Synopsis and Starting Chapter Chapter 2 - I Must Take The Martial Sciences Examinations!
Chapter 3 - Neglecting Social Sciences In Favor Of Martial Sciences
Chapter 4 - Everything Could Not Go On If He Was Poor
Chapter 5 - Hehehe!
Chapter 6 - Poverty Has Limited My Imagination
Chapter 7 - The Five Stages Of The Martial Sciences Exam
Chapter 8 - Dismayed
Chapter 9 - Standard Vitality Points
Chapter 10 - Vitality Checkups
Chapter 11 - First Checkup
Chapter 12 - A Ruthless Vow
Chapter 13 - Fang Ping, Who Tricked His Father
Chapter 14 - Iptoeing Between Heaven And Hell
Chapter 15 - Improving Mentality Points
Chapter 16 - Wang Jinyang
Chapter 17 - Ignorance Is Bliss
Chapter 18 - Popped Some Pills?
Chapter 19 - Schedule
Chapter 20 - Tenant
Chapter 21 - Perfect!
Chapter 22 - This Is Unfair!
Chapter 23 - Spooking Himself
Chapter 24 - Testing The Waters
Chapter 25 - Arrangements
Chapter 26 - Scheming
Chapter 27 - Fang Ping, The Great Villain
Chapter 28 - Haul
Chapter 29 - Martial Artists Sure Are Rich!
Chapter 30 - The Requirements To Breakthrough As A Martial Artist
Chapter 31 - Support
Chapter 32 - Are You Kidding Me?
Chapter 33 - Splitting The Goods
Chapter 34 - Statistical Conversion
Chapter 35 - Locked And Loaded
Chapter 36 - An Eager Fang Yuan
Chapter 37 - Gotta Treat Himself Better First Thing Now That He Had The Money
Chapter 38 - The Parcel Is Here!
Chapter 39 - Basic Cultivation Methods
Chapter 40 - His First Time Cultivating
Chapter 41 - Spend Money Like Water
Chapter 42 - The Gym
Chapter 43 - Scapegoat King
Chapter 44 - Wu Zhihao'S Hypothesis
Chapter 45 - Stance Breakthrough!
Chapter 46 - New Benefits
Chapter 47 - Frenetic Ma Yun Stans
Chapter 48 - Video
Chapter 49 - Eager
Chapter 50 - Departure
Chapter 51 - One Must Lay Low
Chapter 52 - Tinge Of Cruelty
Chapter 53 - Martial Artists Must Fight!
Chapter 54 - Negotiation Breakdown!
Chapter 55 - Old Wang’S Successor
Chapter 56 - To Save Oneself
Chapter 57 - Pills From Heaven
Chapter 58 - Peak Aspiring Martial Artist
Chapter 59 - Telling The Truth Is Hard
Chapter 60 - Pass
Chapter 61 - Tremors Shaking The Earth
Chapter 62 - Two Types Of Martial Artists
Chapter 63 - The Warm-Hearted Grandmasters
Chapter 64 - Sign
Chapter 65 - Being Attacked
Chapter 66 - Clarifications
Chapter 67 - Return To Sun City
Chapter 68 - Too Much Good News
Chapter 69 - Blood-Tinted Peace
Chapter 70 - Who Cheated?
Chapter 71 - Cultivating Combat Techniques
Chapter 72 - The Brother-Scamming Fang Yuan
Chapter 73 - Birds Of A Feather Flock Together
Chapter 74 - Martial Arts Universities! Grandmaster!
Chapter 75 - Grown Up
Chapter 76 - The Admission Requirements Of Various Universities
Chapter 77 - Old Wang Returns
Chapter 78 - The Disparity Between Different Universities
Chapter 79 - Aking His Choice
Chapter 80 - Admissions
Chapter 81 - Sense Of Danger
Chapter 82 - Family
Chapter 83 - Sendoff
Chapter 84 - Hello, Magic City
Chapter 85 - Before And Beyond The Door
Chapter 86 - Vip
Chapter 87 - Business Plan
Chapter 88 - The Four Schools
Chapter 89 - Headhunting
Chapter 90 - Thrice-Honing
Chapter 91 - The Start Of University
Chapter 92 - Powerhouses Take Priority
Chapter 93 - Do Something Big!
Chapter 94 - Crazed Qin Fengqing Who Courts Death
Chapter 95 - Getting To Know Each Other
Chapter 96 - The Correct Way To Steal The Limelight
Chapter 97 - Always Prepared
Chapter 98 - Face The Music!
Chapter 99 - I’Ll Feel Guilty If I Don’T Screw Up!
Chapter 100 - Old Ding Can’T Hold It, Too
Chapter 101 - Unconquerable Wu!
Chapter 102 - The Selection Of Instructors
Chapter 103 - A Secondhand Dealer’S Dream!
Chapter 104 - Martial Arts Universities Are Not Schools!
Chapter 105 - Genius Does Not Equal Talent
Chapter 106 - A Rank-1 Martial Artist!
Chapter 107 - Picking A Fight Must Be Reasonable To
Chapter 108 - To Make Killing The Enemy The Objective
Chapter 109 - Who Else!
Chapter 110 - Bone-Honing Speed
Chapter 111 - Low-Profile Cultivation
Chapter 112 - The Domineering Martial Arts Society!
Chapter 113 - Two Battles, Two Deaths!
