High-Level Martial Era

The next morning at half-past ten.

In the Guanshan branch of the Starfire Martial Hall, on the sixth floor.

Inside a meeting room decorated quite simply.

"Li Yuan, sign your name here, here, and here..." the instructor Xing, whom he had met yesterday, pointed out each spot on the contract that required a signature.

Li Yuan, listening, sat down with his aunt Chen Hui and began to sign his name in each designated place.

Li Yuan and his aunt had already checked this contract thoroughly last night.

Everything was clear and there were no issues.

Once Li Yuan and Chen Hui finished signing, instructor Xing handed the documents to Lord Wan, who was standing by.

A B-level contract requires the Hall Master's signature.

As soon as the signatures were completed, the staff members who had been waiting for a long time immediately took photos and recorded videos.

They then uploaded the files to the virtual network.

"Buzz~" Li Yuan's smart wristband vibrated, he looked down to see a message from the virtual network - the notarized document.

It was sent by the Martial Arts Hall of Jiangbei Province.

"Such quick speed," Li Yuan muttered to himself.

"Li Yuan, save a copy of the document. You should have also received the electronic contract in the virtual network, it has been notarized by the Martial Arts Hall,"

"It officially carries legal effect now." Lord Wan stood up, smiled, and extended his hand, "Welcome, you are now officially a member of the Starfire Martial Hall."

"Thank you, Lord Wan." Li Yuan stood up to shake hands.

Li Yuan was extremely grateful to Lord Wan in his heart.

"According to the contract, each year we will provide you with 1.5 million Blue Star Coins, 1.5 million Martial Hall Points, and 3 million Martial Hall Cultivation Points for six years," Lord Wan said, "Today, the cash will be transferred directly to your card, and the points and cultivation points will be under your name once you complete the 'Martial Hall Member Authentication' process."

"Additionally, my personal sponsorship of 1 million Blue Star Coins and 1 million points will also be in place by today, so don't worry," Lord Wan said with a smile.

"Okay," Li Yuan nodded.

"Instructor Xing will handle the specifics for you next," Lord Wan said with a smile. "If there's anything you don't understand, or instructor Xing can't solve, contact me and I'll help you handle it."

"Understood." Li Yuan nodded, his gaze subconsciously shifting to instructor Xing.

The last two sentences from Lord Wan seemed to be directed at instructor Xing.

But instructor Xing's face was filled with smiles, betraying no sign of any emotional changes.

Straight away,

Lord Wan exchanged a greeting with Chen Hui and then left with a couple of subordinates.

"Li Yuan, the contract signing is complete."

"You've just joined Starfire Martial Hall today, so there's no need to go to school," Xu Bo, who had been silent up until now, spoke in a deep voice. "First get familiar with the environment of the Martial Hall, and come to school tomorrow."

"Okay," Li Yuan nodded repeatedly, as he wouldn't make it in time for the morning cultural classes anyway.

The afternoon and evening? They were for self-study of Martial Path, which could be done anywhere.

"Old Xing, I'll trouble you with this student of mine," Xu Bo said to instructor Xing.

"No trouble at all," instructor Xing enthusiastically replied. "It's my honor to guide Li Yuan."

Now, the meeting room was left with only Li Yuan, his aunt, and the three members of the Martial Hall including instructor Xing.

"Li Yuan, Ms. Chen," instructor Xing said with a smile. "Follow me, let's get your identity authentication done first, then I'll show you around the entire Martial Hall building."

"Do I need to do it too?" Chen Hui was momentarily stunned.

"Ms. Chen, normally, when someone joins our Starfire Martial Hall, they can apply for two family cards which also allow the family to enjoy some rights of the Martial Hall," said a black-clad martial artist with a smile. "For example, free lunch and dinner, free weekend Martial Path classes, access to Martial Arts Rooms, complimentary therapies, and so forth."

Li Yuan felt a silent sense of appreciation.

He had heard about the numerous benefits for official members of the Martial Hall while in school.

Now it seemed that just the perks of having a family card were quite valuable.

"That's so generous?" Chen Hui first rejoiced, then hesitated, "Are there only two cards available?"

"Yes, Li Yuan is an L3 level member of the Martial Hall, which comes with the privilege of two family cards," confirmed the black-clad martial artist with a nod.

"Let's forget about it, I won't apply," Chen Hui said, shaking her head.

She wanted to keep the two spots for Li Muhua and Li Qianqian.

"Ms. Chen, don't worry," instructor Xing said with a chuckle. "I'll gift you two W3 level membership cards. You just need to bind one to yourself; the benefits are the same as the family card's, for a period of six years,"

"In six years, Li Yuan might have been promoted to L4 level or even higher, so naturally there will be more family slots available. How does that sound?" instructor Xing said with a smile.

Chen Hui looked toward Li Yuan.

"Auntie, instructor Xing means well, accept it," Li Yuan spoke, intuitively understanding the situation.

This was instructor Xing's way of showing favor to him.

Not to accept would actually be impolite.

...After completing the identity and membership card authentication, Li Yuan officially became a provisional member of the Starfire Martial Hall.

Chen Hui looked around for a while and then left first.

Li Yuan was left alone.

He accompanied instructor Xing to the seventh floor.

"The whole building."

"What we saw from the first to the sixth floor are open to the public, such as various auxiliary cultivation treasures for sale, charged therapy rooms, Martial Arts Rooms, Martial Path classes, weapon classes, and so on," instructor Xing introduced to Li Yuan. "Floors seven to twelve are usually only accessible to internal members of the Martial Hall."

"Among the official members, only L1 and L2 levels are equipped with public Martial Arts Rooms for shared use."

"For L3 level members, apart from Martial Path geniuses like you who signed a B-level contract, it's middle management and high-level martial artists, and by high-level I mean at least 16th level," instructor Xing said with a smile. "They are provided with individual Martial Arts Rooms."

