bookandnovel Chapter 151 Is the Genius Training Camp This Miserable?
Chapter 151 Is the Genius Training Camp This Miserable?
Chapter 151 Is the Genius Training Camp This Miserable?
The students stopped talking abruptly and all looked at Chen Lie and Wang Hui.
Because of the conflict in the classmates' group chat, all the students now know that Zhang Zongqiang is coming to cause trouble for Chen Lie and Wang Hui.
"Zhang Zongqiang, what are you pretending for here?"
You saw me the moment you stepped outside, what's there to ask?
"Let me make this clear: Chen Lie and I are both here. What are you planning to do?"
Zhang Zongqiang's face darkened and he said, "Wang Hui, watch your tone. I asked you a question out of kindness, and this is your attitude?"
With such an arrogant attitude, anyone who didn't know better would think you'd joined the province's youth prodigy club.
As soon as Zhang Zongqiang finished speaking, a student immediately chimed in, "Brother Qiang, I know Wang Hui. He's just a student in a regular class at a provincial key high school, not even a student. He's supposed to be part of the provincial youth genius team? He's miles away from that!"
"Oh? Regular class? Wang Hui, you're so arrogant, acting all high and mighty. You're not even an elite student?"
"Damn it, who the hell is spreading rumors about me? Look at this!"
With a "snap".
Wang Hui slammed an elite student ID card on the table, then glanced at the student who had interrupted earlier, who immediately shut up.
Zhang Zongqiang snorted coldly and said, "So what if you're an elite student? Did you even make it onto the list of the top 100 elite students?"
"Once you get into the elite class, you'll realize that the gap between elite students is bigger than that between a person and a dog."
"What's it to you whether I went or not? You the hell went?"
"I am among the top 20 of the top 100 elite students in Yunchuan No. 2 High School."
Do you know what that means? It means being stronger than the top three elite students at Dongchuan Martial Arts High School.
My grades, even in Yunchuan, would be enough to qualify for the genius training camp.
"It's just a talent training camp, what are you showing off for?"
"Chen Lie has been in the genius training camp for over a month, and he doesn't show off like you do," Wang Hui said.
"Ignorant!" Zhang Zongqiang sneered and said disdainfully, "Can the genius training camp in Yunchuan Province be the same as Dongchuan?"
The recruitment standard for the Dongchuan Province Genius Training Camp only requires a Qi and Blood value of 200 calories, while in Yunchuan, even 300 calories of Qi and Blood isn't enough; a corresponding Qi and Strength value is also required.
Wang Hui patted Chen Lie's arm, wanting Chen Lie to speak up and argue with Zhang Zongqiang together.
Qin Siyu raised her eyebrows and said, "Zhang Zongqiang and Wang Hui, you are all classmates, and you have no past grudges. You haven't seen each other for three years, so why are you so hostile as soon as you meet?"
After today, who knows when we'll see each other again? Wouldn't it be better to get along harmoniously?
When Zhang Zongqiang saw Qin Siyu speak, he immediately smiled ingratiatingly and said, "What are you talking about, Siyu? Don't you remember? Back in school, I used to talk like that with a few of my classmates."
Where did this tension come from? It's just some playful bickering between classmates.
Even so, you shouldn't have used a mocking tone to belittle Chen Lie.
Regardless of whether it's Dongchuan or Yunchuan, everyone who gets into the genius training camp has emerged from fierce competition among thousands of people.
While Dongchuan may not be as rich in martial arts resources as Yunchuan, the difficulty of competition there is no less than that of Yunchuan.
Yun Chuan's martial arts resources far surpass those of Dong Chuan. How can you compare Yun Chuan's genius training camp standards to Dong Chuan's?
"As a native of Dongchuan Province, why do you look down on the lack of martial arts in Dongchuan?" Qin Siyu said again.
"Just kidding, just kidding. How could I, a native of Dongchuan, look down on Dongchuan?"
As Zhang Zongqiang spoke, he immediately clapped his hands and summoned a waiter.
