Lack of talent? I'll buy a year's worth of cultivation for one dollar!

"so."

Lin Xiaoxiao looked at Su Yu, a mischievous smile playing on her lips.

"You can only compete for the remaining spot."

"That is, second place."

Su Yu looked at her arrogant expression.

There was no rebuttal.

He simply nodded in agreement.

"it is good."

Seeing Su Yu so obediently admit that he was inferior to her.

Lin Xiaoxiao's vanity was greatly satisfied.

She gave a smug hum, picked up the teacup beside her, stood up, walked around the large rosewood round table, pulled out the chair next to Su Yu, and sat down casually.

The distance between the two instantly closed.

That faint, delicate fragrance once again lingered around Su Yu's nose.

To demonstrate her authority as the "big sister" and to conceal the subtle flutter in her heart caused by getting too close.

Lin Xiaoxiao turned her head away.

Suddenly, he reached out his hand.

She gave Su Yu's arm, which was very close to hers, a very natural squeeze.

Don't worry.

"Once we get to the real fighting arena, I'll go easy on you..."

The last word "love" stuck in Lin Xiaoxiao's throat.

Her voice stopped abruptly.

It was as if my whole being had been put on pause.

They froze in place.

The private room was deathly silent.

Lin Xiaoxiao's eyes widened.

She stared intently at the hand that was gripping Su Yu's arm.

My brain went blank for an extremely brief moment.

Touch.

An incredibly incredible tactile sensation!

Through that thin layer of pure cotton short-sleeved shirt.

What she was pinching didn't look like human muscle at all.

Instead, it is a piece of refined steel that has been forged and compressed to its extreme!

hard.

Tight and tight.

Even when she slightly exerts force with her fingers, trying to press down.

A subtle yet incredibly powerful counterforce emanated from the surface of that muscle!

It flicked her finger away a fraction of an inch!

How is that possible?!

Lin Xiaoxiao's heart skipped a beat.

His breathing became rapid instantly.

Who is she?

She is a mid-level martial artist with a Qi and Blood value as high as 406!

Her perception of physical strength was extremely acute!

Even just a gentle pinch.

She could also clearly sense just how terrifying explosive power was hidden beneath Su Yu's seemingly thin body!

This is definitely not the physical strength that someone with 10.4 Qi and Blood should have!

Even the most skilled martial artists in the Great Xia Kingdom who specialize in physical training cannot achieve such firm muscles, like cast iron, when their Qi and Blood value is only 10 points!

"Those muscles..."

Lin Xiaoxiao screamed wildly in her heart.

"So sturdy!"

"And...it feels so good to touch!"

A strange electric shock sensation instantly spread from my fingertips throughout my body.

Lin Xiaoxiao's ears turned red instantly.

But then, an absurd guess began to grow wildly in her mind like weeds.

"That hidden power beneath the skin..."

"Why do I feel like you're not weaker than me at all?"

"Could it be...?"

Lin Xiaoxiao's pupils contracted slightly.

"Could it be that his true Qi and Blood value has already exceeded four hundred?!"

The thought had barely crossed my mind when...

Lin Xiaoxiao mentally slapped him to death without hesitation.

"impossible!"

"Absolutely impossible!"

Lin Xiaoxiao shook her head frantically in her mind, trying to convince herself with reason.

Who is she?

The most exclusive heiress in Jiangcheng!

She knew better than anyone how she got her 406 points of Qi and Blood.

From the moment she was in her mother's womb, her mother drank the finest exotic animal bone broth.

After birth.

A monthly herbal bath to cleanse the marrow.

He began practicing the family's secret body-strengthening techniques at the age of three.

Every day, they eat the finest flesh and blood of high-level exotic beasts and drink nutrient solutions rich in spiritual energy.

A precious resource that most people wouldn't even dare to dream of.

In addition, she possessed remarkable martial arts talent and had diligently cultivated for over a decade.

That's how he managed to accumulate such an unprecedented 406 points of Qi and Blood at the age of eighteen!

This is a miracle created by throwing gold and silver at the world!

And what about Su Yu?

An orphan.

I live in a leaky rental house in the old town.

Even the processed meat in the cafeteria has to be carefully budgeted.

