Immortal Martial Saint, something's wrong with my entry.

New author, new book. Welcome all readers.

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Upon hearing footsteps, Li Youan immediately stopped, drew his bone whip with his right hand, and stared intently at the forest ahead.

He took a deep breath, feeling his heart beat faster and faster, his palms sweating slightly, and his thumb rubbing against a joint of the bone whip.

Step, step, step.

Three people emerged from the shadows of the woods. The one in the lead was a man who, despite his air of nobility, was actually a dissolute slicker-haired, powdered-faced fellow.

"Kid, we'll take these few moonflower plants from Young Master Ping. When we get to the front-line base, if anything happens, just mention Young Master Ping's name, and he'll take care of everything."

The slick-haired, powdered-faced man called Young Master Ping didn't speak; instead, it was one of his henchmen who was shouting.

Looking at the three arrogant spoiled brats in front of him, Li Youan thought to himself, "This is too old-fashioned, and their words are too fake. They can solve anything."

"The treasures of heaven and earth are inherently ownerless, so naturally everyone who sees them has a share. I only want one, and the rest are all yours."

Li Youan knew he had too little practical experience. Although the three opponents were arrogant, they were all stronger than him, with the weakest being at the sixth level of the Body Tempering Realm. Li Youan took a step back, knowing he was clearly outmatched. He decided to protect himself first and wait for the future.

"You can't understand human language, huh? Eating this is a waste. Young Master Ping needs to prepare for the upcoming tournament..."

"If you dare step into the ring, I'll show you what cruelty is."

"Alright, stop wasting so much breath on him."

"You, get out of here while I'm in a good mood. Don't think that just because you know about the arena competition from Feng Hui, you'll have a chance to go up there."

"If it weren't for the fact that the Southern City families, led by the Chen and Feng families, were in charge of the freshman assessment this year, how could you, a peasant, have had the chance to stand on the stage with me and lose face?"

Pingyu began to get impatient as his two lackeys kept dawdling.

boom.

Seeing that Li Youan didn't want to leave, Pingyu threw a flying knife that grazed Li Youan's cheek and embedded itself in the rock behind him.

After dodging the flying knife, Li Youan knew that the initiative was no longer in his hands, so he decisively retreated while keeping his eyes fixed on the three people opposite him, not daring to relax for a moment.

The three men stopped paying attention to Li Youan as he retreated. After all, the academy's punishment for students' private fights was extremely severe, and since the terminal was recording everything, they couldn't bring themselves to kill him.

Li Youan distanced himself from the three and stood on a tree. Seeing that their attention had left him, he decisively took out a few stones from his pocket, wrapped them in his spiritual energy, and threw them towards the Moonflower Grass.

"asshole."

"court death."

"I must cripple you today."

The three of them had no time to protect the Moonflower Grass and could only watch helplessly as it was destroyed by the flying stones.

"If I can't have it, neither can you. If I let you get through the ring, then I'll be the one."

Li Youan waved his little finger at the group, made a harsh statement, and then decisively turned and ran into the depths of the woods.

"There might still be some intact moonflowers; don't you want to take a look?"

The three who wanted to chase after Li Youan immediately had no choice but to leave one of them behind to check on the condition of the Moonflower Grass.

Seeing that Li Youan had already run far away and entered the depths of the forest, Pingyu and another follower hurriedly chased after him.

"Chase him. We have to break the arm that threw the stone. Damn it, I've never gotten what I wanted since I was a child." Pingyu gritted his teeth, letting out a few words through his mouth.

"You better be smart and come over here. It's already pretty good that a country bumpkin like you got accepted. If it weren't for the Chen and Feng families' so-called 'fair admissions,' you wouldn't even know which way the college gates face."

Hearing Pingyu's words behind him, Li Youan knew that he was being provoked, so he ignored him and ran away into the distance, using the trees as cover.

"Don't think that just because you've been chosen by the Chen and Feng families, you can challenge me. Those two families can protect you, but they can't protect the orphanage."

