Chương 45: War God — Chapter 45 - Obtaining a Secret Skill — Master Chef Dissects the Beast! World-Shaking

The contract signing went smoothly after that.

"Soon, I've decided to report to headquarters." To be safe, Zheng Changhong looked at Wang Xian.

"Before the Martial Exam, I'll upgrade your contract to Class C!" The club used four standard contract tiers. A, B, C, and D. A Class C contract wasn't something first or second realm warriors could simply sign. It required exceptional personal potential and completing certain special assessments. Unless there were exceptions. Students who awakened extremely high-tier talents, for instance, though those students were usually courted by other clubs as well.

In Zheng Changhong's view, Wang Xian already fully possessed the potential for a Class C contract. If he awakened even a decent talent on top of that, his future would be limitless! At the very least, in all his years at this branch, Wang Xian had the highest martial aptitude he'd ever seen. He'd heard that in several top universities, many second-year students, even first-years, were capable of comprehending Intent. But those were university students. This was high school. And the conditions were different too.

Grandmaster Bai had only demonstrated a transcendent martial technique at No. 7 High once. Had only performed Overlord Blade Intent once. And yet Wang Xian had comprehended it. That kind of aptitude was simply terrifying.

"So..." Zheng Changhong looked at Wang Xian.

"If any other clubs come looking for you, I hope you'll think it over carefully, Student Wang."

"The contract's already signed." Wang Xian smiled. Zheng Changhong gave Wang Xian a long, deep look. When clubs competed for talent, there were plenty of ways to dissolve a contract. Even if no third person knew about today's events. He understood clearly: if Wang Xian wanted to, no one could stop him from going to another club.

"I'll take my leave first." Zhou Dahai watched them finish signing and let out a quiet breath of relief. The school's task was simply to ensure Wang Xian signed a contract with a club during winter break. Now that this biggest task was complete, the training ahead would be easier on him.

"By the way..." Before Zhou Dahai left, he glanced at Wang Xian.

"Are you sure you want to give the contract the school and club arranged to the other students in the class? Rather than giving it directly to Student Ye?"

"That contract also includes a portion from Grandmaster Bai. You have the right to choose who receives it..."

"No need." Wang Xian shook his head. Teacher Zhou, you simply don't understand that girl Ye Miyue. If you handed it to her directly, she wouldn't accept it. If it were Chen Yuting, her personality might allow her to accept it gracefully. But Ye Miyue absolutely would not. She would even refuse outright! Because few people liked accepting handouts. This story originates from Royal Road. Ensure the author gets the support they deserve by reading it there.

Only by putting that contract out there, setting it aside, and letting her surpass the others in the class through her own effort, earning the contract herself, only then would she truly accept it. Although he'd only been reborn for a few months and hadn't spent that long around Ye Miyue, he'd already figured out her personality. Zhou Dahai nodded and said nothing more. This was actually a good thing. It would stoke the fighting spirit of the students in the martial arts class.

He just didn't understand why Wang Xian would do this. Anyone with eyes could see that the two of them had an unusual relationship...

"So going forward, the scholarship stipulated in the contract will be deposited into your account within a few business days..." Zheng Changhong explained.

"As for the other conditions, what do you want for now? Your movement technique rank qualifies you to train in suitable foundational movement martial arts. The gene-tempering agents are useless to you for now since you haven't awakened yet."

"As for martial secret skills, most of them you won't be able to train in for the time being..."

"No. I want your club's Butcher's Dissection."

"Butcher's Dissection?" Zheng Changhong was taken aback.

"Hold on. That martial secret skill is impressive, sure, but it requires actual combat against real alien beasts to train. Holographic AI beasts can't be used to train this secret skill." Because holographic AI beasts didn't possess data replicating the actual body structure of real alien beasts. They were simply models that replicated a certain level of beast combat power. Without a body structure, Butcher's Dissection naturally couldn't be trained.

"So I'd like to ask you a favor..." Wang Xian grinned.

"Don't tell me you want me to help you get a warrior's permit that lets you enter a relic or an unmanaged zone?" Zheng Changhong held his breath.

"Absolutely not. That is completely out of the question!" Entering special relics or unmanaged zones to hunt alien beasts required a warrior's permit. Leaving the city didn't require such a permit. But once you stepped into those unsafe areas, you needed to present your permit to the local garrison troops. Otherwise, if anyone could just wander in, the state couldn't simply stand by and watch you walk to your death. Especially students who were still minors and had little understanding of the outside world.

Once they got a hot-headed idea, no one could predict how much damage would result.

"Holographic AI beasts and real alien beasts are completely different!" Zheng Changhong flatly refused.

"A warrior's permit is easy enough to arrange, but I won't let you take that kind of risk!"

"Isn't arranging warrior's permits for club members an obligation under the contract?" Wang Xian pointed at the agreement.

"..." That was indeed an obligation. Zheng Changhong was speechless. There was a loophole in the contract. But you're not a normal person, damn it! You're still just a student! Right. A Class D contract. Only two people in 10 years had signed one. Who could have anticipated that you'd actually want to go out there? No wonder no one had ever spotted this loophole...

'Next time this contract comes up, I absolutely have to add a clause... if Party B is still a student, the club reserves the right to refuse!' Although a clause like that would look absurd to anyone reading it, often the most absurd clauses had a story behind them...

"One condition." Zheng Changhong's voice was heavy.

"What."

"If I'm going to arrange the permit and let you go out there, you have to join a squad. Otherwise I will never agree to this."

"Fine." Wang Xian nodded. When the time came, he'd just find an opportunity to slip away on his own. Speaking of which. Wang Xian found himself thinking of the person called Long Yuan from earlier... He narrowed his eyes. According to his plan, the relic he intended to visit was called the Skeleton Blade Tomb. This relic was utterly unremarkable, just an F-rank relic. In fact, F-rank beasts only appeared there occasionally. It had already been explored by many warriors.

But in his past life, something had happened in this relic that once shook all of Western Shu! Reportedly, someone had used an unknown method inside this relic to open a 'hidden door' that no one had ever explored or known about! And from behind that hidden door, they'd obtained a world-shaking demonic blade: the Blood-Drinking Mad Blade. After obtaining this demonic blade, that person lost their sanity and began slaughtering indiscriminately.

Then, in the span of just 2 years, broke through from the first realm all the way to the third realm! A speed that was simply horrifying. And furthermore, wielding a bizarre blade technique unrecorded in any alliance database, within the following year they massacred over 10 fourth-realm warriors. The number of other warriors they killed was beyond count. They came to be known as the 'Blade Demon of Western Shu.' Later, this person joined a certain cult.

In order to break through to the sixth realm, they plotted to seize an entire city in Western Shu. In the end, they provoked a Seventh Realm Great Grandmaster to personally intervene, who pursued them 10, 000 li, spending half a month before finally killing them. Otherwise, the countless lives in that city would all have become souls claimed by that person's blade!

Afterward, when the person's corpse was brought back for study, it was discovered that their entire body had been invaded by the baleful energy that only alien beasts possessed. They were no longer fully human, yet not fully beast either. Because this incident had unfolded in Western Shu, spanning 3 to 4 years in total, it had left a deep impression on him. As for the specific details of the whole affair, he wasn't entirely clear. But he knew one thing. That person's name was 'Long Yuan.'

Wang Xian wanted to leave Rong City. First, to train the martial secret skill he was about to obtain: Butcher's Dissection. Second, he intended to find the root cause of it all, namely, the demonic blade inside that relic, filled with spirit baleful power: the Blood-Drinking Mad Blade. ➤ Next: Classmate Ye, Please Don't Do Such Perverted Things!