Chapter 114 - I’M The Actual Main Character!
Chapter 115 - Seeking Strength, Seeking Life
Chapter 116 - Going Home
Chapter 117 - One Must Always Be Humble
Chapter 118 - Danger In The Time Of Peace
Chapter 119 - Selling Pills
Chapter 120 - The National Championship
Chapter 121 - The Mission Claiming System
Chapter 122 - The Benevolent Fang Ping
Chapter 123 - Information Summarizing
Chapter 124 - The First Special Training Class
Chapter 125 - The World Of The Catacombs
Chapter 126 - God Sent Me To Save The World!
Chapter 127 - Ranking
Chapter 128 - We Are Not The Same
Chapter 129 - Feeling Sorry
Chapter 130 - System Upgrade
Chapter 131 - Collecting Protection Fees
Chapter 132 - First Time Completing A Mission
Chapter 133 - Practice
Chapter 134 - Encirclement
Chapter 135 - Battle To The Death
Chapter 136 - Growth And Idiosyncrasies
Chapter 137 - The Martial Science Students Of Other Schools
Chapter 138 - The Fear Of Being Held Back
Chapter 139 - Which Weapon Is Best?
Chapter 140 - Back To School, Getting Rewarded
Chapter 141 - Big Client Fang Ping
Chapter 142 - One Would Have To Spend Money To Grow Stronger
Chapter 143 - Specialized In Face Slapping
Chapter 144 - I Am Falling Behind For Being Penniless
Chapter 145 - Middle-Ranked Combat Techniques
Chapter 146 - The True Essence Of Combat Techniques
Chapter 147 - Peak Rank-1
Chapter 148 - You Will Be The Target Of My Pent-Up Anger!
Chapter 149 - Relax, No Pressure
Chapter 150 - The First Team
Chapter 151 - Uncomparable Even To Fang Ping!
Chapter 152 - She Seems To Have Slimmed Down!
Chapter 153 - Before The Competition
Chapter 154 - The Championship’S Opening Ceremony
Chapter 155 - The First Battle
Chapter 156 - It’S Only Life Or Death On The Battle Stage!
Chapter 157 - How Can I Not Compete?
Chapter 158 - Invincible
Chapter 159 - Mcmau Wins!
Chapter 160 - This Is How A Martial Artist Should Be Like
Chapter 161 - Mcmau Vs Ccmau
Chapter 162 - Mcmau'S Ultimate Move!
Chapter 163 - Could Not Continue Fighting!
Chapter 164 - The Truth In The World Of Martial Artists
Chapter 165 - Final Match
Chapter 166 - The Championship Ends
Chapter 167 - Rank-Two
Chapter 168 - Local Combat Team
Chapter 169 - A Prosperous Time!
Chapter 170 - I Can’T Rely On My Face To Get A Meal
Chapter 171 - A Slow Change
Chapter 172 - The Wealthy Customer Is Back!
Chapter 173 - Only Those Who Do Their Math Will Earn Money
Chapter 174 - Martial Arts Resource Distributors
Chapter 175 - Those Who Use Their Minds Will Rule The People
Chapter 176 - Recruiting Talents
Chapter 177 - So Much Free Labor!
Chapter 178 - Southern Area Of Mcmau
Chapter 179 - I Really Want To Do A Big One
Chapter 180 - Bankruptcy Is The Driving Force!
Chapter 181 - The Team’S First Cooperation
Chapter 182 - Peak Rank-2
Chapter 183 - : Nmau Letter Of Challenge
Chapter 184 - The Competition Is Not The Goal
Chapter 185 - The Nmau Battle
Chapter 186 - One Must Pretend To Be Strong Even When He’S Not
Chapter 187 - Poor Fang Ping
Chapter 188 - The World Is Complicated
Chapter 189 - Always Picking Up Money
Chapter 190 - This Lingering Heartbreak
Chapter 191 - First Insight Into Rank-3 Abilities
Chapter 192 - Rank-3 Martial Artist!
Chapter 193 - This Turned Out To Be A Prophecy
Chapter 194 - It Is So Hard To Cultivate Without Money!
Chapter 195 - Only Now Have I Discovered How Outstanding I Am
Chapter 196 - One Can Only Become Stronger By Putting One’S Life On The Line
Chapter 197 - Becoming Arrogant
Chapter 198 - Wait Until I Hold The Reins… Hmph!
Chapter 199 - Basic Catacombs Knowledge
Chapter 200 - Thirteen Cities In Magic City’S Catacombs
Chapter 201 - Grief Is For The Weak
Chapter 202 - Two Simple Missions
Chapter 203 - Old Man Li Who Almost Became A Grand Master
Chapter 204 - This Is My Supporter!
Chapter 205 - The Little Secrets Of The Martial Arts Realm
Chapter 206 - Middle-Stage Rank-3
Chapter 207 - Gathering In Nanjiang
Chapter 208 - Night Ambush
Chapter 209 - The Purpose Of This Training Experience
Chapter 210 - Growth In The Face Of Hardship
Chapter 211 - Finally Hacked Him To Death!
Chapter 212 - A Bad Example
Chapter 213 - The “Evil” Old Wang
Chapter 214 - Another Year
Chapter 215 - Ready To Reap
Chapter 216 - The Battle Of Wits And Courage, To Teach A Student According To Their Aptitude
Chapter 217 - Martial Artists Should Serve The Public!
