Chapter 235 - 234: 5-Star Mission, Departing for Jail City
ROAR—
BOOM...
The sound of a dragon’s roar.
Accompanied by a series of massive booms, it echoed from within the training hall.
The commotion immediately drew the attention of many students.
Some of them even gathered outside the training hall, peering inside.
They saw a student, bare-chested from the waist up.
His muscles were clearly defined, and steam rose from his body in wisps.
The training dummy in front of him had been completely obliterated into a pile of wood chips.
The very air inside the training hall was still distorted from that punch.
Even the students standing outside the training hall...
...could feel an utterly terrifying pressure.
"Hiss... Lin Yi’s talent is just too insane, isn’t it?
What was that fist technique just now? I think I saw a dragon."
Outside, Wei Shang remarked, his arms crossed and his face a mask of shock.
Wei Nan shook his head. "Never seen it before. But you’ll get used to it. He’s always full of surprises, just like with that punch!"
Wei Nan was already accustomed to this.
So were Zhou Qi, Sun Tao, and Shen Mengyi.
When it came to a prodigy like Lin Yi, nothing was surprising anymore.
He was still the same monster who constantly produced one surprise after another.
That last punch didn’t just shock Wei Nan and Zhou Qi.
Even the two "fake students," Wei Shang and Feng Lei...
...knew they might not be able to take that punch head-on.
"His realm... he’s about to break through to 5-star!"
Suddenly, a single sentence from Feng Lei...
...landed like a clap of thunder on a clear day, stunning everyone.
Wei Nan and Zhou Qi stared at Feng Lei in horror.
"Are you sure? He’s about to break through to 5-star?"
Feng Lei nodded. "The Qi on his body is already exceptionally pure. That last punch was powered entirely by Qi!"
"I can’t judge its exact power, but few could withstand a punch like that head-on!"
"This kid’s talent is simply terrifying!"
Feng Lei’s words left Wei Nan and the others speechless.
If what Feng Lei said was true, then Lin Yi’s talent wasn’t the only terrifying thing about him.
His spirit, physique, and the purity of his Source Qi...
...were all leagues ahead of his peers, leaving them miles behind.
Since starting university, Wei Nan and the others had only just begun to learn about spiritual cultivation and what pure Source Qi even was.
But Lin Yi was already so many steps ahead of them.
Not only had he established a Heart Spirit Domain, but he had even refined his Qi and Blood into Source Qi...
At that moment, Wei Nan and the others truly understood just how vast the gap was between them and Lin Yi.
Lin Yi grabbed his Martial Arts Uniform from the floor and put it on.
He then walked out of the training hall.
When he saw the crowd gathered outside...
...he said with some surprise, "What’s going on? Did I... disturb you all just now?"
"Not disturbed. More like terrified!" Wei Nan shook his head.
"What was that fist technique from before?"
Lin Yi smiled. "Not a fist, a palm. The Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palms. You’ve never heard of it?"
Hearing this, Wei Nan and the others all shook their heads.
Even the other students looked blank.
"You haven’t read *Legend of the Condor Heroes*?"
Everyone shook their heads again.
Lin Yi: "..."
He had learned the [Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palms] from a book he found in the library in Zone 1’s dormitory.
He’d been quite surprised when he first saw it.
Although this world was completely different from his original one, Lin Yi was still shocked to see this piece of culture here.
He originally thought that things like wuxia novels and TV dramas...
...had already become popular in this world.
Otherwise, why would those ultimate martial arts techniques appear here?
But now, seeing the clueless looks on Wei Nan and the others’ faces...
...who clearly weren’t lying, Lin Yi finally realized something.
He now understood why those ultimate martial arts techniques were completely ignored.
And why they were classified under "Esoteric and Miscellaneous Martial Arts."
’Anyone who’s seen wuxia novels or TV shows would feel at least a little nostalgic, right?’
’Even if they couldn’t practice them due to insufficient Source Qi,’
’it shouldn’t be that not a single person has even bothered to read them.’
He had finally found the reason. Only Lin Yi possessed that wuxia sentimentality.
To them, those ultimate martial arts techniques were less interesting than a magazine found on the side of the road.
It was actually normal that no one read them.
Lin Yi didn’t bother explaining further. It would be pointless.
Who Guo Jing was, who Huang Rong was.
Who Hong Qigong was, what the Old Naughty was like.
Explaining it would be like casting pearls before swine. Lin Yi just smiled.
"Let’s just say it’s an ultimate martial art!"
He brushed it off with a simple sentence.
Wei Nan and the others weren’t really concerned about the technique’s origin anyway.
’What good would it do to ask? We can’t practice the things Lin Yi can.’
’If we tried to force it, we might end up hurting ourselves.’
’There’s no point in forcing things that aren’t meant for you.’
They were very self-aware in this regard.
"The mission cooldown period should be over, right? Want to go check the mission hall?"
Lin Yi and the others walked out of the Cultivation Field.
"Of course! I can’t wait to go take a look!"
Wei Nan said with a laugh.
Zhou Qi and the others also nodded.
Their two days of hard training were all for the next trip to Jail City.
After two consecutive days of cultivation, Wei Nan and Zhou Qi had already reached the Two-Star Realm.
Shen Mengyi and Sun Tao had just broken through to 1-star, fourth-rank.
It was impossible for them to reach 2-star in a single day.
The reason they were able to raise their realms so much in just three days...
