Gao Wu: From Martial Arts Student to Star Emperor

Chapter 252 Which is more important, moral character or martial arts talent?

Chapter 252 Which is more important, moral character or martial arts talent?

Upon arriving at the training ground's martial arts arena and seeing the group of genius team members sitting neatly, Jiang Xiaodong immediately introduced them: "Classmates, these two are genius team members from Southern Jiangsu Province, Ruan Liusu and Zhao Ziyan."

The members of the Dongchuan Province genius team in the audience were all surprised.

"How come the members of the Jiangsu Province's genius team are so young?"

"Judging from this, he seems to be more than a year younger than me. Speaking of which, someone so young can't be very skilled in martial arts, right?"

"The assessment criteria for members of the Jiangsu Province Genius Team are: under 18 years old, reaching the extreme of the Qi and Blood stage, and having a Qi and Blood value of more than 4.5 times."

Those who make it into the Jiangsu Province Genius Team must possess martial arts skills that are at least at this standard.

Ruan Liusu stood on the stage and glanced around, immediately feeling somewhat disappointed.

Several seats in the Dongchuan Province genius team were empty, and Chen Lie was one of the few who were not present.

"Classmates, next, two students from Jiangsu Province will share their insights on martial arts with you."

"You can learn about the most advanced martial arts on Earth from these two students, which will help you prepare mentally for entering Earth University later."

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After Jiang Xiaodong finished speaking, he left the podium.

Zhao Ziyan glanced at the members of the Dongchuan Province genius team below the podium and asked, "Does your Dongchuan Province have any members who have reached the Qi and Blood Extreme Realm?"

Tang Jiu'er, sitting in the audience, felt that Zhao Ziyan, a member of the genius team from Southern Jiangsu Province, was looking down on people. In a province with more than 70 million people and tens of millions of school-age boys and girls, if there isn't even one Qi and Blood Extreme Realm expert, wouldn't they be useless?

Tang Jiu'er then stood up and said, "Our Dongchuan Province currently has five people at the Qi and Blood Extreme Realm."

"There are five of them?"

Zhao Ziyan was somewhat surprised that one of the bottom 20 provinces on Blue Star could have five people at the Qi and Blood Realm. It was truly strange.

Tang Jiu'er had just broken through to the Qi and Blood Limit two days ago, so she was naturally very confident and said, "Not bad!"

Zhao Ziyan smiled dismissively: "In the martial arts competition of the major martial arts provinces of Blue Star, the Qi and Blood Extreme Realm is just the beginning."

If you cannot reach a Qi and Blood value of more than 4.5 times before entering the Qi and Blood Extreme Realm, you must reach a Qi and Blood value of more than five times before entering the Refining Stage.

Before reaching the Blood Refining stage, if your Qi and Blood value cannot exceed six times the normal level, you are considered unqualified.

So I say, there's nothing to be proud of in reaching the pinnacle of Qi and Blood!

"Six times the strength? How is that possible?" A member of the Dongchuan Province genius team with lower strength was incredulous.

It's important to know that four times the strength is enough to be considered a Grandmaster seed.

"Suzhou Province is only ranked fourteenth in the Blue Star Martial Arts Index. If that's such a high standard, then how terrifying must the provinces ranked in the top ten, or even the top three, be?"

Many of the less skilled members felt a sense of despair.

Their strength value was less than four times the required level, but they were told that strength values ​​below six times were not acceptable, which was naturally unacceptable to them.

Even the powerful members of the Dongchuan Province genius team were shocked. Improving one's strength has always been extremely difficult; otherwise, Dongchuan Province wouldn't only have a few Grandmaster seeds.

Ruan Liusu then said, "Don't be discouraged, everyone. What we just talked about is not the standard of our Sunan Province, but the standard of Blue Star University. To be precise, the top ten provinces of Blue Star also use this standard to judge their strength value."

The martial arts gap between the top ten provinces on Earth is actually not that big; the real gap lies between the top three provinces on Earth.

In the top three provinces of Blue Star—Gyeonggi Province, Takihae Province, and Blue Capital—the standard for entering the Genius Training Camp is to reach the Qi and Blood Extreme Realm, with a Qi and Blood Value of 4.5 times.

Because our top three provinces on Earth are benchmarked against extraterrestrial regions.

At Starry Sky University, if you cannot reach seven times the strength value during the Blood Refining stage, you will be eliminated from Starry Sky University!

Therefore, the judging standards for the martial arts competitions in the top three provinces of Blue Star—Kyoto Province, Takikawa Province, and Lanjing Province—are set much higher. Even so, they are still far from being comparable to those outside the stars.

