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Chapter 155 - 0134 Hidden Dragon Martial Arts Competition (3k)

Chapter 155: 0134 Hidden Dragon Martial Arts Competition (3k)

840,000.

Looking at the balance, Lu Chenzhou let out a long sigh of relief. Inside the Top Martial University, if you didn’t have a few hundred thousand on you, there wasn’t the slightest sense of security.

There were too many places to spend money.

"It’s just a pity that purchasing the high-tech Fist Blade I want is still a distant dream. Even if I get the championship prize money, I’ll have to set some aside for medicine."

Whether he could win the championship in October, Lu Chenzhou was not completely confident. In the Yangtze River Delta, with a population in the billions, there was no lack of individuals who had sudden insights with Low Class root bone.

"Do what you can, leave the rest to fate."

Lu Chenzhou opened the Hidden Dragon List and took a look.

"Tian Xingjian, ranked 1350."

"I’m catching up to Old Tian."

The tail end of the genius class with eight people, Xiao He now ranked 1635.

All of a sudden, Lu Chenzhou noticed that Ji Feiyan’s ranking seemed to have risen a lot from before, soaring from over 2300 to over 2200, a rise by several hundred points.

"Sister Feiyan must be Ninth Rank by now... A Ninth Rank at 21 years old is also quite impressive, truly deserving of her reputation as last year’s prominent figure at Fangshan Dragon City High School."

Shi Ruyu was still climbing slowly.

If she could reach Ninth Rank next year, staying on at the university could be said to be almost certain.

Then it would be a steady journey to becoming a Martial Artist.

One door, Three True Inheritors, all Martial Artists.

On that day, Ji Xuantong would probably not be able to stop smiling.

Flying Swallow Martial Arts Hall could also rank among the top in Su City.

In fact, ever since Lu Chenzhou made his remarkable entrance, apart from the noble martial arts academies, Flying Swallow Martial Arts Hall had already left the ordinary ones in the dust. The academy’s business had been getting better and better lately, and the master had hired some Third Rank experts, who had graduated from Martial Arts University, as assistants to expand the academy’s scale. Overall, Ji Xuantong had more than made back the money invested in the two inheritors, resulting in a win-win situation.

...

Su City Anti-Void Department.

Researcher Liu, wearing protective gear, looked at the Beauty Head inside the container which was gradually fading away, flanked by two stout men, one of which was Li Gui, and the other was Lufang.

Two of Su City’s nine tigers had arrived.

"How is it, the same kind of Void Things discovered on Sun and Moon Island?"

Lufang’s face was stern.

The Beauty Head reminded him of the prosthetic Black Knight who had been killed by Lu Chenzhou, whose heart had begun to mutate and grown a bizarre human face, similar to this head but much more vague; this one was clear. His teacher, Gong Jiu, had mentioned the Heart Happiness Sect at the time. This once devastating cult on Sun and Moon Island was now surfacing in Su City, intensifying the police force’s pressure to combat cults.

Compared to Sun and Moon Island’s Heart Happiness Sect.

Su City’s Heart Happiness Sect was even more covert.

Researcher Liu said,

"It’s a Void Thing, somewhat similar to the ones found on Sun and Moon Island before, but not exactly the same. It looks like the cultists are constantly updating their methods."

As the old saying goes, the greater the skill, the more devilish the tricks.

Eradicating cults is an arduous and long-term task.

"Heart Happiness Sect..."

Lufang murmured.

Due to Zhang Fei’s stabbing case, the class for talents was ultimately handed over to the Pingjiang branch for processing. No one was clear on whether there were any more of Zhang Fei’s accomplices among the group from Stone Lake.

Li Gui bowed and said,

"Officer Lufang, I’ll have to trouble you to conduct the investigation on our behalf. If you uncover the mastermind lurking behind the scenes and need assistance from Dragon City Martial Arts University, just ask."

Lufang returned the gesture,

"I also thank Mr. Li for providing the leads. Once Zhang Fei is captured and the case is resolved, we will surely find out who the mastermind behind this case is. I never expected that a traitor would emerge from within our police ranks, and we shall certainly bring them to justice."

He had great respect for old teachers like Li Gui.

It’s because of these individuals’ sacrifices that martial arts can be passed down from generation to generation.

...

Stone Lake Police Outpost.

Chen Zhen’s brows were tightly knit.

According to frontline intelligence, Zhang Fei had likely smuggled himself out of the country, which made capturing him very difficult. As an experienced colleague, Zhang Fei had strong anti-surveillance capabilities. His collaboration with the cult was also truly unknown to his family.

Now, it was unclear who Zhang Fei was working for.

After some thought, Chen Zhen called Lufang.

"Director Lu?"

"What is it?"

"I’d like to assist in the investigation of the Zhang Fei and Beauty Head case."

"Chen Zhen, your situation is special right now. You understand the reason why the case was handed over to us from above. Don’t get involved; better to keep your distance."

"Director Lu, I have a suspect in mind."

"Who?"

"Beautiful Life Cosmetic Surgery Hospital, Chen Yongjing."

"Evidence?"

"No direct evidence, but there are some speculations. Last year’s ’8.7 Haotai Collision with Void Case’ was under my jurisdiction. There was something similar to a ’Beauty Head’ Void Thing inhabiting the body of the deceased Lin Bin’s wife, ultimately killed by Lu Chenzhou."

"Go on."

"I found in Mrs. Lin Bin’s cell phone contacts that she had an affair with Chen Yongjing before her death and had undergone cosmetic surgery at his clinic. To thoroughly investigate the case, I checked all her contacts, including Chen Yongjing. Nothing abnormal was discovered at the time, and in the end, the matter was dropped. Later, I privately investigated the female patients Chen Yongjing had contact with. They all praised the doctor highly, regarding him as their confidant and were bowled over by his so-called charismatic personality."