Li Youan initially dismissed it as mere barking, but upon hearing the word "orphanage," a surge of anger rose within him. If his predecessor hadn't been adopted by an orphanage, he would have starved to death on the streets long ago, and he wouldn't be who he is today.

"I need to teach them a lesson tonight, and I won't let them have an easy time in the ring either." With this thought in mind, Li Youan became even more determined to humiliate them in the ring match.

"We can't kill them yet; we need to teach them a lesson first. Consider it interest."

Hearing the sounds behind him, Li Youan continued to increase his speed, casually killing some low-level demonic beasts with his bone whip as he passed by, thus increasing his Origin Progress Bar. After all, even a small mosquito is still meat.

It now seems that being a "military training pacesetter" has improved me in every way, and absorbing the source is also slowly restoring my vitality.

"However, given how well they know me, there must be something wrong with the process."

Li Youan began to think about where his identity had been exposed.

"I've left you all directions, so don't lose them, you three geniuses."

As Li Youan moved at high speed through the forest, he continued to provoke the three people behind him, showing them that he had a way to recover his strength, but they did not.

Thanks to the obstructed visibility at night, coupled with the complex terrain and environment of the forest, although Pingyu and the other two had higher cultivation levels than Li Youan, they were still just a little short of catching up.

Along the way, they were constantly harassed by the monster corpses left behind by Li Youan.

There were indeed a few times when they lost track of Li Youan because of the incorrect guidance from the monster corpses, and the correct guidance from the monster corpses was also used to find Li Youan again after losing track of him.

This constant alternation of humiliation and guidance caused the veins on Pingyu and his companions' foreheads to bulge whenever they saw the corpses of monsters.

"It would be easiest for me to catch this little brat and kill him. I'll make him wish he were dead and torture him to death."

boom.

Pingyu punched the tree trunk, gritting his teeth as he spoke.

Although the other two henchmen did not speak up in agreement, their expressions clearly revealed their thoughts.

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The moon rises and sets, and the sky begins to lighten.

Through an ancient tree, a figure could be seen rushing past beneath it. Less than half an incense stick later, three more furious figures followed behind, cursing and swearing.

Having already escaped the three behind him for a night, Li Youan's anger had subsided considerably. If he hadn't lacked powerful techniques, how could he have felt so frustrated?

Although killing monsters restored some of my energy, mental exhaustion was unavoidable, as I had carried over the skill of staying up all night from my previous life as a corporate slave.

"After walking the dog all night, I feel a bit more at ease. It'll be completely light soon, and I'm going to go hunt monsters to accumulate essence and extract new entries. I'll leave them behind in a bit."

Looking at the faintly white sky in the distance, Li Youan knew that without the cover of night, he would never be able to slip away from them so easily. He needed to find a chance to escape safely.

The forest was extremely quiet at dawn, and Li Youan, who was moving at high speed, could vaguely hear the sound of flowing water in the east.

Li Youan immediately adjusted his direction and increased the mobilization of his energy in his legs, moving rapidly eastward.

With a sudden acceleration and the help of the terrain and vegetation for cover, Li Youan quickly widened the distance between himself and Ping Yu and the other two.

"Lost him again, that brat."

boom.

After smashing a tree down with a single punch, Pingyu growled menacingly.

"Chase!"

Wow.

Wow.

As they got closer to the river, the sound of the flowing water became clearer.

Li Youan stood by the river, watching the rushing water. He first killed several low-level demonic beasts, leaving their corpses half-destroyed on the riverbank. Then, stepping on the water, he leaped a few steps and quickly ran towards the opposite bank.

As he approached the riverbank, Li Youan drew his bone whip and shot it out, killing a black-winged bird in a tree by the river and throwing its carcass into the bushes beside the tree.

The body was in a location that was neither conspicuous nor difficult for the three people behind it to find after a search.

After quickly completing these actions, Li Youan glanced at the opposite bank, "Today is just a dog walk. I'll deal with you properly during the arena match." Then he took a deep breath, submerged in the river, and swam quickly downstream with the current.

However, unbeknownst to Li Youan, a white demonic beast followed behind.