Chapter 280

"Xia Nation's war missions?" A look of surprise appeared in Li Yuan's eyes: "Mingxu Star Realm?"

During the year he spent practicing with Master Lie Feng, Li Yuan was not someone who ignored the world outside.

He occasionally paid attention to major events within the Seven Stars Civilization.

He often communicated with many close friends via V-Chat and chatted in quite a few V-Groups, such as the "Seven Stars Mountain Top-Layer Exchange Group," "Xia Nation Hall Friends Group," "2044 Blue Star Group," and a dozen others.

There were large groups and small groups.

Li Yuan didn't like to speak, but he liked to lurk; someone like Tantai Feng loved to speak very much and often forwarded a message to many groups at the same time.

Therefore, Li Yuan knew many things.

As far as he knew, over the past year, the place where the Seven Stars Civilization had the most intense external war was the Mingxu Star Realm.

The Mingxu Star Realm had several entrances.

But so far, the attacks and expansion were mainly along the two entrances of the Xia Nation, namely the No. 3 Outpost Base that Li Yuan had visited years ago, and another No. 4 Outpost Base.

Top geniuses of Seven Stars Mountain like Yu Jinghe, Wuma Nong, and Tavares had already entered to participate in the war.

One must know that the entire Seven Stars Mountain only had about thirty Source Martial Artists with the Intent, and more than ten had already participated in the war... the commotion was even greater than during the Lieyu Star Realm.

After all, some Source Martial Artists with the Intent needed to practice in peace, and some didn't like life-and-death battles... having more than ten participate was already the result of the Xia Nation paying a huge price, plus the urging of the alliance's high echelon.

All forces of the Seven Stars Civilization hoped to reopen a breeding area.

The rich resources of the Mingxu Star Realm were indeed covetous.

"It's not the Mingxu Star Realm, it's the Luo Bu Sea Star Realm," Dean Hai sighed. "A great war has broken out again, even more fierce and cruel than the round more than two years ago."

"Luo Bu Sea Star Realm?" Li Yuan's pupils shrank slightly.

This was a Star Realm he couldn't be more familiar with, having heard about it since he was a child... The great battle Dean Hai mentioned from two years ago was precisely the round that caused his uncle to be injured.

"How come I didn't know?" Li Yuan asked suspiciously.

"The full-scale alert was only activated yesterday; although the Cloud Beast Civilization's attack momentum is huge, it hasn't reached the decisive battle stage yet, so the news has only spread in a small range within the Xia Nation," Dean Hai said.

Li Yuan couldn't help but nod; between different planets, the spread of news is indeed much slower.

"Is the pressure very high now?" Li Yuan asked.

General Star Realm wars can be solved by the relevant stationed forces; if a war mission needs to be issued on Seven Stars Mountain... it means that local forces are difficult to resist, and the alliance must provide full support.

Especially in a Tier-Two Star Realm war, once Source Martial Artists with the Intent participate, it often means it has reached the most cruel and bloody stage.

"Relatively high."

"It's mainly because the Mingxu Star Realm war broke out, and too much force was previously drawn from Luo Bu Sea," Dean Hai sighed. "After all, I'm not a commander, so I don't know the specific situation for now... Once the war mission is issued, there will be detailed explanations from above, and you should know then."

"Understood," Li Yuan nodded slightly.

Immediately, Li Yuan looked at the several figures in the conference room in the distance: "Dean, why haven't you entered the Martial God Star Realm yet?"

"We still have to wait for the Flying Sky martial artists inside the Martial God Star Realm to come and verify our identities," Dean Hai shook his head. "The Martial God Star Realm is not that easy to enter."

Li Yuan was dumbfounded, unable to help but think of last year.

The Principal seemed to have entered directly... Demigod-level access is indeed different.

Having been in the Martial God Star Realm for so long, Li Yuan already roughly knew that Fang Hai's status should be half a level higher than most Flying Sky martial artists... equivalent to a Demigod.

