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“Several days…”

Ke Jiaqian appeared hesitant.

“This is ‘Impeccable,’ known as one of the most challenging martial arts sects to master in our time, right?”

It wasn’t that she didn’t want to believe, but she simply couldn’t.

Zhou Yinglin’s talent was already exceptional, born with a spiritual level much higher than that of ordinary people, hailed as a prodigy, which allowed him to become a disciple of the formidable ‘Gun Saint.’

He had practiced ‘Impeccable’ for three years, took a year to get started, another year to reach the ‘Ten Needles and A Hundred Threads’ state, and only in the recent year did he enter an explosive phase, rapidly advancing to a level close to ‘Hundred Needles, Thousand Threads.’

For those who knew the difficulty of ‘Impeccable,’ such a rate of progress was already considered celestial. Sёarch* The NôvelFire(.)net website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality.

And to go from nothing to mastering Impeccable to the extent of defeating Zhou Yinglin in just a few days…

If calculated harshly, wouldn’t it suggest his talent was a hundred times stronger than Zhou Yinglin’s?

This was an impossibility, even for the so-called peak of natural human martial arts talent, ‘Martial Saint’ Li Taixian, it couldn’t be achieved.

Every human talent has diminishing marginal effects, the closer to the limit, the harder it is to come by.

Zhou Yinglin already possessed top-tier natural human talent, and those with better talent than him were few and far between. If someone’s talent was a hundred times his… In comparison, it would be a greater difference than that between a monkey and a normal person, essentially two different species.

It was impossible for anyone to achieve that… unless they were not human.

Xue Jing smiled, “I have answered this already, please ask another question.”

Hearing this, Ke Jiaqian knew either Xue Jing was getting impatient or it involved some secret he didn’t wish to disclose, thus she dared not to continue probing and quickly composed herself, raising the microphone and said solemnly:

“Then… the next question… Competitor Xue Jing, you are the only contestant from the Outer Ring in this U19 Championship Final, and in fact, even counting all the past U19 Finals, very few contestants from the Outer Ring have made it to the top eight.”

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“This data is enough to prove that contestants from the Outer Ring are at a considerable disadvantage when facing contestants from the Inner Ring. How did you turn this disadvantage around… or rather, do you have any tips or advice for other Outer Ring contestants?”

After hearing this question, Xue Jing paused briefly, then slowly began:

“Reality is not a game, people cannot choose their own starting point.”

“Talent, family background, environment, educational resources… these inherent disparities between people are tangible, and they are definitely not something minor like ‘effort’ can eliminate.”

“I can’t give you the sort of chicken soup that only briefly uplifts spirits… saying things like effort will make it possible.”

“Because I myself didn’t get to where I am today by relying on something like ‘effort.’

“The only advice I can give is that if you want to move forward, don’t look at what others have, but lower your head and see what you have, then hold onto it and keep going.”

“If you have nothing but ‘effort,’ then you must strive. It doesn’t mean there’ll definitely be rewards, but it’s the only crude method you have to move forward, that’s all.”

“It’s a hard, difficult fact to accept, but realizing this might just be the first step to getting stronger…”

Ke Jiaqian and the photographer blankly watched the eloquent Xue Jing, finding it hard to believe the speaker was only a seventeen-year-old youth.

These words might not be profoundly deep, but they certainly weren’t the shallow knowledge one could learn from textbooks in the ivory tower.

They weren’t inspiring with delusions, but grounded, practical advice… although it might be hard for the conceited to accept.

“…I see, thank you very much for your words, Competitor Xue Jing, I’m quite moved by them,”

Ke Jiaqian remarked, feeling emotional.

“For you to speak such meaningful words, you must have exerted utmost effort and faced many difficult challenges, thus harboring deep empathy for the masses, right?”

She asked, holding the microphone.

Xue Jing glanced at her strangely and said directly, “No, I’m just talking without feeling any pain. My journey here has been quite easy, I don’t know what ‘effort’ means, I just grew stronger quite casually.”

Ke Jiaqian: “…”

Photographer: “…”

…

The interview lasted nearly fifteen minutes, and Xue Jing continued as before, making bold and explosive statements that normal Zhuxia people would not make.

When Ke Jiaqian left, she was absolutely delighted, this unexpected interview success could fetch a great reward…

The only regret was, before leaving, she desperately hinted at something, but Xue Jing seemed to understand nothing and even impatiently said, “The interview is over, leave quickly,” rushing her out…

Alas, it feels like missing out on a fortune…

After the interview team left, the resting room finally quieted down.

Xue Jing sat down, closed his eyes, sank his mind, and entered Consciousness Simulation.

The scene was constructed, the grand arena was fully formed, and soon his own figure appeared as well.

Moving his body, Xue Jing used a thought to conjure a figure in front of him.

This time, instead of Zhou Yinglin, it was himself.

After reaching the ‘Eighty Spears’ level in Impeccable, Zhou Yinglin’s skills were no longer enough to serve as his sparring partner.