Chapter 9: Blood-Nourishing Liquid

Logically, the pressure on senior students is already high, so this sensitive topic shouldn't be asked now.

Besides, there are still nine months until the college entrance exam.

It's just that Li Changzhou is about to go on a long journey, and he believes Li Yuan won't be affected, so he asked.

Aunt Chen Hui couldn't help but look at Li Yuan. She had been taking care of Li Yuan's daily life for a long time, so she naturally cared.

"College entrance exam application?" Li Yuan pondered for a moment and said: "Uncle, Aunt, I still plan to be a full-time martial artist. My first goal is the top five prestigious martial arts universities in the country."

"If I fail to get in, then I will strive to enter the 'Martial Artist Class' of Jiangbei Martial Arts University."

Full-time martial artist?

Li Changzhou and Chen Hui looked at each other, a trace of worry flashing through.

Students who graduate from martial arts universities are not necessarily full-time martial artists in the end.

Like Li Changzhou, he went to martial arts university and his grades were okay, but he double-majored in other majors in the end.

The advantages of martial artists relative to ordinary people are all-around. Even if they do daily work, the energy and thinking speed of martial artists are far beyond ordinary people, and they are more likely to make great achievements.

And full-time martial artists, as the name suggests, devote themselves to martial arts, striving to go further in martial arts, but it will be more dangerous.

Because, the further martial artists cultivate, to make progress, they often have to experience various life-and-death battles...

"A-Yuan, can't you double-major in a profession? After graduation, take the civil servant exam, or be a martial arts teacher, isn't that all quite good?" Chen Hui couldn't help but say.

In her eyes, Li Yuan and Li Muhua are no different.

She is like a mother, most worried about Li Yuan's safety.

In her view, becoming a civil servant or a martial arts teacher is the best job.

"Full-time martial artist?" Li Changzhou didn't refute, pondering: "Can you get into the top five prestigious martial arts universities? Your school only gets a few in a year, right? Did you awaken martial arts spirituality in the test today?"

Li Changzhou knows very well the difficulty of getting into the top five prestigious martial arts universities.

Jiangbei Martial Arts University recruits ten thousand people in Jiangbei Province every year.

And the top five prestigious martial arts universities combined recruit only about ten thousand people nationwide.

In Jiangbei Province, only a few hundred people are recruited every year.

"Didn't awaken." Li Yuan shook his head.

"Didn't awaken, then you..." Li Changzhou frowned.

"But in the school's small test today, my physical fitness was 6.5." Li Yuan said: "Martial arts skills were 360-something."

Li Changzhou's eyes lit up, and there was a trace of hard-to-hide excitement on his face.

He understood the gold content of what Li Yuan said.

"Really?" Chen Hui was also quite surprised.

She remembered that when Li Yuan was in the final exam of the last semester, although he was excellent, he seemed far from what he is now.

Especially physical fitness, improving by 0.5 in a blink of an eye? Very exaggerated.

"Teacher Xu Bo tested it personally, and the martial arts skill score is according to the college entrance exam standard." Li Yuan added.

Tested by Xu Bo?

Li Changzhou nodded slightly.

He knew Xu Bo, who also has some fame in the entire Guanshan District.

Before, Li Changzhou heard that Xu Bo became Li Yuan's martial arts homeroom teacher, and he was very happy, thinking that Li Yuan had a good teacher.

"Good!"

"A-Yuan, at this rate, not to mention getting into the top five prestigious universities, the hope of entering the 'Martial Artist Class' of Jiangda is very big." Li Changzhou laughed, this is the best news he heard today.

Li Yuan looked at his uncle and aunt, sighing slightly in his heart.

Originally, he planned to give them a surprise during the January adjustment exam.

Now that his uncle is about to go on a long journey, Li Yuan thought for a moment, still wanting the other party to be able to be at ease.

For parents, the most worried thing is the safety of their children, followed by their children's future.

