Martial Arrogance Dragon Soul-Chapter 101 - 97: The Differences Between East and West
Pei Zhenshan’s attitude was extremely arrogant.
Indeed, Qin Qing was a genius, his talent astonishing.
But in Great Qian Martial Institute, there was no shortage of geniuses.
Although Pei Zhenshan’s talent might be somewhat inferior to Qin Qing’s.
But the talent detected does not represent everything.
Cultivation is a very complex matter, and sensing spiritual energy and refining it is just one aspect.
There are also factors such as constitution, comprehension, wisdom, and even chance that affect one’s progress...
It’s often seen that martial cultivators with higher tested talents do not progress or achieve as much in martial arts as those with lower talents.
This is enough to show that talent does not represent everything.
Moreover, sometimes competing with geniuses is more interesting, isn’t it?
"Sorry, she is my senior sister. Isn’t it very normal for us to be together?" Qin Qing looked Pei Zhenshan right in the eyes, "As for you saying you’ll hit me every time you see me, we’ll have to see, who has the harder fist!"
Qin Qing’s response was tough.
Facing Pei Zhenshan’s aggressive stance, he did not show any sign of weakness.
"Heh heh, you’ve got guts. Your strength is indeed among the top of the new disciples. But in front of the older disciples, you probably don’t have the capital to be arrogant!" Pei Zhenshan said.
Qin Qing glanced at Pei Zhenshan indifferently and replied, "If we’re talking about being arrogant, I still can’t compare to Senior Brother Pei. Or do you mean to say, Senior Brother Pei, that you think you can bully me and I should just swallow my pride?"
"Enough!" Jiang Ruorong also spoke up, her cold gaze fixed on Pei Zhenshan: "Pei Zhenshan, if you’re really that capable, then go compete with those people from the East Campus. What kind of skill is it to bully your own juniors from the West Courtyard?"
Hearing Jiang Ruorong’s words, Pei Zhenshan’s face darkened slightly, compete with those from the East Campus?
The few fellows in the East Campus could be called freaks, though they were in the False Elixir Realm, they were perhaps not inferior to some who had just stepped into the Golden Core Realm as Martial Dao Masters, right?
Jiang Ruorong’s remark immediately drew the agreement of many new disciples.
"Exactly, Senior Qin is only sixteen years old, just a new disciple of Great Qian Martial Institute. Senior Brother Pei, you’ve been here for six or seven years, right? In six or seven years, Senior Qin’s strength will definitely be stronger than yours!" a female student from the same Yellow Level Class A as Qin Qing spoke up for him indignantly.
"In six or seven years, Senior Qin will be twenty-two or twenty-three. By then, Senior Qin will have cultivated into a Martial Dao Master!"
"Senior Qin can now defeat Divine Might Realm Great Martial Masters. Geniuses like Shangguan Feixing are no match for him. Once Senior Qin cultivates to the Golden Core Realm, he will probably sweep through the Golden Core Realm!"
"Senior Sister Jiang is right. Senior Brother Pei, when you compete with those seniors of the East Campus, why don’t we see your might?"
Seeing that many people were taking Qin Qing’s side, Pei Zhenshan’s face grew even more embarrassed.
"Hmph!"
He could only snort coldly, and then glancing at Qin Qing again, he said, "You better take my words seriously and consider them. You should voluntarily distance yourself from Junior Sister Jiang. Even if I don’t come after you, someone else will!"
After finishing, Pei Zhenshan turned around and left with long strides.
"Senior sister... It seems I need to keep my distance from you. Otherwise, I never know when trouble might come knocking..." Qin Qing said to Jiang Ruorong with a smile.
"Junior brother, that’s not your style!" Jiang Ruorong playfully winked, then said, "Besides, having you as my shield helps me avoid a lot of trouble..."
"It’s great that you avoid trouble, senior sister, but it just brings more to me!" Qin Qing said with a wry smile.
"That’s why, junior brother, you should train even harder. Only then can you be an even better shield for your senior sister, right?"
Qin Qing smiled helplessly and shook his head, "Right, senior sister. Why did the Great Qian Martial Institute split into the East Campus and West Courtyard, and what’s the difference?"
"It’s all because of those noble descendants, accustomed to acting tyrannically. They brought their vile habits and bad practices to the Great Qian Martial Institute. Originally, there was no separation of East Campus and West Courtyard, but these nobles often bullied disciples without powerful family backgrounds within the Institute.
Later, this even led to several major conflicts. Additionally, the styles of certain elders within the Institute were also quite controversial. Thus, the Institute was divided into the East Campus and West Courtyard."
As a rule, the disciples of the East Campus are mostly the descendants of the elite, many of whom are natives of Luochuan Imperial City. Of course, there are also many disciples from other provinces and counties with decent family backgrounds, whose elders have pulled some strings, using relationships and incentives to get them into the East Campus.
After all, in the eyes of many, being able to enter the East Campus means having the opportunity to make connections with the nobles of Luochuan, and thereby climbing the social ladder with the major families of Luochuan."
Qin Qing nodded.
In fact, many young martial cultivators join the Great Qian Martial Institute not just for its superior cultivation resources.
Many families send their talented youths to the Great Qian Martial Institute with the intention of networking with other scions of noble families.
"As for the West Courtyard..." Jiang Ruorong continued: "The West Courtyard is mostly made up of young disciples from various provinces and counties who passed assessments, and even includes many loose cultivators with no background whatsoever. Overall, the East Campus has more talented individuals because they’ve had access to stronger cultivation resources within their families since childhood. And within the Great Qian Martial Institute, they typically have more say and can compete for more cultivation resources."
"After the separation into East Campus and West Courtyard, except on very rare occasions, the East Campus has shown a huge advantage in almost all competitions and duels!
Especially in recent years, it’s been a complete rout; in last year’s end-of-year assessment, the West Courtyard won only one out of the top ten spots, and that was just the tenth spot..."
"Two months ago, during the first month’s competition for new disciples from the East Campus and West Courtyard, the West Courtyard only managed to secure two spots in the top ten... and those were the lower ranks as well..."
Qin Qing nodded, understanding the situation the Great Qian Martial Institute had with its East Campus and West Courtyard, as well as why Teacher Zheng Kaihe was so eager for him to participate in the end-of-year competition for new disciples.
Meanwhile, as Qin Qing and Jiang Ruorong continued chatting and walking, they had arrived at the Alchemy Pavilion.
Mo Kong, the elder, led everyone to a large alchemy room.
In front of the alchemy room stood an enormous alchemy furnace.
Next to it was a rack displaying various herbs.
"Today, we’ll be discussing the application of primary rank Spiritual Patterns in alchemy. I will demonstrate it first. Later, I will invite a few people to come up for a joint demonstration, so everyone watch closely and learn carefully."
Mo Kong’s gaze swept over the disciples, and when he saw Qin Qing, he paused slightly before seeming to shake his head subtly.
Qin Qing immediately understood; it appeared that Mo Kong still thought Qin Qing was ignorant of the Spiritual Pattern Technique. The earlier claim that Xiaoshuang would follow him to learn how to inscribe Spiritual Patterns was just said in a moment of irritation.
Not far from Qin Qing and Jiang Ruorong, Xu Cheng kept glancing over. The guy seemed eager to show off his talent for Spiritual Patterns in front of Jiang Ruorong...
