The Rights of Martial Hall Members

The Rights of Martial Hall Members

10:30 the next morning.

Guanshan Branch Hall of the Starfire Martial Hall, sixth floor.

Inside a rather antiquely decorated conference room.

"Li Yuan, sign your name here, here, and here..." Instructor Xing, whom he had met yesterday, pointed out each place on the contract that required a signature.

Listening to him, Li Yuan sat with his aunt Chen Hui and began signing his name one by one.

Li Yuan and his aunt had already checked this contract over item by item last night.

Everything was clear. There were no problems.

Once Li Yuan and Chen Hui had finished signing, Instructor Xing handed the documents to Hall Master Wan beside them.

A B-level Contract required the hall master's signature.

As soon as the signing was complete, the staff members who had been waiting nearby immediately began taking photos and recording video.

The documents were then uploaded to the Virtual Network.

"Buzz~" Li Yuan's Smart Ring Watch vibrated. Looking down, he saw that he had received a message from the Virtual Network—a notarized document.

It had been sent by the Jiangbei Province Martial Arts Hall.

That was fast. Li Yuan silently marveled.

"Li Yuan, keep one copy of the documents. You should have also received the electronic contract on the Virtual Network, and it has already been notarized by the Martial Arts Hall."

"It now truly carries legal force." Hall Master Wan rose to his feet and extended his hand with a smile. "Welcome. You have officially joined the Starfire Martial Hall."

"Thank you, Hall Master Wan." Li Yuan hurriedly stood and shook his hand.

Li Yuan was deeply grateful to Hall Master Wan.

"According to the contract, you will be provided with 1.5 million Blue Star Coins, 1.5 million Martial Hall Points, and 3 million Martial Hall Cultivation Points every year, for six years," Hall Master Wan said. "The cash will be transferred directly to your card today. As for the points and cultivation points, once you complete your Martial Hall Member certification shortly, they will appear under your name."

"Additionally, the 1 million Blue Star Coins and 1 million points that I am personally sponsoring you with will also arrive today. There is no need to worry." Hall Master Wan smiled.

"Mm, alright." Li Yuan nodded.

"In that case, Instructor Xing will take you to handle the specific arrangements," Hall Master Wan said with a smile. "If you run into anything you do not understand later, or anything Instructor Xing cannot resolve, contact me. I will take care of it for you."

"Yes." Li Yuan nodded and subconsciously looked toward Instructor Xing.

Hall Master Wan's final two sentences seemed to have been directed at Instructor Xing.

Yet Instructor Xing's face was full of smiles, without the slightest visible change in emotion.

Shortly afterward.

Hall Master Wan exchanged a few words with Chen Hui, then left with his two subordinates.

"Li Yuan, the contract has been signed."

"You just joined the Starfire Martial Hall today, so there is no need for you to go to school," Xu Bo, who had remained silent all this time, said in a low voice. "Familiarize yourself with the Martial Hall first. Go back to school tomorrow."

"Mm, alright." Li Yuan nodded repeatedly. The morning was for academic classes, and it was already too late to make it back.

The afternoon and evening? They were both martial arts self-study classes. It made no difference where he attended them.

"Old Xing, I'll leave my student in your care." Xu Bo looked at Instructor Xing.

"A small matter." Instructor Xing was very enthusiastic. "Being able to guide Li Yuan is my honor."

Only Li Yuan, his aunt, and the three Martial Hall members, including Instructor Xing, remained in the conference room.

"Li Yuan, Ms. Chen." Instructor Xing smiled. "Come with me. We'll first handle identity certification for the two of you, then I'll take you around and introduce the entire Martial Hall building."

"I need to get one too?" Chen Hui froze for a moment.

"Ms. Chen, since Li Yuan has joined our Starfire Martial Hall, he can normally apply for two Family Cards. Family members can also enjoy some of the Martial Hall's benefits." A Black Robe martial artist beside them smiled. "For example, free lunch and dinner, free martial arts classes on weekends, free Martial Arts Rooms, free physiotherapy, and so on."

