Xu Caiying

"Your dad and I came here to help with the house and buy furniture and appliances, but we didn't expect you to have already finished."

Chen Liedao, "These are all gifts from the sales office. You can take a look first. I'll make a call to the sales office to handle the issue of registering the property under someone's name."

As he spoke, Chen Lie made a call to Wang Junyi, the manager of Shenzhou Group.

After finishing the call, Chen Lie went upstairs with his parents for a tour.

"This villa is a thousand times better than our home in East River Province. Lanjing is incredibly valuable, and this villa is so big, it must cost at least 1 billion Star Dollar."

"Son, where did you get so much money?" Chen Gequn and Feng Yuelan asked Chen Lie.

"I bought it with Outer Stars currency."

"Outer Stars currency?"

"Yes, it's a reward from Blue Star University, an extraterrestrial universal currency. The exchange rate between this extraterrestrial currency and Blue Star Yuan is one to one million."

"I bought this villa with just a few thousand Outer Stars currencies," Chen Lie said.

"This reward from Blue Star University must be of great use to you, right? Won't wasting this Outer Stars currency on a villa interfere with your academic work?"

"Don't worry, it's nothing. A few thousand Outer Stars currencies is just a drop in the ocean for me," Chen Lie said.

"That's good!"

Hearing their son's answer, Chen Gequn and Feng Yuelan relaxed a little.

Before long, Wang Junyi, the manager of Shenzhou Group, arrived at the villa.

Upon seeing Chen Lie, Wang Junyi quickly said, "Mr. Chen, you're here to take possession of the villa, right?"

Chen Lie nodded and asked, "Without Lanjing household registration, how should the villa be registered under someone's name?"

"Regarding this, our group has offered two solutions. First, we will transfer your household registration to Lanjing. Our young lady has already instructed someone to take care of it. As long as you are willing, you can complete the process by simply signing a document."

Secondly, we can grant you dual household registration, allowing you or your family members to serve as special advisors to our Shenzhou Group. We can also process a permanent residence permit for you and draft a contract to rent the house to you permanently.

"In this way, after ten years, you will automatically be eligible to settle in Lanjing. You can choose to settle there or not, which is almost equivalent to having dual household registration," Wang Junyi said.

"Then let's go with the second option!" Chen Lie said.

"Okay, you just need to sign this document, and we'll take care of everything else for you. You won't need to bother us anymore!"

As he spoke, Wang Junyi took out a document, handed it to Chen Lie, and asked Chen Lie to sign his name on it.

After Chen Lie signed his name, Wang Junyi took back the documents and asked, "Mr. Chen, is there anything else missing in the villa? We can help you with that!"

"No need, the facilities are already quite complete."

"Okay, I'll transfer the permissions to you now."

After Wang Junyi finished speaking, he transferred the ownership of the villa to Chen Lie.

"These are my parents, let's transfer a copy to them too," Chen Liedao.

"So it's Mr. Chen's father and mother. I am Wang Junyi, the business manager of Shenzhou Group."

Wang Junyi quickly bowed deeply to Chen Gequn and Feng Yuelan.

"No, you're too kind, Manager Wang!"

Chen Gequn quickly helped Wang Junyi up.

"All the intelligent machines under the Shenzhou Group are managed by a central Optical Computer, so I will transfer the Optical Computer's permissions to you."

After Wang Junyi finished doing all this, he transferred the Optical Computer access to Chen Lie, Chen Gequn, and Feng Yuelan.

After doing all this, Wang Junyi said, "I won't bother you any longer, farewell!"

After speaking, Wang Junyi left the villa, and Chen Gequn saw Wang Junyi off.

"This villa is not only big, but it also has front and back yards. Son, we don't live here often, isn't it a bit of a waste?" Feng Yuelan said.

"It won't be a waste. If you and Dad have time, you can stay in Lanjing more often."

"Normally, I come to Lanjing twice a year, just like a vacation," Chen Lie said.

"Where can you find such leisure?" Feng Yuelan shook her head.

A short while later, Chen Gequn, who had seen Wang Junyi off, returned.

Upon arriving at the villa, Chen Gequn asked, "Chen Lie, where's Yaoyao?"

We've arrived here, but we can't get through to her by phone.

It's been almost half a year since I last saw her. I wonder how she's doing now.

Chen Lie said, "Yaoyao went to Outer Stars and probably hasn't returned yet!"

" Went to Outer Stars? When did that happen?"

Chen Gequn and Feng Yuelan were immediately surprised upon hearing this.

