"So, he was just playing around with me today, didn’t even give it a real effort."
Lii Yan’Er felt a deep sense of disappointment. Ever since she started practicing martial arts, she had always been quite confident in her abilities.
But now, encountering Ye Qingzhou, an old classmate, made her feel out of place, as if she was a millionaire returning to her hometown, basking in glory, only to discover that the neighbor across the street was actually a billionaire!
The psychological gap was truly hard to accept all at once.
However, shortly after, Lii Yan’Er quickly calmed down. She sincerely felt happy for Ye Qingzhou, even felt a sense of pride — my old classmate is so amazing!
Finally, Lii Yan’Er couldn’t resist sharing Ye Qingzhou’s heroic posture at the Sword Fighting Competition in the middle school class group chat.
Soon, it sparked a response from a group of silent old classmates.
"Whoa, did Ye Qingzhou go act in a movie?"
"It’s not a movie, it’s real footage from the Sword Fighting Competition!"
"Is he that fierce now?"
The story of Ye Qingzhou winning the Sword Fighting Competition championship quickly ignited the long-dormant middle school class group chat, as it was a topic too sensational.
"The champion is right beside me!"
"Yan’Er, how did you know all this?"
"I met Ye Qingzhou today at Thunder Accumulation Mountain. He’s incredible now. I trained with a knife for half a year, and probably couldn’t last even a single move against him."
"My god, Yan’Er, you could enter Thunder Accumulation Mountain now?"
"I could only reach the outermost area. Ye Qingzhou is the truly amazing one. He directly went to the mountaintop zone to absorb Innate Wood Qi. And through chatting, I learned he’s already forged a Martial Bone, reportedly costing fifty million."
Lii Yan’Er’s news once again set the entire class group ablaze.
"Fifty million!"
"I can’t even imagine how much money that is."
They were all students, usually lacking even five thousand, let alone fifty million.
Someone lamented, "If only I had started practicing martial arts sooner."
Then someone retorted, "But you need to have the talent for it. First, you must get into a prestigious school to enjoy free Martial Meals. Then you must excel to qualify for the Fighting Center, to start competing for positions. Every step is a hurdle, who knows how many people get eliminated."
"Yeah, practicing martial arts isn’t that easy. It requires real effort and talent, and in the end, only a few succeed."
Half of the old classmates in the group hadn’t even gotten into high school, let alone a prestigious middle school.
They could only envy the treatment Ye Qingzhou received.
Meanwhile, after saying goodbye to Lii Yan’Er, Ye Qingzhou was about to hail a cab to the South Station to take the high-speed train home.
Just as he was waiting for the car, three white vans suddenly stopped by the roadside, and a large group of people jumped out as soon as the doors slid open.
They were dressed in uniforms from a security company, with "Ruibang Security Services Co., Ltd." printed on them. There were twenty-one in total, all holding batons embedded with iron spikes, and without a word, they surrounded Ye Qingzhou.
The leader had a menacing look, face contorted, with a robust Qi and Blood, clearly a practitioner too, with strength close to a Professional Level Martial Artist.
"That’s him, beat him to death, for Laozi!"
Zhou Lianyu gave a big wave of his hand, and his henchmen immediately swarmed forward.
All of them appeared vicious, swinging their iron-spiked batons at Ye Qingzhou, clearly unafraid to take a life.
"Sigh, isn’t it good to stay alive?"
Ye Qingzhou didn’t move, but his Sword Intent had already been driven to the extreme.
Heart Sword, Idea and Action as One!
The Sword of the Mind, a thought moved, and the Sword Intent had already struck the enemy.
The group of attackers who surrounded him hadn’t had time to let out a scream before their eyes rolled back, collapsing lifelessly.
In that instant, their hearts were cleaved by Ye Qingzhou’s Heart Sword, making them as dead as they could be.
The bizarre scene dumbfounded Zhou Lianyu and Yangg Yongchao, who were smoking a cigarette, as they awaited an upcoming joke.
And now, they themselves became the joke!
Ye Qingzhou calmly stepped over the bodies, walking towards the two: "Your Qi and Blood are abundant, far above the ordinary, so I spared your lives. Now speak, who sent you?"
Yangg Yongchao, who was lighting a cigarette for Zhou Lianyu, was now trembling in fear, accidentally setting Zhou Lianyu’s collar on fire.
Zhou Lianyu wasn’t doing any better, dropping the cigarette from his hand, and even forgetting to exhale the smoke he inhaled, causing him to cough so hard that tears came to his eyes.
"Mis...under...standing..."
"We came looking for Fuu Guojun, he’s just an ordinary person, so there’s no way you’re Fuu Guojun, being this skilled."
Yangg Yongchao smiled obsequiously, cold sweat streaming down his forehead.
Unfortunately, Ye Qingzhou’s Flawless Sword Heart immediately recognized their lies: "Wrong answer."
Zheng~
In a flash, the Suspended Cutting Sword returned to its scabbard, and Yangg Yongchao was already cleaved into two halves, with blood and entrails steaming on the ground.
Even the van behind Yangg Yongchao was sliced into two parts by the Sword Qi, with the cut surfaces so smooth they looked like they’d been laser cut, glowing hot.
Zhou Lianyu was scared out of his wits; although he’d killed before, he’d never seen someone sliced in half from head to toe.
"Your turn, speak the truth, or die."
Ye Qingzhou wasn’t much for words, and was evidently not patient either.