Chapter 53: Before The Martial Arts Competition
In the afternoon, he still did martial arts training as usual. After breaking through Four Dragon Gates, Li Ye went to the library as usual to continue supplementing his demonic creatures knowledge.
“Still over three thousand points left, only over three hundred points with martial arts conversion. Breaking through to Five Dragon Gates requires even more; data-wise, it needs eight hundred points of qi and blood.”
Brushing the tablet in the library, Li Ye was estimating there.
Normal qi and blood breakthrough, he could completely break through to Five Dragon Gates, or even higher.
But there was no need to do so now. Qi blood leap was for getting into a good university; now there was no need to rush, he could wait until before the Gaokao, and if he was still a bit short then, do it that way.
“District martial arts competition, city martial arts competition, provincial martial arts competition. No. 14 Middle School, regardless of results in the provincial martial arts competition, experience is inevitable. Total of three experiences, total of one thousand eight hundred nutritional supplements.”
Twenty-seven thousand points of qi and blood.
For ordinary breakthrough, he believed it was definitely enough to break through to Nine Dragon Gates, but using martial arts breakthrough, it could only count as two thousand seven hundred points.
Breaking to Five Dragon Gates now requires eight hundred, which is still manageable, but who knows if it will be enough later; this qi and blood demand keeps increasing.
Li Ye thought to himself: “Store some qi and blood first. If I can’t break through to Seven Dragon Gates before the Gaokao, just purely use qi and blood to break to seven, get into a top martial arts university first.”
This was what he promised his master and Pan Zhengyang.
As for demonic creatures
There was no need to rush this matter; he could just do normal martial arts training. No need to go out now and fight for his life. Anyway, he would join the Disinfection Bureau later, and based on his understanding of disinfection officers, there would be plenty of opportunities to deal with demonic creatures.
The afternoon passed quickly. After school, Li Ye said goodbye to his classmates, first went to the bank, withdrew three hundred thousand and put it in his schoolbag, then went home.
Today his parents got off work early too, already home before Li Ye, and had prepared the meals.
“Dad, Mom.”
Li Ye didn’t beat around the bush. As soon as he sat at the table, he took out three hundred thousand from his schoolbag and stacked it at the corner of the dining table. “Doesn’t our family still owe two hundred thousand? I have three hundred thousand here; use it to pay off and there will still be some left.”
Liu Qingxia immediately widened her eyes. “Where did you get the money?!”
Li Haihua was even more worried. “Don’t worry about family matters; our earnings are enough. Don’t do anything foolish for this money.”
Earning some money from a part-time job is understandable, but a student suddenly taking out so much money—they really hadn’t experienced that.
“Legal and compliant, school’s reward. Wasn’t there experience yesterday? I performed well, the school took notice of me, sent me to participate in the martial arts competition; this is the advance reward.”
Li Ye smiled and circulated his qi and blood. “Martial arts track class invests heavily in nurturing students; I’ve reached Four Dragon Gates.”
“Four Dragon Gates?!”
Li Haihua said in shock: “This can get into a key martial arts university?!”
Their son reaching Three Dragon Gates after practicing martial arts with someone over the summer vacation—they knew about it, and were grateful at the time, feeling Li Ye had met a benefactor.
But they didn’t think too much; One Dragon Gate or Three Dragon Gates were the same, both going to ordinary martial arts universities. They just had some expectations, maybe after a year, Li Ye could really break Four Dragon Gates and enter a key martial arts university.
School had just started for a week, and he was already at Four Dragon Gates!
“I told you my son has the makings of excelling in both liberal arts and martial arts!”
Liu Qingxia said excitedly: “Key martial arts university, key one! Your cousin got into a key one too; now you can match him!”
Li Ye showed a smile and didn’t speak.
“It’s really from the school?”
Li Haihua was still a bit unsure. He’d never heard of martial arts track class giving money; it was already gratitude to the ancestors that they didn’t charge money but made Li Ye so promising; and they still give money?
