Chapter 53

At the school-wide commendation assembly, Li Yuan won the 'Youth Hero' title.

Not only did he become popular throughout the school, making his fame on campus completely overshadow Lin Lanyue, but many young juniors also regarded him as an idol.

He even gained a certain degree of popularity on the internet through various news media reports.

Of course, it was limited to the Jiang City area.

January 8th, just past ten in the morning.

In the cultural classroom of Class 2, Grade 3, it was recess.

"Brother Yuan, you're really famous this time." Zhou Qi flipped through it excitedly, shouting with excitement: "Look, your web blog account has been dug up by people, and the number of followers has increased by more than a thousand all of a sudden."

This attracted many classmates to look curiously at Zhou Qi's light screen.

"Most of those following are just watching the fun, mainly from our school. There's so much news these days that the limelight will pass in two days." Li Yuan, sitting to the side, shook his head with a laugh: "Do you take it seriously?"

"If I walk out of school, the noodle shop owner at the school gate probably won't even recognize me." Li Yuan smiled.

"That's true." Zhou Qi smiled, scratched his head, and closed his smart ring watch.

"Brother Yuan, did you see the report on Luo Bu Sea?" Yan Zhou, sitting in the back row, asked: "I remember you said your uncle went to work there."

"I saw it." Li Yuan's smile faded quite a bit: "This battle was very intense, and up to now, it seems it still hasn't completely subsided."

Ten days ago.

Which was two days after Jiang City encountered the Star Realm creature attack, before the January adjustment exam, the Tier-Two Star Realm 'Luo Bu Sea' erupted again with a fierce battle of unprecedented scale.

Until today, it had been the headline news of the Xia Nation and even the entire Blue Star.

Li Yuan had been paying close attention and sent a message to his uncle Li Zhangzhou almost every day.

Li Zhangzhou would occasionally reply with a message, telling him not to worry.

"Yesterday I saw a news report that from September to now, the total number of people who sacrificed in this great battle is nearly ten thousand." Li Tianyou shook his head and sighed: "The casualties are truly tragic."

In an instant, the atmosphere in the classroom became somewhat oppressive.

In an era where the internet is so developed.

As third-year high school students facing the college entrance exam, they would also pay attention to various major national news and think about their own future choices.

Moreover, most third-year high school students in this era knew that their own fate was closely linked to the fate of the entire country and even human civilization.

"Don't worry, everyone." Li Yuan suddenly smiled: "We held our ground in so many great battles before, and this time will definitely be the same."

"Class is starting."

"Class is starting."

The class bell rang, and many students returned to their seats, no longer discussing it.

"Luo Bu Sea." Li Yuan sat in his seat, subconsciously looking out the window, his thoughts drifting.

Beijiang Province, nearly ten thousand kilometers away from Jiangbei Province.

Jiang City was peaceful, while the Luo Bu Sea front line was engulfed in flames of war...

……

Li Yuan's life returned to calm, as always, maintaining his daily routine.

School, home, and the Guanshan Branch of the Starfire Martial Hall.

Except for cultural studies in the morning, the rest of the time was spent cultivating basic cultivation techniques and spear techniques step by step.

And according to his physical state, he constantly purchased and took basic blood-qi potions and Source Force essence pills.

Day after day of repetition.

Very boring!

The money in his bank account and the points in his Martial Hall account were also being consumed rapidly like flowing water.

Li Yuan's strength was also steadily improving step by step.

Martial arts cultivation is like this, or rather, wanting to reach the peak in any industry is like this.

The dazzling moment of glory in front of others might require ten years of hard sweat to accumulate.

There are no shortcuts.

……

In the blink of an eye, it was February 10, 2043.

This was the 'Spring Festival', the most important of the Xia Nation's traditional festivals, and there were grand celebrations all over the country and even globally.

Even for the third year of high school, the school gave a ten-day holiday.

At home in the Wanhua Platinum Mansion.

"Come, for the new year, everyone cheers."

Aunt Chen Hui sat in the main seat, with an empty seat next to her, but the smart ring watch on the table formed a light screen projection.

Chen Hui looked at the man in the projection: "Zhangzhou, Happy New Year."

"Wife, Happy New Year." Li Zhangzhou smiled and raised his water cup in the video; his face had darkened quite a bit: "Xiaoyuan, Qianqian, Muhua, Happy New Year to you all."

"Uncle, Aunt, Happy New Year." Li Yuan also smiled and raised his cup.

"Dad, Mom, Brother, Happy New Year."

Although Li Zhangzhou was ten thousand miles away, he still gathered with his family for the Spring Festival through video projection.

The family was happy and harmonious.

After the meal.

Li Qianqian and Li Muhua cleaned up the mess, and Li Yuan went into his room. There was still quite a while before the Spring Festival Gala, so he also had to seize the time to cultivate a bit more.

On the sofa, Chen Hui sat there.

"Zhangzhou."

Chen Hui held the smart ring watch, looking at her husband in the light screen projection, with a trace of worry: "About how long until you can come back? Didn't you say before that you could come back in January?"

"Estimated another two months." Li Zhangzhou said: "You also know that the last two months have been very tense... The team that was originally prepared to replace us has now all arrived at Luo Bu Sea."

"Guarding here with us, working day and night."

"It's estimated that we have to wait for the next batch of people to replace us together." Li Zhangzhou said.

"Alright then." Chen Hui nodded reluctantly: "Take care of your safety."

"Don't worry."

"After the great battle half a month ago, the army and the Martial Hall martial artists have already counter-attacked into the Star Realm. After pulling back and forth for so long, we should be winning soon." Li Zhangzhou smiled: "Last month was indeed dangerous, but this month we have been pushing forward."

