CHAPTER 32: CHAPTER 32: WHAT IF HE’S NOT THEIR BIOLOGICAL CHILD?

Seeing Ye Qingzhou seemed interested in the rating standards, Xu Yuebing explained them to him seriously.

"The lowest is the Apprentice Level. Mastering the basic stance of any Initial Tier Martial Technique is Apprentice Level."

"Next is the Apprentice Level. Achieving Entry Level in all six basic stances is the Apprentice Level, indicating the potential to become a Professional Level Martial Artist."

"Then there is Elite Level. Achieving Skilled level in any one of the six basic stances qualifies as a Martial Arts Elite, who can receive focused training from various forces."

"Above the Elite is the Martial Arts Prodigy, also known as the Genius Level. It’s not easy to reach this level; one needs to master any one of the six basic stances by the age of 18. Both the Dongji Kingdom’s official and local martial arts schools and Martial Arts Families will go all out to cultivate them."

"Is it that difficult to master any one of the Six Techniques?"

Ye Qingzhou didn’t quite understand, because for a martial arts prodigy like him, he couldn’t accurately assess the difficulty of training techniques. In his understanding, martial arts is something you can do as long as you have hands; the difficulty lies in not having money to buy rare treasures.

Leon puffed his chest with a proud expression: "Exactly, reaching mastery isn’t that hard. But is there anyone here who hasn’t mastered their own Martial Technique?"

After speaking, he intentionally glanced at Xu Yuebing, with a tone full of mockery and sarcasm.

Xu Yuebing wasn’t about to back down and mocked Leon in return on the spot: "So, losing to someone like me who hasn’t reached mastery level, doesn’t that make you even weaker?"

"If Master Ye hadn’t given you a boost, would I have lost?"

"Ha, defeated underling."

"You’re deliberately stirring things up, aren’t you! We are tied with one win each, at most a draw! What’s with the arrogance?"

Leon was so angry he almost exploded, challenging Xu Yuebing with his hand on his sword: "Unhappy? Come on, let’s duel!"

"Come on, do you think I’m afraid of you?"

Xu Yuebing, with an angry expression, also placed her hand on her sword’s hilt, readying herself for attack.

The two seemed ready to turn from verbal sparring to physical fighting, and Ye Qingzhou quickly intervened: "This is my home, renovations aren’t easy. Can you fight at the Fighting Center tomorrow?"

"Hmph!" ×2

With more people joining, the average age of Ye Qingzhou’s Martial Technique training class seemed to drop to kindergarten level instantly, increasing management difficulty tremendously and causing him some heartache.

Indeed, earning money is tough X and eating is hard!

However, he obtained quite a bit of useful information, including important intel on Liu Dingjian, the hot favorite to win this Sword Fighting Competition.

Without Leon’s interruption, Xu Yuebing continued spilling the beans: "The Mingjian Group was founded by the Star City Liu Clan, and Liu Dingjian, the third young master of the Liu Family, has extraordinary talents. Although he can’t match his elder brother Liu Yiming, he is a genius among geniuses. Reportedly, he has mastered the Mountain and Forest Techniques, and his Martial Bone is at mastery, placing his strength at the forefront of all competitors."

Even Leon, a teenager with a lofty attitude, couldn’t help but be shocked after hearing Xu Yuebing’s description: "Mastery of two techniques and Martial Bone mastery? Such strength would be top among direct disciples at Three Pure Ones Mountain. Is the Mingjian Group really that strong?"

Leon, coming from outside the province, naturally didn’t know the Mingjian Group and Star City Liu Clan’s fame in Xiang Province.

Ye Qingzhou wanted to learn more about the strength of other competitors in this competition, aiming for the championship: "I want to know more about the intelligence on Martial Bones."

"I know this!"

Leon, having studied at Three Pure Ones Mountain, eagerly answered: "The strength of a Martial Artist lies in the unity of internal and external. Internally it’s the Inner Breath, externally it’s the tempering of muscles, bones, and skin, with bone strength being the core of the core. Many Martial Techniques need a strong physique to execute, and the special structure of Martial Bones can resonate with specific Inner Breath attributes to amplify strength, forming a powerful Cultivation Technique."

Obviously, such high-level Martial Arts Principles wouldn’t appear in textbooks. At least civilian Martial Artists wouldn’t have access, not even Ye Xiangyang knew.

Ye Qingzhou’s eyes lit up upon hearing this: "Martial Bone + Inner Breath = Cultivation Technique?"

Clearly, this enhancement idea greatly enlightened him, guiding him on his next steps in martial arts cultivation.

"Then, how do you temper Martial Bones?"

Ye Qingzhou looked at the two with a curious gaze, his eyes filled with a thirst for knowledge.

"This..."

Xu Yuebing hesitated to speak.

Leon laughed heartily and said to Ye Qingzhou: "Master Ye, the secret technique for tempering Martial Bones is the foundation and unspoken secret of Martial Arts Families. Unless you marry into them, it’s impossible for them to teach you."

Obviously, both the Jiujiang Lei Clan and Linjiang Xu Clan have their own Martial Bone secret techniques, but since they’re secret, they wouldn’t easily share them with outsiders.

In this regard, Ye Qingzhou never had much integrity. He directly looked at Xu Yuebing, his gaze sincere and warm: "I can take the Xu surname..."

Upon hearing this, Xu Yuebing truly felt a pounding heart, feeling shy and angry, her delicate face instantly turning into a red teapot: "Ye Qingzhou! What nonsense are you spouting again? I’m only 16! Besides, how can such a matter be decided so casually?"

Ye Qingzhou looked puzzled: "What does your age have to do with this? I’m asking if your father still wants a son. I, a prodigy with a boundless future, could be his adoptive son."

Xu Yuebing instantly realized her misunderstanding but was even angrier internally, her teeth clenching with audible clicking: "Don’t even think about it!"

"Aren’t you going to ask your father about it? Maybe he would agree?"

"Get lost!"

Ye Qingzhou sighed, seeming that the path of "unless my lord abandons me" was blocked.

Then he turned his gaze towards Leon.

The latter quickly shook his head and waved his hands: "Master Ye, you’d better give up; my father already has a son."

"What if he’s not biological?"

"!!!"

......

The next day, waking up for school.

On the way to First High School, Ye Qingzhou, who failed at finding a father, was still racking his brains: "Where can I get the secret technique for tempering Martial Bones?"

Though without Martial Bone support, a Cultivation Technique can still be refined, but its power is far less than that of a genius Martial Artist with Martial Bone mastery.

"They monopolize knowledge; these Martial Arts Families are really something else!"

Ye Qingzhou resented the martial arts world’s tendency to treasure their knowledge, criticizing it harshly in his heart, wishing he could storm their places, forcing them one by one to hand over Cultivation Techniques and publicize them.

Otherwise, true martial arts cannot be promoted!

After all, being a genius, no matter how much others train, they couldn’t surpass him; having high talents gives him such confidence.

"Ye Qingzhou!"

"It’s you, Brother Wen."

Seeing Huang Liwen with even darker eye bags, walking unsteadily, Ye Qingzhou was speechless: "Didn’t I remind you before, young people should avoid indulgence?"

"Brother Wen, take my advice; you need to be disciplined."

Huang Liwen was angrily indignant: "Nonsense! I slack off today, slack off again tomorrow, consistently slacking off, isn’t that a form of discipline too? And can this be blamed on me? From the Thousand Islands Kingdom, a few teachers I like have just released new works, as their loyal fan, how could I not support them?"

"..."