I became a Sword Emperor in the Martial Arts World

Chapter 131 Holy crap, the vital energy is poisonous!

Xingcheng, Hunan Provincial Wushu Association.

Wang Anyuan hung up the phone with a livid face, then went to report to Zhao Zhiyi: "President."

"What did Ye Qingzhou say?"

"His attitude wasn't very good..."

bang~

An expensive golden nanmu wood desk was shattered by a single blow.

Millions vanished in an instant, but Zhao Zhiyi didn't care at all. What truly angered him was Ye Qingzhou's disobedience: "I thought he was a once-in-a-century genius, but I never expected him to be so worthless."

"President, Ye Qingzhou is young and impetuous, and he looks down on the powerful and wealthy. I'm afraid this kind of personality will be difficult to control in the future."

Wang Anyuan, having been humiliated by Ye Qingzhou before, was now taking the opportunity to sow discord between Zhao Zhiyi and Ye Qingzhou.

It's not easy for him to get things done, but it's incredibly easy for him to ruin the future of his subordinates; often, it's just a matter of opening his mouth.

"I valued his qualifications before, but I didn't expect that he would be just like Zhang Xinwu back then, with an unruly personality and unfit for important responsibilities."

Zhao Zhiyi was in a very bad mood at this moment. After all, Zhao Baoming was a subordinate he valued highly. He could be said to be the strongest fighting force in Hunan Province besides himself.

Once Zhao Baoming breaks through and enters the realm of Earthly Fiend Grandmaster, Zhao Zhiyi will have an incomparably sharp "dagger". Whether he enters the cave heaven to compete for resources or sits firmly on the throne of the Grand Master to consolidate his power and status, it will be an extremely useful trump card in his hand.

Zhao Zhiyi originally thought that with the assistance of two martial arts talents, Zhao Baoming and Ye Qingzhou, he would surely be able to achieve great things in the upcoming situation.

But a conflict broke out between the two, and now they have to choose between the "King" and the "Little King".

Although Ye Qingzhou's "Little King" card seems to have unlimited potential, Zhao Baoming's "Big King" card is already usable.

Zhao Zhiyi only had five years left in his term at the Hunan Provincial Martial Arts Association, and he simply didn't have time to wait for Ye Qingzhou to grow. So, he had already made his choice in his heart.

"Let's train someone else for the Hidden Dragon Project."

"President, could it be that...?"

"Yes, just a few days ago, Qin Haoyu returned from the Yanling Cave Heaven. He obtained the inheritance of the Yan Emperor, and his fire skills have reached a superb level. Although only his forest skills have reached perfection among the other five skills, his potential is already not much weaker than Ye Qingzhou's."

Although Zhao Zhiyi valued talent, the premise was that the talent had to be used by him.

Otherwise, why would so many resources be poured into you?

Is it because you are exceptionally talented and gifted?

Wang Anyuan was secretly pleased, but still put on a regretful expression: "Ye Qingzhou has no idea what he missed. He was young and impetuous. He will definitely regret it later."

In the present day, the Eastern Kingdom has a new program for training martial arts apprentices, in addition to the publicly announced "Free Martial Arts Meal" program and "Martial Arts Prodigy" program!

The Hidden Dragon Project aims to cultivate talents beyond just geniuses; those selected must be geniuses among geniuses, unparalleled prodigies who surpass their peers.

Such a selection process, prioritizing resources, ultimately aims to cultivate one or more controllable martial saints in the near future, thereby enhancing the foundation of the Eastern Pole Kingdom.

Originally, Ye Qingzhou was the best candidate to be selected for Project Hidden Dragon in Hunan Province.

Unfortunately, because of Ye Qingzhou's "arrogance," the opportunity fell to Qin Haoyu.

However, if Ye Qingzhou knew, he would probably scoff at it. With a Cave Heaven Star Lord like Kang Jinlong standing behind him, how could he lack resources?

funny.

For a mere few pieces of meat, would they bow and scrape, becoming slaves to the powerful and wealthy?

ridiculous.

…………

Class 7 was unusually lively today.

Know-it-all Nong Pengming, holding his phone, rushed into the classroom: "Everyone, quickly log on to the homepage of 'Martial Arts World,' today's news is absolutely explosive!"

"A debate on martial arts under heaven?"

Ye Qingzhou then remembered that there was indeed such a media outlet, and it was the most credible media organization in Dongji Country, specializing in reporting information related to the martial arts world.

