touchnovel Chapter 34 Martial Arts Banquet
Chapter 34 Martial Arts Banquet
A few hours later, Chen Lie heard his communicator ring. He stopped cultivating the "Lingguang Divine Refinement Chapter", got out of bed, picked it up and saw that it was an unfamiliar number.
After thinking for a moment, Chen Lie answered the call.
"Hello, is this Brother Chen? This is Yang Shen, the owner of the crystal card sales point from the day before yesterday."
As soon as the call connected, a voice that Chen Lie recognized came through the communicator.
"Oh, it's Boss Yang. Did you sell those ten sets of Sky-Piercing Fist Crystal Cards the day before yesterday?" Chen Lie asked.
"The Void-Piercing Fist Crystal Cards are in high demand and selling like hotcakes. I sold them all in one afternoon, not a single one left."
"Oh, that's good."
"I'm contacting you today to ask if you have time. I got some blank crystal cards from a colleague."
If you have time, would you like to come over, or would you like me to send you my address and I'll come to your place with a blank crystal card?
"Got another blank crystal card?" Chen Lie's heart skipped a beat. He said, "I'll just go over there. You can wait for me at your shop."
"Okay, okay, I'll stay here in the shop. You can come anytime."
Chen Lie hung up the communicator, left the room, and went to the bathroom to wash his face.
When I got to the living room, I found my mother, Feng Yuelan, tidying up.
"Chen Lie, today is Uncle He's martial arts banquet next door. Would you like to go?"
When Feng Yuelan saw Chen Lie, she asked him a question.
"No, I have something to do." Chen Lie shook his head.
Feng Yuelan couldn't help but ask, "What have you been busy with all day? Have you been exercising diligently lately? It's been several days now, has your Qi and blood level improved at all?"
Seeing his mother's expression, Chen Lie smiled slightly and then handed her his elite student ID.
"Mom, look what this is."
Feng Yuelan took the item Chen Lie handed her and examined it closely: "What's this? Wait... an elite student ID?"
The card reads: Elite Class Student ID
Student Name: Chen Lie
Class: Elite Class 5.
Supervisor: Hong Chengshuo
(Awarded by the Elite Martial Arts Department of Dongchuan Province's No. 1 Key High School)
Feng Yuelan put down her elite student ID and looked at Chen Lie in shock: "You got into the elite class?"
"Yes," Chen Lie said, "I am now an elite student."
"When did this happen?"
Just two days ago.
"A couple of days ago? Why didn't you say so earlier? Elite students are usually accompanied by their parents during the assessment. If you had told me in advance, I could have had your dad come back earlier to be with you?"
Chen Lie waved his hand and said, "There's no need. Dad is so busy with work, why would he come back? My Qi and Blood values are up to standard, so the elite student assessment is just a formality for me."
Feng Yuelan looked at Chen Lie's elite student ID, her heart filled with mixed feelings.
My son has really made something of himself. He passed the elite student assessment without saying a word. It seems he really was guided by an adult from beyond the stars.
"How did your Qi and Blood value increase so quickly? It's only been a few days, and you've already broken through to 3 and joined the elite class?" Feng Yuelan couldn't help but ask again.
"Mom, don't worry about that. You just need to check the results. I told you, my goal is Starry Sky University," Chen Lie said.
"Okay, Mom won't ask anymore."
Feng Yuelan nodded and said, "Get ready, change your clothes, and come with me to the martial arts promotion banquet that Uncle He, our neighbor, is holding for his son Zhenming."
Chen Lie said, "Didn't I say I had something to do and wasn't going?"
Feng Yuelan asked, "What brings you here? Is it something related to martial arts training?"
"no."
"That's not a big deal, go with Mom."
"All right."
Seeing his mother's insistence, Chen Lie nodded in agreement, but he was too lazy to change his clothes.
After leaving her home, Feng Yuelan took a speedboat to the Wu Kesheng Hotel in Changdong City.
On the speedboat, Chen Lie asked, "Mom, didn't they say they would come to pick us up?"
"It's just polite talk. It's just our family; would we really let them come to pick us up?" Feng Yuelan said.
Soon, the speedboat arrived outside the Wu Kesheng Hotel in Changdong City.
After Chen Lie and his mother Feng Yuelan got off the speedboat, they went into the hotel.
As soon as Chen Lie entered the hotel, Liu Lianqing came up to greet him.
"Oh, Chen Lie's mother, what took you so long? Hurry up, come on the second floor, please come in, we've been waiting for you."
Feng Yuelan smiled and nodded, then followed Liu Lianqing upstairs, with Chen Lie following behind his mother.
"Huh? Just the two of you? Where are Chen Lie's dad and Xingyao?"
As Liu Lianqing walked up the stairs, she looked back and suddenly asked a question.
Feng Yuelan said, "Both of them are busy with work and busy with studies, so they can't find the time."
"That's a pity, we can't catch up properly now."
Liu Lianqing shook his head and sighed.
As soon as Chen Lie reached the second floor, he saw a banner.
Congratulations to He Zhenming, a student from Yunchuan Key Martial Arts University, on his advancement to Martial Artist.
Liu Lianqing led Chen Lie and his mother to a private room and said, "Chen Lie's mother, you and Chen Lie sit here. Zhenming's father is busy, but Zhenming is here. I'll come over when I'm done. Let's have a good get-together today."
