Chapter 396: Chapter 389: Extracurricular Activity

At the Chief Commissioner’s words, the group’s spirits lifted.

"What’s the situation?"

Chen Qingmu asked curiously.

"The Bosha National Assembly has decided that before we move forward with any cooperation, they want to hold a friendly exchange between our nations’ top martial powers. Only then will they consider whether to cooperate and how."

The Chief Commissioner said flatly.

"Just as I thought. Those guys from Bosha Country are a restless bunch."

Chen Qingmu lamented.

"Now this is interesting. What kind of exchange do they have in mind?"

Lei Yi asked, a look of interest in his eyes.

"As I’ve mentioned before, the Bosha Teaching is revered above all in Bosha Country. The Bosha Teaching claims to have thirty-three million Divine Spirits, but in reality, three Divine Beings are held supreme, known as the God Sanxiang. This tradition has been upheld in Bosha Country’s prosperous Cultivation Realm since ancient times. The three individuals with the highest Cultivation inherit the titles of the God Sanxiang and are known as the ’Venerable Sanxiang.’"

"This time, the Venerable Sanxiang will be participating personally. Bosha Country hopes that we will also send three people for an exchange."

The Chief Commissioner said.

"The Venerable Sanxiang... They must be the strongest fighting force in Bosha Country, right? To think even those old geezers are getting involved. It looks like they have some serious ambitions for dominating the Cultivation Realm."

Lei Yi said thoughtfully.

"Venerable Sanxiang... During the Dongfan border war decades ago, I fought one of them—the Giant Spirit Snake King, their counterpart to Vishnu. Back then, he had just reached the First Generation Level. The Giant Spirit Snake King is supposedly the weakest of the Venerable Sanxiang, which means the others are at least at that level. All these years, the Venerable Sanxiang have remained hidden and have rarely made a move. There’s no telling what realm they’ve reached by now."

"Just in case, we need to send a lineup we can count on."

Chen Qingmu said.

"We’ll talk about the lineup later. Did they specify whether this exchange will be public or private?"

Zhou Yuanjue suddenly inquired.

"They didn’t specify that. What are you planning?"

The Chief Commissioner said, somewhat surprised.

"Since it’s an exchange, we should naturally make the most of it."

"It just occurred to me. Other universities have extracurricular activities like academic conferences and lectures, but our Martial Arts University, being the first in the country, has practically none. Even though I’m a hands-off manager, I’m still the principal in name. I should try to secure some benefits for the Martial Arts University when I get the chance."

"I think broadening their horizons and expanding their perspectives would be very good for our top students’ Cultivation. Our previous battles were too dangerous—matters of life and death, not something to be watched. But this is a friendly competition, and a high-level one at that. I believe this kind of extracurricular activity would be immensely beneficial."

"My thinking is that we should involve the students more in similar opportunities in the future. It could be a great boon for them, and for us as well."

Zhou Yuanjue said.

"Extracurricular activities? That’s a novel idea. It’s true, a clash of this caliber is incredibly rare—a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for a Martial Artist. But aren’t you worried that if something goes wrong, it’ll make a bad impression on the students?"

The Chief Commissioner said with a smile.

"If we don’t even have that much confidence, how can we establish the Human Life Research Institute and advance the entire human race to the next level?"

Zhou Yuanjue said.

"An interesting proposal. If you can, the Military Department would like a few spots as well."

Lei Yi said with a smile.

"Haha, what I originally saw as a nuisance... now that you all put it that way, I’m starting to think this is a good thing."

A smile couldn’t help but spread across Chen Qingmu’s face.

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「Donghua Martial Arts University.」

After the opening ceremony, classes at Donghua Martial Arts University had officially begun.

However, since this was the first Martial Arts University in history, and the first batch of students already possessed strong Martial Dao foundations, the curriculum was relatively relaxed. It mainly consisted of theory classes on Instinct Theory, physical conditioning, and combat instruction.

The rest of the time was left for the students to manage themselves: self-study, sparring at the Martial Arts Dojo, or researching the Instinct Theory system.

It was less like a university and more like a massive research institution, where the relationship between instructors and students was often one of mutual exchange.

As for the students who had already reached a higher Martial Artist realm, they preferred to conduct their own research and spar rather than attend classes.

This was inevitable for the newly established Martial Arts University. After all, even now, those at the Saint Awakening level were exceedingly rare. Furthermore, with the current turbulent international situation, every Saint Awakening practitioner was swamped and had little time to teach.

Things would improve significantly once this transitional class was complete, the national selection system was fully established, and the instructor system was further refined.

However, even if the curriculum was a bit lacking, most of the stronger Martial Artists were still willing to stay at the Martial Arts University.

After all, you couldn’t find a place with such a great Martial Dao atmosphere anywhere else in Donghua, or even the entire world.

However, today was an extraordinary day for the students and instructors of the Martial Arts University.

They had received an email from the school administration.

"Extracurricular activity? Dongfan Exchange? What’s this?"

Early one morning, Xiangtian of the Qihai Sect, a student in Advanced Martial Arts Class Three at Donghua Martial Arts University, stared at the email in his inbox, completely baffled.

As the successor of the Qihai Sect and a young prodigy who had reached the Mastery of Fist Techniques at nearly eighteen, Xiangtian was considered a "top student" even among the elites of the Advanced Martial Arts Class.

He called the school administration and learned that this was a benefit Principal Zhou had secured for the students—the first major extracurricular activity since the university’s founding.

’Principal Zhou set this up? Then I definitely have to go.’

Xiangtian hung up the phone, his eyes shining.

Ever since that opening ceremony, he had adopted "Control the body with the Spirit, and use the finite to reach the infinite" as his Martial Dao philosophy. Donghua had many powerful Martial Artists, but the one he revered most would always be that man.

’Even if I surpass Principal Zhou in strength one day, he’ll still be my idol.’

’Because he’s a torchbearer.’

After a moment of thought, Xiangtian took a screenshot of the email. He redacted some of the information before sending it to the class group chat to see if anyone wanted to go with him.

Unexpectedly, the email lured a ton of lurkers out of the woodwork.

"Huh? Extracurricular activities? Our school actually has those?"

"The Dongfan Exchange? What’s that? It looks like it has something to do with Bosha Country? This email isn’t very clear."

"Why didn’t I get an invitation? Was it selective? A ’top student’ privilege?"

Everyone replied in the group chat, confused.