Every year on November 15th, the World Martial Arts Forum will release a ranking list of professional martial artists within the Eastern Pole Kingdom.

The list only counts the top 100, and the selected individuals must be under 25 years old and have a professional rank of 7th Dan or above. Therefore, each of the selected professional martial artists is a rising star in martial arts who is renowned throughout the country.

The thirteen strongest among them will be awarded the titles of "Six Stars of the Southern Dipper" and "Seven Stars of the Northern Dipper".

Therefore, this list is also known as the Heavenly List.

As for rankings above the Master level, they are basically based on world rankings, and each country does not publish a separate list.

However, Nong Pengming wasn't excited about that. He pointed to another list following the Heavenly Ranking: "The World Martial Arts Tournament has created a special 'Hidden Dragon Ranking' for martial arts apprentices. This list gathers the top 100 most outstanding young martial artists under the age of 20 nationwide. Ye Qingzhou from our class made it onto the list, and he's ranked seventh!"

"Holy crap? Seventh in the country?"

"He's only ranked seventh among the martial arts newcomers, okay..."

"That's still incredibly impressive!"

"Our Hunan province has two teams in the top ten? Wow! That's awesome!"

The students in Class 7 were thrilled to see Qin Haoyu and Ye Qingzhou's names on the Hidden Dragon List, as if they were even happier than if they themselves had made the list.

Zhu Jinfeng also saw the top ten rankings on the Hidden Dragon List. She looked over incredulously and said softly, "Ye Qingzhou, you're so strong, how come you're only ranked seventh?"

Huang Liwen was also indignant: "Who is this Qin Haoyu? What makes him worthy of being ranked ahead of Lao Ye? I, Huang Liwen, am the first to disagree!"

Ye Qingzhou remained remarkably calm: "Don't take the rankings on the list too seriously. Just take a look. Strength and weakness aren't determined by rankings, but by performance."

"Haha, that's pretty arrogant, but I like it."

Huang Liwen gave Ye Qingzhou a thumbs up. Although he was usually not very reliable, he still hoped that Ye Qingzhou would be well.

At this moment, all the middle schools in the Eastern Kingdom are paying attention to the names on the Hidden Dragon List.

Especially the top ten martial arts prodigies, each one of them is an exceptionally talented genius, destined to be the center of attention from birth.

Li Jianshu ranked first.

Second place goes to Wu Yuelong.

Wang Huaxian ranked third.

Ranked fourth, Yan Xiyue.

Huang Guanghong ranked fifth.

Qin Haoyu ranked sixth.

Ye Qingzhou ranked seventh.

Ranked eighth, Luo Yunchuan.

Ranked ninth, Lu Yiming.

Zhou Zhihao ranked tenth.

Apart from Qin Haoyu and Ye Qingzhou, the other eight people all came from different provinces, and without exception, they were all peerless geniuses who had reached the transcendent realm in at least one of the six basic techniques.

Lingyun Cave in Linjiang City is open to martial arts upstarts. Other cities with caves naturally also open some of their caves to local young talents.

Therefore, lucky martial arts newcomers may have the opportunity to have a fortuitous encounter in the cave, which will lead to a rapid improvement in their strength, and even a meteoric rise to the top.

For example, Qin Haoyu is the best example. In the secret realm of the Yan Emperor's Mausoleum in Yanling Cave, he obtained the inheritance of the ancient Yan Emperor's cultivation technique and easily stepped into the realm of mastering fire. He stood out among a group of martial arts newcomers and became an extremely dazzling peerless genius.

"A fortuitous encounter? Not too early, not too late, but all at this particular time?"

Ye Qingzhou never believed in coincidences, and guessed that some unknown changes must have occurred inside the cave.

Then Ye Qingzhou thought of his experience in Lingyun Cave: "If I hadn't been involved back then, the person chosen by Bai Jiaofengqi and Kang Jinlong would have been Huang Jinlong..."

Thinking back to Kang Jinlong's possession, Ye Qingzhou suddenly realized, "So I stole the opportunity that should have belonged to the Golden Dragon..."

However, Ye Qingzhou felt no guilt whatsoever for the opportunity he had seized through his own abilities.

By integrating this information, Ye Qingzhou also sensed something amiss: "It seems the powerful figures within the cave are planning to emerge?"

