Hearing Zhang Zhiheng’s words.
Liu Zhiyuan was montarily speechless.
Zhang Zhiheng was right; he really couldn’t do it.
Zhanzheng Academy is different from the Martial Mansion; Zhanzheng Academy values knowledge and talent. Just looking at the nurous dense data on Xu Lingjun’s exam papers, one could tell that these things are extrely complex.
Never mind tripling the academic credits, even increasing them five-fold.
As long as you take this exam paper out for people to see, there’s at least so basis, proving it’s not Zhang Zhiheng’s favoritism. And Xu Lingjun can indeed provide significant help for that cha construction.
But it’s different at the Bei Xuanwu Martial Mansion.
Everyone here is a martial artist, so what if Xu Lingjun’s grades are good? Isn’t there a top student every year?
In the path of Martial Tao, one must make gradual progress; no matter how extraordinary the talent, he’s ultimately just a little martial artist in the Qi Gathering Realm. Oh right, I heard from Gu Xi that after a day’s hard assessnt, he successfully entered the True Transformation Realm.
Pretty impressive.
But so what?
The little girl from the Li family is also in the True Transformation Realm, and there are plenty of students in the Martial Mansion stronger than the True Transformation Realm... Rewarding a newly joined student excessively might actually make him a target for everyone’s animosity.
It would also invite hostility from the entire Martial Mansion.
Liu Zhiyuan gritted his teeth and said, "You old thing, are you pushing ?!"
Zhang Zhiheng sneered, "How am I pushing you? I just want to show my sincerity... Whatever I can give him, I can give him. This humble and polite young talent is soone I, an old guy, am willing to cultivate, rather than just trying to take advantage."
"What can you give him other than academic credits?"
Liu Zhiyuan sneered, "I am different, fool... On the path of Martial Tao, cultivation techniques and martial skills are as vast as grains of sand in the Galaxy, countless in number. I can’t give him academic credits, but I can make the decision to give him a Supre Level Martial Skill uniquely developed by my Academy. If converted into academic credits, it would start at at least a thousand credits, not necessarily less than yours."
Zhang Zhiheng’s expression changed imdiately, and he exclaid, "Old guy, are you really this willing?"
"Heh heh, I am at least an Upper Realm Grandmaster. Supre Realm martial skills are few, but I have personally created a few of them. These cultivation techniques and martial skills are crafted by my own hands; I can give them to whoever I please. What’s the harm in giving him one if he pleases ? His talent is such that learning a Supre Realm skill won’t risk overtaxing him. It’s up to , and you have no say in it."
Liu Zhiyuan took out his phone and said, "I’ll contact Gu Xi right now to let her inform Xu Lingjun about this, and also tell him that if he does well, he can have even higher level techniques in the future. Heh heh, the profound mysteries of Martial Tao are beyond the comprehension of a re layperson."
Zhang Zhiheng awkwardly said, "You’re ruthless. I lost this ti, but I won’t give up."
"Hahaha."
Liu Zhiyuan laughed triumphantly in victory.
.........
"Yes, uh-huh, yes, I understand. Thank you, ntor. Uh-huh, I’ll pass on your blessings. Yes, okay."
Inside the Wang family’s underground air-raid shelter.
Wang Qingya answered the phone where the signal was bad, so she went outside and talked for a while... anwhile, Xu Lingjun, who was practicing driving skills in the simulator downstairs, could only faintly hear a series of "mmm mmm" sounds, as if she was just agreeing with whatever the other person was saying.
After a long while.
Wang Qingya returned.
Her face was full of a strange expression, she scanned Xu Lingjun from head to toe, making him feel uncomfortable, and he asked, "What is it, Sister Yaya? Am I doing sothing wrong in my driving?"
Sitting in the makeshift simulator cockpit.
He muttered, "Honestly, I also feel like sothing isn’t quite right, like sothing is missing."
"Missing , perhaps?"
Wang Qingya teased with a smile, "Last ti when driving the cha, I was sitting on your lap. I heard that the first ti driving sothing tends to create habits, so now you need a girl sitting on your lap to drive smoothly?"
"No, no."