Li Yuan secretly sighed in admiration.

He had heard at school before that Official Members of the Martial Hall enjoyed many benefits.

Now that he saw it, the benefits of a Family Card alone were worth quite a bit of money.

"That good?" Chen Hui was delighted at first, but then hesitated. "Only two can be issued?"

"Yes. Li Yuan is an L3-level Member of the Martial Hall and has the authority for two Family Cards." The Black Robe martial artist nodded.

"Forget it. I won't get one." Chen Hui shook her head.

She wanted to save the two slots for Li Muhua and Li Qianqian.

"Ms. Chen, there is no need to worry." Instructor Xing smiled. "I'll give you two W3-level Membership Cards. You only need to bind one of them. The benefits are the same as those of a Family Card, and they will last for six years."

"Six years from now, perhaps Li Yuan will have already risen to L4-level or even higher. Naturally, there will be more family-member slots then. What do you think?" Instructor Xing smiled.

Chen Hui looked at Li Yuan.

"Auntie, Instructor Xing means well. Accept them." Li Yuan spoke up, vaguely understanding what was going on.

This was Instructor Xing showing goodwill toward him.

Refusing them instead would be inappropriate.

...After completing the identity certification and Membership Card certification, Li Yuan officially became a Probationary Member of the Starfire Martial Hall.

After looking around for a while, Aunt Chen Hui left first.

Only Li Yuan remained.

He followed Instructor Xing to the seventh floor.

"The entire building."

"The first through sixth floors we just saw are open to the public. They offer things like various auxiliary cultivation treasures for sale, paid physiotherapy rooms, paid Martial Arts Rooms, martial arts classes, weapons classes, and so on." Instructor Xing introduced the place to Li Yuan. "The seventh through twelfth floors are usually accessible only to internal Martial Hall members."

"Among Official Members, L1-level and L2-level members are only assigned public Martial Arts Rooms, shared by multiple people."

"At L3-level, aside from martial arts geniuses like you who can sign B-level Contracts, there are also mid-level management personnel and high-level martial artists. By high-level martial artists, I mean at least Level 16 martial artists." Instructor Xing smiled. "All of them are assigned individual Martial Arts Rooms."

As he spoke.

Instructor Xing led Li Yuan to the door of Martial Arts Room "7024," completed identity verification, and opened it.

Immediately.

A rather spacious Martial Arts Room appeared before Li Yuan's eyes, with an area of absolutely more than four hundred square meters.

"It's really big." Li Yuan's eyes flickered.

It was far better than the private Martial Arts Rooms at school.

Its area was more than twice as large, its various technological equipment was more complete, and it even had a dedicated Physiotherapy Room and Rest Room.

Even compared with Teacher Xu Bo's office, it was not far behind.

"The backend identity verification has been completed. Starting today, the right to use this Martial Arts Room will belong to you for the next six years." Instructor Xing smiled. "Of course, there is a one-month trial period. If you find it unsuitable, you may request a replacement."

"It belongs to me for use?" Li Yuan felt rather pleased.

Six years of usage rights were enough.

Even ordinarily wealthy families—like Wan Xiao's, whose assets were at least tens of millions—could not build a Martial Arts Room like this.

Time passed.

After lunch, and more than another hour of Instructor Xing's introductions and explanations, Li Yuan gradually came to understand the Martial Hall's overall operating process, personnel structure... and what he needed to do next.

"Li Yuan, detailed introductions to some of the Martial Hall's specific rules are all available on the Virtual Network." Instructor Xing smiled. "If there is still anything you do not understand, just come find me."

"Alright. Thank you for your trouble, Instructor Xing." Li Yuan smiled. "When I get the chance, I'll mention it to Hall Master Wan."

"Haha, then many thanks." Instructor Xing smiled.

After seeing him off.

