Lack of talent? I'll buy a year's worth of cultivation for one dollar!

Kyoto.

The heart of the Great Xia Kingdom.

The high-speed train slowly pulled into the premium platform at Kyoto Main Station.

The car door opened.

The crowd surged into view like a flood bursting its banks.

Too much.

Su Yu followed behind Lin Xiaoxiao, carrying the faded old canvas bag on his back.

There were people all around.

The fluctuations in Qi and blood are constant.

Formal martial artists, a rare sight in Jiangcheng, are as common as cabbages in a market here.

Furthermore, with his keen senses as a martial artist, Su Yu could clearly detect the occasional fleeting, powerful aura belonging to a Grandmaster in the crowd.

The water in Kyoto is indeed deep.

Any random passerby could be a powerful expert in Jiangcheng.

"What are you daydreaming about!"

A fair and soft hand reached out without warning.

He grabbed Su Yu's wrist.

Then, it slid down naturally.

She naturally and tightly grasped Su Yu's hand.

Interlocking fingers.

Su Yu's body stiffened slightly.

He lowered his head and looked at the hand that was holding his tightly.

She looked up again at Lin Xiaoxiao, who was walking ahead of her.

The girl's ponytail swayed back and forth in the crowd.

Her ears were so red they looked like they were about to bleed.

But she deliberately held her head high, pretending to be nonchalant while inspecting the area.

There are too many people.

Lin Xiaoxiao didn't turn her head, her voice carrying a forced calmness.

"Kyoto Station is like a maze."

"You country bumpkin from Jiangcheng, if you get lost, where am I supposed to find you?"

"Hold on tight, don't run off!"

Confident and self-assured.

A hint of helplessness flashed in Su Yu's deep eyes.

He struggled slightly.

They couldn't break free.

Lin Xiaoxiao used her Qi and Blood.

406 points of Qi and Blood, though not much in front of Su Yu, were now tightly gripping his fingers.

It gave off a "If you dare to shake me off, I'll die" vibe.

"Student Lin."

Su Yu sighed and lowered his voice.

"This... isn't a good idea."

In public.

Two eighteen-year-olds, a boy and a girl, held hands tightly.

They don't seem like just classmates at all.

"What's wrong with it!"

Lin Xiaoxiao suddenly turned around.

Those pure and beautiful eyes widened in surprise.

It was like stepping on the tail of a proud little female leopard.

Lin Xiaoxiao suddenly stopped in her tracks.

He turned his head away.

Those pure and beautiful eyes stared intently at Su Yu.

Instead of letting go, she tightened her grip with all five fingers, holding Su Yu's hand tightly!

"What's wrong with it!"

Lin Xiaoxiao raised her chin, displaying the unreasonable and domineering aura of a top-tier aristocratic heiress.

Confident and self-assured.

It was a resounding statement.

"You called me 'sister' in the car earlier!"

"The older sister is holding her younger brother's hand, afraid he'll get lost."

"It's only natural!"

"Why are you hiding?! Do you think I'm going to eat you?"

He interrupted her.

This completely shut down Su Yu's words.

Looking at the girl's forced composure, yet revealing a hint of stubbornness and obstinacy.

Su Yu sighed inwardly.

He knew that Lin Xiaoxiao had a very strong sense of self-respect.

If I forcefully shake off her hand now, it will definitely embarrass her.

Forget it.

Let's take each other's hands then.

There won’t be any missing pieces of meat.

"OK."

Su Yu gave up struggling and let her pull him along.

"Lead the way."

He felt the resistance in Su Yu's hand disappear.

Lin Xiaoxiao's lips finally couldn't help but curl upwards.

A bright, triumphant smile appeared on his face.

"That's more like it!"

She turned around and continued leading the way.

Their steps became much lighter.

The ponytail traced joyful arcs in the air.

Ten minutes later.

The two finally managed to squeeze out of the VIP passage at the train station.

The sunlight in Kyoto seemed even more dazzling than in Jiangcheng.

The plaza outside the station.

There wasn't the extravagant convoy of luxury cars I had imagined.

Only one extremely low-profile black sedan was quietly parked on the side of the road.

A man was standing next to the car.

She was wearing simple casual clothes.

Arms on chest.

He looked at the two people who came out with a smile.

The moment Su Yu's gaze fell on this man.

The pupils suddenly contracted!

