Chapter 20: Martial Skills Can Also Be Returned

After the exam ended, Lu Xun still lived in the dormitory arranged by the school.

He had nowhere else to live in Rong Cheng.

"Finally here."

That afternoon, the admission letter finally arrived.

There were two in total.

One from Pure Void Academy, one from Big Dipper University.

"Lu Xun, my parents decided to take me to the Capital City to stay with a relative; how long will you take to go?"

In the evening, Li Bu Fan sent a message.

He was going to the Capital City.

"Going to stay with relatives? His parents are still planning to keep up the act?"

After chatting a few sentences, Lu Xun felt that Li Bu Fan's parents intended to continue raising him in poverty.

Poor child,

Although his family had vast wealth, he still had to cultivate like an ordinary person, painstakingly training every day with the most primitive methods.

If he were raised like Lin Yan's family, Li Bu Fan would probably have already opened the Heaven Earth Meridian.

"Lu Xun, Shadow Clan members have appeared recently, assassinating geniuses who have opened the Heaven Earth Meridian in many cities; Pure Void and Big Dipper have opened early reporting; if you want to go, go to the Martial Manor in Rong Cheng, and they will arrange an escort for you."

"Okay, Principal."

"By the way, try not to go out lately; just stay at school."

When Lu Xun decided to go to the Capital City early, the principal found him and gave him a piece of news.

Shadow Clan members appeared.

"Shadow Clan members appeared again?"

The Shadow Clan is an alien race from the Starry Sky Ancient Road.

Over a decade ago, when Lan Xing entered a node of the Starry Sky Ancient Road, he encountered an attack by Shadow Clan members there.

Lan Xing's strong fighters fought desperately and drove back the Shadow Clan members.

Yet many Shadow Clan members sneaked into Lan Xing and hid there.

These Shadow Clan members occasionally come to assassinate geniuses or important figures.

Fortunately, after years of cleanup, their numbers have dwindled, and they haven't shown up much in recent years.

Unexpectedly, they have appeared again now.

"Should we go to the Capital City early?"

Pure Void and Big Dipper opened early reporting, and Lu Xun also had the plan to go to the Capital City.

Coincidentally, Chu Youqing is also in the Capital City.

"Tomorrow I'll take the admission letter to tell my parents the good news, say goodbye, and then head to the Capital City."

Lu Xun thought.

【Murong Wan broke through the first level of the martial art Thousand Shadow Steps; the host gains ten times Murong Wan's harvest.】

【You have obtained the martial art Ten Thousand Shadow Steps.】

"Huh?"

After night fell, the system's return suddenly arrived.

"Martial arts can also be returned?"

This time the return is not from cultivation gains, but martial arts.

Lu Xun just said Murong Wan opened her meridians half a month ago, yet there's been no movement; it turns out she's been cultivating martial arts.

Martial arts, also called combat techniques, are skills for fighting and killing.

With the arrival of tenfold return, a large amount of information flooded Lu Xun's mind.

At the same time, streams of heat arrived.

"Good fellow."

After Lu Xun digested everything, he directly exclaimed, "Good fellow."

Murong Wan's cultivated martial art is a body technique called Thousand Shadow Steps.

Its characteristic is speed!

Fast, agile, and also deceptive.

This is a basic martial art; after growing, it can combine with other martial arts to become stronger.

For example, combining with Lightning Technique yields Lightning Shadow Thousand Shadow Steps; when moving, one steps on lightning afterimages, instantly transforming into twelve lightning avatars; these avatars can briefly materialize to attack, and one can instantly shift between them.

Not long after Murong Wan opened her meridians, she had trained Thousand Shadow Steps to the first level; it seems the Linglong Treasure Body not only cultivates quickly, but also cultivates martial arts astonishingly fast.

After the tenfold return was given to Lu Xun, a wondrous change occurred.

This martial art changed from Thousand Shadow Steps to Ten Thousand Shadow Steps.

"So fast."

"Is that my afterimage?"

Half an hour later, in the empty training room, Lu Xun began to try.

He didn't know how strong Thousand Shadow Steps was, but Ten Thousand Shadow Steps was incredibly awesome.

After executing it, Lu Xun's form became extremely fast, hard to catch like a phantom.

When Lu Xun exerted himself fully, he could even leave behind afterimages.

Upon first obtaining the martial art, he was somewhat reluctant to put it down; he trained in the training room until exhausted, then went to rest.

"Dad, Mom, I got the admission letter from Pure Void and Big Dipper."

You say, should I go to Clear Void Academy or Northern Dipper University?

Right, this is your future daughter-in-law; she has an ancient spiritual root and is preparing to go to Clear Void Academy. If you are satisfied with her, I'll go to Clear Void Academy to guard her, so she won't be kidnapped...

The next day.

Heroes' Martyrs Mausoleum.

In front of his parents' tombstone, Lu Xun chatted on and on.

He was preparing to go to the capital, so he came to bid farewell to his parents and at the same time told them the good news that he had been admitted to Tsinghua-Peking University.

Furthermore, Lu Xun also showed his parents Chu Youqing's photo.

Chu Youqing is pretty, sensible, and thoughtful; his parents will surely be satisfied.

As for Murong Wan's matter, Lu Xun didn't tell his parents, lest they think his son was playing around too much and worry about him in another world.

"Who?"

At this moment,

Lu Xun suddenly sensed a disturbance and looked up in a certain direction.

After opening his meridians, his five senses became much sharper than before.

"Meow~"

Behind a tombstone not far away, a cream-colored cat poked its head out, curiously looking at Lu Xun.

Seeing it was a cat, Lu Xun ignored it and continued speaking to his parents.

He talked for an entire morning.

"Dad, Mom, son is leaving; I'll still come back every year during holidays."

At noon, Lu Xun rose to his feet and left reluctantly.

"Why are you still here."

Turning around, Lu Xun discovered that the cat was squatting not far away, staring at him with its clear, big eyes.

"Really cute."

Lu Xun walked over, reaching out to pet the cat's head.

The cat's fur tensed instantly, but it did not resist or dodge, allowing Lu Xun's hand to touch its little head.

"This is a Ragdoll cat, so cute."

After petting its head, Lu Xun couldn't help but squeeze its face.

"Meow~"

The Ragdoll cat was very well-behaved, constantly acting cute for Lu Xun.

"It's so clean; it must have an owner, what a pity."

"Goodbye, little cat."

After playing with the cat, Lu Xun left.

"Why are you still following me?"

Until Lu Xun was about to leave the Heroes' Martyrs Mausoleum, the little cat kept following behind him.

Lu Xun took a step, it took a step.

Lu Xun stopped, it stopped too, then looked at him with its adorable big eyes.

"It seems no one else comes here; could it be a lost or abandoned cat?"

After thinking, Lu Xun turned around, picked up the little cat, and headed outside.

"Fellow student, no one brought a cat in today; it's probably a stray. If you want to adopt it, you'd better register and get it checked, to avoid it being an alien species from the Starry Sky Ancient Road."

"I will, thank you."

After inquiring at the management office, Lu Xun left holding the little cat.

"Little guy, from now on follow me."

He decided to adopt this cat.