Father, Help Me

In just three days, Xu Lingjun had mastered the Killing-flame Fist to the point he could use it as he wanted. Though he hadn't achieved the level of being especially good in it, in terms of lethality, he was able to freely perform every difficult part of the fist technique with the help of the Infinite Celestial Demon Body-tempering Technique. As such, his lethality in using the fist technique might not be inferior to the martial artists who had trained hard for years.

He had tried it out once. When he unleashed his full strength, he had turned a sandbag into ashes with just one punch.

Not only did the Killing-flame Fist contain extreme fist power, but it also had the assistance of scorching qi power. A single punch with two perks, it was simply brutal.

Putting aside the fact his absolute strength was a little lacking, Xu Lingjun felt that as long as nothing unexpected happened, it should not be a problem for him to enter the North Xuanwu University.

Even if his strength was still lacking by a tier, he had been taking the medicines and practicing his martial arts for the whole time. As such, his body and bones had been tempered to become even tougher. Although he had just broken through to stage 8 of the Body-tempering Tier, he felt that he could break through to stage 9 in a few days.

The speed of his improvement could be said to be rocket speed.

One day, Wang Qingya finally could not tolerate Xu Lingjun using her as a backdoor anymore.

She felt that ever since she became Xu Lingjun's teacher, the frequency of the fellow's absenteeism had skyrocketed... Although she understood that Xu Lingjun wanted to train more on his martial techniques due to the approaching Longmen examination, the exam didn't just include a simple exam on martial arts. If one was bad in the general knowledge area, one would fail just as well!

Thus, after a few days, Xu Lingjun was dragged back to the familiar classroom.

Class had not started yet, and at the moment, the class was in a hubbub.

Everyone was gathered in a crowd, discussing something intensely.

In the midst of their conversation, waves of clamor and exclamations could be heard from time to time, as if they had heard some shocking news.

A student was sitting in the middle of the crowd as the other students clustered around him like the stars to the moon. His face was calm, but the corners of his eyes showed his delight as they hung high as if about to reach the sky.

Xu Lingjun knew the student.

He was Li Lei, a popular figure in the school. His strength had long reached stage 9 of the Body-tempering Tier, and he was only one step away from the Qi-gathering Tier.

It was said that the reason why he had not broken through to the Qi-gathering tier was that whether he entered a martial university or a sect, he could have high-grade cultivation techniques that far exceeded those his parents could provide.

He was suppressing his tier for the Longmen Examination.

In the eyes of the girls, Xu Lingjun was truly a favored son of the Heavens. However, in the school, Li Lei was the true influential figure.

Xu Lingjun knew the fellow was determined to get one of the five spots offered by the Riyueming Sect this time.

When they noticed Xu Lingjun enter, the female students who were surrounding Li Lei and discussing something intensely immediately took a few steps back in tacit understanding, hurriedly pulling away from Li Lei.

One by one, they sat back in their seats in a graceful manner.

Li Lei, who had been secretly pleased with himself, had a dark expression on his face.

He felt that only when Xu Lingjun was not around could he receive the treatment of a respected person.

Xu Lingjun sat down next to Li Lei with a calm expression.

The seat was still warm. Someone must have been secretly sitting on his chair just now.

However, he was used to it.

After all, it was much better than the wet marks he found on the pen in his desk drawer last time.

Li Lei glanced at Xu Lingjun and asked, "What are you doing here?"

Xu Lingjun replied, "What question is that? I'm a student. If I'm not here for class, am I here to pick up girls?"

"I thought you didn't come to class these few days because you were immersed in Teacher Wang's broad and soft embrace and couldn't extricate yourself. A teacher's embrace should be more charming than the female students', right?" Li Lei said somewhat sarcastically.

Xu Lingjun replied, "Nonsense. Teacher Wang's chest is not as big as you think. It's just that her waist is too thin, so it makes her chest seem big. After taking off her shirt, it's about the normal size."

Li Lei instantly felt as if Xu Lingjun had stabbed his heart. Even Guo Zheng, who had been eavesdropping on the conversation, found it hard to breathe.

After a while, Li Lei finally recovered and he said as if unintentionally, "By the way, Xu, you might not know this, but we are going to start the sect assessment tomorrow morning. If nothing unexpected happens, I might not be participating in the Longmen examination."

