The next day at 10:30 AM, in the Starfire Martial Hall’s Guanshan Branch, sixth floor, there was a meeting room decorated in a rather ancient style.
“Li Yuan, sign your name here, here, and here…” Instructor Xing pointed out the places on the contract where signatures were needed.
Li Yuan listened as he sat in a chair with his aunt, Chen Hui, and began signing his name one by one.
They had already gone through the contract together the night before, so everything was clear and there were no issues.
Once Li Yuan and Chen Hui finished signing, Instructor Xing handed the document to Wan Hall Master, who was standing nearby.
For a B-level contract, the Hall Master’s signature was required.
Once the signing was done, the staff who had been waiting for a long time immediately took photos and recorded the signing.
They quickly uploaded the documents to the virtual network.
“Buzz~” Li Yuan’s smart wristband vibrated. He looked down and saw a message from the virtual network—it was the notarized document sent from the Jiangbei Province Martial Arts Department.
“Such fast speed,” Li Yuan thought to himself.
“Li Yuan, keep a copy of the document. You should have also received the electronic contract on the virtual network, which has been notarized by the Martial Arts Department,” Wan Hall Master said.
“It really has legal effect now.” Wan Hall Master stood up and extended his hand with a smile, “Welcome! You have officially joined the Starfire Martial Hall.”
“Thank you, Hall Master Wan,” Li Yuan said as he stood up to shake hands.
Li Yuan felt very grateful to Wan Hall Master.
“According to the contract, you will receive 1.5 million Blue Star Coins, 1.5 million Martial Hall points, and 3 million Martial Hall cultivation points each year for six years,” Wan Hall Master continued. “The cash will be directly transferred to your card today, and the points will show up under your name once you handle the ‘Martial Hall Member Certification’ later.”
“Additionally, I will personally sponsor you with 1 million Blue Star Coins and 1 million points, which will also be available today, so don’t worry about that,” Wan Hall Master added with a smile.
“Okay,” Li Yuan nodded.
“The specific matters will be handled by Instructor Xing from now on,” Wan Hall Master said with a smile. “If you encounter anything you don’t understand or if Instructor Xing can’t solve it, just contact me, and I’ll help you.”
“Understood,” Li Yuan nodded, glancing at Instructor Xing.
It seemed that Wan Hall Master’s last two sentences were directed at Instructor Xing.
But Instructor Xing had a big smile on his face, showing no change in emotion.
Then, Wan Hall Master greeted Chen Hui and left with two subordinates.
“Li Yuan, the signing is complete.”
“You don’t need to go to school today since you just joined the Starfire Martial Hall,” Xu Bo, who had been quiet until now, said in a low voice. “Get familiar with the Martial Hall environment today, and you can go back to school tomorrow.”
“Okay,” Li Yuan nodded. Since it was a cultural class in the morning, he wouldn’t have time to attend anyway.
In the afternoon and evening? Those were martial arts self-study classes, so it didn’t matter where he was.
“Old Xing, I’ll leave my student in your hands,” Xu Bo said to Instructor Xing.
“It’s a small matter,” Instructor Xing replied warmly. “It’s my honor to guide Li Yuan.”
In the meeting room, only Li Yuan, his aunt, and Instructor Xing remained, all members of the Martial Hall.
“Li Yuan, Ms. Chen,” Instructor Xing smiled, “follow me. I’ll first help you both with your identity certification, and then I’ll give you a tour of the entire Martial Hall building.”
“Do I also need to do it?” Chen Hui asked, surprised.
“Ms. Chen, since Li Yuan has joined our Starfire Martial Hall, normally, we can issue two family member cards, allowing family members to enjoy some of the Martial Hall’s benefits,” a martial artist in black nearby smiled and explained. “For example, free lunch and dinner, free martial arts classes on weekends, free access to the martial arts rooms, free therapies, and so on.”
Li Yuan couldn’t help but feel amazed.
He had heard about the many benefits of being a formal member of the Martial Hall while in school.
Now, just the family member card benefits alone seemed quite valuable.
“Is it really that good?” Chen Hui was initially happy but then hesitated, “Can we only apply for two cards?”
“Yes, Li Yuan is an L3 level member of the Martial Hall, which allows for two family member cards,” the black-clothed martial artist confirmed.
“Forget it, I won’t apply,” Chen Hui shook her head.
She wanted to leave the two slots for Li Mu Hua and Li Qian Qian.
“Ms. Chen, there’s no need to worry,” Instructor Xing smiled. “I’ll gift you two W3 level membership cards. You only need to bind one, and the benefits are the same as the family member card, valid for six years.”
“After six years, who knows, Li Yuan might have been promoted to L4 level or even higher, and there will naturally be more family slots. What do you think?” Instructor Xing smiled.
Chen Hui looked at Li Yuan.
“Aunt, Instructor Xing is being kind. Just accept it,” Li Yuan said, as he vaguely understood what was going on.
This was Instructor Xing trying to be friendly with him.
Not accepting it would be ungrateful.
After completing the identity certification and membership card verification, Li Yuan officially became a preparatory member of the Starfire Martial Hall.
His aunt, Chen Hui, left after a short tour.
Li Yuan was left alone.
He followed Instructor Xing to the seventh floor.
“This entire building…”
“The first to sixth floors that we just saw are open to the public, selling various auxiliary cultivation treasures, charging therapy rooms, martial arts classes, weapon classes, and so on,” Instructor Xing explained to Li Yuan. “The seventh to twelfth floors are usually only accessible to internal members of the Martial Hall.”
“Among the formal members, L1 and L2 levels are only provided with public martial arts rooms for shared use.”
