The Professional Rankings, in twelve volumes, each bearing the name of my lord.

"Bang bang bang!!"

Three or four wealthy young men from Beijing were kicking Ye Chen, who was lying on the ground, wildly.

They moved around a lot, and the jewelry and jade they wore made a jingling sound.

"If you won't listen to reason, you'll have to suffer the consequences!"

"You don't want the money, so you want to get beaten up, huh!"

"You country bumpkin, you think you can be the Rookie of the Year? Take a good look at yourself in the mirror!"

These people didn't use any skills.

This is also exploiting loopholes in the law enforcement team, without utilizing the power of professionals, and can ultimately be described as just peers playing around.

But in fact, they hit him very hard, and Ye Chen already had quite a few bruises on his body.

"That's enough!"

The clone Song Gua arrived carrying a red spear, followed by Yuwen Hao, who looked on with curiosity.

The spoiled brats who were hitting him stopped. When they saw it was Song Gua, they looked a little scared, but at the same time, they didn't want to lose face.

"Song Gua, mind your own business."

Song Gua, holding a long spear, sneered.

"Everyone says the security in Beijing is good, but I don't think it's much better than Yunshan City. Yellow Hair, report to the law enforcement department."

Yuwen Hao took out his phone, looking very serious.

"Good! School bullying cannot be ignored. How can we sit idly by? If we don't stand up today, we'll be the ones lying on the ground tomorrow!"

Upon seeing this, the group of spoiled young men scattered like birds and beasts.

"Speaking like a broken record, are you preparing for graduate school?"

"Ye Chen, you just wait! This isn't over!"

"Don't think we're afraid of you just because Song Gua is protecting you!"

"We'll come back to find you!"

The quality of family members varies greatly.

Some clans, like the three major clans, inspire their descendants' fighting spirit, while others spoil their descendants.

No comment is made on the Song hexagram.

"Why didn't you fight back? They probably couldn't beat you."

Ye Chen rubbed the swelling on his face, stood up, and grinned, showing off his bright white teeth.

"Fighting is not allowed in the urban area of ​​Shangjing. If I fight back, I will be detained."

As he spoke, Ye Chen's nose started bleeding, which he casually wiped away with his sleeve.

"Moreover, they didn't use any special skills; their ordinary punches and kicks couldn't hurt me."

The Song hexagram seemed to want to speak but hesitated.

He meant that if you're being beaten, you should fight back.

But upon closer reflection, if someone beats you up and gets arrested, someone else might bail you out, but if you're arrested, that's not necessarily the case.

Just like the original Song Gua in Yunshan City, he and Ma Feng were fighting each other, but in the end only the original Song Gua spent three months in a labor camp.

Everyone has their own difficulties.

Yuwen Hao stepped forward and sized up Ye Chen.

"You must be Ye Chen? The student from Nanshui City who was admitted through the special admission program?"

"You are... Yuwen Hao!"

"Oh my, it's been so long! You know, Zhenhua University is huge. We're in the same school, and it's been so long since we last saw each other."

The Song hexagram is curious.

"Do you two know each other?"

Yuwen Hao said.

"I remember there was a study group for students recommended for graduate school in Jiangnan City before. Students from all the cities in the Huaxia administrative region who were recommended for Zhenhua University participated. I met him back then."

Let me tell you, don't let Ye Chen's appearance fool you, he's incredibly powerful in battle!

"Assassin, S-rank class. In the exhibition match at the research association, no one could survive three of his skills!"

Song Gua nodded.

Ye Chen's combat ability is indeed strong.

His current level is Lv26. Just now on the arena, he defeated a Lv29 opponent, ending the battle in less than three skills.

You should know that Ye Chen's equipment was extremely shabby.

He didn't even bother to hide his equipment information, because there was really nothing to hide.

The highest quality is Lv25, excellent quality, leather boots.

His victory stemmed from his masterful control of his skills, which was astonishingly precise.

