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Chapter 42 - 0042 Cha Chihu (3 more updates, asking for monthly tickets and followers)

Chapter 42: 0042 Cha Chihu (3 more updates, asking for monthly tickets and followers)

After finding out, Lu Chenzhou came to know.

Ji Feiyan was also a noteworthy figure in high school, just like Liu Huan. At Lu Chenzhou’s age, she had already entered the Sixth Rank, broke into the Seventh Rank in her sophomore year, reached the peak of the Seventh Rank in her senior year, passed the college entrance exam smoothly and got into Dragon City Martial Arts University, entering the Eighth Rank in her freshman year.

Advancing from the Third Rank, each step was incredibly difficult.

Thus, the time it took to break through each rank grew longer and longer.

In the class, Huo Tianyu was known as "Tiger Teeth Girl".

When it came to Martial Arts, Tiger Teeth Girl would talk incessantly.

"Chenzhou, are you learning Swallow Return Fist?" Lu Chenzhou shook his head.

"I am learning Black Tiger Fist."

"Eh, isn’t Bright Winged Swallow skilled in Swallow Form Fist?" Lu Chenzhou briefly explained his own situation to her. When she heard that Lu Chenzhou had only started learning fist techniques systemically last year, she looked a bit surprised.

Other classmates also gathered around.

"Amazing, Chenzhou, breaking through three ranks in six months!" Liu Huan genuinely admired him. Although he was at the Sixth Rank now, he had entered the rank system as early as in the first year of junior high. He didn’t have Martial Artist parents, just great talent, plus his family was very wealthy, and he had taken Martial Arts Supplements from a young age, resulting in a rapid advancement through the ranks until the Sixth. Since then, he had been stuck at the Sixth Rank for a long time, and to reach the Seventh Rank, he had to wait until sophomore or possibly even senior year of high school and, with bad luck, might even need to wait until university.

Chen Yusheng, also with a low-class root bone, was eating a chicken leg and said:

"The fastest breakthroughs for an Instant Enlightenment are in the first three ranks; I entered the rank system a year ago, smoothly breaking through three ranks and then entering the Fourth Rank... and then I got stuck here too."

Zhang Shushun, thin and tall, expressed his agreement:

"Old Chen and I are both stuck at the Fourth Rank, breaking through in the Dark Force Realm is too difficult, but if we can make it to the Fifth Rank before the college entrance exam and meet the qualification line for Dragon City Martial Arts University, we’ll be fine... Brother, I’m not trying to discourage you, just sharing my experience."

Lu Chenzhou smiled and said:

"Not at all, I appreciate you both sharing your experiences, no matter what the future holds, it’s good to keep striving; I hope we all make it into Dragon City Martial Arts University."

Huo Tianyu said:

"Don’t scare the new guy, junior brother. Let me tell you this, there are no more than a hundred students in our district, but over 80% have been admitted to Dragon City Martial Arts University, and the rest are also eagerly recruited by local renowned schools like Pingjiang Martial Arts University."

The reputation of a top-level Martial Arts University was indeed very useful!

The dinner table was the easiest place to get familiar with one another.

Everyone chatted about everything under the sun.

The unavoidable topic was always about everyone’s favorite Martial Artist.

Cangtian Dragon King was unquestionably voted number one.

As for the sophomores and juniors, they were busy preparing for the Martial Arts college entrance exam, seldom chatting during meals, and after eating, they would go practice Heavenly Pile and punch.

The atmosphere of Martial Arts was too intense here.

However, it appeared there were cases of young love in the class, as Lu Chenzhou noticed Huo Tianyu and the vice class president Yuan Zhigang sitting together, occasionally feeding each other.

It was filled with the sweet and innocent affection of adolescence.

Other classmates often joked about it.

"Yo, yo, yo! You two, cut it out!"

Liu Huan couldn’t stand it anymore and couldn’t help but make a jab.

"Hey, hey." Yuan Zhigang laughed sheepishly.

Huo Tianyu was quite straightforward.

"The discipline committee member hasn’t said anything."

Ji Changkong coughed.

"I told you, but you don’t listen... And since both of your families have agreed, we won’t disrupt the alliance between your two big families."

Lu Chenzhou listened up to this point and roughly understood the situation.

Huo Tianyu and Yuan Zhigang likely belonged to Martial Arts Families, where to be called a true family, one generally required a Martial Arts Grandmaster who had broken the Fourth Shackles to preside.