"Just recently, but don't worry, I've been to Outer Stars. There were people from Blue Star who escorted me, so I didn't encounter any danger."

Over 99% of the people on Blue Star have never left Blue Star, and are completely unaware of the unknown Outer Stars. That's why Chen Lie explained this to his parents.

At that moment, a notification sounded inside the villa, repeating "Guests have arrived" three times.

Feng Yuelan asked in surprise, "This is our first time here, how could we possibly have any guests?"

"Let's go take a look!" Chen Gequn said.

After speaking, Chen Lie and his family went to the front yard of the villa.

Upon arriving at the front yard, Chen Lie saw the woman he had just met, who seemed to be named Jin Xiuying —the neighbor of villa number 10 in the row houses—outside with a young, naturally beautiful girl.

"Yuelan, have I disturbed you?"

Feng Yuelan stepped forward and invited Jin Xiuying in. "No need to disturb us, we're all neighbors. Is there something you need?"

Jin Xiuying smiled and said, "Since this is your first day settling in, you must not have prepared anything. Luckily, we had some extra ingredients, so we brought some over for you."

"How could I possibly accept this?" Feng Yuelan quickly replied.

"Hey, we're all neighbors, we should help each other out. It's not anything valuable, just keep it!"

After Jin Xiuying finished speaking, she glanced at her daughter and said, "Cai Ying, these are our new neighbors, Aunt Feng and Uncle Chen!"

"Give the ingredients you have to your Aunt Feng."

The girl was wearing a chiffon top and a shirt skirt, looking exceptionally simple and elegant.

After hearing her mother's words, the girl approached Feng Yuelan and greeted her calmly, "Aunt Feng, Uncle Chen, hello!"

As she spoke, she handed two medium-sized tote bags containing ingredients to Feng Yuelan.

Feng Yuelan took the ingredients and asked, "Xiuying, is this your daughter?"

"Yes, it's my daughter, Xu Caiying, who just turned seventeen!" Jin Xiuying said.

"She joined the Lanjing Genius Training Camp at just seventeen years old. Her martial arts achievements are truly impressive. My son is almost 18 when he joined our East River Province Genius Training Camp!" Feng Yuelan said.

"Oh? Isn't your son a member of your province's Genius Group?" Jin Xiuying asked.

"Yes, yes!"

Feng Yuelan had no intention of showing off in front of outsiders, so she simply glossed over it.

"Cai Ying, this is the child of your Aunt Feng and Uncle Chen. He's a top martial arts student at Blue Star University. You should learn from him!" Jin Xiuying said to her daughter Xu Caiying.

Xu Caiying glanced at Chen Lie with her almond-shaped eyes.

According to his mother, he was almost eighteen years old when he joined the East River Province Genius Training Camp, which means he barely made it into the Dongchuan Province Youth Talent Group.

The Dongchuan Province Youth Talent Group is not the same as the Lanjing Youth Genius Group; the difference between the two is enormous.

She wasn't familiar with East River Province's Martial Arts Index, but she figured it was probably quite low. The members of East River Provincial Genius Group were likely inferior to the students in Lanjing Genius Training Camp. What was there to learn from him?

"Cai Ying, is that right? Good girl, thank you for bringing us the ingredients. Why don't you stay for lunch today? Auntie will cook you a delicious meal herself!" Feng Yuelan said.

Xu Caiying wanted to refuse, but seeing her mother Jin Xiuying readily agree, she said, "Then we won't stand on ceremony."

"Don't be so polite! Please come inside and have a seat!"

Feng Yuelan invited Jin Xiuying and her daughter into the villa.

"Mom, I made plans with my classmates this afternoon to practice martial arts together, so I won't go!"

Xu Caiying said.

"It's not even noon yet, what's the rush? Have lunch at Aunt Feng's house first!"

Jin Xiuying said to her daughter.

Seeing this, Xu Caiying had no choice but to reluctantly follow her mother into the villa.

Upon arriving at the villa, Feng Yuelan gestured for Jin Xiuying and Xu Caiying to sit on the sofa, saying, "Please sit down, don't be shy!"

Jin Xiuying smiled and said, "From now on, we're all neighbors, so let's not stand on ceremony. Your family will be visiting us tomorrow!"

As they spoke, both families sat down on the sofa.

Jin Xiuying asked Chen Lie, "Your Chen Lie, right? I heard from your parents that you were the one who bought this villa. For a student like you to have such ability is truly impressive!"

Heavenly Fortune True Martial's villa isn't something money can buy, let alone for someone from another province. The official Relocation Decree isn't just for show.

