Chapter 209: Youthful Days

"What spirit!"

Li Fei looked at the eight large characters on the plaque, feeling deeply moved.

The population, economic and political influence, fame, and the number of martial arts experts in Datong Prefecture City all comprehensively surpassed the provincial capital of Feng Province.

All of this was simply because Datong Prefecture City had a Wuan University!

In the span of over a dozen years, many great figures had emerged from Wuan University, including martial arts powerhouses and high-ranking officials of the imperial court.

Such a place was truly worthy of the four words "Pillar of the Nation."

"Student, since you are a specially admitted student, you must first report to the Academic Affairs Office. After entering the main gate, go straight, turn left at the third intersection, and after walking about two hundred meters, the first building you see will be the Academic Affairs Building."

The guard who questioned Li Fei spoke to him in a friendly tone after checking his documents.

"Alright, thank you."

Li Fei thanked the other party, then put away the special admission documents, picked up his two large suitcases, and walked into the front gatehouse.

Not far after passing through the gatehouse was a tree-lined avenue.

Before Li Fei could carefully admire the scenery of Wuan University, an excited voice came:

"Xiao Fei, over here!"

Li Fei turned his head to look and saw Li Tianyu, wearing a light blue robe, standing tall with short hair, running toward him with a smile.

Li Fei had naturally told Li Tianyu beforehand that he was coming to the school to report today, so she was of course going to come and welcome him.

Following behind Li Tianyu was their mutual friend Chen Lixin, who was wearing a light blue robe of the same style.

Li Tianyu was in the Martial Arts Department, while Chen Lixin was in the Business Department; after graduation, she would likely be able to become an official in the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

Following behind Chen Lixin was an acquaintance—Chen Lixin.

This eldest legitimate son of the Chen family had once spent money to hire people to break Li Fei's legs, and was severely punished by Chen Yujing afterward.

Now, half a year later, Chen Lixin was looking toward Li Fei with a smile on his face.

"Xiao Fei."

Li Tianyu was the first to run up to Li Fei.

Although they hadn't seen each other for half a year, she had no sense of distance, patted Li Fei's shoulder hard, and said with a look of gratification:

"Not bad, I thought you wouldn't be able to come until September this year, I didn't expect you to get a special admission spot. You've also grown so much taller."

Before, Li Fei was only a little taller than Li Tianyu, with a height of 1. 8 meters.

Now his height had exceeded 1. meters, making him quite a bit taller than Li Tianyu.

"You've changed a lot too, have you become a martial artist?"

Li Fei smiled and looked at his sister.

He could sense a faint aura from Li Tianyu, which was the aura belonging to an implant.

"That's right, your sister is now a Body-Breaking mid-stage martial artist!"

Li Tianyu raised her fist triumphantly.

The aptitude she tested during middle school was Grade A-low; for such aptitude, it was not impossible to break through from the Embryo-Nurturing stage to the Body-Breaking mid-stage in half a year.

"I have to thank you for that Iron Origin Pill you gave me, it was so useful; you have no idea how hard it is to buy this elixir at Wuan University."

Li Tianyu said.

"As long as it's useful, I still have some Iron Origin Pills left, I'll give them all to you later."

Li Fei said with a smile.

Later, in order to win him over, Gu Zhenhui had given him dozens more Iron Origin Pills; he was now a Qi-Transformation stage martial master and no longer needed this kind of elixir.

"No, no, you need to use this elixir yourself, don't give it to me."

Li Tianyu immediately refused.

"Sister, I am already a Body-Breaking late-stage martial artist now, and I need to prepare to break through to the Qi-Transformation stage, so I don't need these elixirs."

Li Fei winked at Li Tianyu.

Before leaving Xingcheng, he had "broken through" to the Body-Breaking late-stage in front of Hao Yi, intending to enter Wuan University with such a cultivation base, which would also make things easier in the future.

"You're already a Body-Breaking late-stage martial artist?!"

Li Tianyu exclaimed upon hearing this. This voice caused Chen Lixin, who was walking over, to change his expression immediately, and the look in his eyes as he looked at Li Fei also changed.

In a place like the Martial Arts Hall, to be able to break through from zero to the Body-Breaking late-stage in just half a year, what kind of aptitude is this?!

"They must have tested your aptitude wrong back then!"

Li Tianyu was a bit excited, and at the same time a bit guilty.

Looking at it this way, Li Fei's aptitude was even better than hers; if his aptitude hadn't been tested wrong back then, perhaps it would have been Li Fei who came to Wuan University last year.

"It's because the teacher taught well, plus I was lucky and happened to encounter an implant that was particularly compatible with me."

Li Fei explained.

Although everyone's aptitude is tested as a specific grade, for different implants, everyone's compatibility will also differ; even with Grade B aptitude, if one encounters an implant that is particularly compatible with oneself, it is possible to rival Grade A aptitude.

"By the way, why did Chen Lixin come?"

Li Fei pointed at Chen Lixin, who was following behind Chen Lixin, and asked.

Li Tianyu looked back and said disdainfully:

"He must have heard that our dad got promoted, plus the business with your teacher and martial aunt, so he rushed over to suck up to you."

As soon as she finished speaking, Chen Lixin walked quickly toward them and said to Li Fei:

"Li Fei, congratulations on successfully entering Wuan University."

"Hmm."

Li Fei nodded at Chen Lixin coldly and indifferently.

Chen Lixin suddenly took a deep breath, then bent over and bowed to Li Fei, performing a deep salute:

"Li Fei, I know that some unpleasant things happened between us before, and I solemnly apologize to you here. If you feel it's not enough to vent your anger, you can beat me up, and I will never fight back! Or if you want compensation, I can give it to you, just name your price."

