Gao Wu: From Martial Arts Student to Star Emperor

Chapter 624 The First Reward

After leaving the martial arts competition venue at the central campus, Shen Jiuxi left directly.

Seeing Shen Jiuxi's departing figure, Huang Yuxi asked, "Chen Lie, how did you come to have a grudge against Shen Jiuxi?"

Shen Jiuxi was someone the Shen family had high hopes for and was being groomed as their successor. The Shen family was a top-tier noble family on Canglong Star.

Making an enemy of her will only bring you harm; avoid it unless absolutely necessary.

Chen Lie said, "I know all that, teaching assistant, you don't need to worry."

Huang Yuxi nodded slightly.

Inside the arena, the heads of the three major departments of Starry Sky University walked together.

The head of the Kendo Department said, "Director Yan, this Chen Lie is a student in your Martial Arts Department. Even if it's due to his special physique, he still possesses such formidable combat power and deserves proper training. Don't you want to keep him by your side and observe him further?"

Yan Zhiyun said indifferently, "Forget it, I have limited time. I already have juniors and disciples to take care of, so I can't worry about so many things."

"I wonder if Chen Lie can maintain his fighting strength. Speaking of which, he is the first freshman from a non-Ten Star Alliance planet to win the Starry Sky University Freshman Martial Arts Competition."

The winner was actually someone from a peripheral planet.

Yan Zhiyun had already anticipated that Chen Lie would shine in this freshman martial arts competition. After all, someone who could rank among the top 1,000 in the three major star regions was bound to stand out among the freshmen of Starry Sky University.

But Chen Lie won first place in the entire school, which was something she hadn't expected.

The possibility of her bringing her disciple and nephew together is becoming increasingly slim.

Or else—let's just forget about it!

On the other side, after returning, Zhang Wenwu, the director of the Blue Star resident school working group, immediately replied to the Blue Star Political Council's exclusive channel via interstellar communication.

As soon as the call was connected, the communications specialist's voice came through.

"Is this Director Zhang Wenwu of the working group stationed at Xingkong University?"

I've already reported your message, but they're asking what it means?

"Someone on our Blue Star has won first place in the annual freshman martial arts competition at Starry Sky University. You should report this to the governor, President Wang of the Martial Arts Association, and others as soon as they arrive. I will give a detailed report after they arrive."

"Okay, I'll report it right away."

Zhang Wenwu hung up the call and paced back and forth in the working group's office.

At this moment, Zhang Wenwu was filled with excitement.

In the annual martial arts competition for freshmen at Starry Sky University, those who can achieve a top-ten ranking in the entire department's martial arts competition are the exclusive rankings of geniuses from the Ten Star Alliance planets. Even if occasionally a planet outside the Ten Star Alliance squeezes in, it is a major star in the middle star region with a flourishing martial arts level.

The idea of ​​a human from a peripheral planet overpowering ten top geniuses and forcefully seizing first place in the entire school seems like a fantasy to outsiders.

Now, something that seemed like a pipe dream has been accomplished by someone.

The fact that someone from Blue Star has won first place in the Starry Sky University's annual freshman martial arts competition is a great honor for Blue Star.

In just half a year, Chen Lie has achieved so much. When he graduates from Starry Sky University, won't he become a martial arts master?

While feeling excited, Zhang Wenwu was also a little worried. This time, Blue Star was completely unprepared. The fact that no representative was sent meant that Chen Lie missed the opportunity to go up to the interstellar platform. Although it was an unintentional mistake by Blue Star, it was hard to guarantee that Chen Lie wouldn't harbor resentment.

A short while later, the message from Blue Star came back.

Zhang Wenwu received the message, and a deep, steady voice rang out.

"Director Zhang, I am Lei Jinglong from Blue Star University. The planetary governor and Chairman Wang of the Martial Arts Association are with me now."

You just sent a message saying that someone from Blue Star won first place in the Starry Sky University's freshman martial arts competition. Is that true?

"It's President Lei Jinglong of Starry Sky University!"

As the president of Starry Sky University, Lei Jinglong is also a member of the Blue Star Political Council, in charge of matters related to Blue Star and Starry Sky University. Therefore, Zhang Wenwu was not surprised at all that Lei Jinglong answered the message.

"Reporting to Principal Lei, it's true!"

Among the freshmen from our Blue Star 7366 class who entered Starry Sky University, Chen Lie from Dongchuan Province, who ranked first on both the Qi and Blood Ranking and the Divine Sense Master Ranking, defeated several genius freshmen from the Ten Star Alliance planets in succession in this Starry Sky University Freshman Martial Arts Competition, winning first place in the entire Martial Arts Department.

