parentshiftbook Chapter 349 Qin Ruoxi: So Annoying!
Chapter 349 Qin Ruoxi: So Annoying!
Chapter 349 Qin Ruoxi: So Annoying!
Chen Lie asked, "It's the first day, what's wrong?"
Qin Ruoxi smiled slightly and replied, "It's nothing, I was just asking."
Seeing this, Chen Lie ignored her and quickly finished the medicinal meal in front of him.
"If you really have nothing to say, I'll be leaving!" Chen Lie said calmly.
"Then go ahead and leave. What? Do you think I have ulterior motives towards you?"
I only came to look after you because of Zhixun!
Qin Ruoxi blinked.
Without saying anything more, Chen Lie got up and left the restaurant.
He has already reached the peak of the Internal Refinement stage, and all five internal organs have been successfully cultivated. It is time for him to begin the Blood Refinement stage.
So Chen Lie left the restaurant and went to the resource category building in the thirteenth campus.
Just then, several young men suddenly blocked Chen Lie's path.
A boy with curly hair walked out, glanced at Chen Lie, and said in a provocative tone, "You're the freshman who just arrived today?"
Chen Lie said expressionlessly, "Yes, is there something you need?"
"We are students outside the regular super genius class in Lanjing Province. We heard that you didn't get in through the proper channels, but through connections. Is that true?" the curly-haired boy asked.
"Oh? Who told you that?"
"Never mind that! Since you didn't defend yourself, that means you admitted it."
I am Yan Antao, an extra-enrolled student in the Super Genius Class. We people of Lanjing cannot stand your despicable behavior.
I'm warning you, you'd better obediently withdraw from the ranks of the super-genius class's non-regular students, or you'll be making enemies of all the non-regular students in Lan Jing!
"What good would it do to be enemies with all the non-regular students in Lanjing?" Chen Lie asked.
Yan Antao sneered, "I can make it so you can't stay in the thirteenth campus, and make you have to lie in bed and recuperate every few days."
"Trying to scare me? Making it impossible for me to stay here? Do you have the ability?" Chen Lie sneered.
Yan Antao frowned: "It seems you'll only seriously consider my words after you've suffered a bit?"
Chen Lie scoffed, "Who do you think you are? You think you can make me suffer?"
Yan Antao's expression instantly changed: "You're asking for death!"
After saying that, he leaped into the air and threw a punch, launching a decisive attack on Chen Lie.
The powerful qi and blood formed a qi and blood fist shadow.
Just as Chen Lie was about to retaliate, he heard a loud "boom".
A barrier of qi and blood directly blocked the fist's shadow.
After the two types of qi and blood clashed, Yan Antao was forced to retreat repeatedly.
As she approached, Qin Ruoxi came between the two.
"What's wrong with you all?"
Upon seeing Qin Ruoxi, the expressions of the crowd from Lanjing Province instantly became much more respectful.
Many people greeted her, saying, "Sister Xi, is that you?"
Yan Antao stepped forward and asked, "Qin Ruoxi, do you know this person?"
"Yes, I know him! What's wrong? Did he offend you? Why did you attack him?" Qin Ruoxi asked.
Yan Antao said, "He's someone who got into the super-genius class through connections, and I can't stand it!"
"You don't like it? What's wrong with other people's business? Aren't you being too nosy?" Qin Ruoxi said.
At this moment, a man named Lan Jing, an unofficial student, walked over and whispered, "Sister Xi, it's like this."
Yan Antao's cousin, who was in the genius class, was unable to enter the thirteenth campus and become an unregistered student in the super genius class because she did not have the golden talent of spiritual power and failed to enter the top 100 of the Qi and Blood Ranking.
However, Blue Star University has a rule that anyone who can hunt down 3,000 alien beasts on the Northwest Front can become an extra student in the genius class, but there is only one spot available each month for someone to be admitted as an extra student in the super genius class.
Yan Antao's cousin is probably close to achieving the feat of hunting down three thousand strange beasts.
A classmate just revealed that this month's spot was taken by the new student. Yan Antao checked with the school administration office and found it was true, which is why he came to cause trouble for the new student.
"Oh, I see."
Qin Ruoxi nodded and said to Yan Antao, "Yan Antao, aren't you being a bit too petty? Why don't you just let your cousin wait another month?"
"Qin Ruoxi, you don't need to protect this newcomer. I asked around, and this newcomer didn't even meet the requirement of hunting three thousand exotic beasts in the Northwest. He got the spot purely through connections."
"How dare someone who got into the 13th campus solely through connections, with no real ability to speak for themselves? If he doesn't withdraw from his position as an extra-enrolled student and give up this spot, I will never let this go!" Yan Antao said bluntly.
"So, in the end, you still doubt Chen Lie's abilities, right?" Qin Ruoxi asked.
