In middle age, one's comprehension becomes extraordinary.

The competition is getting closer and closer.

Li Yuan remained calm and composed, and his agitated mood did not affect his teaching.

Giving lectures every day allows you to collect a lot of "light points" and gain a good amount of experience points.

Back in the suburbs that evening, Li Yuan continued practicing Cloud Extreme Fist.

He kept this extremely difficult martial art as his trump card.

In the past few days, Chen Yong has not mentioned Jin Fan or the competition over the weekend to Li Yuan.

He worried that mentioning it too much in front of Li Yuan would only increase Li Yuan's anxiety.

Once you've decided to take on the challenge, then go all out and fight for it.

Constantly receiving negative news caused me to lose any remaining hope I had due to a loss of self-confidence.

Chen Yong and Li Yuan have recently been discussing the situation on the border front.

The border frontline nowadays requires troops to be stationed at all times.

The threat posed by ferocious beasts to humanity is far greater than imagined.

Martial artists enjoy a high social status, essentially because they protect everyone's safety.

If martial artists are merely brave and fierce, and are weapons used by various parties to fight for their interests, they will not receive much respect.

Two months ago, some trouble broke out on the eastern front.

It is said that there is a ferocious beast that has never been seen before, which is not large in size but extremely dangerous.

It once tore a large hole in the eastern defense line...

As Chen Yong spoke, he couldn't help but sigh.

"Hopefully this chaos will stop soon. I just want to live a peaceful life; I don't want it to escalate to a level-one emergency..."

The so-called early warning mechanism is a system set up by the Xia Kingdom to deal with various crises.

If a Level 1 alert is declared, classes will be suspended in Lingshan City.

The martial arts teachers from Lingshan No. 1 Middle School will also be temporarily transferred to the defense force.

Chen Yong hopes for a stable and peaceful life, to live each day in good health.

Li Yuan listened from the side and casually echoed his sentiments.

Li Yuan was not as anxious about these issues as Chen Yong.

The first level of premonition has not been triggered for over fifty years, so it is generally stable.

Before leaving get off work on Friday, Chen Yong glanced at Li Yuan one last time.

After hesitating for a moment, he finally chose to keep quiet.

Tomorrow is the match, and I've said all the advice I needed to give.

In fact, Chen Yong felt that Li Yuan was in pretty good condition this week.

But the opponent they face is the disciple of a grandmaster, a young genius who is the focus of everyone's attention.

"This setback might actually be a boon for the future; hopefully, the outcome won't be too bad..."

Chen Yong muttered something to himself and walked quickly out of the school.

In his view, Li Yuan was destined to fail this time.

But after the failure, Li Yuan's ability to regain his composure and return to a low profile may be a good thing.

Meanwhile, Li Yuan packed his things and prepared to go back.

I had already made proper preparations for this competition.

Tomorrow, I can face the challenge with complete composure and fight for the Qingwu Tournament qualification that rightfully belongs to me.

While packing, Li Yuan discovered that he had a bottle of energy drink in his backpack.

This stuff isn't cheap, and many martial artists drink a bottle before carrying out dangerous missions.

This energy drink can temporarily boost a person's physical strength and concentration.

Without a doubt, it must have been given to him by Chen Yong.

Looking at the bottle of beverage and then at the distance, Li Yuan felt even more motivated.

Only by striving for improvement will one day be able to repay the kindness of friends.

That night, Li Yuan acted as usual.

Practice and cultivate yourself, then rest.

As for the energy drink, Li Yuan didn't drink it directly, but he took it with him.

One night passed, and Saturday arrived.

Li Yuan arrived at Lingshan No.1 Middle School early, just like on a weekday.

Martial arts training is very demanding, and nowadays middle schools don't have weekend make-up classes.

If your physical strength can't keep up, extra lessons will only cause your martial arts skills to drop.

The school, which should have been quiet, had already attracted quite a few people by 8 a.m.

Some teachers at No. 1 Middle School arrive at work right on time.

I've actually arrived much earlier than expected to come here today to see what's going on.

Besides the teachers who came to watch the spectacle, many students also came.

The competition was scheduled for the weekend to avoid students.

I didn't expect that so many usually lazy students would come to watch today's competition.

Of course, there were more high-achieving students in today's match.

His identity as a disciple of Grandmaster Jin Fan was widely known among the students.

The high-achieving students wanted to take this opportunity to see how the master's disciples performed.

Try to learn something from it.

Although Jin Fan is a teacher at Lingshan No. 1 Middle School and has been teaching there for almost a year, his students have never seen him actually use his skills.

In addition, Jin Fan gets into trouble from time to time.

He only teaches one class, and often other teachers have to cover for him.

Students rarely have the opportunity to learn from Jin Fan.

The competition for qualification for the Qingwu Tournament will be held on the school's main playground.

A row of seats has been set up on the platform directly in front of the playground.

As expected, Principal Yin and his group will be sitting there watching the competition.

At nine o'clock, the area around the playground was packed with people.

If you can't find a suitable spot, you can only look for a high platform.

Those who came to watch saw Li Yuan.

But Jin Fan, his opponent, was not present.

The originally scheduled time was nine o'clock.

As the onlookers whispered among themselves, a young man casually squeezed into the crowd and walked to the middle of the playground.

He looks quite young, probably in his early twenties at most.

"Principal Yin, I am Gu Yu, the junior brother of Senior Brother Jin Fan."

My advisor had some urgent business to attend to, and Senior Brother Jin Fan couldn't get away, so he asked me to come along. It's just a formality, I guess.

Upon hearing this, Principal Yin unconsciously frowned.

But after a moment, he seemed to think of something else.

The name Gu Yu sounds somewhat familiar...

Principal Yin suddenly picked up the conversation and asked, "The top scholar in Jiangbei Province two years ago, I think his name was Gu Yu..."

Upon hearing this, Gu Yu feigned humility and nodded.

"That year I had some good luck and became the top scholar."

As a student, I still have a lot to learn from my mentor.

Before he finished speaking, the gloom on Principal Yin's face vanished, and he replied with a smile:

The top scorer in Jiangbei Province two years ago was hailed as the most outstanding top scorer in fifty years.

I thought Teacher Jin Fan wasn't that concerned about qualifying for the Qingwu Competition.

"It seems you value this matter."

When Principal Yin mentioned this "most outstanding top scorer in fifty years," the surrounding discussion became even more boisterous.

Everyone still remembers how these rumors were rampant three years ago.

When this title was first presented, many people had doubts about Gu Yu.

The title of "top scholar" is already quite impressive, but he went and called himself the "most outstanding top scholar in fifty years"...

Amidst the doubts, Gu Yu did not back down; instead, he stepped forward to meet the challenges.

He proved himself.

Those who wanted to embarrass Gu Yu ultimately failed.

That year, Gu Yu was also the subject of various forms of publicity on television and the internet.

Everyone watched as Gu Yu proved his excellence time and time again.