Subsequently, in the three-department martial arts competition of the three major martial arts departments of Starry Sky University, he successively defeated Luo Yunshang, the number one in the mental power department from Aurora Star, and Shao Lin, the number one in the swordsmanship department from Canglong Star, and won the championship of the martial arts competition.

He became the first person from outside the Ten Star Alliance planet to win the Freshman Martial Arts Competition in the more than 1,000-year history of Starry Sky University.

Furthermore, it secured a dazzling gold-level martial seal medal for Blue Star. With this medal, Blue Star's star currency can be used to offset 30 million star coins to purchase shared resources in the Azure Sky Star Region!

"What?"

On the other end of the communication, several high-ranking officials from Earth were shocked.

Every year, Earth relies on exporting a large amount of its own resources to extraterrestrial entities in order to import resources from outer space that are worth less than 20 million galactic coins.

This means that with the Martial Seal Medal, Blue Star can easily acquire an additional 30 million Galactic Coins worth of extraterrestrial resources.

As for using Blue Star currency for offsetting, in the eyes of extraterrestrials, Blue Star currency is just worthless paper. The government can issue more at any time, and they can give them as much as they want.

The inflow of our planet's currency into extraterrestrial sources is actually a good thing for Earth.

At this moment, another voice rang out: "Director Zhang Wenwu, I am the Blue Star Planet Governor. Please tell us in detail how Chen Lie won first place among the freshmen of Starry Sky University."

"Yes, Consul!"

Zhang Wenwu explained everything he knew in detail.

After listening to Zhang Wenwu's explanation, several high-ranking officials from Blue Star nodded in agreement.

Lei Jinglong spoke first: "Unexpectedly—even after entering Starry Sky University, Chen Lie still stands out from the crowd and takes the lead—"

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"Blue Star has produced a top-tier martial arts genius at the star domain level. What a blessing for the planet!" said Wang Shouye, president of the Blue Star Martial Arts Association.

"Distinguished leaders, I have one more thing to say."

Having worked at Starry Sky University for many years, I know how significant it is to win first place in the Freshman Martial Arts Competition. Even planets from the Ten Star Alliance would send representatives to offer their congratulations.

The winner of the Freshman Martial Arts Competition can use the interstellar platform set up by the Holy Envoy Hall to communicate with the younger generation of all planets in the Central Star Region, showcasing the extraordinary martial arts skills of the freshman champion.

The Ten Star Alliance planets are home to many geniuses who have no shortage of martial arts resources. These people compete for the title of number one, all for this immense glory.

Since our Blue Star was unable to send a representative, Chen Lie unfortunately missed this opportunity, which makes it seem like our Blue Star doesn't value geniuses.

Even a top-tier star would never do something so disheartening to the geniuses of this planet.

Lei Jinglong's voice came through: "Then that's where you're wrong. We're far away on Earth, unable to reach you effectively. Why didn't your school-based working group notify us in advance?"

"This—I didn't know Chen Lie had improved so much. If the staff from Starry Sky University who were hosting the martial arts competition hadn't informed me that someone from Blue Star had made it into the top ten of the martial arts department's competition, I would still be completely in the dark!" Zhang Wenwu said.

The governor's voice came through: "Director Zhang, you must be careful to comfort Chen Lie; we must not let this meritorious student feel disheartened!"

"I see!"

Wang Shou, president of the Blue Star Martial Arts Association, asked, "What realm is Chen Lie at now? How could he defeat geniuses from the Ten Star Alliance planets one after another and win first place in the Freshman Martial Arts Competition?"

"If I'm not mistaken, Chen Lie's current strength is no less than that of a peak fourth-order Qi Gathering Realm martial artist, and he's even a fourth-order martial artist who has opened the Heaven and Earth Apertures during the Qi and Blood stage!" Zhang Wenwu said.

"How could Chen Lie have made such great progress in less than six months?"

Wang Shou was also surprised. No wonder he was able to win first place among the freshmen in the Starry Sky University Martial Arts Competition. It turned out that Chen Lie's strength had reached this level.

They were in no way inferior to the most outstanding geniuses who entered Star University in 7365 of the Galactic Calendar on Earth.

"Wait a minute, with this kind of strength, wouldn't they be able to participate in the interstellar alliance war within the Four Star Regions?" Lei Jinglong suddenly said.

"Peak of the fourth-order Qi Gathering Realm, that's good enough!" said Wang Shouye, president of the Blue Star Martial Arts Association.

"The struggle for command of the interstellar alliance in the four star regions is called a struggle for command, but it is obvious to anyone with eyes that whoever wins this interstellar alliance will be the chief and leader of the twenty-eight major planets in the four star regions of the east, west, south and north!"

Chen Lie is capable of defeating geniuses from the Ten Star Alliance planets, and he will most likely play a decisive role in this battle between the four star regions.

