231: Chapter 231 Competition Reminder

"By the way, you should be from Henghuo Martial Arts School."

"It's a sensitive period right now. Traces of alien activity have been appearing frequently in the surrounding areas recently, and there are even suspected signs of the Zerg appearing in Yun City."

The Captain has many urgent matters to handle today. If you're not in a great hurry to see him, it's best to wait until after the competition."

The guard added further.

Yun City is the provincial capital of Jiangnan Province.

Previously, the one who led the team to hunt down the silver-haired vampire using the alias Lin Muhan was Xia Haiping, the captain of the Third Detachment of the Fifth Battalion of the Tianyuan Army.

Due to the emergency news of Zerg activity coming from Yun City, he had led his team to Yun City for support a week ago.

Originally, let alone remote cities like Dongchang City, no one in the entire Jiangnan Province had heard of an alien appearing for over ten years.

Who would have thought that this disturbance would actually reveal a powerful vampire.

What was even more troublesome was that since then, clues of alien activity had been discovered in surrounding cities one after another.

The Fifth Battalion of the Tianyuan Army, responsible for the purge of aliens in the entire Jiangnan Province, faced a severe shortage of manpower.

Tomorrow's competition would gather the most outstanding martial arts students in Dongchang City.

To prevent any further accidents, the mayor specifically requested the Punishment Army to set up tight defenses in the surrounding areas and strengthen patrols around the venue to prevent any more incidents.

"The competition..."

Chen Moxuan recalled for a moment and remembered about this competition.

Every year, Dongchang City holds an exchange match between the School Teams of various martial arts middle schools.

Although it's called an exchange match, it actually significantly influences the allocation of educational resources for the following year, so the martial arts middle schools take it very seriously.

When Chen Moxuan first arrived in the Martial Arts World, the match he participated in was the semi-final between Henghuo Martial Arts School and Tianqing Martial Arts School.

Because Lin Muhan, who represented Tianqing Martial Arts School, was discovered to be a vampire undercover.

Henghuo Martial Arts School naturally advanced to the finals to compete for the championship against Jiangshui Martial Arts School.

And before Chen Moxuan was forcibly pulled back, Principal Li had also asked Chen Moxuan to play in this final for Henghuo Martial Arts School again because the vice-captain, Liu Kai, was unable to participate.

The reason Liu Kai couldn't participate was caused by Chen Moxuan himself, and since Henghuo Martial Arts School had also given Chen Moxuan a lot of support, he readily agreed.

"Okay, I understand. Thank you."

Chen Moxuan nodded slightly and turned to walk away slowly.

After confirming he had disappeared from the guard's field of vision, he took out the jade token again to sense the location.

"He's really gone... Looking at the speed of movement, he probably left about fifteen minutes before I rushed over here."

Having already confirmed the direction, Chen Moxuan naturally didn't keep pulling out the jade token to sense the location while on his way here.

Moreover, officers of the Punishment Army usually stay at their base. Chen Moxuan never expected the other party to leave in such a short time, missing him by just a few minutes.

"It seems I can only wait until after tomorrow's competition."

Chen Moxuan thought for a moment and gave up the plan to chase after him again.

Although Chen Moxuan was anxious because he hadn't found any information about the world heart yet, he couldn't act in a disorganized manner.

Visiting someone privately in an office at the base is one thing, but visiting while they are on official duty with many eyes around is quite another.

Furthermore, he also needed to represent Henghuo Martial Arts School in tomorrow's match. It wouldn't be too late to look for the other party after the competition.

When he checked Lei Wanjun's qiankun bag earlier, he had many unexpected gains.

Chen Moxuan discovered not only records of cultivation methods after the Spirit Ascension Realm but also an illustrated guide to many heavenly treasures, detailed information on various aristocratic families throughout the Great Xia Kingdom, as well as some anecdotes and unique insights recorded by Lei Wanjun himself.

The time spent waiting for tomorrow's match could be used to catch up on the knowledge and experience he currently lacked.

There was also the secret technique mentioned by Lei Wanjun to hide one's cultivation level, as well as the Heaven-grade Martial Technique left behind.

He needed time to study all of them.

Having made up his mind, Chen Moxuan spent another twenty minutes or so returning to his home.

With his current powerful Mental Energy, even if he stayed awake for more than ten consecutive days and nights, it wouldn't have any impact on him.

Moreover, he had previously been unconscious for a whole month, so he was currently full of energy.

In the time that followed, he devoted himself heart and soul to studying the Martial Skills hidden in Lei Wanjun's qiankun bag while also gaining a deep understanding of various information regarding the upper echelons of the Martial Arts World.

Time flew by under Chen Moxuan's focus, and it was soon the next day.

"Beep beep beep beep—"

A rapid alarm sound suddenly rang out, instantly pulling Chen Moxuan, who was immersed in a state of forgetting food and sleep to study, back to reality.

"Is it already five o'clock?"

Chen Moxuan stared at the alarm clock, his eyes flickering slightly as if in thought.

Before he underwent the memory Fusion as an Otherworld Walker, he was a famous 'Grind King' in Traditional Martial Arts Class 2.

Every day at five in the morning, he would start getting up to practice his skills without fail.

The alarm clock in Chen Moxuan's home still followed the old habit, set to go off exactly at five in the morning.

However, doing physical training now was meaningless for Chen Moxuan.

He reached out to turn off the alarm and then set it back by three hours.

Then, he closed his eyes and focused, entering a state of meditation.

When the alarm rang again, he washed up briefly and tidied his clothes.

"Right, I haven't taken out my phone yet."

Before leaving, Chen Moxuan suddenly remembered that he had kept the phone from this world in the storage space of the tianshu mysterious mirror.

He hurriedly took the phone out from it.

The moment the phone connected to a signal, messages poured out rapidly.

Some were from his classmates in Traditional Martial Arts Class 2, and some were from his homeroom teacher, Ma Jingyuan.

Most were from Principal Li.

"Student Chen, the format for tomorrow's final against Jiangshui Martial Arts School is a bit different from your previous match."

"The final consists of five people from each school. They take turns going up for one-on-one duels. The loser leaves the stage, and the winner can stay on the stage to continue competing against the next opponent."

"Until all five people from one side are defeated, the school on the other side wins."

"The order of appearance can be adjusted during the match. For now, I've placed you in the fifth position."

Later, seeing that Chen Moxuan hadn't replied for a long time, perhaps worried that Chen Moxuan had forgotten about it, Principal Li sent another message:

"The match time is nine o'clock tomorrow. You know the location."

"You must remember to arrive on time. Xie Ning from Jiangshui Martial Arts School is at the sixth stage of the Qi Control Realm. Our School Team definitely can't win without you."

"Jiangshui Martial Arts School has held the championship for three consecutive years, and Henghuo Martial Arts School has finally made it to the finals. I really want to win against that old fogey once!"

"Student Chen, are you there?"

By the end, Principal Li no longer cared about his personal image and expressed his urgency straightforwardly.

He even made several phone calls during this period, fearing that Chen Moxuan wouldn't show up for the match.

From the several emojis Principal Li sent in a row, Chen Moxuan could very clearly feel Principal Li's desire to show off for once.

He gave a brief reply to Principal Li and headed out to the competition venue.