Chapter 266

September 12th.

A selection tournament was held inside Wu University.

For this Master Wuji Exchange Tournament, among the thirteen universities, except for the host, Tianqu University, all other universities were limited to only ten spots for participants.

Given that the competition for this tournament would be extremely intense, every university directly raised the standard to the mid-stage of Qi Transformation.

In other words, only Force-Refining martial artists under the age of 25 were eligible to sign up.

As for the ten spots at Wu University, two were already set in stone and did not need to participate in the selection:

One was Wang Fengqing, and the other was Li Fei.

For the remaining eight spots, since there were still quite a few Force-Refining martial artists under 25 at Wu University, they would have to be determined through competition.

Today's internal selection tournament was held inside the arena, and everyone was welcome to watch.

When Li Fei walked into the arena, it immediately caused a sensation.

"Look, Li Fei is here!"

"Does he still need to participate in the selection?"

"He's probably here to watch the matches."

"He's already at the Dao Foundation stage; what's there to see in a Qi Transformation stage bout?"

"He's probably here to watch his sister."

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Li Fei found a corner with fewer people and sat down, quietly waiting for Li Tianyu to take the stage.

He already knew that Li Tianyu had broken through to the mid-stage of Qi Transformation and had a very good chance of participating in the Master Wuji Exchange Tournament this time, so he had specifically come to watch today.

There were a total of nineteen students participating in the selection, and these nineteen had to compete for eight spots; they only needed to draw lots and fight one or two matches.

After waiting for a while, Li Fei saw Li Tianyu take the stage.

Her opponent was a fifth-year student using a long-handled broadsword.

For the sake of fairness, the protective gear worn by both sides was provided by the arena, as were the weapons used.

Li Tianyu held a long spear and launched the first attack.

"Heavenly Gang Force?"

Seeing the force Li Tianyu displayed, Li Fei recognized at a glance that it was Heavenly Gang Force, the highest quality among the several types of force that Geng Metal Gang Qi could condense!

Hao Yi's sect was called the Heavenly Gang Sect; one could tell from the name that many of the sect's inheritances were related to Heavenly Gang Force.

The Dao Foundation mastered by the Heavenly Gang Sect was divided into two attributes: metal and fire.

The metal attribute was dominated by Heavenly Gang Force, and the fire attribute by Furnace Force.

Li Fei had cultivated Vajra Force, making him the first in the history of the Heavenly Gang Sect to do so, so among the secret manuals Hao Yi left him, there were actually very few martial arts techniques suitable for his cultivation.

Now, seeing that Li Tianyu had mastered Heavenly Gang Force, Li Fei immediately had the idea of teaching her the Heavenly Gang Sect's inheritance.

"Accepting a disciple on behalf of the master?"

Li Fei thought to himself.

When Hao Yi left all the Heavenly Gang Sect's inheritance to him, he was actually tacitly allowing him to handle this inheritance.

Li Fei naturally did not want the Heavenly Gang Sect's inheritance to end there; he hoped to carry it forward!

Besides cultivating the 【Primordial Heavenly Gold】 of the Heavenly Gang Sect himself, he also wanted to find a suitable successor to continue the sect.

Now that he saw Li Tianyu had cultivated Heavenly Gang Force, Li Fei immediately felt she was a good candidate for the inheritance.

He knew her background, her character was definitely fine, and her talent and perseverance were also up to par.

"I'll find a time to chat with my sister."

Li Fei thought to himself.

While he was pondering, Li Tianyu had already gained the upper hand.

Her fighting style was extremely fierce, attacking only and not defending, prioritizing trading injury for injury!

Her core-level extraordinary ability was 'Berserk Battle'; the more severely she was injured, the stronger the power she unleashed. Combined with this fighting style, 'Berserk Battle' was perfectly utilized.

Li Fei could tell that Li Tianyu's opponent was actually superior to her in both cultivation and mastery of martial arts.

However, the opponent had been intimidated by Li Tianyu's death-defying style, and could only unleash at most sixty percent of their strength.

In the end, Li Tianyu defeated her opponent.

The fallen opponent looked at the scarred Li Tianyu with a frustrated expression:

No way, it's just a selection tournament, is it necessary to fight so desperately?

Li Tianyu did not look at her opponent, but turned to look at the stands, where Li Fei was standing up to applaud her, then gave her a thumbs-up.

Li Tianyu blinked and proudly raised her chin.

That afternoon, the internal selection tournament at Wu University ended, and Li Tianyu successfully obtained a spot to participate in this Master Wuji Exchange Tournament as she had hoped.

The ten students about to set off for Tianqu University in Cang Province were gathered together for a meeting.

"This time, I will be your team leader and accompany you to Tianqu University."

Qin Zhen, with a straight posture and steps that seemed measured by a ruler, walked into the classroom step by step and said calmly to everyone present.