Chen Liedao, "Aunt Jin, you flatter me. She's a classmate of mine from Blue Star University. Her family are senior executives at Shenzhou Group, and I asked her for help this time."

"Oh? Is that so!"

Xu Caiying glanced at Chen Lie. Being able to buy a villa just like theirs on her own and resolve the issue of Lanjing's household registration was quite impressive, even with the help of her classmates.

In the martial arts world, if someone doesn't have enough value, their classmates and friends certainly won't help them. The fact that Shenzhou Group is willing to help means that this person is worth helping.

No wonder my mother told me to learn from this person.

Jin Xiuying added, "You were able to get into Blue Star University from East River Province, and you also know the children of Shenzhou Group executives. Your martial arts achievements must be very good, right?"

"Well enough!"

"You two talk first, I'll go gather the ingredients and get ready to cook!"

While talking on the sofa, Feng Yuelan suddenly stood up.

"Shall I help out?" Jin Xiuying said, standing up as well.

"I can manage on my own, why should I let the guests help me? Please have a seat!"

As Feng Yuelan spoke, she carried the groceries bag to the villa's kitchen.

The villa's kitchen was fully renovated. Upon entering the kitchen, Feng Yuelan emptied all the ingredients from the bag.

Upon seeing the ingredients in the bag, Feng Yuelan was immediately stunned. "This..."

"What's wrong?"

At this moment, Chen Gequn also walked into the kitchen.

Feng Yuelan glanced at Chen Gequn and said, "If I'm not mistaken, these ingredients are Century Snow Lotus Seeds, Mid-Tier Exotic Beast Meat, and Spirit Medicine like Long-Bearded Spirit Ginseng. Aren't these a bit too precious?"

Chen Gequn was silent for a moment, then said, "That's normal. People from Lanjing live in villas worth billions of Star Dollar. Maybe this is their daily food?"

"That won't do. These ingredients are probably worth hundreds of millions of Star Dollar. We'll have to return them later!" Feng Yuelan said.

"It should be returned!"

Chen Gequn nodded in agreement.

After saying a few words, Feng Yuelan began to familiarize herself with the villa's kitchen and prepare to cook.

Inside the villa's lobby, Chen Lie was sitting on the sofa talking to Jin Xiuying when he suddenly received a communication.

He picked up the communicator and glanced at it, discovering it was a classmate from the Category Building of Blue Star University Hospital, so he answered the call.

"Chen Lie, you have an urgent package sent from Outer Stars. There is a message on it. The sender requests that you enter the Sumeru Illusion Realm, saying that they have important business with you."

The voice of Zhang Liwu, the director of the Resource Category Building, came through the Communicator.

"Okay, I understand!"

After Chen Lie finished speaking, he hung up the call.

He knew that this was probably the arrival of the Blood-Tempering Spirit Liquid for his Twelfth Blood Tempering.

But to send someone to the Sumeru Illusion Realm, supposedly on urgent business—what could it be?

No matter what it is, he always uses the Blood-Tempering Spirit Liquid first to push the number of Blood Tempering cycles to 13 before doing anything else.

Seeing Chen Lie put away his Communicator, Jin Xiuying asked, "Chen Lie, is it your advisor from Blue Star University who's looking for you?"

"No, there's a package." Chen Lie shook his head.

"I wonder what level you are at in martial arts? I've heard that Blue Star University has Ordinary Class, Key Class, and Genius Class."

"And above the Genius Class, there's the Super Genius Class. Your mom just said you're also a member of the East River Provincial Genius Group. Which level of class do you belong to at Blue Star University?" Jin Xiuying asked.

There was no point in hiding it, so Chen Lie stated frankly, "I'm currently in the Super Genius Class at Blue Star University."

"Super Genius Class? So you're one of the top students at Blue Star University?" Jin Xiuying was taken aback.

Xu Caiying, who had been sitting quietly and elegantly on the sofa, suddenly glanced at Chen Lie with a look full of disdain.

Daring to claim he's in Super Genius Class? He actually dares to brag like that!

Her mother didn't understand, but she knew very well that the Super Genius Class at Blue Star University had no more than a hundred people at most, and these people were the true martial arts geniuses of Blue Star.

He could be believed if he said he was an unofficial student in the Super Genius Class, but to say he was a real student in the Super Genius Class is just too far-fetched!

"Your martial arts achievements are so good, can you tell how good Cai Ying's martial arts achievements are?" Jin Xiuying asked.