"Seven times the strength? Is this extraterrestrial martial arts that much superior to those on Earth?"

"How come I've never heard of Starry Sky University eliminating people?"

"The members of the Dongchuan Province Genius Group asked."

Ruan Liusu explained: "Although Blue Star has three thousand places for Starry Sky University every year, Starry Sky University also has student assessment standards."

New students joining Starry Sky University undergo an assessment every six months, for a total of two assessments. If a student fails either assessment, they will be sent back to Starry Sky University.

Although our Blue Star has 3,000 places for Starry Sky University every year, very few people can actually stay at Starry Sky University, probably only about 500.

In other words, nearly 2,500 students from Blue Star are eliminated by Starry Sky University each year.

The members of the Dongchuan Province Genius Team could tell that this beautiful girl with fish whiskers and a high ponytail seemed willing to answer questions wholeheartedly, so many members of the Dongchuan Province Genius Team asked her questions.

An hour passed, and Ruan Liusu had answered more than a dozen questions, while Zhao Ziyan next to her shook her head in disbelief.

What's the point of wasting a day educating such an impoverished province with no benefit whatsoever?

After answering the last question, Ruan Liusu immediately raised her hand to stop someone from asking another question.

She looked at Tang Jiu'er in the middle and asked, "Excuse me, I heard that your Dongchuan Province won first place in the Sichuan Three Provinces Martial Arts Competition?"

"Yes." Tang Jiu'er nodded.

"What's your martial arts champion's name again, Chen—"

"Chen Lie!"

"Yes, it's Chen Lie. There was a martial arts exchange today, why didn't he show up?" Ruan Liusu asked.

"I don't know, maybe he felt there was no need to discuss martial arts."

Unless something comes up in the genius group, he basically doesn't attend the regular classes taught by renowned teachers.

Ruan Liusu said "Oh," but Zhao Ziyan, who hadn't spoken until now, asked, "How's the martial arts skill of your Dongchuan martial arts champion?"

Before Tang Jiu'er could speak, Wei Ranran interjected, "Then it's naturally extremely strong!"

"Just how strong can it be?"

Zhao Ziyan retorted, as a member of the genius group from one of the top twenty provinces on Blue Star, she naturally looked down on the martial arts champion from a poor province.

"Number one in the three provinces of central Sichuan, that's how strong it is!"

Zhao Ziyan found it somewhat amusing. What does being number one among the three provinces in Sichuan prove? They are just three impoverished provinces. It's like choosing the best among the worst; it's not worth mentioning.

"Are you close to Chen Lie?" Ruan Liusu suddenly asked. "Of course!"

"Oh? What's your relationship?" Ruan Liusu asked patiently.

"we are----"

Wei Ranran thought for a moment, but couldn't seem to find a suitable adjective.

"Can't bring yourself to say it? Are you two a couple?"

Ruan Liusu's eyebrows furrowed almost imperceptibly, and her voice became slightly indifferent.

"No, my dad and his dad are colleagues!" Wei Ranran quickly replied.

"So that's how it is!"

Ruan Liusu's brows finally relaxed.

"So, will your martial arts champion still come today?"

"Probably not. If they were coming, they would have arrived long ago; it's already noon."

Zhao Ziyan looked at Ruan Liusu, and her heart suddenly skipped a beat.

She recalled the rumors from the Jiangsu Province Genius Group a few days ago, saying that Ruan Liusu's grandfather had arranged a marriage for her, and the prospective groom was apparently the top martial arts champion in the province.

She initially thought the rumor was completely unfounded, but now it seems to be true.

Otherwise, who would waste a whole day to popularize scientific knowledge in such a barren place as Dongchuan?

Ruan Liusu kept pressing this martial arts champion for answers.

When it was lunchtime, the Dongchuan Martial Arts Association arranged a private room for Ruan Liusu and Zhao Ziyan and served them an incredibly lavish lunch.

At the dining table, seeing that no one was around, Zhao Ziyan finally couldn't help but ask, "Liusu, you didn't come to Dongchuan this time to meet your blind date, did you?"

"what?"

"Don't deny it. The news that your grandfather introduced you to a potential partner, who is the martial arts champion of some province, has spread throughout the genius group in our southern Jiangsu province. At first, I didn't believe it."

But now that I see you wasting a whole day to come to Dongchuan Province, and you keep asking about the martial arts champion of Dongchuan Province, how do you explain that?

"Wasting a day of martial arts training to come to Dongchuan isn't like you," Zhao Ziyan said.

"Alright, since you guessed it, I won't hide it from you anymore. It is indeed as you said, but don't go around telling everyone." Ruan Liusu had no choice but to admit it.

