Chapter 10: Meteor Knife Technique
Today, Fang Yi was wearing a simple and stylish sports outfit, with her long hair reaching her waist. She wore no makeup or jewelry, exuding a fresh and natural aura.
Her bright eyes held a gentle smile, making her look graceful and charming. The moment she saw Ye Lan, her eyes filled with joy.
"Why are you at school? What do you need?"
Ye Lan walked over, smiling as he looked at the opposite mental system girl.
At this moment, a figure was hidden among the crowd behind them. It was Xue Jia. She had originally intended to catch up to Ye Lan and ask him to have a meal together, hoping to get closer to him.
Suddenly seeing this scene, the girl's exquisite face, tall figure, and pure and ethereal temperament...
This was definitely a campus belle-level beauty. Moreover, without makeup or any extra accessories, she was already beautiful enough to make people hesitant to approach.
Xue Jia suddenly felt a bit inferior. She didn't dare to walk up and talk to Ye Lan, and she was even more afraid of standing next to that girl. She couldn't face such a stark contrast.
"I came to give you something. You should like it." Saying this, she extended a fair, slender, jade-like hand and handed over a small leather pouch.
It looked like a book. Ye Lan was a little curious. He took it out and saw "Meteor Knife Technique" written on the cover, indicating it was a record of a knife martial skill.
There are many types of martial skills. Initially, some ancient martial families cultivated abilities while also honing martial skills.
Later, people discovered that combining abilities with martial skills could greatly increase combat power, and they began to imitate each other, leading to the creation of various martial skills.
The martial skills on the market vary in quality. The truly powerful ones are held by large families and are not easily circulated.
Jinling No. 1 High School only has basic knife techniques and no martial skills are taught.
He had only known about them before but had never cultivated martial skills, so he was quite interested.
"Okay, thank you. I do like using a knife."
Ye Lan didn't stand on ceremony. Both Fang Yi and her father were grateful and righteous people. It had taken some effort to save them that day. Not accepting it would make things difficult for them.
Fang Yuanzhong might think of giving more valuable items to express thanks, or he might overthink and wonder if Ye Lan was interested in his daughter?
To avoid misunderstandings, it was most appropriate for him to accept it openly.
"Oh, right, how is your father's health?"
"He's almost recovered, but when I go back, we'll be leaving Jinling."
Fang Yi's expression suddenly became a little downcast. She lowered her head silently, as if feeling somewhat guilty.
The sight of Ye Lan kicking the Wind Wolf away that day was deeply imprinted in the deepest part of her heart. After coming out of the Dimensional Rift, she was about to leave without even having time to visit and express her thanks.
"Are you going back to Kyoto?" Ye Lan asked with some surprise. He remembered Fang Yuanzhong saying they were from Kyoto.
"No, Father is sending me to Kunxu Taoist Academy. He has already made arrangements for me."
Kunxu Taoist Academy is a second-tier Dao Academy. The number of students in this Dao Academy should be the fewest among all Dao Academies, but the quality of their students is astonishing. It belongs to the category of valuing excellence over quantity.
Ye Lan didn't know how Fang Yuanzhong managed to arrange it. He had heard that Kunxu Taoist Academy was sometimes even harder to get into than the four major Dao Academies. They only liked to recruit students with very special abilities.
"Ye Lan, I will come back to find you."
Just before parting, Fang Yi said this to Ye Lan very seriously.
Afterward, Ye Lan returned home and began to carefully read the Meteor Knife Technique book.
The beginning introduced the essentials of this knife technique. Its characteristics were a large attack range and extremely fast speed. There were also illustrations of the moves, annotations, and so on later in the book. Ye Lan read it with great interest.
Many of the moves were very consistent with his usual knife-using habits. It seemed Fang Yi had carefully selected it, and this knife technique was definitely not some common goods. The subtlety of the moves made Ye Lan incredibly impressed.
This showed that Fang Yi and her father's identities were also not simple. He just didn't know what they had gone through to end up like this.
He was eager to cultivate the knife technique, but unfortunately, his home was too small to practice it properly.
Generally, people practice martial skills at a gym, where there are professional training rooms that are spacious enough and can protect customer privacy well.
The training rooms at the gym are also equipped with targets made of an easily repairable alloy, which are very useful for testing the power of both abilities and martial skills. However, the price of using the training room is too expensive.
Ye Lan had just bought a weapon and didn't have much money left.
This made him think a little about Gao Jun. Why wasn't this rich second generation coming to cause him trouble anymore!
After agonizing for a long time, Ye Lan finally decided to go to the Dimensional Rift again.
But this time, he would go alone. His Storage Space was so much larger than before, so he could earn more, and he could also practice the Meteor Knife Technique along the way.
That three-stage tungsten steel knife cost him so much money; he couldn't let it rest in his Storage Space all day.
With the plan decided, the next day at school, Ye Lan went directly to find Teacher He.
"You mean, you also want to ask for leave to go home and cultivate on your own?"
He Guangjun sat in the teacher's office looking at Ye Lan. Teachers from other classes were also in the office.
Indeed, quite a few students had asked for leave in the past two days, but they were all students from wealthy families. They definitely had better cultivation environments at home than at school.
Teacher He was also aware of Ye Lan's family situation. To take care of this hardworking and good student, he was always included in the school's scholarship distributions before.
But Teacher He didn't know where he could cultivate if he didn't come to school?
"That's right. I have an uncle who runs a gym. He knows I awakened an A-grade Power System and agreed to let me train there."
Ye Lan lied without batting an eye, using the gym where he used to work part-time as an excuse.
If he had directly told Teacher He that he was going to the Dimensional Rift, he was afraid that Teacher He would be too worried to approve his leave slip.
"In that case, that's acceptable. I'll approve your leave. I hope you continue to work hard when you go and don't waste your talent."
He had also heard about Ye Lan working part-time at a gym. Several students had encountered him there before.
"Don't worry, Teacher He, I won't disappoint you."
"Good, then go ahead." Teacher He looked at Ye Lan leaving with a look of relief.
However, as Ye Lan passed by his classroom door, he vaguely heard someone talking about him becoming a scumbag. He found it a bit funny that the person everyone used to see as honest was now considered a scumbag.
The key was that he wasn't actually a scumbag. Although Zhao Ziqing maintained a good image at school before, she actually knew a lot of boys.
It was normal for high school boys to have limited experience and be unable to discern this level of 'green tea'.
He was too lazy to explain anything. He walked out of the school, took a taxi, and headed straight for the Dimensional Rift.