Song Gua asked Ye Chen, "What did those spoiled brats want you to do? Why did they beat you up?"

Ye Chen brushed his bangs aside and then covered his eyes with them.

"They were in the same group as me and wanted me to throw the match and lose to them so that they could advance."

"Oh...they're going to give you money, right?"

"Hmm, three million."

"That's quite a lot. You can get a set of equipment that's flawless or better, and you can also buy skill books to upgrade your skill level—I bet your skill proficiency is already high enough."

"no."

"You have strong principles."

"No, I have to participate in the Rookie of the Year Challenge. Everyone in Nanshui City is waiting for me to bring back the trophy."

Yuwen Hao leaned close to Song Gua's ear and whispered a few words.

roughly means.

Nanshui City is quite different from other cities.

It is a very small city, even smaller and more remote than Yunshan City.

The city has a population of less than 100,000 and is located on a small island in the South China Sea.

After "The Cleric" merges with reality, even communication between cities on the mainland becomes troublesome, let alone on isolated islands overseas.

Nanshui City is almost completely isolated from the outside world.

Because of its small size and limited access to professional resources, Nanshui City has been impoverished and weak for many years.

How poor were they?

There isn't even a local conglomerate.

Because there was simply no profit to be made.

However, a major event occurred in Nanshui City last year.

An S-class professional has actually awakened!

This is the only S-level city in Nanshui City in its thousand-year history!

Moreover, this naturally S-level professional has a growth rate of 1.95, which is even higher than Ma Feng's!

The Federation views issues from a global perspective, so they don't value S-level newcomers from a particular region.

Just like how we didn't pay attention to the Song hexagram back then.

However, the local government of Nanshui City attaches great importance to this!

The citizens of Nanshui City have high hopes for this child.

All the local guilds are gathering resources for this child, helping him level up, and everyone is protecting and caring for his growth. The government has also given him and his family a new house, a new car, living allowances, job arrangements, and many other benefits.

This child is Ye Chen.

He was deeply grateful for the kindness shown to him by everyone in Nanshui City, and he was also granted the only guaranteed admission spot to Zhenhua University in Nanshui City.

He cherished and was extremely grateful for all of this.

Yuwen Hao knew these things because he had heard about them when he participated in the research association in Jiangnan City.

"If we can win the trophy, Nanshui City will be seen by the administrative district, and the development of our hometown will be valued. I can't let everyone down."

This is the hope of the whole village.

In fact, the guaranteed admission quotas for top universities are used in this kind of scenario.

Excellent students in underdeveloped areas often fall short of their counterparts in big cities in terms of equipment, skills, and overall development due to insufficient resources.

It is unfair to put them on the same stage in the college entrance examination.

That's why there's a guaranteed admission mechanism.

However, in practice, local officials inevitably have selfish motives, and it is not so easy to fully implement the original intention of this system.

Otherwise, Yuwen Hao wouldn't have been promoted through a special recommendation.

Song Gua smiled.

"You know, with me around, you won't win the championship."

Ye Chen clenched his fists.

"Then I want to fight you too. I want to test my limits! Besides, the top three all get trophies. Even if I can't beat you, the top player on the Earth Ranking, maybe I can still get into the top three?"

Ye Chen is very short, only 1.6 meters tall.

Compared to Song Gua, who is nearly 1.9 meters tall, he looks very short.

Song Gua looked at him with his head down.

"Very good, very fighting spirit. This is the awareness a soldier should have. I believe in you."

Yuwen Hao smiled and put his arm around Ye Chen's neck.

"You're new to Beijing, so come hang out with us from now on. It'll save you from getting bullied by those jerks again! Plus, our dorm is pretty big, so come visit often. We have lots of great deals, and we can even help you get a boyfriend!"

Ye Chen waved his hands repeatedly.

"Ah, I don't look at that kind of stuff. My master in Nanshui City said that alcohol, sex, and lust will destroy a warrior's willpower, and he shouldn't touch them."