At this moment, all the muscles in his body tensed up uncontrollably to the extreme!

Danger!

Extreme danger!

This was the first time Su Yu had experienced such a strong sense of dread, originating from the depths of his soul, since he had transmigrated!

Even when facing Lei Potian, the president of the Jiangcheng Martial Arts Association and a grandmaster.

Su Yu only felt that the other party was very strong.

But the man in front of me.

different.

He stood there, clearly without any outward display of vital energy.

He's just like an ordinary middle-aged man next door.

But in Su Yu's extremely keen perception.

This man is not a single person!

It is an insurmountable abyss!

It is a blazing sun that can burn everything in its path at any moment!

Magnificent.

Vast.

Unfathomable.

Lei Potian's 100,000 points of health were like a drop of water in a vast ocean compared to this man!

"dad!"

Lin Xiaoxiao's cheerful voice interrupted Su Yu's shock.

She released Su Yu's hand and pounced on him like a fledgling swallow.

She hugged the man's arm.

"Why did you come to pick me up yourself!"

dad?

Su Yu stood still and took a deep breath.

He forcibly suppressed the frantic warning signals emanating from his body.

Lin Xiaoxiao's father.

The head of a top family in Kyoto.

Su Yu's mind quickly scanned the martial arts realms of this world.

Martial artist, martial master, grandmaster, great grandmaster, martial spirit, martial king, martial emperor, martial venerable...

It can make a grandmaster appear as a drop of water.

At least a Martial Emperor, or even a Martial Venerable!

A terrifyingly powerful figure who truly stands at the pinnacle of the Great Xia Kingdom!

One person can govern an entire nation!

Lin's father affectionately patted his daughter's head.

"My precious daughter got into Peking University with the second-highest score in Jiangcheng. How could a father not come to pick her up in person?"

The voice is gentle and mellow.

She has absolutely no airs.

Then.

Mr. Lin raised his head, his gaze passing over his daughter's shoulder.

It landed on Su Yu.

That one glance.

There was no pressure.

There was no probing.

Just a calm gaze.

But Su Yu felt as if he had been seen through from the inside out by some supreme being.

Hello, Uncle Lin.

Su Yu greeted him politely but firmly.

His back was ramrod straight.

Let your hands hang naturally at your sides.

Facing the Martial Venerable, he showed no fear or obsequiousness.

Lin's father looked at the boy in front of him.

A gentle smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.

"Su Yu".

Xiaoxiao has mentioned you before.

He extended his hand.

"Lin Zhentian".

"Xiaoxiao's father."

There was none of the haughty arrogance of so-called aristocratic families.

Unlike those clichéd novels, it doesn't immediately unleash a powerful pressure to test the protagonist.

He knew all of Su Yu's information.

Jiangcheng Orphan.

A top scorer in both academic and martial arts.

An eighteen-year-old martial arts instructor.

He was even aware of the destruction of the Zhao family in Jiangcheng the night before last.

Lin Zhentian grasped Su Yu's hand.

Instantly separate.

"He has a very good talent."

Lin Zhentian smiled and gave a comment.

Five extremely simple words.

but.

In Lin Zhentian's heart, however, a storm was brewing!

What does the intelligence report say?

Three days.

From a Qi and Blood value of 0.8, it soared all the way to the Martial Master realm with a Qi and Blood value of 1,000?

Bullshit!

Lin Zhentian cursed in his mind, something extremely rare for him.

Those spies in Jiangcheng who were in charge of gathering intelligence were all a bunch of useless idiots!

Breaking through 1,000 Qi and Blood in three days?

Even if someone swallowed the inner core of a ninth-tier divine beast, it would be impossible to achieve such a leap in three days!

Even if the forced infusion is successfully completed...

The qi and blood would inevitably be extremely deficient, and the meridians would be on the verge of collapse at any moment.

but!

Lin Zhentian had only glanced at Su Yu and shook his hand briefly.

But he is a Martial Venerable!

His senses were terrifying.

He could clearly see the thousand points of qi and blood in Su Yu's body.

concise!

Heavy and substantial!

It's so solid, it's like a rock that's been polished for thousands of years!

Not moving at all!

This is hardly the case of a nouveau riche who made a breakthrough in three days.

This is clearly the supreme foundation that has been built step by step through countless days and nights of refinement and tempering!

"Good lad..."

Lin Zhentian looked at Su Yu's weathered and calm face.