Chapter 218 - Who Dares To Pick Fruits From Me, Fang Ping?
Chapter 219 - The Catacombs Illustrated Handbook
Chapter 220 - Lots Of Good News At Once
Chapter 221 - For Mankind!
Chapter 222 - The Road To Becoming A Grandmaster
Chapter 223 - Preparing To Breakthrough
Chapter 224 - Hard To Collect Old Debts
Chapter 225 - Mentality Breakthrough
Chapter 226 - Upper-Stage Rank-3
Chapter 227 - Daylight Robbery
Chapter 228 - Advice From The Instructor
Chapter 229 - The Blood Arrow Method
Chapter 230 - Money Makes You Feel At Peace
Chapter 231 - I'Ve Prepared A Big Gift For You
Chapter 232 - My Sister Is A Gang Leader
Chapter 233 - Survive As Long As We Can
Chapter 234 - The Catacombs Gate
Chapter 235 - Entering The Catacombs
Chapter 236 - Hope City
Chapter 237 - The First Night
Chapter 238 - Big Lion
Chapter 239 - Where Did Fang Ping Go?
Chapter 240 - Remember, Don’T Run Amok!
Chapter 241 - So Many Big Ones!
Chapter 242 - The Sky Is Dark, Please Close Your Eyes
Chapter 243 - Kill
Chapter 244 - Non-Human Creatures
Chapter 245 - An Impossible Bargain
Chapter 246 - System Upgrade
Chapter 247 - Reinforcements Are Here
Chapter 248 - I Once Outran A Rank-6!
Chapter 249 - I Once Killed Countless Powerful Enemies
Chapter 250 - Fang Ping Is The Child Of Destiny
Chapter 251 - New Mission
Chapter 252 - For Your School Fees
Chapter 253 - Who Can Avoid Death?
Chapter 254 - Must One Repay One'S Debts?
Chapter 255 - Be Extravagant For A Bit
Chapter 256 - I Really Want To Go Take A Look
Chapter 257 - On This Very Day Last Year, Between These Very Doors
Chapter 258 - Achieving True Invincibility Among Same-Rank Peers
Chapter 259 - We Walk Different Paths Despite Having The Same Goal
Chapter 260 - Path Of Conquest
Chapter 261 - Northbound
Chapter 262 - Only Appearances?
Chapter 263 - Collective Punch
Chapter 264 - First Acquaintance With The Sects
Chapter 265 - We Will Know After We Fight!
Chapter 266 - Non-Human
Chapter 267 - Pooh, You Pauper!
Chapter 268 - Gaining Both Fame And Wealth At The Same Time
Chapter 269 - I’M Not Afraid
Chapter 270 - Your Breasts Are Too Small, My Saber Can’T Hit Them
Chapter 271 - Potential Golden Body
Chapter 272 - Hurt Self-Esteem
Chapter 273 - If Your Will Is Strong, Then You Will Be Strong Too
Chapter 274 - I Don’T Think Anyone Knows Of My Dark Past
Chapter 275 - Time Waits For No One
Chapter 276 - Beijiang Martial Artist
Chapter 277 - The First In Rank-3
Chapter 278 - So Hard To Earn Money
Chapter 279 - Everything For Ability
Chapter 280 - Do You Believe He Would Dare To Collect Toll Fees?
Chapter 281 - Rank-4 In A Year
Chapter 282 - Kids Who Cry Would Have Milk To Drink
Chapter 283 - Not Afraid Of Fang Ping
Chapter 284 - Changes Within Mcmau
Chapter 285 - When Exactly Did I Borrow It?
Chapter 286 - The Current Situation Of Martial Arts Society
Chapter 287 - Being A President Is Tiring
Chapter 288 - Arrogance Can Kill!
Chapter 289 - New Semester, New Atmosphere
Chapter 290 - Things Are Finally Looking Up
Chapter 291 - Busy
Chapter 292 - Mentality Test
Chapter 293 - Bad Trends At Mcmau
Chapter 294 - Catacombs Theories
Chapter 295 - Mcmau Will Soon Change Its Surname To Fang
Chapter 296 - Ten High Grandmasters Going To The Capital City Together
Chapter 297 - Overwhelmed With Distress
Chapter 298 - Qin Fengqing, How Fast Are You?
Chapter 299 - A Flea Market Collection Of The Best Combat Techniques
Chapter 300 - The Devil King Leaves
Chapter 301 - Another Trip To The Catacombs
Chapter 302 - Not Easily Swayed
Chapter 303 - Split Up If We Can’T Agree
Chapter 304 - Let’S Run First
Chapter 305 - There Are So Many Big Ones This Time!
Chapter 306 - I Once Outran A Rank-8!
Chapter 307 - You Must Have A Lot Of Guts To Provoke A Nitpicker
Chapter 308 - A Lifetime’S Supply Of Money
Chapter 309 - Next Time Let'S Come Here To Mine Ore Together, The Two Of Us
Chapter 310 - The Devil King Is Back
Chapter 311 - Ephemeral
Chapter 312 - Exit
Chapter 313 - The Trouble That Came From Nanjiang
Chapter 314 - What To Decide?
Chapter 315 - Destruction Pursues The Great
Chapter 316 - When You Breakthrough, I’Ll Become The Vice-Chancellor
Chapter 317 - Handsome, Strong, And Kind Too
Chapter 318 - You Think Too Highly Of Me!