Flying Sky martial artists are roughly divided into four levels of strength.

Level 30 and 31 are called ordinary Flying Sky; most who stay at this level for a long time only have Fifth-Stage skill perfection... their skills are too weak, and polishing the Source Core is very slow, making it difficult to advance even a step further.

Level 32, 33, and 34 are often considered mid-stage Flying Sky; those who stay at this level for a long time usually have condensed the Intent of Heaven and Earth.

Level 35 and above is the peak of Flying Sky... being able to polish the Source Core to this level means their skill comprehension is already very high, reaching Sixth-Stage Mid-Tier or even Sixth-Stage High-Tier skills.

As for Level 36? It is also the peak of Flying Sky, but they will be granted the position of Star Lord; becoming Level 36 requires not only extremely high skills but also at least the awakening of the Sixth Star Pulse.

Level 35 and 36 are more of a gap in foundation; strength is not necessarily different.

There is no doubt.

Fang Hai is the most top-tier existence among the many Flying Sky Star Lords... because his skill comprehension is already considered quite good even among Demigods.

Like most Source Martial Artists with the Intent on Seven Stars Mountain, most will stop at the peak Flying Sky level in the future, and only a few can break through to become Level 40 Demigods.

"Li Yuan, you had better not accept this Luo Bu Sea war mission," Dean Hai suddenly said.

"Oh? Why?" Li Yuan asked.

"Although you have condensed the Intent, I'm afraid you only broke through not long ago," Dean Hai looked at Li Yuan and said. "Many Star Techniques probably haven't been cultivated to the limit... your strength hasn't grown to the extreme yet, so there's no need to participate in the war rashly."

Li Yuan couldn't help but smile.

Clearly, in Dean Hai's eyes, his strength was still far from enough, and he was a thorn in the side of many hostile alien races.

Once he participates in the war, there will be a risk of falling.

"Dean, when the war mission comes down, I will consider it carefully," Li Yuan smiled. "I'll go back first; contact me if there's anything."

"Okay, go ahead."

……Watching Li Yuan disappear into the Star Realm passage.

Dean Hai was also a bit dazed for a moment, and after a long while, he sighed: "Li Yuan has already condensed the Intent?"

Dean Hai only felt it was a bit dreamlike.

It had only been a year since they last met.

Calculating his age, Li Yuan was just at the age of entering his junior year... On Blue Star, if one's skills could reach the Fifth Stage at this age, they would be a top genius.

But Li Yuan had already condensed the Intent?

The difference was too great.

Like this time, among the nine newcomers to the Martial God Hall selected from Blue Star, only one was younger than Li Yuan.

"His speed in condensing the Intent is even faster than Old Fang's," Dean Hai felt a trace of expectation in his heart: "Could it be that in another ten or twenty years, my Kunlun Martial University will give birth to another Demigod?"

Kunlun Martial University had produced many geniuses in its history, especially before the establishment of Starfire University, Starry Sky University, and Black Stone University... giving birth to a large number of Flying Sky martial artists.

But since the school was founded until now, it had only produced one Demigod—Dongfang Ji.

After all, the entire Xia Nation had only produced three Demigods to this day.

"Senior Hai, was that Senior Li Yuan just now?"

"That's right!"

"Is it Senior Li Yuan who entered the Martial God Star Realm last year? Has he already condensed the Intent of Heaven and Earth?" The nine Blue Star geniuses had all walked out of the conference room and stood behind Dean Hai, unable to help but ask.

Just now, they had watched Li Yuan fly down.

"Once you enter the Martial God Star Realm, you will naturally know," Dean Hai smiled, not deliberately hiding it.

Many so-called classified intelligence is relative.

Many messages are classified for ordinary Source Martial Artists, but for Flying Sky martial artists, they might just be common knowledge.

……

The second day after returning to Seven Stars Mountain.