The martial arts prodigies on the list, who have all gained extraordinary opportunities and soared to great heights, all seem to be agents placed on the table by the behind-the-scenes bigwigs, or apostles sent to the mortal world by the gods.

"Never mind, it's none of my business anyway."

Ye Qingzhou didn't delve into these matters; if the sky were to fall, the tall ones would hold it up.

What he needs to do now is to improve his strength.

Fighting Center, Swordsmanship Club.

"You said you want to be promoted to a professional level?"

Xu Lan stared in disbelief at Ye Qingzhou standing in front of her, recalling their first meeting. Back then, Ye Qingzhou was a complete novice in martial arts, who even "disrupted" her class, claiming he was a peerless genius, one in a million...

Okay, he really is.

But it's only been two months, and you're already getting promoted to professional level?

"Isn't this too rushed?"

Xu Lan wanted to persuade him again, after all, the professional level is an important watershed for martial artists, representing a deeper integration of human essence, energy, spirit, and primordial energy.

During the process of integration, the life essence of a martial artist will also undergo its first transformation.

If one cannot embrace this transformation in the most perfect way, then hidden dangers will remain, and future potential will be quickly exhausted, ultimately making it difficult to see the higher scenery on the path of martial arts, leading to lifelong regret.

Most of the early martial artists on Earth suffered losses because of this.

Rushing to advance without a solid foundation is short-sighted and will inevitably lead to painful consequences later on.

Ye Qingzhou knew what Xu Lan was worried about, but all six of his techniques had reached a superb level. Moreover, he had the "Iron Bones" for bone training, the "Refining True Gold in Fire" for tendon training, and the "Dragon Breath Technique" for internal training.

Its foundation is more solid than ever before.

If you don't advance now, when will you?

Furthermore, Ye Qingzhou had a vague premonition that the world situation on Blue Star was about to undergo drastic changes. The various grotto-heavens that had been dormant for a long time were now beginning to cultivate their representatives, and one after another, geniuses were emerging.

If Ye Qingzhou's prediction is correct, the great struggle in the martial arts world of Blue Star is about to begin.

Therefore, he urgently needs to improve his strength. Only the strong can control their own destiny in the face of the tide of the times.

If you lack the strength, you can only drift with the tide, becoming someone else's pawn, with your life and death out of your own hands.

Seeing that Ye Qingzhou had made up his mind, Xu Lan did not try to persuade him any further: "I have the technique for refining the skin without any flaws. Since you have thought it through, I will not stop you. However, you must be careful. Although the method of refining the skin has become more and more perfect after so many years of improvement, once the true body is formed, there can be no regrets. So you must not leave any hidden dangers."

"Yes, I will be careful. Thank you, Teacher Xu."

You're too kind.

Xu Lan then took out the latest version of the Skin Refining Technique officially released and handed it to Ye Qingzhou.

After school, Ye Qingzhou returned home and immediately called Shang Yingyue. Together, they used the Golden Scale Emperor's Decree to teleport into Lingyun Cave.

Yuxia Mountain, Bishuitan (碧水潭).

"Yingyue, please protect me."

"Yes, my lord."

After giving the order, Ye Qingzhou took out the cultivation technique that Xu Lan had given him and began to study it.

The bone-forging and tendon-changing secret methods of the Eastern Kingdom have different emphases in different schools and sects, but the method of skin-training without any flaws is surprisingly unified. The country has gathered manpower and resources, pooled their wisdom and efforts, and finally continuously innovated and updated the skin-training method suitable for the physique of human martial artists to the twenty-first version.

What Ye Qingzhou holds is the most perfect version at present.

The content of the technique is not complicated; it is written entirely in plain language without any secret codes. On the contrary, every detail is analyzed clearly and plainly, as if afraid that the practitioner would not be able to master it.

"External training focuses on muscles, bones, and skin; internal training focuses on breath control. Why does this final step of external training—skin training—feel somewhat like the packaging stage in chip manufacturing within the semiconductor industry?"

Ye Qingzhou seemed to be deep in thought. In his view, the so-called skin training was like putting on a shell to fix and seal the true qi in the body.

In the martial arts world, this step is called locking in one's vital energy and blood, and eliminating any leakage of one's true body.

Only by reaching the state of perfection can one lock in a pure and flawless martial arts essence.

Therefore, it can be seen that the final step of external training is actually a preparation for the final step of internal training.

