fynovel Chapter 218 Guaranteed Top 3
Chapter 218 Guaranteed Top 3
Chapter 218 Guaranteed Top Three
Jiang Xiaodong, the steward of the Dongchuan Genius Group, stepped forward and shook hands with the reception steward of Yunchuan: "Hello."
At this moment, a female reporter from Yunnan Province walked up to the group of geniuses and went directly to Chen Lie, who was at the very front.
"Hello, I'm Zhang Qingqing, a reporter from Yunchuan Provincial Television Station. Are you Chen Lie, the martial arts champion of Dongchuan Province's genius team?"
Chen Lie nodded and said, "I am Chen Lie."
"Chen Lie, would you be available for an interview? It won't take you long, just five minutes."
"Okay." Chen Lie nodded.
"Okay, thank you for your cooperation."
Zhang Qingqing immediately instructed the staff of the provincial television station to set up the camera and film.
"Hello Chen Lie, as the champion of Dongchuan Province's martial arts competition, do you feel pressured and worried that you won't achieve a good ranking in the Three Provinces Martial Arts Tournament?"
Chen Lie: "There's no pressure."
Zhang Qingqing: "Oh? Is it because you have a good mindset and feel no pressure, or is it because you are confident in your abilities and believe you can achieve a good ranking in the Three Provinces Martial Arts Tournament?"
Chen Lie: "Because of the latter."
Zhang Qingqing: "So, what kind of ranking do you think you can achieve in the martial arts competition?"
Chen Lie: "A minimum of top three."
Zhang Qingqing: "Does that mean you're confident about being second or first?"
Chen Lie: "Yes."
Zhang Qingqing: "What are your thoughts on Ji Lingxuan, the martial arts champion of Yunnan Province, and Gu Yang, the martial arts champion of Sichuan Province? Do you consider yourself to be on the same level as them?"
Chen Lie: "I've never fought against them, so I don't know."
Zhang Qingqing: "Without knowing the strength of his opponents, Chen Lie is confident that he can at least get a top-three ranking in the three-province martial arts competition. He is probably very confident in his martial arts skills."
May I ask how old Chen Lie is this year?
Chen Lie: "18."
Zhang Qingqing: "Okay, thank you Chen Lie for cooperating with our interview. On behalf of the staff of Yunnan Provincial Television Station, I wish Chen Lie good luck in the Three Provinces Martial Arts Competition."
After the interview, Zhang Qingqing immediately asked the TV station staff to move the camera and randomly select members of the genius team to continue the interview.
"Chen Lie, are you crazy? How dare you say in front of Yun Chuan TV that you can guarantee a top-three finish in the martial arts competition?" Tang Jiu'er couldn't help but say from behind.
"Oh, what's wrong?"
"Do you think that breaking through the Qi and Blood Limit will make it easy for you to win the top three in the martial arts competition?"
The extreme levels of Qi and blood in Yunnan Province are usually the sum of those in Western and Eastern Yunnan Provinces combined.
This year, three people from Dongchuan Province have reached the pinnacle of Qi and Blood. It's likely that the combined number of people from the three central provinces of Sichuan reaching this level will be in the double digits. Among so many people, are you absolutely certain you can secure a top-three finish?
"If I'm not sure, I won't say it in public."
Tang Jiu'er rolled her eyes at Chen Lie: "Whatever, I wasn't the one who boasted in public anyway. If I don't get into the top three, we'll see how you die then."
Shortly after the TV crew finished their interview, the receptionist from the Yunchuan Provincial Martial Arts Association led the members of the Dongchuan Provincial Genius Team to the Yunchuan Provincial Genius Team's reception hall.
Led by Chen Lie and the Yun Chuan reception steward, they entered the reception hall.
The reception hall is several thousand square meters in size. At this moment, there are already fifty or sixty teenagers in different uniforms gathered in the hall. Judging from the insignia on their uniforms, these people are all members of the Guancai Group from Yunchuan and Xichuan provinces.
"The students from Dongchuan have arrived. Someone, come and greet them."
As soon as they entered the hall, the receptionist from Yun Chuan called over some staff members to arrange for the members of the Dong Chuan Genius Group to take their seats.
As the leader of Dongchuan Martial Arts, Chen Lie naturally sat at the very front. He glanced at the directions of Yunchuan and Xichuan and saw Ji Lingxuan sitting at the front of Yunchuan and an unfamiliar young man at the front of Xichuan. He guessed that this must be Gu Yang from Xichuan Province.
"Hello everyone from the Three Provinces Genius Group. Welcome to the Three Provinces Gathering today. Our task today is to discuss the specific date for the Three Provinces Martial Arts Competition and the preliminary preparations."
Next, please welcome Inspector Bao Yongchai, appointed by the Blue Star Martial Arts Association, representing Sichuan and Shaanxi provinces.
No sooner had Yun Chuan's receptionist finished speaking than a middle-aged man stepped forward.
