The Fourth Calamity: People in High Martial Arts, Gods in Games

Chapter 125 A pawn crossing the river becomes a chariot

City of Light, Urban Martial Arts Association.

As the extended luxury limousine pulled up in front of the association, Lin Qicai stepped out and immediately felt the intense energy in the air wash over him, a level of energy completely unlike anything he'd experienced in the suburbs.

However, compared to the intense energy in the city, the Martial Arts Association is undoubtedly more eye-catching.

The entire Martial Arts Association was so tall that it seemed to stretch endlessly, occupying more than ten times the size of the Obsidian Martial Arts Hall. Flying cars could be seen shuttling through or parking inside the Martial Arts Association building from time to time. The main gate of the Martial Arts Association was more than twenty meters high, making the giants who were over three meters tall appear like tiny ants when they came and went.

At the entrance of the Martial Arts Association, Lin Qi could easily spot dozens of martial artists just by casually sensing their presence, and they all looked quite young, generally in their twenties.

"Are there really so many young martial artists in the city?" Lin Qi was also surprised as he looked at the young martial artists chatting at the gate.

In the suburbs of the City of Light, seeing a martial artist is as rare as seeing a beautiful woman in a bikini strolling down the street.

In his memory, martial artists had always been rare in the City of Light. Even in the urban areas where the energy was more concentrated, there wouldn't be this many, especially since these martial artists were so young.

Xia Ling, who got off the car, glanced at the crowd and smiled slightly. "Master Lin, you've misunderstood. The martial arts genius camp in Chasing Light City is about to start recruiting soon, so many martial artists under the age of 25 have come to the Martial Arts Association to recertify."

"Can a martial artist's identity be verified many times?" Lin Qi asked curiously.

According to his understanding, the Martial Arts Association certification only needs to be obtained once, since the Martial Arts Association is a very loose organization that usually only serves martial artists.

It provides martial artists with wilderness hunting commissions, information on teaming up with other martial artists, and various commission tasks issued by the city, somewhat like the Adventurers' Guild in the game.

When a martial artist registers and gets certified, it's equivalent to becoming an adventurer.

"The confirmation of a martial artist's identity is only done once, but a martial artist's potential and level can be recertified multiple times," Xia Ling explained. "The Martial Artist Association is open to all martial artists, but martial artists' potential and strength are also divided into different levels. Therefore, the association will give more privileges and benefits to those martial artists with higher potential and stronger strength."

"These martial artists under the age of 25 come here for recertification, mostly to reassess their potential. Although the Genius Training Camp claims that martial artists under the age of 25 can sign up for the assessment, there are too many young martial artists signing up for the Genius Training Camp. After all, it only recruits once every three years, but only one hundred people can enter."

"To save time, the genius training camp now has an unspoken rule: anyone who is not a martial artist and has the potential to reach the top level will be eliminated in the first round."

Xia Ling spoke of the genius training camp, her beautiful eyes filled with longing.

For the children of gang families living in the suburbs, becoming a martial artist is already very difficult, and even participating in the Five Cities Grand Tournament, which is below the level of a martial artist, is extremely strenuous.

The Genius Training Camp is only open to martial artists under the age of 25. Even those who are not very good at martial arts are not qualified to apply. It is something that women from gangs and families in the suburbs would never even dare to dream of.

"A young man with top-notch martial arts potential?" Lin Qi was also somewhat shocked after hearing this.

He knew a little about the Martial Arts Genius Camp and the potential evaluation of martial artists from his smartwatch and his daily interactions with Qin Mu and other local residents, but he didn't expect the Martial Arts Genius Camp to be so powerful, requiring only martial artists with top potential right from the start, and this was only the first round.

The Martial Arts Association generally assesses a martial artist's potential based on age and Qi and Blood levels.

Different levels of potential result in slightly different privileges within the Martial Arts Association. For example, martial artists with top-tier potential can live in the Martial Arts Association for free, and their status is equivalent to that of ordinary members who have fully joined the Martial Arts Association.

Martial artists with exceptional potential can rent training rooms at a 20% discount within the Martial Artists Association, and their status is equivalent to that of a senior member who has fully joined the Martial Artists Association.

Martial artists with exceptional potential can not only enjoy a 40% discount when renting training rooms at the Martial Artists Association, but also purchase a certain amount of martial artist training resources through the association's internal channels, making them equivalent to deacons who have fully joined the association.

Therefore, anyone who becomes a martial artist will come to the Martial Artist Association to register and take the martial artist assessment in order to obtain some martial artist resources.

For a normal beginner martial artist under 30 years old, the standard blood and qi value is 100-120 units.

Thirty years old is the peak of Qi and blood. As one gets older, if one does not improve, Qi and blood will continue to decline, and the path to becoming a martial artist will become increasingly difficult. Therefore, the Martial Artists Association uses age and Qi and blood value to evaluate a martial artist's potential.