"College entrance exam application direction, have you thought about it?" Li Changzhou looked at Li Yuan.

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"Just know about my going to the Northern Frontier for now," Li Zhangzhou added. "When I'm not home in the future, take some time to help your aunt look after your younger brother and sister... Alright, you've been tired all day, go back to your room and rest."

"Mm." Li Yuan pondered for a moment, but ultimately didn't mention the third-tier financial aid.

He got up and left the master bedroom.

The door closed.

"Old Li." Chen Hui looked at Li Zhangzhou, her tone carrying anger: "Just now, were you supporting Xiao Yuan in becoming a full-time martial artist?"

She was indeed angry.

"Didn't you hear his grades?" Li Zhangzhou shook his head: "Martial arts skill score over 360, this rate of progress... Big Brother's martial arts skill score in the college entrance exam back then doesn't seem to have been this high."

"You still remember Big Brother." Chen Hui gritted her teeth: "Big Brother and Sister-in-law, back then to save us..."

"Don't say any more." Li Zhangzhou frowned.

"You won't let me say it, but I insist on saying it." Chen Hui stood up abruptly, staring at her husband, her eyes slightly red: "Big Brother and Sister-in-law helped us so much, leaving only Xiao Yuan behind. Don't you know how dangerous a full-time martial artist is?"

"Of your former classmates who chose the path of a full-time martial artist, how many are still alive?"

"I know what you mean." Li Zhangzhou looked at his wife, sighed softly, and pulled her down to sit.

"But the child is grown, he has his own will."

"We can only advise, not force," Li Zhangzhou said. "After I leave, you can slowly persuade him."

"Besides, the path of a full-time martial artist isn't that easy to walk."

"Among students who get into martial arts universities, how many don't yearn to become full-time martial artists? But in the end, very few take this path."

"Once he enters university and realizes there are people beyond people, even if we don't persuade him, he will calm down," Li Zhangzhou said.

Chen Hui nodded reluctantly.

"Wife, stay with me a little longer." Li Zhangzhou pulled his wife into his arms.

Chen Hui quieted down, leaning against her husband's chest.

Time passed.

When it was nearly twelve o'clock.

"The children should all be asleep." Li Zhangzhou finally stood up and whispered: "Wife, I should go, otherwise I won't make the high-speed train."

"When I reach the Northern Frontier and the 500,000 subsidy promised by the state comes through, I'll transfer it to you."

"The family... I'll leave it to you."

Inside Li Yuan's room.

The lights were off, with only the faint light from the streetlamp outside the window and moonlight shining in.

In the room of less than twenty square meters, besides two wardrobes and a micro-home virtual network pod occupying about two square meters.

The other areas were empty.

In Li Yuan's room, one wardrobe was designed as a foldable Murphy bed.

The purpose was to save space, making it convenient for him to do simple cultivation at home.

However, since awakening his Spiritual Palace in his second year of high school, Li Yuan rarely used the Murphy bed, mostly sitting directly on the wooden floor.

Today was no exception.

"Hmm?" Li Yuan, sitting on the floor, moved his ears slightly.

His powerful physical constitution gave him hearing that surpassed ordinary people, and since it was extremely quiet late at night, he was sensitive to the slightest movement.

"Uncle left?"

Li Yuan heard the slight sound of the door opening and closing, and he rose like a civet cat without making a sound.

He came to the window.

Half a minute later, Li Yuan saw his uncle Li Zhangzhou carrying a suitcase, hurrying out of the unit door.

After walking a few steps, Li Zhangzhou paused, looked back at the floor above, then stopped lingering and disappeared around the corner of the road.

Li Yuan stood by the window for a long time.

"Uncle, are you really willing to go to the Northern Frontier?" Li Yuan sighed inwardly.

His uncle's words, "Someone has to go," had touched him deeply.

From childhood to adulthood, his uncle had always been full of patriotic sentiment and had always guided Li Yuan.

