Chapter 158: Ye Bai's Three Swords Half-Step Martial King

Haiboxi suddenly sent a message to Ye Bai.

He told Ye Bai to return to Wangxing Pavilion No. 38 as soon as he finished his business, as there was an urgent matter to discuss with him!

"Swish!" Ye Bai's expression changed in an instant.

His intuition told him that the urgent matter Haiboxi and the other three had was unrelated to recruitment and that something else might have happened...

Of course, he could not rule out the possibility that he was overthinking, so he let Li Qingqing go buy the gifts for him.

He, meanwhile, returned to Wangxing Pavilion No. 38 at top speed.

"Teachers, you all..."

However, just as he returned, he discovered that Haiboxi and the other three were actually waiting at the door!

Ye Bai's ominous premonition grew even stronger!

"Student Ye Bai, sigh..."

Seeing Ye Bai, Haiboxi and the other three had no intention of hiding anything.

After a long sigh, they told Ye Bai the truth:

"We were in a rush to find you because our few Martial Universities are no longer able to recruit you. You can and must only go to Magic City Martial Arts University, and you must do so as an A-Grade Heaven's Pride..."

"Why?!" Ye Bai was stunned.

"Because..."

"Because of me!"

Even more unexpectedly, a man dressed entirely in black with an extraordinary aura appeared!

Magic City Martial Arts University Instructor, Yang Hai!

"Ye Bai, I told you long ago, you have no choice!"

"Coming with me to Magic City Martial Arts University is the only path you can take!"

Yang Hai appeared outside Wangxing Pavilion No. 38, and the look in his eyes as he watched Ye Bai was just as condescending as it had been twenty days ago!

Ye Bai had not expected such a thing to happen.

"I am the Ladder Tournament champion..." he said through gritted teeth.

"Didn't I already grant you A-Grade Heaven's Pride treatment, and you don't even need to pass the entrance exam?"

Yang Hai did not even give Ye Bai a chance to finish speaking.

He interrupted him with a tone that sounded as if he were bestowing charity upon Ye Bai!

"In the Ladder Tournament, you did indeed defeat Xuanyuan Mu and Shangguan Yijian."

"You do indeed have the strength of a King-level Prodigy."

"But you shouldn't have, you really shouldn't have..."

"Anyway, I'll leave my words here: you can only come with me to Magic City Martial Arts University!

Also, don't even think about entering under Xi Qian's tutelage; you can and must only be a student of mine, Yang Hai!"

Following that, Yang Hai added.

"Swish!" Ye Bai's face sank completely.

Anger, unwillingness!

It was not that he insisted on receiving exceptionally good treatment.

After all, he only wanted to ensure that those around him, like Qin Churan and Li Qingqing, could live good lives.

Therefore, although Xi Qian had said she did not mind him going to the Martial Universities of Haiboxi and the others, in reality, as long as Magic City Martial Arts University could offer him standard treatment, he would have chosen Magic City Martial Arts University without hesitation.

But he could not accept being treated differently.

He could not accept this condescending, charity-bestowing attitude of Yang Hai's!

"Yang Hai!!"

"You have a lot of nerve!"

Xi Qian arrived at this moment.

As cold as an Ice Mountain, the icy expression on her face was now dozens or hundreds of times more intense.

Ye Bai's inner anger subsided slightly.

Xi Qian was the number one Grandmaster of Magic City and had protected him through two matches.

She had also said she would give him normal special recruitment treatment.

He trusted Xi Qian.

"Xi Qian, I was merely one step ahead of you in coming to notify Ye Bai.

You don't seem to have ever said that I couldn't do this, right?"

But something even more unexpected to Ye Bai happened.

Facing Xi Qian, Yang Hai only gave a cold laugh!

"Teacher Xi..." Ye Bai realized in an instant that Xi Qian also knew about this matter.

And, it could not be changed!

The facts were indeed so.

"Ye Bai, I'm sorry..."

"Some complications arose, and I was unable to fulfill my promise."

Xi Qian did not pay any more attention to Yang Hai, but looked at Ye Bai the next moment and said.

Although her tone remained cold.

It was clear that this number one Grandmaster of Magic City was actually feeling very guilty inside!

"Teacher Xi, may I know what the reason is?" Ye Bai gave a bitter smile.

"Because..."

"Because Ye Sanjian has reached the Half-Step Martial King Realm!"

Xi Qianxue hesitated for a moment, then continued.

"As expected..."

Ye Bai felt relieved!

He knew it; everything was because of Ye Sanjian, that greatest life-or-death enemy of his life!

Ye Sanjian's strength had advanced a step further, and he was only half a step away from the Seventh Grade.

This perfectly explained why Yang Hai could ignore his results in the Ladder Tournament!

And why Xi Qianxue, this number one Grandmaster of Magic City, had to agree to let him enter Magic City Martial Arts University with the status of an A-Grade Heaven's Pride!

A King-level Prodigy only meant that, provided they didn't die, they would inevitably grow into a Martial King-level powerhouse in their lifetime!

But there is Second Grade Body Refining, Third Grade Bone Tempering, and Fourth Grade Blood Exchange.

Fifth Grade Martial Will, and the difficulty of advancing to Sixth Grade is even higher...

One barrier after another; it takes far, far too long.

During this time, one could die at any moment in battles against the Alien Race.

However, a Half-step Martial King is already destined to become a Martial King! And it won't take much longer in terms of time!

Its strategic significance is far, far more important than Ye Bai, a Fourth Grade, even a Fourth Grade of Mind and Martial Arts...

"If I haven't guessed wrong, the reason I can finally enroll in Magic City Martial Arts University is also thanks to the help of Teacher Xi Qianxue?

Without Teacher Xi Qianxue, what I would likely be facing is a Half-Step Martial King Realm powerhouse coming to kill me directly..."

Ye Bai even gave a bitter smile in his heart!

"Alright Ye Bai, sign the Admission Contract!"

"Then tomorrow, go to Magic City Martial Arts University and report to me!"

Yang Hai sneered again at this moment and threw another Admission Contract toward Ye Bai.

"Then what if I don't sign?" Ye Bai looked at the contract that had fallen beside his shoe and spoke up.

Word by word!

"Not sign? Heh, then no martial arts university will want you."

"Or, prove that you are actually a Saint-level Heaven's Pride? Perhaps there will be a university willing to accept you."

Yang Hai was dismissive.

"Ye Bai, sign the contract first."

"Give me time, two years... no, one year, I will do everything possible to have you join my tutelage!"

Xi Qianxue also spoke at this moment.

"Student Ye Bai, let it go..."

Haiboxi and the other three also advised.

They all felt that the matter was already a foregone conclusion!

"Teacher Xi, you are my mentor for a day, and my mentor for life!"

"But today, I truly cannot listen to you."

"Magic City Martial Arts University, I, Ye Bai, will not and cannot go!"

Yet Ye Bai still did not intend to lower his head to pick up that Admission Contract!

He did not want to bow his waist this time.

Twelve years ago, because he wasn't strong enough, and because he didn't want to see Qin Churan cry, he had already bowed his waist to Shangguan Yijian once.

That day, he made a vow.

In this life, he would never again lower his dignity for any enemy!

If this state of mind is not clear, what is the use of him practicing this Martial Dao?

Moreover, he really did have a way to prove himself as a Saint-level Heaven's Pride!

He only needed to expose his talent, which could grant him eternal life + immunity to death!

Or expose his ability to infinitely bug the system to become stronger!

Even these two choices were only desperate measures to be taken if other methods of breaking the deadlock were useless!

The method to break the deadlock is...