Those under 30 years old with a Qi and Blood value below 120 units are considered to have ordinary potential, which is also the most common among martial artists.

A potential of 120 to 140 units is considered medium. These individuals, as long as they cultivate intermediate-level martial artist training methods, can reach this range in terms of health and vitality after becoming martial artists. Therefore, their potential is only medium, not much different from those martial artists who can only cultivate beginner-level martial artist training methods.

A potential of 140 to 150 units is considered superior, which can be seen as a watershed moment for martial artists. Generally, it is not enough to simply master the intermediate martial artist training method; talent is also required, or one must learn the extremely difficult advanced martial artist training method, or an intermediate secret technique.

A potential of 150 to 160 units is considered excellent, and normally requires training in advanced martial arts techniques.

Those with 160 units or more are considered to have exceptional potential. This level of Qi and Blood is beyond what can be achieved by learning advanced martial arts training methods, and thus they are often referred to as genius martial artists by many people from various races.

The current martial arts genius camp has eliminated those who were only learning intermediate-level martial arts training methods right from the start, making the competition exceptionally fierce.

"Master Lin, let's go inside. All the procedures have been arranged; you just need to take the exam," Xia Ling explained to Lin Qi. "However, there are quite a few people here for recertification today, so we'll probably have to wait a bit."

"It's alright, I'll take a look too." Lin Qi smiled, also quite curious about the situation of martial artists in the city.

However, just as Xia Ling led Lin Qi to the lobby of the Martial Arts Association, Lin Qi happened to see an acquaintance walking from the lobby toward the Martial Arts Assessment Room.

Feng Lin, the deacon of the Martial Arts Association!

At the same time Lin Qi noticed Feng Lin, Feng Lin also noticed Lin Qi, and his brows furrowed slightly.

"What are you doing here, kid?" Feng Gelin looked at Lin Qi following behind Xia Ling and asked in surprise.

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In his memory, Lin Qi must have had some incredible luck to have his Obsidian Martial Arts School become the 42nd ranked gang in the wild. However, in his eyes, it was still just an ant. If it weren't for his association mission, the two sides would never have crossed paths.

It's hard to imagine that a small gang leader living in the abandoned area could actually come to the Martial Arts Association.

"Lord Feng Lin, it's been a long time." Lin Qi looked at Feng Lin, his words calm yet tinged with a smile. "I came to the Martial Arts Association, of course, because I've become a martial artist. Otherwise, what would I be doing here?"

He remembered what happened to Von Gelin.

Despite having no grudge against him, he was immediately assigned a transport mission with a high chance of certain death. He never expected to see him again so soon.

Now that everyone is a martial artist, as long as they don't leave the city, according to the ironclad rule of the City of Light, martial artists within the city are not allowed to fight each other, so he is no longer afraid of Feng Gelin.

"A martial artist? You've become a martial artist?" Feng Gelin looked at Lin Qi with disbelief, but after carefully sensing the qi and blood in Lin Qi's body, he noticed a faint mist-like aura of blood qi that was indeed beyond the reach of those below the level of a martial artist. He then revealed a hint of disdain, "For an unknown nobody like you to become a martial artist so quickly, you do have some skill. However, becoming a martial artist is only the starting point of the martial artist's path. There is still a long way to go. Young people like you should learn to be more humble and not become arrogant and complacent because of this achievement."

"Hearing what Lord Fenglin said reminds me of an old saying from my hometown," Lin Qi said with a nonchalant smile, "A pawn that has crossed the river becomes a chariot. I hope this saying will be of some help to Lord Fenglin."

"Fine! I'd like to see how far a young man like you can go." Feng Gelin said with disdain, then turned and left, following the other stewards into the martial arts assessment room.

Xia Ling only breathed a sigh of relief after Feng Gelin left.

"Master Lin, do you have a grudge against Lord Feng Lin?" Xia Ling couldn't help but ask.

Watching Lin Qi and Feng Gelin's conversation, even a fool would understand that the two were at odds. As a deacon of the Martial Arts Association, Feng Gelin held such a high position that even the major gangs in the suburbs had to be mindful of his behavior. After all, any deacon of the Martial Arts Association was a high-level martial artist at the limit, not far from breaking through to that level.

"No." Lin Qi shook his head.

"That's alright." Xia Ling nodded slightly, as if a huge weight had been lifted off her shoulders.

"He has a grudge against me!" Lin Qi said calmly. "The martial arts assessment has begun, and I'm going in."

After saying that, Lin Qi followed a group of young martial artists and walked directly into the martial arts assessment room, leaving Xia Ling standing there in a daze in the corridor.

(End of this chapter)