Chen Lie glanced at Xu Caiying, who was sitting upright on the sofa, and said, "If I'm not mistaken, she has been in the Blood-Qi Extreme Realm for less than a month, and has just touched the threshold of the Muscle Refining Period."

Xu Caiying, who hadn't taken it seriously at first, was startled by Chen Lie's definitive assessment of her and quickly asked, "How did you know?"

I haven't shown my strength to Chen Lie, so how could he possibly know my level?

Wait a minute, my house is right next to theirs, separated by only one wall, and the Martial Arts Arena is right next to it. Could it be that he saw me practicing martial arts at the Martial Arts Arena a few days ago?

The more Xu Caiying thought about it, the more convinced she became that this was indeed the case.

She snorted inwardly, secretly cursing Chen Lie as a peeping tom.

"How else could I know? Of course I could tell!" Jin Xiuying said, looking at Chen Lie, "Chen Lie, I didn't expect you to have such sharp eyes, able to see through Cai Ying level at a glance."

"It's nothing," Chen Lie shook his head.

"By the way, you're a student in the Super Genius Class. Have you ever met Jiang Yuan Lanjing Martial Leader of our class of 7365 in the Galactic Calendar?"

Upon hearing the name Jiang Yuan, Xu Caiying's eyes lit up, and she waited expectantly for Chen Lie's reply.

Chen Liedao, "I've seen him. Do you know him?"

"Jiang Yuan is the Lanjing Martial Leader, a well-known martial arts star in Lanjing."

Although we don't know Jiang Yuan personally, Cai Ying is Jiang Yuan number one fan.

She applied to Lanjing No. 1 Provincial High School for the Martial Arts Department, which was Jiang Yuan's martial arts high school. At that time, Jiang Yuan was already the top student in the whole school. She watched Jiang Yuan grow from the top student in the whole school to the Lanjing Martial Leader, and she was inspired to become a person like Jiang Yuan. "Jin Xiuying said.

Chen Lie couldn't understand the fanatical followers in the martial arts world, so he simply nodded.

"Have you really seen Jiang Yuan?"

Xu Caiying asked Chen Lie in a clear voice; this was the first time she had spoken to Chen Lie.

"Really, what's there to lie about?"

"Then... is Jiang Yuan's martial arts strength really as high as the legends say?" Xu Caiying asked.

"I don't know what Jiang Yuan's strength is according to legend, but he is indeed quite strong," Chen Lie said.

"Pretty good?"

Xu Caiying was taken aback and questioned, "Could you please use more appropriate language?"

Although we are now in the Martial Era, please try your best to do well in Chinese, otherwise you won't even be able to speak a single sentence properly.

"Lanjing Martial Leader of martial arts, the best in the entire Blue Star among his peers. How can you describe him so perfunctorily?"

Chen Lie knew he had encountered Personal AI fan, so he stopped talking to him.

"Cai Ying, watch your tone!"

Jin Xiuying reminded her daughter, and at the same time Chen Liedao, "I'm sorry, Chen Lie, my daughter idolizes Jiang Yuan, the Lanjing Martial Leader, and gets easily excited whenever Jiang Yuan is mentioned."

However, this is also a common phenomenon among young people in Lanjing.

Chen Lie nodded, indicating his understanding.

Seeing her mother scold her, Xu Caiying realized that she had lost her composure, so she put on a quiet and elegant posture and sat upright on the sofa.

Before long, Feng Yuelan had prepared lunch and served it all in the Villa Dining Room.

"Lunch is ready, come and eat!"

Feng Yuelan invited Jin Xiuying and Xu Caiying to the restaurant for lunch.

After sitting down and taking a couple of bites, Jin Xiuying praised, "Yuelan, your cooking is really good! How about this, your family comes to our house as guests tomorrow, and I'll show you my culinary skills!"

"No need, no need!" Feng Yuelan waved her hand.

"We'll all be neighbors from now on, so we should visit each other more often!"

Chen Lie quietly began eating his meal at the dining table.

Soon, the meal came to an end.

Just as the dinner was about to end, Jin Xiuying suddenly said, "Chen Lie, you're a student in the Super Genius Class at Blue Star University, a year ahead of Cai Ying. Your martial arts skills must surpass most of your peers, right?"

Chen Lie put down his chopsticks, unsure of what Jin Xiuying meant by suddenly saying that, but certain there was more to it.

"Cai Ying, didn't you say you've encountered a bottleneck in your martial arts cultivation?"

"Your brother Chen is an experienced person. After we finish eating, why don't you ask him for advice?"

Jin Xiuying then looked at her daughter.