Martial artists must first train their skin to be completely impenetrable in order to lock in the martial arts true energy transformed from internal breath, thereby advancing to the level of a professional martial artist.

However, this kind of packaging is often a one-time use item.

Therefore, if a mistake is made and the outer skin is not perfectly sealed, the result will be either a defective "flawed true form" or a complete failure, with deformed skin, neither human nor ghost, and a fate worse than death.

Therefore, this final step must be taken with utmost care.

For ordinary martial artists on Blue Star, such as Ye Xiangyang in the past, the final step of skin refining costs around three million, mainly to purchase special skin refining elixirs.

But as for the drug's effects...

It's so-so, better than nothing, I suppose.

The Xu family is willing to spend money to buy resources and invest in Ye Qingzhou, but Ye Qingzhou is not interested in the resources that the Xu family can buy now.

Because he has acquired even better treasures!

A rare, innate elemental wood energy of earth-treasure quality!

Moreover, unlike Jilei Mountain, where you have to fight with others for every bit of the produce, this place offers a large, unlimited supply!

Even the wealthiest martial arts families use a small amount of high-grade rare herbs in their skin-refining elixirs, combined with a large amount of mid-grade rare herbs.

Unlike Ye Qingzhou, who directly used all the innate wood energy of the Earth Treasure level to refine his skin, extravagance is not enough to describe his behavior.

Ye Qingzhou sat cross-legged in the green pool, and the twenty-four gods within his body instantly shone with heavenly light, illuminating the three-inch area of ​​his spiritual platform.

At the same time, the body's life network also rapidly adjusted, gradually establishing a close connection with the surrounding vegetation and fungi.

The divine metal transformed into fine, hair-like golden threads that emerged from Ye Qingzhou's pores, then took deep root in the ground and continued to spread until it enveloped the entire natural ecosystem of Yuxia Mountain.

Then, Ye Qingzhou's breathing gradually synchronized with that of the surrounding trees.

His spirit merged with this small patch of land before him, becoming one with it.

Yingyue stared in disbelief at the scene before her, utterly shocked: "The Azure Emperor's Supreme Immortal Body? My lord has actually mastered such a divine power!"

However, what surprised Yingyue even more was yet to come!

As Ye Qingzhou's breaths gradually became longer, the trees of Yuxia Mountain began to slowly transform the primordial energy inside Lingyun Cave into innate Jia wood energy.

Among the five-colored serpents, the Azure Serpent to which Yingyue belongs possesses an extremely strong wood attribute talent, and at this moment it naturally senses the innate wood energy permeating the air.

Moreover, the closer one gets to Ye Qingzhou, the stronger the innate wood element becomes.

With such temptation before them, it was like placing steamed Tang Sanzang's flesh directly in front of the monsters on the journey to the West. Who could resist?

Yingyue stuck out her tongue and licked her rosy lips, then pressed herself against Ye Qingzhou's body, twisting her waist and rubbing against him. She took several deep breaths from Ye Qingzhou's body, then revealed an expression of unsatisfied desire: "Such rich innate Jia wood energy, my lord, I want more."

As the innate wood energy entered her body, Yingyue felt her cultivation level increase significantly in an instant. One breath was equivalent to several months of hard training!

What's even more amazing is that if she wants to shed her snake body again and obtain the dragon body, this innate wood energy is indispensable!

Yingyue's graceful figure could not shake Ye Qingzhou's steely resolve in the slightest. At this moment, he was immersed in using the innate wood element to complete the step of refining his skin without any flaws.

The deep blue innate wood energy seeped into his skin cells little by little, sealing the hair follicles.

Then, the hair fell out one by one.

Not just body hair, but also head hair and eyebrows.

Soon, Ye Qingzhou's skin became as white and smooth as flawless jade, without a trace of odor.

The flawless true body is complete!

Suddenly opening his eyes, Ye Qingzhou looked at the hair scattered all over the ground, raised his hand and touched his bald head: "I've gone bald, and I've become stronger."

With a thought, the power of inner energy began to transform the vital energy into a higher level of energy—Martial Dao True Qi!

After Ye Qingzhou imprinted his martial will on it, he immediately felt that this energy was as easy to control as his own hand, moving at will, and no longer needed to be activated with internal energy. The efficiency was many times higher.

But as Ye Qingzhou opened his mouth to breathe, he suddenly felt unwell, and his expression changed drastically: "Damn it, the vital energy is poisonous!"

(End of this chapter)