Li Yuan didn’t press Gu Qianghan for more answers and first reported to his own cultural class’ “Teacher Chen” before heading to Xu Bo’s office.
The door was open.
“Teacher,” Li Yuan called out from the doorway.
“You’re back? Come in,” Xu Bo, who was silently practicing his Fist Technique, dripping with sweat, smiled upon seeing Li Yuan enter and slowly retracted his fists.
Li Yuan immediately picked up a towel from the shelf beside him and handed it to Xu Bo.
“Is everything at home taken care of?” Xu Bo took the towel and spoke with a smile as he wiped his sweat: “I’ve been busy these past few days; I heard your uncle’s condition has stabilized, so I didn’t visit.”
“Teacher, thank you for your hard work that day,” Li Yuan said with utmost seriousness: “Had it not been for your reminder, my uncle would not have been sent back so quickly.”
Li Yuan had a rough understanding of the situation.
On the afternoon when the Third Base was relieved, his uncle had been transferred to the Seventh Base, one of the earlier batches to be moved.
But the Seventh Base was equally chaotic, so his uncle hadn’t been arranged to be sent back to Jiang City promptly, not until the higher-ups of Starfire Martial Hall inquired and then made swift arrangements.
Furthermore, Xu Bo had been present throughout his uncle’s surgery on that day and didn’t leave until the early morning of the next day.
All of these matters Li Yuan kept in his heart.
“You are my student, and it’s my responsibility. There are many things I really didn’t help with,” Xu Bo laughed and then said somewhat emotionally: “I basically understand your uncle’s situation. Blessed is he who has his own guide, so rest assured, he will wake up.”
“Mm-hmm,” Li Yuan nodded slightly, unable to resist asking, “Teacher, do you know about Lin Lanyue’s family situation?”
“Lin Lanyue?”
Xu Bo paused in his actions and put the towel aside: “Didn’t her brother tell you? You didn’t ask Lin Lanyue?”
“I sent messages to Lin Lanyue last night and this morning to confirm, but she didn’t reply,” Li Yuan shook his head: “Today, after asking Gu Qianghan, I found out she has gone to Feixing.”
The virtual networks of Feixing and Blue Star are not interconnected.
“Feixing?”
“No wonder she asked for a long leave,” Xu Bo looked at Li Yuan: “The person you met that day should be her elder brother; I believe with your intelligence you might have guessed something.”
Li Yuan nodded lightly.
The entrusted person, Elder Brother Lin, combined with what Gu Qianghan said… among the people he knew, only Lin Lanyue could be possible.
It wasn’t hard to guess.
“Her family is very special,” Xu Bo said in a low voice: “I can only confirm one thing.”
Li Yuan listened.
“Her father is a high-ranking member of the Starry Sky Martial Hall, having served as the Hall Master of Guanshan sub-hall, Jiang City sub-hall… and he should now be a Flying Heaven Warrior,” Xu Bo said.
“Flying Heaven Warrior?” Li Yuan’s heart jolted, surprised, yet somehow not too surprised.
Lin Lanyue’s elder brother, capable of treating Hall Master Lu Huai almost like a subordinate, it seemed quite normal for him to be greatly influential.
“I’m not clear on much else,” Xu Bo smiled: “School records on her family background are all falsified, and Lin is also a common surname.”
“Thank you, Teacher,” Li Yuan expressed his gratitude.
“Keep this matter to yourself,” Xu Bo advised: “Flying Heaven Warriors, each is involved in significant matters… It’s enough that you know, don’t tell your family either.”
“Yes,” Li Yuan nodded.
“To save your uncle,” Xu Bo pondered for a moment and looked at Li Yuan: “this favor is indeed very big, so big that you don’t know how to repay it, right?”
Li Yuan revealed a wry smile.
Towards Lin Lanyue, Li Yuan indeed felt full of gratitude.
But in his heart, not knowing how to face Lin Lanyue was also true.
Suddenly Xu Bo said: “Her elder brother didn’t give you a hard time, did he?”
“No,” Li Yuan shook his head.
