Having dinner with two gorgeous beauties made Shi Yan feel blessed.
That one meal alone increased his Blood Vitality by one point.
Most outrageous of all, when he asked what kind of robot would be best to choose, the two women simply gave him one each!
And they were not the cheap kind, either.
One was for home use, while the other was for Shi Yan himself, the kind that could assist in battle.
The two robots together cost over fifty thousand credits, yet neither of them even blinked while swiping their cards.
He even suspected that their credits had been picked up off the ground.
Before long, the three of them had eaten and drunk their fill. Li Yuqing took her leave, while Shi Yan and Zhang Yunya took the campus maglev rail car to the library.
The one thing the school could not shortchange its students on was books.
That was why Magic Martial University's library was built so grandly and impressively, yet also warm, quiet, and elegant.
The library was circular and had only two floors, but it covered an enormous area of two hundred thousand square meters. The first floor contained books on humanities, geography, history, literature, and the like, while the second floor housed books related to Martial Arts.
It was already nine in the evening, yet the library remained brightly lit and packed to the brim.
Those who entered Magic Martial University were all top students from across the country. They knew what they should be doing, so everyone worked themselves to the bone.
The two did not linger and headed straight to the second floor.
Compared to the first floor, there were far fewer people on the second floor. Once they entered the martial technique section, there were even fewer.
That was because entry required authorization, and the martial techniques were all sealed away, with only brief introductions available. No one came here unless they intended to exchange for or purchase a martial technique.
"Beep, S-Class card."
"Beep, A-Class card."
The two activated their wristwatches and scanned their student IDs.
Zhang Yunya had S-Class authorization, the highest level a student could possess.
Shi Yan's A-Class authorization was the highest permission a freshman could obtain. To rise to S-Class in the future, he would need to make many contributions.
With A-Class authorization, he could select one A-Class or lower Martial Arts technique here, and obtain one B-class Martial Arts technique in every following academic year. S-Class authorization, on the other hand, granted one A-Class Martial Arts technique every academic year.
Those were free. If they wanted more, they would have to buy them.
"This year's Martial Arts technique, I want to give it to Shi Yan."
At the front desk, Zhang Yunya activated her wristwatch and spoke to a round-faced girl behind the counter.
The reason she had brought Shi Yan here was to give him one more A-Class Martial Arts technique.
"Se-Senior, are you sure?"
The round-faced girl was a third-year student working part-time. After recognizing Zhang Yunya, she looked a little frightened.
Zhang Yunya was simply too crazy. Since Magic Martial University had been established, the only person to ever start a fight in the library was Zhang Yunya.
"Senior Sister, are there still a lot of things you haven't told me?"
Shi Yan was speechless. He could understand why boys avoided Zhang Yunya, but why were even girls afraid of her?
Zhang Yunya ignored Shi Yan and merely stared at the round-faced girl.
"Make it snappy. I'm in a hurry."
"Okay."
The round-faced girl jolted, then looked at Shi Yan.
"Hello, Senior. Please activate your student ID... Oh, sorry, Junior."
Upon seeing Shi Yan's student ID, the girl's face immediately turned red, just like an apple.
In less than half a minute, after a beep, two green entries appeared beneath Shi Yan's electronic student ID.
"Go in. Every Martial Arts technique has an introduction. Remember to pick a movement technique first. Your footwork today looked like a pile of shit."
Before Zhang Yunya left, she gave him that earnest reminder.
Those words left Shi Yan's face covered in black lines.
I won every match today, okay!
"Take care, Senior Sister."
After bidding farewell to Zhang Yunya, Shi Yan turned and entered the Martial Arts section.
The Martial Arts section was divided into several areas according to grade and category. Following the directional arrows, he headed straight for the A-Class movement technique area.
A-Class Martial Arts techniques were extremely precious. This area was divided into many small rooms, each around twenty square meters in size, and each containing only two Martial Arts techniques.
They were placed atop two raised stone pillars, covered by thick glass cases.
"Eight Trigrams Soaring Dragon Movement Technique, A-Class. Transform the body into a dragon, tread upon the Eight Trigrams..."
Shi Yan looked through the glass case. Inside was a memory crystal supported by a stand, while the introduction to the movement technique stood before it.
Unfortunately, the introduction was very brief and revealed little information. All he could gather was that cultivating this movement technique required a strong physique and knowledge of the Eight Trigrams.
Shi Yan was not particularly interested, so he looked at the other stone platform in the room.
Turtle Flip Technique, A-Class.
Still not interested.
He could only continue searching through the other rooms.
After searching through five or six rooms, he finally stopped.
Not because he had found a suitable movement technique, but because he had spotted someone unexpected.
A graceful young girl stood quietly beside a stone platform. Her purple dress was like a lavender field at dusk, gleaming beneath the lights with a mysterious yet elegant luster. Her exposed skin seemed to emit a fluorescent glow, and the beam of light sweeping across her fair profile was like holy angelic radiance, mesmerizing enough to leave one dizzy.
Qi Ziyue!
Why had she come to Magic Martial University?
As though sensing something, the girl withdrew her gaze from the Martial Arts technique and turned toward the doorway.
When she clearly saw Shi Yan, surprise flashed through her eyes, followed by delight, then a trace of fluster.
"Why are you here?"
"Why are you here?"
The two spoke in unison, then immediately said together again, "Are you here looking for a movement technique too?"
After the words fell, they stared at each other wide-eyed and both fell silent.
A few seconds later, Qi Ziyue spoke first.
"I didn't really like Jingwu's atmosphere, so I came over here instead. My College Entrance Examination results were decent, and Magic Martial University gave me A-Class authorization.
"I came here to find a lighter movement technique. I'm done; now it's your turn."
"I got scolded like dog shit, so I came to find a movement technique." Shi Yan told the truth. "As for why I came to Magic Martial University, it was because they offered too much."
"Also, Qi Ziyue, why do your eyes keep darting away? Did you do something guilty?"
"I... does running away from home count?"
Qi Ziyue raised her head and looked into Shi Yan's eyes, then gritted her teeth.
"Also, I don't dare ask my family for money. I can't repay the two hundred million I owe you for now. Can you give me a little more time?"
For some reason, she liked talking to Shi Yan. Even though she owed him money, she still liked chatting with him.
That feeling... was as though Shi Yan treated her as a friend, rather than adding all sorts of labels to her before talking to her.
"Wait, I can understand a young lady from a great Lineage running away from home, but when did you ever owe me two hundred million?"
A gentleman loved wealth but obtained it by proper means. Shi Yan very much wanted to be rich, but when someone like Qi Ziyue mindlessly tried to give him money, he was at a loss.
Hearing that, Qi Ziyue frowned slightly, then told him what had happened between them during the Martial Arts Examination.
As Shi Yan listened, his eyes gradually widened. "Qi Ziyue, did your head get caught in a door when you were little, or did a donkey kick you in the head?"
"Shi Yan, are you insulting me?"
"Yeah. I casually said it and you took it seriously? If I said ten billion or a hundred billion, would you give that to me too?"
"Y-you're awful!"
Qi Ziyue flushed with embarrassment and anger, raising her delicate fist to strike Shi Yan in the chest.
Her own hand hurt from the blow. In the end, she stomped her foot and left the room.
Shi Yan froze briefly, rubbed his chest, then hurried after her.
"Hey, I was joking. Don't think about that anymore. I'll walk around here with you."
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