Li Yuan held a banquet in the only restaurant in the Martial God Star Realm, as a celebration for ending his "closed-door cultivation."

He invited many close friends.

People like Tantai Feng, Tian Dazhuang, Jin Huguo, Alicia, Cross, and Yan Jing all received invitations; the number of people was not large, only a dozen or so.

Among them were Seven Stars Mountain members, such as Yan Jing.

But most were still just ordinary members of the Martial God Hall.

Before the banquet started, everyone was chatting with each other.

"Alicia, it's rare for you to come once," Tantai Feng smiled. "I've held banquets many times before, and you were too lazy to come... only when Li Yuan returns to the Martial God Star Realm can you be invited."

"I don't like socializing, and I can't keep eating yours," Alicia's eyes were bright, and she smiled.

A year had passed, and her temperament had become increasingly outstanding.

Her blonde hair was scattered, and her bright eyes were like a pool of autumn water, attracting everyone's attention.

If Alicia's appearance was outstanding in the past, it was now even better, and she herself vaguely exuded an inexplicable attraction, making people feel she was more charming every time they looked at her.

"Don't believe Tantai Feng."

Tian Dazhuang, who was on the side, grinned: "Every time he holds a banquet, it's because his strength has broken through; he holds a banquet when he becomes a Source Martial Artist, and holds a banquet when his skills reach the Fifth-Stage Mid-Tier... he just wants to show off."

"When he becomes an elite member, I'm afraid he'll invite hundreds of people from the Martial God Hall at the same time to brag about it," Tian Dazhuang laughed.

"Dazhuang," Tantai Feng glared.

"Haha," everyone in the hall laughed; having been together for so long, everyone knew each other's temperaments very well.

Li Yuan watched all this with a smile.

In recent years, as his realm and strength advanced by leaps and bounds and became increasingly powerful, he had less and less communication with many friends from high school and university, like Li Tianyou and Gu Qianghan.

It was hard to even send a message in half a year, and they had fewer things in common.

Even with family members like his uncle and aunt, they only communicated occasionally to ask about their well-being... but they had fewer and fewer common topics.

This is the price of growth.

It is an unavoidable thing.

Even now, like Tantai Feng, Tian Dazhuang, and Jin Huguo, their strength had been left far behind by Li Yuan... but if there was a chance, Li Yuan still enjoyed the time spent gathering with friends.

This group of friends.

In the year since entering the Martial God Star Realm, although their growth speed could not be compared to Li Yuan's... their progress was actually not small; their skills had at least reached the Fifth-Stage Mid-Tier, and their physical fitness had also improved greatly.

It was foreseeable that in a few more years, they would all become extremely powerful top-tier Source Martial Artists.

And among this group... the one who grew the fastest was not Tantai Feng, but Alicia.

Her skills had unknowingly reached the Fifth-Stage High-Tier, even surpassing Yin Man.

Her physical fitness had also reached Level 26.

This speed of progress, even among members of the Martial God Hall, was very exaggerated.

If it weren't for Li Yuan, Alicia would definitely become a rising star in the Martial God Hall.

"Could it be that I guessed wrong before?" Li Yuan thought to himself: "Among this group, the one with the greatest potential is not Dazhuang, but Alicia?"

Like Tian Dazhuang, his skill level was almost catching up to Tantai Feng's... but compared to Alicia, it was still much slower.

"Senior Brother Yan Jing."

Li Yuan looked at Yan Jing, who was sitting on the side, and smiled: "I heard from many people that you successfully condensed the Intent? Congratulations."

This was news Li Yuan had seen in a V-Group.

"Ah," Yan Jing was stunned for a moment, then smiled: "By luck, I luckily condensed the Intent."

"What?"

"Brother Yan Jing has actually condensed the Intent?"

"Amazing! This should be the second Source Martial Artist with the Intent to appear on Seven Stars Mountain this year, right?"

"Hmm, Bateman broke through not long ago."

