Chapter 57: Bad News! Level 2 War Alert!

"Recommend someone to me?"

The burly man, called Ninth Senior Brother by Hall Master Wan, felt slightly surprised. He put the battle blade in his hand aside, thoughtful. "Junior Brother Wan, have you returned from the Haixu Star Realm?"

The Haixu Star Realm is a star realm in the southern sea area of Xia Nation, also a Tier-2 star realm, but its fame is far less than the Luo Bu Sea.

Wan Qinghe had long roamed the Haixu Star Realm.

"Yes."

"I've been back for more than half a year, I forgot to tell Ninth Senior Brother," Hall Master Wan said with a smile. "I have returned to Jiangcheng City and am now serving as the Hall Master of a Level 5 Martial Hall."

Ninth Senior Brother didn't know his recent situation, and Hall Master Wan wasn't surprised.

Their master is a top martial arts powerhouse in Xia Nation, not only possessing the ability to fly but also known as one of the "foundational pillars" of Kunlun Martial Arts University.

Back then, Hall Master Wan was just lucky to be accepted as a registered disciple.

The burly man in the video, however, is a direct disciple.

In terms of age, Hall Master Wan is one year older than the burly man and entered the school and the sect one year earlier, but all registered disciples, according to the rules, call direct disciples "Senior Brother."

Registered disciples and direct disciples are clearly distinguished.

The status gap is huge.

And many years have passed, the gap in their strength is even greater, and their interaction in the last ten years hasn't been much.

"Junior Brother Wan, you should know that although I am the Vice Dean of the 'Eight Academies,' I am only responsible for teaching. I am not leading the team for this inspection in Jiangbei Province."

"I am not directly responsible for admissions, at most I can make suggestions," the burly man weighed his words. "If the strength and talent are not outstanding enough, they won't pass the school's final review."

He subconsciously thought Hall Master Wan wanted to use his connections, and he wasn't very willing in his heart.

He also didn't want to make things awkward.

After all, when he first joined the master's sect, Hall Master Wan helped him a lot.

"Haha, Ninth Senior Brother, don't worry," Hall Master Wan smiled. "I don't want to make things difficult for you; on the contrary, I really want to recommend a good talent to you."

"The one I recommend is seventeen and a half years old, and his martial arts skill is already at Third Stage Great Perfection," Hall Master Wan said quickly. "Yesterday, he already surged into the top 1000 of the Blue Star Youth List."

"Moreover, his spiritual sense talent is extremely high, and now he is estimated to be comparable to a 13th or 14th-rank martial artist," Hall Master Wan said in one breath.

He listed all of Li Yuan's advantages.

"Oh?" The burly man revealed a look of surprise. "According to what you said, this little guy is indeed very outstanding."

"No."

The burly man suddenly asked suspiciously, "Junior Brother Wan, according to what you said, he has hope of impacting Starfire University, why look for me?"

"Is he physically disabled? Amputated arms or legs?" Ninth Senior Brother asked. "Or are there other defects?"

"Senior Brother, you have sharp eyes," Hall Master Wan said with a bitter smile. "He hasn't awakened martial arts spirituality."

"So that's it." The burly man understood instantly.

Martial arts spirituality is the most important indicator for measuring martial arts talent, bar none.

This point can be glimpsed from the score weighting in the college entrance examination.

"This little guy, according to what you said, spending more resources and hundreds of millions of Blue Star coins to become a Source Martial Artist is not difficult," the burly man said. "But without a compatible high-stage cultivation method, let alone becoming a Flying Martial Artist in the future, it won't be easy to break through to the 25th rank."

"It is difficult," Hall Master Wan said.

Hall Master Wan was muttering to himself in his heart; Ninth Senior Brother's vision is just too high, always talking about the 25th rank, and he himself hasn't even reached the 25th rank yet.

But Hall Master Wan understood that Ninth Senior Brother was only one step away from becoming a Flying Martial Artist.