Yan Antao snorted coldly and remained silent.
Qin Ruoxi suggested, "How about this, you two go up to the dueling platform and have a martial arts competition, so you can see if Chen Lie has the strength to join the thirteenth campus."
"If you can beat Chen Lie on the dueling stage as you would a regular gifted student, then I'll take care of your cousin's extra-enrollment status at the 13th campus!"
"Are you telling the truth?" Yan Antao asked immediately.
"We're all from Lan Jing, would I lie to you?" Qin Ruoxi said.
"Alright, get on the fighting stage. If I can't beat him within ten moves, I'll avoid him from now on!"
Seeing that Yan Antao agreed, Qin Ruoxi looked at Chen Lie and said, "Hey, do you dare to go up to the battle stage?"
If you don't go, Yan Antao might keep causing you trouble. For Zhixun's sake, although I want to protect you, there are always things I can't cover.
Yan Antao is the top student in the Lan Jing Genius Training Camp. Many of Lan Jing's unofficial students will follow his lead to cause trouble for you. If they harass you for a month or two, your martial arts progress may be affected.
After speaking, Qin Ruoxi observed Chen Lie for a few moments. Seeing that Chen Lie did not express his opinion, she immediately advised, "Yan Antao is only at the early stage of Blood Refining. With your combat experience, you may not be without hope of winning."
Chen Lie glanced at Qin Ruoxi: "You don't need to waste your breath, I'll take the stage."
As he spoke, he walked directly to a battle arena next to him.
Seeing Yan Antao also walk onto the opposite stage, Qin Ruoxi's lips curled up slightly.
She knew that Chen Lie must have always been the top student in the school, the top student in the province, and the top student in several provinces. He had probably never been defeated on his way to Blue Star University.
Such a person must be extremely arrogant, thinking that the King of Heaven is number one and he is number two.
This would make it difficult for her respected brother Jiang Yuan to recruit him, so she had to find a way to make Chen Lie experience a failure so that he would realize that he was just an ordinary martial arts genius in the super genius class full of geniuses.
The situation right now was orchestrated by her.
With Chen Lie's letter of recommendation, there was no need for her to take up Yan Antao's cousin's spot, but she still arranged it that way.
Even when Yan Antao came to cause trouble, it was because she and Cheng Xiaoxiao had someone secretly instigate it; otherwise, Yan Antao wouldn't have known about it so quickly.
Yan Antao was a rival carefully arranged by Qin Ruoxi for Chen Lie to dampen his spirits.
Yan Antao, who was in the early stage of the Blood Refining stage, was even stronger than some people in the middle stage of the Blood Refining stage because he had cultivated two powerful martial arts that complemented each other.
She worried that if she assigned someone at the mid-stage of Blood Refinement, Chen Lie might not dare to accept the challenge.
Chen Lie walked step by step to the center of the battle stage, and Yan Antao came to the opposite side of Chen Lie.
"You dare to challenge me to a duel? Kid, I respect you. Don't worry, I'll take your kindness in return," Yan Antao said first.
"No need, just give it your all."
"Heh, what a boastful statement. If I went all out, I could cripple you with a single move."
"Enough talk, make your move!"
Chen Lie waved his hand.
"Hehe, okay!"
After Yan Antao nodded, he suddenly made his move.
He threw a punch, and the power of his blood and qi immediately created a wave of energy.
With a loud "boom," the force of the punch broke through the air and landed in front of Chen Lie.
Yan Antao used only five-tenths of his strength for this first move.
Faced with the fierce punch, Chen Lie neither dodged nor avoided, but instead launched a counterattack with a palm strike.
"boom!"
A blood-red dragon phantom, over ten meters long, burst forth from Chen Lie's palm, instantly dissipating Yan Antao's fist force.
Immediately afterwards, Chen Lie leaped up and delivered more than a dozen blows to Yan Antao from his superior position.
"Boom boom boom"
The powerful palm strike, accompanied by a continuous flow of qi and blood, left Yan Antao instantly stunned.
This power—could he be at the Blood Refining stage?
The moment they clashed, Yan Antao immediately sensed that Chen Lie was no ordinary person and instantly unleashed a powerful martial art.
"Air-Splitting Fist!"
Yan Antao unleashed a punch, his condensed blood and qi transforming into a guillotine blade tens of meters long, which slashed down at Chen Lie with a "whoosh".
Chen Lie condensed his qi and blood to block the attack.
With a loud "bang".
The massive guillotine blade, solidified with qi and blood, clashed with Chen Lie's qi and blood, and instantly dissipated without a trace.
Chen Lie lunged forward and unleashed over a hundred moves at Yan Antao in an instant.
Yan Antao's combat awareness was average; he was already at a disadvantage in less than a hundred moves.
