Back in the martial arts classroom.
"Gu Qiang, are you going to participate in the practical assessment or not?" Li Yuan asked while drinking water.
"Ah, I have to participate," Gu Qianghan sighed. "My mom told me yesterday that if I don't pass the practical assessment, my dad will break my legs when I get home."
Li Yuan laughed.
Gu Qianghan always emphasized, "My dad will beat me, my mom is unhappy," but it was clear that his parents cared for him a lot. If they didn't care, he would just keep it to himself.
"I'm going to log into the virtual network first," Li Yuan said with a smile. "I'll sign the documents."
"Okay, I'll sign them soon too. Here, have some watermelon today."
...Connecting to the consciousness.
He directly entered the Jiangbei Martial University campus network.
"Death Waiver." Li Yuan flipped through the document, scanning it briefly.
There were many clauses, but it boiled down to one sentence: "If you die during the practical assessment, Jiangbei Martial University will compensate 500,000 Blue Star Coins."
That was it.
"500,000 Blue Star Coins?" Li Yuan clicked to agree, then returned to his personal space in the virtual network to complete the online signature.
Inside his personal space.
"Practical assessment?" Li Yuan thought quietly. "I hope it doesn't let me down."
He was determined to participate.
First, he needed to meet the special training contract requirements of Kunlun Martial University.
Second, there was the reward of Blue Star Coins.
"During the technique evaluation, the cage battle was divided into six rounds, so I didn't need to directly compete with Wu Dongdong and Tian Dazhuang. I easily got first place," Li Yuan thought. "But for the practical assessment? There's only one first place."
Getting the 2 million Blue Star Coins reward was going to be tough.
Not to mention.
"Wu Dongdong's spear skills are better than mine, and her physical constitution is at level 10.5," Li Yuan thought. "Her overall strength is much higher than mine, so my chances of beating her are very low."
In the past few days, Li Yuan had used the 'Divine Palace Probe' on many students.
As he probed more, he noticed that the weaker the opponent, the less spiritual energy it consumed.
Based on the results from the past few days.
Li Yuan found that among the thousands of elite students participating in the event, most had a physical constitution between levels 8.0 and 8.5.
There were very few students below level 8.0 or above level 9.0.
Only Wu Dongdong and Lin Lanyue had physical constitutions over level 10.0.
Next was Wang Yu, at level 9.5.
Tian Dazhuang, perhaps due to family reasons and limited training resources, only had a physical constitution of level 8.5.
In other words, with Li Yuan's physical constitution of 8.9, he was already in the top 5% among all elite students.
Gu Qianghan, during the January adjustment exam, had a physical constitution similar to Li Yuan's.
Now, he was only at level 8.7, falling behind Li Yuan.
In a year and a half, if we only consider the improvement in physical constitution, Li Yuan was already among the best of the million students in Jiangbei Province.
"Competing for first place is hard."
"But I have to strive to get into the top ten." Li Yuan felt that as long as he worked hard, he had a great chance of earning another 500,000 Blue Star Coins.
Money was very important.
"My younger siblings' martial arts training will require a lot of expenses later on," Li Yuan thought quietly. "If I want to give them the best conditions until they finish high school, several million Blue Star Coins won't be enough."
Investing in martial arts training has no end in sight.
The more, the better.
Finally, and most importantly for Li Yuan—spiritual nourishment.
He had always kept this in mind.
"According to Director Li, everything has a spirit, and I shouldn't be an exception," Li Yuan thought. "So, the level of spiritual awakening on my Divine Palace Panel… does it refer to the 'High-Level Spirit' noted on the panel at the beginning?"
Was the spirit he awakened a high-level spirit? This was Li Yuan's guess.
"Last time, before I killed a Star Realm creature, I received a reminder, then killed it and gained 0.6% of spiritual nourishment."
"And when I probed human martial artists, I didn't get a reminder for spiritual nourishment." Li Yuan thought quietly. "Do I have to kill Star Realm creatures? It seems that way!"
"Does the target have to be a ranked life form? I can't be sure!"
Li Yuan hadn't seen other Star Realm creatures, so he had no comparison group.
"Is this spiritual nourishment something the Divine Palace takes from the deceased… or is it a reward from some mysterious existence for killing Star Realm creatures?" A thought suddenly flashed through Li Yuan's mind.