"With such high skill and strong spiritual sense, logically, as long as the compatibility exceeds 80%, there is hope to barely sense the cosmic source force through the cultivation method," the burly man frowned. "His age is also reaching the limit... there is a 99% probability that the seven high-stage cultivation methods of our human civilization are not compatible with him."

"If he wants to achieve great things in the future, he must create a high-stage cultivation method that fits himself," the burly man's voice carried a trace of regret.

The burly man had a very high vision.

He knew very well that the seven high-stage methods of humanity so far were mostly summarized gradually by Flying Martial Artists and even the group of martial artists standing at the very peak, through their own experience and repeated experimental deduction.

Wanting to create a high-stage cultivation method, even the simplest one, aimed only at oneself, is extremely difficult for a Source Martial Artist.

Looking at the entire human civilization, such genius figures are also very rare.

"Yes, it's difficult," Hall Master Wan had an understanding of the difficulty of self-creating cultivation methods. "But he is indeed a good seedling; at least the hope of becoming a Source Martial Artist is great."

"Source Martial Artist?" The burly man thought for a moment. "How about this, Junior Brother Wan, send his detailed data to me."

"I will tell Teacher Fan Jin and let him pay attention."

"Teacher Fan Jin? Is he the inspection teacher coming to Jiangbei this time?" Hall Master Wan's eyes lit up.

Fan Jin was one of Hall Master Wan's teaching teachers back then.

"Yes, there are eight teachers organizing the inspection to Jiangbei, one from each of the Eight Academies," the burly man smiled. "You also know that Jiangbei Province is one of the provinces where our Kunlun Martial Arts University recruits the most."

Hall Master Wan couldn't help but nod.

Xia Nation's five famous schools, each school recruits about two thousand students every year, totaling ten thousand.

In Jiangbei Province, about five hundred students are recruited in total, of which Kunlun Martial Arts University recruits more than 300.

However, the number of people selected for the special training list does not exceed 15% of the admitted students.

"As long as this little guy is as you said, with good martial arts skills and spiritual sense, entering the special training list should be no problem," the burly man didn't say it was a certainty.

"Sorry to trouble you, Ninth Senior Brother," Hall Master Wan said.

Hanging up the communication.

"Li Yuan."

"I have done what I should do for you," Hall Master Wan sighed inwardly. "I hope you can seize the opportunity."

After thinking for a while.

Hall Master Wan sent another message to Xu Bo.

……

Daytime, past one in the afternoon.

Li Yuan, having finished lunch, arrived outside Xu Bo's office; the door was open.

"Teacher, you were looking for me," Li Yuan stood at the door.

He had just received Xu Bo's V-message and rushed over immediately.

"Come in first," Xu Bo stood by the window.

He was watching the cherry blossoms gradually blooming on both sides of the road outside.

Every March or April, it is the time when cherry blossoms bloom in Jiangcheng, attracting people from all over the country to visit and play.

"You've entered the top 1000 of the Blue Star Youth List, right?" Xu Bo looked at Li Yuan. "The speed of progress is faster than I thought."

"Teacher knows?" Li Yuan felt slightly surprised.

He had only attempted the promotion match after two in the morning.

"News from Starfire Martial Hall," Xu Bo said, and then he told Li Yuan roughly about Hall Master Wan contacting Kunlun Martial Arts University.

"A dean of Kunlun Martial Arts University?" Li Yuan held his breath.

Martial arts universities are not comparable to ordinary cultural universities.

As far as Li Yuan knows, to be able to serve in an ordinary martial arts university, one is at least a Source Martial Artist.

A dean? Definitely a big shot.

"Who exactly it is, I don't know, but Hall Master Wan has indeed put his heart into it."

"For this invitation activity, the observer from Kunlun Martial Arts University will likely specifically inspect you," Xu Bo instructed. "Prepare well and seize the opportunity."

"The student understands," Li Yuan said solemnly.

