Hunting God Era

Chapter 157 Speaking carelessly can attract demons.
The martial arts exam is a very important milestone for martial arts students.

Besides the regular martial arts exam, there is also a separate exam for those who are confident and capable of ranking above the Seven Dragon Gate level.

Because the four top-tier universities in China, besides having a fixed seven-entry threshold, actually have a limited number of places available for enrollment each year.

This year, only 500 places are available for the four top-tier universities, with a total of 2,000 places for all.

There are 200,000 martial arts students taking the college entrance examination in Shenzhou this year, which seems like a lot, but Li Ye's data shows that there are nearly 10,000 students above the Seven Dragon Gate level.

Of the thirty-six provinces in the entire land, none of the hundred or so in each province could be ranked. Instead, they had to be allocated, and this allocation was not even even. It was dynamic, based on the number of martial artists above the Seven Dragons Gate in each province.

Jianghuai Province, where Li Ye is located, is considered to be outstanding in martial arts. Including the other eight provinces, they are all located in the eastern part of China, a prosperous area with a thriving economy. Therefore, they can provide adequate nutrition and training points, and have cultivated 3,000 martial artists above the Seven Dragons Gate level.

However, only two hundred slots were allocated to their Jianghai region.

This is why there is a joint examination involving eight provinces.

Leaving aside those who gave up after purely practicing foundational skills but felt they weren't competitive enough, there were still two thousand people participating in this unified exam, all hoping to compete for a place among the top four universities.

Li Ye was among them. The school had contacted him after the provincial martial arts competition and confirmed that he would register for the unified examination. Besides him, only Fu Chuxue was also in the running.

Although Yang Jie is from the Seven Dragons Sect, he is aware of his own strength and will not participate in this unified examination. Instead, he plans to take the local Jianghuai Dragon Martial Arts exam, where he will find that the other martial arts masters are not inferior to him.

Aside from the four top-tier schools, there's not much difference between the other top-tier schools. After all, the pool of students is limited, and if we were to further subdivide them, there probably wouldn't be many candidates left.

Not every province has top-tier martial arts schools, but each of the eight provinces in the joint entrance examination has a top-tier martial arts school, which has a very high level of martial arts expertise and a high quality of students.

This fight is so fierce it's like dogs are going to fight tooth and nail.

The first day of the college entrance examination.

Li Ye arrived at the college entrance examination site early, bringing paper, pen, and his admission ticket to take the general knowledge exam!

Regardless of where the martial arts university is located, general education is also required, accounting for 30% of the total score and included in the unified examination.

Although he didn't care much about the ranking, as long as he could get into Tianwu, he had studied general knowledge for so long and originally planned to make a living from it. If he didn't take the exam, he would feel like he was letting himself down.

The general knowledge exams at the academy weren't that difficult either. For Li Ye, they were all child's play, testing basic knowledge that he had already learned in textbooks.

Only the last two questions were more advanced, not covered in the textbook, and instead used examples to ask what methods would be most appropriate to deal with the demons.

The demons that appear around people are all traceable, similar to how a purifying wind dispels foul air and a righteous force repels demons. Based on experience, Li Ye has practiced this countless times and can answer the question with ease.

The next day.

Yangcheng High-speed Railway Station.

Li Ye arrived at the destination early, waiting for the others to gather so they could head to the exam location.

The joint entrance exam for eight provinces was not conducted separately; all two thousand registered participants went to the Demon Realm, and the meeting point for Jianghuai Province was located here.

When Li Ye arrived, some people had already arrived and were waiting in the special waiting room.

The three contestants from Yangcheng No. 1 Middle School are all here, as well as the boy named Su Ao whom Li Ye met before.

The three men paused for a moment upon seeing Li Ye, then smiled and nodded.

The latter looked gloomy for a while, but didn't say anything.

After scanning the area, Li Ye found a seat, closed his eyes, and rested.

"Li Ye, classmate."

The boy with the ponytail stood up and walked up to Li Ye. "No, Director Li, I've heard so much about you."

After the match, Wang Qiu conducted a thorough investigation.

Their family is considered a local power in Yangcheng, so investigating someone isn't that difficult, especially when that person has a good reputation.

The Yangcheng Disinfection Bureau wasn't that weak, but he had heard of the disinfection bureaus in other places. For an academy student to be able to turn around the reputation of the disinfection bureau was something that couldn't be done purely by exorcising demons.