“For L3 level members, aside from martial arts geniuses like you who can sign B-level contracts, they are middle management and high-level martial artists, meaning at least level 16 martial artists,” Instructor Xing said with a smile. “They will be provided with private martial arts rooms.”
As he spoke, Instructor Xing led Li Yuan to the martial arts room numbered ‘7024’, completed the identity verification, and opened the door.
Immediately, a spacious martial arts room appeared before Li Yuan’s eyes, definitely over 400 square meters.
“Wow, it’s really big,” Li Yuan said, his eyes widening.
This was much better than the independent martial arts room at school.
The area was more than double, with various advanced equipment, a dedicated therapy room, and a lounge.
Even overall, it was not far behind Xu Bo’s office.
“Your identity verification is complete. Starting today, you have the right to use this martial arts room for six years,” Instructor Xing said with a smile. “Of course, there’s a one-month trial period. If you feel uncomfortable, you can request a change.”
“It’s mine to use?” Li Yuan felt quite happy inside.
Six years of usage rights were more than enough.
Ordinary wealthy families, like Wan Xiao’s family, with assets of at least tens of millions, couldn’t even build such a martial arts room.
Time passed.
After lunch, and after more than an hour of introduction and explanation from Instructor Xing, Li Yuan gradually understood the operational process, personnel structure of the entire Martial Hall, and what he needed to do next.
“Li Yuan, the specific details within the Martial Hall are all available on the virtual network,” Instructor Xing said with a smile. “If you have any questions, feel free to ask me directly.”
“Okay, thank you, Instructor Xing,” Li Yuan smiled. “If I get the chance, I’ll mention it to Hall Master Wan.”
“Haha, thank you very much,” Instructor Xing laughed.
After seeing off Instructor Xing, Li Yuan returned to the martial arts room 7024. Although it was a fully enclosed room, the air was very fresh.
“My spiritual power issue has been kept secret. Instructor Xing probably doesn’t understand why I could sign a B-level contract,” Li Yuan thought to himself. “He might even think I have some special relationship with Hall Master Wan, which is why he’s being so cautious.”
Otherwise, as the chief instructor of the entire Guanshan Branch, second only to the Hall Master and Deputy Hall Master, why would he be so polite to a high school student?
Suddenly,
“Ding-dong—” the doorbell rang, and the display screen at the door showed the scene outside.
It was a food delivery robot, bringing the meal Li Yuan had ordered ten minutes ago.
After retrieving the meal, Li Yuan went to the table at the end of the martial arts room and started to eat.
“I’m really hungry.”
Li Yuan ate heartily, “Two nutritious meals for only 40 points? They’re even better than the 50 Blue Star Coins meals at school.”
“Instructor Xing was right; within the Martial Hall, points are more useful than equivalent Blue Star Coins.”
After finishing his meal, Li Yuan didn’t rush to cultivate but instead used the advanced virtual network pod in the martial arts room.
He entered the virtual world.
“Enter Starfire Space,” Li Yuan connected his consciousness and directly issued the command.
Buzz~ The space shifted.
“Dear L3 member, welcome to Starfire Space. I am your exclusive AI…” a pleasant voice echoed.
“Change the name of the butler to ‘Xiao Yu’, with the appearance of an ancient girl,” Li Yuan said directly.
“Understood.” A girl in purple appeared before Li Yuan, “Xiao Yu is here to serve the master.”
Li Yuan ignored her and began to check the virtual space he had just gained access to.
Starfire Space was the ‘exclusive space’ of the Starfire Martial Hall.
Only members of the Starfire Martial Hall and its affiliates could enter.
“My Starfire level,” Li Yuan’s gaze fell on the panel beside him:
Name: Li Yuan (ID 2042100806492)
Affiliation: Xia Country—Jiangbei Province—Jiang City
Level: L3
Points: 2,499,960
Cultivation Points: 2,800,000
…
“250 million points, of which 150 million points come from the B-level contract, and 1 million points are sponsored by Hall Master Wan,” Li Yuan thought.
By checking the user manual and combining it with Instructor Xing’s previous explanations, Li Yuan quickly understood.
Points were essentially the internal currency of the Starfire Martial Hall, used to purchase various items and services.
From various auxiliary cultivation treasures, like basic vitality elixirs, first-level vitality elixirs, spirit nourishing elixirs, to precious weapons, spear technique manuals, source power manuals, and so on.
This was in terms of martial arts cultivation.
For daily life, it covered financial management, renting or buying villas and luxury cars, purchasing private jets and yachts, legal representation, buying daily necessities, and priority hospital beds… The Martial Hall could help solve all aspects of life.
The only condition was that one needed to be willing to spend enough points.
“Points are indeed more useful than money in many matters,” Li Yuan thought, feeling emotional.
Today’s experiences had a huge impact on him, truly opening his eyes.
It allowed him to get a preliminary glimpse of… the world of martial artists.
“Points can be earned in two ways: one is by holding a position, serving in the Martial Hall, and completing tasks to receive a monthly salary,” Li Yuan thought. “The second way is to complete various tasks assigned by the Martial Hall, like going to the Star Realm…”
Li Yuan only glanced at the methods of earning points and didn’t pay much attention to them.
For now, they had nothing to do with him.
“I’m just a little guy with a physical constitution of only level 7. What points can I earn?”
“I’m still just a preparatory member, not a formal member.”
“The Martial Hall brought me here just to let me spend money.”
“What I need to do now,” Li Yuan’s eyes sparkled with determination, “is to use the points and money given to me by the Martial Hall.”
“To improve my family’s situation and… enhance my strength.” Li Yuan’s eyes shone with ambition, “To work hard to get into one of the Five Major Martial Arts Academies and become a martial artist.”
(End of Chapter)