"Everyone rushed here, and many of them probably haven't had breakfast yet, so I'll just serve the food directly."
As he spoke, Zhang Zongqiang said to the waiter, "Let's have a premium set meal for a large conference."
"Yes, sir," the waiter said. "However, the premium set menu requires a VIP membership to book. Please show me your membership."
"OK!"
Zhang Zongqiang nodded and handed over a black card.
The staff member took the black card and asked, "Let me confirm with you, is this VIP card yours?"
"It belongs to my dad."
"Okay, please wait a moment, your large premium meal will be served shortly."
After the staff confirmed the information, they left the private room.
"Students, the dishes that will be served later will be labeled."
White dishes are suitable for everyone.
The dishes on the brown plates can only be used after your Qi and Blood value exceeds 3 calories.
Dishes served on red plates are best consumed if their energy and blood content exceeds 30 calories.
The animal bone wine that will be served later can only be consumed when one's Qi and Blood levels are above three digits.
Don't you dare eat anything just to save money; I won't allow it if you get sick.
After Zhang Zongqiang finished speaking, the surrounding students erupted in chaos.
"As expected of the best hotel in Dongchuan Province, my blood and qi levels are too low, so I can't eat this or that."
"My Qi and Blood points are only slightly over 1 calorie, does that mean I can only eat the dishes on the white plates?"
"We need to be careful in a bit. Most of us probably don't even have double-digit health points, let alone the beast bone wine that requires triple-digit health points to drink."
A short while later, the door to the private room opened, and dishes were brought to the table one after another.
In just two or three minutes, the table was filled with over a hundred dishes.
The dishes were served on white, brown, and red plates, each making up roughly one-third of the total.
After all the dishes were served, the waiter quickly left. Zhang Zongqiang said, "Classmates, all the dishes are served, please eat."
As soon as Zhang Zongqiang finished speaking, the students all started picking up their chopsticks and eating.
At this point, many students started eating and talking at the same time.
A girl next to Qin Siyu asked, "Siyu, you said you went to the martial arts high school in Yunchuan?"
I heard that the standard for Yunchuan's elite class is 5 units of Qi and Blood. Is Yunchuan's martial arts really that much stronger than our Dongchuan's?
Qin Siyu nodded slightly: "It's true. Although I am also from Dongchuan Province, to be fair, the overall martial arts of Yunchuan are indeed much better than those of Dongchuan."
Because of the richness of martial arts in Yunchuan, in the past twenty years of the Three Rivers Martial Arts Tournament, which year has Yunchuan not been the best?
But this only reflects the abundance of martial arts geniuses at the top level in Yunchuan. The martial arts students at the middle and lower levels in Yunchuan are far superior to those in Dongchuan.
"Silk Whisper, didn't you already meet the recruitment standards for the Genius Training Camp in Yunchuan? Why are you coming to Dongchuan to participate in the Genius Training Camp?"
Qin Siyu sighed, "Because my dad was transferred to Dongchuan for work."
But the most important reason is that the competition in the Yunchuan Genius Training Camp is too fierce.
On the surface, the training camp allocated equal martial arts resources to each genius, but in reality, it supported the top senior students in the training camp to plunder resources from ordinary students.
The Yun Chuan Genius Training Camp's philosophy is to take from those who are lacking and give to those who are abundant. I actually went to the Genius Training Camp for half a month to experience it, but the newcomers were weak and only had resources to be taken from them.
In the Yunchuan Genius Training Camp, top-level students plunder all other students, while mid-level students plunder bottom-level students.
After all this exploitation and plundering, the martial arts resources allocated to me by the training camp were simply insufficient to support my martial arts training. Left with no other option, I had to come to Dongchuan with my parents.
"Huh? How come the trainees of Yun Chuan's genius training camp don't know how to cherish women at all? They even have the heart to plunder the resources of goddesses?" the girl said.
Qin Siyu nodded and smiled without saying a word. Once martial arts have reached a certain level, who has the leisure to pity a beautiful woman?