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"Director Zhang, please go find Chen Lie immediately, convey our apologies, and then request that he return to Blue Star to help Blue Star fight against the three star regions and seize command of the interstellar coalition!"

"Yes! I understand!"

Zhang Wenwu quickly replied.

Meanwhile, Chen Lie returned to the Tian'er Campus.

The freshmen martial arts competition lasted for two days. When Chen Lie returned to the Tian'er campus, it was already very late.

Chen Lie did not go to rest because he had just broken through to the mid-stage of the Qi Refining Realm today, and it was a breakthrough on the eve of battle. He needed to stabilize his realm in time, so he did not go back to the dormitory, but went directly to the cultivation room.

Chen Lie found a private cultivation room, closed the door, and sat down cross-legged in the middle of the room.

He took out tens of thousands of jin of Yuan Stones and began to cultivate using the "Primordial Chaos Qi Gong".

As his true energy circulated, Chen Lie began to continuously refine the elemental stones.

Chen Lie's "Primordial Chaos Qi Gong" has ten levels, corresponding to the ten stages of True Qi. As long as he can cultivate "Primordial Chaos Qi Gong" to perfection, every realm of True Qi will be incredibly solid for Chen Lie.

He is currently at the mid-stage of the Qi Refining Realm, but his Hunyuan Wuji Qi Gong is still at the early stage of the second level.

Chen Lie rapidly circulated the "Primordial Chaos Qi Gong," and the Yuan Stone next to the cultivation platform was quickly refined by him.

The night passed quickly, and Chen Lie had used up all the Yuan Stones he had taken out.

At this moment, his dantian and dantian trembled violently, and his true qi flowed more smoothly through the eight extraordinary meridians. The Hunyuan Wuji Qigong had clearly broken through from the early stage of the second level to the middle stage.

The breakthrough in Qigong techniques allowed Chen Lie's true Qi to improve once again.

Chen Lie used his divine sense to look inward and discovered this change in himself.

"I've reached the mid-stage of the Qi Refining Realm, and the Martial Arts Competition is over. It's time to return to Blue Star to retrieve the Innate Five Elements Divine Meridian and cultivate the Five Elements True Qi!"

After cultivating the Five Elements True Qi, Chen Lie's combat power will reach a new level. If he were to enter the "Five Qi Converging to the Origin Realm", Chen Lie estimated that he would be able to reach the threshold of the Hidden Dragon Ranking.

Chen Lie put the remaining Yuan Stones back into his storage bag and calculated the number of Yuan Stones remaining in the bag.

There are 20,000 catties of each of the five elements of metal, wood, water, fire, and earth, and 13,000 catties of each of the yin and yang elements. The ordinary elements are less than 100,000 catties.

This means that Chen Lie has already consumed nearly 150,000 jin of Yuan Stones at the second-tier Qi Refining Realm.

"I will be able to use the Five Elements Stones once I return to Blue Star and retrieve the Innate Five Elements Divine Vein."

These less than 100,000 catties of ordinary spirit stones are definitely not enough for me to cultivate to the late stage of the Qi Refining Realm.

It seems that once I return from Blue Star, I'll need to contact the Princess of Jin on Changxia Star to exchange another batch of spirit stones!

At the peak of the Qi and Blood stage, Chen Lie, who cultivates the "Primordial Limitless Qi Gong," consumes a terrifying amount of martial arts resources.

Where does his formidable combat power come from? Aside from his cultivation techniques and foundation, the enormous consumption of resources is also a major reason.

After stabilizing his cultivation level, Chen Lie left the training room.

Just as he stepped out of the cultivation room, Chen Lie suddenly encountered Hou Yutan, Qiao Xuanxi, and Nie Chengchong Yuxing.

Upon seeing Chen Lie, Hou Yutan quickly stepped forward and said, "Brother Chen, congratulations! I never expected you to win first place in the freshman martial arts competition!"

"Well, the original plan was to only win the top ten in the martial arts competition, but I didn't expect the opponents to be so weak, and I accidentally got first place."

"Chen Liedao."

"No, are those opponents really that weak? Judging from their performances on the stage, they're all clearly very strong!" Nie Cheng couldn't help but say.

"Outwardly strong but inwardly weak; they look powerful, but when it comes to actual combat, they're just average."

"Oh? Is that really so?"

Hou Yutan and Nie Cheng stroked their chins, looking thoughtful.

Qiao Xuanxi looked at Hou Yutan and Nie Cheng with an expression as if they were idiots. No one would believe such nonsense, yet these two fools were actually thinking about it seriously.

She looked at Chen Lie, took a deep breath, and said, "Don't try to fool me. Please answer honestly."

We all joined Starry Sky University at the same time and became martial artists at the same time, so why are you so much stronger than us?

"In terms of talent, I admit you're better than all of us, but there shouldn't be such a huge gap."

