Martial Saint!

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.

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Su City Anti-Void Department.

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"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!"

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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.

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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...