Chapter 319 - Looking Cool For Less Than 3 Seconds
Chapter 320 - Just To Take A Look
Chapter 321 - Beat You Till You Cry!
Chapter 322 - Chaos-Vanquishing Saber
Chapter 323 - Too Untalented
Chapter 324 - Battle Between The Top Ten Elite Schools
Chapter 325 - Let'S Get Rich Together
Chapter 326 - One Billion Wealth
Chapter 327 - System Upgraded Again
Chapter 328 - Prodigies Across The Skies
Chapter 329 - Not Afraid Of Trouble
Chapter 330 - Honed Skull
Chapter 331 - The Road To Defending Champion
Chapter 332 - Going To Capital City
Chapter 333 - Here Especially To Cut Someone To The Quick
Chapter 334 - The Misfortunes Of Mcmau
Chapter 335 - An Extremely Grand Line-Up
Chapter 336 - Enemies Are Destined To Meet
Chapter 337 - Only The Bold Can Become Strong
Chapter 338 - Win The Hearts To Win The People
Chapter 339 - Mcmau’S First Battle
Chapter 340 - Mcmau And Ccmau Are Family
Chapter 341 - Everything I Do, Is For A Righteous Cause!
Chapter 342 - A Victory Within Expectations
Chapter 343 - Qin Fengqing, Your Lover Cheated On You
Chapter 344 - Chen Haoran, Don’T Cry
Chapter 345 - The Strongest Elite School
Chapter 346 - Hundred Consecutive Slashes
Chapter 347 - Don’T Make The Fight Seem So Effortless
Chapter 348 - Do You Really Think That I’Ve Lost My Memory?
Chapter 349 - What An Easy Fight
Chapter 350 - What A Pity!
Chapter 351 - Breakthrough Was Not A Good Thing
Chapter 352 - I Told You That You Were The Weakest
Chapter 353 - Mcmau Vs Nmau
Chapter 354 - Unbeatable Among Rank-4!
Chapter 355 - The Nanjiang Catacomb Is Open!
Chapter 356 - Overwhelming His Generation
Chapter 357 - Returning To Mcmau
Chapter 358 - Money Is As Insignificant As Floating Clouds To Me
Chapter 359 - Arriving In Nanjiang
Chapter 360 - The Seniors Said That One Could Only Get Rich By Excavation
Chapter 361 - Entering The Catacombs
Chapter 362 - Blending In
Chapter 363 - Ensnaring
Chapter 364 - Killing A Rank-6
Chapter 365 - Killing A Rank-8 With A Sword!
Chapter 366 - Even Fang Ping Is More Reliable
Chapter 367 - Market Town In The Catacombs
Chapter 368 - Royal City = Energy Mine!
Chapter 369 - Entering The City
Chapter 370 - Time To Do The Real Work
Chapter 371 - Entering The Mines
Chapter 372 - The Gopher
Chapter 373 - A Crazy Thief
Chapter 374 - I’Ll Take My Chances
Chapter 375 - Flat-Headed Monster Can Run Really Fast
Chapter 376 - Owe Me A Few Trillion!
Chapter 377 - Celestial Bridges Has Been Flattened
Chapter 378 - Rank-5!
Chapter 379 - It Will Be Stable With Me Around!
Chapter 380 - The Chaotic Catacombs
Chapter 381 - Don'T Show Off Your Wealth
Chapter 382 - I Am Not Guarding Anymore!
Chapter 383 - The Catacombs Are Too Scary
Chapter 384 - My Enemies Are Everywhere
Chapter 385 - Stop Being So Ignorant
Chapter 386 - Everyone Has Their Own Stories
Chapter 387 - It’S Time To Look For The Next Place
Chapter 388 - The System Upgraded Again
Chapter 389 - Wrong Style
Chapter 390 - The Function Of Fang Ping
Chapter 391 - It Is Very Easy To Kill Enemies In The Catacombs
Chapter 392 - It’S Time To Look For A Wife
Chapter 393 - A Pioneer Of Reformation
Chapter 394 - The Road Forward Is Difficult
Chapter 395 - Like A Demon
Chapter 396 - Mcmau’S Surname Would Be Fang From This Day Onwards
Chapter 397 - Lu Fengrou’S Unwillingness
Chapter 398 - Mentality-Vitality Fusion!
Chapter 399 - Rank-9 Paragon
Chapter 400 - Monster Imperial Calendar, Seven Southern Territory
Chapter 401 - I Want An Iron Head Too!
Chapter 402 - Where Did The Immortals Go?
Chapter 403 - I’M The Celestial Emperor
Chapter 404 - The Supply Of Celestiality
Chapter 405 - Half A Golden Body Cultivation
Chapter 406 - A Storm Is Approaching
Chapter 407 - Global Grandmaster Ranking List!
Chapter 408 - I Am A Real Rank-6
Chapter 409 - There Must Be Dreams
Chapter 410 - Fang Ping Has To Die
Chapter 411 - New Year’S Eve
Chapter 412 - No Chinese New Year Celebration
Chapter 413 - Golden Bones, And Killing A Rank-6
Chapter 414 - Blow You Up!
Chapter 415 - Rubbing On Some Imperishable Substance
Chapter 416 - Do You Still Remember The Past?
Chapter 417 - The Supporters Are Here
Chapter 418 - At Daggers Drawn
Chapter 419 - I'M A Professional Bluffer!