“Why would I lie to you? It’s really like that. I wouldn’t throw away a bright future to do anything illegal.” Li Ye laughed.
He really wouldn’t. The family’s two hundred thousand debt gap was from a long time ago when they sent Li Ye to the martial arts school for training. These years they hadn’t saved a penny, but once he broke through One Dragon Gate, there was hope and a goal.
They were all working, not unable to earn money; sooner or later they could pay it off, and the higher his cultivation, the better his prospects.
Some dead-end things weren’t worth doing.
Now wasn’t this the opportunity? Just from one experience, he earned so much. For cultivation resources, it was a drop in the bucket, but for paying off family debt, it was more than enough.
It could also be considered settling one matter for Li Ye.
“Good! Good!”
Liu Qingxia put away the money, her voice choking a bit. “During Chinese New Year, we’ll pay them back. You’ve made it, you’ve made it…”
These years, they had faced a lot of gossip. Not everyone would think of sending someone to preparatory class and martial arts school—that was a huge expense. Most preparatory students couldn’t make it.
Even without martial arts school, they had to manage food and drink, and wasting a year to switch to liberal arts track—if studies couldn’t keep up, repeating a year also cost money.
Li Ye had broken through Dragon Gate, but no matter how promising, he had to cash in that promise first.
But now he directly brought money home—way more promising than the martial arts students they knew!
Li Ye picked up the chopsticks and smiled. “It will be even better in the future.”
In a world full of demonic creatures, in this old residential area, things like Five Plagues Ghost couldn’t possibly happen only once; better to choose a place with a better environment to live.
……
Li Ye’s days continued as usual, eating at the canteen on schedule every day, getting 50 points of qi and blood for free with the Five Flavors Chopsticks.
After Guo Chumíng was carried away, it didn’t cause any waves, as if the matter never existed. Similarly, he also disappeared from the martial arts track class.
This day, as soon as Li Ye arrived at the martial arts track class, Yao Lèdān mysteriously approached. “You’re really impressive; got the principal to back you up.”
Li Ye was stunned. “What matter?”
Yao Lèdān raised her good-looking eyebrows. “Guo Chumíng. I just found out; that guy seems to have transferred, whole family left Ningjiang.”
“You… less gossip. Better spend that time on martial arts training. Three Dragon Gates to Four Dragon Gates is just one qi blood leap, but that’s the gap between ordinary martial artists and heavyweights.” Li Ye laughed.
He really had no interest in this matter. How could the school not handle such a thing? Even Xiang Feipeng, who was so arrogant, held back; he had his energy circulation broken first, and still couldn’t take revenge?
Even if they couldn’t handle it, he had the Disinfection Bureau behind him. He didn’t even need Pan Zhengyang to step in; Section Chief Sun could solve it for him.
But that way, he’d have to consider changing schools.
Yao Lèdān waved her hand, unconcerned. “I’ll definitely break through this year.”
Her family was in the catering transportation business related to martial artists; the food she ate was better than what the school provided, and they could hire better masters than Gu Yang as instructional teachers, with targeted guidance and detailed plans.
“Li Ye, Yang Jie, come to the office.”
While chatting, Gu Yang came in from outside, saw them and called out, then went into the office first.
“Coming…”
Yao Lèdān laughed. “District martial arts competition soon; this is to review information. Big Brother Li, in No. 14 Middle School martial arts track class you’re the big brother, but other schools have ones like you too. Don’t lose face at the martial arts competition, or we’ll all lose face.”
Li Ye smiled upon hearing that. “Is that so? I’m actually quite looking forward to it.”
Saying that, he headed to the office, with Yang Jie following behind.
Gu Yang saw the two and gave each a stack of information. “Monday after next, our district martial arts competition at Wuyu Middle School. This is the main force players’ information from the other four high schools in East City District; take it back and study well.”
“Wuyu?”
Li Ye was stunned; he really knew this school.
Unlike their public schools, Wuyu was a private high school, expensive and didn’t admit ordinary people; everyone who got in was a martial artist!
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