Sitting in the short-range flyer prepared by Martial Hall, he hurried to the airport.
Suddenly.
“Hmm?” Li Yuan noticed a vibration on his smart ring and looked down, his eyes moving slightly.
It was a message from Lin Lanyue.
Since the invitation event at Jiangbei Martial University, they had not seen each other again.
Before and after the college entrance examination, Li Yuan had intended to meet Lin Lanyue to thank her in person.
However, she had not returned to Guan Mountain District’s No.1 High School.
Li Yuan had asked Gu Qiang about it.
He confirmed only one thing: Lin Lanyue indeed returned to take the college entrance exam, but her exam site was at Guan Mountain District No.2 High School.
And she had not returned to her home in ‘Starry Sky South Lake Community’.
Where does she live now? Gu Qiang also didn’t know.
V-chat? Li Yuan had tried several times to send messages to Lin Lanyue, but they all sank like stones in the sea.
It was as if she was deliberately avoiding him.
Li Yuan hadn’t expected that, just as he was about to set off for Kunlun Martial University,
Lin Lanyue sent a message.
The content of the message wasn’t long.
“Li Yuan, I’ve seen your messages. Last time, I just happened to hear from Teacher Xu Bo and then my elder brother was passing through Jiang City, coincidentally having the Yan Tong Spiritual Spring. You don’t have to take it too much to heart. Also, congratulations on getting into Kunlun Martial University, the best martial arts university in Xia Country.
I believe you can become a Flying Heaven Warrior in the future. Keep it up!”
Li Yuan stared at the content on the screen, lost in thought for a while.
Coincidence?
Was it really a coincidence, or was it an excuse Lin Lanyue found so he wouldn’t feel too burdened?
After pondering for a while.
Li Yuan replied to the message, “Regardless, thank you. If there’s anything I can help with in the future, make sure you find me. I also wish you smooth sailing at Starry Sky University.”
Perhaps it was because they hadn’t seen each other for a long time.
Or perhaps after the incident with Li Changzhou, Li Yuan realized the huge gap between them.
The words he spoke were becoming somewhat formulaic.
Lin Lanyue’s score on the college entrance exam for martial arts was first in Guan Mountain District, second in Jiang City, and third in Jiangbei Province.
The martial arts top scorers of Jiangbei Province were Wu Dongdong first, Wang Yu second, and Lin Lanyue third.
Lin Lanyue, was smoothly admitted to Starry Sky University.
She was also the only student from Guan Mountain District who was admitted to one of the top three global prestigious schools.
Some time passed again.
“Alright, we may meet again if it’s meant to be.” Lin Lanyue sent another message.
Li Yuan stared at the screen, silent for a long time, and with a light sigh, he did not send another message in the end.
He turned off his smart ring.
Closed his eyes to rest.
Not long after.
“Li Yuan, we’ve arrived at the airport,” a deep voice rang out. “Enter the terminal building, and you can check in and board the plane.”
Clang—the cabin door opened.
“Instructor Xing, thank you.” Li Yuan opened his eyes, and the man sitting in front of him was indeed Instructor Xing.
“Do we still talk like this among us? Just go train well at Kunlun Martial University. I look forward to Guan Mountain District producing a Flying Heaven Warrior,” Instructor Xing laughed. “Don’t worry about home; I’ll arrange for Martial Hall people to keep an eye on it.”
“If there’s any major issue, I’ll also report it to the Hall Master.”
“Alright, trouble you,” Li Yuan nodded.
During the months he lived in the Starfire South Lake Community, Li Yuan also got to know many Martial Hall warriors.
People like Instructor Xing, Fang Longhu, who lived in the Third District and had a great relationship with Li Yuan, could be entrusted.
Secondly, Li Changzhou’s character and ability were something Li Yuan greatly admired.
In addition, as Li Yuan had left behind two million Blue Star Coins, he wasn’t too worried about his family.
Half an hour later.
A large flyer took off from Tianhe Airport and flew towards Longxi Province.
…
In the central villa of Starry Sky South Lake Community.
In the living room on the first floor.
“Little sister, it’s just two kilometers away, why not see him?” the young man in blue laughed.
“It’s not necessary,” said the girl sitting on the sofa, shaking her head gently. “I understand him; he’s a person with great pride in his heart.”
“At this moment, he must feel like he owes me a big favor that he can’t repay… if we met, what else would we talk about?”
“Awkward small talk?”
“Or watch him clumsily say ‘thank you’ to me?” Lin Lanyue looked at the young man in blue.
