Gao Wu: From Martial Arts Student to Star Emperor

Chapter 8: A Rising Star with the Potential to Become a Grandmaster

Lu Qingchan began to eat the medicinal beast meat meal in front of her in small, elegant bites, creating a stark contrast with Chen Lie, who was gulping down his food next to her.

"Chen Lie, your blood energy level is only 0.02 calories higher than mine. Is it really okay for you to eat like this? I've only had a few bites, and I already feel the nutrients starting to accumulate in my body," Chen Xingyao said from the side.

Upon hearing this, Chen Lie continued swallowing without stopping. He simply nodded, swallowed the food in his mouth, and then said, "I know what I'm doing."

He could feel that he had gotten rid of the nutritional deficiency and that his body had even begun to accumulate nutrients.

Even excluding Lu Qingchan's medicinal herbs and beast meat feast, Lu Qidong's banquet would probably cost over 100,000 star coins.

Seeing that Chen Lie didn't appreciate her good intentions at all, Chen Xingyao couldn't help but snort and turn her face away.

At the dinner table, Chen Gequn and Lu Qidong talked about interesting things that happened during their time in the military.

Meanwhile, Chen Lie had quietly cleared away most of the highly nutritious dishes on the table.

When Chen Gequn and the others finished their conversation and came to their senses, they were all shocked by what they saw.

"You brat, how can your body digest so much?" Chen Gequn was the first to react and quickly scolded him.

"This... I hope it doesn't cause any problems," Xu Yunyan said, covering her mouth.

Feng Yuelan, her face also filled with panic, said, "What's wrong with you today, child? Is your body capable of handling so many highly nutritious dishes?"

Lu Qingchan also looked at Chen Lie with surprise, her eyes filled with incomprehension.

Chen Lie straightened his back and delivered the prepared speech: "Mom, don't worry, I forgot to tell you, yesterday when I was training at the martial arts school, I happened to run into the headmaster of Dongchuan Martial Arts School who came to inspect the students."

He immediately saw my condition and said that I had a pseudo-saturated nutrient constitution, so I couldn't absorb nutrients to improve my blood and energy. It was like a person who was extremely tired and couldn't fall asleep, but the upper limit was extremely high.

Therefore, they advised me to supplement my nutrition, asserting that if I could manage it properly, I would surely soar to great heights, surpass others, and have the potential to become a grandmaster in the future.

Before Chen Gequn and his wife could react to Chen Lie's words, Chen Xingyao burst out laughing.

"Chen Lie, are you kidding me? You mean soaring to the sky and having the potential to become a Grandmaster?"

"A master martial artist your age, even if their Qi and blood levels haven't broken four digits, they're definitely over eight hundred calories. You're a thousand times worse than them, and you still dare to say you have a chance to become a master?"

Not only Chen Xingyao, but also Lu Qidong and his wife did not believe what Chen Lie said, because they had never heard of any pseudo-nutritional saturation constitution with extremely high upper limits.

Chen Gequn and Feng Yuelan exchanged a glance and asked, "The martial arts school owner you're talking about, is it Xu Tianchuan, the owner of the Dongchuan Martial Arts School?"

"It's him!" Chen Lie nodded.

"So, all these years, we've been delaying having a son?" Chen Gequn looked at Feng Yuelan, deep in doubt.

Feng Yuelan was also a little puzzled as to why Chen Xingyao was so talented while Chen Lie was so poor.

Logically speaking, since they are all siblings, there shouldn't be such a big difference between them.

"Could the martial arts school owner's judgment be wrong?" Feng Yuelan couldn't help but ask.

"Absolutely not!" Chen Gequn said, "Xu Tianchuan is not just a martial arts school owner, but also the president of the Dongchuan Province Martial Arts Association, a grandmaster-level martial artist, and a towering figure in the Dongchuan Province martial arts world."

The probability of a martial artist of this caliber making a mistake in judging an ordinary martial arts student is extremely low.

Upon hearing the word "Grandmaster," Feng Yuelan immediately lost all doubt.

In the entire Dongchuan Province, with a population of over 70 million, how many Grandmaster-level martial artists have emerged? You could probably count them on one hand.

Grandmaster martial artists are all great figures standing at the pinnacle of martial arts. With a stomp of their feet, the entire Dongchuan Province would tremble in fear.

"Are you sure you encountered the martial arts school owner inspecting students yesterday while you were training at the Dongchuan Martial Arts School?"

At this moment, Xu Yunyan stared intently at Chen Lie.

Chen Lie nodded without changing his expression and hummed in agreement.

Having received Chen Lie's reply, Xu Yunyan, who had been looking very serious, suddenly covered her mouth and chuckled, saying to Chen Gequn and his wife, "Sister-in-law, Brother Chen, congratulations! To receive such praise from a grandmaster, Chen Lie will surely be able to stand out from the crowd in the martial arts world and surpass countless peers in the future."

Chen Gequn laughed and said, "Then I'll take your kind words."

With his parents' permission, Chen Lie continued to eat the remaining highly nutritious dishes on the table.

By the final stage of the banquet, almost all the plates on the table were empty.

Seeing this, Lu Qidong was immediately filled with shame. The banquet he had arranged was already empty before it even ended, as if he couldn't afford to host it. So he said, "Brother Chen, how about we add some more dishes?"

"No need, no need, we're already full, ordering more would be a waste."

As he spoke, Chen Gequn glared at Chen Lie and said, "You brat, you can't just cram all that nutrition in at once. Aren't you afraid of overeating?"

Chen Lie was very satisfied with the banquet. The highly nutritious dishes on the table, which were supplemented with tonics, not only helped him get rid of his nutritional deficiency, but also made him feel much better.

When Chen Lie and his family left, Lu Qidong escorted them to the airship outside the hotel.

Inside the Spring View Hall on the second floor of the Starlight Hotel.

Lu Qingchan asked, full of confusion, "Mom, what is a pseudo-nutritional saturation constitution? Is it really possible for someone with this constitution to become a Grandmaster in the future?"

Hearing her daughter's question, Xu Yunyan couldn't help but scoff and said, "There's no such thing as a pseudo-nutritional saturation constitution in this world. It's just that Chen family boy's deception."

"How could that be?" Lu Qingchan asked in surprise.

"Xu Tianchuan is a grandmaster and the president of the provincial martial arts association. He is usually elusive and can't even spare time to instruct his own family members or to inspect students at the martial arts school."

Yuan Hao, one of the most talented martial arts prodigies among the younger generation of the Xu family, still doesn't receive regular guidance from a grandmaster, let alone an outsider.

Remembering Chen Lie's taciturn nature, Lu Qingchan asked again, "Could it be a coincidence?"

"As far as I know, Master Xu was invited by the governor of a neighboring province and went there two days ago to attend a seven-day martial arts summit. He has not returned yet."

"My mother is practically a member of the Xu family herself, how could she not know the Grandmaster's whereabouts? That Chen boy claims he received guidance from the Grandmaster yesterday; he's clearly lying."

Upon hearing this, Lu Qingchan nodded and hummed in agreement.

Xu Yunyan continued, "I think that kid surnamed Chen will not amount to much in the future. He's almost a year older than you, but his Qi and Blood value hasn't even broken 1 yet. His aptitude is far worse than his father's when he was young."

I don't know what your father was thinking, actually trying to match you up with that Chen family kid. He must have lost his mind.

So you must listen to your mother. Your future should be bright and promising; you shouldn't waste your life on these trivial matters.

"I see."

Lu Qingchan nodded. Although she felt that her mother's words were somewhat inappropriate, she did not take her father's matchmaking intentions to heart.