This guy is incredibly skilled.

In particular, he defeated himself head-on.

Upon hearing this, Li Ye opened his eyes, glanced at him, and nodded, indicating that he had heard. Wang Qiu didn't mind and smiled, "There should be quite a few people in this joint exam of eight provinces. You defeated me, which also represents our province. I hope you can get a good ranking this time."

"Thank you for your kind words."

Li Ye smiled and replied, "You are the same."

If someone treats him kindly, he naturally won't be cold towards them.

Wang Qiu smiled and asked, "Does Director Li know where the Demon Realm assessment will be held this time?"

"I haven't really paid attention to that."

"The Ghost Corpse Fortress of the Swamp Country".

It wasn't Wang Qiu who spoke, but a cold voice. Li Ye turned his head and saw Fu Chuxue walking towards him from outside. After nodding to Li Ye, she sat down on the sofa next to him.

"What Fu Chuxue said is correct."

Wang Qiu smiled with a sickly grin: "The medium-sized demonic domain that forms near the southeast coast is where our assessment will take place. Two thousand men will go there to fight the Japanese!"

This made Li Ye raise an eyebrow. "Japanese devils?"

"Yes, the demonic realm that formed along the southeast coast a long time ago has been around for about twenty years and has not yet been completely cleaned up. It is said to be formed from the resentment generated by being plundered from ancient times to the present. There are both mountain bandits and water bandits, but most of them are Japanese pirates who plundered along the coast. Most of them are demons in the form of Japanese pirates."

Wang Qiu said, "You're from the Extermination Bureau, so you know better how the Demon Realm came about. Some Demon Realms are microcosms of historical time and space. What we call demons are not demons back then. Maybe the ones we kill now can still find their descendants in Japan."

"That's interesting." A smile appeared on Li Ye's lips.

He was still very interested in this matter.

"Humph!"

Just then, a cold snort suddenly rang out from behind.

A man was glaring at them, his expression unfriendly.

Li Ye glanced over, his brow furrowing slightly. "What are you looking at?"

"It's nothing, I just don't quite agree with what you're saying. Killing Japanese devils is just self-comfort."

He scoffed, “The Japanese would never do that. They value etiquette and only care about tangible victory, while we Chinese only engage in spiritual victory. This is the tragedy of China. After I graduate, I will go to Japan to learn their martial arts and etiquette, which the Chinese will never understand.”

Upon hearing this, Li Ye narrowed his eyes slightly and stared at the man.

"Look at me, I'd say the same thing, Li Ye. It's not like you can do anything just because you defeated Wang Qiu; it's only one province. Look at Japan, they never care about rankings like that. Everyone there is meticulous and courteous."

Bang!
As they were talking, Li Ye's narrowed eyes suddenly shrank, and the next instant, the man's head suddenly swelled up, as if it had exploded after being squeezed from the inside. Half of his eyeballs popped out, and blood gushed from every hole on his face. He slumped onto the sofa, twitched a couple of times, and then stopped moving.

The surrounding area was deathly silent.

The martial artists who were about to curse all kept their mouths shut and dared not utter a word.

Wang Qiu swallowed hard, completely losing his composure as a former number one and currently number two expert.

He had heard that the man was a ruthless killer, but hearing about it and actually seeing it are two different things.

Even if the provincial martial arts competition is fierce, no one has ever died. Once it's confirmed that no one is capable of fighting, the winner is decided.

Even if it involves murder.
This sudden murder caught everyone completely off guard.

"Demons are everywhere. If you say the wrong thing, you might get possessed by a demon. As everyone knows, my job is in the extermination bureau. I'm good at identifying demons. A demon came just now, but it has already disappeared."

Li Ye then turned his head and asked Wang Qiu, "By the way, who is he?"

"Yes, it's You Junda, a student from Caishi No. 1 Middle School, from the Seven Dragons Gate, who is taking the breakthrough route."

Wang Qiu subconsciously said, "My family has some influence in Caishi City."

Upon hearing this, Li Ye casually sent a message to the Ningjiang martial artist before saying, "Hmm, I suspect their family's traditions aren't very good. Speaking carelessly might attract demons. I'll send someone over to check it out. If anything goes wrong, we can at least have them take precautions."

(End of this chapter)