Martial Artists received.
But compared with the contract before him, theirs were worlds apart.
Ordinary Martial Artists received only ten million in starting funds, with no elite status, much less a training area of their own.
Moreover, ordinary Martial Artists could only claim a house, while Chu Tiannan could claim a villa...
In particular, Chu Tiannan noticed the additional provision for a Genetic Modification Agent, though he did not understand what genetic modification was for.
But the Martial Artist Shop definitely did not sell Genetic Modification Agents. Clearly, the East Martial Arts Hall had added it separately!
These benefits...
"Haha, I knew you'd react like that." Seeing Chu Tiannan's slightly dazed expression, Wang Jinhai could not help speaking enviously.
"I've worked for half my life and still haven't managed to live in a villa. And when I joined the East Martial Arts Hall, I only got ten million."
Chu Tiannan let out a long breath, doing his best to calm his excitement. Leaving everything else aside,
the fifty million in starting funds alone would solve his pressing problem!
After all, just the things Chu Tiannan needed from the Martial Artist Shop cost astronomical sums.
And that did not even include the Controller Shop...
"Well? Will you join the East Martial Arts Hall?" Wang Jinhai looked at the black-clad young man before him, feeling somewhat apprehensive.
Although he believed the benefits offered by the East Martial Arts Hall were already quite substantial, he feared an unexpected complication.
And that complication was the North Martial Arts Hall!
This time, the East Martial Arts Hall had gone straight to the South District and recruited Chu Tiannan. Logically, the North Martial Arts Hall's people would not give up.
After all, he had reached the Junior Martial Master level at eighteen, and he was self-taught at that.
With just a little guidance, a genius like him would improve by leaps and bounds.
His chances of becoming a Martial Grandmaster were extremely high!
Although Martial Gods stood at the pinnacle of humanity's strength, cultivating to that level was so difficult that even geniuses could not help losing heart.
Martial Grandmasters, by contrast, were humanity's main force.
Clearly, even though Chu Tiannan was a genius, many of the halls' higher-ups still held little hope of him reaching the Martial God Level.
After all, that path was far too difficult!
At that moment, Wang Jinhai worried that the North Martial Arts Hall might already have secretly offered him benefits, and that its offer might be better.
Then they would very likely lose the talented young man before him.
After a long moment, Chu Tiannan set the contract on the coffee table in front of him, picked up a pen, and said with a smile,
"I choose the East Martial Arts Hall!"