Chapter 51: Lu Xun Really Is the Number One Genius

"This is impossible!"

In the training room, Lin Yan's eyes widened bigger than a bull's, his face full of disbelief.

He actually still cared quite a bit about the newcomer ranking.

Before this year's major exam, nearly three hundred people had opened the Heaven Earth Meridian, and he was among those three hundred.

During this vacation, another few dozen people broke through to the Heaven Earth Meridian.

Among the over three hundred students who had opened the Heaven Earth Meridian, more than half were at Beidou University.

Martial meridians are easier to open than spirit meridians.

Some say, opening nine spirit meridians and then a few minor spirit meridians to form a spirit wheel is actually equivalent to martial artists opening the Heaven Earth Meridian.

With a spirit wheel, the cultivation speed of immortal cultivation is no longer slow.

The Heaven Earth Meridian is merely an added bonus.

All told, among Beidou University's freshmen this year, over two hundred have opened the Heaven Earth Meridian.

Lin Yan wondered, among those students, how many had broken through to the Second Realm during the vacation.

Who would have thought that just a glance would leave him dazed for half a day.

Lu Xun!

Lu Xun, he actually ranked first on the newcomer ranking!

Just being first would have been bad enough, but Lu Xun damn well reached the Fourth Layer of the Qi Sea!

Even reaching the Fourth Layer of the Qi Sea would have been enough, but he is simultaneously at the First Layer of Qi Gathering!

This damn thing, how could he dare to believe it.

If it were another student, he might still fantasize, thinking Lu Xun is a scion of a wealthy family with a solid foundation from childhood and such.

Lin Yan and Lu Xun have been at the same school for three years; although he hadn't paid much attention to Lu Xun before, he also knows Lu Xun is definitely not from a wealthy family.

This makes him unable to comprehend—how could Lu Xun achieve this so quickly!

After this vacation, he still hasn't reached the Second Realm.

Although he spent a lot of time widening the Crimson Lotus Meridian, this excuse can comfort him when compared to others.

Compared to Lu Xun, no excuse works.

This gap is like heaven and earth.

Lin Yan sees no hope of catching up to Lu Xun.

Not even a thread!

"Since Yan is born, why is Xun born!"

Lin Yan instantly felt his life dim, the future completely devoid of hope.

His Dao heart was about to shatter.

It took a full ten or so minutes before he recovered.

Then, gritting his teeth, Lin Yan decided to call He Xiao.

When one is unlucky, the best comfort is not a friend's consolation.

But seeing others suffer the same misfortune.

Ah Xiao and Lin Yan do have a conflict.

In that cafeteria incident, He Xiao lost all face.

A proud second-year senior, forced by Lu Xun to not even dare step onto the stage, and it even came out that Lu Xun had broken his bones.

These days, He Xiao has been painstakingly training his movement technique, hoping to regain his standing.

Lin Yan now wants He Xiao to know Lu Xun's achievements.

Then, transmit the feeling of despair to him.

That way his heart would feel much better.

At least, he Lin Yan and Lu Xun are freshmen of the same age.

You He Xiao are one year older than Lu Xun, and you embarked on the path of cultivation a full year earlier than him.

As a result, Lu Xun's starting point is exactly where your one year of effort ends.

Your mood must be wonderful, right?

"What?"

"This is impossible!"

"Impossible! Absolutely impossible!"

Lin Yan guessed correctly.

As soon as the call went through, he harvested a triple denial.

He Xiao does not believe.

He dares not believe, nor is he willing to believe.

"How could this be!"

But after He Xiao looked at the newcomer ranking, he couldn't help but believe.

How could the newcomer ranking issued officially by Beidou University be fake?

He Xiao's complexion instantly turned abnormally ugly.

These days, he has been painstakingly practicing a movement technique called Walking Snake Step.

Before the conflict with Lu Xun at the café, He Xiao's Walking Snake Step had actually already reached the second level.

He planned to train the Walking Snake Step to the third level, then go challenge Lu Xun to regain his standing.

But he never expected that Lu Xun's cultivation would actually catch up to him.

Everyone is at the fourth layer of Qi Sea.

This made him feel awful.