"I just checked the guy’s information, and he’s indeed a handsome young man. It’s normal for the women who go for plastic surgery to like this type of man."

"I feel there’s something indescribably pathological about these people."

"Indeed, they’re quite pathological, and I can’t stand that kind of aesthetic."

"They’re a bit like they’re possessed—phrases like ’Reject female self-destruction, enjoy a beautiful life’ and ’Beauty is a woman’s primary productive force’... They treat beauty as a faith. However, when I thought about it carefully, these words didn’t seem problematic. Nor could I label these thoughts as cult ideologies, they’re merely personal value differences."

"That’s true, but what does this have to do with Chen Yongjing?"

"Our jurisdiction just received a missing persons report today. A young woman left home on June 8th and hasn’t returned. According to the missing woman’s husband, she had recently undergone plastic surgery at the Beautiful Life hospital."

On the other end of the phone, Lufang spoke gravely,

"Did Chen Yongjing perform the surgery?"

"Yes."

"The practical training was on the 9th... So you suspect it was Chen Yongjing who directed the Void Thing to control the woman to assassinate the talent class. Two consecutive cases are hard to chalk up to coincidence. Have you seen the onsite video footage? Is the slain Blood Feather Demon woman the missing person?"

"She doesn’t quite resemble her, but cults usually possess the Evil Skill of disguise. If Chen Yongjing was involved, he would certainly have made some disguises to prevent exposure."

"Alright, I understand the general situation."

"Director Lu, we must find the mastermind behind the scenes! In both assassination cases, Lu Chenzhou was involved, and I suspect that he is the target, the newly-emerging Tiger Form genius. We must strike hard to quell the brazen arrogance of the cults!"

...

June 20th, early morning.

Villa number 32.

Lu Chenzhou finished his Heavenly Pile Cultivation. The extreme pain brought about the opening of the 16th Acupoint, Yangxi, in just one month and five days. The price he paid was over seven hours of daily Heavenly Pile Cultivation, only then could he practice punches and Hard Qi Gong.

With the Yangxi opened, a stream of Mysterious Power surged from the Acupoint.

"The human body possesses Yang Qi, which can counteract the negative Yin and evil. From now on, when encountering low-risk and weak Void Things, my Yang Qi combined with Tiger Roar will be able to quell them.

Of course, killing medium-risk and higher Void Things with Yang Qi alone is still difficult, but paired with the Void-breaking Gloves, my damage against Void Things is subtly enhanced."

During the morning’s Heavenly Pile Class.

Hearing that Lu Chenzhou had opened the 16th Acupoint, Wu Zun calculated internally,

"It’s been just 36 days this time, impressive as always."

Thinking back on Lu Chenzhou’s performance in practical training, Wu Zun knew that if this trend continued, the one with the highest achievement among the eight in the talent class might not be Wang Hongdao, nor the Grandmaster descendant Yao Cheng... but this commoner boy in front of him.

A dragon does not dwell in shallow waters—once met with a storm, it transforms.

Lu Chenzhou might bring a big surprise to Su City Dragon Martial, no wonder Principal Wang was keen on supporting him as an inspirational example and representative of the branch school.

Wu Zun smiled and said,

"Lu Chenzhou, today your master will teach you the method to open the Yangchi Acupoint. The Yang Pool is the place where Yang Qi germinates. This is another vitally important Acupoint..."

Acupoints related to Yang Qi are keys to restraining Void Things in the future. The Innate Strength of Martial Artists that subdues Void Things is also inseparable from the application of Yang Qi.

...

In the blink of an eye,

Time reached the end of June.

Apart from the Golden Jade Ointment and Qi Returning and Body Correcting Pills, there were only two months’ worth of other medicines left in Fangshan’s grand gift package. Lu Chenzhou’s 45 Great Merits were as yet unused.

He planned to save these for the cutting edge, to learn the Iron Crotch Skill from Chen Jiu, and for the pre-breakthrough striking practice of Arhat Skill. On a regular day, he would use Xiao He, turning the power to maximum for a fierce assault, otherwise, it would only tickle him.

As for Wang Gang, he had just finished his summer examination and was still rated as Class B, firmly average. Every weekend, he would come to practice striking with Lu Chenzhou.

After his Cultivation, Lu Chenzhou looked at the calendar and murmured,

"November is the Hidden Dragon Martial Arts Competition."

The Hidden Dragon Martial Arts Competition, held annually, is independently conducted within each branch of Dragon City Martial Arts University. In principle, any Dragon Martial student under 35 could participate. Those who meet the Hidden Dragon List criteria are eligible to sign up. The competition is separated by Cultivation groups.

There are two categories: Martial Artists and Samurais.

It’s pointless to have Samurais fight Martial Artists.

Without the aid of technology, Divine Weapons, or taking advantage of someone’s weakness and other special circumstances, the likelihood of overcoming and winning across a large Realm is close to zero. A Tenth Rank Samurai defeating a Martial Artist at their full capacity through sheer strength is a tale unheard of in history.

To date, no such news or videos have surfaced, just sparse, dubious legends stemming from old-world hearsay, none of which hold truth. Even the Cangtian Dragon King, the fastest to Breakthrough Seven Limitations in his time, had no known incidents of overcoming a higher Realm in battle. One could only imagine the difficulty.

Other top-level powerhouses are in the same boat, as yet, only in the early stages of Martial Arts could practitioners of both internal and external teachings in Extreme Limit Realm clash hard with a Martial Artist. But defeating them still proved difficult, this was the "Seven Great Limitations"!

A series of chasms crossing humanity’s path to the heavens...

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