37: The treatment reserved for the main character?

Chu Yuan felt a bit numb inside, having roughly figured out what had happened;

It seemed that Chu Ying might possess some kind of talent, and a powerful expert had taken a liking to her, wanting to take her as a disciple...

As for why it was a powerful expert... judging by the way he appeared, he was definitely far stronger than a Supernatural Realm Martial Artist like Qi Da;

He was like a ghost, appearing out of thin air without leaving a trace.

Who would have thought that this silly girl, Chu Ying, would have protagonist treatment? She triggered the "old master" plot...

Chu Yuan also noticed that although the old man and Chu Ying were arguing, the students and teachers passing by seemed as if they saw nothing at all;

They naturally walked around the pair... was there some kind of force field present?

But looking at it now, Chu Ying obviously didn't trust this old man;

First, the old man's appearance lacked any demeanor of an expert; he looked exactly like a loser muddling through life...

Secondly, for the vast majority of people, it was common knowledge that one could not practice any Cultivation Technique before the College Entrance Examination!

Otherwise, one would be stripped of the qualification to take the entrance exam for a martial arts university... which was equivalent to cutting off one's own future!

Any student standing here would make the same choice as Chu Ying.

Chu Yuan pondered for a moment, then raised his wrist and dialed Chu Ying's terminal;

"Yingying."

"What's wrong, brother?"

"Nothing, I'm here to pick you up from school. Where are you?"

"I'm at the school gate. Where are you, brother?"

"How come I don't see you?"

"How is that possible... I can see you!" Chu Ying jumped up, waved, and shouted: "Brother! I'm here!"

Chu Yuan walked over, his pupils slightly constricted;

At this moment, the old man was gone, as if he had never appeared at all.

His departure was as bizarre as his appearance;

Only a faint, lingering scent of alcohol remained in the air...

Chu Ying also noticed the old man was gone, but she didn't take it to heart;

She just thought that maybe the old man saw her brother arrive and didn't dare to pester her anymore.

After all... although that old man was fierce enough to put someone in the hospital, her own brother could kill with a wave of his hand!

"Brother, did you not go to school today?"

Chu Yuan shook his head: "I came to see if you were skipping class."

"..." Chu Ying looked somewhat resentful: "Can't you just say it's because you missed me?"

Chu Yuan said meaningfully: "You don't need me for that, right? Isn't there someone else who misses you?"

Chu Ying's Face turned pale, and she stammered: "What do you mean? Who would miss me..."

"Who is Du Kai? Was it because of him that you skipped class before?"

Chu Ying's Face turned even paler: "Brother, you already know?"

"Are you going to confess yourself, or are you waiting for Mom to come and ask you?"

Chu Ying muttered: "Oh, Mom is so busy, let's not trouble her with this trivial matter..."

"Mom's busiest task right now is checking how much interest has arrived in her account every day..."

"..." After a moment of silence, Chu Ying choked out: "Brother, I'm not dating!"

Then she confessed everything, one by one;

Du Kai was a boy in Chu Ying's class who had been pursuing her crazily recently!

Chu Ying naturally wouldn't agree to him, but she had no experience in dealing with such things, so she could only avoid him every day;

She didn't know if her behavior made Du Kai feel like he lost Face, or if it just fueled his fighting spirit.

Du Kai's behavior didn't subside; instead, it became even more frenzied. He even brought people to block Chu Ying after school to make her listen to his confession...

Although he didn't dare to do anything more outrageous, just this alone made Chu Yuan feel some anger.

He prepared to teach him a lesson again...

But compared to this matter, Chu Yuan was still more concerned about that old man;

He continued to ask: "What about that boy named Du Kai? Is he at school now?"

"No, he's hospitalized..."

"Oh?"

This time, not waiting for him to ask, Chu Ying impatiently said: "Brother! I met a crazy old man!

He saw Du Kai pestering me and beat him up!

Then Du Kai was hospitalized... The teacher has been asking me for the past two days what my relationship is with that old man..."

"The past two days?"

"Yeah, the day before yesterday when school started, I saw that old man on the way to school;

He was drunk on a bench on the side of the road, and I thought he was a beggar, so I gave him five yuan..."

"The day before yesterday..." Chu Yuan pondered privately, he had an intuition;

This old man was probably drawn here by the chaos in Chenyang City.

But the other party didn't look like an official person... regardless of his behavior or his rhetoric.

"Then... I got pestered by him again! He insisted that I follow him to practice martial arts!" Chu Ying's voice was somewhat indignant; she abhorred such attempts to interfere with her future;

Chu Yuan said casually: "Don't pay him any mind. If he pesters you again, report him to the Public Security Bureau."

That old man might indeed be a powerful Martial Artist, but so what?

As long as Chu Ying didn't like it, it didn't matter how strong he was;

Chu Yuan was confident that given time, he would be the thickest thigh for Chu Ying to hug!

It was just that the old man came a bit too late; otherwise, he would have definitely made him taste the Blood Sea Soul Locking Formation!

But he couldn't just ignore it...

He sent a message to Jiang Fei;

[Does Great Qin have Martial Artists outside the official system?]

[??? Aren't they everywhere? You can find a martial arts gym or security company, and the Martial Artists inside are all outside the official system.]

[...I'm talking about powerful experts, not those at the First or Second Realm.]

[Yes, for example, the founder of Zhenlong Pavilion is not an official Martial Artist;

However, there are very few such Martial Artists, and most of them are old guys left over from the Early Stage of the martial arts revival... Why are you suddenly asking about this?]

[Just curious... The Early Stage of the martial arts, wouldn't that mean they've lived for two or three hundred years?]

[Yes.]

[Then what is the reputation of this type of Martial Artist?]

[Those with bad reputations were cleared out long ago. The ones left are those with decent reputations, just unwilling to join the official system for various reasons;

However, sometimes they do cooperate with the official side!]

[Since they are powerful experts, how could they be cleared out so easily?] Chu Yuan was a bit puzzled; was the title of "powerful expert" too watered down?]

[Strong as they may be, they aren't stronger than the official side. Otherwise, why would we be the orthodox ones...]

[Alright, that's all then.]

[Wait a second, do you know that your school has three spots for the Secret Realm trial tomorrow?]

[I heard about it, what's wrong?] Chu Yuan thought to himself, I know it all too well, it was even created because of me...

Jiang Fei continued to send messages, and one could almost feel his annoyance through the screen: [The reward for first place is simply exaggerated!

I suspect some big shot is securing benefits for their descendant and using our Zhenwu Bureau's items as a favor!

Damn these parasites!

In my opinion, the higher-ups have also lost their minds! To even agree to something like this!]

[Calm down, calm down...]

[Forget it, I won't say anymore. In any case, you must participate!

With your strength, you are very likely to snatch the first-place reward!]

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