CHAPTER 376: CHAPTER 168: BREAKING FREE FROM THE PAST SHACKLES, ONLY TODAY DO I REALIZE THAT I AM ME_3

"I just have to ask, are all the martial arts training girls this pretty nowadays?"

"Stop dreaming, dude. Sure, she’s pretty, but have you read her bio? With a record of 21/5/10, and she’s studying medicine too. If you tick her off, she could beat you senseless, and the worst part? It’d only count as a light injury!"

"Isn’t that even better?"

"Damn, a masochist!"

"Guys, I got curious and looked up the info in this girl’s bio. Guess what I found? She belongs to the Chen Family from Northern River Province. Her family owns a publicly listed company worth billions. Damn, she’s totally a rich young lady!"

"Stop it, bro, my teeth are grinding! She’s pretty, powerful, and rich. Damn, Zhang Beixing, you really deserve to die! How on earth did you get such an awesome disciple?"

"Seriously, are you guys focusing on the wrong thing? Is this really the time to be discussing a girl? Aren’t you bothered about the ranking list at all? It clearly looks like it was just filled out randomly!"

"How dare you! Saying Sister Rourou’s ranking list is randomly filled? Are you blind? Haven’t you seen her track record? Sister Rourou’s ranking is the most authoritative!"

"..."

Chen Rourou’s stunning looks were the main reason the comment section for her published ’Below Grandmaster Ranking’ went completely off-topic. Hardly anyone cared about the content of the ranking. Most were just wondering how beautiful Chen Rourou was, how Zhang Beixing managed to get such a disciple, and things like that.

Although people’s attention was misplaced, one thing was certain: Chen Rourou’s account had exploded in popularity. And with that surge in popularity, the ’Below Grandmaster Ranking’ Chen Rourou had created inevitably caught the attention of other martial artists.

Seeing the ranking list Chen Rourou put out, every single martial artist wore the same bewildered expression, like an old man struggling with his smartphone on the subway.

Seriously, what is this? Her master, Zhang Beixing, tops the Grandmaster ranking, and even his buddies Liu Yi and Wu Yougui are up there. Fine. We didn’t say anything about that. After all, we’re not Grandmasters. No matter how strong Zhang Beixing is, it’s not our place to comment. But now, this Chen Rourou, his disciple, cooks up this ’Below Grandmaster Ranking’? And she puts everyone connected to her and her master at the very top? Does that little brat even have the right?

「Below Grandmaster / Martial Artist VX Discussion Group」

Yanjing / Song Kai: "What a mess! Absolute nonsense! Who gave her the audacity to pull such a stunt?"

Jinmen / Qi Tongming: "I checked, and I’m only ranked seventy-first on the ’Below Grandmaster Ranking.’ Damn it, what gives her the right to rank me like that? Does that little girl even understand anything? Does she know our capabilities?"

Nanyun Province / Liao Zhihong: "Arrogant! She’s too arrogant! It was one thing when Zhang Beixing shattered the Grandmasters’ livelihoods, but now you, his disciple, are starting to shatter the livelihoods of us below Grandmaster rank? Do you really think the Great Xia martial arts world is an echo chamber for you and your master?"

Sugan Province / Xiong Jian: "Although it’s demoralizing to admit it, as it only boosts their ego and diminishes ours, yes! Right now, the Great Xia martial arts world, at the Grandmaster level, is truly their domain—master and disciple alike. Grandmasters can’t defeat Zhang Beixing, and as for those below Grandmaster... let me put it this way: I’ve fought Chen Rourou before. Despite her young age, her techniques are incredibly sophisticated, nearly on par with mine! But she definitely isn’t at the Pseudo Grandmaster level."

Xiguang Province / Kuang Qiu: "How is that possible? She’s so young! What kind of skills could she possibly have?"

Sugan Province / Xiong Jian: "But that’s the reality!"

Yanjing / Song Kai: "No, what she’s doing is simply outrageous! They’re not just smashing the rice bowl of our Great Xia martial arts world; they’re practically shitting on our heads and then asking us for toilet paper! If this can be tolerated, what can’t be?! We must fight back!"

Sujang Province / Huang Xiasheng: "Absolutely right! We can’t let them continue this outrageous behavior. We can’t let them act so wantonly anymore, or our Great Xia martial arts community will be ruined at their hands!"

"..."

Because of Chen Rourou’s video, the martial artists were in an uproar! They hadn’t cared before because it didn’t involve them, but now that it did, every last one of them was up in arms!

Some even stormed directly into Chen Rourou’s comment section to question the fairness of the ranking she created, demanding that Chen Rourou delete the Douyin post and apologize for the matter.

Chen Rourou hadn’t responded yet.

True, I know my strength isn’t anywhere near Pseudo Grandmaster level, not even close, she thought. But having Master is a bonus, right! My Master is number one, so what’s wrong with me being in the top five of the ’Below Grandmaster’ ranking? Besides, I made the ranking myself. If you’ve got the guts, go make your own!

The onlookers, however, weren’t having it and started firing back at these complainers.

"Apologize, apologize, apologize! Is that all you know? Do you know anything else besides demanding apologies?"

"Exactly! It’s just a video for fun. Why make such a big deal about it?"

"And besides, this is purely her personal post; there’s no official endorsement. What are you all so worked up about? Oh, come on. Don’t tell me some people can’t even take a joke?"