Your skills are excellent, and now I have them too.

Chapter 47 Do you think I still have a chance?

In the martial arts training hall, Lu Zhao carried a large bag again, but it wasn't cement. Instead, it was Gengjin sand that Xin Li had specially brought from the engineering area. It was very dense and several times heavier than cement.

Xin Li's original intention was to make this kid work hard and learn from his mistakes, so that he wouldn't train in a haphazard way in the future, especially before important assessments.

However, after a while he realized something was wrong.

How come he's so enthusiastic about being a laborer?

Lu Zhao carried the Gengjin Sand around, sweating profusely and panting heavily, but he showed no signs of impatience; on the contrary, he was quite enthusiastic.

[Endurance Lv3] is best at overcoming the boredom and resistance brought about by repetitive training. After all, this is the profound truth that Dong Yijian has come to understand through decades of self-discipline.

The more Lu Zhao practiced, the more he admired Dong Yijian.

If someone is as talented as Chen Qinhu, or has a cheat code like himself, and practices every day with daily feedback, it's normal to be able to persevere. But for someone who isn't talented, they might not feel any progress even after a month of practice, yet they can persist for decades and even master special skills like endurance. That truly requires immense willpower.

The other chief instructors were all in similar situations to Dong Yijian, but as they got older, they no longer focused on martial arts training. Instead, they indulged in drinking, gambling, and whoring to gain credit. Many of them would switch to the Imperial Military Industry as security chiefs when a good opportunity came along.

"Sir! I'll carry your special skills with me!"

Lu Zhao, carrying the Gengjin Sand, worked even harder with renewed vigor.

"Stop, stop, stop!"

Seeing his state, Xin Li had no choice but to say, "Put it down."

"I can still move!!"

"No..."

"Training requires hard work; you absolutely cannot stop."

"I told you to put it down!" (Touches knife)

"Okay."

Lu Zhao was very pragmatic.

Xin Li would not kill disobedient recruits, but she would use the knife as a ruler.

"I'm asking you, don't you want the Cleansing Pill?" he asked.

Lu Zhao looked puzzled: "Yes, I want to."

"So you don't like military achievements?"

Who doesn't like military achievements?

Xin Li was baffled: "Everyone has been preparing for tomorrow's martial arts assessment these past few days, even Gongsun Ke has been practicing extra every day. What are you doing, doing nothing but running to the medical team every day? People have complained to me about it."

Lu Zhao retorted angrily, "What? These people are dishonest. Do you really need to bother with such a small matter?"

"Stop talking nonsense!"

Xin Li was convinced. He could tell that this kid didn't take it seriously at all. "I'm asking you, how confident are you about tomorrow's assessment?"

"If only the top eight are considered..."

Ninety percent.

Lu Zhao suddenly swallowed his words, because he had a sudden inspiration.

I hadn't had many opportunities to trigger the golden special skill "Three-Zhang Golden Body" above his head before, but seeing how much he cared about whether I could meet the standard, perhaps, the opportunity has come?

He remained silent for a moment, then suddenly gritted his teeth and said, "It's hard to say."

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Xin Li's heart sank.

He and Lu Zhao had only a normal teacher-student relationship, with no master-disciple bond. The reason he was so concerned was because Ji Ye had placed his hopes on this kid, and he happened to be his martial arts instructor.

"If he doesn't make it into the top eight, won't Mr. Ji take his anger out on me?"

Normal academic officials are learned, virtuous, and respected people; they wouldn't do such a thing.

But Old Ji.....

Hard to say.

Xin Li couldn't bear to think about this.

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"Oh no, Lord Baijiang sent me here to carry out his orders. If Mr. Ji goes back and complains, it might affect my career."

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"Oh dear, we've only been in Yueningzhou for a few years, and the monthly expenses are already quite high. If I don't get promoted, I won't be able to save much money at the end of the year."

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"If my father-in-law finds out that I have no hope of promotion, I'll definitely get a lecture when I go home for the New Year."

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Lu Zhao was dumbfounded.

I simply said "hard to say," and the progress bar jumped up, instantly reaching 28%.

This coach is good at handling things; he'll move on his own.

"Sir, I was just joking. If we're really only considering the top eight, I'm quite confident."

After the progress stopped increasing, Lu Zhao told the truth. After all, the other party's reaction showed that they were indeed quite worried, and out of kindness, he wanted to reassure them.

