Chapter 125: Qi And Blood Like A Dragon, Blood And Smoke Like A Wolf
martial artist assessment room.
more than fifty young men and women of different races gathered before the testing platform. on the stage, three stewards from the martial artist association swept their gazes over them. once they confirmed everyone for the assessment had arrived, the leading three-eyed old man with graying hair had the accompanying association members close the assessment room’s door.
“the martial artist assessment officially begins. next, those whose numbers are called will step forward for testing.” the old man’s loud voice made the somewhat noisy young martial artists all fall quiet.
lin qi also moved closer.
the entire martial artist assessment room was very large. the track alone on the platform was fifty meters long. there was also a strength measuring device the size of a truck and a transparent sealed cabin to test speed, strength, and qi and blood value. the testing was quite simple.
the three-eyed old man glanced at the list on his smart watch and directly called out, “number 1, tuster, you are first. come up and test your speed. each of you has only one chance, and you cannot take a second assessment within a month after this one. i hope you value it.”
a young half-scale race man stepped out from the crowd, nodded, and stood at the start of the track.
at this moment the young men and women below the stage all looked toward this half-scale race youth, curious what level number one would show.
as soon as the whistle sounded on the track, the half-scale race youth shot off like a gale. he crossed the fifty meters in less than two seconds, his speed so great that many present could not help clicking their tongues.
“such fast speed.”
“this speed is probably over 35 meters per second.”
many of the young men and women present now looked at the half-scale race youth differently, each of their gazes tinged with caution.
the young martial artists coming for assessment at this time were almost all aiming for the city of light chasing’s genius training camp. you could say they were all competitors.
very soon the timing device at the track showed 64 meters per second. the precision of the record was far beyond the test machines outside.
next, the half-scale race youth went before the strength measuring device and threw a punch with all his strength.
boom!
the strength tester trembled slightly. the display showed 57 kilograms.
last was entering the transparent sealed cabin. with a loud shout, the half-scale race youth tuster erupted with all his qi and blood. faint mist rose off his body surface, and even the sealed cabin vibrated slightly, letting everyone present feel the strength of his blood qi.
qi and blood value 3 units!
as soon as this number appeared, the whole room was in an uproar.
excellent potential!
with such potential, he had more than an eighty to ninety percent chance of entering the genius training camp based on past years.
“hm, impressive. i really didn’t expect the half-scale race to produce another seed this year. not yet twenty-two and already with such results. entering the genius training camp is almost guaranteed.” the three-eyed old man looked at the tested half-scale race youth with a sigh.
“indeed impressive. he counts as one of this year’s seeds who can compete for the top ten in the genius training camp.” feng ge lin looked at the half-scale race youth and nodded with a smile.
as a fellow half-scale race, the stronger their race became, the more voice the half-scale race would have in the city of light chasing, and the more these half-scale race martial artists like them would benefit.
the genius training camp was where the city of light chasing pooled resources to cultivate experts. each enrollment, the top ten could obtain abundant martial artist resources. as long as they maintained their ranking and graduated, they could enter the city’s senior officials, and their future prospects would be limitless.
“steward feng, i saw you at the door just now, and it looked like you were chatting with a human race youth,” a crystal race steward beside him asked curiously. “you seemed to talk quite a bit. does that human youth have very good talent?”
feng ge lin was always very cold in the martial artist association. you could say he only spoke more either to young half-scale race martial artists or to those with exceptional talent who might become high-level figures in the city of light chasing in the future. usually, he was unwilling to say an extra word.
feng ge lin suddenly talking with a human martial artist youth naturally made people curious about this human youth.
after hearing this, feng ge lin’s cheerful expression immediately turned indifferent. “he is just an unregistered vagrant from the abandoned area who luckily got promoted to martial artist. we had a minor conflict before because of an association task.”
“seems that human youth has quite some nerve, daring to have a conflict with an association steward.” the crystal race steward could not help glancing a few more times at lin qi.
though the martial artist association stewards did not hold much power, because they worked in the association, they generally had wide connections. if they spread some bad rumors about someone, even if that person became a martial artist, it would be very hard for them to get by in the city.
for ordinary people who became martial artists, the reason their status and wealth changed so drastically was mainly due to wilderness hunting. hunting monsters in the wilderness brought huge profits each time, and there was no worry about lacking sales channels in the city. but going into the wilderness alone, even as a martial artist, was extremely dangerous. normally, martial artists would form teams to hunt.
if no one was willing to team up with them, a lone martial artist would not only hunt inefficiently but also face several times the danger of a team. especially for newcomer martial artists, hunting alone in the wilderness could easily cost them their lives.
even the weakest monsters in the wilderness usually had beginner martial artist level strength. if they encountered slightly stronger monsters, beginner martial artists had to detour. if discovered, beginner martial artists without much accumulation could lose their lives very easily.
for a newcomer martial artist like lin qi to dare have a conflict with a half-scale race steward like feng ge lin was no different from seeking death.
feng ge lin only smiled dismissively, inwardly certain that lin qi would be a dead man in the future.
“he just got promoted to martial artist and already dares hold a grudge against me. afterward, i will let you understand that even if you become a martial artist, in my eyes you are nothing.” feng ge lin glanced at lin qi.
he decided that after this assessment, he would spread some words to the martial artists he knew so that lin qi could only go hunt alone in the wilderness. without experienced veteran martial artists leading a team, once he went hunting in the wilderness, he would not even know how he died.
while feng ge lin and the crystal race steward were talking, the young martial artists stepped up one after another to complete their tests.
after more than ten minutes, over twenty young martial artists had been tested. the best results came from only two people: number 1, the half-scale race youth tuster with excellent martial artist potential, and number 18, the winged tribe woman fan linhai with excellent martial artist potential. besides them, only six others reached high grade potential.
