The Strongest Lancer!

Ye Li had already come to understand these somewhat talented martial artists.

If they thought they could easily defeat him, only to be taken down by him in two or three moves, they would inevitably feel unconvinced.

To prevent this from happening, he never held back, striving to shatter their pride in one go and thus harvest a large amount of Malice Points.

He had done well the previous few times; Wang Ren, Shen Lian, and even Liu Yangde had been beaten to the point where they no longer had the courage to seek trouble.

Even if they still harbored resentment towards Ye Li, they wouldn't dare show it openly.

However, Ye Li was somewhat surprised that Jiang Qingzhu had come knocking again not long after.

It seemed that true martial arts geniuses were indeed different from those insignificant trash...

As his thoughts churned, Ye Li calmly asked:

"Do you need something?"

The True Qi in his body flowed slowly.

Even though his True Qi was less than half of what it was due to activating [Golden Soul Revival] earlier, Ye Li was absolutely confident he could take the opponent down within three moves.

"Yes, I do."

Hearing this, Jiang Qingzhu took a deep breath, as if mustering great courage, and said earnestly, "I want to apologize to you first."

"Apologize?" Ye Li raised an eyebrow, not understanding what the other party was up to.

"Yes, I heard what you said at the hospital..."

Jiang Qingzhu nodded slightly, apologizing, "I did think along the lines of 'I can't afford to waste too much training time, so I should resolve this matter quickly,' which is why I called you over."

"I have nothing to say if you defeat me. I just hope you can accept my apology."

Her words were extremely sincere, and even Ye Li couldn't detect any trace of acting.

Moreover, if it were an act, it would be too contrived...

"Is that so." Ye Li was a little disappointed; he had thought the other party was here to cause trouble.

But he hadn't completely given up yet and instead said indifferently:

"However, if classmate Jiang wants to sincerely apologize to someone, kneeling is the least you can do, isn't it? Don't you even know that?"

"Kneeling?"

A confused expression appeared on Jiang Qingzhu's cool face. "What is that?"

"...Never mind."

Ye Li sighed. Since the other party was here to apologize and their attitude was quite sincere, he couldn't be bothered to demand anything more.

For him, it was more interesting to force those who were unrepentant to do such things, like Shen Lian.

Even villains need someone to keep them in check. For someone like Jiang Qingzhu, who showed a proactive attitude in admitting fault, giving them a chance wasn't necessarily bad.

With this thought, Ye Li waved his hand impatiently and said:

"I reluctantly accept your apology. Please leave."

"Wait a moment!"

Seeing that he was about to close the door, Jiang Qingzhu quickly called out.

At the same time, she subconsciously reached out, intending to stop the closing door.

But the moment she made contact, she felt an overwhelming force she couldn't resist. Her outstretched hand didn't even cause a slight delay before it was slammed back.

Immediately after, the door slammed shut.

Clang!

[Making the naive young lady of the Jiang Family eat a closed door, Malice Points +200!]

Jiang Qingzhu stared blankly at the closed door in front of her, then looked at her slender palm.

Based on their physical confrontation that afternoon, their strength should have been roughly the same.

But what was this immense force...

As she was wondering--

Creak!

The door in front of her opened again, and Ye Li looked at her impatiently, asking:

"Is there anything else?"

Without time to figure out the reason for the immense force, Jiang Qingzhu hurriedly said, "I have something else I need to trouble you with."

"Speak."

"Didn't you say this afternoon that my marksmanship was like a piece of trash?" the young lady asked earnestly.

"Hm?"

Ye Li's interest was immediately piqued. Judging by her question, had she finished apologizing and was now planning to find trouble with him?

Not bad, she's learned to use courtesy before resorting to force...

Ye Li immediately nodded and chuckled, "I said it, so what?"

Jiang Qingzhu nodded, then rattled off a string of things as if counting treasures:

"You also said my reaction speed is slow like an old person, and that I have an inflated sense of self-importance."