After all, he deliberately acted like a fool just to show off his special skills, not because he was a pervert who enjoyed torturing people.

Xin Li was unaware that her inner worries had been completely seen through, and she was still standing there with her hands behind her back, pretending to be cool.

"There's no room for cheating or shirking in martial arts training. If you don't practice regularly, how will you perform at crucial moments? I think you'd better start learning from your mistakes now. One wrong step leads to another, and you might not even realize what kind of opportunity you missed this time."

He no longer believes it, or rather, he never expected it in the first place.

Lu Zhao carried cement for three days, which meant he wasted three days. At this point in time, everyone hadn't been practicing martial arts for very long, so three days was already a significant amount of time.

Lu Zhao: "Uh, then all I can say is, don't underestimate him, he's a poor young man."

Xin Li couldn't resist pressing the knife again.

"Lu Zhao~"

Just then, a voice drifted over.

Both of them looked up and saw a slender figure standing in the doorway. The light from outside shone in, casting a long shadow.

"Brother Wang?"

Lu Zhao recognized Wang Zhao from the silhouette alone; it was someone he hadn't seen for over half a month. Although the two were both on the ship, they hadn't had a chance to meet due to various circumstances.

Xin Li had no choice but to slide his hand off the hilt of the knife again, which surprised him.

"Isn't that Wang Zhao, the genius engineer?"

He knew the name, since the standard training sabers were designed and improved by the other party, but as for the real person, he had only seen him once when he boarded the ship and had never spoken to him.

Because of Wang Zhao's own eccentricities, he refused to be promoted beyond the usual ranks, so his actual position and title were not high, and could even be said to be quite low, so it was unlikely that he knew many people.

"Um, sir?"

Lu Zhao wanted to leave, but he couldn't just pack up and run away.

Even if Xin Li didn't want to give him face, she still had to give Wang Zhao face, so she waved her hand and said, "Go away."

He was just wondering how Wang Zhao, who was known for his arrogance, capricious nature, and difficulty in getting along with others, could know a new recruit like Lu Zhao, who had no background.

.....

"I can't believe you actually got into this damn elite class. Who came up with that name? It's awful."

Wang Zhao kept nagging, putting all the shredded radish from his plate onto Lu Zhao's plate because he was a picky eater.

"It seems like a few new recruits started talking about it first, and then it just started coming out," Lu Zhao said.

"Hmph, I hate people like that the most. What does it mean to be an elite? People who have names like that must be people who worship authority."

Wang Zhao muttered to himself, he'd always been like this, finding fault with everything.

"Brother Wang, what made you decide to come here today?" Lu Zhao was afraid that others would hear him cursing, so he took the initiative to change the subject.

Wang Zhao replied, "Oh, this is a mechanism I designed for your martial arts skills assessment. I just came to check it out, and there were no problems, so I just freed up some space."

"A mechanism? Isn't a martial arts assessment supposed to be a competition?"

"Tch, do you think that'll work? An assessment should be conducted from all angles and multiple dimensions to examine your learning outcomes. Besides, you can use melee weapons in a ring, but what about open-world shooting? Are you going to shoot at each other? Using blanks isn't very risky, but it's not very intuitive either."

When Wang Zhao started talking about engineering, he became even more talkative. "So I took into account all sorts of factors and designed a testing production line in great detail... Oh, I can't say anymore, even with our relationship, I can't reveal the details."

Lu Zhao joked, "Don't worry, even if I get a good ranking using the questions you gave me, I won't betray you."

Wang Zhao glared at him: "Win a prize? You're dreaming. With those new recruits at the veterans' training ground around, you think you can win a prize?"

He was referring to people from prominent families.

Lu Zhao said, "Why not?"

"No, buddy, although the module I designed has minimized the gap in skill levels as much as possible, it's impossible to completely eliminate it. Besides, even if we're just talking about martial arts skills, they definitely learned them from a young age. You can't assume their families only taught them martial arts scriptures and cultivation methods, and not actual martial arts techniques, can you?"

"That's true."

Lu Zhao asked with a smile, "So, do you think I still have a chance?"

"Yes~ Of course there is!"

Wang Zhao nodded mysteriously, then revealed a triumphant smile: "Your opportunity is to come to the engineering department and learn the technology."

"Get lost! I'll show you the rankings tomorrow."