Li Yuan returned to Martial Arts Room 7024. Though it was a fully enclosed Martial Arts Room, the air was exceptionally fresh.

"The matter of my spiritual power has been kept secret. Instructor Xing probably does not understand why I was able to sign a B-level Contract." Li Yuan secretly shook his head. "Perhaps he even thinks I have some special relationship with Hall Master Wan, which is why he is being so careful."

Otherwise, as the chief instructor of the entire Guanshan Branch Hall, with a status second only to the main and deputy hall masters.

Why would he need to be so polite to a mere high school student like Li Yuan?

Suddenly.

"Ding-dong—" The doorbell rang, and the display at the entrance showed the scene outside.

It was a food-delivery robot. It was the meal Li Yuan had ordered ten minutes earlier.

After retrieving the meal, Li Yuan went to the table at the far end of the Martial Arts Room and began eating.

"I really am hungry."

Li Yuan wolfed it down. "Two nutrition meals only cost 40 points? Yet they're even better than the school's 50 Blue Star Coin nutrition meals."

"Instructor Xing was right. Within the Martial Hall, points are more useful than equivalent Blue Star Coins."

After eating.

Li Yuan did not rush into cultivation. Instead, he used the advanced Virtual Network Pod within 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.

"Respected L3-level Member, welcome to Starfire Space. I am your dedicated intelligent..." A pleasant voice rang out.

"Rename the butler 'Xiaoyu.' Ancient maiden appearance." Li Yuan said directly.

"Yes." A Purple Robe girl appeared before Li Yuan. "Xiaoyu is at her master's service."

Li Yuan ignored her and instead examined this virtual space that he had just gained access to.

Starfire Space was the "exclusive space" of the Starfire Martial Hall.

Only Starfire Martial Hall members and Starfire Martial Hall members with memberships could enter.

"My Starfire rank." Li Yuan's gaze fell upon 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

...

"Of the 2.5 million points, 1.5 million came from the B-level Contract, while the other 1 million were gifted by Hall Master Wan." Li Yuan thought to himself.

After checking the user manual and combining it with Instructor Xing's earlier introduction, Li Yuan quickly understood.

Points were, in essence, the internal currency of the Starfire Martial Hall. They could be used to purchase all sorts of goods and services.

From all kinds of cultivation-assisting treasures, such as Basic Blood-Qi Potions, First-Order Blood-Qi Potions, Spirit-Nourishing Potions, Source Power Essence Pills... to all kinds of precious weapons, spear technique manuals, Source Power manuals, and more.

That was in terms of martial arts cultivation.

In daily life, whether it was financial management, leasing or purchasing villas and homes, buying luxury cars, private planes and yachts, legal representation, purchasing daily necessities, priority access to hospital beds... the Martial Hall could help resolve every aspect of life.

The prerequisite was being willing to spend enough points.

"Points really are more useful than money in many matters." Li Yuan sighed inwardly.

Everything he had experienced today had struck him deeply, truly broadening his horizons.

It gave him his first glimpse of... the world of martial artists.

"There are two ways to obtain points. One is taking up a post within the Martial Hall. By holding a Martial Hall position, you can receive a sum every month upon completing your duties, just like a salary." Li Yuan thought to himself. "The second is completing all kinds of Martial Hall missions, such as going into the Star Realm..."

Li Yuan only skimmed through it a few times before no longer paying attention to the ways of earning points.

They had nothing to do with him for the time being.

"I'm just a little guy with physical fitness at Level 7. Why would I be earning points?"

"I'm only a Probationary Member. I do not count as an Official Member."

"The Martial Hall brought me here to spend money."

"What I need to do now." Light shone in Li Yuan's eyes. "Is make use of the points and money granted to me by the Martial Hall."

"Improve my family's circumstances, and... increase my strength." Light shone in Li Yuan's eyes. "Work hard to enter one of the Five Great Prestigious Schools and become a martial artist."

(End of Chapter)