Chapter 420 - Can’T Quit Halfway
Chapter 421 - Shady Old Man
Chapter 422 - Hire Eight To Ten Golden Body Powerhouses
Chapter 423 - Time To Get A Good Pseudonym
Chapter 424 - First In Rank-5
Chapter 425 - Flesh Regeneration
Chapter 426 - Just A Teeny Bit More To Recover
Chapter 427 - What Was Wrong With Mcmau?
Chapter 428 - Qin Fengqing Comes Back To School
Chapter 429 - Sorrowful
Chapter 431 - Young People These Days
Chapter 432 - Going Down To The Catacombs Again
Chapter 433 - Departure
Chapter 434 - The Catacombs' Martial Artists Are So Pure
Chapter 435 - Monsters And Humans Aren'T Easy To Handle
Chapter 436 - The Arrival Of An Old Friend
Chapter 437 [Part 1] - Killing Spirit Beasts To Keep A Secret
Chapter 438 [Part 1] - Caught
Chapter 438 [Part 2]
Chapter 439 [Part 1] - The Messy Crypt
Chapter 440.1 - Dash Up And Fight!
Chapter 440.2 - Dash Up And Fight!
Chapter 441.1 Constant Changes
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Chapter 342: A Victory Within Expectations
South Capital Martial Arts University vs Magic City Women’s University.
In a time when female martial artists were rarer, the Magic City Women’s University students caused an uproar when they went on stage.
As for SCMAU… They were faced with a much colder reception.
Chen Yaoting seemed unfazed. Fang Ping, on the other hand, sighed. “This lack of popularity… Old Chen, you have to invest when it’s important.”
Chen Yaoting kept his silence.
Fang Ping coughed softly. “I’m serious. During this age, if you don’t put your name out there, you won’t attract potential students no matter how good the quality of education in your school is.
“SCMAU doesn’t have much of a name. Even if it manages to be one of the top ten, I would choose other schools in the top ten that are more famous, given that everything else is the same.
“The future belongs to the youth. Young people nowadays have the privilege of a better cultivation environment compared to ours, and progress faster than us…”
Chen Yaoting said blandly, “You aren’t even 20 yet!”
‘You say all that as if you’re much older!
‘A better cultivation environment? Have you bypassed the golden time to cultivate or something?’
After his retort, Chen Yaoting suddenly asked, “How do I invest?”
Fang Ping’s attention was captured instantly. He laughed. “First, we’ll have to look at the strength of your students. SCMAU’s weaker, but it’s not obvious this match.
“Second, you have to hype the place up. The audience downstage should be all hyped and excited when the members from your SCMAU goes up the stage.
“Third, if you’re weaker, you can do an MCWU and shove some handsome boys and pretty girls on stage to distract the audience’s attention.
“Fourth, you can put more effort into online promotion–-the Internet is the fastest way to spread information at this time. Write some promotional passages about SCMAU. For example, you can write about how XXX who seemed mediocre before has advanced three ranks in a year and reached Rank-5 his second year after entering SCMAU…
“Fifth, shout more of those flashy slogans. “We’ll Crush CCMAU After Three Years, MCMAU Will Bow Down to Us After Five Years”, “We’re Fighting for Number One”, that sort of thing. Shout them until the entire nation has heard of them!
“Even if everyone knows that you’re weaker than us two universities, it will make everyone think that SCMAU’s third place behind CCMAU and MCMAU!
“Sixth, as the university closest to Capital City, and one of the most renowned universities in the North, go challenge CCMAU more often! Don’t care about winning or losing. If you dare to challenge them, everyone will remember SCMAU’s name beside CCMAU’s. You’re hyping yourself up by borrowing CCMAU’s popularity…”
“What immoral actions!”
Chen Yaoting exclaimed. He did not deign to reply to Fang Ping.
But then… The old man thought about it. Could his grandson do something like this?
Whatever, he could just hire someone professional to do it if he could not. SCMAU had talents good at this in spades.
Fang Ping curled his lip. Whatever. If he did not want to heed his advice, so be it.
Fang Ping turned away from Chen Yaoting and toward the stage.
SCMAU’s first starter on the stage––also the strongest one––was Chen Haoran.
Chen Haoran, an upper-stage Rank-4 martial artist, would be facing a middle-stage Rank-4 girl from the MCWU. incidentally, she was the girl that had scolded Qin Fengqing.
…
The two martial artists started soon after.
After a while, Fang Ping was suddenly extremely dissatisfied. He bellowed, “Male and female martial artists are the same! Are you two playing around in the arena?”
After he said that, Chen Haoran, who had been holding back before, suddenly let go. His speed and strength both increased threefold, and he defeated his opponent in less than ten moves.
Fang Ping curled his lip, got up, and left.
Chen Yaoting did not say anything while he left, but he said after to his granddaughter, who was watching from beside him, “He’s a good man, but he’s in the middle of finetuning his martial arts abilities, so he probably won’t consider entering a romantic relationship.”
Chen Yunxi looked slightly flushed. She said softly, “I know.”
“Of course, as a martial artist, you must fight for it when he’s worth it!” Chen Yaoting smiled serenely. “Of course, you have to be skilled enough. If you aren’t, you’ll be at a total disadvantage. This Is unbefitting of our martial artists’ style.