The young man in blue was speechless.
“Let’s wait.”
“I believe there will come a day when we meet again,” Lin Lanyue stood up, her delicate face filled with calm, “By then, I believe he can face me with composure.”
“Aren’t you afraid it’s a wait in vain?” the young man in blue looked at his little sister. “Aren’t you afraid he might fall for someone else?”
He felt that in the past six months, his little sister had undergone many changes.
Gradually shedding her immaturity, she had become steadier, more resolute, and firm.
She was truly starting to grow up.
Beyond these changes, there was also a hint of a love that had not yet fully blossomed.
The girl was silent for a long time before finally saying softly, “I trust my judgment.”
“If I’m wrong, then I’ll accept the consequences of the mistake,” Lin Lanyue smiled. “Second brother, let’s go.”
“From Jiangbei Province to Lantis Continent, it’s over thirty thousand kilometers.”
“Today is the last day for registration, don’t be late.”
…
Catching a large flyer to Longxi Province, then a smaller flyer for a connecting flight,
At three in the afternoon, Li Yuan finally arrived at Kunlun Martial University.
“Kunlun Martial University.” Li Yuan sat in a window seat of the flyer, able to see far into the distance,
He already caught sight of it.
On the endless expanse of land below, there were numerous villas, buildings, airports… The most eye-catching was a sci-fi-like, immense war fortress.
This was Kunlun Martial University. The overall layout and structure were actually similar to Jiangbei Martial University, though even smaller in scale.
After all, Jiangbei Martial University had forty to fifty thousand students, while Kunlun Martial University only had about ten thousand students year-round.
But!
That war fortress was towering, far surpassing the one at Jiangbei Martial University.
“Kunlun Fortress.” Li Yuan murmured to himself, conjuring up the name of the fortress.
This fortress was one of the top ten ranked war fortresses on the vast land in the northwest of Xia Country.
Its height nearly reached nine hundred meters, covering an area of nearly twenty square kilometers—an absolute behemoth.
The other nine? Mostly located around the Robe Lake Star Realm.
The flyer approached rapidly.
“Just as I thought!”
“Apart from the teaching buildings, they are all villas.” Li Yuan sighed inwardly, “According to the enrollment introduction, every student gets a detached villa, equipped with a flying vehicle and a housekeeper… It allows every student to devote themselves entirely to cultivation.”
In Jiangbei Martial University, only the top 5% of students can enjoy such treatment.
But in Kunlun Martial University, everyone does, or even more so.
Li Yuan’s gaze rose, and in the distance, he could see a huge mountain range that undulated like a dragon stretching across the land.
It was Xia Country’s first mountain range—Mount Kunlun.
“The ancestor of all mountains, Kunlun,” Li Yuan murmured to himself, “The name of Kunlun University does have a deeper meaning.”
…
“Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!” Several students on the flying vehicle got off one after another, following Li Yuan.
Today was the last day for registration.
Since it was already afternoon, almost all students had completed their registration.
Therefore, under the terminal building in the distance, the banner that read ‘Welcome new students’ had fallen down halfway, and no one had bothered to fix it.
“Li Yuan, over here, hurry up!” a handsome young man called out loudly from a distance.
Next to him stood another youth with a robust physique, and behind them gathered more people.
Seeing the two, Li Yuan couldn’t help but smile and quickly walked over, “Gu Qiang, Hai Feng, long time no see.”
Stepping forward, he greeted them with the habitual form of salutation among boys—a punch to the chest.
Indeed!
Gu Qianghan and Dong Haifeng, they had both successfully been admitted to Kunlun Martial Arts University.
Along with Li Yuan, the three of them were the only students from the number one high school in Guan Mountain District to be admitted into any of the five famous schools.
Having been admitted to the same university from the same high school, their relationships were naturally closer, and they had been in touch early on.
Before departure,
Li Yuan had sent messages to Gu Qianghan and Dong Haifeng, informing them about his approximate time of arrival.
“Li Yuan.”
“Li Yuan,” Behind the two, stood thirty or forty people who all greeted Li Yuan one after another.
“Are you all from Jiang City?” Li Yuan hesitated a bit, noticing many familiar faces.
“Yes.”
“Li Yuan, we all participated in the invitation event of Jiangbei Martial University together. You might not remember us very well, but we all remember you,” a tall, skinny boy said with a smile, “I’m An Nong.”
“Li Yuan, my name is Tong Zhi.”
“My name is…” dozens of people quickly introduced themselves.
