Chapter 55: We Are All Ordinary People

Chapter 55: We Are All Ordinary People

November 1st, the day when contribution points were credited every month. Chen Chu had been looking forward to this for a long time; with these points, he could purchase Life Crystals, which he could then convert into attribute points to enhance the progress of his martial arts.

After entering the Second Heavenly Realm, the Dragon Elephant Art had steadily improved, but the Insightful Blade remained at the beginner stage. Despite practicing for so long, he still had not fully entered the Insightful Eye Realm.

And this was with the condition of fixed proficiency from the attribute page. He wasn’t sure if it was because he lacked talent in this particular aspect, or if it was due to his soul being split, causing a deficiency in his spiritual comprehension.

But regardless of the reason, nothing would stop him from forcibly breaking through the realm of saber arts today with the help of the attribute reinforcement.

As soon as Chen Chu arrived at the school, however, he received the message to assemble with all of the freshmen who were in the Second Heavenly Realm. When he found the conference room, he walked in to see many familiar faces already present. Almost all of the top fifty freshmen were here, including the first-ranked An Fuqing.

In the month following the ranked competition, almost everyone in the top fifty had broken through to the Second Heavenly Realm. There had also been some geniuses who were only slightly behind them, such as Xia Youhui and Luo Fei; in the latter half of the month, they had also successively broken through.

The conference room was very spacious, with over seventy students occupying only a small section. Chen Chu went to the circle of Class Three and took a seat, looking at Luo Fei beside him and asking, "Why the sudden assembly? Did something happen?"

The girl whispered, "It might be related to Kyrola."

Chen Chu nodded thoughtfully, thinking about the rumors circulating around the school in the past few days.

After a while, several teachers walked in, with a middle-aged man wearing glasses at the forefront. Following him were Lin Xiong, the homeroom teacher of Class One, along with a few others, including Pang Long.

After the teacher with glasses sat down, he looked around the conference room and nodded in satisfaction, saying, "Not bad. We’ve had so many freshmen breaking through to the Second Heavenly Realm just in this first semester."

He introduced himself. "Hello, everyone. I am Hong Zetian, the dean of martial arts. Because I haven't been at school for a while, this is the first time I'm meeting all of you.

"Now, this gathering is related to the matter in the Kyrola region. Top-tier schools across the country have received a notification from higher authorities, requesting freshmen for an expedition. The minimum requirement is the Second Heavenly Realm.

"After careful consideration, our school is prepared to organize a group of freshmen to participate in this expedition."

An Fuqing in the front row raised her hand. Hong Zetian paused, having gotten a slight impression of this talented newcomer from the first day, and nodded slightly in acknowledgment. “If you have any questions, please go ahead and speak."

Xia Youhui scratched his head. "I also need to go back and ask."

Lin Xue added, "Me too."

Yi Rui smiled slightly, speaking with certainty, "I will go, and I suggest that everyone who can should as well."

Yi Rui's words caused everyone to pause, and they couldn't help but look at him.

"Keep in mind that at this school, we are among the top fifty geniuses. But have any of you considered how many first-tier schools there are in the entire country, or even the entire Federation? How many new students can establish their foundation within a week? Is it a few thousand, or tens of thousands, or even hundreds of thousands?" Yi Rui asked.

Yi Rui's words made everyone feel an inexplicable pressure loom over them.

Indeed, at Nantian Martial Arts High School, there were over a hundred geniuses who had established their foundation in a week. In East Xia, with dozens of first-tier schools, that would amount to thousands of people.

Add to that the number of new students from second and third-tier schools, and the total would become even more significant... and that was just this semester.

With the spread of the foundational arts and increased resource allocation, the number of cultivators had almost exploded in growth in recent years.

Yi Rui casually continued, "In fact, here, there is only one person who can truly be considered a genius, maybe one and a half."

Although he didn't explicitly say it, everyone knew who he was referring to;

An Fuqing, the first ranked, and Li Hao, who possessed innate divine power.

"In such a situation, if you don't want to be passed over, you must seize every opportunity to improve, surpass yourself, and surpass everything.

"Participating in this expedition will not only allow us to gain a large amount of resources, but also maximize our own potential through the life-or-death pressure of combat. And then, making use of the resources we earn means that the speed of our cultivation will be at least several times faster than it is now.

"When we come back from the expedition, our strength will be significantly ahead of those classmates who didn't go, perhaps even leaving them far behind. This is why you don’t see many second- and third-year students at school. They’re outside, undergoing trials to squeeze out their utmost potential.

"Of course, gains do come with risks. Everyone should consider this carefully before making their decision."