"That's right, so what?"

"Then please teach me."

Under Ye Li's slightly stunned gaze, Jiang Qingzhu lifted her small face and said earnestly, "As long as my marksmanship can improve, I'm willing to do anything."

"Teach you marksmanship?"

After a brief moment of shock, Ye Li frowned and unhesitatingly replied, "I refuse."

It was a joke; he himself was struggling to find a suitable Breathing Technique!

Moreover, the money he had was incredibly insufficient. He couldn't even afford to buy cultivation resources, let alone a few high-quality new Martial Skills.

Ye Li was even considering whether he should leave the city and enter a secret realm to hunt exotic beasts to earn money.

At this time, he was supposed to teach a young lady marksmanship?

Not a chance.

"Besides..."

"I don't know how to teach people either," Ye Li shook his head. "Find someone else."

With that, he prepared to close the door again.

Seeing this, Jiang Qingzhu quickly said, "I can teach you everything I know in exchange. Anything!"

The closing door suddenly paused. Ye Li's surprised gaze fell upon her, and he asked as if for confirmation:

"Anything?"

If he remembered correctly, any S-Grade Breathing Technique alone cost over five million Hanxia Coins.

And they were often priceless, with no market availability.

They were usually only learned by core disciples of major sects or direct descendants of certain aristocratic families.

To casually teach one to an outsider...

At least Ye Li had never even heard of such a thing.

Therefore, it was really hard for him to believe that someone could be that naive.

Compared to that, the probability of her playing a trick on him was much higher.

"Yes!"

As if seeing a glimmer of hope, Jiang Qingzhu's clear eyes brightened slightly, and then she blurted out:

"You just reached Second-Tier and haven't cultivated a Breathing Technique yet. I can teach you my [Dust Mist Frost Snow].

"This is an S-Grade Breathing Technique passed down through generations of my Jiang Family. It will definitely help you!

"I also have three or four Second-Tier Martial Skills of the Precious grade, and I've even started learning a Third-Tier Martial Skill. Just give me some more time, and I can teach you those too."

After speaking, Jiang Qingzhu looked at Ye Li, who had fallen into silence, feeling a bit anxious.

She couldn't be blamed for her haste.

Jiang Qingzhu knew very well that her own strength had been stuck in a bottleneck for a long time.

Although she had talent in Martial Arts Talent and Breathing Techniques, which allowed her Martial Arts Level to far surpass most people her age, her mastery of Martial Skills was truly terrible.

Several precious Second-Tier Martial Skills were hovering around the proficient level, never reaching the [Great Accomplishment] mastery.

The elders in the Jiang Family who had cultivated these Martial Skills were all working on the front lines defending against exotic beasts and couldn't spare any time to teach her.

With the Martial Arts Exam drawing closer, it was impossible for Jiang Qingzhu not to feel anxious.

That's why she had been cultivating day and night, almost ignoring the affairs of the School Team, all in order to break through in her Martial Skill cultivation.

Unfortunately, the results were minimal.

If things continued like this, once she encountered an opponent with a similar Martial Arts Level and comparable Martial Arts Talent, she would easily be at a disadvantage.

Jiang Qingzhu was well aware of this and constantly sought solutions.

Among everyone she knew so far, Ye Li was the only one who had called her marksmanship terrible.

Moreover, he had managed to cultivate the Heavenly Dipper Void-Treading Technique to a suspected perfect state using only a severely incomplete text!

Therefore, even though the possibility was minuscule, Jiang Qingzhu wanted to give it a try.

Looking at the young man in white, she bit her lower lip and asked, mustering her courage:

"Can... can you?"

Her demeanor truly made it difficult to suspect her of lying.

After confirming this point—

Finally, under the immensely hopeful gaze of this young lady from the Jiang Family.

Ye Li took a deep breath and finally gave his answer:

"Anything is possible?"

"Anything is possible!"

"Then I'll be damned if I don't train you into the strongest Lancer in the whole school."