Aside from Principal Shi Caiming and Vice Principal Fang Guan, the person with the highest combat power at Wu University was Professor Qin Zhen, who was on the candidate list for the overall Wind and Cloud Ranking.

Li Fei had originally thought that Vice Principal Fang Guan would lead the team, but he hadn't expected it to be Qin Zhen.

After all, the scale of this tournament was very high, and every university took it very seriously.

Perhaps it was because Fang Guan had matters to attend to and couldn't get away?

"First, let me tell everyone: although there will be referees throughout the tournament, it cannot be 100% guaranteed that the safety of the participants will be ensured. There are certain risks, and there is a possibility of casualties during the matches. If anyone wants to withdraw now, there is still time."

Qin Zhen said calmly to everyone present.

His tone was not stern; he was simply stating an ordinary fact.

No one withdrew.

"Good, then everyone, please sign this risk consent form."

Qin Zhen distributed a document to everyone.

"Professor, I have a question."

Li Fei suddenly raised his hand, and everyone looked at him one after another.

"Go ahead."

Qin Zhen also looked at him.

Li Fei asked with a righteous face: "If we beat an opponent to death during the match, do we not have to bear any responsibility?"

Qin Zhen looked into Li Fei's eyes and saw no negative emotions; it seemed Li Fei was simply wanting to know an answer.

"As long as you do not continue to attack the opponent after the referee calls a stop or the opponent voluntarily admits defeat, then you do not need to bear responsibility for any outcome."

Qin Zhen answered Li Fei's question.

"Okay, thank you, Professor."

Li Fei thanked him politely, feeling satisfied.

"Are there any more questions?"

Qin Zhen asked.

No one else had any questions.

So he began to explain the tournament format to everyone:

First, all participants are not allowed to wear any protective gear, and the weapons used can only be those provided by Tianqu University.

This is to ensure the fairness of the competition.

Otherwise, if Li Fei wore a Level 6 protective suit and carried a Level 6 exotic weapon, he would already have pulled a huge distance away from the vast majority of participants.

Second, the tournament is divided into two stages: the preliminary round and the main tournament.

All participants who have reached the Dao Foundation stage enter the main tournament directly and do not need to play in the preliminary round.

As for those below the Dao Foundation stage, Tianqu University has two main tournament spots, and other universities have one main tournament spot, which can be used to directly select students to enter the main tournament list without needing to play in the preliminary round.

Everyone else remaining must start from the preliminary round.

And as long as one can enter the main tournament, one can receive a reward.

Not only the reward given by the tournament, but each university will also provide a reward, so it's a double reward.

"Li Fei and Wang Fengqing can enter the main tournament directly, and I will decide the remaining main tournament spot."

Qin Zhen's tone remained unhurried, without any change. "I have finished reviewing everyone's performance in the internal selection tournament today, and based on your performance, I have decided to give this main tournament spot to Li Tianyu."

"Ah?"

Many people present, including Li Tianyu herself, showed expressions of surprise, not expecting this result.

Some people showed expressions of resentment on the spot, but they didn't dare to say it directly.

If Li Tianyu were just the daughter of the Chief Inspector of the Xingcheng Inspectorate, many people present wouldn't fear her background and would stand up to question it directly.

But Li Tianyu also had a younger brother who was the 'First in History'...

Anyone with a bit of a brain wouldn't choose to offend Li Tianyu over such a matter, and by extension, offend Li Fei.

Among those present, many believed that Qin Zhen chose to give the main tournament spot to Li Tianyu out of consideration for Li Fei.

Or perhaps Li Fei had said something to the school.

Otherwise, why would someone who had just broken through to the mid-stage of Qi Transformation directly get a main tournament spot?

Qin Zhen had no intention of explaining at all. After announcing this result, he informed everyone of the time and place to gather tomorrow, and then announced the end of the meeting.

"Congratulations, sister."

After the meeting, Li Fei found Li Tianyu and said with a smile.

Li Tianyu gave a bitter smile: "Everyone must think I only got this main tournament spot because I was riding your coattails."

Li Fei said seriously: "Professor Qin Zhen is a fair person. Since he chose you, it proves you are worthy!"

"Mm."

Li Tianyu nodded heavily.

She was not the type to wallow in self-pity and soon walked out of this shadow.

Since others thought she wasn't worthy, she would prove herself in the main tournament!

"Sister, I want to tell you something..."

Li Fei informed Li Tianyu about the Heavenly Gang Sect's inheritance.

After hearing it, Li Tianyu widened her eyes and looked at him: "You want me to take you as my master?"

"Of course not!"

Li Fei was startled and hurriedly denied it, "It's just accepting a disciple on behalf of the master; we are of the same generation."

"Then wouldn't I have to call you Senior Brother in the future?"

Li Tianyu asked with her head tilted.

As soon as Li Fei heard this, he knew she had agreed, and a smile appeared on his face:

"It's fine, from now on we'll each call the other by our own terms; you call me Senior Brother, and I'll call you Sister."

