“Yan Luo is right!” Jiang Nian looked at Luo Feng and said in a serious tone, “Luo Feng, your improvement speed is very fast. Among our Yian District Extreme Martial Hall, you should be the fastest improving one right now! You joined my Extreme Martial Hall at 16 years old, and now at 18, your physical condition has already reached the level required of a warrior. If you go to university and waste your energy on studies, wasting four years, that would be a complete waste of talent!”
“You must understand, the ages from 16 to 30 are when progress is fastest. The older you get, the harder it becomes to improve.” Jiang Nian said earnestly.
For a martial artist, university years are indeed the easiest and fastest period for rapid improvement.
Wasting these four years on cultural education is, from a martial artist’s perspective, truly a serious mistake.
“Uh…” Luo Feng was a bit stunned.
Heavens, it seems failing the college entrance exam is not necessarily a bad thing.
“Luo Feng, once you officially become a warrior and join my Extreme Martial Hall, how about it?” Jiang Nian smiled. “As long as you become a warrior in my Extreme Martial Hall, we will arrange a standalone villa for you in the best location. Of course, you are not allowed to sell it. And there will also be a monthly base salary of 20,000 Chinese yuan.”
“A standalone villa? 20,000 yuan monthly salary?” Luo Feng gasped.
The 20,000 yuan was nothing, but the standalone villa was extremely luxurious.
In today’s entire China, there are only six major human base cities. Land is extremely precious. Standalone villas are subject to heavy luxury taxes. Ordinary apartments cost tens of thousands per square metre. As a result, most ordinary people live in subsidised housing.
With ordinary flats already so expensive, duplex villas, row houses, and large luxury apartments can cost tens of thousands per square metre.
Standalone villas, in this era, are strictly controlled by the state. They cannot be obtained just by having money. Only those with money, power, and special status can live in them, and even then they must pay extremely high luxury taxes. A typical standalone villa would cost over one million yuan per square metre.
“If a villa is small, it would still be around 300 square metres, that is two to three hundred million yuan.” Luo Feng held his breath. “Even if it cannot be sold, living there with my family would be like having no regrets in life.”
Two to three hundred million yuan. What kind of concept is that?
Even Zhang Haobai’s father, a wealthy man, probably does not have the net worth to match that villa.
“Luo Feng. The benefits of my Extreme Martial Hall are not much worse than joining the national special departments,” Jiang Nian said with a smile. “Warriors in those departments receive salaries, housing benefits, and residential privileges. The only difference is that they have a ‘license to kill’, the authority to decide on the spot to kill ordinary people under certain circumstances. Of course, they cannot abuse it and must still report afterwards.”
“License to kill?” Luo Feng had already heard that warriors in special national departments indeed had the authority to kill on the spot.
“However, our Extreme Martial Hall also has privileges. If an ordinary person offends you, you can report it to the Hall. After verification, we will work with the Jiangnan City Security Bureau to take that person away,” Jiang Nian said calmly. “Join us and you will have money, status, everything. You can focus fully on pursuing the limits of humanity and martial arts!”
Jiang Nian pointed at the red-haired young man beside him, Yan Luo. “My little brother here once hunted a beast and earned nearly 100 million Earth credits, which is over 300 million Chinese yuan. With your talent, if you work hard, reaching his level in the future is not impossible.”
Luo Feng was completely stunned.
Heavens…
Kill a beast and earn that much? What level of beast was that?
“Luo Feng, work hard. Your talent is truly good. Do not waste it,” Jiang Nian said, patting his shoulder.
“Kid, do not slack off. I believe you could become a general level warrior in the future. At that point, money, status, women, everything will be yours.” Yan Luo smiled slightly. “When that time comes, I will be happy to go out hunting beasts with you. Haha…” With that, Jiang Nian and Yan Luo, the two warriors, left with laughter.
Luo Feng stood in the training hall, his mind in chaos.
Whether it was the instructor Jiang Nian or the mysterious red-haired young man Yan Luo, both of them had a kind of carefree arrogance in their conversations.
“Carefree, arrogant?” A smile gradually appeared on Luo Feng’s face. “Yes, a man should live freely and explore the world boldly. The world’s strongest once said, if a soldier does not want to become a general, he is not a good soldier. If a warrior does not want to become the strongest in the world, he does not have the heart of a warrior!”
“What is the meaning of living cautiously all your life?”
“I will carve out an extraordinary path!”
At 18 years old, a person’s values are being shaped. After meeting instructor Jiang Nian and the mysterious warrior Yan Luo, Luo Feng’s thoughts completely changed.
“Let’s go forth and explore!”
“The world’s strongest, Hong, and the second strongest, Thunder God, founded the Extreme Martial Hall and Thunder Martial Hall. Even the five major nations treat them equally. If they can do it… why can’t a third person do it?” Luo Feng smiled as he walked out of the training hall.
A man should have dreams, and if he has them, he should chase them!
Youth is capital!
Youth means unlimited potential. Everything depends on one’s own effort and struggle!
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June 28th, morning, clear weather.
Luo Feng and Wei Wen were walking toward Yian District Third High School. Today was the day they would receive their graduation certificates and university application forms.
“Ah Feng, are you really going to take the ‘quasi warrior assessment’?” Wei Wen could not help but exclaim.
“Yes, on July 1st I will go to Yangzhou City’s Extreme Martial Hall headquarters for the assessment,” Luo Feng smiled.
The school was already ahead.
Looking at the campus and the scattered students inside, Luo Feng felt a change in his mindset. “Hmm? In the past, I considered myself one of them, but now I feel like we are already from two different worlds. They will go to university, then work, marry, and have children.”
“But my path is different.”
Inside the classroom, many students greeted him warmly.
“Senior Luo Feng.”
“Brother Luo.”
Some also whispered in the distance about how Luo Feng fainted during the exam.
His hearing was sharp, and he could hear everything clearly.
Class 5 of Senior Year 3, his class.
“Luo Feng is here.”
“Brother Luo.” Many classmates greeted him.
He smiled and nodded.
Some classmates were genuinely friendly, others were slightly jealous, and some whispered in corners about his downfall.
At that moment, a few class leaders brought the graduation certificates and application forms into the classroom.
“Wang Yin.”
“Liu Xialong.”
One by one names were called.
Finally.
“Luo Feng!”
The classroom instantly went quiet. Everyone looked at him.
Everyone knew he had fainted during the exam. Everyone also knew his score was just four points below the undergraduate cutoff.
The class monitor, Qiu Lin, handed him the documents.
“Ah Feng, let’s go.” Wei Wen called from the door.
“Wait a moment.”
Luo Feng casually exerted force, crumpling the application form into a ball, and threw it straight into the bin.
The entire class fell silent.
Everyone froze.
That was the university application form. Who would just throw it away?
A freckled girl gasped, “Luo Feng, why did you throw it away? Are you not going to apply?”
“He is probably going to repeat the year,” someone else said.
Wei Wen frowned at the doorway. “Go to a junior college? Repeat the year? Are you serious? Ah Feng is going for the quasi warrior assessment. What nonsense are you talking about?”
“Enough. Let’s go.”
Luo Feng pulled Wei Wen gently and left.
The classroom erupted into noise.
“Quasi warrior assessment?”
“Is he really doing that? No way, right?”
“Probably just Wei Wen exaggerating. How could he already be qualified for that?”
Subconsciously, none of them were willing to believe that Luo Feng had already reached warrior level physical standards.
A warrior…
That was an extraordinary existence.