The middle-aged man glanced at the many members of the trio of geniuses from the three provinces present and said, "I am Bao Yongchai, and I am in charge of hosting this trio of geniuses gathering."
As is customary, I will now examine the martial arts champions from the three provinces of Sichuan. Ji Lingxuan, Gu Yang, and Chen Lie, the three of you, step forward.
Upon hearing this, Chen Lie immediately stood up and went to the front of the reception hall, where he stood with Ji Lingxuan and Gu Yang.
Bao Yongchai's gaze swept over Chen Lie and Gu Yang, finally settling on Ji Lingxuan: "The martial arts competition of the five provinces of Shaanxi and Lingnan was completed the day before yesterday. Yang Tianlai, the martial arts champion of the Guannei province, won first place. I heard that you fought against Yang Tianlai during the eight-province gathering. Although there was no clear winner, Yang Tianlai was at a disadvantage. Is that true?"
Ji Lingxuan nodded slightly.
"You are very good. Guannei Province has always been the top of the eight provinces. It is indeed an anomaly that Sichuan can produce a martial arts genius like you. With your current level of martial arts, you are enough to have a place even in the top ten provinces of Blue Star."
You can skip this exam.
After speaking, Bao Yongchai looked at Chen Lie and Gu Yang.
"You two, come over here and spar with me. Don't worry, I'll control my power and won't hurt you."
"Who should go first?" Gu Yang asked.
"You guys can all come together!"
After Bao Yongchai finished speaking, he immediately reached out and punched Chen Lie and Gu Yang at the same time.
Gu Yang swayed, and then his fist slammed towards Bao Yongchai in an instant, the booming sound of the massive force hitting the ground was deafening.
On the other side, Chen Lie did not fight as aggressively as Gu Yang, but dodged the punches and engaged in a fierce battle with Bao Yongchai.
The reception hall was filled with swirling internal energy, making it difficult for Chen Lie and Gu Yang to make contact with Bao Yongchai due to the attack of this energy leaving his body.
"The advantage that true qi has when it leaves the body in battle is far greater than that of qi and blood stages."
After muttering something to himself, Chen Lie fought and dodged under the pressure of Bao Yongchai's true energy.
On the other side, Gu Yang had already begun to unleash S-level martial arts, his blood-red handprints continuously striking towards Bao Yongchai, but all of them were shattered by his true energy.
Gu Yang was putting in a lot of effort, but Bao Yongchai felt that this martial arts champion from Dongchuan Province was unusually cunning. From the beginning until now, after dozens of moves, he hadn't used his full strength at all.
After Bao Yongchai unleashed a punch at Gu Yang with his true energy, he turned his attention to Chen Lie.
With a flick of his finger, dozens of streams of true energy instantly split off and attacked Chen Lie.
Left with no other choice, Chen Lie had to retaliate with all his might. He unleashed dozens of palm strikes in an instant, each one containing immense force, shattering the persistent true energy.
Having already tested Chen Lie and Gu Yang's strength, Bao Yongchai waved his hand.
With a loud "boom," the true energy spread out, instantly forcing Chen Lie and Gu Yang back more than ten meters.
In just a short while, Bao Yongchai exchanged over a hundred moves with Chen Lie and Gu Yang, and under Bao Yongchai's deliberate guidance, the reception hall was not damaged in any way.
"That concludes the assessment. I have a general understanding of your abilities."
As he spoke, Bao Yongchai looked at Chen Lie.
He only felt that the martial arts leader of Dongchuan was slippery and made the martial arts leader of Xichuan take the lead in everything, and only at the last moment did he realize his strength.
"Chen Lie, is it? Your combat experience is indeed very rich, but your strength is indeed a notch weaker. You only recently stepped into the Qi and Blood Extreme Realm?"
Chen Lie nodded and hummed in agreement.
Seeing that Chen Lie nodded, Bao Yongchai did not ask any further questions.
He thought to himself, "It seems that Dongchuan Province will still be at the bottom this year. The strongest martial arts champion is much weaker than the Xichuan martial arts champion. The other members of the genius group will definitely be even worse."
Among the martial arts champions of the three provinces, the champion from Yunchuan is the strongest, while the champion from Dongchuan is clearly the weakest.
At this moment, Chen Lie suddenly hummed in response.
He suddenly felt a divine thought probing him. After sensing it, he realized that the source of the divine thought was Gu Yang, who was standing next to him.
Gu Yang from Sichuan Province is also a Divine Sense Master?
"Now that the exams are over, I'll arrange for the members of the three-province genius team to have a friendly exchange."
"You three provincial martial arts leaders, go and discuss the details and date of the martial arts competition among the three provinces of Sichuan!"
After Bao Yongchai finished speaking, he beckoned the receptionist from Yunnan Province, while he himself went to the group of geniuses from the three provinces.
"Three students, please follow me."
Yun Chuan's receptionist invited Chen Lie, Ji Lingxuan, and Gu Yang to a quiet meeting room.
