Reuniting with Xu Xin

For Luo Xia, it was not difficult to comprehend another Guidance Technique suited to Sword Art.

Not to mention, he had Hong's Guidance Technique as a reference.

It did not take much time. With the boost from his heaven-defying comprehension,

Luo Xia quickly created a Guidance Technique suited to his own Sword Art.

This Guidance Technique was extremely powerful.

According to his calculations, using the Ninefold Thunderblade Guidance Technique practiced by his eldest brother Luo Feng as a benchmark,

the Genesis Guidance Technique he had now comprehended cultivated ten times faster than the Ninefold Thunderblade Guidance Technique!

Besides comprehending a new Guidance Technique for himself,

Luo Xia also optimized and upgraded the Ninefold Thunderblade Guidance Technique that Luo Feng practiced, increasing its cultivation speed by five or six times!

"Xia, that's incredible!"

When Luo Feng saw that his younger brother could optimize and upgrade Thunder God's Guidance Technique, he was so shocked that he was almost numb!

After exclaiming in amazement, Luo Feng sat cross-legged and began cultivating the new Guidance Technique.

He discovered that the Guidance Technique Luo Xia had optimized and upgraded for him was indeed stronger than the previous one!

As Luo Feng cultivated—

The surrounding Cosmic Energy surged wildly into his body, and visible arcs of electricity flickered across him...

Luo Xia smiled and also sat cross-legged nearby, circulating the Genesis Sword Art Guidance Technique to cultivate Gene Force.

The surrounding Cosmic Energy stormed violently into Luo Xia's body, creating a phenomenon around him like a whirlpool in the sea!

Even some of the Cosmic Energy Luo Feng was drawing in was pulled toward Luo Xia instead!

Luo Feng opened his eyes, saw the phenomenon surrounding Luo Xia's cultivation, and shook his head with a wry smile.

"Looks like I'll have to stay farther away from Xia when cultivating in the future, or he'll absorb all the Cosmic Energy."

Muttering to himself, Luo Feng moved away from Luo Xia, sat down again, and continued cultivating.

The days passed one after another.

Luo Xia improved every day.

Although Luo Feng's progress was a little slower, with the foundation forged by the Body Forging Technique and the optimized, upgraded Ninefold Thunderblade Guidance Technique Luo Xia had given him, his improvement was now visible to the naked eye.

August 28.

Luo Xia and Luo Feng, who had been cultivating at home all this time, received a message from Fire Hammer Squad Deputy Captain Chen Gu.

Today, they would enter the Wilderness Zone to hunt monsters.

By then,

Luo Xia's Physical Quality had already entered the Elementary Warrior-General level.

Luo Feng's Physical Quality was also very close to the Elementary Warrior-General level.

The Two Brothers made their preparations early in the morning, then headed to the entrance of the district to gather according to the message Deputy Captain Chen Gu had sent.

"Luo Feng! Luo Xia!"

As soon as they reached the Great Door, they saw Chen Gu and another man carrying an iron spear—Zhang Ke.

"Brother Chen! Brother Zhang!"

All four of them lived in Bright Moon District. Though they did not see each other often, they knew one another.

"Come on. The four of us will head to the HR Alliance Mall now and meet up with Captain and the others. Then we'll set off for the Wilderness Zone together."

Chen Gu said with a smile.

The Captain and the other members of Fire Hammer Squad were from other satellite cities of Jiangnan Base City and did not live in Bright Moon District.

Therefore, Luo Xia and the others needed to head to the HR Alliance Mall in the Base City to meet up with Captain and the others.

The HR Alliance was an extremely wealthy organization. Nearly every Base City around the world had skyscrapers built by them.

Luo Xia and the others took an HR Alliance vehicle to the mall. When they arrived at the entrance, respectful Doormen greeted them.

"Welcome to the HR Alliance Mall, gentlemen!"

"Please come in!"

Luo Xia nodded slightly to the Doorman, then followed Chen Gu and the others into the skyscraper.

Chen Gu was very familiar with the place. As soon as they entered, he smiled at Luo Xia and Luo Feng.

"Come on, let's sit at the bar for a while. Captain and the others will still need some time to get here."

Luo Xia and Luo Feng followed Chen Gu and Zhang Ke toward the bar. Along the way, the Two Brothers, who had never been here before, kept looking around.

"The HR Alliance really is rich. Even the material of the lobby floor is extraordinary. It's polished enough to reflect people."

Luo Feng said in amazement.

Luo Xia nodded. "Even the servers here are handsome men and beautiful women. I heard they all need at least a bachelor's degree. Their salaries alone must be a huge expense, right?"

