Chapter 55: Old w.a.n.g’s Successor

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

Following Fang Ping’s outburst, the yearly tradition was broken!

Seeing the dumbfounded expressions on the faces of their schools’ top students, the martial artists who had come to enjoy the show found it difficult to swallow.

Although the two top students from Auspicious Sun No.1 High School whose Vitalities were over 130cal did not feel too much pressure, they were stupefied nonetheless.

It seemed the a.s.sessment results would not be quite as expected.

In addition to the students from other schools, even Sun City No.1 High School’s Zhou Bin and Chen Jie were at a loss for words. Whether it was due to low spirits or if they were still dumbstruck was unknown.

When Fang Ping had that outburst, they were right by him. They felt the effects of it most out of all the others there.

Tan Zhenping felt he had done something foolis.h.!.+

How the others were affected, he did not know.

However, Zhou Bin and Chen Jie were Sun City’s notable martial artists.

If they were affected by Fang Ping and made any mistakes later, it would be troublesome.

When he thought of how Fang Ping fooled even his own people, Tan Zhenping had no words. The brat looked like an honest fellow, but it seemed he might not necessarily be one after all.

…

As Fang Ping was not a martial artist, the range of his outburst had its limits.

The students lining up had no clue what exactly transpired.

Still, they observed the changes in the expressions of each school’s top students.

Out of the arena, they started whispering among themselves again.

“What’s happened to Zhou Bin and the others?”

“Lou Yang’s face is so pale. Could he be sick?”

“What just happened? Why aren’t they saying anything all of a sudden?”

“…”

In the crowd, Wu Zhihao stroked his chin, having seen it all happen before his eyes.

‘It couldn’t be something Fang Ping did, could it?’

Wu Zhihao guessed to himself. He was not completely sure. After all, Auspicious Sun No.1 High School’s top students were over there.

…

Listening to these students’ whispers, Tan Zhenping once again looked over at Fang Ping, who maintained an expression of innocence.

Tan Zhenping’s head hurt a little. He opened his mouth and said, “Everybody, get back to your lines, and get ready for the physical a.s.sessment!”

After everybody left all shaken up, Tan Zhenping noticed Fang Ping was about to slip away too, so he called out, “Fang Ping, wait a moment!”

Fang Ping footsteps faltered. He turned around and gave a dry chuckle. “Uncle Tan…”

Tan Zhenping regarded him seriously, only speaking half a beat later. “You performed really well…”

‘A little too well!’ Tan Zhenping added inwardly.

“Do you want the Vitality Pill now or…”

“Now!”

Fang Ping’s eyes brightened, and he hastily answered.

If he did not get it now, what would he do if Tan Zhenping went back on his word later!

Tan Zhenping did not mind. He pulled a small medicine bottle out of his pocket and tossed it at Fang Ping.

Seeing how Fang Ping looked like he was going to open it and check its contents, Tan Zhenping could not help rubbing his temples.

For goodness’ sake, did he think Tan Zhenping could somehow trick him like that?

Fortunately, Fang Ping did not open the bottle in front of him and stuffed it into his pocket right away.

In actuality, it was not necessary for Fang Ping to open it to know if it was real or not.

If his Wealth points did not increase, Fang Ping would get Tan Zhenping immediately to have a good, long chat with him.

Having acquired the Vitality Pill, whatever happened before was over and done with.

Tan Zhenping wanted to say more but did not. “We’ll talk more after the physical a.s.sessment,” he said with a wave of his hand.

Fang Ping nodded, turned around, and went back to his line.

Only after he left did the two leaders of Serenity and Rising Stream come forward, gazes slightly unfriendly as they looked at Tan Zhenping.

Tan Zhenping was resigned. “Don’t look at me, I didn’t know his Vitality was that high. Moreover, he’s involved with that person from Nanjiang Martial Arts University.”

“Who?”

The two of them asked. The Serenity martial artist at the front of the line raised his eyebrows and asked, “w.a.n.g Jinyang?”

“Uh-huh.”

Nothing else had to be said.

