Martial arts mastery? But I'm just a spoiled brat!

"Thank you for your concern, young master, but there's no need for that right now. Actually, General Yang sent someone to the martial arts school privately to offer his support, but I declined."

After listening, Zou Qisi first expressed her gratitude, and then began to explain:

"Having General Yang's support is good, but given the current situation of the martial arts alliance, being too close to warlords is very likely to cause other martial arts schools to reject us. They may not say much about it openly, but in that case, the martial arts alliance will be dead in name only."

"Hmm, so what difficulties are you facing now?"

Upon hearing this, Yan Qing leaned back on the sofa and relaxed once again.

"This time, the Martial Arts Alliance selected its leader through a martial arts competition. Other forces are one thing, but their strength is completely incomparable to the three major martial arts schools. However, Xingyi School and Taiji School have recently produced many young and famous martial artists, and our Tiger Roar Martial Arts School is somewhat weak in this regard."

Zou Qisi's words were somewhat subtle.

However, although Tiger Roar Martial Arts School is powerful, Yan Qing has already transferred all of its newly promoted young martial artists away, resulting in a shortage of young martial artists and a lack of new talent.

"Hmm, what age of martial artists are participating in this competition?"

Yan Qing was naturally aware of these matters, as these young martial artists were the biggest contributors to his ability to establish an intelligence network.

"The agreement is that each martial arts school will send three martial artists under the age of thirty to participate in the battle. The head of the martial arts school that wins in the end will become the leader of the martial arts alliance, and the top three martial artists will also receive martial arts resources provided by the three top martial artists."

Currently, our martial arts school only has one barely qualified martial artist under the age of thirty.

Seeing that Yan Qing understood, Zou Qisi didn't waste any time and directly explained the situation she was facing.

"Well, as a martial arts school, it's reasonable to use competitions among the younger generation of martial artists to represent their skill level."

Yan Qing nodded. This is the current state of traditional martial arts practitioners, who focus on concentrating resources on cultivating young martial artists, and these young martial artists are becoming increasingly powerful.

In the past, it was already quite good for a martial artist to break through to the Transformation Realm before the age of forty. They had a chance to break through to the Gang Realm at the age of forty-eight. After all, if one could not enter the Gang Realm by the age of forty-eight, there was basically no hope left.

Now, there are already cases of people breaking through to the Transformation Realm before the age of thirty. With the emergence of these young martial artists, it is conceivable that the time to break through to the Gang Realm will be brought forward significantly.

Only in this way will martial artists who have reached the Core Formation stage or even higher levels continue to emerge.

This is progress, and it's what traditional martial artists hope to see.

Only when the number of martial arts masters who have reached the Transformation Realm is constantly decreasing can the upper limit of martial arts masters be continuously pushed higher.

"What level of martial arts is that person at the gym at now?"

"One step away from mastering the ultimate skill..."

At this point, Zou Qisi herself couldn't help but frown a little.

Currently, there are already martial artists from the Xingyi School who have broken through to the Huajin level at the age of 28, so the Taiji School is unlikely to be much worse.

Moreover, this is only the information available publicly; what is actually happening behind the scenes will only be known when the competition begins.

"So I came here today to ask the young master if we should call back some martial artists to participate."

Over the years, Tiger Roar Martial Arts School has trained several martial arts masters under the age of thirty, but they have all been transferred away by Yan Qing. Moreover, some of them have already passed the age limit, so there is only one person who meets the requirements.

Zou Qisi's main purpose in coming here was to get Yan Qing to recall this person and have him represent the Tiger Roar Martial Arts School in this competition.

"He...can't right now, he has more important things to deal with."

Yan Qing thought about it for a while, but ultimately shook his head and rejected it. The martial artist who had reached the Transformation Realm was transferred by Yan Qing to the capital. He was a very important person to supervise the Zhang family.

Yan Qing knew that the Zhang family would not be stable for long. Once they reorganized their forces with the capital as their center, the Yan family would definitely be their first target.

Yan Qing had no doubt about this, so he needed to make arrangements in advance.

"Is that so..."

Upon hearing this, Zou Qisi, who had been calm, couldn't help but frown.

"However... the position of leader of the Tianjin Martial Arts Alliance is also very important."

Seeing Zou Qisi frown, Yan Qing smiled and then turned to look at Wanxing, who had been making tea on the side.

"Wanxing, go and call your sister here."

"Yes, young master!"

Wanxing was quietly doing her servant's work, serving tea and water, showing no signs of being a martial artist, until Yan Qing called her, at which point she bowed in response.

Upon hearing Yan Qing speak, Zou Qisi suddenly realized something and turned her gaze to Wanxing, who was about to walk out of the hall.

"The footwork is short and dense, and the shoulder blades rise and fall slightly when walking. This is a sign of being ready to strike at any time. This is the behavior of a master of boxing."

His lower body remained still, his waist swayed slightly like a willow branch, but his center of gravity did not shift; his index finger was slightly deformed and calloused—this was a master of Mantis Boxing!

As the owner of the martial arts school, Zou Qisi is not only good at running the business. Her own strength may be average, but her insight is definitely second to none.

She had been focused on Yan Qing's words and actions, and Wanxing's behavior was not much different from that of a maid, which made her subconsciously ignore Wanxing.

But when she observed carefully, she immediately realized that Wanxing was extraordinary.

Most people who practice martial arts have very obvious external features. After integrating martial arts into their lives, they will carry some martial arts characteristics in their subtle movements. As long as you observe carefully, you can perceive their extraordinary nature.

It was only because Yan Qing's martial arts progressed too quickly, and he mastered the Tiger Form of Xingyi Quan to an extraordinary level, that he was able to conceal many of his martial arts characteristics, making them difficult for ordinary martial artists to detect.

After realizing Wanxing's extraordinary abilities, Zou Qisi began to ponder and speculate about Wanxing's possible realm.

"Is she a master of the Inner Three Harmonies or a Transformation Realm expert? Her older sister must be a Transformation Realm expert, she's so young..."

Zou Qisi's heart was already churning with emotions.

Martial artists of minor styles of boxing may reach the level of "Hua Jin" (化劲) more easily than ordinary people, but in terms of strength and potential, they may not be as good as masters of other styles such as Xingyi, Bajiquan, Bagua, and Taiji. Moreover, their upper limit may also be limited. However, being able to reach the level of "Hua Jin" at such a young age is itself a symbol of talent.

Moreover, the statement about inferior strength and potential only applies to martial artists of the same level. In reality, a martial artist with the Transformation Realm would completely overwhelm a martial artist with the Dark Realm.

"Young Master~~"

Just as Zou Qisi was wondering what realm Lan Yue was at, Wan Xing and Lan Yue walked in and stood at the door, speaking respectfully.

"Master Zou, what do you think of these two? They both recently entered the Transformation Realm. Although they did not cultivate the Four Great Masters, their combat experience is quite remarkable."

After the two women entered, Yan Qingcai smiled and asked Zou Qisi a question.