“At middle-stage Rank-3, you’re lagging behind too much. Cultivate diligently…”
After that, the old man fished a wooden box from his pocket and held it out to his granddaughter. He smiled, his love for her evident in the shine of his eyes, and said, “Don’t let anything hold you back.”
Chen Yunxi opened the wooden box somewhat curiously. Inside was an energy stone the size of an egg.
Chen Yunxi’s mouth went wide. A cultivation-aiding energy stone?
It was so huge! It would have to weigh 200 grams at least!
It could fetch at least two hundred billion in the market!
“Granddad, this… You should give this to Second Older Brother…”
“If he wants this, then he should go acquire one himself. This is Granddad’s gift to you. You’re not an SCMAU student, so Granddad’s not being unfair…”
Chen Yaoting shook his head. He had gotten this from the Catacombs. If his descendants wanted it, they should get one themselves.
His granddaughter was slightly lacking in terms of skill. And she was a girl, so he should take care of her more.
Chen Yunxi had wanted to say something when Fang Ping, having previously disappeared to who knows where, appeared in front of her.
He looked intently at the wooden box in her hands for a while before saying with good humor, “Keep this. Don’t disappoint Old Man Chen. With this energy stone, you won’t have to worry about your Vitality before you enter Rank-4. Keep it!
“If you find it inconvenient to take around, I can help you with that…”
Chen Yunxi did not let him. She kept the wooden box instead. She said, nodding, “Granddad, I’ll accept it.”
Fang Ping was somewhat disappointed. ‘I didn’t want yours. I just want to keep it for you. Or test its purity at most! Won’t you be exhausted, keeping it yourself?’
Fang Ping moved his eyes away from the wooden box. He eyed Chen Yaoting, thinking, ‘A Grandmaster is a Grandmaster after all! How rich you are, to just take a cultivation-aiding energy stone out just like that!’
He would have missed it if he had not felt the power surge in the air. If that stupid girl Chen Yunxi did not want it, she would have missed out!
Better than letting Old Man Chen use it on bolstering SCMAU’s strength; Chen Yunxi was someone from MCMAU, at least.
“Old Man Chen, have you seen cultivation-aiding energy stones the size of a human’s head?”
Chen Yaoting smiled but did not say anything.
“Old Man Chen, gift Yunxi with that next time. This is not enough for her. Yunxi can cultivate in MCMAU’s Energy Room, she can burn energy stones there to help her cultivate, I’ll allow it this time…”
Chen Yaoting eyed him. Humans could cultivate using cultivation-aiding energy stones directly.
Rank-3 martial artists were too weak, and they could not absorb too much energy in one go. They would have to absorb and convert the absorbed energy themselves.
MCMAU’s Energy Room exuded energy, so the people using it could save a lot of effort.
SCMAU did not have the means to build an Energy Room, as the costs of building one were extremely high.
Fang Ping said that he would allow Yunxi to cultivate in the Energy Room using her own cultivation-aiding energy stone. It was not hard to grant permission, but the average person did not have that privilege.
Chen Yaoting would not thank him, though. He smiled serenely. “This is the concern of MCMAU alone.”
“You’re right. Old Man Chen, when can you deliver to us the head-sized energy stone?”
Chen Yaoting pretended he did not hear. ‘Get out!
‘Head-sized? Do you know how heavy an energy stone that size would be?
‘More than 10 kg!’
If a stone that size appeared, even Grandmasters would want it. Also, highly pure energy stones so huge were rare, unless one was in the depths of an energy ore mine.
Fang Ping felt regret once again, seeing his lack of response. ‘I haven’t seen one so big before, either. It’ll be nice if he took one out just to broaden my horizons.
‘Forget about that. This was also my first time seeing an energy stone as big as an egg!’
“Don’t waste time here. Yunxi, let’s go back to MCMAU in the afternoon. I’ll tell the school about that. Go cultivate in the Energy Room.”
“This afternoon?”
Chen Yunxi was surprised. The competition was still ongoing!
“It would be a long time until MCMAU’s turn. Wasting time here is meaningless. We’re different. At our current stages of cultivation, we’re both on the verge of breaking through. You should enter Rank-4 as soon as you can.”
Chen Yaoting showed his support. “Go cultivate in MCMAU. The competition will go on for a few more days, and MCMAU won’t lose before the fight for the championship begins.”
“MCMAU will win in that, too, within expectations.” Fang Ping interjected.
Chen Yaoting continued to play deaf. Conversing with Fang Ping was exhausting, as the kid liked to interrupt him.
After seeing the two men’s united front, Chen Yunxi thought about it and nodded. “Fine, then. I’ll return first. I’ll return before the finals.”
Fang Ping nodded. He did not stay for long as well. His body flickered, and he disappeared in the air once again.
Chen Yaoting laughed at the sight. The kid had a really sharp nose for it. He was sure that the kid would appear once again if he took another energy stone out now.
“His Mentality’s quite strong.”
Chen Yaoting murmured. If this kid succeeded in erecting an unbeatable front while at the middle ranks, he would definitely have no problem ascending to the higher ranks.
MCMAU had indeed got themselves a treasure.
…
The battles during the morning ended within expectations.
Although the higher-stage Rank-4 Chen Haoran did not defeat all five of his opponents in one go, he bested three MCWU students consecutively with an obvious advantage.
The two Rank-3 martial artists left were effortlessly defeated by the second starter on the SCMAU team.