"No, sis, are you just incredibly thirsty?"

In such an impoverished province as Dongchuan, even the martial arts champion would likely only be of average skill.

"If you're truly interested, there are so many martial arts geniuses in our southern Jiangsu province for you to choose from. Why go to such lengths, traveling thousands of miles to Dongchuan for a matchmaking meeting?"

Ruan Liusu said, "You can't say that. My dad said that being able to become the martial arts champion means that he has great talent. It's just that the barren land has limited him."

"I don't believe such nonsense."

Is this martial arts champion from Dongchuan Province even a tenth as good as our martial arts champion from Southern Jiangsu Province?

Ruan Liusu recalled the scene at the martial arts competition of the three provinces of Yunnan and Sichuan that day, and nodded and said, "You can't say that. He is still quite good. His martial arts skills should not be worse than mine."

"A poor province, no worse than you? You were among the top five in the martial arts competition for the genius team of Southern Jiangsu Province!"

Ruan Liusu lowered her head and took a bite of the medicinal food in front of her, without replying.

"Liusu, as a friend, I must remind you that you entered the Refining Stage a month ago. I think it's unlikely that anyone from a province ranked below 40th in the Blue Star Martial Arts Index could break through to the Refining Stage before entering Blue Star University."

Don't let your family fool you.

"Don't worry, it won't happen."

She saw it with her own eyes; how could it be false?

Ji Lingxuan from Yunchuan displayed strength no less than his own, and although Chen Lie was able to defeat Ji Lingxuan by relying on his mental strength, it was still a form of strength.

Sichuan, a barren land on Earth and one of the worst provinces, unexpectedly produced two extraordinary martial arts geniuses.

If a strong cultivator in the Refining stage has sufficient strength, they would be a worthy contender for a spot in the Genius Group in Southern Jiangsu Province.

After finishing their meal, Ruan Liusu and Zhao Ziyan stayed at the Dongchuan Province Genius Group for a while longer. After answering some questions and confirming that the martial arts champion would not be coming to the training ground, Ruan Liusu took the initiative to end the martial arts exchange.

Ruan Liusu escorted Zhao Ziyan to the side of the Sunan airship and said, "Ziyan, if you don't want to waste time, go back to Sunan first. I have some things to do here."

"I've taken the airship away, how are you going to get back?"

Ruan Liusu smiled and said, "My grandfather is here too. We can go back together then."

"Oh, I understand."

Zhao Ziyan instantly guessed that Ruan Liusu wanted to see the martial arts leader from Dongchuan, and without saying much, she simply said, "Alright, then I'll be going now."

Be careful, someone might scam you.

"I know!"

Watching Zhao Ziyan board the airship and leave, Ruan Liusu quickly made a communication call.

After the call connected, she said, "Grandpa, come pick me up. I'm at the Dongchuan Provincial Martial Arts Association square!"

After saying that, Ruan Liusu hung up the call.

Shortly after, an airship landed in the Martial Arts Association square.

Ruan Liusu saw the landing airship and immediately went aboard.

Once aboard the airship, Ruan Zhengzhi immediately asked his granddaughter, "How did it go, Su Su? Did you see that kid?"

Ruan Liusu shook her head: "I didn't see it."

"If that means the kid isn't in the Dongchuan Province Genius Group, then he must be at home. I've already arranged with my old friend that we'll meet at the Starlight Hotel in Dongchuan Province's capital. He can just call his grandson over then."

Ruan Liusu nodded and hummed in agreement, her mind already racing as she thought about what she should say when they met later.

Before long, Ruan Zhengzhi's airship arrived outside the Starlight Hotel.

As soon as the airship landed, Ruan Zhengzhi immediately led his granddaughter to the Starlight Hotel.

Ruan Liusu and her grandfather Ruan Zhengzhi walked up to a large private room on the second floor.

Inside the private room, Chen Shijian heard the commotion and immediately got up to greet them.

"Old friend, you're here?"

When Chen Shijian saw Ruan Zhengzhi, he was about to greet him when he suddenly noticed a naturally beautiful young girl standing behind Ruan Zhengzhi, which made him a little puzzled.

Then he asked, "This is—"

Ruan Zhengzhi replied, "This is my granddaughter. She happened to be in Dongchuan on business, so she came with me."

"Please come in!"

After a moment of surprise, Chen Shijian quickly invited Ruan Zhengzhi and Ruan Liusu to enter the side room together.

After Ruan Zhengzhi and Ruan Liusu arrived at the private room, they immediately saw Chen Guangqun and Chang Guirong inside.

