Chapter 83

He didn’t pay attention to the gossip caused by his date with the popular teenage beauty, Qin Xiaer, on the street. Two days later, Li Pu, carrying his luggage, arrived at the gate of the Eagle Feather Academy located in the suburbs of Yanjing City. In front of the gate stood a huge iron eagle statue, with many names engraved on its iron feathers, seemingly all graduates of the school who had become elite.

“Huh~” Li Pu walked to the reception room, where a tall, muscular man with a square face and a military demeanor was in charge of reception. He checked Li Pu’s letter of introduction and nodded, saying, “Hmm, it’s from Old Feng, but whether you can enroll still requires a basic assessment.”

“What kind of assessment?” Li Pu smiled, “Not a fight or something, right?”

“Basically, you’re right.” The square-faced man said matter-of-factly, “Although physical strength is tested for physical specialties, the most important part is a fight. Losing doesn’t necessarily mean you can’t enroll, as long as you show enough potential.”

After saying that, he made a phone call. Soon, a short-haired man in camouflage walked in. He glanced at Li Pu, who was clearly only seventeen or eighteen, and said succinctly, “Follow me.”

Li Pu followed him inside and soon entered a fully equipped gym. There were about twenty people in the room, both men and women, ranging from girls and boys younger than Li Pu to young adults over twenty. When a new person entered, some of them looked at him curiously, while others continued their training.

But Li Pu was also surprised—he saw a little girl with a watermelon-head hairstyle, who looked to be about in second grade, with a few crystal-clear water droplets, about two to three centimeters in diameter, floating above her tender little hands, rotating in an arc like celestial bodies.

“...Psychokinesis?” Li Pu exhaled, this school truly harbors many talented individuals.

“Yan Xiaoyan, come and spar with this student.” The short-haired instructor, Gao Shan, called out to a lively girl with a boyish haircut.

The girl named Yan Xiaoyan walked over and glanced at Li Pu. She had delicate and regular features, was about the same age as Li Pu, and was slightly taller, with a well-proportioned body like a gymnast, adorned with just the right amount of muscle that didn’t ruin her feminine figure, exuding a healthy and vibrant beauty.

“Brother Gao, is he a new student who came to enroll today? Is he in the physical specialty?” Yan Xiaoyan, clearly familiar with the instructor, smiled brightly at him.

“Yeah, introduced by Old Feng, he’s said to be very skilled,” Gao Shan nodded, “You’re the fourth-best in the physical specialty, but you still need to be careful.”

“Alright~” Yan Xiaoyan shrugged and raised her eyebrows at Li Pu, “Hi, I’m Yan Xiaoyan. New students who come with a letter of recommendation are usually quite capable. But don’t be careless just because I’m a girl.”

“Yeah, Sister Yan is very strong. She even made a new student who was recommended cry for a week,” the little girl with the watermelon-head hairstyle, who was clearly close to Yan Xiaoyan, wobbled over, the water droplets on her hands dispersing. She looked at Li Pu with wide, worried eyes. Her voice was sweet, with a childish habit of ending sentences with “yo.”

A straightforward girl, Li Pu smiled slightly, “I’m Li Pu, I believe we’ll be classmates soon.”

“Whether or not, we’ll know after the fight,” Yan Xiaoyan waved at Li Pu confidently, “Come on!”

With that, she took a stance, one foot slightly forward, the other firmly planted, looking steady and focused, yet with a flexible and agile feel, ready to transform into a fierce and lightning-fast attack at the slightest touch.

“Flying Swallow Fist, Tracing Art?” Li Pu recognized that Yan Xiaoyan’s martial arts foundation was in the agile and swift style, quite solid.

Just now, the instructor mentioned she was the fourth-best in the physical specialty... Let’s see what level the physical specialty students are at this school. With this thought, Li Pu walked straight toward the girl without any defensive stance.

Seeing Li Pu not taking a stance and walking straight toward her, Yan Xiaoyan frowned slightly, feeling a bit underestimated.

Perhaps he’s strong outside, but this is the Eagle Feather Academy! A place where various elites are selected from over a billion people nationwide. She, a seventeen-year-old girl, was the fourth-best in the physical specialty. In the province, many well-known veteran martial artists were no match for her.

Since that’s the case, I’ll give him a taste of his own medicine.

With intent and strength in sync, Yan Xiaoyan moved like a cat fighting a snake, twisting her steps and instantly moving to Li Pu’s blind spot on the left. She launched a long fist technique, “Jiaolong Shallow Water,” aiming at Li Pu.

