When system cheat becomes rampant!

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The light faded quickly, and some people were still closing their eyes, squinting slightly, and murmured, "Did Dragon Country's Long Guocheng beat that Idle Fish?"

"Do you even need to ask? Who is Long Guocheng? He's an SR!"

But just as they finished speaking, suddenly everyone was stunned!

Because on the ground was not "Idle Fish Sent Me to Patrol the Mountain," but this SR-ranked top talent, Long Guocheng!

"I actually lost!"

Long Guocheng was shocked too!

It was one thing to lose to an N-rank Body Cultivator since Body Cultivators were known to be invincible during the Qi-Controlling stages; that was normal. But his opponent wasn't that N-rank Xiang Beifei!

"Idle Fish Sent Me to Patrol the Mountain" was a Sword Cultivator; how could a Sword Cultivator defeat him?

"You... you actually ignored my Dazzling Brilliance?"

Long Guocheng looked at "Idle Fish Sent Me to Patrol the Mountain" incredulously. He didn't understand how someone could be unaffected by his shining ability that was enough to blind anyone's Titanium Golden Eyes.

Xiang Beifei pondered for a moment and said seriously, "The way of swordsmanship is to listen in all directions, to turn the body into a sword, and to guide the sword with the heart. To kill is to rely on Sword Intent, not on eyes. Where the heart is, there the sword will be. I defeated you with the back of my sword, already showing mercy."

His words carried an otherworldly temperament, aloof and serene, as if they came from a nameless Swordsman who had stepped into the realm of perfection, elegant and graceful.

Well, he was bluffing.

Xiang Beifei wasn't even a Sword Cultivator, but that didn't stop him from using a sword.

To grasp the hilt is to hack; if one's cultivation is high enough, whoever they chop will be unlucky, is Sword Intent really needed?

However, his speech, full of lofty sentiments, left Long Guocheng stunned.

This turned out to be a hidden, powerful Sword Cultivator!

Does Liangzhou University actually have such a Sword Cultivator?

Long Guocheng was truly astonished in his heart.

Where the heart is, there the sword will be.

One sword to break all spells!

Is this what a strong Swordsman is like?

Long Guocheng's "Dazzling Brilliance" was extremely powerful, capable of making people lose their vision, but the opponent's sword didn't rely on sight, but on the heart!

To control the sword with the heart!

So impressive!

Long Guocheng stared fixedly at the "Swordsman" before him.

"I've learned my lesson, but remember, I won't accept defeat so easily; I'll get back at you sooner or later!"

Though high and mighty, Long Guocheng only had eyes for the true strong ones. He looked down on Xiang Beifei because the latter was just an N-rank Body Cultivator with the advantage of the Qi-Controlling phase, but the future of Body Cultivation had its limits. In a year, he firmly believed he could grind Xiang Beifei into the ground!

But the "Swordsman" before him was a genuine Sword Cultivator!

To defeat him, this Sword Cultivator's system-talent awakening must be at least S-ranked, perhaps even SR-ranked! His future achievements will be far beyond those of Xiang Beifei!

This "Swordsman's" realm had already reached the point of controlling the sword with the heart!

He looked down on Xiang Beifei, but in his heart, he didn't scorn this "Swordsman"; he realized that another opponent would be added to his own list.

Long Guocheng's face showed reluctance, but he did not linger, as the crowd beneath the stage seemed to be discussing him heatedly. He turned and left the fighting arena without looking back, leaving behind a bewildered audience.

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When Xiang Beifei defeated the SR-ranked Long Guocheng, everyone was immediately buzzing with excitement.

"He's a Sword Cultivator! Who among us has such exquisite swordsmanship?"

"I remember 'Dugu Qiusheng' uses a sword!"

"Swordsman Without a Smile is also a very powerful Sword Cultivator!"

"And there's Ximen Saoxue!"

There really were quite a few people who used swords in Liangzhou University. This world was originally one that revered the martial path, and Sword Cultivator System Awakeners were a powerful branch, mostly comprising attackers with immense strength.

The most famous Sword Cultivator in the entire school was Ye Changfeng!

And people like "Ximen Saoxue," "Swordsman Without a Smile," had also given themselves nicknames and performed quite spectacularly in the fighting arena. By this time, everyone had automatically treated "Idle Fish Sent Me to Patrol the Mountain" as a Sword Cultivator, each guessing his true identity.

