Chapter 82

Hum~ Li Yuan's consciousness entered the spiritual world.

Every day, he would cultivate the "Great Sun Starry Sky Scripture" for two hours, so he was already extremely familiar with everything in the spiritual world.

The spiritual world was boundless.

Li Yuan focused his attention on the spiritual palace in the center, and his consciousness body entered directly.

"Hmm?" Li Yuan's consciousness had just entered.

He was shocked to discover that inside the empty palace, besides the original Great Sun Jade Platform.

There was actually an extra white jade staircase.

"A staircase?" Li Yuan's heart stirred: "Could it be, it leads to the second floor?"

The spiritual palace, if one stood in the void outside the palace and looked at the whole.

One would find there were four floors in total.

But for a long time, Li Yuan had only been able to enter the first floor.

Li Yuan even constantly suspected whether the spiritual palace showing four floors was just an illusion of his own consciousness.

In reality, it did not exist.

After all, everything in the spiritual world was constructed by the mind and was not absolutely real.

But now? There was actually an extra passageway?

"Let's try." Li Yuan's consciousness immediately gathered.

Attempting to explore the higher floors of the spiritual palace through this newly appeared staircase.

As soon as the consciousness body tried to step onto the staircase.

"Boom!" An unprecedentedly terrifying pressure rolled in, as if a giant boulder had smashed down heavily, causing Li Yuan's consciousness body to shake violently.

His brain felt dazed, completely disoriented.

After a while.

Li Yuan's consciousness finally regained clarity, re-condensed his consciousness body to enter the spiritual palace, and stared fixedly at the newly appeared white jade staircase.

"In the spiritual world, the strength of spiritual power determines the strength of my consciousness." Li Yuan already understood in his heart: "This staircase contains terrifying pressure... My consciousness is too weak and cannot withstand this pressure."

His own spiritual power was not yet strong enough.

"Is 15.1-level spiritual power not enough? Could it be I have to wait until my spiritual power is higher, to level 18 or even level 20, to try again." Li Yuan muttered.

He did not dare to try easily again.

If that mental bombardment just now had happened half a year ago, Li Yuan estimated he would have become an idiot.

Although he could barely withstand it now, he couldn't keep going up to get beaten.

"The staircase is suspected to lead to the second floor of the spiritual palace, but I can't go up now." Li Yuan was puzzled in his heart: "How should I guide this Yuan Force into my body?"

There was absolutely no clue.

"What should I do?"

Whoosh~ As if sensing Li Yuan's thoughts.

The next moment, Li Yuan faintly perceived that the entire spiritual palace began to tremble slightly.

Following that, he saw from the end of the staircase, in the blurry space suspected to be the second floor.

Quite a bit of golden mist drifted out, flowing along the staircase toward the first floor.

"Golden mist? What is this?" Li Yuan was stunned.

Before he could react.

Hum~

This golden mist, suspected to have flown down from the second floor of the spiritual palace, had already directly merged into his consciousness body.

"Boom!"

Li Yuan's consciousness felt as if it had been struck by lightning, followed by darkness invading, becoming drowsy, and then he vaguely perceived that his spiritual world had changed; it was no longer the spiritual palace.

It had turned into a boundless dark space.

"Where is this?" Most of Li Yuan's consciousness had fallen into a deep sleep, with only a few thoughts remaining.

Hum~ Silently and soundlessly, a magnificent and vast voice seemed to be transmitted from the depths of the endless darkness.

"Seek dust and find the subtle, merge into one, essence of sun and moon, begin to hammer the spiritual foundation; heart follows Qi, mind guards the great apertures..." Ancient characters, seemingly containing some kind of ultimate truth, shone directly into the depths of Li Yuan's soul.

Just like the "Great Sun Starry Sky Scripture," it made it difficult for Li Yuan to ever forget.

And unknowingly.

Li Yuan's mind was completely emptied, and in the surrounding dark space, countless specks of starlight appeared and drifted out of thin air... beginning to nourish his spiritual consciousness.

Making his spiritual consciousness become increasingly powerful.

... Inside the room.

