The statue depicted a young man.
He stood with his hands clasped behind his back, his gaze fixed on the distance, his robes fluttering, his features handsome.
Beneath the statue, however, a line of large gilded words had been carved.
"Founder of Blue Star Martial Arts!"
"Pioneer in the Exploration of the World!"
"Guardian of Human Civilization—Jiang Fan (Martial Arts Year 783–Unknown)"
Jiang Fan stared blankly at his own statue, a storm of emotions churning in his heart.
"They even put up a monument for me!"
"I really did become... someone from history!"
But judging from the inscription, Blue Star probably didn't know that I'd fallen.
After nearly two hundred years without returning, they had simply written the date of death as unknown.
I wonder how many years Aunt and the others waited for me...
At the thought of those on Blue Star who cared about him worrying themselves sick over him, an inexplicable sadness began to spread through Jiang Fan's heart.
Just as he was lost in thought, a burst of noise came from one side of the statue.
"Students, this is the front gate plaza of our Huaxia Ninth Martial Arts University!"
A young female tour guide in a red uniform, holding a small flag in her hand, led a group of elementary school students over.
The children were all dressed in white school uniforms and looked around ten years old, each of them wide-eyed with curiosity.
"Everyone, look at this statue!"
"This is Senior Jiang Fan, one of the most important historical figures in modern Blue Star history!"
"He was born in Martial Arts Year 783. He was the main driving force behind Blue Star's martial arts transformation, and also the core power that created Blue Star's current stable order..."
"Wow!"
The children all raised their