"Zhenming, come over here and say hello to your Aunt Feng."
Inside the private room, a tall, thin young man stood up and walked to the door.
"Hello, Aunt Feng."
"Is this Zhenming? I haven't seen him in so long, I almost didn't recognize him! Please, have a seat!"
Hearing Feng Yuelan's words, He Zhenming nodded and sat down again.
Liu Lianqing then said, "You should also bring Chen Lie to sit down; they're all acquaintances."
Feng Yuelan nodded, went into the private room, found a seat, and sat down with Chen Lie.
"Hey, isn't this Chen Lie?"
Chen Lie had just sat down when he heard the voice, so he turned his head and saw that the speaker was a middle-aged woman.
"This is your Aunt Gao."
Feng Yuelan reminded Chen Lie from the side.
"Aunt Gao."
Chen Lie greeted him.
Let alone now that more than 70 years have passed, even my past self would definitely not remember these neighbors.
Since his second year of high school, he has hardly gone out. He lives a very short life, going only between two points. Even when he occasionally runs into a neighbor, he always takes a detour.
Aunt Gao nodded, shifting her gaze from Chen Lie to the main character of today's banquet, He Zhenming.
"Zhenming, you're already a sophomore, right? How come you've only just broken through to the Martial Artist level?"
My Qingqing advanced to the Martial Artist level at the beginning of the year.
He Zhenming said, "Aunt Gao, you don't know this. It's not necessarily good to advance to the Martial Artist level early. It depends on your Qi and Blood value before advancing to the Martial Artist level. The higher your Qi and Blood value is in the Qi and Blood stage, the stronger your future potential will be."
"I wonder what level of Qi and Blood was Qingqing when she broke through to become a martial artist?"
Aunt Gao thought for a moment and said, "Around two hundred calories."
He Zhenming smiled slightly and said, "That's right. Before I broke through to the Martial Artist level, my Qi and Blood Value was already close to 300 calories."
Don't underestimate the difference of just one hundred calories of Qi and blood; it's a crucial factor that determines how far a person can go in martial arts.
Upon hearing this, Aunt Gao stopped talking to He Zhenming and instead looked at Chen Lie.
"Chen Lie, you're a senior in high school this year. How's it going? Has your Qi and Blood value broken through 1 yet?"
Chen Lie nodded: "It's already broken."
Aunt Gao said seriously, "Breaking through the Qi and Blood value to 1 is just the beginning. Your sister Qingqing has already been cultivating in the elite class for more than half a year at your age."
You can't slack off either. Hurry up and get your Qi and Blood value above 3 to join the elite class. There's no future in the regular class.
"Huh? I remember, you didn't make it into the elite class in the end, right, Zhenming?"
After saying her last sentence, Aunt Gao turned to look at He Zhenming.
He Zhenming said, "The distinction between elite classes and regular classes doesn't prove anything."
Although I didn't get into the elite class, there are many students in Yunchuan Martial Arts University who entered the elite class in high school, but their grades are not as good as mine.
Besides, it's not that I lack the ability to enter the elite class.
My university professor's evaluation of me was that I progressed step by step, accumulated knowledge and experience, and eventually surpassed others. I only started to exert myself in martial arts training in my senior year of high school.
Aunt Gao, you may not know this, but the school will tighten the promotion channels for senior martial arts students. Even if a senior martial arts student has a Qi and Blood value of 3 or 4, it does not guarantee that they will be able to enter the elite class.
That's what happened to me. In the first semester of my senior year, although my skills had already met the requirements, the school raised the standards for elite student assessments. By the time I was good enough, the school had already closed the path for senior martial arts students to advance to elite student status.
Aunt Gao said, "Is that so? I heard that if your Qi and Blood value exceeds 3, you can directly enter the elite class?"
He Zhenming said calmly, "The martial arts on Blue Star have been developing steadily. I can say with certainty that the elite student assessments for martial arts students, whether they are in their second or third year of high school, are much more difficult than they were back then."
Aunt Gao, if you don't believe me, you can ask any student who is planning to take the elite student assessment.
Can a senior high school martial arts student with a Qi and Blood value exceeding 3, but failing in other aspects, pass the elite student assessment?
I dare say that, let alone a senior high school martial arts student, even a junior high school martial arts student, if they don't meet the requirements in other aspects and only have a Qi and Blood value exceeding 3, might not be able to pass the elite student assessment.
"Is that really true?" Aunt Gao asked, full of doubt.
He Zhenming nodded and said, "Of course, so Aunt Gao, don't make things difficult for Chen Lie. Even if his Qi and Blood value exceeds 3, he still can't enter the elite class."
Moreover, this semester is about to end, and next semester the school will close the channel for ordinary martial arts students to advance to the elite class.
Therefore, Chen Lie has no hope of making it into the elite class.
As he spoke, He Zhenming looked at Chen Lie.
"The elite student assessment isn't as difficult as you all say!"
Feng Yuelan then spoke.
"Aunt Feng, you haven't paid attention to the elite student assessment, so you might not know how difficult it is..."
He Zhenming was about to speak when Feng Yuelan interrupted her directly: "I don't really know how difficult the elite student assessment is, but Chen Lie is already in the elite class, which means he has passed the assessment, and I haven't heard him say that it was difficult."