That monster w.a.n.g Jinyang had just become the vice president of Nanjiang Martial Arts University’s Martial Arts Society a few days ago. This news had already spread in the martial arts circles.

Nanjiang Martial Arts University’s Martial Arts Society members were not like other regular university students.

No matter how much power their student councils had, it was still subject to the school.

On the other hand, Nanjiang Martial Arts University was a specialized martial sciences university. The Martial Arts Society had immense authority, splitting it with the school’s administration by about 30-70.

Things like resource allocation, school industrial management… The Martial Arts Society would be involved in all of them.

Now that w.a.n.g Jinyang had the position of the Martial Arts Society’s vice president, anybody could tell his next goal was to become the president.

Once w.a.n.g Jinyang controlled the Martial Arts Society, in the coming three years, the benefits he would receive and what he could accomplish after graduation could somewhat be predicted.

Freshman Rank-3 w.a.n.g Jinyang was not someone they could take on.

Since Fang Ping was involved with w.a.n.g Jinyang, despite him outperforming their expectations, there was no need to investigate any further.

Just thinking about how Fang Ping’s Vitality Outburst suppressed almost all of Auspicious Sun’s notable martial artists…

Serenity’s martial artist was a little envious. “Nearing Rank-1, once in a martial arts university, a breakthrough would definitely happen within three months.

“Each year, there are only a few martial artist candidates in Nanjiang. Judging solely by their Vitalities, I’m afraid he could rank in Nanjiang’s top ten!”

Auspicious Sun was not the best in the Nanjiang Province and not the worst either. They were somewhere in the middle.

The provincial capital River City had martial artist candidates almost every year.

Martial artist candidates would pop up occasionally in other big cities as well.

When there were not many, the entire province could have just two or three martial artists. If there were many, it could go up to seven or eight.

Now, each year’s batch was stronger than the last. Going according to previous standards, Fang Ping entering the top ten was not too difficult.

The leader of Serenity spoke again. “How’re his cultural studies?”

Tan Zhenping thought it over before saying, “It’s okay. If it meets the National Key Universities’ admission requirements, the Big Two probably wouldn’t reject him.”

“You’re sure he can get into the Big Two?”

The martial artist from Serenity c.o.c.ked an eyebrow and said, “It’s not impossible for him to enter Nanjiang Martial Arts University and wait till Jinyang leaves before taking over the Martial Arts Society.”

“It’s hard to say. Forget it, these things aren’t for us to worry about.”

After considering it for a short while, Tan Zhenping stopped thinking of the matter any further.

This might have something to do with w.a.n.g Jinyang’s schemes; it was not what a Rank-1 martial artist like him should be worrying about.

If Nanjiang Martial Arts University’s Martial Arts Society president was a Sun City citizen two terms in a row, Sun City would benefit too.

No matter whether Fang Ping went to Nanjiang Martial Arts University or entered the Big Two, it was out of their hands.

At that moment, the three of them vaguely suspected Fang Ping was being groomed by w.a.n.g Jinyang to take over.

As for the reason why someone from the university was not chosen, the answer was too simple. w.a.n.g Jinyang was currently a freshman. No matter who he supported, none of them could succeed him when he was already part of the youngest batch of students.

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Nanjiang Martial Arts University.

w.a.n.g Jinyang had just finished a meeting and stepped out the door when he sneezed suddenly, attracting not a small amount of attention.

Old w.a.n.g was a Rank-3 martial artist, yet he had a cold?

w.a.n.g Jinyang involuntarily rubbed his nose, eyes narrowed, and shot a look at the former Martial Arts Society vice president following behind him.

Was this b.a.s.t.a.r.d cursing him in his thoughts?

A martial artist’s senses were very sharp. To be able to trigger a sneeze from him, there was quite some malice behind it!

With a smile on his face, Old w.a.n.g regarded the senior whose position he had taken over meaningfully. Did he intend to defy him?

The young man whom w.a.n.g Jinyang’s gaze swept past had a rather unpleasant look on his face.

‘d.a.m.n it, as if taking my vice presidency isn’t enough, he wants to diminish me completely?’