Her movements were as swift as lightning, her strike as sudden as thunder! As she punched, her body resonated with a deep sound, her blood and qi surging, producing a tiger and leopard roar. Her Tracing Art was incredibly pure, this punch driven by her blood and qi, a whole-body force. Although she didn’t hold back, she didn’t use the penetrating force of hidden strength.

After all, once hidden strength is used, a slight mistake could lead to irreparable injuries or even death.

Yan Xiaoyan didn’t underestimate him, but this probing attack missed its mark.

If he had blocked or dodged, Yan Xiaoyan wouldn’t have been surprised. After all, he was recommended by Feng Kuchan, who was a veteran grandmaster at the peak of transformation strength over a decade ago, with excellent judgment.

If he had blocked, she could counter. If he had barely dodged, she could use a series of rapid attacks to suppress him. But the target of her attack seemed to have vanished.

Instructor Gao Shan, watching from the side, his expression turned serious, a hint of surprise in his eyes. To him, Yan Xiaoyan had moved agilely to Li Pu’s blind spot like a cat fighting a snake. But at the moment of her attack, Li Pu had moved like a snake, strangely shifting to her blind spot.

The cat was swift as lightning, but the snake was a master!

Yan Xiaoyan felt her shoulder lightly tapped. She couldn’t believe it! Even in that split second, the fact that he could tap her shoulder meant he could have tapped other parts.

By the rules of sparring, this alone would mean she had lost. But with a stubborn look in her eyes, she gritted her teeth, crouched down, and indicated, “Hmph, even if you had used force, I could have neutralized it.” Then she kicked backward forcefully!

This move, “Backward Kick to the Purple Gold Crown,” is usually just a surprise kick to the head. But Yan Xiaoyan’s kick carried a regal and carefree spirit, breaking the wind and enhancing its speed and power with a forward momentum.

Li Pu couldn’t help but admire Yan Xiaoyan’s skill. With her two moves, she could have easily defeated Chen Yunfeng, a renowned martial artist in Shanghai, in just a few moves.

“Bang!” The air exploded from the high-speed compression. This was undoubtedly the use of hidden strength. Yan Xiaoyan felt she had hit her target, but she was more frustrated.

Her kick had hit something, but the force seemed to vanish like a stone in water, and the target didn’t budge. Uh-uh~ It was caught directly!

Yan Xiaoyan’s small foot was pinched by Li Pu. He pulled her, and she had no choice but to do a split in the air. The frustrated girl knew she wasn’t a match, but she quickly exhaled, exerted force from her waist, and struck with a “White Ape Sword” move, “Ape Public Backward Slash,” from under her armpit.

Though it was a finger strike, it had a fierce and martial spirit, like a bayonet assassination. If it had hit a tree, it would have left a deep wound.

But Li Pu calmly pressed her shoulder, blocking the source of her force. The hidden sword strike from under her armpit was cut off halfway, and her other shoulder was also pressed, preventing her from using any counterattacks.

With her force continuously broken, the frustrated girl lost her balance and was about to fall face-first... Fortunately, Li Pu released her foot and caught her arm, helping her up.

At this point, Yan Xiaoyan didn’t want to continue. She blushed, shook off Li Pu’s hand, stepped back a few paces, took a deep breath to calm herself, and said bitterly to the boy she had just fought, “You’re so strong? This wasn’t even a real match, I’ve completely lost...”

“Wow~” The little girl with the watermelon-head hairstyle, her big eyes wide open, looked curiously at the boy who had defeated her Xiaoyan sister without even using a proper move.

“You’re also very good. You’re the fifth strongest person I’ve fought, but the youngest.” Li Pu smiled. Excluding Wu Yuanhuo and other overt strength martial artists, the dark-level experts he had fought included Chen Xin, Zhang Shi, Chen Yunfeng, and Feng Kuchan and Chi Fei, who had sparred with him a few times. Adding today’s Yan Xiaoyan, there were six people in total. Yan Xiaoyan was the youngest, but not the weakest.

Among these people, except for Chen Xin, the others, including super geniuses like Zhang Shi and veteran grandmasters like Feng Kuchan, would not be his match in a life-or-death fight—regardless of skill differences, his alien advantage was too strong...

“The sparring should be enough, any other tests?” Li Pu looked at Instructor Gao Shan, who had barely used any moves in the fight.

“...” Instructor Gao Shan looked deeply at Li Pu, “Old Feng’s recommendation is indeed reliable. The physical test can be waived, just take the written test.”

After all, it was a special school with a military background, so a basic political review written test was still necessary. Li Pu barely passed, and when he left the office, he found Yan Xiaoyan and the little girl with the watermelon-head hairstyle standing outside.

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