“Yannuo is right!” Jiang Nian looked at Luo Feng, speaking earnestly. “Luo Feng, your progress is extremely rapid. In our Yian District’s Limit Martial Arts Academy, you’re probably the fastest progressing trainee so far! You joined my academy at sixteen, and now at eighteen, your physical attributes have already reached the level of a martial artist. If you choose to attend university, wasting your energy on academics for four years, that would truly be squandering your talent!”
“You must understand, from sixteen to thirty is the period of fastest growth. The older you get, the harder it becomes to progress,” Jiang Nian said seriously.
Indeed, the four years of university are the most critical for rapid advancement in martial cultivation.
To waste these years on academic education is considered a grave offense in the eyes of martial cultivators.
“Uh…” Luo Feng was momentarily stunned.
Heaven, it seems my failure in the college entrance exam isn’t such a bad thing after all.
“Luo Feng, after you officially become a martial artist, how about joining my Limit Martial Arts Academy?” Jiang Nian smiled. “Once you become a martial artist under our academy, we will arrange a standalone villa for you in the best location. Of course, you won’t be allowed to sell this villa. Additionally, you will receive a monthly base salary of 20,000 Huaxia coins.”
“A standalone villa? A base salary of 20,000 coins?” Luo Feng inhaled sharply.
20,000 coins weren’t much, but a standalone villa was an extravagant luxury.
Nowadays, the entire Huaxia nation only had six human bases, meaning six major cities. Land was extremely precious. Standalone villas required hefty luxury taxes. Ordinary commercial housing already cost tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands per square unit, forcing most ordinary citizens to live in government-subsidized housing.
With ordinary commercial housing already so expensive, luxury villas, townhouses, and super-sized luxury apartments cost hundreds of thousands of Huaxia coins per square unit.
As for standalone villas, in this era, the state strictly regulated them; you couldn’t live in one just because you were rich. Only those with wealth, power, and special status could reside in them, and even then, they had to pay the enormous luxury tax. The price of a standalone villa was definitely over a million per square unit.
“A standalone villa, even a small one, would be around 300 square units, costing two or three hundred million,” Luo Feng thought breathlessly. “Although I couldn’t sell it, living in a standalone villa with my family would mean I truly lived life to the fullest.”
Two or three hundred million—what did that mean?
Even the father of Zhang Haobai, a wealthy man, probably didn’t have enough to afford such a villa.
“Compared to joining a national special department, the benefits of joining my Limit Martial Arts Academy are not much different,” Jiang Nian chuckled. “The martial artists in national departments have base salaries, benefits, and residential privileges. They only have one extra thing—an official license to kill, allowing them to temporarily decide to kill ordinary people depending on the situation. Of course, they can’t go around killing recklessly; they still have to report the details to the higher-ups afterward.”
“A license to kill?” Luo Feng had heard of it before. Indeed, martial artists in the national special departments had the authority to kill on the spot.
“However, our Limit Martial Arts Academy also has privileges. If any ordinary person offends you, you can report it to the academy. After verifying the facts, the academy will directly take that person away through the Jiangnan City Security Bureau,” Jiang Nian smiled slightly. “Joining our academy, you will have money, status—everything! You can focus on pursuing the ultimate limits of humanity, the ultimate limits of martial cultivation!”
Jiang Nian pointed to Yan Luo beside him: “My young brother Yan Luo here recently hunted a beast and earned nearly one hundred million Earth coins, which translates to over three hundred million Huaxia coins. With your talent, if you work hard, reaching Yan Luo’s level in the future is not impossible.”
Luo Feng was completely stunned.
Heaven…
Hunting a single beast earned so much? What level of beast did he hunt?
“Luo Feng, work hard. Your talent is truly impressive; don’t waste it,” Jiang Nian smiled and patted Luo Feng’s shoulder.
“Kid, don’t slack off. I believe you have the potential to become a War Commander martial artist. At that time, you’ll have money, status, and beauty—everything!” Yan Luo smiled. “At that time, I’ll be more than happy to go hunting beasts with you. Haha…” After saying this, the two martial artists, Jiang Nian and Yan Luo, laughed and left.
Luo Feng stood in the martial arts hall, his mind in chaos.
Whether it was the instructor ‘Jiang Nian’ or the mysterious red-haired youth ‘Yan Luo,’ Luo Feng sensed a kind of freedom and audacity in their casual conversation!
“Freedom and audacity?” A smile gradually appeared on Luo Feng’s face. “Yes, a man in this world should boldly explore and carve out his own career! The world’s strongest martial artist once said, ‘A soldier who doesn’t want to be a general is not a good soldier.’ A martial artist who doesn’t want to be the strongest in the world doesn’t have the heart of a true martial artist.”
“What’s the point of living a life bound by caution and restraint?”
“One must create a monumental feat that shakes the heavens!”
At eighteen, Luo Feng was at an age when his worldview was gradually solidifying. After meeting the instructor ‘Jiang Nian’ and the mysterious martial artist ‘Yan Luo,’ Luo Feng’s mindset completely changed.
