Afterwards, the martial arts exchange between the two schools continued, but this time, no Iron Head dared challenge Ye Qingzhou again.

Then, the martial arts rookies from Yali Middle School discovered that, besides Ye Qingzhou, Linjiang First High School had a few other masters strong enough to make their heads tingle.

Zhu Jinfeng!

Leon!

Xu Yuebing!

Miao Yi!

Any one of these four, taken alone, was an exceedingly powerful presence.

In the entire Yali Middle School, only Wang Ao could compete with these four, while the others were not even worthy opponents for any one of them.

Liang Jia was defeated in just one round in the fight against Zhu Jinfeng, with the two sides completely not in the same league.

"So strong!"

"This year's Linjiang First High School feels like a bunch of monsters."

"Aren't they? Besides Miao Yi, who is already in the third year of high school, the others are all in the second year. This means in the coming year, we will have to compete head-on with such a group of monsters."

"Just dealing with one Ye Qingzhou is beyond us, and the others are so strong. The upcoming Phoenix Cup battle feels like it could be over before it starts."

"That can't be right, can it?"

"Yes, I've heard that many martial arts prodigies have emerged from Changjun Middle School, Shida Middle School, and Mingde Middle School."

"Even Wang Ao is a martial arts prodigy, but he was utterly defeated by Ye Qingzhou."

With this statement, everyone fell into silence, and the atmosphere became oppressive.

No help for it, no matter how strong other martial arts prodigies might be, even if they couldn't compare, they could at least understand the competition and occasionally learn some useful experiences and insights.

But Ye Qingzhou's strength was something they couldn't comprehend at all.

Wang Ao gave it his all, but couldn't even break Ye Qingzhou's defense; instead, he broke his own guard.

Before the duel, who would have believed such a thing?

Someone looked towards Liang Jia: "Ye Qingzhou's best martial techniques are the Mountain Technique and defense, right?"

Liang Jia shook his head and said, "In the Cyan Wave Sword Fighting Competition, what he excelled at was the Wind Force and speed."

"..."

Everyone was dumbfounded, falling into a long silence once more.

"It seems Ye Qingzhou has no weaknesses. No wonder before the exchange match, Director Deng forbade us from provoking Ye Qingzhou, as it turns out he knew from the start that we couldn't beat him."

Many people showed wry smiles. No matter how unwilling they were to accept it, faced with an absolute power disparity, they were helpless.

At dinner time, a few private rooms were specially arranged for the Linjiang First High School's martial arts exchange team on the second floor of the Yali Middle School cafeteria.

Among them, Ye Qingzhou and the other eight rookies were dining together in the same room with Xu Lan.

"Hahaha, Master Ye, I feel terrifyingly strong now."

Leon, having challenged five rookies from Yali Middle School today and defeating them one after another, made quite a name for himself, giving this perennial third-place member of the Swordsmanship Club a rare chance to shine.

Ye Qingzhou calmly ate his meal and responded casually, "Oh."

Zhu Jinfeng looked at Ye Qingzhou with glowing eyes: "You've gotten stronger. This morning against Wang Ao, I couldn't even tell what martial technique you used."

Ye Qingzhou shook his head: "I didn't use martial techniques."

"!!!"

Everyone was shocked: "You didn't possibly withstand it just with physique, did you?"

"Yes, why not?"

Ye Qingzhou looked completely justified. His Golden Body had been refined with a substantial amount of Divine Gold at the Earth Treasure level, achieving nearly imperviousness to blades and bullets, fire and water.

Most mid-tier martial techniques, unless perfected, couldn't harm him at all.

Miao Yi swallowed hard. He now had no idea how great the gap was between himself and Ye Qingzhou, and didn't even dare to think about it.

Unable to resist, he asked, "Ye Qingzhou, do you plan to primarily practice the Mountain Technique and strengthen your defenses in the future?"

"No, passively taking hits is not what I want. I am continuously strengthening my physique because I want to further enhance my sword speed."

Ye Qingzhou said so, and his heart truly held such thoughts.

Xu Lan was astonished and said, "Your sword speed should have already broken the triple sonic barrier, and you're still going to improve it?"

"Yes."

Ye Qingzhou's answer was firm: "In the art of swordsmanship, nothing is unbreakable, only speed is unbeatable."

"The great sage Confucius once said, 'At thirty, I stood firm; at forty, I had no doubts; at fifty, I knew the will of heaven; at sixty, I was ready to listen; at seventy, I followed my heart's desires without exceeding the boundaries.' His profound sayings have greatly inspired me, allowing me to comprehend the ultimate secret of swordsmanship."

"Hmm? What secret have you realized?"

This time, even Xu Yuebing couldn't continue sulking with Ye Qingzhou and asked curiously.

Leon and Zhu Jinfeng, along with others, pricked up their ears, eager to hear what this unparalleled genius Ye Qingzhou had to say.

Facing everyone's expectations, Ye Qingzhou spoke eloquently: "At thirty, I stood firm, meaning when the sword speed reaches Mach 30, other nations must stand up to take notice."

"At forty, I had no doubts, meaning when the sword speed reaches Mach 40, no nation would cause you confusion."

"At fifty, I knew the will of heaven, meaning when the sword speed reaches Mach 50, you will let other nations know who the real destiny belongs to."

"At sixty, I was ready to listen, meaning when the sword speed reaches Mach 60, other nations will have to whisper words of compliance in your ears."

"At seventy, I followed my heart's desires without exceeding the boundaries, meaning when your sword speed reaches Mach 70, you can follow your heart's desires in doing things, and no one can overstep your boundaries."

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