"My current position, although it is on the edge of the Star Realm, actually belongs to working in a large fortress behind the front line, so there is no danger."

"Mm." Chen Hui nodded.

If she didn't know that her husband was relatively safer compared to last month, she would only be more worried.

"Try not to tell them too much detail." Li Zhangzhou whispered: "Especially Xiaoyuan, the college entrance exam is getting closer."

"Mm, I know." Chen Hui nodded.

……

Regarding the situation of his uncle Li Zhangzhou, Li Yuan indeed didn't know much.

It wasn't that he didn't care, but that Li Zhangzhou rarely told the real situation.

Making Li Yuan always mistakenly believe that his uncle's work location was still some distance from the Star Realm.

After the Spring Festival, the third year of high school life became increasingly tense.

Every class in the school, whether it was a cultural classroom or a martial arts classroom, hung a '100-day countdown'.

The college entrance exam was getting closer.

Li Yuan's inner heart, however, became increasingly serene.

He had been cultivating with all his might; whether it was physical cultivation, spear technique cultivation, or cultural studies, he had never slacked off.

"The college entrance exam is just a result."

"Whether the result is good or bad does not depend on whether you are serious during the three days of the exam." Li Yuan thought to himself: "But whether every day and night of the past three years, six years, or even the past twelve years has been hard enough."

"With enough accumulation, success will naturally follow."

"If the accumulation is not enough and the score is not high enough, worry? Worry is useless!" Li Yuan's inner heart became increasingly pure.

……

"Brother Yuan, my physical fitness is at Level 4.8."

Zhou Qi, after another small class test, said quite excitedly: "High-stage cultivation techniques are truly perverted."

"Amazing! But you still can't slack off. Your physical fitness wasn't high before, and now that you've awakened a high-stage cultivation technique, you must try your best to make up for it." Li Yuan smiled: "Strive to improve a bit more before the college entrance exam."

"Mm, my goal is to improve to Level 5.2 before the college entrance exam, reaching the class average." Zhou Qi was full of confidence.

This is the terrifying aspect of high-stage cultivation techniques.

Absorbing Source Force from the universe is equivalent to eating various supplements every day.

Zhou Qi's physical fitness was originally at the bottom of the class, but in just over two months, it had improved to near the middle of the class.

If Zhou Qi were given another year.

His physical fitness level could completely improve to the top ten of the class.

……

March 8, 2043, inside the school's 4011 martial arts room.

"Li Yuan."

"After this half-year of cultivation, your spear technique, movement technique, and fist technique have all reached the Third-Stage Perfection, with no substantial flaws." Xu Bo, who was like an iron tower, said: "Starting next week, you don't have to come to me for guidance anymore."

"Don't have to come anymore?" Li Yuan was slightly stunned.

"I've told you everything I should have." Xu Bo looked at Li Yuan and smiled: "Next, from the third stage to the fourth stage, how to break through is a path you have to find yourself."

"I will only entrust you with one last sentence."

"Body first, heart second, then reach the weapon; from inside to outside, only then can you be one." Xu Bo said solemnly.

Body first, heart second, then reach the weapon?

"The student has noted it down. Thank you, Teacher, for your guidance during this time." Li Yuan noted it down and respectfully performed a great bow.

If it were last October, Li Yuan and Xu Bo were just that kind of relatively ordinary teacher-student relationship.

Then, after such a long time, Xu Bo's earnest guidance and teaching everything he knew.

The relationship between him and Li Yuan had already transcended the category of ordinary teacher-student on campus and began to approach the relationship between a master and a closed-door disciple in ancient martial arts.

A master is both a teacher and a father.

Although it was still far from that, a similar emotion had already been produced.

"Haha, it's already very late; go home early." Xu Bo smiled and helped Li Yuan up.

After getting along for a long time, he increasingly liked Li Yuan.

In the few years at Guanshan District No. 1 High School, the students who passed through his hands numbered nearly a thousand.

But those whose relationship could reach the level of Li Yuan were few and far between.

……

Late at night, two o'clock in the morning.

Li Yuan, having endured two hours of inhuman torture, woke up from the Heart Divine Palace.

【Your mental strength has improved from Level 14.9 to Level 15.0】 Li Yuan's peripheral vision swept over a reminder from the Divine Palace panel from a few minutes ago.

"Day after day of bitter cultivation, suffering the torture of the scorching sun."

"Mental strength has finally broken through to Level 15.0." Li Yuan took a deep breath, his heart also quite joyful.

Martial artist levels, Level 10 and Level 15, are both thresholds.

In Li Yuan's subconscious, mental strength Level 15 should also be a threshold.

"There is only one week left until the invitation from Jiangbei Martial Arts University." Li Yuan's gaze subconsciously swept over his Divine Palace panel.

——

【Life Layer: Level 8.8 (Not yet ranked)】

Physical fitness index: 91 (Comprehensive measurement of explosive power, endurance, speed, constitution, mental strength, etc.)

Fist power: 988 kg

Speed: 19.6 m/s

Mental strength: Level 15.0

Spirituality awakening degree: 0.6% (Current upper limit 20%)

Physical cultivation technique: "Rock Cultivation Technique"

Heart cultivation technique: "Sutra of Observing the Great Sun and Starry Sky"

Skill realm: Spear technique (Third-Stage 99%), movement technique (Third-Stage 99%), fist technique (Third-Stage 99%)

【Note: When spirituality awakening degree reaches 25%, 50%, 75%, 100%, 125%, you will gradually receive spiritual guidance.】

——

"Let's try again today to see if I can pass the promotion tournament of the Meteorite rank." Li Yuan thought to himself, got up, and entered the virtual network cabin.

(End of this chapter)