Starting as an infant, with parents who are blond-haired delinquents?

Zhang Chaoqiang thought that this tall, young principal who looked to be under forty was no ordinary person, given that he could achieve this much with just words.

"From this moment on, you have transformed from ignorant beginners into young people who are truly embarking on the path of martial arts."

The world's apparent peace and stability are actually built upon the blood and flesh of countless predecessors. Every martial artist, from the very beginning of their training, has already shouldered the responsibility of maintaining peace for their country and even the world.

Our predecessors provided us with a peaceful and favorable environment for growth, and we should do the same, striving to grow while giving future generations an equally peaceful world.

"Once you embark on this path, you must be prepared. Tell me, are you afraid of death?"

"Not afraid!"

Tan Yue was also slightly moved.

The only one who didn't respond was probably Zhang Chaoqiang.

He doesn't know what others are like.

But when faced with life and death, how could he dare to be so frivolous?

The mobilization meeting concluded by explaining that the first two weeks are a protection period for freshmen, during which they will be free from challenges and interference from senior students. Once this period ends, they will face a martial arts school life where they must rely on their strength and competence within the established rules.

The students are getting familiar with the school today, and classes will officially begin tomorrow.

After the group dispersed, Zhang Chaoqiang located the library in Block B on the map and headed there with Tan Yue.

Before the mobilization meeting, students had already received their student ID cards. They only needed to have their ID cards identified to enter the open area for students in the high school section of Zone B.

Books are the key that helps him unlock the world; the high school library covers knowledge from all over the world.

Following the administrator's instructions, Zhang Chaoqiang and his companion arrived at the Monster Catalog on the third floor, which contained more detailed information about monsters than the primary school library and the community library.

Ordinary, first-tier, second-tier... sixth-tier... the variety was dazzling. After flipping through it a few times, I didn't even know where to start.

After copying another similar picture of strange birds and beasts, Tan Yue searched for another target.

I asked the librarian on the third floor for help. She was a female teacher who wore glasses. After looking at the picture on the paper of a bird with a long tail that looked like a duck or an eagle, she also fell into deep thought.

In her memory, there were few monsters with such a form, and none that were exactly the same.

Therefore, under the guidance of the administrator, several monsters with similar characteristics were found in the first, third, and fourth tiers. Zhang Chaoqiang shook his head immediately without comparing them.

He then stopped focusing on the library, thanked the librarian, and turned his attention to his new homeroom teacher, Jin Jia.

Coincidentally, the other party also needed to speak with him.

Chapter 72 Details

"Zhang Chaoqiang, you seemed a bit off during the mobilization meeting just now. Is it because you're having trouble adjusting to the high school environment?"

His fingers lightly tapped the pear wood tabletop, his golden-armored gaze gentle and warm.

Zhang Chaoqiang glanced at him and asked, "Teacher Jin, do you recognize what this is? Is it an ordinary bird or a monster?"

He gently patted the only two sheets of paper he had drawn on onto the table, turned them over with his five fingers, and pushed them in front of the man in golden armor.

"Hmm?" Jin Jia pushed his nose, even though he wasn't wearing glasses.

"This is..." He picked up the golden-armored man's eyebrows, which were halfway up his eyes, and examined him from side to side, sometimes bringing the object to his eyes and sometimes squinting at it from a distance.

After a long pause, Zhang Chaoqiang received a helpless shake of his head.

"I don't recall seeing this before. Perhaps you could try asking the librarian on the third floor of the B section of the library for help..."

"I was just on my way back from the library."

"That won't help you. Could you tell me where you saw it?"

Zhang Chaoqiang shook his head: "I can't remember either..."

"Teacher, can I ask you for a favor?"

He took out a pen from his pocket, quickly copied the bird picture, and solemnly handed it to Jin Jia: "Teacher, could you please help me find out what this is?"

Jin Jia accepted it; he had no reason to refuse.

However, he felt that Zhang Chaoqiang was acting strangely, and he wondered if it was really as those students in the elementary school had said...

After receiving Jin Jia's agreement, Zhang Chaoqiang thanked her repeatedly. As he closed the door, he felt as if he were in elementary school.

With this matter constantly on his mind, in the afternoon, Zhu Bobi, along with customers and others, dragged Zhang Chaoqiang and Tan Yue on a so-called "park tour" to familiarize them with the campus environment and buildings.

According to Zhu Bobi, a "tall guy", they came from the key class of the junior high school of Yuhua Martial Arts School. Over the past three years, they have even thoroughly explored the environment of the senior high school.

After taking a look around, Zhang Chaoqiang had become familiar with his new classmates.

Rong Yue is proud and beautiful, but doesn't talk much. Pang Lei is extremely reserved, kind but not necessarily honest. Zhu Bobi is humorous and witty, a chatterbox. The customer is dashing with a touch of cunning.

They also had a general understanding of Zhang Chaoqiang and Tan Yue.

One afternoon, he was always being called "Brother Qiang," "Brother Qiang"...

After making a clear protest, Zhu Bobi changed his name to Superman Strong.

After several attempts, Zhang Chaoqiang finally accepted the nickname "Brother Qiang," or more accurately, he simply couldn't be bothered to care anymore.

Having left the dull elementary school, Zhang Chaoqiang no longer had to be surrounded by children, and his conversations with these teenagers around 15 years old were only slightly more interesting.

"This is the library, and this is the combat gymnasium, where we usually conduct practical combat lessons. Then there's the monster simulation combat system, located in the training building?"

As for martial arts skills? There are three main ways to acquire them.

The first is the library, where each student can borrow one martial arts technique per month. Of course, most of these are common items, so common that it wouldn't be an exaggeration to say they're everywhere.

