parentshiftbook Chapter 336 Chi Naixue's Regret
Chapter 336 Chi Naixue's Regret
Chapter 336 Chi Naixue's Regret
Jiang Shuining was a genius on the Blue Star Apprentice Divine Sense Master Ranking. When she entered the Divine Sense Master stage, she successfully created a powerful Earth-level Divine Sense Master, which made her invincible in various martial arts competitions. When she reached the peak of the Dirty Refining stage, she defeated no fewer than a handful of Blood Refining stage cultivators.
And Chen Lie was able to defeat her with his mental power, causing her to be inexplicably eliminated in the virtual battlefield. His mental power talent must be terrifying. Could he be a genius ranked in the top ten of the Blue Star's trainee mental master list?
This also explains why Chen Lie was promoted from the top class. For top geniuses on Blue Star, the authorities will hide their identities to some extent.
"Sis, that country bumpkin from Dongchuan Province is too arrogant. Can you teach him a lesson for me later?" Jiang Rou said again.
Jiang Shuining said calmly, "This person's background is probably not simple, and since we don't have any major conflicts, it would be unwise to make enemies. Let's leave this matter here."
Upon hearing her sister's words, Jiang Rou couldn't help but say, "How can we just let it go like this? Sister, he made me lose face in public."
What kind of background could someone from a remote and uncivilized place have?
"Shut up!" Jiang Shuining suddenly scolded Jiang Rou, "Don't I know you? It was one thing to be arrogant and domineering in the Jingji Province before, but your family could still protect you a little. But this is Blue Star University, the genius class!"
Did you know that the person you offended has a high probability of becoming a Grandmaster of the Ultimate Realm ten years later?
By going to such lengths to make enemies, what will you ultimately gain?
Although Jiang Rou looked indignant, she dared not refute her sister's reprimand and could only glare fiercely at Chen Lie.
At this moment, Tan Qihui, the tutor of the first genius class, and his two teaching assistants, Song Zihang and Xue Caini, came over.
Professor Tan Qihui stood at the front: "Students, more than a month has passed since Blue Star University started. I'm sure you've all gotten to know each other in our first genius class."
Three new students joined our top-performing class the day before yesterday. Today, while everyone is here, I'd like to introduce them to you.
Upon seeing this, Xue Caini, one of the two teaching assistants, immediately called Chen Lie, Chi Naixue, and Li Xiujing up.
After Chen Lie and his two companions arrived in front of Tan Qihui, Tan Qihui immediately said, "The three students are Chen Lie, Chi Naixue, and Li Xiujing."
After Tan Qihui finished speaking, many people did not react much, but many people from Hunan and Guangdong provinces showed strange expressions.
Zou Mingjun, an extra student in the super genius class and the top martial arts student in Hunan and Guangdong provinces, also frowned.
"Captain Zou, isn't that the nameless one from the Sumeru Illusionary Realm that day?"
Didn't you say he was a student specializing in mental abilities? How did he end up in the top genius class?
A student behind him asked Zou Mingjun, sounding puzzled.
Zou Mingjun remained silent for a while. He had dealt with the top twenty or so geniuses on the Blue Star Apprentice Divine Sense Master Ranking, and his mental strength and abilities were far inferior to Chen Lie's. From this, he could deduce that this person was likely someone close to the top of the Blue Star Apprentice Divine Sense Master Ranking, or even in the top ten.
As for why he suddenly became a student in the genius class, it might be because Earth is looking to the outside world and advocating the cultivation of both spiritual power and martial arts.
The top twenty on the Qi and Blood Ranking and the Divine Sense Master Ranking are all precious talents of Blue Star. They naturally have to wear a less prominent identity, which explains why Chen Lie became a student in the first genius class.
Zou Mingjun pondered for a moment, then said in a low voice, "This person named Chen Lie is probably a top-ranked spiritualist who is hiding his identity to cultivate martial arts."
This is something we all know the truth about; if it leaks out from us, we'll probably get questioned by someone.
"I see, I understand now."
The group of students from Hunan and Guangdong provinces behind them nodded in agreement.
After introducing Chen Lie and the other two, Tan Qihui dismissed them.
"Students, in today's Class 8 sparring session, each of you will have at least two matches. Before and after, please report your strength to the two teaching assistants so that we can arrange an evenly matched opponent for you."
After Tan Qihui finished speaking, he asked the two teaching assistants of the first genius class, Song Zihang and Xue Caini, to go down and record the students' abilities.
Teaching assistant Song Zihang went directly to the gathering place of students from Dongchuan Province.
Since he already had records of the strength of the students in the first genius class, he didn't count them one by one. Instead, he asked directly, "Students, those of you whose realm has changed since half a month ago, come here and make a change record so that I can find you opponents of similar strength later."
As soon as Song Zihang spoke, several people went to his side to record his strength.
In less than three minutes, Song Zihang had completed the record of these people's changes in strength.