"Get lost!"

Li Tianyu pushed Li Fei, "In your dreams!"

The two walked away into the distance under the sunset, chatting and laughing.

Early on the morning of September 13th, Qin Zhen took the ten participating students and boarded the train to Cang Province.

This journey would last nearly two days, and they wouldn't arrive at the provincial capital of Cang Province, where Tianqu University was located, until tomorrow afternoon.

That afternoon, when the train stopped at a station, some people got off to stretch and then bought a few newspapers back:

"Look, this article is quite interesting."

"Let me see."

"What's it about?"

"《Discussion on Heaven's Pride》? Whoa!"

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"Tianyu, look at this."

Du Ya had also made it onto the list of participants and handed the newspaper in her hand to Li Tianyu.

Li Tianyu took the newspaper and saw the huge title written on the cover—《Discussion on Heaven's Pride》.

"In terms of martial arts, the vast majority of people in the world are mediocre and lack the aptitude for martial arts."

"Those who can cultivate Innate One Qi and become martial artists can be considered talented."

"Those who can break through the heart barrier and cultivate force can barely be considered geniuses, and such people are already one in ten thousand!"

"Only those who can become Dao Foundation stage powerhouses can be considered true geniuses!"

"However, the gap between geniuses is also very large; some people barely step into the Dao Foundation stage at forty or fifty, while others can step into it before they are thirty. The author uses the age of stepping into the Dao Foundation stage as a limit to divide geniuses into the following grades."

"Those who can step into the Dao Foundation stage before the age of thirty can be considered geniuses among geniuses, known as Heaven's Pride!"

"Going a step further, those who can step into the Dao Foundation stage before the age of twenty-three can leave their names in the history of martial arts even after a thousand years! Such people can be considered peerless Heaven's Pride!"

"In the first Master Wuji Exchange Tournament co-hosted by the three Daoist sects and all universities, there were several Heaven's Pride participants, but only one peerless Heaven's Pride: Wang Fengqing of Wu University, who stepped into the Dao Foundation stage at 21!"

"It's just a pity that Wang Fengqing had only just stepped into the Dao Foundation stage a year ago and hadn't incorporated a second implant. At that time, although she was already at the Dao Foundation stage, her combat power hadn't undergone a qualitative change, so she ultimately failed to win the championship."

"I originally thought Wang Fengqing could easily win the championship in the second Master Wuji Exchange Tournament, but I didn't expect so many peerless Heaven's Pride to appear in this second tournament!"

"In the second Master Wuji Exchange Tournament, the three Daoist sects sent a total of four peerless Heaven's Pride to participate:

Liaoxin of the Yuhua Sect, stepped into the Dao Foundation stage at 23, is 24 this year, and has already incorporated two implants.

Gan Jingcheng, a lay disciple of the Shangqing Sect, stepped into the Dao Foundation stage at 21, is 25 this year, and has already incorporated five implants.

Ning Chuan of the Daluo Sect, stepped into the Dao Foundation stage at 21, is 24 this year, and has already incorporated four implants.

Ning Xing of the Daluo Sect, stepped into the Dao Foundation stage at 23, is 24 this year, and has already incorporated two implants."

"In addition, the Buddhist holy land Pudu Temple is also participating in this Master Wuji Exchange Tournament and has also sent two peerless Heaven's Pride:

The contemporary Buddhist son Ming Qi, stepped into the Dao Foundation stage at 20, is 25 this year, and has already incorporated five implants.

The contemporary Buddhist son Ming Cheng, stepped into the Dao Foundation stage at 22, is 23 this year, and has already incorporated two implants."

"Finally, there are the thirteen universities, which have a total of two peerless Heaven's Pride, and both come from Wu'an University:

Wang Fengqing of Wu'an University, stepped into the Dao Foundation stage at 21, is 22 this year, and has already incorporated two implants.

Li Fei of Wu'an University, stepped into the Dao Foundation stage at 18, is 18 this year, and has already incorporated two implants."

"The author would like to say a few extra words about Li Fei."

"Presumably, after reading the information on the previous seven peerless Heaven's Pride, everyone is shocked by Li Fei's record of stepping into the Dao Foundation stage at 18."

"That's right, this Li Fei has broken the fastest breakthrough record in the thousand-year history of martial arts, becoming the first person in history to break through to the Dao Foundation stage at such a speed!"

"There will be eight peerless Heaven's Pride competing on the same stage in this Master Wuji Exchange Tournament; this is definitely a rare grand event in the history of martial arts cultivation!"

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In the carriage, after everyone finished reading the newspaper, they all showed complex expressions.

They previously didn't have a very concrete concept of Li Fei being the 'First in History', but now after reading this 《Discussion on Heaven's Pride》, they finally truly realized the gold content of being the 'First in History'.

Consequently, everyone focused their eyes on Li Fei, who was meditating with his eyes closed.

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