“Go out and explore!”
“The world’s strongest martial artist ‘Hong’ and the second strongest ‘Thunder God’ each established their own martial arts academies—Limit Martial Arts Academy and Thunder Martial Arts Academy. Even the five major powers treat them as equals. If they could do it… couldn’t there be a third person to do the same?” Luo Feng smiled and walked out of the martial arts hall.
A man with a dream must chase it!
Youth is capital!
Youth means the future is boundless! Everything depends on one’s own efforts and struggles!
…
On June 28th, in the morning, the sky was clear and bright.
Luo Feng and Wei Wen were walking toward the Third Senior High School of Yian District. Today was the day to receive their graduation certificates and application forms for university enrollment.
“Brother Feng, are you really confident about passing the ‘Quasi-Martial Artist Exam’?” Wei Wen couldn’t help but exclaim.
“Yeah, on July 1st, I’ll go to the headquarters of the Limit Martial Arts Academy in Yangzhou City—the Limit Club—to take the Quasi-Martial Artist Exam,” Luo Feng replied with a smile.
They were already approaching the school.
Looking at the campus ahead, seeing students scattered around, Luo Feng felt a shift in his mindset: “Hmm? In the past, I considered myself one of them, but now, I feel like I’m already in a different world from them. They’ll go to university, work hard in the future, marry, and have children.”
“But my path is different from theirs.” Luo Feng and Wei Wen entered the school and went to their respective classes.
Walking along the corridor of the teaching building.
“Senior Brother.”
“Brother Luo Feng,” several other senior students greeted Luo Feng warmly.
“I heard that Luo Feng fainted during the college entrance exam.”
“What a pity! He fainted during the exam.” Some students who saw Luo Feng from a distance whispered among themselves.
Luo Feng’s physical condition had already reached the level of a martial artist, and his hearing was excellent. He clearly heard the whispers of the students nearby.
Class 5, Senior Three, was Luo Feng’s class.
“Luo Feng is here.”
“Brother Luo.” Many of his classmates were already there, greeting him warmly.
Luo Feng smiled and nodded.
Most of his old classmates had a good relationship with Luo Feng, but there were also some who weren’t too happy with him. They were outwardly enthusiastic, but some of the old classmates were whispering among themselves in the corner: “Luo Feng used to have such good grades and was an advanced student at the martial arts academy. Who would have thought he’d fall so hard this time, fainting during the exam. What bad luck.”
“That’s just fate; who can you blame?”
In the past, Luo Feng was the golden boy of the class!
He excelled academically and was strong in martial arts. Now, this genius has taken a big fall, and naturally, these ordinary students felt a sense of schadenfreude! Although they were on good terms with Luo Feng, people are like that. When they see someone who was once excellent suddenly fall, they can’t help but feel a sense of relief and secretly say—so you’ve finally had your day!
“The graduation certificates are being distributed! Everyone come and get them!” Three class leaders carried the graduation certificates and application forms for university enrollment onto the podium.
“Wang Yin.”
“Liuxialong.”
The class leaders called out names one by one, distributing the graduation certificates and application forms.
“Luo Feng!” As this name was called out, the classroom fell silent. Almost everyone’s gaze fell on Luo Feng.
Everyone knew that Luo Feng had fainted during the college entrance exam.
As for Luo Feng’s college entrance exam results, since ID numbers and exam registration numbers weren’t secrets, many students had already checked and knew that Luo Feng’s score was only four points below the undergraduate admission line.
“Luofeng.” Class monitor Qu Lin handed the graduation certificate and application form to Luo Feng.
“Luofeng, Luofeng, let’s go.” Wei Wen was standing at the classroom door.
“Just a moment.” Luo Feng casually clenched his fist, and with a ‘chi chi’ sound, crushed the application form into a ball. He casually tossed it, and the crumpled application form flew straight into the trash can.
The previously noisy classroom fell silent!
All the classmates in the class were stunned. This was the application form for college entrance exam volunteering—who dared to throw it away?
Immediately, a girl with freckles exclaimed in surprise: “Luofeng, why did you throw away your application form? Aren’t you going to fill out your college choices anymore?”
“Luofeng would never go to a junior college. He must be planning to retake the exam next year.” Instantly, discussions arose.
Standing at the classroom door, Wei Wen couldn’t help but widen his eyes: “Go to a junior college? Retake the exam? You guys really have some imagination. Brother Feng is about to take the ‘Quasi-Martial Artist Exam’—what’s the point of going to some damn junior college or retaking the exam?”
“Say less, let’s go.”
Luofeng pulled Wei Wen and left with him.
The students in the classroom immediately burst into noise. What? The Quasi-Martial Artist Exam?
“Luofeng, he’s taking the Quasi-Martial Artist Exam? Is it true? He can’t be that strong, can he?”
“Probably just Wei Wen bragging. Luofeng became an advanced trainee last year. How could he take the Quasi-Martial Artist Exam this year?”
Subconsciously, these students were unwilling to believe that Luofeng had met the physical requirements of a martial artist.
A martial artist…
That was a transcendent existence.
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