He then approached Chen Lie and asked, "Chen Lie, could you please tell me your martial arts level so I can arrange an appropriate opponent for you later?"
"Late stage of the Refining Realm," Chen Lie said directly.
As soon as Chen Lie finished speaking, Ruan Liusu, who was not far away from him, responded to Chen Lie's words with some surprise.
Is Chen Lie already at the late stage of Bone Refining? His martial arts progress is really fast. I remember back in Dongchuan Province, he said he was only at the Bone Refining stage, but now he has already caught up with me.
This made Ruan Liusu feel a greater sense of urgency.
"Late stage of the Dirty Refining stage, good!"
Logically speaking, it's unusual for Chen Lie to join the genius class with his late-stage Refining Realm strength, but Song Zihang didn't show any strangeness and simply recorded it.
After finishing his notes, Song Zihang suddenly looked Chen Lie up and down before leaving.
Chi Naixue is from Hunan and Guangdong provinces, so naturally she also mingles in the student circles of Hunan and Guangdong provinces.
As soon as Chi Naixue returned to the Hunan-Guangdong student group, teaching assistant Xue Caini came to her side and asked, "Chi Naixue, tell me your strength so I can arrange an evenly matched opponent for you later."
Chi Naixue nodded slightly and said, "Peak of the Bone Refining stage."
"Peak of the Bone Refining stage?" Xue Caini was slightly taken aback. The peak of the Bone Refining stage was considered to be above average in the genius class of Blue Star University, surpassing most genius students. Xue Caini was puzzled that a freshman possessed the strength of the peak of the Bone Refining stage.
"Okay, I understand!"
Xue Caini nodded slightly, then asked the other students from Hunan and Guangdong provinces again whether their strength had improved. After making the change record, she quickly left.
Just then, a student from Hunan and Guangdong provinces gathered around: "Chi Naixue, you and Chen Lie moved up to the next grade together, do you know each other?"
Chi Naixue recognized the person in front of her as a former member of the Hunan-Guangdong Province Genius Team, so she nodded slightly and said, "Of course, we came up from the same key class."
"What?"
At that moment, a loud female voice rang out, and at the same time, a girl came up in front of Chi Naixue.
"Chi Naixue, you mean Chen Lie, is he in the same honors class as you?"
Chi Naixue was slightly taken aback when she saw the girl who suddenly appeared. After a long while, she said, "Chu Jiahe?"
Seeing your humility in the Sumeru Illusionary Realm last time, I thought you had a change of heart. Now it seems you were just chickened out, which is why you gave up that magical beast core.
As Chi Naixue spoke, her sharp gaze fell upon the girl, and she narrowed her eyes slightly.
The girl in front of her was Chu Jiahe, her old rival from the Hunan-Guangdong Province Genius Training Camp. If it weren't for Chu Jiahe, she wouldn't have failed to make it into the Hunan-Guangdong Province Genius Team, and she wouldn't have wasted more than half a month in the key class.
Chu Jiahe snorted coldly and said, "Enough with the nonsense, answer my question!"
"Why should I answer whatever you ask me? Who do you think you are?" Chi Naixue's gaze was cold and dismissive.
"You—what a big mouth you have!"
Chu Jiahe's expression changed, and he almost couldn't resist attacking Chi Naixue.
The two were mortal enemies with a long-standing grudge, and there were times when they would fight each other over the slightest disagreement.
Just as Chi Naixue and Chu Jiahe were locked in a fierce confrontation, Zou Mingjun, the martial arts champion of Hunan and Guangdong Province, arrived beside them.
"Alright, this is the arena for the eight genius classes to hone their martial arts. Do you intend to engage in a private duel here?"
Zou Mingjun glanced at Chu Jiahe and said calmly, "Step back!"
Seeing that Zou Mingjun had spoken, Chu Jiahe could only glare fiercely at Chi Naixue before retreating back into the crowd.
The martial arts champion of a province is the strongest and most authoritative among the younger generation in that province. Even at Blue Star University, most students from the same province will hold the martial arts champion in awe.
Therefore, as soon as Zou Mingjun spoke, Chu Jiahe immediately obeyed.
After Chu Jiahe left, Zou Mingjun looked at Chi Naixue: "Your name is Chi Naixue? I noticed you when we were in military training in Hunan and Guangdong provinces. Your strength is not much worse than some of the genius group members."
Chi Naixue's heart pounded when she saw that the leader of the Hunan-Guangdong martial arts competition had actually spoken to her.
As a native of Hunan and Guangdong, her failure to join the Hunan and Guangdong Province Genius Team made her yearn for the members of the Genius Team. Therefore, she had an indescribable filter of admiration for the martial arts champion of Hunan and Guangdong Province.
After adjusting her mindset, Chi Naixue said softly, "Hello, Captain Zou."
Zou Mingjun nodded and said, "You just said that you and Chen Lie came up from the same top class. Could it be that he also got into the top class?"
