97: Rejoining the Thousand Mountains Class: Liu Yuanzhou's Challenge

"Su Yuan might only need two or three years to surpass me in strength."

Lin Zhenyan sighed with emotion, gently patted Lin Jie's shoulder, and then left.

"Two or three years, huh..."

"Perhaps it won't take that long."

Lin Jie leaned back in the chair, greatly anticipating the arrival of tomorrow...

Su Yuan strolled back home.

Feeling bored, he walked into the Light Pillar Training Room in the living room to Cultivate.

He did not use Teleportation on the way home, as using Teleportation on the street might cause unnecessary commotion.

"Instructor Li didn't take back the Light Pillar Training Room when she left.

Perfect, I can Cultivate at home from now on."

Su Yuan stood inside the Light Pillar Training Room, looking around and murmuring.

"The Heavenly Thunder Heart Spear is only two percent away from reaching the Initial Mastery level."

"I should be able to make a Breakthrough tonight."

"I have memorized all the key points for Cultivating the Heavenly Thunder Heart Spear, so reaching Perfection is only a matter of time."

The Heavenly Thunder Heart Spear, containing the character 'Heart,' is naturally related to heart cultivation.

Now that Su Yuan's mind is incredibly strong, Cultivating the Heavenly Thunder Heart Spear feels effortless.

Inside the Light Pillar Training Room, Su Yuan held the hundred changes casket long spear, radiating an indomitable will to advance fearlessly.

Boom!

A strike of the Heavenly Thunder Heart Spear crashed lightning-fast onto the blue barrier on the left side of the Training Room—this was something Li Dieyi had left behind.

Its function was similar to a strength testing device, capable of displaying strength values.

"72388kg!"

Immediately after, Su Yuan continuously unleashed terrifyingly powerful Heavenly Thunder Heart Spears.

Lightning exploded within the Light Pillar Training Room, and the immense power caused the entire Training Room to tremble slightly.

Just like this, Su Yuan continued to Cultivate until half past twelve at night.

Accompanied by a sudden explosive sound from the Light Pillar Training Room, the Heavenly Thunder Heart Spear successfully entered the Initial Mastery level.

The Qi and blood within Su Yuan's body surged, causing his Qi and blood value to increase abruptly.

[Realm: 434 Qi and Blood (Second Realm High-Rank Martial Artist)]

[Martial Skill: Azure Thunder Mixed Spear (100%) Heavenly Thunder Heart Spear (40%)]

"Phew."

Su Yuan placed the hundred changes casket long spear aside and stared at the panel information.

"The Heavenly Thunder Heart Spear has reached Initial Mastery."

He then picked up the hundred changes casket long spear again and blasted the barrier with full force!

"74020kg!"

Looking at the value displayed on the barrier, Su Yuan satisfiedly put away the hundred changes casket long spear.

"Not bad."

"The Heavenly Thunder Heart Spear is only at the Initial Mastery level, so there is still a lot of room for improvement."

Su Yuan then recalled Instructor Li's evaluation of Qin Xuexin: fighting an ordinary Fourth Realm Initial Stage practitioner while only being in the Third Realm Initial Stage.

"When I reach the Third Realm Initial Stage, I also want to try fighting an ordinary Fourth Realm Initial Stage practitioner."

Speaking of this, Su Yuan recalled Teacher Jiang Haisheng's move back then, where two Third Realm Peak teachers were defeated devastatingly, without any power to resist.

The existence of Protective Aura creates a huge gap in strength compared to Third Realm Martial Artists.

Afterward, Su Yuan sat on the ground to recover his strength.

A few minutes later, he walked towards the shower room to wash up and prepare for sleep.

The next day, High School No. 1 and High School No. 2 started school simultaneously.

It was now the second semester of the third year of high school, and the Martial Arts Examination was only about four months away.

Su Yuan arrived at the basement of the High School No. 1 Qianshan Class, where there was nobody around.

"Did I come too early?"

Su Yuan glanced at the time: 6:20 AM.

"It's not that early, I'm forty minutes ahead of time."

Su Yuan, slightly confused, opened the Qianshan Class group chat and only then learned the reason.

He didn't have the habit of checking his phone first thing in the morning; at most, he would check the time.

The pinned announcement for the Qianshan Class had been changed to another message at 5:50 AM.

[Emergency Notice: Class time today is delayed by one hour, changed to 8:00 AM.]

"8:00 AM?"

"Then I really did come too early."

Su Yuan felt like crying without tears.