In fact, ‘Elder Brother Lin’ had actually been quite nice throughout the entire interaction. He didn’t pry into anything from beginning to end, nor did he show any condescension that high-status individuals often exhibit towards those beneath them.
The interaction was very equal, respectful of Li Yuan’s family’s wishes.
“The advice I can give you is not to think about repaying the favor for now,” Xu Bo said thoughtfully: “Because, right now, you can’t repay her, and any help she might need is not something you can solve at this moment.”
Li Yuan understood this point in his heart.
“Lin Lanyue didn’t bring it up proactively, she must have her own reasons,” Xu Bo said with a smile.
“Her elder brother’s attitude also suggests that helping your family was likely not a big deal for her family.”
Li Yuan listened to his teacher’s analysis.
The same amount of money or treasure has utterly different significance to people of different family backgrounds.
“If you really want to return the favor someday, then focus on your cultivation,” Xu Bo looked at Li Yuan.
“Sometimes, favors and troubles are the same; you feel that they’re too great to repay or resolve because your strength is too weak, the gap between you too vast.”
Li Yuan’s eyes shifted.
The words of his teacher unlocked much of the uncertainty in his heart.
“If you were a Level 29 Prime Warrior, then maybe you could help Lin Lanyue with some matters,” Xu Bo said: “If you were a Flying Heaven Warrior, you definitely could aid her.”
“But you now? You can’t help with anything,” Xu Bo looked at Li Yuan.
Li Yuan nodded gently: “The student understands, thank you, Teacher.”
“You’ve signed with Kunlun Martial Arts University.”
Xu Bo advised: “In life and in actions, we must aim high, but also stay grounded. Focus on your practice and study for now and strive to get admitted into Kunlun Martial Arts University.”
“The April reassessment isn’t far off, and you made an excellent impression at the Jiangbei Martial University event. Many were watching you; perform well.”
…
On the way back to his own Martial Arts Room, Li Yuan passed by Martial Arts Room 4001.
He glanced at it instinctively.
This was Lin Lanyue’s Martial Arts Room. For the past half year, Li Yuan had passed by almost every day, and occasionally would encounter Lin Lanyue… but now this Martial Arts Room was closed.
He returned to Martial Arts Room 4011.
“Hoo!” Li Yuan took out the long spear from the weapon cabinet once again.
These past couple of days, he had been running back and forth between the hospital and home.
Apart from occasionally practicing the “Observing the Great Sun Starry Sky Scripture” and the Basic Cultivation Method, Li Yuan hadn’t practiced with his spear.
“Teacher is right,” he thought.
“Now, even if I really see Lin Lanyue, what can I say?” Li Yuan mused to himself: “Say ‘thank you’ to her?”
Verbal thanks are sometimes very important, but more often they hold no substantial meaning.
“This time.”
“Uncle faced danger.” Li Yuan grasped the spear in his hands.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
The shadow of the spear crisscrossed and changed. Terrifying vigor erupted, tearing through the air, creating a series of screeching noises,
Li Yuan quietly sensed the flow of vigor within the dancing spear.
“Whether it is Senior Ji, Kunlun Martial University, or the Starfire Martial Hall, their willingness to help me has something to do with my uncle.” Li Yuan’s heart gradually calmed, “But perhaps even more so, it’s because during the invitation event at Jiangbei Martial University, I showed a glimmer of hope of becoming a Flying Heaven Warrior.”
One’s own value is what is fundamental.
“Then.”
“Let’s make myself even stronger,” Li Yuan’s eyes gradually filled with determination, “If my strength is great enough, if I had Yu Jinghe’s strength, then at the moment I received the news, I wouldn’t have to keep waiting for the result. I could try to rescue my uncle myself.”
“I could completely control my own destiny.”
“If my strength were greater, strong enough to reach Dongfang Ji’s level, or even stronger!”
“Then, perhaps, the war in the Rob Sea Star Realm wouldn’t even break out.”
“The entire nation, and even all of human civilization, countless people like my uncle, wouldn’t have to face life-threatening dangers, or pay with their lives!” The more Li Yuan thought about it, the faster his long spear moved.
