Chapter 14: Ma Hualang

"Brother Hanxue, your hand is bleeding a lot. I'll take you to the infirmary to bandage it."

"Thank you, Xiaoya."

"Brother Hanxue, why are you so distant with me? If it weren't for Brother Hanxue, I would have died two years ago." Su Xiaoya looked sad. "In the year when Brother Hanxue was away, I kept wondering if Brother Hanxue regretted giving me his martial vein."

"Silly girl, don't think about it. How could I regret it?"

"Brother Hanxue, how about I return your martial vein to you? That way I'll feel more at ease."

"Don't do stupid things. A warrior can only change his martial vein once. If you give me his martial vein, you will never be able to practice martial arts in your life. And now my cultivation has recovered a little, so I don't need your martial vein..."

Halfway through the words, Li Hanxue's face suddenly changed, blood spurted out of his mouth, and he fainted.

A ninth-level Duanwu Realm master fighting against a Ruowu Realm master was doomed to die. It was only because Li Hanxue practiced the Nine Yin Cultivation Divine Art that he could double his combat power. In addition, the trace of martial arts true energy condensed in his body gave him the opportunity to use the first level of the Collapsing Cloud Palm, so he could barely defeat Duan Kai. Although he defeated Duan Kai, Li Hanxue himself was also seriously injured. If it weren't for his firm will, he might have fainted on the spot.

Now that the competition is over, Li Hanxue's mind is relaxed and he can't hold on any longer. He rolled his eyes and fainted directly.

...

When Li Hanxue woke up, he saw Su Xiaoya looking at him with tears and smiles.

"Xiaoya, where am I?"

"You suddenly fainted on the road, so I sent you to Teacher Ma." Su Xiaoya said.

Li Hanxue looked up and saw a middle-aged bearded uncle standing next to Su Xiaoya. The uncle had long hair tied into a ponytail, and wore a washed-out shirt on his upper body, revealing his slightly thin body. He wore a pair of large colorful shorts on his lower body, and a pair of flip-flops clacking.

Unruly and unkempt, but with a handsome and suave appearance, this man was Li Hanxue's mentor Ma Hualang.

Ma Hualang frowned when he saw Li Hanxue wake up, and said angrily: "Smelly boy, you didn't tell me that you dropped out of school, and you ran back secretly, and didn't say anything for a year. Do you want to die?"

Li Hanxue knew the bad character of this mentor very well. He spoke so recklessly, and his temper was sometimes hot, and sometimes like a naughty child, and he loved to play pranks. Li Hanxue more or less inherited some of his character.

No matter what Ma Hualang said, Li Hanxue would not doubt Ma Hualang's sincere care for him. In Li Hanxue's heart, Ma Hualang was like a second father, and she respected him from the bottom of her heart.

Li Hanxue said awkwardly: "Teacher Ma, I'm sorry for making you worry."

"What's the point of saying sorry to me? Tell me, how long are you going to stay this time? Are you going to disappear without a word like last time?"

"This time, I will never leave unless I graduate."

"That's what you said." Ma Hualang laughed sinisterly, "I still have 180 training methods to experiment with you. None of the kids recruited in the past two years have a promising future. At the beginning, they promised me that they could persist for a year, but in the end, they couldn't even persist for half a month."

Li Hanxue smiled bitterly in her heart. It turned out that Ma Hualang treated her as a test subject.

Thinking of getting up at five in the morning and resting at twelve at night, training hard day and night, even though Li Hanxue was determined, she couldn't help but feel a little timid. Others all regarded him as a genius, thinking that Li Hanxue could only maintain the first place because of his great talent, but they did not know that Li Hanxue had put in ten times more effort than them behind the scenes.

"Teacher Ma, Brother Hanxue just came to Canglan College today and was seriously injured in the duel with Duan Kai. Please stop making things difficult for him."

"You little girl, you have already turned your elbow outward before you become his person, protecting this kid everywhere, and even don't want the teacher." Ma Hualang said with a smile.

Although Su Xiaoya has a close relationship with Li Hanxue, it is mostly a psychological component of dependence. Su Xiaoya has always regarded Li Hanxue as the most intimate brother and has never thought about it in that way.

At this moment, Ma Hualang teased her, and Su Xiaoya's face flushed. She secretly glanced at Li Hanxue. Seeing Li Hanxue's burning eyes, Su Xiaoya was immediately flustered.