Was this the consequence of not liking to look at his phone?

Thus, Su Yuan was the only person waiting in the basement.

Su Yuan felt a bit bored and directed his gaze towards the Ice Stone Passage.

Since no one was here now, it should be fine if he went in to take a look, right?

With a thought, Su Yuan walked into the Ice Stone Passage and immediately activated the 'Power of Teleportation.'

Su Yuan reached the end of the Ice Stone Passage in less than two seconds, a journey that originally required several minutes to run.

Feeling the cold air rushing towards him, Su Yuan felt no chill whatsoever.

The cold air struck his body, but he felt nothing at all.

"The Ice Stone Passage can no longer stimulate the Qi and blood in my body, nor can it increase my Qi and blood value."

After standing there for three minutes, Su Yuan's Qi and blood showed no change.

Staying here any longer would be useless, so Su Yuan used the 'Power of Teleportation' and immediately left the Ice Stone Passage.

"The Power of Teleportation is truly convenient," Su Yuan exclaimed after coming out.

Immediately, Su Yuan found a corner, sat down cross-legged, and Cultivated the Thunder Flash Imperial Riding Breathing Technique.

An hour later, footsteps coming from the passage entrance interrupted Su Yuan's Cultivation.

[Breathing Technique: Thunder Flash Imperial Riding Breathing Technique (40%)]

The Fourth-Tier Advanced Thunder Flash Imperial Riding Breathing Technique has reached Initial Mastery.

Glancing at the Breathing Technique's progress, Su Yuan looked toward the person who had arrived.

He saw Jiang Haisheng, whose brows were tightly furrowed, quickly walking into the basement.

"Su Yuan?"

"You came to class!"

Upon seeing Su Yuan, Jiang Haisheng's furrowed brows instantly relaxed.

But immediately after, Jiang Haisheng frowned again.

"Teacher Jiang, what's wrong?" Su Yuan looked at Jiang Haisheng in confusion.

Jiang Haisheng showed a wry smile.

Seeing that the matter could no longer be hidden, he spoke.

"Liu Yuanzhou, the number one Prodigy of Yanbo City, suddenly issued a challenge to you on the seventh day after you left."

"However, since the Yanlong Cult crisis had not been resolved, coupled with other reasons, we refused on your behalf."

"Who would have thought that after failing to fight you, Liu Yuanzhou ran straight to Linzhou City to find Zhou Churan."

"Zhou Churan initially didn't want to fight Liu Yuanzhou, but the other party publicly declared he would challenge all Prodigies within Xiwu Province and defeat them."

"Afterward, Liu Yuanzhou said with a look of disdain that the younger generation in Linzhou City didn't even have the courage to fight and were worse than previous generations."

"Zhou Churan couldn't tolerate these words and accepted Liu Yuanzhou's challenge."

"As a result, Zhou Churan was utterly defeated by Liu Yuanzhou in three moves.

Afterward, Liu Yuanzhou claimed he hadn't even used fifty percent of his strength."

"After defeating Zhou Churan, Liu Yuanzhou once again set his sights on you, issuing a challenge to you, the number one Genius of Linzhou City."

"Of course, we still refused on your behalf, because the day after you left the Qianshan Class, Vice President Yun said that unless Su Yuan actively came to class, he should not be disturbed."

When Jiang Haisheng said this, Su Yuan suddenly understood.

He had been wondering why no one from the Qianshan Class had sought him out during this time, and the group chat messages were just some irrelevant daily news.

"Liu Yuanzhou inquired about the start date of the Qianshan Class, and therefore issued a challenge to you for the third time an hour and a half ago."

"And he himself is currently near High School No. 1."

"The reason class was delayed by one hour today was precisely for this matter."

"Whether to refuse, or to accept on your behalf."

Jiang Haisheng's tone was extremely helpless.

This Liu Yuanzhou was like a piece of sticky plaster; they didn't know each other, yet he insisted on fighting you.

Only the group of teachers knew about the matter concerning Liu Yuanzhou; the other students were unaware.

"Teacher Jiang, did this Liu Yuanzhou go to Shuangxin City to challenge Bai Siyi?" Su Yuan suddenly asked.

Jiang Haisheng was stunned, then shook his head: "Linzhou City was the first city he challenged, and you were his first target."

"As for whether he challenged Prodigies in other cities afterward, I don't know."

Seeing this, a smile curved Su Yuan's lips: "Teacher Jiang, I accept Liu Yuanzhou's challenge."

"Tell him to bring it on!"