"The Intent of Heaven and Earth, how difficult it is to reach this step; Senior Brother Yan is only in his thirties." The group of people who were chatting exploded, their eyes filled with envy.

They weren't very familiar with Yan Jing originally; only Jin Huguo had more communication with him.

After all, the age gap was there, and they weren't familiar in the past.

But condensing the Intent had a completely different meaning... it meant he was already standing in the strongest group on Seven Stars Mountain.

In the Martial God Star Realm, only a few Source Martial Artists with the Intent are born every year, and each one is extraordinary.

Just as everyone was congratulating Yan Jing.

Suddenly.

Whoosh!

A figure in fire-red robes appeared at the entrance of the hall: "Li Yuan, sorry, I'm late."

It immediately attracted many people's attention.

A set of fire-red robes, long hair fluttering, the whole person was like a blooming life; it wasn't a kind of seductive power, but an unrestrained vitality and energy.

"So beautiful."

"This!"

"I haven't seen her before." Everyone almost quieted down, all holding their breath as they looked at the newcomer.

Subconsciously, many people couldn't help but compare her to Alicia.

One must know.

In the past year, Alicia had almost become the recognized number one beauty in the Martial God Star Realm.

As martial artists increase their life level, their skin, hair, bones, etc., constantly transform, becoming incredibly beautiful... but the inner charm and temperament are hard to change.

When everyone compared them, they found.

The two were purely two extremes: one as hot as fire, the other as gentle as water.

"Lan Yue, you're here." Li Yuan stood up, revealing a smile: "Come and sit down."

"Lan Yue? Is it Lin Lanyue?"

"Is it her?" Cross, Si Feng, Alicia, and others who had participated in the Lieyu Star Realm instantly understood who the other party was.

"Lin Lanyue, you also joined the Martial God Star Realm?" Tian Dazhuang, who was sitting on the side, laughed: "If I remember correctly, you and Li Yuan seem to be high school classmates, right? I thought your relationship was unusual back then."

"Yes, high school classmates." Lin Lanyue smiled slightly; her voice was clear and full of vitality.

Back then, all three of them participated in the invitation event of Jiangbei Martial University.

Therefore, Tian Dazhuang also had some impression of Lin Lanyue.

"High school classmates?"

"Li Yuan just called her Lan Yue?"

"These two?" Many people immediately sensed something was wrong.

For top geniuses like them, could one high school produce two? It was almost impossible.

The relationship between Li Yuan and Lin Lanyue, and how they addressed each other... it was hard not to let people's imaginations run wild.

People like Cross, Si Feng, and Tantai Feng couldn't help but look at Alicia; their private relationship was better, and they could vaguely guess Alicia's feelings for Li Yuan.

"Everyone, listen to me."

"Let me introduce her: Lin Lanyue, from Blue Star, Xia Nation; she was specially invited to join the Martial God Hall a few days ago," Li Yuan smiled. "I hope everyone will communicate more in the future."

Lin Lanyue also smiled and nodded to everyone.

"What?"

"Specially invited?" Everyone was a bit surprised, especially geniuses with high backgrounds and broad horizons like Tantai Feng, who knew very well the difficulty of being specially invited.

Alicia also watched with a smile.

"Alicia, your rival has arrived; I'm sure she has feelings for Li Yuan," a childish voice sounded in Alicia's mind. "Moreover, from her... I felt a very annoying aura, the aura of a True Phoenix; she should have awakened the True Phoenix bloodline, and I'm afraid she is close to a pure-blooded True Phoenix."

"True Phoenix?" Alicia responded suspiciously.

"A type of divine beast," the childish voice said. "They can become deities upon reaching adulthood."

"Although she is not pure-blooded, her bloodline is so rich that it will make her compatibility with the Fire lineage reach an astonishing level; she has hope of becoming a Demigod."

"I suspect that the World Within a World before was left behind by a deity-level True Phoenix, and this little kid named Lin Lanyue obtained the deity's inheritance," the childish voice said. "That's why she was specially invited to join."

