Chapter 64

"You just now, you wanted to run as soon as you saw me?" The ponytail-wearing girl stared at Gu Qianghan.

"No, I just wanted to go to the restroom," Gu Qianghan shook his head hurriedly.

"Really?" The ponytail-wearing girl's eyes were full of suspicion.

"Really," Gu Qianghan said decisively.

"Then why aren't you going anymore?" The ponytail-wearing girl stared at Gu Qianghan.

"Seeing you, I don't want to go to the restroom anymore," Gu Qianghan blurted out.

"Bullshit. If you want to run, just say so. Anyway, when I want to beat you up, you won't be able to run away," the ponytail-wearing girl huffed.

The pretty girl beside them had already started laughing.

Gu Qianghan's face was turning green; just a moment ago, he had been bragging to the other party about how amazing he was.

"I'm ignoring you now," the ponytail-wearing girl tossed her head, then immediately looked at Lin Lan Yue not far away. Her eyes lit up, and she jumped over directly: "Sister Yueyue."

"Dongdong, long time no see," Lin Lan Yue smiled, opening her arms to hug the ponytail-wearing girl.

Lin Lan Yue was half a head taller than the ponytail-wearing girl, looking just like an older sister hugging her younger sister.

Li Yuan watched the two of them from the side.

Releasing Lin Lan Yue, the ponytail-wearing girl looked curiously at Li Yuan, hesitating: "You are Li Yuan?"

"Yes," Li Yuan nodded.

"You're more handsome than Sister Yueyue described," the ponytail-wearing girl revealed her little tiger teeth, extending a hand: "Hello, my name is Wu Dongdong."

"Wu Dongdong?" Li Yuan looked at the ponytail-wearing girl.

"She is Wu Dongdong," Lin Lan Yue smiled as she looked at Li Yuan: "First place in the Jiangcheng January mock exam. Don't be fooled by her appearance."

"Hmm," Li Yuan nodded lightly, still feeling a bit unreal.

Full marks in both martial arts technique and physical fitness in the college entrance exam.

A martial arts genius who is hard to find in the entire Jiangbei Province in a year, and who is likely among the top of her peers globally, is very hard to reconcile with the ponytail-wearing girl in front of him.

"Sister Yueyue said your martial arts technique is very brilliant. Not many people can make Sister Yueyue admire them," the ponytail-wearing girl looked at Li Yuan and extended her smart ring watch: "Come on, let's add each other on V, and we can spar on the combat network later."

"Sure," Li Yuan smiled and added her as a friend.

Li Yuan could see that Wu Dongdong had an innocent personality, extremely high talent, and was very familiar with Lin Lan Yue; her background was likely not small.

"Dongdong, sparring on the combat network is fine," Lin Lan Yue said softly: "But in the technique assessment later, during the melee, if you run into Li Yuan..."

"Understood," Wu Dongdong nodded like a chick pecking at rice: "If I run into Sister Yueyue or Li Yuan, I'll take out everyone else first, and then we'll have a one-on-one."

"What if you run into me?" Gu Qianghan leaned in, looking expectant.

"I'll take you out first."

Time passed, and a quarter of an hour later, aircraft arrived one after another.

At four in the afternoon, everyone had finally arrived.

Immediately after, Professor Ming delivered a passionate speech and finally announced the start of the invitation tour activity.

Then, everyone received their campus ID cards individually.

Item one—campus tour.

Li Yuan had to admit.

Jiangbei Martial Arts University was indeed super large, with an area far exceeding that of a regular university.

They took a sightseeing vehicle and toured the place, but it still took an hour to visit the main campus once.

And that didn't include visiting the interiors of the various teaching buildings.

"So Li Yuan, look, students at the Martial Arts University mostly run to get around," Gu Qianghan pointed at the students sprinting on both sides of the road: "Students are not allowed to ride bikes inside the Martial Arts University."

Li Yuan looked out.

Indeed!