Li Yuan, sitting cross-legged on the bed, perceived with his remaining consciousness that strands of mysterious power were gradually seeping into his body.

Legend has it that the human body is like a great cosmic mystery, with 480 million apertures and stars; Li Yuan now had this illusion.

"So many!"

"Along the limbs and bones, everything has been permeated."

"It's Yuan Force." Li Yuan had taken Yuan Force Essence Pills many times and was very familiar with Yuan Force.

His consciousness became increasingly clear, perceiving that the power pouring into his body was indeed Yuan Force!!

Coming from the outside world.

Coming from heaven and earth.

Moreover, it was countless times purer than the Yuan Force Essence Pills he had taken.

"According to what Teacher Xu and Dean Li said, isn't it that one must become a Yuan Warrior before the body can autonomously absorb Yuan Force?" Li Yuan was shocked in his heart: "Is this the 'Yuan Force entering the body' of the spiritual palace?"

Li Yuan did not think deeply, but completely calmed his mind.

Introspecting himself!

"Yuan Force!" Li Yuan attempted to use his spiritual power to guide the cosmic Yuan Force that was continuously pouring into his body.

Suddenly.

"Hum~" Li Yuan clearly perceived that the Yuan Force pouring into his body was increasing, seemingly accelerating.

"Rumble!"

The surging and pure Yuan Force finally gathered like a flood, circulating along his limbs and bones, and immediately, countless pure Yuan Force began to be crazily absorbed by Li Yuan's muscles, tendons, and bones.

Li Yuan's entire body was trembling crazily.

"Evolution."

"My body." Li Yuan was horrified in his heart; his tendons, bones, skin, membranes, internal organs, and even blood and hair were all crazily absorbing Yuan Force at this moment, constantly transforming.

In the past.

Taking Yuan Force Essence Pills put a huge burden on the body, but today, the body's absorption of Yuan Force seemed to have no upper limit...

【Your life level has increased from level 8.9 to level 9.0】

【Your life level has increased from level 9.1 to level 9.2】

【Your fist strength has increased from...】

Accompanying the rapid progress of his physical fitness, a prompt would flash across Li Yuan's spiritual palace panel every once in a while.

Clearly, the process of Yuan Force entering the body had to last at least several hours.

When Li Yuan began to guide Yuan Force into his body and his physical fitness was constantly transforming.

Eleven o'clock at night.

Jiangcheng, over a hundred kilometers away from Jiangbei Martial Arts University, Starfire Nanhu Residential District.

In the detached villa by the lake, the lights were bright.

Basement.

In the martial arts room with an area of nearly a thousand square meters.

It was empty, and on the wall at the end of the martial arts room, a huge character "Wu" (Martial) was written.

The font was vigorous and powerful, like iron strokes and silver hooks, as if it had been carved with a sword.

"Digging into the body's potential."

"Unity of body and mind."

Wan Qinghe was wearing loose martial arts clothes, standing in the center of the martial arts room; he closed his eyes slightly and sighed in his heart: "This final thought of the mind, insight into the subtle, is truly difficult."

"For so many years, I have never been able to break through." Wan Qinghe was quite troubled.

His physical fitness had been stuck at level 25 for several years, making it difficult to progress further.

What he lacked was not a high-stage cultivation method, nor spiritual power.

But—skill!

The further one cultivates, the more it tests spiritual power and martial arts skill... The stronger the skill, the stronger the excavation of the body's potential, and the physical fitness will naturally become powerful.

Conversely.

Even with powerful Yuan Force and physical strength, if one does not have enough skill to control it, it is difficult to exert one's strength.

"Senior Wine Demon told me."

"I have roamed the Star Realm for many years and found a 'hurry' character."

"In life-and-death roaming, a thin line is the difference between life and death, how could I not be in a hurry?" Wan Qinghe pondered silently: "If I want to break through, I must find a 'quiet' character."

"That's why I returned to Jiangcheng City to serve as the Hall Master of the level-five Martial Hall."

Wan Qinghe was pondering.

Suddenly.

"Master, an important person is requesting a video call." A gentle voice sounded abruptly: "Remark name: Ninth Senior Brother."

"Hmm?"