The Genius Training Camp is a place where martial arts geniuses from a province compete, not a place to show mercy to the weak.
The girl added, "However, Siyu, even if you come to the Dongchuan Genius Training Camp, you may not be able to avoid this kind of resource exploitation."
I have a cousin whose skills have met the recruitment standards for the Dongchuan Province Genius Training Camp, and he will be joining the training camp after the New Year.
He has been paying close attention to the Dongchuan Genius Training Camp forum these past few days.
According to him, a very ruthless top student appeared in the genius training camp. He defeated the previous top student in the genius training camp and directly recruited the representative group of students from the training camp.
Upon taking office, he imposed additional taxes on all trainees in the genius training camp, and each month he plundered more than one-tenth of the resources from them.
Many trainees in the training camp secretly curse him as a tyrant, but they all dare not speak out.
"Is that so?"
Qin Siyu was taken aback, but after thinking for a moment, she said, "Even if the Dongchuan Genius Training Camp plunders more than one-tenth of the resources, it is still stronger than Yunchuan."
At the Yun Chuan Genius Training Camp, the principle is to compensate for what is lost at the top by taking it back from the bottom. As a result, the students at the bottom bear almost all the burden, which leads to the fact that the resources that the new students with low strength receive each month are almost one-tenth gone.
In contrast, Dongchuan's mechanism is much more moderate.
The girl sighed, "I originally thought that getting into the genius training camp was a sure thing, but I didn't expect everyone has their own hardships."
Qin Siyu said, "The Genius Training Camp is still a long way from making it to the top. Only when you are promoted to the Provincial Youth Genius Group can you truly say you've made it to the top."
Hearing this conversation, Wang Hui couldn't help but ask Chen Lie, "Chen Lie, is the genius training camp really that tough?"
Chen Lie picked up a dish and put it in his mouth, saying, "Others may feel miserable, but I think it's pretty good."
"Do you have connections inside?" Wang Hui asked.
"Yes!" Chen Lie nodded.
At this moment, Zhang Zongqiang walked over carrying a jar of animal bone wine.
"The beast bone wine is here. Only those with a blood and qi value in the hundreds can drink this beast bone wine."
Anyone whose Qi and Blood levels are in the triple digits, please state your numbers, and I'll pour you some wine.
After asking around, only four out of more than twenty people had health points exceeding three digits.
Chen Lie, Zhang Zongqiang, Qin Siyu, and a quiet girl.
A jar of animal bone wine was divided into four cups, one for each of the four people whose health and vitality values exceeded three digits.
"Everyone, put down your chopsticks. Those who can drink animal bone wine, drink it; those who can't, pour yourselves an energy drink. Cheers!"
"Alright, cheers!"
More than twenty people raised their glasses together and drank them down in one gulp.
Chen Lie drank a cup of animal bone wine and felt a rich energy spreading through his stomach, circulating throughout his limbs and bones, and lingering for a long time.
"Brother Qiang, on behalf of everyone, I'd like to raise a glass to you to thank you for letting us broaden our horizons at Dongchuan's No. 1 Restaurant."
Seeing everyone sit down, Xie Bing stood up and raised his glass to Zhang Zongqiang.
Zhang Zongqiang simply smiled faintly: "You're welcome."
As he spoke, Zhang Zongqiang did not get up. He raised his glass slightly and drank a cup with Xie Bing.
"Brother Qiang, what's your Qi and Blood level? Can you tell me?"
Zhang Zongqiang said, "Only a little over three hundred calories."
"Three hundred calories? That's more than ten times my usual amount!" one student exclaimed in shock.
Zhang Zongqiang said, "Three hundred calories is just average in Yunchuan. Qin Siyu is really amazing. She is the fourth on the list of the top 100 elite students in Yunchuan Province. Her blood energy value has reached a terrifying four hundred calories."
However, even if I'm slightly inferior to the most outstanding elite students at Yunchuan Martial Arts High School, I'm still far superior to Chen Lie, the top student at Dongchuan Provincial Key High School.