Seven average martial arts universities had advanced to the current stage now, but Fang Ping thought that all of them, except for NMAU, had no chance of advancing to the top ten.
The first afternoon battle was between CCMAU and Donglin Martial Arts University.
Li Hansong did not start this time. The first starter was Qin Ze, another martial artist on the top 100 ranking list.
Although he did not match up to Li Handong, he was much stronger than the average Peak Rank-4 martial artist.
DMAU knew that it was highly likely that they could not win, so they did not fight too seriously this time in order to conserve their strength.
Qin Ze defeated his five opponents alone. Fang Ping left after watching this match; there was no point to it.
…
The results of the next four battles, in the course of the next two days, were as expected.
Nine States Military School, MCMAU, SCMAU, and CCMAU advanced smoothly.
The two battles on 4th December were SNMAU versus BMAU in the morning, and First Military School versus ESNNU in the afternoon respectively.
Both two battles were much more turbulent than the ones before.
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The second floor of the gymnasium.
Vice-chancellor Feng from Xishan Martial Arts University was not present, so Fang Ping naturally chose to go up to the second floor rather than stand in the crowd filling the first floor.
He was not the only one there. Wang Jinyang, Li Hansong, and the others were all there.
Some other teams were watching there too.
On stage, Liu Shijie from SNMAU was battling the President from BMAU.
Liu Shijie, Peak Rank-4 martial artist, was forty-eighth on the ranking list. It was a pretty high ranking.
SNMAU was one of the strongest schools in the Eight School Alliance. They had ranked third in the previous National Championships, only after the Big Two.
Fang Ping watched for a while and turned toward Wang Jinyang with a smile. “If NMAU comes across SNMAU, you’ll be in serious trouble.”
Wang Jinyang was extremely skilled, but his victory against Liu Shijie (if he did win) would not be an easy one. There were four more Rank-4 martial artists on the SNMAU team beside Liu Shijie, too, with one at upper-stage and another at middle-stage. Wang Jinyang might not be able to defeat them singlehandedly.
Wang Jinyang nodded, but he later replied with a laugh. “It’ll be troublesome, but I should be able to do it.”
Liu Shijie was strong, but he was not Wang Jinyang’s match. Wang Jinyang was confident of that at the least.
Even Qin Fengqing was confident. “If we come across Liu Shijie, put me on stage. I’m not bothered about fighting for a spot on the ranking list––if I defeat him, I can enter the Rank-4 ranking list as well.”
“You?”
Fang Ping laughed. “Cut that out. We know everything about each other. Unless Liu Shijie doesn’t retaliate and just lets you hack him to shreds… You’re still a little far from beating him.”
Qin Fengqing said disdainfully, “You’re underestimating me, aren’t you? If the battles between the top ten aren’t confined to the arena, do you think Liu Shijie will win against me?”
Aside from his trademark One Sword Style, his speed was also one of his strong points.
If he and Liu Shijie had faced off directly, he might lose, but Qin Fengqing was very confident that he was faster, more patient, and had higher stamina. Liu Shijie would definitely lose at the end.
The people present did not pay his words much attention, save for Wang Jinyang, who asked curiously, “Qin Fengqing, you’re improving really fast! You’re already at upper-stage Rank-4…”
“Of course!”
Qin Fengqing said gleefully, “Just you wait! I’ll surpass you soon!”
When Wang Jinyang had been at Peak Rank-1, he too had been at Peak Rank-1.
When Wang Jinyang had advanced to Peak Rank-3, he had just entered Rank-3.
Now Wang Jinyang was at Peak Rank-4, and he caught up, having entered upper-stage Rank-4. The distance between their ranks was shortened again.
“I hope so.”
Wang Jinyang laughed. Qin Fengqing was still so confident in himself.
As for if Qin Fengqing could catch up to him… If everything went as expected, he would be a Rank-5 martial artist after the competition. Maybe he would be at some rank higher than that.
Qin Fengqing was still quite far away from Rank-5.
They went off-topic, but then Li Hansong said, “BMAU’s not weak, they’ve always been straight to the point. Their hesitation this time might be because they want to save some strength for the coming matches.
“The most eventful battle will be the one before the top ten’s competition, when the losers fight for the final seat. It should be more exciting.”
Fang Ping nodded. “The results of the losers’ bracket would depend on the performance of previously-eliminated Eight School Alliance members and BMAU. The other universities are weaker. BMAU has fewer Rank-4 team members, but the number of Rank-4 members is no longer important during this most important moment.”
Li Hansong said, after consideration, “The following matches will be Changjiang Martial Arts University versus Taishan Martial Arts University, Capital Mining Martial Arts University versus DMAU, NMAU versus South Sino University of Science and Technology. Among these six, three will have to enter the losers’ bracket. Also, First Military will be pitted against East Sino, so the latter will probably be relegated to the losers’ bracket as well. If NMAU doesn’t want to be challenged by the schools in the losers’ bracket, Junior Wang will probably have to show his strength.”
If NMAU had won against South Sino with only a slight advantage, or if someone on the NMAU team was injured, there was a high possibility they would be challenged by the schools in the losers’ bracket first during the top ten’s competition.
Wang Jinyang smiled wordlessly. He would surely give it his all the next day, or else NMAU would definitely be challenged.
While they talked, Liu Shijie had defeated three people in a row. He did not stay onstage.