He continued apologetically, "I'm sorry. We had a bet before that whoever did well in the exam would treat the others to a meal at the best restaurant in Qingzhou City. This bet might have to be void."

Although he was apologizing, his expression was filled with pride. It was obvious that he was showing off to Xu Lingjun.

So what if he was a famous person? Being a seventeen-year-old boy in his prime, it was only natural he looked forward to the attention of the opposite sex the most... Unfortunately, no matter how outstanding his strength was or how skilled he was in his martial techniques, as long as he was by Xu Lingjun's side, the female students would only look at Xu Lingjun.

Yet, the two of them were both deskmates and friends, which made it so he couldn't even lose his temper.

So what if he had a fortune that could rival a country?

Girls at this age were the most uninterested in money.

He, Li Lei, had been born at the wrong time.

Xu Lingjun said in surprise, "You're so confident?"

Li Lei complained, "The assessment this time is very difficult. The sixteen of us have to form a team and go to the outer region to hunt down a demonic beast, the ghost wolf that ate humans. Then, according to our performance, the top five will be selected to join the sect. It seems easy since only sixteen students are competing for five spots, but these sixteen are the most outstanding sixteen in the entire Qingyang High School, so the competition is very intense. Moreover, the selection will be based on the overall score. Sigh... Something like the overall score is so vague. It's more like saying that whoever kills that demonic beast will be able to join the sect."

Li Lei sighed. It was as if he was the only capable one and had to bring along fifteen useless people. He was acting as if it would be hard on him since he had to go all out to ensure they finished the mission.

Xu Lingjun said in surprise, "A demonic beast that ate humans?!"

"Yes, a family of three in the Qingzhou City had been eaten by a demonic beast some time ago. You know it too, right? It's fine if the demonic beasts didn't eat humans, but once they start to do so, they will become addicted to human flesh and blood. By then, they won't be able to stop themselves!" Li Lei's eyes flashed with excitement as he continued, "This is a real life-and-death mission. Senior sister had put it very bluntly that if one didn't advance on the path of a martial artist, one would lag behind since it's impossible to have someone protecting us for the whole time. So this time, only the sixteen of us will enter. There will be no mentors and we'll have to sign a life-and-death agreement. If we encounter a life-and-death situation, there will serious risk that we will lose our lives. Now that I think about it, I'm still a little nervous."

"Be careful, Leizi," Xu Lingjun heaved a heavy sigh, "I've been to the outer region before. Demonic beasts that have eaten humans and demonic beasts that have never eaten humans are two different creatures. Sixteen of you fighting one demonic beast is indeed bullying the beast, but the outer region doesn't only have demonic beasts. Moreover, your hearts are not aligned. Scheming is a huge taboo in the outer region... Whoever came up with this mission, I feel that there's either something wrong with the person's brain or the person has never experienced the cruelty of the human heart."

Li Lei said seriously, "Xu Lingjun, shut up. It's one thing for you to humiliate me in the past, but I won't allow you to say rude things about the senior sister. She is so good-natured. When she heard that I'm your friend, she specially told me some pointers about the sect assessment. Moreover, she secretly asked me to ask you if you want to join the assessment. If yes, she can think of a way to help you break through to stage 9 of the Body-tempering Tier!"

Guo Zheng asked in surprise, "Really?"

"I don't think so. After all, Xu has been missing for the past few days. Before I had the chance to ask, she suddenly came to me and said the Xu couldn't join the Riyueming Sect!" Li Lei said, "If I hadn't known that no woman would have the heart to toy with Xu, I might have misunderstood that she was toying with him."

Xu Lingjun said speechlessly, "Alright, stop making up stories about her. I've only met her once, how could she want to toy me? As for you, Leizi, be careful. Don't make it so you die and we have to collect your corpse for you."

"With your help, how will I die?"

Xu Lingjun said in surprise, "What can I help you with?"

Li Lei hesitated for a moment before saying a little embarrassedly, "I remember that your father was the most powerful scavenger in Qingzhou City back then. He afforded a 300-square-meter house by just scavenging, which was a very moving story. I don't believe that he didn't leave any treasures like the secret to success or demonic beast maps for you."

Hearing this, Xu Lingjun said awkwardly, "He did, but those were things my father left for me..."

Li Lei said affectionately, "Father, help me please."

Xu Lingjun, "..."