After sitting down, Ruan Zhengzhi introduced, "Su Su, this is the old friend I've been talking about. These two are my old friend's sons. You can just call them uncle and aunt."

Ruan Liusu knew in her heart that these two were probably Chen Lie's parents, so she greeted them politely and called them "Uncle and Aunt".

Chen Guangqun was filled with trepidation, while Chang Guirong's eyes lit up the moment she saw Ruan Liusu.

The way she looked at Ruan Liusu was as if she were sizing up a future daughter-in-law.

"This must be Liusu from Southern Jiangsu Province, right?"

Chang Guirong's intense gaze made Ruan Liusu feel somewhat uncomfortable, and she nodded and hummed in agreement.

"I heard that Liusu is a member of the Southern Jiangsu Province Youth Genius Group?" Chang Guirong asked.

"Yes, Auntie."

"You are so young, yet you are so skilled in martial arts. Our Ono should really learn from you."

What do your parents do?

Chen Shijian, who was standing next to Chang Guirong, glared at her and said, "Why are you asking her such questions on our first meeting?"

Chen Guangqun also felt that Chang Guirong was being a bit abrupt. These kinds of questions are usually asked by the woman's elders to the man, not by the man's parents.

Chang Guirong didn't seem to mind, and just said with a smile, "Isn't this just to find out beforehand?"

"My father is the vice president of the Martial Arts Association of Southern Jiangsu Province, and my mother is a member of the Provincial Assembly of Southern Jiangsu Province," Ruan Liusu replied.

Upon hearing the answer, Chang Guirong felt even more satisfied with Ruan Liusu.

This girl not only possesses exceptional talent in martial arts, but also seems to come from a wealthy and powerful family.

The father was not only a grandmaster martial artist, but also the vice president of the martial arts association of one of the top twenty provinces on Earth, and felt that he was worthy of his son.

Looking back now, the warning their family received from the Dongchuan provincial government officials isn't so bad anymore.

It's not necessarily a bad thing that a son is unsuccessful in the martial arts arena but successful in love.

Isn't finding a powerful and influential father-in-law for your son much better than diligently practicing martial arts?

Ruan Zhengzhi then said, "Old Chen, my granddaughter is here now. Take this opportunity to call your grandson over as well, so the two children can meet."

"Okay, then!"

Chen Shijian nodded. Lies always come out eventually, and he didn't want to hide it anymore. He would leave everything to fate.

Besides, what if his granddaughter really likes his grandson and doesn't care about his martial arts achievements?

"Dad, shall I go and pick up Xiaoye?" Chang Guirong suggested.

"Okay, go ahead!" Chen Shijian nodded.

Upon receiving the reply, Chang Guirong immediately pulled Chen Guangqun out of the private room.

Ruan Liusu found it strange that her parents had to pick her up. Wasn't this Chen something-or-other too much of a mama's boy? Couldn't he come by himself?

"Old Chen, you've raised your grandson quite pampered. He's in Dongchuan and hasn't left the province, so what's the point of picking him up?"

He is, after all, a martial arts champion, having recently won the title of martial arts champion in three provinces.

"Spoiling them like this won't work. Letting go a little more will help them become more independent," Ruan Zhengzhi said.

Chen Shijian chuckled twice, unsure of what to say.

After hesitating for a long time, Chen Shijian finally said, "Old Ruan, come out for a moment, I have something to tell you!"

"become!"

Ruan Zhengzhi nodded and instructed his granddaughter, "Susu, you wait here for a moment, Grandpa will be going out for a bit."

Ruan Liusu hummed in agreement.

Soon, Ruan Zhengzhi and Chen Shijian walked out of the private room.

Outside the private room, Chen Shijian hesitated, unable to bring himself to say the truth.

"Hey Lao Chen, why did you call me out like that? Just say it!"

"Old friend, I have a question for you. In your opinion, which is more important, a person's character or their martial arts talent?"

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Ruan Zhengzhi replied, "Of course, it's all rice!"

"What if you had to choose one?"

Why would I choose this?

"If—"

Before Chen Shijian could finish speaking, Chen Guangqun and Chang Guirong appeared outside the private room with Chen Ye.

Chen Ye spotted Ruan Zhengzhi from afar and immediately went up to greet him, "Grandpa Ruan—"

Ruan Zhengzhi saw Chen Ye, nodded, and said, "Liusu is in the side room. You can go in first."

"Thank you, Grandpa Ruan!"

Chen Ye grinned. His parents had told him everything on the way here.

After chatting on Green Bubble for so long, he can finally see the face of his arranged marriage partner.