As they spoke, the four had already arrived at a booth by the bar and sat down.

A beautiful waitress stepped forward with a warm, spring-breeze-like smile and asked,

"Gentlemen, what would you like to drink?"

Chen Gu said with a smile, "Tieguanyin."

Zhang Ke waved a hand. He had long been a regular here. "Pu'er Tea, with a hint of jasmine!"

Luo Feng thought for a moment, then smiled at the waitress. "I'll have a Pu'er Tea too."

Luo Xia smiled. "An iced cola!"

Compared to his three older brothers, his choice was more youthful.

The waitress nodded, gave a slight bow, and walked away with a sway of her slender waist.

Quiet music played in the lobby, the melody soft and flowing.

Taking the opportunity, Chen Gu introduced the place to the Two Brothers, who had not seen much of the world.

"Luo Feng, Luo Xia, the first floor of this mall is for welcoming guests and resting. Starting from the second floor are the places where the HR Alliance sells all kinds of goods."

"The goods at the HR Alliance Mall are generally cheaper than the full price at our Limit Home. Of course, they're more expensive than our half price."

"So some Warriors without contribution points in the early stages also choose to shop at the HR Alliance.

But as the world's largest commercial alliance, the best thing about them for Warriors is that we can sell Monster Materials to them at extremely high prices!"

Zhang Ke added from the side, "The price is higher than what the Wuguan offers, but if you sell Monster Materials to the Wuguan, you can earn contribution points."

Luo Feng and Luo Xia nodded.

The logic was simple—

If you wanted money, you could choose to sell the Monster Materials you hunted to the HR Alliance.

If you wanted contribution points, you could choose to sell the materials to the Wuguan.

The choice was yours.

Although the Two Brothers had signed contracts with the Limit Martial Arts Dojo and were Warriors of the Wuguan, there was no mandatory rule requiring them to sell all the Monster Materials they hunted to the Wuguan.

If they obtained important Monster Materials, they could also sell them directly to the HR Alliance.

While listening to Chen Gu and Zhang Ke explain, Luo Xia looked around.

Suddenly,

he spotted someone he knew and could not help nudging Luo Feng beside him with his elbow.

"Eldest brother, look, it's sister-in-law..."

Luo Feng was puzzled and had not reacted yet. "What sister-in-law?"

"Uh, I mean senior disciple sister Xu Xin!"

Luo Xia gave an embarrassed smile, forgetting that his eldest brother Luo Feng had not married Xu Xin yet.

Luo Feng froze. "Xu Xin?"

Then he quickly looked in the direction Luo Xia had pointed. Sure enough, he saw a Girl dressed in a white shirt and black suit trousers.

At that moment, the Girl was changing shifts with a manager.

"Why is Xu Xin here?"

Luo Feng's face was full of shock and confusion.

This was the HR Alliance Mall, yet she was changing shifts with a manager!

Did that not mean she was now a manager at the HR Alliance Mall in Jiangnan Base City?

That was not a position just anyone could obtain!

"Eldest brother, what are you still spacing out for? Go over there!"

Seeing his eldest brother staring blankly at the Girl, Luo Xia slapped his forehead and quickly gave Luo Feng a push.

Luo Feng came back to his senses, smiled apologetically at Chen Gu and Zhang Ke, and said, "Brother Chen, Brother Zhang, um... I'll head over there for a moment."

With that, he ran toward Xu Xin.

Chen Gu and Zhang Ke exchanged knowing smiles, then asked Luo Xia, "Xia, is that your eldest brother's girlfriend?"

Luo Xia smiled and shook his head. "Not yet. Senior disciple sister Xu Xin used to be classmates with my eldest brother in high school. My eldest brother has always had a crush on her, but he hasn't confessed yet."

Chen Gu and Zhang Ke exchanged a glance, then looked toward Xu Xin.

By then, Luo Feng and Xu Xin had already started talking. The distance between them was somewhat restrained and awkward, as if they were making awkward small talk. Both wore embarrassed smiles.

"For someone her age to become a manager here, her family background is probably not simple." Zhang Ke spoke quietly to Luo Xia.

"Her surname is Xu..." Chen Gu pondered slightly, seemingly recalling something. Then he said hesitantly, "Could she be from that Xu Family?"

Zhang Ke thought of it as well and said, "You mean the Xu Family that joined the HR Alliance?"

As he spoke, he nodded to himself and said in surprise,

"Come to think of it, that's very possible. Only the Xu Family's background could let her become a manager here at such a young age, right?"

To expand its influence, the HR Alliance recruited family powers from all over the world. In Huaxia alone, twelve families had joined them.

Xu Xin's Xu Family was one of those twelve families.