There were very few students strolling leisurely; most were jogging or even sprinting.

Before, Li Yuan had only heard about it on the internet, but this was his first time seeing it.

Scenes like in regular universities—boys and girls spending time together, chatting on the grass, exploring the mysteries of the human body in the woods... were even rarer.

After a brief tour of Jiangbei Martial Arts University, Li Yuan's impression could be summed up in four words: "Very big! Very fast!"

After the tour, it was time to eat.

"Ten Blue Star coins?" Li Yuan looked at the sumptuous nutritional meal on the table, somewhat surprised.

Outside, it would cost at least two hundred Blue Star coins.

"These ten coins are just to prevent waste; in essence, it's all provided by the school," Gu Qianghan beside him laughed: "Martial Arts University students have a monthly subsidy on their campus cards. Normally, you can't even finish it all; in reality, food and lodging are completely free, and there are extra subsidies... of course, the supply of auxiliary cultivation resources is limited."

"Every month, there's a ranking. The higher the ranking, the more cultivation resources you get."

Li Yuan listened to Gu Qianghan's explanation while eating.

It was clear that Gu Qianghan knew a lot about the Martial Arts University.

"The benefits at Jiangbei Martial Arts University are like this, so what if I can get into one of the top five prestigious schools?" The more Li Yuan understood, the greater his determination: "I must get in."

"And strive to enter the core layer."

Once he got into one of the top five prestigious schools, he could completely alleviate the financial pressure on his uncle and aunt.

"Uncle?" Li Yuan thought of the war in the Luo Bu Sea Star Realm, his eyes dimming slightly as he lowered his head to eat.

Wu Dongdong suddenly slapped the table and muttered: "I'm going to get another portion."

Afterward, she got up and rushed out.

"Eating so fast?" Li Yuan was shocked.

He had only eaten half.

"You're comparing eating speed with her?" Gu Qianghan beside him looked at Li Yuan with a strange expression: "Li Yuan, this is her domain."

Li Yuan laughed.

So, this Wu Dongdong was a foodie.

Within ten minutes, Wu Dongdong had taken four large portions of nutritional meals and finished them all.

Li Yuan prided himself on being able to eat a lot, but he had to admit defeat.

"Li Yuan, Dongdong's physical talent is very special," Lin Lan Yue said: "Her digestion speed... ordinary people can't compare."

"Besides normal high-stage cultivation methods, she also eats two Source Force Essence Pills every month," Lin Lan Yue smiled.

"Amazing," Li Yuan sighed sincerely.

In physical cultivation, normally, there is a limit to growth.

For a martial artist's cultivation, being able to eat and digest quickly is an excellent talent; physical growth is destined to be very fast.

"Sure enough."

"In school, it's like being in a small pond; except for Lin Lan Yue, no one is my match," Li Yuan put down his chopsticks, his peripheral vision inadvertently sweeping over Wu Dongdong, who was still lowering her head and fighting hard.

In the distance, there were students everywhere, and Li Yuan tried using his Divine Palace to probe.

Any random one had a physical fitness of level 8 or higher.

"Coming to participate in this activity and seeing the high school elites from the entire province, I can finally realize my own shortcomings," Li Yuan realized one of the purposes of the state organizing this invitation activity.

It was to tell these students.

Grade first place? County first place? High martial arts talent?

Even if you are a one-in-a-thousand talent, just in Jiangbei Province, thousands of such talents can be selected in a year.

What about looking at the Xia Nation? The world?

Or even the entire human civilization? How many martial arts geniuses will emerge in a year?

"One step at a time."

"From junior high until now, I have worked desperately hard to have the opportunity to participate in this invitation activity today," Li Yuan's eyes held longing: "This time, I must seize the opportunity."

Eight o'clock in the evening.

All the visiting students, each holding their student cards, entered the accommodations arranged by Jiangbei Martial Arts University.

"A large flat?"

Many 'poor students' like Li Yuan were somewhat shocked.