“Oh, I actually do remember a bit,” Li Yuan smiled.
Seeing a big group of fellow townspeople and old friends,
the strangeness of being far from home was immediately dispersed by quite a lot.
“What are you all doing here?” Li Yuan hesitated. It was one thing for Gu Qianghan and Dong Haifeng to come to pick him up.
The others? They seemed familiar, but surely they were not that close yet.
“What else? We are waiting for you, the great ‘senior brother’ of the new students from the Sixth Institute,” Gu Qianghan glared, “Being the senior brother of new students of the Sixth Institute, and you’re the last to come? You have no sense of responsibility.”
“Senior brother of new students?” Li Yuan was confused.
He had just arrived.
How had he suddenly become the senior brother of new students?
“Stop talking, we have to finalize the ranking by eight o’clock; our institute is currently sixth,” Gu Qianghan called him over, “Get on the flying vehicle. I’ll explain everything on the way.”
“Have you completed all the entrance procedures in the Kunlun Space already?”
“Yes, room 61032,” Li Yuan said.
The sequence number meant villa number 1032 of the Sixth Institute.
“Next to mine, I’m in 61031,” Gu Qianghan smiled, “Once things are settled, you need to boost our Sixth Institute’s ranking.”
“To the Xuanwu Building.”
“Ranking?” Li Yuan became even more bewildered, unable to grasp everything as he had just landed.
But still, he followed Gu Qianghan onto the flying vehicle.
The flying vehicle seated four and was essentially a ‘flying car,’ suitable for short trips.
Each student was assigned one, capable of autonomous driving, commuting smartly to any place within the campus.
When needed, it could be summoned directly.
When not in use, it would automatically return to the villa, where it would charge, park, and wash itself.
“The students of Jiangbei Martial University seem to use running as their means of transportation,” Li Yuan couldn’t help but say.
He remembered the scenes from the invitation event.
“Different levels of universities have different training programs,” Gu Qianghan said. “Even the weakest students at Kunlun Martial University can be compared to their strongest ones.”
Li Yuan smiled and said nothing.
Perhaps it was so at the start of their studies,
but by the second or third year, it might not be the case anymore.
…
Traveling at ultra-low altitude along the road, Li Yuan saw many flying vehicles coming and going.
All were filled with students from Kunlun Martial University.
“Level 13 Martial Artist!”
“Level 16 Martial Artist!”
“Prime Warrior,” Li Yuan glanced around casually, utilizing Divine Palace Inquiry, and found that most of the people had a body level below 15.
Those above level 18 were very rare.
Prime Warriors? Very rare to see, Li Yuan only noticed a few along the way.
Aside from the freshmen,
Martial Artists were everywhere, those above level 15 were common, and even Prime Warrior students existed—this was Kunlun Martial University,
The top two martial arts higher education institutes in Xia Country.
On their way, Gu Qianghan also quickly briefed Li Yuan, giving him an idea of the situation.
“Inter-institute competition, pre-admission Points ranking? The total Points of the top two hundred students in each institute?”
“The deadline tonight at eight o’clock?”
“The first-ranked institute receives 20,000 Blue Star Coins per student, and the student ranked first in individual Points gets 500,000 Blue Star Coins?” Li Yuan listened to Gu Qianghan’s explanation.
“Are all of you from the Sixth Institute?” Li Yuan couldn’t help but ask, “Why such concentration?”
The number of students from Jiang City admitted to Kunlun Martial University was supposedly less than a hundred.
And Kunlun Martial University had eight institutes.
“Because of you!”
“You chose the Sixth Institute, and right after you told me half a month ago, I immediately contacted all these fellow townspeople. Before and after enrollment, we all strongly requested to join the Sixth Institute, to support you,” Gu Qianghan said eagerly, “After all, someone has to offer support, it might as well be us.”
“Li Yuan, students from other provinces don’t know, but we do,” he continued.
“Your ranking in the college entrance examination was low because of Spiritual Nature points. Based on raw scores, you are the number one in Jiangbei Province.”
“But in university, what counts is true strength! “
“Wu Dongdong, my sister, Tian Dazhuang, and all the other top talents who could compete with you, have gone to Starry Sky University, Starfire University.”
“In terms of strength, if you say you are second in this batch of freshmen at Kunlun Martial University, I won’t believe anyone dares claim to be the first!” Gu Qianghan’s eyes shone, “Li Yuan, I’ve said before; my sister can’t be counted on.”
“For the five years in university, I’ll be depending on you to cover for me.”