"I knew it. The old Feather God had been way too low-key. Look at all the things he's done—how many of them could a human possibly accomplish? Yama Lin Yu, the Federation really has damn good judgment!"
"Just because the Council stood so firmly behind him this time, I've decided—I'll never curse those old geezers in the Council again!"
That was right. Upon seeing those announcements, the most excited were undoubtedly the young people in the Federation's Eight Districts. Whether they had just awakened or had yet to awaken, they celebrated as if it were a festival.
Lin Yu had already possessed unmatched prestige among the younger generation, and with this assist from the Federation, his reputation shot upward even faster.
Before long, that rising prestige began to convert into something else, the most direct manifestation being the change in Lin Yu's energy points.
First Martial University, Heavenly Spirit Secret Realm,
Within the secret realm, countless mist-like spiritual energies surged wildly like a sea of clouds. At the center of the realm, a towering spiritual-energy tornado stretched from heaven to earth.
At the heart of the tornado, Lin Yu sat cross-legged, his entire body shrouded in golden light. Behind him stood the faint phantom of a Thousand-Armed Guanyin, its eyes closed and its expression solemn and sacred.
"Phew...!"
Amid the howling spiritual-energy storm, Lin Yu suddenly opened his eyes. Tangible sparks of lightning flashed through his azure pupils.
As Lin Yu exhaled, the golden light around him flickered twice before completely fading away. At the same time, the phantom of the Thousand-Armed Guanyin behind him vanished.
After Lin Yu stopped circulating the Thousand-Handed Buddha, the spiritual-energy storm gradually ceased its mad rotation, turning back into spiritual energy and blending into the surrounding mist, which slowly calmed.
"Qiqi, what's