Just now, everyone failed to see how this person used his sword because everyone's attention was drawn to Long Guocheng, making it unclear how this person made his move.

"Logically speaking, it doesn't make sense! Those Sword Cultivators, I remember, were all in the late stages of Qi-Controlling, and their strength last semester wasn't this strong, to the point where even the Sword God couldn't outshine the Wild Wind Tiger."

"Could it be that this person is also a freshman? Right, among the fourteen SRs this year, couldn't there be one who just awakened as a Sword Cultivator?"

"That would explain it, no wonder Long Guocheng lost. I think he was careless and was defeated by a fellow SR Sword Cultivator."

Opinions were diverse, with no consensus.

Only Xiang Beifei sat on the platform, bored and yawning listlessly.

No one else came.

After SR Long Guocheng was defeated, other people dared not step up to the platform before the situation became clear.

He checked the time; at last, an hour had passed.

[Arena Master: Idle Fish Sent Me to Patrol the Mountain, successfully defended the arena for one hour, earned defense points!]

The announcer's voice rang out!

Xiang Beifei stretched languidly, then turned to leave.

There were rules in the combat arena: One could only earn a maximum of thirty points a day. Xiang Beifei actually gained thirty-two points today, but only thirty would be counted.

Even so, that was plenty. By tomorrow or the day after tomorrow, he should be able to earn the hundred points he needed.

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By the lakeside of Liangzhou University, the water shimmered, reflecting the moonlight which danced on the surface of the lake.

Long Guocheng stood by the lake, discontented, gazing at the bright moon with a forlorn expression on his face.

"No!"

Long Guocheng howled into the sky, his Spiritual Power pouring out. The formidable power of his Vision Pressure compressed the air in front of him. Even the droplets in the air were suppressed by his Vision Pressure, eventually turning into a shower of ice crystal snowflakes!

The snowflakes drifted down, landing on his shoulders.

The wind blew the hem of his clothes, making a whooshing sound, giving him a somewhat desolate appearance.

"I actually lost! Losing to Xiang Beifei, a Body Cultivator, was bad enough, but to be defeated by another Sword Cultivator!"

As an SR, Long Guocheng felt he had suffered an unprecedented blow!

It was only his second day at Liangzhou University!

For two consecutive days, he had been defeated by two different people!

Moreover, he was beaten with just one strike each time, without any chance to fight back. He was completely crushed!

Liangzhou University, known as one of the nine elite institutions, was so full of hidden dragons and crouching tigers. Couldn't even he, an SR, take advantage there?

Long Guocheng was indignant, too indignant!

"Xiang Beifei, and 'Idle Fish Sent Me to Patrol the Mountain,' both of you wait for me. I will defeat you both in the future!"

Long Guocheng clenched his fists, his teeth gritted with determination.

A Body Cultivator! A Sword Cultivator!

He had already regarded these two as rivals he had to surpass, vowing to strive with all his might to defeat them!

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Xiang Beifei returned to his dormitory; it was past ten o'clock in the evening. He practiced his Spiritual Power, then went to bed.

Long Guocheng came back very late. When he returned, everyone in the dormitory was asleep. He looked unwillingly at Xiang Beifei's bed but dared not do more and soon prepared and went to bed.

In the following days, Long Guocheng always left early alone, not acting with his roommates. Xiang Beifei couldn't be bothered with him. As long as he didn't bother him, they could all get along. He trained every day without slacking.

There were only four courses in the first week, leaving plenty of free time. However, he found that university courses were much more profound and obscure than high school ones; even with Learn by Analogy, serious study was needed, as the teachers' experiences were far beyond what the textbooks had to offer.

"System Ability Analysis and Processing" was taught by an S-level teacher named Lin Zhengchu, an Awakener with the Insightful as if Seeing Fire system, boasting mid-stage Meridian Opening strength.

In Xiang Beifei's view, his system ability was similar to Uncle Lu's Investigation System, but Uncle Lu's system leaned more towards observing physical traces at a scene, while Lin Zhengchu's was inclined towards behavioral analysis.

"System Ability Analysis and Processing," a mandatory course, was about how to deal with various types of systems so that one would not unwittingly become the target of someone else's system quests and be none the wiser.

In other words, this required course taught students to guess another person's system from their demeanor and body language, to determine whether they came with genuine feelings or deceitful intentions, and whether they had intentions related to system tasks, and whether it was worth associating with them.