Saying this,

instructor Xing had led Li Yuan to the front of Martial Arts Room number '7024' and, after identity authentication, opened the door.

Immediately,

a rather spacious Martial Arts Room appeared in Li Yuan's line of sight, its area definitely exceeding 400 square meters.

"So big." Li Yuan's eyes flickered slightly.

This was much better than the independent Martial Arts Room at school.

The area was more than double in size, with a more complete array of technological equipment, as well as dedicated rooms for therapy and rest.

Even though it still didn't quite compare to Instructor Xu Bo's office, it was very close.

"The background identity authentication has been completed, starting from today, for the next six years, the right to use this Martial Arts Room will belong to you," Instructor Xing said with a smile, "Of course, there's a one-month trial period, and if you feel uncomfortable, you can request a change."

"It's for my use?" Li Yuan felt quite pleased in his heart.

A six-year usage right, that was enough.

Ordinary wealthy families, like Wan Xiao's with assets of at least several tens of millions, could not build such a Martial Arts Room.

Time passed.

After having lunch and another hour and a bit, through Instructor Xing's introduction and explanation, Li Yuan gradually understood the entire workings and personnel structure of the Martial Hall... and what he had to do next.

"Li Yuan, the specific rules within the Martial Hall are all available on the virtual network," Instructor Xing said with a smile, "If there's anything unclear, you can come directly to me."

"Okay, thank you for your hard work, Instructor Xing," Li Yuan said with a smile, "If there's a chance, I will speak to Lord Wan about this."

"Haha, thanks a lot," Instructor Xing laughed.

After seeing the visitor off.

Li Yuan returned to Martial Arts Room 7024. Though it was a fully enclosed room, the air was exceptionally fresh.

"My spiritual power matter has been kept confidential; no wonder Instructor Xing doesn't understand why I could sign a Grade B contract," Li Yuan shook his head secretly, "Maybe he thinks I have some special relationship with Lord Wan, so he is being so cautious."

Otherwise, as the chief instructor of the entire Guanshan sub hall, with status only below the true and Vice Hall Masters.

Why be so polite to a high school student like me?

Suddenly.

"Ding-dong—" The doorbell rang, and the display screen at the door showed the scene outside.

It was a meal delivery robot, precisely the meal Li Yuan had ordered ten minutes ago.

After retrieving his meal, Li Yuan went to the table at the end of the Martial Arts Room to eat.

"I really am hungry."

Li Yuan feasted, "Two nutrition meals, only for 40 Points? It's even better than the nutrition meal at school for 50 Blue Star Coins."

"Instructor Xing was right, inside the Martial Hall, Points are more useful than equivalent Blue Star Coins."

...

After the meal.

Li Yuan didn't rush to cultivate but used the high-level virtual network pod inside the Martial Arts Room.

Entering the Virtual World.

"Enter Starfire Space," Li Yuan's consciousness connected, giving the direct command.

Hum~ The space transformed.

"Respected L3 member, welcome to Starfire Space, I am your exclusive AI..." a pleasant voice rang out.

"Change the steward's name to 'Little Jade', with the appearance of an ancient girl," Li Yuan directed immediately.

"Yes." A girl in purple attire appeared in front of Li Yuan: "Little Jade will serve the master."

Li Yuan paid her no mind, instead starting to inspect this virtual space that he had just gained access to.

Starfire Space is the 'exclusive space' of Starfire Martial Hall.

Only members and clients of Starfire Martial Hall could enter.

"My Starfire level." Li Yuan's gaze fell on the adjacent panel:

Name: Li Yuan (ID 2042100806492)

Affiliation: Xia Country—Jiangbei Province—Jiang City

Level: L3

Points: 2,499,960

Cultivation Points: 2,800,000

...

"2.5 million Points, of which 1.5 million Points are provided by the Grade B contract, and the other 1 million Points were gifted by Lord Wan," Li Yuan silently thought.

Through consulting the user manual, combined with Instructor Xing's previous introduction, Li Yuan quickly understood.

Points, fundamentally, are the internal currency of Starfire Martial Hall, which can be used to purchase various items and services.

From all sorts of auxiliary cultivation treasures, such as Basic Vitality Potions, First-Rank Vitality Potions, Spirit Nourishing Potions, Origin Power Essence Pills... to all kinds of precious weapons, Spear Technique Manuals, Origin Power Manuals, and so on.

This was in terms of Martial Arts Cultivation.

In daily life aspects, such as financial management, renting or buying villas, purchasing luxury cars, private jets, yachts, legal representation, buying daily necessities, priority hospital beds... everything connected to life, the Martial Hall could help to solve.

The prerequisite is, you are willing to spend enough Points.

"Points, in many affairs, indeed are more useful than money," Li Yuan reflected in his heart.

The experiences of the day had a great impact on him, truly opening up Li Yuan's eyes.

Letting him have an initial contact with... the world of a Martial Artist.

"Earning Points, one way is to take office, to hold a position in the Martial Hall, and like a salary, you receive an amount every month," Li Yuan thought quietly, "The second way is to complete various tasks for the Martial Hall, like going into the Star Realm..."

Li Yuan only glanced over and didn't focus on the methods of obtaining Points.

It was temporarily unrelated to him.

"Me, a little guy with only 7th Level Physical Quality, what Points can I earn?"

"I'm merely a reserved member, not yet a formal member."

"The Martial Hall let me in just to spend money."

"What I need to do now," Li Yuan's eyes sparkled, "is to use the Points and money gifted to me by the Martial Hall."

"To improve my family and... enhance my strength," Li Yuan's eyes sparkled, "Strive to get into one of the top five prestigious schools and become a Martial Artist."