163: Chapter 163 Overcrowded Classes, a Hastily Held National Martial Arts Tournament?

In the dim practice room, Lu Qingyun slowly opened his eyes, a flicker of imperceptible black light flashing through his pupils.

With a light flick of his fingertip, a nearly transparent ripple spread silently, instantly slicing an alloy target three meters away into hundreds of neat pieces, the cuts as smooth as mirrors.

"Ding! Spirit Arts 'Void Transformation' has broken through to the Great Success realm!"

"Ding! Spirit Arts 'Divine Will Storm' has broken through to the Great Success realm!"

"Ding! Spirit Arts 'Myriad Laws Return to Ruins' has broken through to the Great Success realm!"

The cold system notifications rang out one after another.

Lu Qingyun flexed his wrists, feeling his Psychic Power moving with greater ease and control within his body, and nodded in satisfaction.

"Not bad. Three Spirit Arts in three days, that's not too slow."

With the system's "Proof for Eternity" bug, coupled with his own Psychic Power intensity which already far exceeded his peers, cultivating these Spirit Arts was as simple as drinking water.

"Ding-dong—" The communicator on his wrist suddenly rang.

It was a notification from the Jingdu Martial Arts University academic affairs system.

Lu Qingyun tapped it open casually and glanced at it.

The next moment, the smile on his face instantly froze.

[Academic Affairs Notification: Due to the overwhelming number of applicants for the course "Cult Practice Combat Response" you are teaching, the original classroom capacity is insufficient. It has been relocated to General Martial Arts Room 1 (capacity: 350 people). The class time remains unchanged; please arrive on time this Wednesday at 2:00 PM.]

[Current enrollment: 327 people, enrollment channel is still open.]

"???"

Lu Qingyun's eyes widened. He checked the sender three times to be sure it was actually the Academic Affairs Office and not someone's prank.

"Wait, didn't that girl Luo Qing say she reported me? Didn't she say the course was going to be canceled?"

"How is it not only not canceled, but expanded to over three hundred people?"

"Something's not right."

Lu Qingyun frowned.

Even if the school had increased its emphasis on the cult course because he couldn't hold back last time and fought a Dharma Form Grandmaster, it shouldn't have resulted in over three hundred people flooding in, right?

Although Jingdu Martial Arts University had many students, there were plenty of other combat courses; there was no need for them to scramble to take the class of this "perverted teacher."

There must be another reason for this.

"I'll go see for myself."

Lu Qingyun put away his communicator, changed into a plain black tracksuit, and ruffled his hair casually.

General Martial Arts Room 13.

As a large-scale indoor training venue at Jingdu Martial Arts University, the space here was immense.

At this moment, the originally empty martial arts room was already packed with people.

The three hundred-plus chairs were completely full, and many students who hadn't managed to grab a seat were standing in the back, all stretching their necks and looking toward the podium with anticipation.

The place was buzzing with noise and excitement.

Lu Qingyun stood with his hands in his pockets, blending into the back of the crowd, with no one noticing him.

He listened to the conversations of the students around him and soon understood the sequence of events.

"Brother, are you here for Teacher Chen Luo's class too?"

"You bet! I heard this class is insane. Last time, he went straight for the heart and lungs. That fat guy named Dong Dajin got his heart replaced and broke through two realms instantly!"

"Holy crap? For real? That's absurd!"

"Why would I lie to you! A buddy of mine was in that class and saw it with his own eyes! And haven't you heard? That big-shot cultist who snuck into the school a few days ago, how powerful was he? He fought Professor Qin to a standstill; he was so hard to kill! In the end, it took Master Ming to take him down."

"Cult martial arts are so powerful, and Teacher Chen specializes in teaching them! Even if you only learn a move or two, your survival skills will be greatly enhanced! It just so happens that the Martial Arts Bureau suddenly announced the National Martial Arts Tournament; learning some ruthless skills might help me get a good ranking!"

Lu Qingyun listened for a while and finally understood what had happened.

It turned out that after he went into seclusion, the General Administration of Martial Arts of Huaguo had issued an announcement about holding some kind of National Martial Arts Tournament.

It was divided into the Youth Group and the Powerhouse Group.

The Youth Group was limited to those 30 years old and under, while the Powerhouse Group had no restrictions.

The champion of the Youth Group would receive the title of "Number One Prodigy of Huaguo," instantly becoming radiant and soaring to the skies.

Furthermore, there were exceptionally mysterious rewards! Those with other rankings would also receive exceptionally generous rewards, and there was even hope of being taken as a disciple by a Dharma Form Grandmaster!

It was precisely because of the trouble he had caused a few days ago that many people had seen the power of cult martial arts.

Therefore, in order to increase their strength in a short period of time, many people planned to come and learn them.

Lu Qingyun's mouth twitched.

Number One Prodigy of Huaguo?

Being taken as a disciple by a Dharma Form Grandmaster?

Is that it?

He had already fought a Dharma Form Grandmaster; did he still need someone else's guidance?

A total waste of time.

"A bunch of ignorant fools," Lu Qingyun muttered to himself, too lazy to listen any further.

He had no intention of participating in that so-called Martial Arts Tournament.

He just wanted to go up there, muddle through it, and leave as soon as possible.

He pushed through the crowd and walked toward the podium at the front.

Along the way, no one stopped him.

After all, martial artists naturally had long lifespans, and there wasn't much difference between looking like you were in your twenties or thirties.

Lu Qingyun was wearing a tracksuit and looked no different from an ordinary student, so everyone assumed he was there for class.

Lu Qingyun walked a few steps to the podium and was just about to step up when his peripheral vision suddenly caught the seat in the center of the first row.

His footsteps came to a sudden halt.

He saw her there.

Luo Qing was wearing a sharp white martial arts uniform, her long hair tied up high, revealing her fair, slender neck.

"Why is this woman here too?"