"Normally, two students share a martial arts room, with an area exceeding eight hundred square meters, including a martial arts room, bedroom, therapy room, dining room... and someone comes to clean it regularly," the leading junior student laughed: "In each semester's assessment, the top 20% of elite students get independent martial arts rooms."

"The top 5% of students in the martial arts class get a detached villa, not including the garden, with a total usable area of 1200 square meters."

"You are here to fight this time, so two people share one room; don't complain," this junior student laughed.

Li Yuan and the others finally understood why the Martial Arts University occupied such a large area.

The dormitory area alone was shockingly large.

"No wonder the state's quota for martial arts students has never been very high," Li Yuan sighed secretly: "Not counting cultivation resources, just the accommodation alone consumes a staggering amount of resources."

The entire Jiangbei Martial Arts University accommodates about fifty thousand students year-round, not including teachers and logistics service personnel.

The Martial Arts University is a five-year system.

Enjoying many resources also means having great responsibilities.

... Men and women are accommodated separately.

Li Yuan and Gu Qianghan were assigned to one room.

After putting down their backpacks, the two of them sat directly into the virtual network pods in the lounge.

Consciousness connected.

"Just like that junior senior said, after entering the campus card information, you can temporarily enter the campus space of Jiangbei Martial Arts University," Li Yuan smiled majestically.

With a thought, he entered.

... Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Figures appeared out of thin air and sat directly in their seats.

This was a super-large combat space.

Quickly, on the huge circular tiered spectator stands, nearly a thousand people had appeared one after another, bustling with activity.

In the center was a circular arena with a diameter exceeding 200 meters.

"Li Yuan," a crisp voice rang out; sitting next to Li Yuan was Lin Lan Yue, who had dyed her hair red.

Those who appeared before and after were also students from the Guanshan District.

Obviously, the system would try to arrange students from the same school and district to sit together.

"You arrived quite early," Li Yuan smiled, then his gaze swept across the four directions: "Do you know the combat rules? By serial number? Or random?"

"It should be pseudo-random selection," Lin Lan Yue said.

"Pseudo-random?" Li Yuan was stunned.

"It means trying to separate students from the same school and county, trying to avoid multiple people teaming up, to ensure fairness," Lin Lan Yue laughed: "For example, if it were completely random and ten students from our school were accidentally selected into the same battle, would we team up to clear out others first?"

Li Yuan understood.

Two minutes later, the thousand or so students participating in this invitation activity all had their consciousness descend into this arena space.

All students knew that the first test in the true sense of this invitation activity was about to begin.

"Students from all over the province, good evening, everyone," a low voice rang out.

Whoosh!

A burly man in black martial arts clothes, nearly two meters tall, appeared above the arena, standing in mid-air, his momentum extraordinary.

"I will repeat the rules one more time," his voice had a built-in amplification effect, resounding throughout the venue.

"Cage melee."

"200 people are selected for each match, randomly taking the stage to fight, for a total of 6 matches," the burly man in black said in a low voice: "During the battle, attacking each other continuously, the more enemies killed and the longer you survive, the higher the score."

"Until only one person survives in the end."

"Your virtual physical fitness is exactly the same, all at level 10.0."

"This is a technique assessment."

"The 2nd to 9th place in each match will be rewarded with one hundred thousand Blue Star coins."

"The first place in each match will be rewarded with five hundred thousand Blue Star coins!" The burly man in black's voice was powerful, echoing throughout the combat space.

Li Yuan's eyes lit up instantly.

"Five hundred thousand Blue Star coins?" Li Yuan's eyes narrowed slightly.

With his uncle's life or death unknown, Li Yuan had long ago made up his mind that if it really came to the worst-case scenario, he must be able to support this family.

What is responsibility!

First of all, it's about making money.

Not just for his own cultivation, but also to be able to earn enough for his younger brother and sister's schooling.

"My goal is first place," Li Yuan made his decision, his eyes holding longing: "No one can stop me!"

(End of chapter)