"Yes!"
Chi Nayuki replied.
"So you're saying you met him in the honors class?"
"No, he was a transfer student from another province who was admitted through a special program to Hunan and Guangxi Province. I knew him when I was in Hunan and Guangxi Province," Chi Naixue said.
"A transfer student?" Zou Mingjun found it strange.
"Does Captain Zou know Chen Lie?" Chi Naixue asked curiously.
Zou Mingjun didn't shy away from the topic, frankly admitting, "That's right, I once fought Chen Lie, and ultimately lost a move due to carelessness."
"What?" Upon hearing this, Chi Naixue immediately exclaimed, "No matter how powerful Chen Lie is, he's only a regional genius from Sichuan province. How could he possibly be your match?"
Regional geniuses are comparable to the top martial arts champions of the top ten provinces on Earth, but Zou Mingjun is the top martial arts champion of the twelfth major martial arts province on Earth. In terms of both martial arts strength and talent, he should be above regional geniuses.
"A regional genius?" Zou Mingjun was puzzled, but still said, "His martial arts are not weak, but they naturally pose no threat to me. What he is really good at is his mastery of the Divine Sense Master path."
He's probably in the top twenty of the Blue Star's Divine Sense Master rankings.
"Top Twenty Divine Sense Masters Ranking"
Chi Naixue was shocked. As a Divine Sense Master herself, she naturally knew what kind of beings were in the top twenty of the Divine Sense Master Ranking.
That was a top-tier genius of divine sense on Blue Star, stronger than the martial arts champions of most of the top ten provinces on Blue Star.
"Since Chen Lie was a transfer student who used the Hunan-Guangdong Province channel to enter Blue Star University with you, and then entered the genius class together, you two should not be casual acquaintances."
Spending more time with such geniuses with extraordinary abilities will benefit you.
After saying that, Zou Mingjun turned and walked away.
A strong sense of regret welled up in Chi Naixue's heart.
If she had known Chen Lie's extraordinary abilities earlier, and given that they had known each other for a month, had both been promoted to the genius class from Hunan and Guangdong provinces, and then from the key class to the genius class, and had been sincere in their friendship, their relationship would naturally have been more than just a casual acquaintance.
But now, they probably don't even qualify as casual acquaintances.
After a long while, Chi Naixue sighed, clenched her fists, and silently walked behind the students from Hunan and Guangxi provinces.
The martial arts competition among the eight genius classes is in full swing.
Xue Caini and Song Zihang, the two teaching assistants of the top genius class, matched their students with opponents from other classes.
Picking up the martial arts record book of the top genius class, Xue Caini was suddenly startled: "This new student named Chen Lie is actually in the late stage of the Refining Realm? Are you mistaken?"
Song Zihang shook his head and said, "That's right, it's the late stage of the Dirty Refining Realm."
"How could a freshman in the genius class possibly have the strength of a late-stage Refining Realm cultivator?" Xue Caini murmured, utterly puzzled. "How should we arrange sparring partners for him?"
"By the way, it seems there's someone in our top genius class who was in the middle stage of the Dirty Refinement Realm last time, but today his strength has changed to the late stage of the Dirty Refinement Realm. He just recently broke through to the late stage of the Dirty Refinement Realm, so he can have a spar with Chen Lie."
"You mean Wu Yiyi from Nanjiang Province? Let them compete against each other in the same class?" Song Zihang asked.
"Yes." Xue Caini nodded.
As she spoke, Xue Caini immediately gathered Chen Lie and Wu Yiyi together, explained the reason to them, and introduced the situation of both parties.
"Senior Pei, do you mean you want to arrange for her to spar with me?"
Wu Yiyi crossed her arms and looked Chen Lie up and down.
Xue Caini smiled slightly: "Yes, Junior Brother Chen Lie is in the late stage of the Refining Realm, and so are you. Since your strengths are similar, you can have a sparring match."
Wu Yiyi asked Chen Lie, "Are you from Dongchuan Province?"
"Not bad," Chen Lie said.
"Senior Pei, the 'Dirty Refining Period' in Dongchuan Province is not on the same level as the 'Dirty Refining Period' in Nanjiang Province."
Putting aside everything else, I'm proficient in three SS-level martial arts techniques alone. In Dongchuan Province, they might treasure even a single S-level martial art.
Even if they are both at the late stage of the Refining Realm, they are not comparable. Are you sure you want to arrange for me to spar with him?
Wu Yiyi looked at Chen Lie with some disdain.
Xue Caini said, "You should stop here. Since you're both at the late stage of the Refining Realm, even if there's a difference, it won't be significant."
"Of course, stopping short of defeating him is fine. I'm just worried that if I defeat him in two or three moves, it will damage his confidence. If he loses his martial arts career in the future, that would be a pity."
After all, to reach the Refining Stage in a barren province is already a top-tier genius.
Wu Yiyi said in a very serious tone.