I became a Sword Emperor in the Martial Arts World

Chapter 5 Good luck, let's eat chicken today!

Women generally mature earlier than men, both physically and psychologically.

While boys are still engrossed in games and anime, many girls have already begun to seriously consider what criteria they should use to choose their life partner.

If Ye Qingzhou was merely a dispensable sycophant to Yun Shanshan before, then now that he has revealed his martial arts talent, he has clearly been officially upgraded and is qualified to become one of her backup options.

Thinking this, Yun Shanshan's lips curled into a slight smile, and her attitude towards Ye Qingzhou changed: "Well, since you're so outstanding, I'll give you a chance to formally pursue me."

With this thought in mind, Yun Shanshan stepped forward with a beaming smile, her voice so sweet it could smack: "Ye Qingzhou, what a coincidence!"

"Um."

Ye Qingzhou didn't even lift his eyelids, just gave a casual reply. He knew someone was spying on him, but he didn't pay much attention.

Yun Shanshan sensed Ye Qingzhou's coldness and aloofness, and her heart skipped a beat. She felt as if the boy in front of her was a completely different person.

Didn't they used to come running over to try and get close to me whenever they saw me?

Why aren't you being proactive at all now?

Seriously, are you still going to pursue me or not?

Yun Shanshan was slightly frustrated, but considering Ye Qingzhou's extraordinary talent, she gritted her teeth and took the initiative to talk to him, even using a coquettish tone for the first time: "Ye Qingzhou, your punch just now was so powerful, can you teach me?"

"You want to learn?"

"Uh-huh!"

Yun Shanshan nodded vigorously, once again displaying her charm. Her bright eyes blinked affectionately, constantly flashing her eyes at Ye Qingzhou.

Unfortunately, Ye Qingzhou was oblivious to his charm. He simply nodded calmly and said, "My move just now was called 'A single sound worth a thousand pieces of gold,' do you understand?"

Yun Shanshan looked blank: "Understand what?"

Ye Qingzhou sighed: "You mean you'll teach me if you give me a thousand gold pieces?"

Yun Shanshan: !!!

Seeing Yun Shanshan standing there for a long time without saying a word, with tears welling up in her eyes and a wronged expression on her face as if she had been used and then abandoned.

However, Ye Qingzhou wasn't buying it at all: "Even though we're classmates, it's difficult for me if you don't even have any money. Come back to me when you've scraped together the money. I'm a man of my word; once I get your money, I'll teach you until you learn it."

Without a second thought, he turned and left, leaving Yun Shanshan bewildered and alone in the wind.

What just happened?

Her sycophants seem to be deciding to stop fawning over her; only the dogs are left.

Yun Shanshan suddenly remembered how Ye Qingzhou had stared intently at Xu Lan earlier, and she was instantly filled with anger: 'That scumbag is such a jerk! He actually fell for someone else and then abandoned her!'

Just as she was sulking, her best friend Cao Jingwen came over: "Shanshan, what's wrong? Your eyes are red, have you been crying?"

With a sob in her voice and a defiant look on her face, Yun Shanshan asked, "Jingwen, do you think boys all like bigger ones?"

Cao Jingwen, who later learned the whole story from Yun Shanshan, was also helpless. She turned to look at Xu Lan, who had a broad chest, not far away, and then looked back at Yun Shanshan's flat chest. In the end, she could only comfort her, saying, "Don't worry, you're still young and can continue to develop. Besides, I've heard that practicing martial arts can promote secondary growth and improve body shape. You'll definitely get bigger then."

"real?"

"I'd be a dog if I lied!"

It took Cao Jingwen a lot of effort to finally calm her crying friend down.

Meanwhile, Ye Qingzhou was eating walnuts as if nothing had happened. He used his five fingers to crack the hard shell of the walnuts.

Then, with a flick of the finger, the crisp fruit flesh was precisely sent into the mouth, leaving a lingering fragrance on the lips and teeth.

A moment later, the school bell rang, and Huang Liwen pulled him along, running towards the cafeteria: "What are you waiting for? Let's rush over!"

"It's just a meal, is it really that big of a deal?"

"What do you know? I heard that starting today, our second-year high school students will be eating Iron Feather Chicken, a rare ingredient. If we're late, we might only get chicken feathers!"

When the two arrived at the cafeteria, a long queue had already formed at one of the special food serving windows.

Huang Liwen cursed angrily, "Damn it, it's those animals from the sports training team. They must have come to line up before school was over. They have no sportsmanship at all."

Ye Qingzhou didn't speak; he simply stretched his neck and took a deep sniff of the unique fragrance wafting through the air.

Just by smelling it, every cell in his body seemed to become active in an instant, his stomach rumbled, and he was filled with an instinctive desire to eat.

"This aroma...is it from medicinal cuisine?"

Ye Qingzhou was shocked. Martial artists expend a great deal of energy, so their appetite is naturally large. In fact, at the level of Dan Jin and Gang Jin, ordinary food can no longer meet the daily needs of martial arts training. As a result, martial artists who have reached Gang Jin can no longer become stronger through training. Instead, they need to focus on maintenance to reduce unnecessary energy consumption and avoid organ failure.

Even with medicinal cuisine specially prepared for martial artists, it is mostly insufficient to cover the expenses of Earth's martial arts experts.

To put it bluntly, obtaining energy through the chemical breakdown of ordinary food is still too inefficient, far from keeping up with the physical exhaustion of martial arts masters.

Unlike Earth, the Blue Star often contains a large number of rare and precious herbs and animals in its hidden caves and grottoes. These edible natural treasures contain a mysterious energy called "vital energy" which can quickly replenish the energy needed for martial arts training.

The Iron Feathered Chicken is a low-level rare bird that has been successfully domesticated and bred in large numbers. Although it does not contain much spiritual energy, even so, the price of one is generally over 5000 yuan, which is simply unaffordable for ordinary people.

However, Linjiang No.1 Middle School is one of the key schools in the city, so students there can enjoy the national "free lunch for middle school students" policy, where they can eat about 200 grams of iron-feathered chicken meat every day without spending any money.

The quantity is small, but it is barely enough to meet the minimum needs of martial arts training.

Otherwise, according to the standard training intensity required by "Six Strategy of Military Competition", probably before they had even mastered the stances, half of the students at No. 1 Middle School would have died from hematuria.

After queuing for five minutes, Ye Qingzhou and Huang Liwen each successfully got a serving of braised iron-feather chicken.

Huang Liwen sniffed the chicken on his plate with a look of pure enjoyment and said with great delight, "Luckily we came early. We can eat chicken thighs and wings, instead of having to gnaw on the chicken heads, necks, and butts."

Ye Qingzhou didn't have time to talk. He picked up his chopsticks and began to devour the chicken in the bowl. He even chewed up the hard chicken bones and swallowed them.

Just as the two were enjoying their meal, several tall figures blocked out the light and stood in a circle around the table.

The leader was none other than He Weifang, the little tyrant of Linjiang No. 1 Middle School, and the few lackeys who came with him were several big beasts from the sports training team.

(End of this chapter)