Chen Lie was taken aback. When he first met Qiao Xuanxi, he could tell that she was strong-willed and unwilling to admit defeat, even in words.

The fact that she asked that question shows that she genuinely felt inferior to Chen Lie.

"I cultivate the Origin Heaven Gathering Qi True Scripture and have teaching assistants to guide me, so my combat strength is slightly stronger than yours at the same level, but my cultivation level is not much higher than yours."

"Is that really true?"

Qiao Xuanxi felt that something didn't make sense.

"So, this is the power of your Saint-level cultivation technique called 'Origin Heaven Gathering Qi True Scripture'?" Hou Yutan couldn't help but ask.

He said, "Saint-level cultivation techniques are indeed powerful! But few people dare to cultivate an incomplete one."

Chen Lie did not deny this.

"Brother Chen, we plan to go to the Martial Intent Cave to comprehend the true meaning of martial arts. Would you like to come along?" Hou Yutan asked.

"No, I have something to do!"

Chen Lie wanted to go to the courtyard of the True Essence Elder to see if the medicinal fields needed tending, so he declined Hou Yutan's offer.

"Oh well!"

After bidding farewell to Chong Yuxing and the other two, Chen Lie was about to head to the mountain forest courtyard of the Tian Er Campus when his communication bracelet suddenly received a message.

Huang Yuxi: Come to your mentor's office to collect your reward for winning first place in the martial arts competition.

Chen Lie immediately replied, "Coming right away!"

He abandoned his plan to visit the old man's courtyard in the mountains and instead headed to the instructor's office for the 17th Martial Arts Class.

Soon, Chen Lie arrived at his mentor's office.

He knocked on the office door and only went in after hearing a "Come in."

Upon entering the office, Chen Lie saw his mentor Huang Zongcheng and teaching assistant Huang Yuxi both inside.

Chen Lie stepped forward and greeted them, "Mentor, Teaching Assistant!"

Huang Zongcheng nodded: "Chen Lie, I didn't expect you to win the championship in the freshman martial arts competition. It seems that your strength is beyond my imagination."

"You flatter me, mentor!"

"I don't mean any flattery. The winner of the Freshman Martial Arts Competition has always been a top-twenty contender on the Hidden Dragon Ranking. I hope you work hard and reach that level as soon as possible."

"Alright, enough said. Now let's talk about your reward for winning the championship."

The top student in the entire school receives five awards: two million academic credits, five uses of the Zero Martial Intent Cave/Divine Intent Cave, a high-grade Earth-level martial arts technique, one choice of innate spiritual object/spiritual power treasure, and a piece of Five Elements Divine Iron.

Two million credits have been automatically credited to your Star Card, and you have also been automatically granted access to the Zero Martial Intent Cave and Divine Intent Cave five times. The Starry Sky University's Super Brain has also been automatically allocated to you. You can use them by showing your Star Card.

I've also brought you the Five Elements Divine Iron; it's a rare and invaluable material for forging magical artifacts.

As he spoke, Huang Zongcheng took out a piece of iron stone that was shimmering with five-colored light and gave it to Chen Lie.

Chen Lie accepted the Five Elements Divine Iron. The Five Elements Divine Iron wasn't very large, but the moment Chen Lie took it, he felt that it weighed at least hundreds of thousands of kilograms, which meant that the quality of the Five Elements Divine Iron had reached an unbelievable level.

He immediately put the Five Elements Divine Iron into his storage bag.

"The top freshman will receive two additional rewards: a high-grade Earth-level martial skill and a choice between a spiritual treasure or an innate spiritual jade."

"Do you prefer a spiritual treasure or an innate spiritual object?" Huang Zongcheng asked.

Chen Lie immediately said, "I want to choose a spiritual treasure!"

Chen Lie possessed all five elements of innate spiritual objects, and he did need yin-yang spiritual objects, but he knew that the yin-yang spiritual objects awarded by Starry Sky University would definitely not meet his needs, so Chen Lie decisively chose spiritual power treasures.

"If you choose a martial arts innate spiritual item, you can pick one at any time."

However, if you want a spiritual treasure, it's better to wait until the end of the month.

Every three months, Starry Sky University orders a batch of spiritual energy treasures from Aurora Star. At the end of the month, a new batch of spiritual energy treasures will arrive at Starry Sky University; by then, the selection will be more complete, and you can choose whatever you like.

"Then I'll wait until the end of the month!" Chen Lie said.

"Yes, with your Star Card, you can go to the Starry Sky University's Administrative Resources Department at any time to collect your reward."

You can now choose from high-grade Earth-level martial arts techniques!

Chen Lie responded. He wasn't in a hurry to learn a low-grade martial skill; it would definitely be very difficult to master. If possible, he could...

I've found someone to resell it.