Seeing that Yan Antao's moves were becoming increasingly flawed, Chen Lie seized the biggest opening and unleashed a punch that sent Yan Antao flying.
With a loud "boom," Chen Lie relentlessly pursued, his powerful qi and blood almost covering the entire battle platform, and his immense force of over 30,000 jin slammed into Yan Antao's body.
Finally, Chen Lie kicked Yan Antao in the chest, sending him flying off the fighting platform and crashing to the ground with a thud.
At this point, the battle is over.
The group of Lan Jing members and Qin Ruoxi who had just arrived to watch the battle were instantly dumbfounded.
"How...how could this be? Did he break through to the Blood Refining stage?"
Qin Ruoxi was stunned. When they fought a few days ago, she clearly felt that Chen Lie was still a little short of the Blood Refining stage. In just a few days, he broke through to the Blood Refining stage.
Several unofficial students from Lanjing rushed over to visit Yan Antao.
At this moment, Yan Antao coughed up blood. He had been hit more than a dozen times and then kicked hard. He felt that almost all the bones in his body were broken, and the intense pain made him convulse.
"Yan Antao, how are you?"
Several unofficial students from Lanjing helped Yan Antao up.
"That new student named Chen Lie is also in the Blood Refining stage—"
Yan Antao was immediately confused. With Chen Lie's abilities, he could have become an unofficial student of the thirteenth campus even through the proper channels. Why did he need to use connections?
"Never mind that for now. You look badly injured. We'll take you to the doctor's office."
Several unofficial students from Lanjing helped Yan Antao to the doctor's office.
At the same time, they also glanced back at Chen Lie.
A freshman at the Blood Refining stage is rare indeed. Even Yan Antao is no match for him. Among the students of Lan Jing, there are probably only a handful of the strongest who can rival him.
Chen Lie stepped off the battle platform, glanced at Qin Ruoxi, and said calmly, "Just say what your problem is. There's no need for these petty tricks."
After saying that, Chen Lie walked straight past Qin Ruoxi.
Qin Ruoxi's face was full of confusion. After Chen Lie had walked away, she couldn't help but say, "Ugh, so annoying—why is it so hard to do something for Brother Jiang Yuan? It's so frustrating!"
How could Yan Antao be so useless? He's a veteran Blood Refining stage cultivator, how could he have lost so completely? It would have been better if there had been a lose-lose situation.
And what about Chen Lie? Why did he break through to the Blood Refining stage at this particular time?
At that moment, Cheng Xiaoxiao happened to arrive here.
Seeing Qin Ruoxi standing there in a daze with a complicated expression, Cheng Xiaoxiao asked, "What's wrong, Ruoxi? Did you finish things?"
"What did you mean 'done'? It failed!" Qin Ruoxi said irritably.
"Didn't you text me saying everything went smoothly? How come it suddenly failed?" Cheng Xiaoxiao asked.
"It's all because Yan Antao was too useless. He lost on the fighting stage, so that was the end of it."
"Impossible! Yan Antao's martial arts are top-tier SS-level; even a mid-stage Blood Refinement cultivator would have a hard time defeating him. How could he have been defeated?"
"That Chen Lie must have just broken through to the Blood Refining stage. His combat talent is abnormally strong. Now that he has broken through to the Blood Refining stage, Yan Antao is probably no match for him."
"In that case, let's just forget about it. Let's not bother with this anymore. Let my cousin figure it out himself when he gets back," Cheng Xiaoxiao said.
"Sigh—the main problem is, he seems to have figured out that I used some underhanded tactics on him—"
"It's okay, so what if he can see through it? Are you afraid of him?" Cheng Xiaoxiao said.
"But I'm still worried that Brother Jiang Yuan will fail to recruit him. I've seen Chen Lie's martial arts resume."
Goodness, first place in the school's martial arts competition, first place in the genius training camp, first place in the province, and first place in the three-province martial arts competition. His resume is all first place, without even a second or third place.
Even after entering Blue Star University, he was still in the top classes and the gifted classes. How could anyone in such classes surpass him?
Now that he's in the super genius class, that good-for-nothing Yan Antao has given away another kill, which might make him feel that even the most powerful thirteenth campus of Blue Star University is nothing special.
If we don't curb his arrogance, he'll definitely become arrogant and never be willing to be subservient to anyone.
"Trying to recruit someone with such unrealistically high aspirations like this, Brother Jiang Yuan will most likely fail."
Cheng Xiaoxiao smiled slightly and said, "Don't worry, I admit that Chen Lie is indeed a martial arts genius."
However, there are differences between geniuses.
My cousin is the champion of Blue Capital Martial Arts, ranking in the top ten of the Qi and Blood Ranking, the top ten of the Apprentice Divine Sense Master Ranking, and the top ten of both rankings on Blue Star. He's not someone a mere regional genius can compare to.