He immediately realized that this was a rare opportunity.

Perhaps, if he showed his strength normally, he could also get special training invitations from the five famous schools.

But with extra attention, it would naturally be easier.

"It's a pity," Xu Bo suddenly sighed.

"Teacher, why?" Li Yuan was puzzled.

"I just thought, if you had awakened martial arts spirituality, with the spirituality bonus, you would have had hope of impacting Star University or Starfire University," Xu Bo looked at Li Yuan with regret.

"The world's three top martial arts schools?" Li Yuan smiled; he had never dared to think about it.

The world's three top martial arts schools recruit only about one thousand people globally each year.

According to college entrance examination scores, only the top ten in the province have a certain degree of confidence in getting in.

Li Yuan's initial goal was just the five famous schools.

……

Days passed, and Li Yuan was still on his three-point-one-line routine.

Besides studying cultural courses in the morning.

At other times, Li Yuan devoted himself to the practice of fist and spear techniques like a madman, hoping to make his spear technique break through completely.

In the blink of an eye, it was March 13th.

Inside the 4011 Martial Arts Room.

"Skills are interconnected."

"Body and mind integration, I am one with the operation of my body's strength, and my power is perfect," Li Yuan thought to himself. "I have even gradually unearthed deeper levels of physical strength."

"The power of my spear technique is also constantly improving."

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! The spear in Li Yuan's hand shifted, whistling and thrusting, whipping, picking, and slashing horizontally again and again.

"Boom~"

"Boom~" "Boom~" The huge sandbag hanging in the middle of the martial arts room, weighing over a thousand kilograms, constantly erupted with dull sounds.

This training sandbag was one Li Yuan had replaced at his own expense a month ago, to facilitate better training.

"Rock Spear Technique, the five major killing moves, I have completely mastered them, truly carving them into my bones," Li Yuan's eyes were bright, the spear in his hand changing infinitely, as if it had merged into one with him.

"It's just."

"The first move of the Star Spear Technique, 'Star Awakening,' I still can't master it completely," Li Yuan tried repeatedly.

The power of the spear technique was constantly improving.

But for several days, the spear technique skill on the Divine Palace panel was still Third Stage 99%.

"The Divine Palace panel didn't remind me."

"But I have a feeling myself," Li Yuan's eyes were bright. "This move is becoming more and more proficient; as long as I keep practicing like this, I will soon be able to master the first move completely."

Li Yuan had a premonition that once he mastered it perfectly, it would be when his spear technique crossed into the fourth stage.

He wasn't afraid of slow progress; he was afraid of having no hope.

"Beep—beep—" A sound suddenly rang out.

"Master, your younger sister 'Li Qianqian' is contacting you urgently," the auxiliary intelligent voice sounded.

"Urgent contact?" Li Yuan was startled and immediately withdrew his spear. "Connect."

Swish~

A light screen formed, appearing with Li Qianqian's small oval face. Her face was full of anxiety, and there were even tears swirling in her eyes.

Looking at the background, she seemed to be standing in a corner of a corridor.

"Brother!" Li Qianqian called out as soon as the communication was connected.

"Qianqian, what's wrong?" Li Yuan's voice was low. "What happened? Don't be anxious, tell me slowly."

"Luo Bu Sea!"

"Many people died in the Luo Bu Sea Star Realm, the war there has escalated," Li Qianqian said, her voice tense. "The country has already issued a Level 2 war alert; our teacher just said it in class."

"Level 2 war alert?" Li Yuan's pupils shrank.

The war for the past half year had always been at a Level 3 war alert.

Besides, he had just video-called his uncle two days ago; wasn't the war in the Luo Bu Sea Star Realm almost over?

Now the war hasn't ended, and it has escalated?

"I just called Dad, and it says he is out of service area," Li Qianqian was incredibly anxious. "I called Mom, and she didn't answer either."

"Brother!"

"You say, will Dad be okay!!"

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 58 =====