"Ninth Senior Brother is calling me so late? What could be the matter?" Wan Qinghe's heart skipped a beat, and he hurriedly opened his eyes: "Answer."

Hum~

The video call was established.

"Ninth Senior Brother." Wan Qinghe bowed slightly.

In the video, his Ninth Senior Brother was wearing a pair of large shorts, his eight-pack abs exposed, shaking a red wine glass, lying leisurely on the bed.

Beside him came the sounds of several women frolicking.

"Junior Brother, still cultivating so late? You are truly diligent, I didn't disturb you, did I?" Ninth Senior Brother took a sip of wine.

"Senior Brother is joking, I also want to break through as soon as possible." Wan Qinghe smiled: "Senior Brother is looking for me so late? Is there something wrong?"

"Nothing particularly important."

"It's just that just now, Dean Li of our Kunlun Martial Arts University sent me a message." Ninth Senior Brother said: "He is the person in charge of this observation team to Jiangbei and spoke about Li Yuan."

"Li Yuan?"

Wan Qinghe's eyes brightened slightly, his heart uneasy: "What did Dean Li say?"

"Haha, Li Yuan is very good." Ninth Senior Brother smiled: "You recommended a good talent to our Kunlun Martial Arts University, and Dean Li has already signed him with an 'S-level special training contract'."

"'S-level special training contract'?" Wan Qinghe was greatly surprised.

He didn't know about this yet.

After all, the invitation activities were organized by the Martial Arts Bureau, the Education Bureau, and Jiangbei Martial Arts University.

No one directly notified the Starfire Martial Hall.

"Yes."

"Additionally, you might not know yet, this Li Yuan's spear technique and movement technique have both entered the fourth stage." Ninth Senior Brother said: "In the actual combat assessment that ended today, he was still first."

"A cliff-like first place in actual combat." Ninth Senior Brother added.

"This?" Wan Qinghe was already stunned.

For a moment, he didn't know whether he should be shocked or happy.

This series of news was too far beyond his expectations.

"Ninth Senior Brother, Li Yuan being able to sign an S-level special training contract is a good thing, thank you for the trouble, Senior Brother." Wan Qinghe said instinctively.

The higher the level of the special training contract Li Yuan signs, the stronger his strength will naturally be when he graduates and returns to serve at the Starfire Martial Hall in the future.

It was also more beneficial to Wan Qinghe.

"Don't be happy too soon." Ninth Senior Brother smiled: "If it were all good news, I wouldn't bother to notify you, the key is there is some bad news."

"Bad news?" Wan Qinghe's heart skipped a beat.

"I just found out about this news too." Ninth Senior Brother said: "After the actual combat assessment ended today, the military seemed to have initiated an 'S-level contract' invitation to Li Yuan."

"'S-level contract'?" Wan Qinghe was shocked and couldn't help but say: "Really or fake?"

"Not guaranteed to be true."

Ninth Senior Brother spread his hands: "But I can confirm two things, first, the military has already sponsored Li Yuan with one million."

"Second, another martial arts genius sponsored by the military, 'Tian Dazhuang', has confirmed he will join the military in the future and has already signed an S-level contract."

Wan Qinghe was suddenly in a state of chaos.

He didn't care which university Li Yuan signed with, the two contracts didn't conflict.

But if he signed with the military, then he would definitely have to terminate his contract with the Starfire Martial Hall.

That's right, the breach of contract fee for a B-level contract is very high, but that's relative to ordinary people.

What is a few tens of millions in breach of contract fees to the military?

"Okay."

"Junior Brother, I've told you the news." Ninth Senior Brother smiled: "How to handle it, you Starfire Martial Hall decide for yourself."

"I'm just giving you a reminder."

"Although this Li Yuan hasn't awakened his martial arts spirituality, just a B-level contract won't be able to keep him."

"I'm busy now." Ninth Senior Brother in the light screen projection had already reached out to embrace the enchanting woman lying on him.

The video hung up.

"Military? S-level contract?" Wan Qinghe tried hard to keep himself calm and pondered a countermeasure.

He knew.

If the next operation is not handled well, the cooked political achievement might really fly away.

(End of chapter)