The Same Choice, Unspoken

"Guidance Technique..."

"The Five Hearts Toward Heaven Cultivation Method is a way to sense cosmic energy and draw it into the body, but there is a limit to how much cosmic energy cells can absorb naturally."

"A Guidance Technique is therefore needed to channel cosmic energy into the body's cells, allowing them to absorb more of it. That increases the 'appetite' of all the cells and improves physical fitness..."

The limit of this Guidance Technique was ten times that of the one created by Hong of Earth's Dojo of Limits.

Chen Yi thought that was excellent.

The price was also relatively affordable, requiring only 100 points. Chen Yi had now saved up 97 points from cloud raising Luo Feng.

Luo Feng's daily tasks.

They awarded a random two to ten points a day.

As long as his luck with tomorrow's daily task wasn't too black...

Then...

He could buy this Guidance Technique for Luo Feng!

When the time comes, I can also give Luo Feng a task to "share the Guidance Technique with Chen Yi," skipping the draw and obtaining the Guidance Technique directly. On the train, Chen Yi had also decided to cultivate this more difficult Guidance Technique.

Now there was only one question left.

Would Luo Feng be willing to cultivate a Guidance Technique with a more arduous cultivation process?

Chen Yi could choose which Guidance Technique to feed him, but he couldn't force Luo Feng to cultivate it, nor did he want to deceive him.

Most importantly...

Having learned about Luo Feng's nature in the original storyline, Chen Yi felt... he could predict what decision Luo Feng would make...

On Luo Feng's cloud-raising panel,

the objective "obtain qualification for the Elite Training Camp"

was a three-star objective.

Chen Yi and Luo Feng had agreed before

that Luo Feng would receive contribution points for completing tasks. By now, Luo Feng had accumulated quite a few, so Chen Yi naturally needed to give him an excellent reward as encouragement. This was the perfect opportunity to give him a stronger Guidance Technique.

So,

through the Cloud Raising Mirror, Chen Yi told Luo Feng everything and said he would give him a choice of Guidance Techniques.

He could choose a Guidance Technique that required no particular pain to cultivate, but was only three times as effective as the highest-grade one sold by the Dojo of Limits.

Or he could choose one that required him to endure the torment of pain while cultivating, but... if he could reach its limit, it could be ten times as effective as the highest-grade one sold by the Dojo of Limits.

Luo Feng heard the words in his mind.

Delight appeared on his face. Without the slightest fear, he simply said, "Senior Yun, of course I want the more effective one."

"The faster I cultivate, the sooner I can get Xiao Hua back on his feet."

Chen Yi smiled inwardly.

He had known that, without even consulting each other, Luo Feng would make the same choice he had. For Luo Feng, backing down would never be an option. Luo Feng... was someone who constantly created miracles and possessed immense personal charisma.

Growing alongside Luo Feng... should be the best choice as well.

"Beep, beep."

On the train, Chen Yi received several messages from his mother.

"Chen Yi."

"Remember to come home for dinner tonight."

"Your father successfully completed his mission today. It's rare for the whole family to be free, and joining the Dojo of Limits isn't such a big deal."

"There's no need to be afraid of your dad."

"Come home for dinner. Your brother and I will both be there, and we'll hold him back..."

Chen Yi saw the messages.

He smiled inwardly...

Afraid of his dad?

Having lived two lives, Chen Yi was no longer that child who had just come of age. His father actually had a good temperament, and there was nothing to fear.

And he believed...

In the future, his family would only be proud of him!

After the train arrived at the station, Chen Yi and Luo Feng met briefly, then went their separate ways.

Chen Yi planned to buy a few things before heading home.

As for Luo Feng...

Senior Yun told me before... Xu Xin works as a manager at an underground bar in the HR Alliance. Luo Feng glanced at the time. It was only early evening, and he had already shared the good news with his family.

After giving it some thought,

Luo Feng felt it was time to "run into" Xu Xin.

