Endless Winter: My Camp Upgrades Infinitely

Chapter 1331: Chapter 434: Making Friends, Departure, Beining Sword Master, Arrival at Jinyang

Among the seven people present at this moment, the most heavily impacted is undoubtedly Lu Yun.

Lu Yun is twenty-one years old this year and has been under the tutelage of Lu Yang for nearly five years. Not only has he been a disciple the longest, but in terms of strength, he is indisputably the first among Lu Yang’s seven disciples.

His second junior brother Han Li, who joined last year, is two years older than him. His cultivation is currently at Mid-stage Cold Resistance, with a strength of 5 tufts, which is extremely close to Lu Yun’s, but the two had already crossed paths in East Ridge, and the final result was that Han Li slightly lost by a margin.

It can be said that Lu Yun’s greatest reliance on securing the position of the senior brother in East Ridge is his strength.

Having been under Lu Yang’s tutelage for nearly five years, not to mention the Jingxi District, he has even been to Beishuo City several times. Because he has seen many geniuses of the same age, and even fought against quite a few of them over the years, Lu Yun’s confidence has inflated even more in recent years.

Especially this April, Beishuo, in order to counteract the influence brought by the Great Xia Martial Arts Competition, specifically let the Inspectorate take the lead in organizing a martial arts contest, gathering all the young talents under the age of 25 from the town and the seven districts.

Lu Yun also participated and ultimately ranked 12th with a strength of 4 tufts. It can be said that apart from the Yang Family and a few elites from the town’s nobility, all the young talents from the seven districts of Beishuo were defeated by him.

His mentor Lu Yang’s reputation has risen rapidly in Beishuo in recent years, especially last March, when in a battle with Zhu Yang, the dean overseeing Jingxi District, he defeated him in three strokes, earning the title of Beining Sword Master.

Due to his mentor Lu Yang’s fame, as his senior disciple, Lu Yun achieved the good result of 12th place in the martial arts contest in Beishuo this year, and he was crowned with the title of Little Sword Chief of Beining by idle talkers.

These events have undoubtedly accelerated Lu Yun’s inflation of self-confidence dramatically.

This May, when his mentor Lu Yang openly revealed to them his identity in Great Xia and stated his intention to take them back to Great Xia for the Martial Arts Competition, Lu Yun immediately guaranteed by pounding his chest that he would do his utmost to strive for the top three, and if not possible, at least to enter the top ten, so his mentor could elevate his reputation in Great Xia.

Upon hearing his words, his mentor merely smiled with a peculiar expression. At that time, Lu Yun couldn’t understand why his mentor had that reaction. Now that the Martial Arts Competition is over and the results are out, he has suddenly realized.

With such limited strength, he shamelessly boasted about entering the top three. His mentor didn’t ridicule him on the spot, which was already an effort to maintain his dignity.

78th place!

”If it were purely about cultivation, my 78th place would even be inflated. Second junior brother has a strength of 5 tufts, which is similar to mine, yet he ranked 99th. Not to mention further back, I saw even beyond the 100th place, there are those with strength above 5 tufts, which means my 78th place is assisted by martial arts and combat talent.”

The moment Lu Yun spoke, the others immediately quieted down.

Han Li listened, shaking his head with a bitter smile, saying, ”Senior brother, you’re still unaware that the descendants of Great Xia who participate in the Martial Arts Competition were all restricted in strength. If the restrictions were lifted, their actual strength could increase by another thirty percent.”

”What?”

Upon hearing Han Peng’s words, not only Lu Yun, but Zhu Baixu and the other five instantly stood up, looking at him with disbelief.

”It was Lu Dong, our junior uncle, who told me this directly during the Martial Arts Competition. I think he has no reason to deceive me.”

Upon hearing this, Lu Yun and the other six fell into silence.

What does the ability to increase strength by another thirty percent imply?