The upper-stage Rank-4 martial artist in the SNMAU team went onstage after Liu Shijie. He had practically pulverized the two students from the opposing side (one was at lower-stage Rank-4 and the other Peak Rank-3), and the battle ended quickly soon after.
Fang Ping yawned. The difference between different martial arts universities was obvious.
The first round was always strong versus weak. The weaker schools did not give their all, too. The battles looked bombastic, but they were boring to Fang Ping and the others.
…
With the afternoon came the battle between FMS and ESNNU.
The latter school was not weak. They had five Rank-4 martial artists in their arsenal. No upper-stage ones, though––three were at middle-stage while the remaining two were lower-stage.
But then… The battle was even more boring than those before!
Yao Chengjun was the first one up the stage. ESNNU had hyped themselves up a lot before, but they mainly dodged around onstage, avoiding direct hits. They would stay onstage for a minute or two before they took a move to the face and flew out of the arena. They did not even need to shout out their words of surrender.
“They’re faking it!”
Fang Ping cursed in a low voice after watching two matches. East Sino had thrown away their dignity just to save their strength. Could they not give their all against Yao Chengjun just for a few matches?
Five battles have passed. Yao Chengjun defeated the ESNNU team without breaking a sweat.
ESNNU had not suffered from much negative criticism, and Yao Chengjun got more famous. Yao Chengjun, third place on the Rank-4 ranking list, had bested five Rank-4 martial artists in a row. That was a bigger achievement compared to Fang Ping’s win against Xishan.
There was an uproar for Yao Chengjun being the first place in the ranking.
Curious outsiders, who only watched for fun, found him especially strong after seeing his effortless win against those Rank-4 martial artists.
That, combined with his current ranking, solidified many people’s opinion that he was the number one Rank-4 martial artist.
Fang Ping did not say it out loud, but he said it many times to himself. He absolutely must fight against FMS this time. The first place on the Rank-4 ranking list belonged to him!
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December 5th.
NMAU would fight against SSUST in the morning, while YMS was slated to fight against ZMAU in the afternoon.
Fang Ping went to watch the matches again.
The former was the most titillating battle in the first round. As one of the Eight School Alliance schools and one of the old top ten schools, SSUST would definitely not admit defeat easily just to deliberately save their strength.
NMAU had Wang Jinyang in their ranks, but he was only one person. Under that circumstance, SSUST had a shot in winning.
They had five Rank-4 powerhouses in their team, and the strongest was at upper-stage. This was the source of their confidence.
Wang Jinyang had not battled in recent times, and so his name was at the lower part of the ranking list. This was also something that SSUST would seize on.
Fang Ping was not the only one who came to watch. Many others did, including people from both the winners’ and losers’ brackets. Almost everyone came.
Among the seven martial arts universities, NMAU was the biggest variable.
…
The battle commenced soon after.
Even the number of Grandmasters gathering on the second floor was higher than before.
This battle decided if NMAU could get a seat in the top ten. If they lost or achieved victory with difficulty, there would be little hope.
“Start!”
After the referee’s command, Wang Jinyang’s aura expanded to his limit!
As everyone blinked, confused, his changdao seemed to be enlarged infinitely. A ray of light the color of blood flickered into appearance and descended from the sky!
Bleurgh!
His opponent, the president of SSUST’s Martial Arts Club, an upper-stage Rank-4 powerhouse, almost could not react on time before he was felled with a single hack of his saber. Blood flowed profusely out of his chest and shot out in rivulets!
Bang!
As his blood ran all over, he suffered a huge blow and flew out, only to land heavily on the ground!
Whew!
The air in the room became heavier.
Many looked on, solemn. Wang Jinyang from NMAU was unexpectedly strong!
The upper-stage Rank-4 powerhouse failed to withstand one move and was so heavily injured he could practically say goodbye to this championship.
On the second floor, SSUST’s vice-chancellor looked stern.
They had indeed underestimated Wang Jinyang somewhat. Wang Jinyang had laid a serious blow in order to establish his reputation. He would do that in the following battles too if everything went as expected. If SSUST continued to compete, they would have to leave the competition early.
The second battle proved his inference correct.
After the second starter went onstage and the command was sounded, Wang Jinyang’s changdao, once again, swooped down so swiftly it could not be seen, and his opponent ended up like his predecessor. He fell down under the arena in the same manner, his body covered by blood!
“He’s very strong!”
Fang Ping’s brow furrowed. Wang Jinyang, this mutated martial artist, was indeed much stronger than the average Peak Rank-4 martial artist.
He would not need to see this battle to the end. NMAU would definitely win.
When one was as strong as Wang Jinyang currently was, the number of Rank-4 martial artists against him made no difference––if they were not powerhouses equally strong.
Fang Ping stopped watching when Wang Jinyang felled the third martial artist with one move. There was nothing to see. Their level of skill? That would have to wait until they came across one another to ascertain.
Less than three minutes later.
The referee shouted loudly, “NMAU wins!”
This battle had ended the soonest. Countless people had been making guesses before that. Could NMAU win? Would the battle between the two parties be difficult?
The truth told everyone the answer. A Rank-4 martial artist and another were really not the same.
Total Chapters in book: 442
Estimated words: 1619951 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 8100(@200wpm)___ 6480(@250wpm)___ 5400(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 1619951 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 8100(@200wpm)___ 6480(@250wpm)___ 5400(@300wpm)
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