Hope of becoming a Demigod? Deity inheritance? Alicia felt a slight shock in her heart, knowing what this meant.

"Li Yuan is so outstanding; isn't it normal for her to like him?" Alicia said calmly. "On the contrary, it proves my eye for people is good."

"Aren't you worried about losing him?" the childish voice teased.

"Feelings aren't something you win by fighting," Alicia said calmly. "Besides, cultivation is the foundation."

"I like Li Yuan, but becoming a deity is my highest goal."

"Haha, that's right," the childish voice laughed. "Once you become a Demigod and a deity... you will naturally understand that love and romance are just embellishments in your long life."

However, what the childish voice couldn't see was that in the depths of Alicia's eyes, a flash of resolute light appeared.

……

Two hours later, the banquet ended.

Everyone bid farewell to Li Yuan one after another and left.

Lin Lanyue stayed until the end.

A large number of service robots cleaned the entire banquet hall... Li Yuan and Lin Lanyue also walked out of the restaurant and came to the plaza outside; the breeze was blowing, which was quite pleasant.

"Lan Yue, congratulations on finishing your training," Li Yuan smiled. "Being able to get the World Spirit's approval, your progress must be great."

Li Yuan had already used his Divine Palace to investigate, confirming that Lin Lanyue's physical fitness had reached Level 23.

"It was also by luck that I survived six fire-refining nirvanas, allowing my bloodline to fully awaken, which led to such progress," Lin Lanyue smiled, not hiding anything, and told Li Yuan about her experiences in the inheritance palace one by one.

For one, Li Yuan was the inheritor of the Earth Deity.

For another, Lin Lanyue trusted Li Yuan.

Li Yuan listened carefully.

When he heard Lin Lanyue calmly talk about the painful torture brought by the "fire-refining nirvana" time and time again.

Li Yuan couldn't help but look at Lin Lanyue; he couldn't capture any emotional fluctuation on her face... Lin Lanyue was as if she were describing the pain experienced by someone else.

For the first time, Li Yuan felt a powerful belief in Lin Lanyue's heart.

Without a belief to support her, she definitely wouldn't have been able to walk through it.

"Li Yuan, in your eyes, and in the eyes of many people, I'm probably the type of person with extremely good luck," Lin Lanyue suddenly smiled.

"How so?" Li Yuan asked.

"My mother is a Flying Sky-realm elder of the Lieyan family," Lin Lanyue smiled. "My father is also a Flying Sky martial artist... My talent when I was young wasn't considered high, but relying on my parents' support, my cultivation speed along the way was quite good... Later, in my senior year of high school, I had good luck and awakened a trace of the True Phoenix bloodline, and finally, relying on the bloodline, I became a named disciple of a deity."

"It seems it was all relying on good luck," Lin Lanyue smiled.

Li Yuan couldn't help but smile: "Whether it's bloodline or opportunity, so-called luck is inherently a part of cultivation."

Good luck?

Does his awakening of the Spiritual Divine Palace count as good luck?

Is someone with high talent like Principal Fang Hai considered lucky?

"Back then, my mother was the youngest Flying Sky martial artist in the Lieyan family and also the one with the purest bloodline," Lin Lanyue's eyes flashed with a look of memory: "She was originally set by the family to be paired with another elder in the family... in order to give birth to descendants with even purer bloodlines."

"But my mother fell in love with my father; at that time, my father was only a Source Martial Artist."

"They married in private and gave birth to my eldest brother, which angered the Lieyan family, but they couldn't stop them... Later, not long after I was born, my mother suffered heavy injuries in a great battle and returned to Lieyan City to recuperate," Lin Lanyue said. "But my eldest brother, second brother, and I didn't awaken the True Phoenix bloodline... which made the Lieyan family completely disappointed, so they imprisoned my mother on the grounds of illness and didn't allow our family to reunite."