Just as Zhang Zongqiang finished speaking, feeling quite pleased with himself, the quiet girl with a three-digit health value said, "I don't think so. Our Dongchuan's four major martial arts high schools rank the highest among the provincial key high schools."
In this year's martial arts competition, the first place winner from our school's No. 1 High School had a blood energy value of 300 calories. Since Chen Lie is the first place winner from the provincial key high school, his blood energy value should be even higher.
Moreover, he has already joined the genius training camp, so his strength should have improved even further.
Wang Hui then said, "That's right, Zhou Tianhong, who has been at the top of the elite top 100 list in our province for almost a year, is said to have a blood energy value that has already exceeded 300 calories."
Chen Lie's victory in the martial arts competition, which means he defeated Zhou Tianhong, indicates that Chen Lie's strength is definitely superior to Zhou Tianhong's.
Zhang Zongqiang, you'd better choose your target when you try to show off. Chen Lie is already a member of the genius training camp; do you think you can mess with him?
"What, you want to come out and have a go at me?"
Zhang Zongqiang slammed his hand on the table and stood up.
"Oh? You want to spar with me?"
Chen Lie looked at Zhang Zongqiang.
Qin Siyu then advised, "Alright, we've been classmates for three years, and it's not easy for us to get together like this. Let's not be so tense all the time."
Chen Lie's ability to win first place out of tens of thousands of students in the entire school is already incredibly impressive, regardless of his actual Qi and Blood Value, let alone his entry into the genius training camp.
Upon hearing this, Zhang Zongqiang immediately sat down.
After careful consideration, he realized that Chen Lie might actually be no weaker than himself.
After all, he was the champion of the martial arts competition, so his combat skills must be extraordinary. And the fact that he joined the genius training camp means that his health and vitality are not low.
If he insisted on sparring with him, he might really lose face, so with Qin Siyu smoothing things over, he immediately backed down and stopped making a fuss.
Now that Chen Lie has reached this level, he is no longer as easily manipulated as before.
"Chen Lie, you've joined the Genius Training Camp. Can you tell me what the Genius Training Camp in Dongchuan Province is like?"
"Won't some veteran students steal resources from newcomers?" Qin Siyu asked.
Actually, as soon as she heard that Chen Lie had joined the genius training camp, she wanted to ask him about it. She had been waiting for him to speak to her first.
Because all of the dozen or so boys present were trying to get her attention indirectly and take the initiative to greet her.
She waited for Chen Lie for a long time, but he didn't take the initiative to talk to her. Instead, he just ate and drank in silence. So she took the opportunity to ask Chen Lie a question.
Chen Lie had a good impression of Qin Siyu, so when Qin Siyu asked, he immediately replied: "The Dongchuan Province Genius Training Camp is similar to the Elite Class, except that the training camp is under closed management."
It's not uncommon for stronger students to take resources from weaker ones, but it's not considered a serious issue.
Qin Siyu said, "I'll be joining the Dongchuan Genius Training Camp after the New Year. I'd like to know more specifically: for new students, after the older students have their resources taken away, how much will they retain, and will that be enough to sustain their martial arts training?"
Chen Lie said, "You don't need to worry about that."
We were classmates, and you helped me in junior high. Once you get into the gifted training camp, just come to me. I'll put in a good word and exempt you from resource fees.
Upon hearing Chen Lie's words, Qin Siyu's expression froze, then turned strange.
Zhang Zongqiang, who was standing to the side, burst out laughing: "Chen Lie, is the Genius Training Camp your family's business?"
That's incredibly boastful; you've blown your own horn out of proportion.
If you put in a good word, will the older students stop taking martial arts resources from the new students?
"Yes, even I, who am not a student in the Genius Training Camp, know that the survival-of-the-fittest, 'breeding with venom' competition model of the Genius Training Camp is something that the Blue Star Martial Arts Association has tacitly approved."
Even if the talent training camp really is yours, you have no right to control it.
The students immediately burst into laughter.