This scene stunned Li Tianyu, who was on the side; she had not expected Chen Lixin to say such things at all.

Is this still Chen Lixin? It must be fake!

Chen Lixin, however, was not at all surprised by her cousin's posturing and yawned, feeling slightly bored.

Li Fei looked at Chen Lixin, who was bowing to him, and felt that this eldest young master of the Chen family, who used to be arrogant and had all the bad habits of a brat in puberty, seemed to have matured a lot all of a sudden.

Sure enough, a man's growth has nothing to do with age, only with experience.

Some people, even when they reach their thirties, still hold onto childish fantasies and cannot take responsibility.

And some people can grow up overnight.

"There's no need to beat you up."

Li Fei said calmly to Chen Lixin, "Since you said you want to compensate me, then compensate me with one hundred Iron Origin Pills."

He wasn't that magnanimous; he couldn't completely ignore past grievances.

But now, he didn't have the heart to bully an eldest young master of the Chen family either.

From beginning to end, the other party had never truly been in his eyes, just like that Yuan Dao in the Martial Arts Hall back then.

Since Chen Lixin had the intention to resolve past grievances, Li Fei didn't intend to be polite with him either.

High-grade elixirs like Iron Origin Pills were hard to buy even with money, so it was just right to have the other party compensate him.

"Xiao Fei."

Li Tianyu looked at Li Fei, wanting to say something.

Li Fei had just said that he no longer needed elixirs like Iron Origin Pills, so asking Chen Lixin for them now was naturally for her.

Li Fei waved his hand to stop Li Tianyu from speaking and looked at Chen Lixin:

"How about it, one hundred Iron Origin Pills shouldn't be a problem for you, right?"

Chen Lixin straightened up and gritted his teeth:

"Fine, Iron Origin Pills it is. I will gather one hundred for you within a month!"

This kind of elixir couldn't be bought just by having money; even though Chen Lixin was the eldest young master of the Chen family, it wasn't easy to get one hundred Iron Origin Pills, so he said he needed a month to gather them.

"Good, once the elixirs are in hand, the grievances between you and me are settled."

Li Fei said.

Chen Lixin looked at Li Fei and said seriously: "Whether you believe it or not, I hope that in the future, here at Wuan University, we can do some things together."

After speaking, he turned and left.

Watching his back, Li Tianyu said with emotion:

"Why do I feel like he's become a different person?"

"He entered Wuan University, felt his own insignificance, and realized that the Chen family doesn't have it easy, that's all."

Chen Lixin walked over, adjusted her glasses, and said.

"Indeed, there are too many powerful figures at Wuan University!"

Li Tianyu felt the same way about this point.

Afterward, she stopped thinking about Chen Lixin and pulled Li Fei forward:

"Let me tell you, Wuan University is huge. Although there are eight departments in total, our Martial Arts Department alone occupies half of the university's area!"

"The Martial Arts Department's grounds even have forests, ice mountains, and lakes! But those are places for breeding exotic beasts, and those who haven't accepted a mission cannot enter."

"Let me tell you, the teachers here are all very powerful..."

Li Tianyu pulled Li Fei along, introducing Wuan University to him incessantly along the way, from the land area to the unique scenery, from the teaching staff to the gossip in the school, talking with great animation and high spirits.

Chen Lixin had become mature and low-key after arriving at Wuan University. But after Li Tianyu arrived at Wuan University, she became even more confident, like a fiercely burning flame!

Everyone was young, yet they had different youths.

In his past life, although Li Fei's campus youth was pleasant, it was very low-key, without many stories worth mentioning.

In this life, he was certain that his campus youth would definitely be spectacular!

"Sister, tell me, how do they hold classes in the Martial Arts University's Combat Department?"

Seeing Li Tianyu drifting further and further away, Li Fei had to interrupt her to ask about the part he cared about most.

"This place uses a credit system; there are no fixed examinations."

Li Tianyu introduced it to Li Fei:

"According to the Martial Arts University's regulations, students in the Combat Department must earn 30 credits within two years of entering the university, otherwise they will be expelled!"

After that, there is no longer a time limit; as long as you can earn 60 credits, you can graduate from the Martial Arts University. If you can never earn enough credits, you can stay at the Martial Arts University indefinitely, but the annual tuition will become increasingly expensive.

These credits are very important things at the Martial Arts University. The Martial Arts University has many powerful legacies and high-level resources that require credits to exchange for, such as the Iron Origin Pill you just had Chen Lixin give you; that is something that can be exchanged for with credits."

Li Fei nodded; this model was not exactly novel to him:

"Then how do you earn credits?"

Li Tianyu: "There are many ways for that. I'll give you a detailed introduction after you finish reporting. For now, go to the Academic Affairs Office to report."

At this moment, the three of them had already arrived at the building of the Academic Affairs Office.

"What do I need to prepare for reporting?"

Li Fei asked.

Li Tianyu smiled:

"You need to prepare to test your aptitude once more. The aptitude we tested back in middle school was only an approximation, and there might have been errors or mistakes, so the Martial Arts University requires the first thing every new student reporting must do is to re-test their aptitude, and it's the very detailed kind."

Li Fei nodded, lost in thought.

Li Tianyu looked at him:

"To be honest, I'm increasingly feeling that the test we gave you back then was wrong. Today is a perfect chance to see what your true aptitude is really like."

As she spoke, she led Li Fei into the Academic Affairs Office building, preparing to conduct the aptitude test.

PS: No, seriously, as soon as a new volume starts, everyone goes off to hoard chapters, and the follow-up readership has dropped by a huge chunk, making me lose the mood to write.

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