Seeing that Lu Chenzhou still seemed to be speculating, Military Ethics Committee member Wen Tiange said,

"You’re correct, it’s the Huo Family from Cang City to the north and our local big family in Su City... the Yuan Family."

Lu Chenzhou suddenly realized.

Huo Tianyu and Yuan Zhigang mockingly said in unison, "Time to eat, we’re just minor characters in our families. The true prodigies in our families don’t attend high school but are arranged clearly by the family and then sent to top Martial Universities. Unlike us rookies, who haven’t even reached the Power Transformation Realm."

"Damn... you guys call yourselves rookies? What does that make us?"

"No, I’m just telling it like it is."

Huo Tianyu, helpless, seemed a bit downcast.

Lu Chenzhou knew that competition within the Martial Arts Families was fierce—resources would be prioritized for top-tier talents ensuring there were Martial Arts Grandmasters for every generation.

This was to maintain their influence in modern society.

The life of an ordinary disciple in a Martial Arts Family really wasn’t as glamorous as it might appear.

Yet, they still overshadowed 99.9% of people.

"Alright, let’s eat, we’re all classmates here!"

Seeing the two family disciples reluctant to continue on the topic, Liu Huan immediately changed it. After dinner, everyone had a brief rest and then headed to the vast outdoor training field.

Here, various cultivation facilities were fully equipped.

With the Martial Arts class, the curriculum naturally focused mainly on fist techniques, often related to their respective Martial Universities, with two primary courses for the freshman class:

One was "Dragon and Tiger Heavenly Pile", a foundation of cultivation.

The other was the common Elephant Form Martial Arts.

Elephant Form, as the name suggests, involves emulating the strengths and forms of various animals to train the human body and demonstrate martial techniques; it’s a crucial part of Da Xia’s Martial Arts, subsequently evolving into many schools influencing the major fist forms.

Elephant Form Martial Arts was mainly dominated by Dragon City Martial Arts University.

Like the main trunk of a tree, Elephant Form can also be divided into hundreds of branches based on different forms, such as "Black Tiger Fist" for Tiger Form, "Swallow Return Fist" for Swallow Form, and "White Ape Fist" for Ape Form, and so on.

Yuan Zhigang’s family from Su City was proficient in Ape Form.

The Yuan Family had deep roots in Pingjiang Martial Arts University and was tightly connected.

Through chatting, Lu Chenzhou also learned that his teacher at Pingjiang Martial Arts University was Yuan Zhigang’s father, the Break Second Shackles "Sky-Sprawling Ape·Yuan Tianqi."

It wasn’t much later,

a man around 1.75 meters tall arrived.

His gaze was profound, imposingly powerful.

"Everyone is here, the school has already covered ’Spiritual Monkey Fist’, ’Mantis Fist’, ’Water Snake Hand’, and ’Black Tiger Fist’ among four Elephant Form Martial Arts. Everyone choose one to specialize based on what you are good at; no need to learn them all, greed will muddle understanding. Next, I will teach the movement techniques corresponding to these fist techniques.

I know some of you come from Martial Arts Families, some from families that run Martial Arts Academies, and you’ve more or less encountered movement methods; no matter your background, in my class, you’re to study earnestly, don’t try to be clever.

Today, I’ll start with ’Mountain Crossing Body’, the accompanying movement technique for Black Tiger Fist. Those who mainly practice Black Tiger Fist, pay attention, and come ask me if you’re unsure."

The teacher was very stern, commanding respect effortlessly.

Lu Chenzhou had asked the class president in advance.

This was "Cha Chihu·Hong Fu", a First Break Martial Artist, whose expertise was in Tiger Form. His mastery over the low-class Black Tiger Fist had already reached Perfection.

This made Lu Chenzhou greatly anticipating.

Initially, he had wanted to self-learn "Mountain Crossing Body," but now there was no need. With such a renowned teacher guiding, he was full of confidence for the upcoming Martial Arts Academy exchange competition.

Cha Chihu asked,

"Who here primarily practices Black Tiger Fist? Raise your hands!"

Including Lu Chenzhou, there were 12 people in the class practicing it. Tiger Form and Dragon Form were considered the two most popular branches of Elephant Form Martial Arts, synonymous with power.

Black Tiger Fist was fierce and ruthless, most suited for overpowering enemies.

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