"Even though my father later became a Flying Sky martial artist, he couldn't change the Lieyan family's decision," Lin Lanyue said in a low voice.

Li Yuan was thoughtful in his heart.

He understood why the Lieyan family made such a decision.

For families like this, family interests are higher than individuals.

If two Flying Sky martial artists with pure bloodlines combined, perhaps the family would have several more Flying Sky martial artists... or even give birth to a descendant who met the deity's inheritance requirements.

One must know that the original intention of the Demigod of Yan City in establishing the Lieyan family was to give birth to a bloodline descendant who met the World Spirit's requirements.

If a Flying Sky elder violated family rules without receiving any punishment, how could they convince other clansmen?

"My father fought in all directions all year round, and after my eldest brother and second brother grew up, they also started their own lives one after another," Lin Lanyue said calmly. "Originally, my father wanted to arrange for me to go to school in the capital, but I didn't want to go and stayed in the Guanshan District."

"After all, my childhood memories are all there."

Li Yuan immediately remembered that Gu Qianghan had once said that Lin Lanyue had lived alone since elementary school. (Chapter 61)

Perhaps her living conditions were also very affluent.

But Lin Lanyue's heart was probably very lonely.

"So you practiced very hard since you were young, survived the Lieyan family's special training, and survived the many tests and tortures of the World Within a World, just for your family to reunite?" Li Yuan said softly.

He knew that Lin Lanyue's cultivation had always been very diligent, just not catching up to his "24-hour" cultivation. (Chapter 98)

"Yes."

"However, this goal was already achieved when my father became a peak Flying Sky martial artist and I awakened my bloodline," Lin Lanyue said. "My mother was released at that time and regained her position as an elder."

Li Yuan suddenly understood.

He indeed did not know these secrets.

"When I first entered the World Within a World, I secretly swore that once I became a deity's disciple, I would become a Demigod in the future and take control of the Lieyan family... and sweep away all the bad habits and rules of the Lieyan family," Lin Lanyue's eyes were firm, and her voice contained a belief.

Li Yuan already understood.

This was probably Lin Lanyue's inner obsession, supporting her step by step to where she was today.

Awakening her bloodline was her luck.

But without this belief, she would never have been able to survive the many difficulties and complete her thorough transformation to this day.

"The most difficult moments have already passed; I believe you will definitely become a Demigod," Li Yuan smiled.

"Li Yuan, thank you," Lin Lanyue looked at Li Yuan with a smile: "For being willing to listen to me nag for so long."

"Having held it in for so long, saying it out loud now feels much better."

……

Watching Lin Lanyue leave by aircraft.

Standing on the plaza, facing the breeze, Li Yuan pondered for a long time.

"Everyone has their own pursuits."

"Having an obsession, having a pursuit, and doing it persistently is more likely to lead to great achievements," Li Yuan whispered in his heart.

Immediately, a trace of killing intent appeared in his eyes: "I must cultivate my Star Techniques to the limit as soon as possible, and then set off for the Luo Bu Sea Star Realm."

Just a moment ago.

Li Yuan had already received the detailed explanation and requirements regarding the "Luo Bu Sea Star Realm Protection Mission."

After reading the details slightly.

Li Yuan had already made a decision—to accept the mission.

Whoosh!

Li Yuan soared into the sky, flying toward the undulating mountain range in the high sky.

This scene was immediately seen by many members of the Martial God Hall who had just walked out of the lecture building.

"Flying?"

"It's a Source Martial Artist with the Intent!"

"Why does it look like Li Yuan to me?" These members of the Martial God Hall were all a bit shocked.

Li Yuan had a great reputation in the Martial God Star Realm, completely on par with Rudnev, and even had a greater reputation.

Rapidly.

The news that "Li Yuan has condensed the Intent of Heaven and Earth" spread like a hurricane among the thousand members of the Martial God Hall.

(End of chapter)