Limitless Martial Hall

Early the next morning, Luo Yuan finished washing up and slipped out without making a sound. To his surprise, the cold beauty named Xu Qian had not gone out the night before. He had not bothered with her again, either. He felt that they belonged to different worlds. Though she was outwardly polite to him, she could not hide her deep-seated arrogance or the indifference in her eyes.

From an omniscient perspective, this woman was nothing more than a background extra in this world. Perhaps his loser mentality from his previous life was to blame for Luo Yuan having inappropriate thoughts about beautiful women. That was definitely not the mindset a true powerhouse should have.

"Looks like there's still a clear gap between me and the truly strong, in both strength and mindset." Luo Yuan shook his head in self-mockery.

On the bus, Luo Yuan sat in the back, surveying the unfamiliar surroundings. The ultramodern buildings and electronic displays outside the window made him feel displaced in time, as though none of this was real. They also left him feeling powerless and alone.

This isn't my world. How am I supposed to live here? Luo Yuan thought.

"Now arriving at Limitless Martial Hall. Passengers, please exit."

At the bus's electronic announcement, Luo Yuan got off. Looking at the irregularly shaped, high-tech building in the distance, he knew this was the sacred place revered by countless martial arts practitioners-the Limitless Martial Hall.

Luo Yuan joined the end of a long line. Everyone here had come to tour the Limitless Martial Hall. Most were ordinary children under eighteen, with some adults accompanying them. He also saw students of the Limitless Martial Hall head straight for a special entrance, swipe their cards, and walk inside. This drew envious looks from the ordinary people waiting outside, and some adults took the opportunity to encourage their children to train hard in the future.

Watching those burly students stride confidently inside, Luo Yuan felt deeply envious, too. This world really was unfriendly to ordinary people. Its protagonist, Luo Feng, was blessed by fate and possessed the extremely rare talent for spiritual force. Luo Yuan felt that without some cheat of his own, he would spend this life just as he had his last-utterly ordinary. Of course, in this life, he was probably more likely to die in a monster attack one day.

The Limitless Martial Hall loomed there like an enormous monster. Its grounds were larger than those of a high school, and its main entrance was wide enough for ten cars to drive through side by side.

After having his ticket checked, Luo Yuan followed the crowd into the Limitless Martial Hall. Up ahead, a guide spoke into a microphone, explaining its history and recounting the heroic deeds of several famous figures.

Inside the grounds stood three enormous, entirely silver-white buildings, each shaped like a spaceship.

These three massive buildings were the Junior Trainee teaching building, the intermediate student teaching building, and the Advanced Student teaching building.

The first and second floors of the Advanced Student teaching building housed large lecture halls, each capable of holding several thousand people. The martial hall's instructors taught their classes in these halls. In total, the Limitless Martial Hall had roughly thirty to forty thousand students.

Only those aged sixteen or older could enroll at the martial hall. Once they turned thirty, they were no longer allowed to study there and take up teaching resources.

The martial hall had several hundred Advanced Students in total. Most were in their twenties.

As a visitor, Luo Yuan could only look around the Junior Trainee teaching building this time. The intermediate and advanced buildings were out of the question; visitors were not qualified to enter them.

But when Luo Yuan entered the first floor of the Junior Trainee teaching building, he saw white bubbles dropping from the people training in the vast practice hall and landing on the floor. Startled, he rubbed his eyes. The Limitless Martial Hall had more Junior Trainees than any other level, so there were especially many bubbles here. Yet everyone else seemed oblivious to them.

"Hey, can you see those bubbles on the floor?" Luo Yuan suddenly asked a little kid beside him who had also come for the tour.

The kid looked Luo Yuan up and down as though he were an idiot, rolled his eyes, and said, "You're nuts."

After confirming that no one else could see the white bubbles, Luo Yuan worked up the nerve to approach them.

Strength +1.

Strength +1.

Speed +1.

Speed +1.

Defense +1.

Defense +1.

As Luo Yuan touched the bubbles, these words flashed before his eyes. He could also feel his strength and speed improving a little, and his whole body felt much lighter. It was like drinking a bottle of Sprite on a scorching summer day-a chill that went straight through him and made him shudder.

Then boundless joy welled up from the depths of his heart. Was this his cheat? It seemed heaven had not abandoned him after all. He, Luo Yuan, was going to rise! Brimming with excitement, he began moving around the spacious practice hall on the first floor of the Junior Trainee teaching building. Eventually, he broke into a run, getting faster and faster.

His behavior drew the attention of everyone present. The ordinary visitors wondered whether he had gone mad, watching him dart around the hall as though they were watching a monkey.

The Junior Trainees who were training went from initial disdain to frowns, then shock. Some newcomers felt Luo Yuan was disrupting their practice and wanted to step forward to teach him a lesson, only to be stopped by the veteran students beside them. A few other newcomers chased after Luo Yuan, but found themselves falling farther and farther behind.

Eventually, Luo Yuan ran so fast that he left afterimages, stunning everyone present. The commotion also caught the attention of the instructors upstairs. An experienced instructor came down and was shocked by what he saw, but he still intervened. He could not let Luo Yuan keep this up; it was setting a bad example.

The instructor darted forward and intercepted Luo Yuan mid-run. But Luo Yuan's momentum dragged him several meters across the floor, and he felt as though the soles of his shoes were about to wear through.

Luo Yuan glared at the instructor who had stopped him, looking somewhat annoyed. The instructor was panting hard as well. His strength was only at the level of an intermediate student, and after getting older, he had come to the Junior Trainee teaching building to earn a living.

"You brat! Whose student are you? How dare you come here and cause trouble!" the instructor barked. In truth, he was feeling rather uneasy, afraid that the boy before him might have some powerful backing.

"Ahem. I'm here for the tour. I'm not a student." Luo Yuan gave him an awkward, ingratiating smile. He had gotten a little carried away just now. But when he saw the untouched bubbles disappearing, his heart bled. Apparently, these bubbles had a time limit, too.

"Not a student? How is that possible? Without anyone teaching you, how could you have such speed and physical strength?" the instructor asked irritably, giving Luo Yuan a look that said he was far too educated to fall for such a lie.

Luo Yuan did not explain further. He planned to take a look upstairs. This junior teaching building had three floors. The first floor was full of beginners, with only a few veteran students who were out of favor. Upstairs, there should be veteran students who had been training for longer.

"Instructor, I'm really sorry. Would it be all right if I went upstairs to take a look?" Luo Yuan asked politely.

"No. You're only allowed to tour the first floor. The upper floors are for veteran students," the instructor replied curtly.

Luo Yuan did not insist. Haste made waste. He had only just gained a little strength and could not afford to let it go to his head. It seemed he would have to become a student of the Limitless Martial Hall first.

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