...was mainly due to their spiritual awakening, combined with the effects of First-Grade Compound Potions.
Lin Yi had even given the few bottles of First-Grade Compound Potions he had to Wei Nan.
But you couldn’t just drink it like water.
You had to drink one every two or three days, waiting until it was fully absorbed...
...before you could take the next one.
Otherwise, drinking too much would do more harm than good.
"First, let’s accept a mission. After that, I plan to make a trip to the certification hall!" Wei Nan said in a low voice.
Zhou Qi was taken aback. "What for? Go to the certification hall?"
"To update our certification! We’re 2-star now, you still want to get paid like a 1-star?"
"I heard the pay for 2-star is a lot higher than for 1-star!"
"Oh, right, right! Then I’ll go with you and get mine updated too!"
Zhou Qi nodded with a smile.
The group headed straight for the mission hall.
Soon, when they arrived at the mission hall...
...they saw it was already filled with students standing in front of mission kiosks, searching for suitable tasks.
Lin Yi’s group quickly occupied an empty kiosk.
[5-Star Mission: Hunt one 2-star Aberrant Beast. Time limit: 7 days]
[Reward: 500,000 cash, 3x Second-Grade Compound Potions, 50x Academic Credits]
[4-Star Mission: Hunt one 2-star Demon Beast. Time limit: 7 days]
[Reward: 200,000 cash, 5x First-Grade Compound Potions, 30x Academic Credits]
[5-Star Mission: Hunt one criminal. Time limit: 7 days]
[Reward: 200,000 cash, 3x Second-Grade Compound Potions, 35x Academic Credits]
[5-Star Mission: Hunt three 2-star Demon Beasts. Time limit: 7 days]
[Reward: 500,000 cash, 5x Second-Grade Compound Potions, 60x Academic Credits]
[5-Star Mission: Demon Hunting - one 3-star Demon Beast, one 3-star Aberrant Beast. Time limit: 7 days]
[Reward: 800,000 cash, 1x Third-Grade Compound Potion, 100x Academic Credits]
...
Lin Yi wasn’t in a hurry.
He carefully read through the requirements and rewards for each mission.
Although the difficulty and requirements for each mission varied...
...the rewards also differed greatly.
However, the rewards were primarily determined by the mission’s difficulty.
Take the mission to hunt one 3-star Demon Beast and one 3-star Aberrant Beast, for example.
Its difficulty was much higher than other 5-star missions.
A 3-star Demon Beast was still within the capabilities of a first-year student.
Most of these students were only at the Two-Star Realm; there weren’t even many at the Three-Star Realm.
For exceptionally talented students, completing such a mission was possible with some effort.
But for ordinary students, they wouldn’t even dare to touch it.
Let alone complete it.
Therefore, missions of this difficulty were rarely accepted.
Even when they did accept missions, they would choose 3-star or 4-star ones.
As for 5-star missions, they rarely touched them.
It was mainly because they knew their own limits.
[Do you confirm acceptance of this mission?]
Lin Yi tapped the single word [Confirm] on the screen.
[Successfully accepted 5-star mission.]
[Please hunt one 3-star Demon Beast and one 3-star Aberrant Beast within 7 days.]
[Reward: 800,000 cash, 1x Third-Grade Compound Potion, 100x Academic Credits]
Just as Lin Yi finished accepting the mission...
...his wristband vibrated.
Lin Yi glanced down, and the screen displayed the mission requirements and the remaining time.
"Has everyone accepted their missions?"
About ten minutes later, Lin Yi regrouped with Wei Nan and the others.
They all held up their wristbands.
Wei Nan had accepted a 4-star mission: to hunt two 2-star Demon Beasts.
For him, this was a significant challenge.
However, having been to Jail City once, he was somewhat familiar with the environment.
Moreover, after completing the last mission, he had followed Lin Yi around, hunting Demon Beasts.
As long as he didn’t run into any 3-star Demon Beasts or Aberrant Beasts, Wei Nan could handle it.
Zhou Qi and Sun Tao had both also accepted 4-star missions.
Only Shen Mengyi had taken a 3-star mission.
As for Wei Shang and Feng Lei...
...they had naturally taken 5-star missions, just like Lin Yi.
"The mission is active. Let’s meet downstairs at the dorm in one hour!"
"Shen Mengyi, you wait for us at the school gate!"
"Our objective this time is to spend a full seven days in Jail City!"
"After seven days, we’ll come back and turn in the mission!"
"Everyone, pack your daily necessities, a change of clothes, and so on!"
"Of course, if you don’t want to bring that stuff, that’s fine too. It’s up to you!"
After Lin Yi rattled off these instructions...
...he saw everyone nod in agreement.
"Move out!"
With that, the group hurried back towards the dorms.
They didn’t want to waste a single second.
That one minute might be the time needed to kill one more Demon Beast.
So, the saying "time is money" was very true for them.
「An hour later.」
Lin Yi, Wei Nan, and the others gathered downstairs at the dorm.
The group headed straight for the school gate.
This time, Wei Shang and Feng Lei didn’t drive.
Mainly because driving could easily cause a dispute.
There were only five seats in the car, but there were seven of them.
An argument over who would get a seat and who wouldn’t was inevitable.
And the ones left behind would probably be the two of them.
So, to avoid a repeat of last time...
Wei Shang decided to take the subway to Jail City with Lin Yi’s group to protect him.