"Shanshan... your brother Su Chen has passed Lijiang First University's potential test today and scored a B-grade, he can finally graduate smoothly."
There was still an undeniable joy in mother's voice.
"Just a B-grade, do you really need to tell me this specifically? Fine, I know. I'm abroad recently, work is quite busy, try not to call me often."
After that cold female voice finished speaking, the beep-beep-beep sound of a phone hanging up could be heard from the other side.
"Ah..."
Mother felt a bit disappointed, but she quickly regained her smile, sat down, and said:
"Eat quickly, Xiao Chen,"
Su Chen nodded his head, munching on the grilled fish, while he pondered the two words.
"Sister... Susan..."
Yes, Susan is Su Chen's sister, but he hasn't seen her for a long time.
Judging by the voice on the phone just now, Su Chen felt like she was a cold woman.
Of course, there's a reason for that.
The reason is, Susan is actually not Su Chen's biological sibling; she was picked up by Father Su and Mother Su under a bridge several years before Su Chen was born.
But Father Su and Mother Su have always treated her as their own daughter. Even though the family's condition was not good, Susan was never deprived of food, accommodation, and clothing.
Initially, Susan really loved her parents, she was particularly smart, and her grades were consistently excellent. But as she grew up and learned that she was not their biological child, her personality turned cold, and she started to avoid coming home.
Even her current situation is not very clear to Father Su and Mother Su.
"Sister Susan studied science in high school, but she also had a good foundation in martial arts. She got into Daxia Finance College, and I wonder if she double-majored in martial arts. She must have graduated by now, but who knows what she's up to?"
Su Chen pondered.
From Susan's tone earlier, he felt as if she looked down on martial arts academy students with only B potential value, so maybe she has already embarked on the Martial Artist path.
"With a keen mind and the talent to become a Martial Artist, no wonder... she doesn't seem to want to acknowledge us anymore."
After thinking about it for a while, Su Chen also felt some helplessness. After all, Susan is not his biological sister, and he can't force her to return and repay their parents' upbringing, he can only wait for an opportunity to meet her in the future.
The next day, Su Chen just woke up and started calling out in his mind.
"System, can I continue cultivating today?"
"No, simulation training is randomly activated. The host can just wait; once triggered, it will continue where it left off last time..."
"Okay... then I'll just go to school first."
Su Chen quickly got ready after getting up and headed straight to Lijiang First University.
For Su Chen, the fifth level of Nine Yang Divine Skill together with the Cultivation World's mysterious Body Technique "Divine Shadow Step" and regular combat experience from training, he was already quite confident in fighting.
"I heard the threshold for a prospective Martial Artist is 800 kilograms of punching power and combat speed exceeding 15 meters per second. Yesterday I only used one-third of my Inner Strength, yet I managed 650 kilograms, so if I activate the Inner Strength of Nine Yang Divine Skill and strike fully, I should exceed 1500 kilograms. On top of that, with Divine Shadow Step and external True Qi protection, now I'm confident against average prospective Martial Artists, and even if I encounter a real Martial Artist, I have a fighting chance..."
While thinking about this, Su Chen got off the bus and walked toward the academy.
At that moment, he suddenly heard a woman's scream behind him.
"Ah, a robbery..."
Su Chen turned around only to see a blonde snatch a stylish woman's handbag and quickly run towards the nearby grove.
"Don't run..."
Without another word, Su Chen chased after him directly.
No matter what, now that Su Chen is stronger, even if he wasn't, as a martial arts academy student, encountering such a situation, he would never just stand by.
In this world, those who can become Martial Artists are few; most are ordinary people.
But as Su Chen ran, he sensed a problem.
This blonde was running way too fast, definitely not something an untrained street thug could do.
Even though Su Chen was chasing at a normal pace without using Divine Shadow Step, as someone professionally trained in a martial arts academy, he should have caught up to him long ago if he were just a regular thug.
"Something seems off."
Su Chen had already noticed the problem; the stylish woman who shouted earlier had disappeared, but he wasn't afraid and continued to follow.
Soon, the blonde stopped.
Here at the center of the grove was a clearing, surrounded by chopped tree trunks.
This location lacked surveillance; it was an ideal spot for shady dealings.
Sure enough, when the blonde turned around to look at Su Chen with a teasing gaze, more than a dozen men appeared around them, and many seemed to be martial arts academy students.
Linjiang City has more than one martial arts academy, and Su Chen could tell these men were trained.
Su Chen's eyes shifted left, and sure enough, he immediately saw an old acquaintance from yesterday, Zhang Weidong.
At this moment, Zhang Weidong was accompanied by a suit-wearing bodyguard, grinning he said:
"Su Chen, you waste, yesterday you really stole the spotlight, actually measuring an A++ potential value. Seeing the punch you threw, it truly makes me doubt whether I dare to bully you again in the future! Don't you agree?"