"Brother Hanxue, you must be thirsty. I'll get you some ice spring water to quench your thirst." Su Xiaoya found an excuse and hurried out of the infirmary.

"Haha, silly boy, look, this girl is guilty."

Ma Hualang's bad taste broke out again, and Li Hanxue said with shame: "Teacher, don't tease Xiaoya."

"Okay, let's talk about business." After sending Su Xiaoya away, Ma Hualang's expression suddenly became serious, "Hanxue, tell me, your martial veins are exhausted, how did you recover your cultivation?"

"Teacher, I can't tell you this now." Li Hanxue showed a trace of apology in his eyes. It's not that he doesn't believe Ma Hualang, but the martial arts theory of Yin Wumai is unheard of in the Nebula Continent. Once it is leaked, it will surely set off a storm.

Li Hanxue naturally believed that Ma Hualang would not reveal it, but Li Hanxue had already made up her mind that she would never tell this secret to anyone until she was strong enough.

Ma Hualang glanced at Li Hanxue, sighed and said: "You must have your own difficulties if you don't want to tell me. As a teacher, I will not force my students. How much have you recovered now?"

"The ninth level of Duanwu Realm."

Ma Hualang was surprised: "I heard that you won the martial arts competition with Duan Kai. He is already a martial artist. You can actually cross a great realm and defeat him. Not bad! But don't be complacent. There is one thing I must tell you in advance. According to the rules of the academy, all students who enter the academy can only stay for three years. After three years, they can either be admitted to the inner courtyard of Canglan College or drop out."

"What? Canglan College also has an inner courtyard!" Li Hanxue was stunned. He had been enrolled for a year and had never heard of the inner courtyard of Canglan College.

"To tell you the truth, the inner courtyard is the real core of Canglan Academy. The real evildoers are all in the inner courtyard, and there are many people like you. Do you think I have nothing to do? Why do I train you so hard? It's for you to enter the inner courtyard. Only by entering the inner courtyard can you truly step into the gate of Canglan Academy and become a member of Canglan Academy. You can represent Canglan Academy and exchange martial arts with the elites of various provinces and masters of various sects in the empire, and even get in touch with young masters from other empires."

"But I have been in the academy for a year, why have I never seen students from the inner courtyard?" Li Hanxue asked puzzled.

"Because the inner courtyard of Canglan Academy is not in Cangyun City, but in a very far away mountain." Ma Hualang looked at the horizon with a distant look in his eyes. "You are now only half a year away from the end of three years of study. The inner courtyard only recruits fifteen disciples each year, and the martial arts academy, Tiangong academy and law enforcement academy each recruit five. You are a student of the martial arts academy, so you can only participate in the selection of the martial arts academy, which means that you must be in the top five among the four thousand elites of the martial arts academy. You can imagine how difficult it is."

Li Hanxue's face became solemn. Although he entered Canglan Academy with the first place two years ago, too many changes will happen in two years. I don't know how many masters will emerge. More importantly, his cultivation is still at the ninth level of Duanwu Realm, and he has not recovered even one-tenth of his strength.

"The inner courtyard will send people here to hold a competition to select disciples. If you don't improve your cultivation quickly, you will only become cannon fodder."

Li Hanxue's heart shrank, and the sense of urgency pressed down like a mountain, "Teacher, what level do I have to improve my cultivation to be eligible to enter the inner courtyard?"

Ma Hualang paused and said, "At least the sixth level of the Ruowu Realm!"

Li Hanxue was shocked. The sixth level of the Ruowu Realm is one level higher than his peak cultivation. Half a year is too difficult.

But Li Hanxue is not a person who gives up easily. A trace of determination appeared in his eyes. He clenched his fists and said, "Teacher, I want to enter the inner courtyard. Please be sure to train me in the most severe way. I can endure any hardship."

"Okay, that's what I'm waiting for you to say!" Ma Hualang laughed. He hasn't been so happy for a long time.

"Teacher, Xiaoya wants to go too! Xiaoya wants to go to the inner courtyard with Brother Hanxue!" At this time, Su Xiaoya was holding a crystal water cup, and her eyes were also firm and powerful.

Ma Hualang glanced at Su Xiaoya and smiled meaningfully: "Okay, you must be mentally prepared. This will be the most rigorous training you have ever faced in your life!"

Li Hanxue and Su Xiaoya smiled at each other and nodded: "We are not afraid."

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