16 This Cultivation Technique Is Only Fated with Me

The first one to return was Zhou Qing.

To have left for a whole four days at the most critical moment before the Longmen examination, although it was also for the safety of the students, to Zhou Qing, it seemed extremely irresponsible since he had abandoned the students with relatively bad results for the sake of a few students with good results.

Although there was a substitute teacher, how could they have a better understanding of these students than he did?

The first thing he encountered upon returning was Xu Lingjun once again applying for a physical assessment.

Seeing Xu Lingjun's performance this time, he couldn't help but widen his eyes in surprise.

"Your strength has increased by an entire 40%, your speed by 30%, and your reflexes by 70%," Zhou Qing looked at Xu Lingjun as if he was looking at a monster.

In just a few days, Xu Lingjun's progress was so great that it was no longer as simple as a big leap. It was as if he was soaring.

For a moment, he felt a little thirsty. He asked, "Is that 'Infinite Celestial Demon Body-tempering Technique' really so miraculous?"

"Maybe it's because I'm fated with the cultivation technique," Xu Lingjun smiled and said, "I heard from that old beggar that he had given the cultivation technique to many people, but I'm the first one who can cultivate it. At that time, he did say only those fated with the cultivation technique can cultivate it. If one is not fated with it, the book will simply look like a messy doodle..."

"I see. It looks like this is your reward for doing good deeds. You deserve to be able to obtain such an excellent cultivation technique," Zhou Qing said regretfully, "It's such a pity. Your current strength is already at stage 9 of the Body-tempering Tier. Theoretically speaking, you are already qualified to participate in the sect's assessment. With your current strength, if you were to participate in that assessment, you would definitely have been chosen to be one of the five disciples."

Unfortunately, he had missed it, just short of a few days.

Zhou Qing could not help but sigh as he thought about it.

Xu Lingjun did not seem to mind at all. He smiled and said, "Everyone has their own fate. Although I am not fated to join the sect, with my current results, the possibility of me being admitted into one of the four great martial arts universities is still very high, right?"

"That's true. Although the treatment of the martial arts universities is far inferior to that of the sects, in terms of overall strength, they may not be much inferior. Besides, you will be freer," Zhou Qing smiled and said, "Li Lei is your good friend, right? He was ranked number one among the five disciples who successfully joined the sect... If you can also successfully enter one of the four great martial arts universities, perhaps it will become a much-told tale in our school."

Xu Lingjun asked, "Li Lei's performance was very good?"

"He still has to go on stage to give a speech tomorrow morning. You'll know then," Zhou Qing smiled, looking rather pleased with himself.

"Teacher, now that the test is over, I can see your dark eye-circles. I'm afraid that you haven't had a good rest during this period, so do let me help you tidy up?"

"Huh? O-okay... Indeed, I haven't slept well these few days. Thank you for your hard work."

[You took the initiative to help the exhausted Zhou Qing tidy up. You have received his sincere gratitude and obtained the favor of the world's Origin Will. Source value points +62!]

Oh, Zhou Qing was giving him more and more points.

Teacher Zhou was indeed a good person.

Xu Lingjun suddenly had more energy to work.

The next morning, just as Zhou Qing had said, the entire school's 1,700 plus students were gathered on the field.

On the high platform that had long been set up, Principal Guo Xu, a few members of the school board, as well as the assistant principal and other teachers were sitting on one side.

Ji Roufeng and Zhang Ziqian were sitting on the other side of the platform, and five students were sitting behind them. Without a doubt, these five were the five Qingyang High School students who had joined the Riyueming Sect as new disciples.

"Thank you to the school and Principal Guo, for giving me this opportunity to stand here and introduce my journey of success to everyone..." Li Lei held his speech draft in his hand and recited it with great emotion.

It was a well-rhythmed speech with deep emotions.

With his humble speech, bright smile, and ancient clothes, other than his short hair looking a little out of place, he was no different from Zhang Ziqian.

And wearing ancient clothes was a custom that only members of the sect had.

Below the platform, the more than a thousand pairs of eyes that were looking at Li Lei and the others were only filled with envy, jealousy, and resentfulness.

Joining the sect meant that their future would be extremely bright. As long as they were not abandoned by the sect, in the future, they would almost certainly be able to become martial arts experts of the Convergence Tier or even the Insight Tier!

Qingyang High School had been established for many years, but not a single Insight Tier expert had appeared in its history.

And at the end of Li Lei's speech, he looked in the direction of Xu Lingjun below the stage, "Finally, I want to thank my best friend, Xu. Without your support, I wouldn't have been able to achieve my current achievements. Thank you, Daddy Xu. Without you, I wouldn't be where I am today."

He was truly moved.

To help him, Xu Lingjun had taken out his father's hard work over all the years. He had originally wanted to pay for them, but Xu Lingjun didn't accept it, which made him even more touched.

When the crowd below heard the last sentence, they were instantly in an uproar. Everyone's gaze was focused on Xu Lingjun.

Xu Lingjun had helped him?

What could he have helped him with?

Could it be that Xu Lingjun had used his beauty to charm that female disciple and achieve some sort of unspeakable deal?

Otherwise, why would Li Lei be so grateful that he would call Xu Lingjun "daddy" in public?

They weren't blind. They could naturally notice the gaze of that beautiful sect disciple who stood high and mighty on the platform sweeping across Xu Lingjun's face from time to time... Her actions of wanting to look but trying to stop herself were too obvious.

"Hahahaha, students helping each other, being harmonious and friendly, is what I want to see," Guo Xu laughed heartily and snatched the microphone from Li Lei's hand.

Calling someone "daddy" was just a no-no.

Guo Xu laughed and continued, "Next, let us welcome Liu Yun to speak for us. In the future, the five of them will be the pride of Qingyang High School. In five days, they will be leaving Qingyang High School and going to the sect to open a new chapter of their lives. Everyone should learn more from them so that your achievements may not be inferior to theirs in the future."

As he spoke, he glared fiercely at Li Lei.

He was naturally very familiar with this brat since he was his son's good friend and had often come to his house to play.

Liu Yun took the microphone, but before he could say anything, his eyes had already turned red.

He choked on his sobs and said, "I... I'm leaving. I can't bear to part with everyone. I can't bear to part with Qingyang High School..."

Meanwhile, Guo Xu, who had returned to his seat, could not help but frown.

He swept his gaze across the group of more than ten students with stage 9 Body-tempering cultivations and asked Zhou Qing in a low voice, "Why isn't Wei Hua here?"

Zhou Qing was stunned for a moment before he realized that one of the students with stage 9 Body-tempering cultivation base was missing. He said softly, "Perhaps it's because he suffered a blow since he wasn't selected... Principal, you should know that Wei Hua's aunt is the wife of the Martial Arts Association's Vice President. He has always considered himself to be from a martial arts family, but now he's been outclassed by a rich man's son."

Guo Xu frowned and said, "Go and call him over. The opportunity to join the sect is very rare, but it might not be impossible in the future. If he leaves a bad impression on the sect, how can he join them in the future?"

"I'll go right away," Zhou Qing got up and was about to leave.

Suddenly, an extremely shrill scream of terror rang out from a nearby dormitory building.

It was the scream of a woman. Her voice was shrill and ear-piercing, as if she had seen an extremely terrifying scene.

The scream reverberated through the empty building, bringing with it a slight echo.

Liu Yun, who had tears streaming down his face and was wearing a sad expression, suddenly trembled, unable to continue being sad.

Everyone looked in the direction of the dormitory building in shock and bewilderment.

Zhou Qing was the first to use the Hundred-mile Light Wind to fly toward the place where the scream had sounded.