Secondly, there are school rewards. Completing tasks assigned by the school, going to quell the beast uprising, or completing designated tasks in secret realms can earn you some relatively high-level martial arts skills, which are generally advanced.

Third, kill demonic beasts. Powerful, high-level demonic beasts, especially those with sentience, contain demonic beast cores, which are valuable. Even a first-tier demonic beast core can provide enough life energy to power a 300P energy cannon for two hours of continuous bombardment; each one is worth tens of thousands…

It has to be said that Zhu Bobi, this "big guy," knows a lot. Zhang Chaoqiang looked around and saw that even Tan Yue had a calm expression. Perhaps he was the only real country bumpkin.

He asked, "Big guy, can demon beast cores also provide martial arts techniques?"

Zhu Bobi snapped his fingers in front of him: "Yes, Brother Nie Qiang, some martial artists with extraordinary comprehension abilities can not only improve their blood and life force after absorbing the crystal core of a demon beast, but also, by chance, comprehend the habits and unusual characteristics of that demon beast, thus giving rise to derivative martial arts techniques."

"It sounds a bit like child's play..."

"But it is what it is."

The customer interjected, holding up his finger: "For example, Jin Jia, our homeroom teacher for the next three years, is said to have mastered the famous skill 'Mountain Sealing Seal' by killing a mountain beast in a secret mountain area and absorbing its crystal core."

"Have you ever had such an experience?" Zhang Chaoqiang asked, touching his waist as he spoke.

Rong Yue, Zhu Bobi, and the others exchanged glances and smiled somewhat embarrassedly, "Middle school students aren't allowed to go down into secret realms, so we don't have that experience."

When they looked into Zhang Chaoqiang's eyes, they became even more embarrassed, and said haltingly, "Well, actually, we have quite a few high-level demon beast cores at home, and we've tried to absorb them all, but we've never been able to reach that special state. Aside from slightly replenishing some of our qi and blood, that's about it..."

It's not very useful..."

"Therefore, some of our martial arts skills were taught through school awards, and some were passed down through our families..."

As for God's "Hand of God," that's his self-created martial art. With this move, he truly deserves to be called the strongest in this competition.

However, on the other hand, if we're classifying things by spiritual power, then of course Brother Qiang, you surpass the strongest…”

As soon as he finished speaking, Zhu Bobi was surprised. He staggered back a step and covered his mouth slightly, wondering why he had unconsciously blurted out his true feelings...

Zhu Bobi was startled when the customer placed his palm in front of him, and jumped back to avoid it.

"What are you standing there for? Go eat..."

The customer glanced at him, then followed the group to the cafeteria.

Zhang Chaoqiang saw all of this, his eyes flickering with the light of a thoughtful candle.

Just how powerful is this customer's "Hand of God"? Although the big guy isn't as strong as the customer, he still possesses around 350P of spiritual power.

Why are they so terrified of the "Hand of God"?

Area B cafeteria.

The food in the canteen was just so-so. Zhang Chaoqiang casually grabbed some ordinary dishes and rice, only to fill his stomach. Ordinary monster meat was neither useful to him nor suited his taste, so not many people were willing to eat it.

At the communal dining table, Zhang Chaoqiang glanced at Tan Yue, who was eating with great relish. No matter how delicious the big meals Old Chen usually cooked were, they couldn't compare to a long-awaited meal of wild vegetables.

At dusk, when Old Chen came to pick up the two of them from school, Zhang Chaoqiang noticed that among all the new students in the junior high and senior high school, only the two of them were registered as day students; the rest were living a completely enclosed campus life.

Old Chen seemed a bit distracted today.

Zhang Chaoqiang noticed that Lao Chen, who always wore a matching bow tie, was wearing a color scheme that clashed with his outfit today, and even his vest was a little wrinkled.

When asked, Old Chen replied that for some reason, he tossed and turned all day at noon, feeling as if a heavy stone was weighing on his heart, and was so worried that he couldn't get a good night's sleep.

[Angry Eyes]: Observing details of changes in daily life 2/100

He achieved a remarkable growth goal.

Chapter 73 The Beginning

He could more or less sense that the next level of anger was likely to cause actual harm.

On the way home, the diligent Tan Yue practiced hard in the car. Her Qi Technique had improved a lot thanks to Zhang Chaoqiang's exchanges with her over the past few days, and it was only a matter of time before she could fully master it.

But today's progress seems a bit slow. When guiding the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, Zhang Chaoqiang could feel a sense of awkwardness around the other party.

He asked: "What's wrong?"

Tan Yue shook her head, looking somewhat dejected: "I'm encountering some obstacles in my cultivation technique. I feel a bit sluggish in both body and mind today."

This wasn't the first time she'd experienced this; during the two months of summer vacation, part of the time had been spent slowing down her cultivation progress due to physical sluggishness.

Angry Gaze +1

On the first day of school, Zhang Huolong and Shen Qiangwei originally wanted to invite Lao Chen Tan Yue to stay for dinner, but since the other party was not in good condition, they did not insist.

Shen Qiangwei has become smarter. She doesn't cook herself, nor does she want Zhang Chaoqiang to cook, so she chooses to order takeout, which is a luxury, as she used to think.

Although business was slow when the store first opened, it wasn't short of money, so an occasional indulgence was understandable.

At the dinner table, Mom and Dad said with some worry, "Chaoqiang, we thought the school teachers had already discussed it with you and you had agreed. We didn't expect you to not know?"

Yeah, he didn't say anything, how would he know?

After a conversation, his parents expressed concern that he would not be able to adapt to high school life.

This isn't because I'm worried he won't be able to keep up with the lessons, but because while skipping grades might seem impressive, it actually deprives him of the opportunity to interact and live with his peers, both practically and intellectually.