As his strength gradually increased.
Occasionally, Li Yuan would also ponder the origins of the Divine Palace and the Divine Palace Panel.
Was it some kind of special talent of his own?
Or did it come from some indescribable existence? Or perhaps a legendary immortal? A god? A demon?
All unknown.
"Take it slow. When I become stronger, I'll have the chance to understand," Li Yuan thought. "This practical assessment is a test."
He pushed down his distracting thoughts.
Li Yuan directly opened another video file sent by Lin Lanyue.
Buzz~ A light screen appeared, showing a panoramic projection.
Li Yuan stood still, feeling as if he was right in the middle of it.
In a dim sky, a red moon hung high, and the sky occasionally flickered with dazzling red light, crossing the horizon, quite eerie.
"Is this Blue Star?" Li Yuan wondered.
As his vision pulled back, he saw rolling mountains, fierce winds howling, and the occasional roar of wild beasts… At the end of the horizon was a massive war fortress.
As the camera pulled back, this vast world appeared before Li Yuan.
At the same time.
A voice began to explain: "Level One Star Realm 'Moon Demon Star Realm', the entrance is located at Jiangbei Province's 'Jiangbei Martial University', belonging to a fully developed star realm, bordering the alien civilization 'Moon Demon Civilization'… The maximum diameter of the entire star realm is about 2,341 kilometers… A forward base has been established, and we have completed the deployment and covert surveillance of the entire Moon Demon Civilization."
"The uses of the star realm are: one, to secretly capture Moon Demon civilization life forms for experimentation."
"Two, a military base for technological weapon experiments in a 'High Source Power Environment'."
"Three, as a practical assessment site for students of Jiangbei Martial University."
Li Yuan watched the video in shock.
He realized this was definitely a confidential video.
The Moon Demon Star Realm? Located at Jiangbei Martial University? As a local of Jiangbei Province, Li Yuan had never heard of it.
"There’s clearly only one Level One Star Realm 'Fish Spirit' in Jiangbei Province," Li Yuan couldn't help but think. "The Fish Spirit Star Realm is located near the border of Shizhou and Yizhou, over two thousand kilometers away from Jiang City."
The Fish Spirit Star Realm, as the name suggests, is the homeland of the Fish Spirit Clan.
The entrance where the Fish Spirit Star Realm intersects with Blue Star is quite large, and small entrances keep appearing, making it impossible for Xia Country to completely seal it.
Fish Spirit Clan invasions happen frequently.
This is also why many cities along the Xiang River have been constantly attacked by Star Realm creatures over the past few decades.
Fortunately.
The Fish Spirit Star Realm is only a 'Level One Star Realm', and the invaders are only first-level creatures, capable of launching only small-scale attacks, which are not fatal to Jiangbei Province.
"So, there’s another star realm at Jiangbei Martial University?" Li Yuan held his breath.
According to high school textbooks, a star realm is a space where human civilization intersects with alien civilizations.
Although, according to the video description, the Moon Demon Star Realm has been controlled by human civilization and is very safe.
But who can guarantee that absolutely?
Any star realm is like a super volcano that can erupt at any time.
"No wonder Jiangbei Martial University is a military base, no wonder they built a war fortress," many thoughts flashed through Li Yuan's mind. "It’s probably to seal the star realm entrance as soon as any accidents happen."
Li Yuan had many thoughts racing through his mind, and he had to admit.
Lin Lanyue's background was indeed impressive, able to obtain such a video.
Suppressing his thoughts, Li Yuan continued watching.
"Today, we will focus on the third point, regarding the practical assessment site," the narrator in the video continued. "This is the latest detailed explanation from 2043."
"Next, we will introduce the practical assessment site, the distribution of alien creatures, body structures, and conventional combat methods..."
"Moon Demon creatures mainly consist of beast-like beings, their adult forms generally around level 8, but their intelligence is quite low, equivalent to that of a human child around 6 years old... However, there are also flying-level life forms that can slowly absorb the source power emitted by 'Magic Moon'... Second-level Moon Demon warriors have intelligence equivalent to that of a 12-year-old human..."
"The mainstream form of Moon Demon creatures is similar to 'wolves', with black and red skin, and scales growing on their waists and abdomens... Their weak points are..."
"In the practical assessment site, the distribution of Moon Demon creatures is..."
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