After resting for a night, the examination officially began early the next morning.

Twelve prominent schools, over a hundred new talents, all gathered at the entrance of the Return Dragon Tower.

The pagoda with its red bricks and green tiles had a Golden Dragon spiraling and lying atop it.

From afar, it radiated divine light, exhibiting a myriad of weather phenomena, exceptionally extraordinary.

Leon looked around and saw quite a few martial arts geniuses with powerful auras, unable to help but say, "They're all at the genius level, why does it feel like our Linjiang First High School's strength is a bit lacking?"

No wonder Leon was complaining; schools like Baoqing First High School, where Huang Dengfeng was from, had gathered ten genuine martial arts rookies this time, all at the genius level.

Yan City Eighth High School and Yangzheng Middle School each had as many as nine participants.

In comparison, Linjiang First High School only managed to muster a team of eight, and among these eight were Leon and Zhu Jinfeng, both outsiders.

Excluding these transfer students, there were only six martial arts rookies truly cultivated by Linjiang First High School.

In fact, just over a month ago, there were only five, known as the "Five Celestial Kings" of Linjiang First High School's Fighting Center.

Compared to the other three prestigious schools, Linjiang First High School did seem somewhat lacking and short of talent.

Miao Yi, holding his blade, laughed, "Doesn't matter if we have fewer people; we have Ye Qingzhou, who is like the Sea Guardian Needle. No matter how many geniuses the other prestigious schools bring, they'll only be crushed underfoot."

Having lost once, Miao Yi had completely transformed into a mindless fan of Ye.

He was now nothing short of an obsessed fan of Ye Qingzhou.

Ye Qingzhou looked at the ancient structure, a six-story pagoda enveloped by a peculiar force field, and asked Xu Yuebing beside him, "What's the competition this time? Is it about setting up an arena on the pagoda?"

Xu Yuebing was surprised, "You don't know about the Return Dragon Tower?"

Ye Qingzhou was puzzled, "Should I know?"

Xu Yuebing held her forehead, finally explaining to Ye Qingzhou patiently, "The Return Dragon Tower underwent a mutation over a hundred years ago. It was originally a scenic spot, but after the concentration of Primordial Qi increased, it turned into a secret realm."

Ye Qingzhou, having been to the Jiuyi Mountain Secret Realm once, was slightly surprised by this, "Such a small secret realm?"

"Small?"

Xu Yuebing was amused and exasperated, "The interior of the Return Dragon Tower is a world of its own. Each level has a different environment, divided into six trial grounds: wind, fire, mountain, forest, yin, and thunder. Each trial ground has five grades, and by passing one, you receive a point. Passing all of them earns you five points."

Ye Qingzhou understood the point Xu Yuebing was trying to convey, "So, this time it's a checkpoint competition?"

Xu Yuebing nodded, "More or less. There are six checkpoints in total, with a total score of 30. The higher the score, the higher the ranking. If scores are tied, they will compete in a martial arts arena to determine the ranking."

Zhu Jinfeng, standing aside, added, "Similar secret realms designed for assessment exist in large numbers near the Grotto Heavens throughout the nation. The scoring criteria for these have formed the basis of our Dongji Kingdom's current martial arts grading system."

In the Return Dragon Tower Secret Realm, grades are divided from 1 to 5 points, which corresponds directly to the five realms of Entry Level, Skilled, Mastery, Great Success, and Perfection.

If it weren't for Zhang Xinwu being the first to deduce the Thunderous technique of the basic six techniques to a state of mastery, martial arts practitioners in the Dongji Kingdom wouldn't even know there was a Sixth Realm beyond the Fifth.

Ye Qingzhou couldn't help but be curious, "Has anyone ever scored 30 points?"

"Yes."

"Who?"

"Extreme Heaven Madness Zhang Xinwu."

Zhu Jinfeng replied, "In our Dongji Kingdom, he was the only one to achieve 30 points before the age of twenty."

Ye Qingzhou realized, "Only martial artists under twenty are tested? It seems the existence of secret realms like the Return Dragon Tower is to select exceptional talents."

"Master Ye, how many points do you intend to score?"

"30 points."

"Why?"

"Because the full score is only 30 points."

It wasn't just Leon; other martial arts rookies present were also left breathless upon hearing Ye Qingzhou's audacious claim.

What did he mean by "only 30 points"?

Was he implying it wasn't enough?

Even Miao Yi, who had become a fan of Ye, couldn't help but want to retort.

After all, his current Sixth Stage cultivation was Wind Force proficiency, Fire Technique proficiency, Mountain Technique entry-level, Forest Technique mastery, Yin Skill entry-level, Thunderous mastery.

According to the Return Dragon Tower's scoring system, if he performed normally, he should be able to score 13 points.

Even if he performed exceptionally well, scoring 15 points would be the limit.

Even if Miao Yi only scored 13 points, he would still be among the best of the geniuses, someone many could only look up to in their lifetime.

The Six Military Techniques are easy to learn but difficult to master; beyond mastery, the difficulty of each technique increases dramatically unless one possesses extraordinary talent and dedicates oneself to rigorous practice.

Otherwise, relying on sheer passage of time to advance in realms is practically impossible before the age of 20.

In fact, many martial artists, their entire lives, cannot hone all six techniques to a state of Perfection.

Ye Qingzhou could easily achieve this because his martial talent was outstanding, unmatched in a generation; otherwise, he couldn't have topped the martial arts world on Earth at just 25 years old.

Unfortunately, Earth lacked Primordial Qi, and the upper limits of martial arts were too low. Despite Ye Qingzhou's unrivaled aptitude, he was like a dragon in shallow water, or a tiger fallen to the flatlands, unable to achieve much.

But after transmigrating to Blue Star, Ye Qingzhou's extraordinary talent was fully revealed. Coupled with his inherent Gang Force mastery and innovative and subtle capabilities with perfect control over his power, he was able to make rapid progress in the Six Military Techniques.

On Blue Star, martial artists perform External Training based on Inner Cultivation, utilizing the Inner Breath Secret Technique of the Six Techniques, using Breathing to trigger Primordial Qi to transform the body.

This transformation becomes more effective the higher the realm.

Take Wind Force, for instance: at the Entry Realm, in each cycle, the Wind's Inner Breath through Breathing can increase nerve response speed by 1% by channeling Primordial Qi.

In the Skilled Realm, its effect doubles, increasing nerve response speed by 2% per cycle.

The Mastery Realm is twice as effective as the Skilled Realm!

And so on, with Perfection being 16 times the effect of the Entry Realm, and Mastery reaching an astounding 32 times!

This is why Ye Qingzhou is so powerful today, capable of slaying Professional Level martial artists as easily as chickens; his Wind and Yin skills have reached the state of Mastery, while the remaining Six Techniques are at Perfection.

His daily efficiency in External and Inner Cultivation is unimaginably high, making his foundation and cultivation not inferior to Professional Level martial artists who possess Martial Arts True Qi.

Combined with extraordinary Super-Tier Martial Techniques like the Heart Sword, Ye Qingzhou's vast combat experience, and his unparalleled talent, Blue Star's martial artist evaluation system can no longer constrain such an abnormal being beyond normality.

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