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Chapter 154 Strange Tales of Martial Arts: Everyone in the Great Xia Dynasty Knows Martial Arts!

Bai Hui's personal test data did not spread widely.

Firstly, regarding the channels through which rumors spread, the long-tongued parrots were already under Baihui's control.

Secondly, the school administration seemed to have some plans as well. Although they did not explain the details to Bai Hui, they did give him a brief indication, so Bai Hui would eventually get something out of it.

Then it's alright.

Jiang Tianling, the senior high school director, remained silent throughout the entire process, showing only a hint of shock on his face, but nothing else.

But Liu Shuyan found Bai Hui and said, "You better watch out lately."

"What's wrong, Teacher Liu?" Bai Hui asked, puzzled.

Liu Shuyan gestured with his lip in the direction Jiang Tianling had left and said, "Director Jiang might target you a little—or his son might cause you trouble during the final exams."

Bai Hui pondered, "Is it because he used his martial arts meridian to get his son access to better educational resources, getting him into a private high school, yet he still couldn't compare to me?"

"You've got a pretty good eye, kid."

Liu Shuyan patted Bai Hui on the shoulder and said, "Although Lao Li and I have never cultivated to the Martial Vein Realm, we know how important the Martial Vein is to a martial artist."

He was willing to sell his martial arts lineage; putting everything else aside, his heart must have changed.

Seeing how outstanding you are, it's inevitable that I'll resort to some underhanded tactics—

Bai Hui thought for a moment: "Won't the school do anything about it?"

"Manage?" Li Bin joined the conversation, giving a wry smile. "He might have changed his mind, but he's not stupid. If he really disregards professional ethics, the principal will be the first to punish him."

But the fact that he can still be the head of the senior high school class speaks volumes.

So if he tries to trip you up within the rules, there's really nothing we can do about it.

You can only accept it.

Liu Shuyan picked up the thread and continued, "Old Li is right. If you can't handle it, it only means you're not capable enough. No one can blame him."

Therefore, we can only remind you to be extra careful recently.

Bai Hui nodded.

After thinking for a moment, Bai Hui added, "By the way, Teacher Li, if I make money in the future and buy you a martial vein, will you be able to become a martial artist at the Martial Vein Realm?"

"Ah? In that case, it can only be considered a pseudo-Martial Vein Realm. But if there is a true Martial Vein certification, it is possible to continue my path of martial arts."

But—hahaha, good lad, it's good that you have the heart. If you really had that much money, you'd be better off spending it on yourself than on a loser like me!

Li Bin looked very happy and laughed, "A martial vein is equivalent to a martial artist's future. It's not cheap; it's probably more expensive than your three dream artifacts combined."

Bai Hui was somewhat puzzled: "Aren't dream artifacts supposed to be formed after the death of a martial artist who is at least at the Fusion God Realm? How come their price is lower than that of a martial artist at the Martial Vein Realm?"

"That's because—" Liu Shuyan explained, "The Dream Artifact has reached its end, but the Martial Vein still has a future—just like what Old Li just said, if there is a Martial Vein to help prove the Martial Way, then this path can be walked a little easier."

Although that would make one's martial arts style full of other people's shadows, it is still the Martial Meridian Realm after all!

It can be said that as long as this thing is not used as a consumable, it can allow a family, or even a clan, to continuously produce martial artists at the Martial Meridian Realm!

While not comparable to a proper Martial Meridian Realm martial artist, it still represents a family's foundation—a family like this could even take their house and go to the ends of the earth to find a region and develop independently!

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Upon hearing this, Bai Hui exclaimed in astonishment, "This feels... a bit like the immortal races in some novels, like Qi Refining Immortals or Foundation Establishment Immortals—"

"Hmm? When did you go online?" Li Bin frowned slightly and lectured, "It's best for you to avoid that kind of thing for now. Although you're already good enough to spot a lot of temptations and scams, it's still better to avoid it for the time being."

In addition, the so-called immortal clan you mentioned—the martial lineage family—is indeed quite similar. It is even said that the earliest martial lineage families were inspired by certain so-called immortal clans in the Desolate Land, and they established their own territories and developed there.

"There really are immortals?" Bai Hui exclaimed in surprise. "I mean—there really are cultivators?"

"Yes, of course we have it," Liu Shuyan said. "You can find anything in the End of Time."

"Then why don't we cultivate immortality, but instead practice martial arts?"

"Cultivating immortality? Are you courting death? That thing can awaken spiritual consciousness as soon as it starts cultivating," making it many times more dangerous than ordinary people!

Moving mountains and filling seas, shrinking the earth to an inch—these are things cultivators can easily do!

However, they cultivate their character but not their destiny; their excessively powerful spirit only makes the strange tales spawned by cultivators even more terrifying.

Besides, do you think martial arts are easy to cultivate?

Bai Hui thought for a moment and said, "It's alright."

He is mostly in a state of "simple lines," fearless and not feeling much pain.

Liu Shuyan: "—In short, cultivating immortality is very dangerous, not only because of the destruction they can cause, but also because of their excessively strong spirit."

However, powerful abilities are always something people yearn for and aspire to, which is why the practice of cultivating immortality has been repeatedly banned but never stopped, and has even long since evolved into a kind of supernatural tale.

The third eye between your eyebrows, did it grow from eating the "Three-Eyed Five-Manifestation Fungus"?

This thing is actually one of the supernatural tales of immortals and ghosts —

All we can do is control it as much as possible.

"How do you manage it?" Bai Hui asked curiously.

"You've already been reading novels, haven't you? Controlling these kinds of supernatural tales isn't difficult. Just add a clause to their underlying logic: those without spiritual roots cannot cultivate immortality."

Bai Hui: "???"

Li Bindao picked up the thread and said, "This method was indeed effective in curbing the emergence of cultivators at first, and it is even said that it once led cultivators into the so-called 'end of Dharma,' and the path to immortality was almost cut off."

Because they couldn't find the "spiritual root" at that time. After all, if we convert it to our martial arts realm, to condense something similar to the "spiritual root", one would have to reach the Martial Vein Realm at least.

Once a martial artist reaches the Martial Vein Realm, it signifies that their martial will is extremely firm and virtually unshakable by any understanding of immortality.

In theory, cultivators should have disappeared long ago.

But unexpectedly, those cultivators eventually found spiritual roots. They regarded spiritual roots as something innate and used some absurd rituals to make themselves possess spiritual roots.

However, their cultivation aptitude was also predetermined, and with the development of technology, the paths of immortality and martial arts began to clash and compete with each other, resulting in a period of chaos.

Currently, the two sides are keeping to themselves, occasionally cooperating, but there are basically no cultivators left in the modern urban area.

It can be considered that it's barely under control.

Bai Hui grew increasingly curious: "So, what exactly is a spiritual root—?"

"He was instilled with knowledge of cultivation from a young age, and developed a deformed appendix at the age of six."

Bai Hui: "————"

Why do I have this inexplicable feeling that it was expected?

"etc!"

Bai Hui suddenly realized something was wrong: "If cultivating immortality is a supernatural tale, then wouldn't martial arts also be—"

Liu Shuyan grinned: "Yes, everyone in the Great Xia knows martial arts." Chinese kung fu—it can indeed be considered a kind of ghost story, and a collective meme-like ghost story at that.

Bai Hui opened his mouth, then breathed a sigh of relief.

He thought to himself, "That's good. It seems that I really have a good grasp of strange principles."