Xu Lingjun instinctively felt this was a trick question and chose not to answer.
"Okay, I’m not joking. I have one... or rather two pieces of good news for you."
Wang Qingya laughed, "I ntioned to my ntor that you wanted a piece of discarded nuclear energy. She said current nuclear energy is very mature and there’s no risk of radiation leakage, and as long as you don’t throw it around carelessly, she can find one for you... Of course, I borrowed it in my na, and she said it’s fine."
"Really?!"
Xu Lingjun was overjoyed imdiately.
He asked, "What’s the other good news?"
"The other good news is..."
Wang Qingya’s face showed a slightly strange expression as she said, "The Pavilion Master knows you don’t want to join Zhanzheng Academy, and he respects your decision. He is willing to help you enter Bei Xuanwu Martial Mansion. Just now, he used a strategy to provoke the Pavilion Master of Bei Xuanwu Martial Mansion and managed to coax a Supre Level Martial Skill from him, which you can choose when you enroll."
Xu Lingjun was surprised and asked, "The Pavilion Master of Zhanzheng Academy tricked the Pavilion Master of Bei Xuanwu Martial Mansion into giving a Supre Level Technique?"
Wang Qingya was speechless, "That’s what it sounds like. It seems complicated, but it looks like the Pavilion Master has given up on the idea of you joining Zhanzheng Academy."
"That’s good to hear, but doesn’t this an I owe them a huge favor?"
"It’s okay. I think they’re just trying to win you over. They didn’t really sacrifice anything... yeah, it’s like being generous with soone else’s resources."
Wang Qingya remarked.
"Pavilion Master, I don’t understand your intentions."
Zhong Yuebai put down the phone and asked, "Pavilion Master, why are we not continuing to fight for Xu Lingjun to join our Zhanzheng Academy?"
Zhang Zhiheng chuckled, "Why should we have him join Zhanzheng Academy?"
Zhong Yuebai answered seriously, "Of course, it’s because of the cha and the Zaku!"
"But can’t we get Xu Lingjun’s input through Wang Qingya?"
Zhang Zhiheng shook his head, "If the concern is that the cha project might be taken over by Bei Xuanwu Martial Mansion, then there’s no need to worry. I’ve accidentally let the Ministry of Education know indirectly that the cha is already filed under Zhanzheng Academy. Even Liu Zhiyuan, with his thick skin, wouldn’t have the cheek to steal our al halfway through."
Zhong Yuebai paused, puzzled, "So..."
Zhang Zhiheng laughed, "I indeed want Xu Lingjun to join Zhanzheng Academy, but so things cannot be forced. Trying to twist soone’s arm would only make Xu Lingjun resent our Academy, so after your first invitation failed, I gave up. If a person cannot clearly understand their own purpose, I might, on the contrary, think less of them. But Xu Lingjun... is undoubtedly worth my regard."
"But your approach..."
"What’s wrong with my approach?"
Zhang Zhiheng chuckled, "The one who gave up the technique is Liu Zhiyuan, but we’ve preemptively told him the truth through Wang Qingya. Tell , when he truly gets this Supre Technique, will he be more grateful to us or to Liu Zhiyuan?"
Zhong Yuebai: "........."
"Hahaha, Director Zhong, you still have much to learn."
Zhang Zhiheng laughed, "With this goodwill, it would make perfect sense for us to seek his opinion on anything cha-related in the future, wouldn’t it? Besides, we don’t even need to step forward. Give student Wang Qingya a few days off, let the couple have so quality ti together. Wouldn’t Xu Lingjun spill everything that way?"
Zhong Yuebai only then suddenly understood.
She nodded, her face reddening slightly, embarrassed and annoyed, "Pavilion Master, you’re really shaless, speaking like that to your subordinate!"
"Huh? Did I say sothing?"
Zhang Zhiheng snapped out of it, speechless, "I ant it’d be a genuine extraction of information, not what you’re thinking... Besides..."
He lowered his voice a bit, muttering, "With soone like Xu Lingjun, what I ant was truly getting every useful idea, not what you were thinking... Besides..."
"What did you say?"
"Oh, nothing, nothing."
Zhang Zhiheng chuckled.
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