“number 27, lei meng, come up.” the white-haired three-eyed old man called.
“yes!” a sturdy youth with a long pitch-black horn on his forehead and the appearance of a human walked up.
no one present cared about this barbarian horn tribe youth. the barbarian horn tribe was not among the top ten races of the city of light chasing. it was just an ordinary race, producing no noteworthy figures over the years. many times, not a single barbarian horn tribe member entered the genius training camp. you could say they had almost no presence.
until this barbarian horn tribe youth called lei meng began testing.
strength: 15 kilograms
speed: 78 meters per second
at the age of twenty-three, these results were quite ordinary among the many young martial artists seeking admission to the genius training camp.
boom!
as the sealed cabin shook violently, mist surged off the barbarian horn tribe youth’s body, and everyone present was stunned.
qi and blood value 2 units!
“special grade potential!” the white-haired three-eyed old man could not help but look at lei meng as he stepped out of the sealed cabin, his voice trembling slightly. “a genius! the barbarian horn tribe has actually produced a genius martial artist!”
“damn! how can someone from the barbarian horn tribe have such powerful qi and blood!”
“with this qi and blood value, he could rank in the top ten even in the last genius training camp. the half-scale race produced several geniuses last time, making it a golden generation in the camp’s history. in this enrollment, this qi and blood value could at least reach the top five.”
the young men and women present now looked at lei meng with no sense of competition, only admiration and awe. with such terrifying qi and blood, as long as he maintained it, after graduating from the genius training camp he had a 100% chance of reaching a realm above advanced martial artist.
this made the three stewards present all step forward to talk with him.
a genius martial artist!
even in the entire three-year period of the genius training camp, only a few such people would appear. once they graduated, they would step onto life’s fast lane and enter the high-level circles of the city of light chasing, utterly beyond the reach of ordinary martial artists.
the assessment room bustled for several minutes before the three stewards finally quieted everyone down and continued the assessment.
after a genius martial artist like lei meng appeared, the young martial artists tested afterward showed only mediocre potential. over a dozen more were tested in a row, and the highest potential among them was only high grade, so the reactions in the room grew calm.
“number 49, lin qi, come up!” the white-haired old man read from the list.
as he called lin qi’s name, many young martial artists turned their gaze to lin qi stepping onto the platform.
“a human martial artist? i just saw him seem to be talking with a steward. looks like his potential shouldn’t be low.”
“what do you mean not low? i heard their conversation. it wasn’t chatting at all, it was outright confrontation. their conflict seems serious. i don’t know what this human is thinking, daring to have a conflict with an association steward. the human race hasn’t produced any notable figures for more than ten years. in the last genius training camp enrollment, only one got in, just slightly better than the barbarian horn tribe.”
“two or three decades ago the human race did produce a few geniuses and almost squeezed into the city of light chasing’s top ten races, but talent has withered in recent years. that human who entered the last genius training camp only had high grade potential, barely making the top hundred. i wonder if this one can at least reach high grade.”
as they watched lin qi begin the test, everyone was curious what gave this human martial artist the confidence to have a conflict with an association steward.
lin qi stepped onto the track, leaving behind a residual afterimage, and appeared fifty meters away in less than two seconds.
speed: 28 meters per second.
among the more than forty tested so far, this speed could only be considered below average.
then lin qi went before the strength measuring device and threw a heavy punch, making it jolt.
strength: 27 kilograms.
again, a mediocre result among the more than forty.
the white-haired three-eyed old man looked at lin qi’s results and shook his head, then pointed at the sealed cabin. “go in.”
with such results, though above a newly entered beginner level martial artist, daring to oppose feng ge lin was truly seeking death.
lin qi was not surprised by his results. he was currently stuck at the second level of the startling spirit breathing technique. extracting the first level from players’ startling spirit breathing technique was meaningless, so naturally his physical fitness would not improve much. his slight improvement now was entirely due to the effects of the small energy vein and blood essence rice.
he nodded and walked into the sealed cabin, curious about how far his qi and blood could reach.
he had cultivated the startling spirit breathing technique, which was comparable to an advanced martial artist level cultivation method, giving him qi and blood thirty percent stronger than an ordinary martial artist.
with his first level breathing technique at perfection, his qi and blood had grown even stronger, and after learning the body strengthening secret technique, the structure of all his cells had changed significantly. his cell strength and density were several times what they had been, and the qi and blood he could mobilize within his body had clearly increased by a lot.
so even he did not know what level his qi and blood had reached now.
once the cabin door fully closed, lin qi could not help but take a deep breath and erupted with all the qi and blood in his body.
boom!
with no attempt to conceal his qi and blood, lin qi’s body seemed to emit a dragon’s roar. a faint mist rose up, and a few inches from his body it turned into a thin smoke. the waves of heat he unleashed crashed again and again against the sealed cabin, making it shake violently.
by the time lin qi finished his eruption, everyone present was left dumbstruck.
“blood qi smoke beacon!”
“that is blood qi smoke beacon! how can a beginner martial artist’s qi and blood be so abundant?”
any young martial artist present who had some experience stared with jaws hanging at the heat waves rising inside the sealed cabin.
for a martial artist’s qi and blood to reach the level of forming a blood qi smoke beacon usually required at least intermediate level strength, and not just any intermediate martial artist.
when the sealed cabin finally displayed the last value, the entire room fell into dead silence.
qi and blood value 4 units!