He remembered every single word his uncle had said the day before, when he was nearly at death’s door.
“I have no regrets…”
No regrets!
His uncle went to the front lines of the Rob Sea Star Realm indeed to earn more money, to provide a better life for his family… but his uncle also had the heart of a hero.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Li Yuan’s thoughts became clearer and clearer.
The matter with his uncle was like a spiritual baptism for Li Yuan, making his heart stronger and purer.
The Martial Path is a path of killing.
But the martial heart is decisive, how far one can go on the Martial Path is often determined by the heart.
With the change in his heart, Li Yuan’s spear seemed to be infected by it, becoming faster and faster as well.
One spear move followed another!
One form followed another!
“No, that’s not right! That’s not right!”
“My spear, it needs to be even faster.”
“It can be steadier,” Li Yuan repeated in his mind, performing the basic spear techniques over and over, trying to tap into more of the hidden strength in his body with the Stellar Spear Technique.
Ten times!
Fifty times!
A hundred times! Li Yuan gradually immersed himself, and little by little, his spear technique became faster.
His mind, unwittingly, became increasingly clear about his body’s sensations.
Finally, it was as if he reached some kind of threshold.
“Boom!” Li Yuan’s long spear, as if it had come to life, suddenly burst out, becoming even more terrifying.
“Swoosh!”
“Swoosh!” “Swoosh!” Like arcs of light, the spear flashes dazzled, vast and mighty, as if a giant star was rolling, with an overwhelming momentum.
Just like the Galaxy Waterfall, layer upon layer, wave upon wave, constantly building up, unstoppable!
This scene.
If Xu Bo saw it, he would have recognized it at a glance.
What Li Yuan was performing at the moment was the second move of the five deadly techniques of the Stellar Spear Technique—Galaxy Waterfall.
[Your Spear Technique Realm has increased from Fourth Level 5% to 18%]
[Your Fist Technique Realm has increased from Fourth Level 7% to 20%]
[Your Body Method Realm has increased from Fourth Level 2% to 13%]
Three notifications appeared in the bottom left corner of the Divine Palace panel.
However.
Li Yuan, engrossed in his spear technique practice, didn’t notice any of them.
…
He practiced for a full hour before Li Yuan finally came back to his senses.
“Galaxy Waterfall?” Li Yuan was momentarily startled, and the countless insights from practicing his spear technique flooded his mind.
The second form of the Stellar Five Techniques, had he just suddenly comprehended it?
You have to understand.
It had been less than half a month since he had comprehended the first technique.
“Spear Technique Fourth Level 18%, Fist Technique Fourth Level 20%?” Li Yuan also noticed the three notifications in the Divine Palace panel, and his heart was even more shocked.
At Fourth Level, each 1% improvement is much harder than at the Third Stage.
And I, in just an hour, have made an improvement of over 10%?
“Could it be.”
“Is this what Teacher Xu Bo was talking about, the sudden enlightenment of the spirit?” Li Yuan mused, while also keenly feeling the changes in the unity of mind and body.
The unity of mind and body will gradually unleash even more terrifying power in the body.
Improvement in technique will also make the body evolve faster and faster.
“It seems.”
“I don’t have to wait until the college entrance exams. Very soon, I will be able to reach 300 points in the Fallen Star segment.”
…
As days went by, Li Yuan’s life gradually returned to normal.
Although his uncle had not yet awakened, resembling someone in a vegetative state.
But his physical condition was steadily improving.
This, both to Li Yuan and his entire family, was an exceptionally good outcome.
March 22nd, afternoon, inside Martial Arts Room 4011.
Suddenly.
“Master, there are multiple incoming transaction notifications,” the voice of the smart assistant suddenly rang out.
“Money has been deposited?” Li Yuan put down his spear and went forward to check.
“Your account ending in 1486 has received 3,600,000.00 Blue Star Coins…”
“Your account ending in 1486 has received 2,000,000.00 Blue Star Coins…”
“Your account ending in 1486 has received 1,000,000.00 Blue Star Coins…”
“Your account ending in 1486 has received 1,000,000.00 Blue Star Coins…”