It was just that, in Li Yuan's view, the situation in the Northern Frontier didn't seem to have reached that point yet.

"Uncle going isn't just because of the state's call, I'm afraid it's also for that super-high subsidy." Li Yuan's eyes dimmed: "Mu Hua and I are both cultivating martial arts, the economic pressure on the family is too great."

He raised his hand.

Hum~ Silently, a ray of light shot out from Li Yuan's wrist, forming a transparent light screen projection in front of his chest.

What appeared on it were numerous war reports regarding the 'Luo Bu Hai Star Realm', among which were news items about 'combat subsidies' and 'support subsidies'.

"I must get into one of the five top martial arts universities," Li Yuan whispered to himself, his determination growing stronger.

Whoosh!

Li Yuan came to the wardrobe by the window, pressed it lightly, and the cabinet door rebounded and opened.

Presented before Li Yuan, besides clothes, was only a specially made metal box, the pattern on the box's shell being an endless starry sky, shining brilliantly.

This was the emblem of the 'Starry Sky Martial Hall', one of the three great Martial Halls.

He opened the box.

"Basic Qi and Blood Medicinal Liquid." Li Yuan stared into the box, where two rows of ten vials of liquid were standing upright; nine of them were empty, with only one remaining intact.

He took out the last vial of liquid and held it in his hand.

"Two thousand per vial." Li Yuan stared at the exquisite medicine vial; the bottle body was nearly transparent, smooth and delicate, and he could feel a hint of coldness in his hand.

This was a specially made medicine vial that could keep the medicine's efficacy from diminishing for a long time.

Through the vial, one could see the crimson liquid flowing inside, which, under the faint moonlight, appeared slightly red and gave a subtle sense of vitality and life.

This was the universal Basic Qi and Blood Medicinal Liquid.

Like ordinary meals, even nutritional meals, they could only ensure that one's Qi and blood wouldn't be depleted during high-intensity body tempering.

But to increase the speed of physical evolution? That required the use of various precious medicinal liquids and treasures.

According to Li Yuan's knowledge, many precious medicines had better effects than the universal Qi and Blood Medicinal Liquid, but they were also much more expensive.

In terms of cost-effectiveness, the Basic Qi and Blood Medicinal Liquid was the highest among auxiliary cultivation medicines.

But even so, one vial still cost two thousand Blue Star coins.

For Li Yuan's cultivation, he consumed one vial every three days.

Over a month, he spent about twenty thousand Blue Star coins just buying the Basic Qi and Blood Medicinal Liquid.

Plus daily food expenses.

In a month, Li Yuan spent nearly thirty thousand Blue Star coins on cultivation supplies.

Not counting expenses like clothing and tuition fees.

Plus Li Qianqian, Li Muhua... the economic pressure his uncle and aunt were under could be imagined.

"According to the schedule, I should drink one today." Li Yuan gently pulled out the stopper.

A strange scent wafted out.

"Gulp." Li Yuan skillfully tilted his head back and drank the entire vial of Basic Qi and Blood Medicinal Liquid.

He made sure not a single drop was left.

Only then did he put the empty vial back into the box.

Soon, Li Yuan felt waves of heat emanating from his body, gradually diffusing to every part of his body, being devoured hungrily by his tendons, bones, and muscles.

It felt very comfortable.

"After the crazy cultivation of the last three days, the efficacy of the previous vial of Qi and Blood Medicinal Liquid has basically passed, and my tendons, bones, and muscles are just in a state of hunger." Li Yuan was very satisfied with the medicinal effect.

"Mm."

"Past twelve o'clock, it's time to cultivate the 'Great Sun Starry Sky Scripture'." Li Yuan sat cross-legged and closed his eyes.

Gradually, his inner heart emptied, and his spirit turned inward.

His consciousness concentrated in his mind.

Boom!

Silently, his consciousness had already arrived at a mysterious place.

Here, a strange palace was floating.

(End of chapter)