The young man thought angrily. ‘Just wait till I finish honing my torso. I’ll take back my place sooner or later!’

The atmosphere at the Martial Arts Society’s room door was a little frigid.

…

Back in his line, Fang Ping knew nothing about what was happening at Nanjiang Martial Arts University.

Ignoring Zhou Bin and the others’ complicated stares, Fang Ping concentrated on checking his statistics.

Wealth: 2270000

Vitality: 147cal (149cal)

Mentality: 170Hz (172Hz)

Fang Ping had been cultivating nonstop the past few days, draining his Wealth points and leaving only 2.2 million.

Thanks to the Vitality Pill he received earlier, his Wealth points increased by 70 thousand.

This time was different from the last. He received too many medicinal pills last time. Fang Ping did not know how the system valued them, and he was not clear how much each of the various pills were worth.

Now that he had only one Vitality Pill, Fang Ping knew the system valued Vitality Pills at 70 thousand.

“Should I do some secondhand dealing with this?”

Fang Ping muttered inwardly. The system gave Normal Vitality Pills a value of 70 thousand.

Based on the system’s odd nature, this meant Vitality Pills were obtainable at 70 thousand through the right channels.

The price of Vitality Pills for those without access to these channels was normally 100 thousand.

If he became a dealer and could get a Vitality Pill for 70 thousand, he could resell it and not only earn money, he could earn quite a sum of Wealth points as well.

Nevertheless, this was just a fanciful thought, for he did not have any channel of the sort. Even if he did, dealing large amounts of medicinal pills was illegal.

In order for regular people to buy medicinal pills, they could only go to the drugstore.

If Fang Ping had plenty of medicinal pills at hand and sold them little by little, it would be alright as long as he did not attract attention.

Once he resold a large amount though, unless there was a distracting mishap, someone from the Department of Investigation Services would come knocking on his door the next day.

Still, this idea settled in his mind. If he had the chance, he would try it out.

Moving his attention away from his Wealth points, Fang Ping looked over his Vitality and Mentality another time.

His earlier outburst did not use a lot, taking 2cal of Vitality and 2Hz of Mentality.

After spending 4000 Wealth points to restore them, the corners of Fang Ping’s mouth lifted slightly.

He did well this round. Not only did he obtain a Vitality Pill, but he also received 66000 Wealth points too. It was good that he could replenish the Wealth points he had recently spent so much of.

However, his Vitality was now stuck at 149cal. He did not know how many more times he had to cultivate in order to breakthrough to 150cal.

…

While Fang Ping was lost in his calculations, the front doors of the physical a.s.sessment test center officially opened. The physical a.s.sessment had started!

The students lined up one by one to enter.

Right then, men outfitted in police uniforms and other officer-style attire appeared out of nowhere, guarding either side of the physical a.s.sessment test center.

Fang Ping studied them. Beside him, Tan Hao murmured, “Stop staring. They’re from the Department of Investigation Services.”

“Department of Investigation Services?”

“It’s no big deal. They’re here to prevent imposters and other nuisances. There’s been a case where a martial artist helped a student take the test by pretending to be them…”

Fang Ping understood now. Sure enough, they examined each and every exam docket as the students entered, verifying them.

The people who came from the Department of Investigation Services were not many, coming to a total of only four people.

Fang Ping could also sense that the Vitalities of two of them did not match up to his own.

It seemed the Department of Investigation Services were not all martial artists.

This was only natural, seeing how even a city like Sun City had its own Department of Investigation Services. If they really wanted the entire department to be made up of martial artists, even if they stuffed in all of Sun City’s martial artists, it would not be enough.

Despite Auspicious Sun being much more powerful than Sun City, not all of them could be martial artists either.

When it came to Fang Ping’s turn to be verified, one of the martial artists from the Department of Investigation Services whose Vitality was on par with Tan Zhenping thoroughly examined Fang Ping for a moment.

In the end, he did not say anything and allowed Fang Ping to enter the physical a.s.sessment test center.

…

As he stepped into the physical a.s.sessment test center, Fang Ping released a long breath.

He had been looking forward to this for so many days. Finally, it was time to see the end results!