He also wanted to know whether Xu Xin was interested in him. He had to spend some time with her... only then could he put his mind at ease.

Jiangnan Base City, Yangzhou City.

A residential compound for military families.

Inside a villa.

"Beep, beep~"

Chen Yi's mother, Xu Caiyun, received two beeps on her phone.

"A message from that little brat?" Chen Weilong raised an eyebrow.

Xu Caiyun took out her phone, glanced at it, and nodded.

"How is he now? Nothing happened to him, did it?" Even as he spoke, Chen Weilong couldn't wait and leaned over to look at his wife's phone. He knew Chen Yi was taking the martial artist assessment today, and had even reminded him to get to bed early the previous night.

Quite a few people died in every martial artist assessment.

Even among Quasi-Martial Artists, there were considerable casualties in every assessment... Chen Weilong knew his second son was quite strong, so he didn't need to worry too much about his safety.

But at this moment... he still couldn't help worrying.

His older brother, Chen Yuan, was seven years older than Chen Yi and was now twenty-five. He had only recently become an Advanced Warrior. Fiddling with his phone and chatting online with his girlfriend, he said casually:

"My little brother cultivates much faster than I did."

"Never mind that he failed last time. He won't have any trouble passing the martial artist assessment this time. In another two or three years, he might even surpass me."

"How could anything happen to him?"

Chen Weilong ignored his eldest son and read the message Chen Yi had sent.

"I passed the assessment. I killed 101 monsters, and then the Military stopped my assessment... because if I killed any more, there wouldn't be enough left for the others to take the assessment... but I still passed without a hitch, with the second-highest kill count."

"What is this kid talking about?"

Chen Weilong frowned. What did he mean, he had killed 101 monsters? Did he have any idea what 101 monsters meant?

Could a Quasi-Martial Artist kill that many monsters in the assessment?

Had he made a typo?

Hearing this, Chen Yuan put down his phone and looked over.

"No, no, no... old Long, look at this." Xu Caiyun had already noticed what followed, and she was visibly moved.

Chen Weilong didn't understand why his wife was making such a fuss, but he continued reading the message. In an instant, he froze.

Because Chen Yi went on to say...

He had awakened as a Spirit Reader and would most likely qualify for the Dojo of Limits' Elite Training Camp.

"Old Long, Xiao Yi has become a Spirit Reader!" A smile spread across Xu Caiyun's face.

Chen Weilong was an Advanced War General and knew what the Elite Training Camp meant. It meant he might have a Wargod for a son...

A Wargod who was also a Spirit Reader!

The news was too astonishing.

Even Chen Weilong could scarcely believe it and was somewhat bewildered... But although his second son had the minor flaw of a bad temper, he had never lied about anything important before.

"I'll ask Zhuge Tao."

Chen Weilong then called Zhuge Tao to ask him.

On the phone, Zhuge Tao was instead puzzled that Chen Weilong didn't even know about his own son's situation...

Was his military district mission really that busy?

After hearing Zhuge Tao's confirmation,

Chen Weilong finally became certain that his son really had become a Spirit Reader.

When Zhuge Tao questioned him in return, Chen Weilong found it somewhat difficult to answer. He really did devote relatively more of himself to the Military's missions... Often, even when he saw messages from his family, he wouldn't take the time to reply unless they were important.

If he hadn't just finished his mission today, he wouldn't have had time to take leave... much less time to celebrate his son passing the martial artist assessment.

Perhaps... that was also why his second son wanted to become a freelance martial artist?

Just then,

the sound of the door opening rang out.

A familiar figure carrying a few things walked into the living room and called out to the family with a smile:

"Dad, Mom, big brother."

"I brought you all gifts."

"You've seen my messages, right? What do you think of the surprise I brought you this time?"

Chen Weilong saw his second son enthusiastically handing out the gifts he had brought.

Suddenly, he felt...

His second son seemed to have changed.

Compared with the last time he had left home, it was as though he had grown up a great deal all at once...