He took a year to reach the fourth layer of Qi Sea.

Lu Xun took a little over a month.

Damn, in that little over a month, Lu Xun even raised his immortal Dao cultivation to the first layer of the second realm.

Doing that would make him look like trash, right?

So, He Xiao instantly lost the mood to cultivate, his whole person like he'd lost his soul, sitting there dazedly.

"No matter how defiant you are, choosing Immortal Martial Dual Cultivation is a dead end—just a matter of dying early or late."

Finally.

He Xiao found a breakthrough point for a stable Dao Heart.

That is Lu Xun's Immortal Martial Dual Cultivation.

His eyes flickered with a cold light: "You're nothing but a shooting star that flashes by, a brief brilliance; as long as I walk step by step, my future achievements will surely surpass yours."

His belief began to firm up.

Dao Heart, though said to be complex, is actually belief, confidence, the heart toward the Dao, the heart to grow stronger.

People sometimes need some comfort.

Just like Lin Yan calling He Xiao to pass along emotions.

He Xiao also found this comforting point convincing enough for himself.

Otherwise, he'd be done for.

Although that's the case, deep inside his heart still lies deep despair.

Lu Xun is too fast.

So fast it's unimaginable, so fast he knows he absolutely can't catch up, only able to pray that Lu Xun himself screws up.

"I need to quickly train the Walking Snake Step to the third stage, then go settle scores with him; otherwise, there'll be no chance later."

He Xiao finally found a goal.

He wants to settle scores with Lu Xun; now is his last chance, because everyone's cultivation is the same.

Otherwise, based on Lu Xun's current growth speed, he'll never have a chance to regain face later.

"Wow haha, Brother Xun, you're too awesome, you've pushed everyone to first place, and Murong Wan is once again pressed beneath you!"

Lu Xun received a call from Li Bu Fan early in the morning.

This kid, how dare he use these ambiguous yet precisely worded phrases.

"Hahaha, my good disciple, you haven't let your master down; here's some dark energy for you—cultivate well."

Fei Tai'a staggered over to Lu Xun and shoved another dark energy card into his hand.

It seems Fei Tai'a also knows about this.

Fortunately, this time Fei Tai'a didn't turn over a new leaf; after stuffing the dark energy card into Lu Xun's hand, he just left on his own.

"What a great mentor!"

Lu Xun sighed.

Such a good teacher—you couldn't find one even if you lit a lantern.

Chu Youqing didn't send Lu Xun a message; she must be cultivating, unaware of this.

As for Murong Wan, she's likely also cultivating.

"Fourth layer of Qi Sea?"

In a cultivation chamber, a man with sword-brows and starry eyes uttered a low whisper.

He is Liu Xinghe.

Ranked third on the newcomer ranking.

"Lu Xun... no wonder Teacher Fu originally wanted to pick you."

Liu Xinghe seemed to understand something.

Then he put down his phone, bathed in starlight, and sat down again.

Lu Xun's fourth layer of Qi Sea surprised him, but didn't scare him.

As the possessor of the Star River Holy Body, he has absolute confidence in himself.

He sat cross‑legged, five hearts facing heaven, inhaling and exhaling starlight.

The Star Saint Body needs stellar power to cultivate, so Liu Xinghe sleeps by day and trains by night, his schedule completely reversed.

Others rarely run into him.

After night fell, Lu Xun discovered that the campus network was almost flooded with his topic.

The hottest post bore the title "I said it early—Lu Xun is the first genius."

Lu Xun saw that this person was the one who created the genius ranking that put him in first place.

Of course, many also think Lu Xun practices Immortal Martial Dual Cultivation and takes date pills.

"You don't understand—this is what a true monster is; just because no one has succeeded yet doesn't mean this path won't work—what if Lu Xun succeeds?"

"No matter what, even if Immortal Martial Dual Cultivation later causes problems, he's undoubtedly this year's first genius—just see how long his brilliance lasts."

"What's up with shooting stars? Have you ever shone like one in your lifetime?"

"How about we make a bet—bet on whether Lu Xun can rise; loser calls the winner 'dad', dare you?"

This person, arguing everywhere, has basically become Lu Xun's little fanboy.