Even if he had incredible luck during those three days and obtained some kind of extraordinary opportunity.

You might have found a thousand-year-old Ganoderma lucidum or accidentally eaten the inner core of a high-level exotic beast.

Being able to forcibly raise the Qi and Blood value from 0.8 to 10.4 is already the limit of such an opportunity!

The tempering of the body takes time to settle.

There is no opportunity that allows someone to raise their physical strength to a level comparable to that of an intermediate martial artist within three days!

This violates the basic common sense of martial arts!

"illusion."

"It must be an illusion."

Lin Xiaoxiao explained to herself.

"Maybe it's because he usually does odd jobs, like carrying bricks and cement, which has given him a muscular physique."

"Yes, that must be it!"

"Children from poor families mature early, so it's normal for them to be a bit muscular."

He forcibly suppressed the shock in his heart and that inexplicable flutter.

Lin Xiaoxiao withdrew her hand as if she had been electrocuted.

She coughed lightly.

He was trying to hide his panic.

He picked up the teacup and took a big gulp.

And Su Yu was sitting opposite him.

He didn't say a word from beginning to end.

He simply watched Lin Xiaoxiao's ever-changing face.

Watching her go from shock to doubt, and then to self-doubt.

A barely concealed smile flashed in Su Yu's eyes.

Four hundred Qi and Blood?

Su Yu silently complained to himself.

This girl's imagination is still too conservative.

If she knew that beneath the blood and qi lock within her body lay over 1000 points of martial arts master blood and qi.

I wonder if this haughty young lady will be so frightened that she'll jump off her chair.

but.

Su Yu did not intend to explain.

The perfect disguise of the "Concealing Breath Technique" means that even a martial artist of Lin Xiaoxiao's level would be unable to detect his true strength by simply pinching his arm, as long as he doesn't actively unleash his power.

"Cough cough."

Lin Xiaoxiao put down her teacup and forcefully steered the conversation back on track.

"that……"

Where were we?

"Oh right, the last spot."

Lin Xiaoxiao took a deep breath, her expression turning serious again.

She looked at Su Yu.

His tone was unusually solemn.

"Su Yu".

"If you want to get this last spot."

You only have one biggest competitor.

"Zhao Ze".

Upon hearing this name...

Su Yu's eyes remained completely unmoved.

They didn't even pause while picking up food.

"I know you have some grudges with Zhao Ze."

Lin Xiaoxiao thought Su Yu was putting on a brave face and continued speaking.

"He scored 10.3 on the blood and qi test this morning."

"Only 0.1 lower than you."

"But Su Yu, you must not underestimate him because of this 0.1 difference!"

Lin Xiaoxiao leaned forward slightly, her tone extremely serious.

"Qi and blood levels are just the foundation."

"What truly determines the outcome of a real battle is martial arts skill!"

"And Zhao Ze, he holds an extremely terrifying trump card."

Lin Xiaoxiao lowered her voice, as if afraid that someone might overhear her.

"He learned a low-grade Xuan-level martial art."

"Rock Smash!"

Mysterious-rank martial arts technique.

The moment those four words were uttered, the atmosphere in the private room seemed to become somewhat oppressive.

In the Great Xia Kingdom, the only martial arts manual available to ordinary high school students is the "Five Elements Fist," a low-grade Yellow Rank manual.

Even the top students in key high schools can only learn one mid-grade Yellow Rank martial art at most.

And Xuan-level martial arts.

The starting price is 500,000!

Those are advanced techniques that can only be accessed by students at top martial arts universities or elite military units!

It is extremely powerful.

The difficulty of cultivation is even more astounding!

The pathways of the meridians are incredibly complex, requiring a very high level of control over the flow of Qi and blood.

Even if an ordinary person obtains the secret manual and practices for several years, they may not be able to master it.

"In order to get him into the Kyoto Martial Arts University, the Zhao family spent a lot of money to buy this book, 'Rock-Shattering Palm,' which is easy to practice but also quite powerful."

Lin Xiaoxiao told Su Yu all the information she had gathered using her family's intelligence network without reservation.

"Moreover, Zhao Ze has been soaking in medicinal baths since childhood, so his meridians are much wider than those of ordinary people."

"He forcefully mastered this low-grade Xuan-level martial art."