After the three of them sat down, he said, "The three martial arts champions, let's first discuss the date of the Three Provinces Martial Arts Tournament."
From the end of this month to the beginning of next month, that is, from the 20th of this month to the 10th of next month, is fine. You can discuss the specific time.
Ji Lingxuan looked up at Chen Lie: "Chen Lie, what are your thoughts?"
"In my opinion, it's better to do it sooner rather than later. Let's set it for the 20th of this month," Chen Lie said.
Ji Lingxuan nodded slightly and looked at Gu Yang.
Gu Yang also said, "I don't mind, sooner or later is fine."
"Then let's go with Chen Lie's suggestion and set the martial arts competition for the 20th of this month," Ji Lingxuan said.
The receptionist nodded repeatedly and then said, "So—where should we go? We have five options. One is the training ground of the Yun Chuan Genius Group, another is Jiangyun City No. 1 Middle School, which is adjacent to the East and West Rivers. This place is close to all three rivers, and there's also—"
"Let's leave it to the Yun Chuan Martial Arts Association to decide. It's all in Yun Chuan anyway, so it doesn't matter where we choose," Gu Yang said.
Chen Lie said, "I have no objection."
Ji Lingxuan nodded as well.
"The next question is the number of participants in the Three Provinces Martial Arts Tournament. Should we hold a general martial arts competition, or should we only compare the top ten members of each province's genius group?"
This is something to be aware of. If a newly promoted member of the genius group faces a top member from another province in a martial arts competition, they might be defeated in less than one move, which could severely damage their confidence in martial arts.
"In this way, we can divide the competition into multiple zones, with the top ten members from each province advancing together, and the remaining members of similar strength assigned to the same zone," Gu Yang said.
"Okay." Chen Lie nodded.
Ji Lingxuan also hummed in agreement.
The Yun Chuan reception steward said, "Please report the number of members of the genius group from each province. As the host, Yun Chuan will do its best to receive our distinguished guests who have come from afar."
Gu Yang: "27 people from Sichuan Province."
Chen Lie: "30 people from Dongchuan Province."
Ji Lingxuan also symbolically reported the number of people: "24 people from Yunnan Province."
After Ji Lingxuan finished speaking, she realized that the Dongchuan Province Genius Team was already full.
This has never happened before in Yunchuan. Whenever the number of people in the Yunchuan Province Genius Team exceeds 25, the advancement standard will immediately be raised significantly.
Under the guidance of the Yun Chuan reception officer, Chen Lie and the other two discussed several preparatory matters for the Three Provinces Martial Arts Tournament.
It took about twenty minutes to reach an agreement on all matters.
"The three of you, these are the rewards for the top twenty in the Three Provinces Martial Arts Tournament. Please take a look. We will release them to the public through various official media channels today."
As he spoke, the receptionist distributed three identical sheets of paper to the three people present.
Chen Lie took the paper and was immediately shocked.
"The reward for first place in the Three Provinces Martial Arts Tournament is incredibly generous!"
He certainly couldn't miss such a generous reward.
"Now that many things have been agreed upon, I will report to the Martial Arts Association. The three of you can go to the second floor of the Infinite Realm and join your respective provincial teams."
After the receptionist finished speaking, he left first.
Chen Lie stood up, intending to leave, but suddenly heard a voice behind him.
"Chen Lie, please wait a moment."
Chen Lie turned around and saw that it was Ji Lingxuan who had called him, so he asked, "Ji Lingxuan, did you call me for something?"
"At the last gathering of eight provinces, my classmate Chen Lie gave me very accurate guidance. His method of circulating qi and blood was much more useful to me than I had imagined."
I remember you said last time that I had shortcomings in the tendon and bone training of the six steps of body training, so I would like to ask Chen Lie to point them out and correct them.
Don't worry, I won't let you waste your time. I can exchange it for a resource book.
Seeing Ji Lingxuan's sincerity, Chen Lie couldn't help but sigh. As expected of a martial arts genius who came from humble beginnings, her way of dealing with people and handling affairs was far superior to that of disciples from noble families.
However, Ji Lingxuan is already the strongest by a wide margin, with a blood energy value of over 4,000 calories. She has already begun to refine her body. If Chen Lie points out her shortcomings now, she will definitely be able to improve her strength again before the Three Provinces Martial Arts Tournament.
He wouldn't risk losing more than he gained; Chen Lie would never do something that would aid the enemy. So he said, "Give me the resource book. After the Three Provinces Martial Arts Tournament, I'll point out your shortcomings in tendon training. How about that?"
Ji Lingxuan thought for a moment, then nodded and said, "Okay."
As she spoke, she took out a gold card booklet and handed it to Chen Lie, who accepted it without hesitation.
After speaking with Ji Lingxuan, Chen Lie left the council hall and went to the second floor.
At this moment, nearly a hundred members of the genius group from the three provinces gathered on the second floor.
The second floor of the reception hall was even more spacious than the first floor, and several pairs of geniuses from the three provinces were sparring on the central arena.