If I let you practice martial arts, you'll compress your vital energy ten thousand times?

Early morning, Seventh Security Zone.

The air-raid shelters covering the city shimmered with an unusually bright pale blue light. Armed military patrol vehicles moved back and forth on the streets, their sirens piercing the air from time to time.

A sense of impending storm hung in the air.

Gaowu No.1 High School, Senior Three Martial Arts Class.

"A-Yuan, have you heard?"

Lin Yuan's best friend, Zhao Hai, lowered his voice and leaned close to Lin Yuan's desk, his chubby face filled with a mysterious tension.

"I heard that the military headquarters sounded the highest-level red alert last night! Even the curfew in the inner city was moved up by three hours!"

"Rumors are spreading that a terrifying cult leader has infiltrated our city!"

Lin Yuan rested his chin on his hand, idly twirling the carbon pen in his hand.

"have no idea."

He gave a perfunctory reply, his deep gaze fixed on the view outside the window.

In fact, he knew better than anyone that the "cult leader" who made the entire Seventh Security Zone feel like it was facing a great enemy must be one of the high-ranking members of the Dark Spirit Society!

Since the baptism ended last night, Lin Yuan has keenly sensed that the number of high-level martial artists in the city has suddenly increased several times.

The military's top brass has clearly entered a state of first-level combat readiness.

Just as Zhao Hai was about to continue gossiping...

The once noisy classroom suddenly became deathly silent, as if a mute button had been pressed!

All the boys stopped what they were doing, turned around in unison, and stared wide-eyed at the classroom door.

A stunningly beautiful and aloof white figure appeared there at some unknown time.

Su Qinghan.

Today, she was wearing the school's signature fitted uniform, her long hair tied up high. Her stunningly beautiful face was expressionless, and her icy aura, which kept strangers at bay, made all the boys in the class afraid to even breathe.

"Why is Su...the school beauty, here in our class?"

"Hasn't she been taking individual lessons in the military's elite training room?"

Several self-proclaimed martial arts geniuses excitedly straightened their collars, trying to attract the attention of this military prodigy.

however.

Under the utterly shocked gazes of the entire class.

Su Qinghan walked straight past the excited geniuses without stopping for a moment.

She came to a steady stop in the last row of the classroom, in the corner by the window.

It stopped in front of Lin Yuan's desk!

"Lin Yuan".

Su Qinghan's clear, spring-like voice rang out distinctly in the deathly silent classroom.

"Come out for a moment, I have something important to tell you."

boom!

At that moment, all the boys in the class felt as if they heard the sound of glass shattering.

Countless gazes, filled with extreme jealousy, disbelief, and even a hint of murderous intent, converged on Lin Yuan like a torrential rain.

The aloof, icy school beauty actually took the initiative to approach a barely passable loser?! And her tone was so familiar?!

This is even more outrageous than Mars colliding with Earth!

Facing the murderous gazes of those around him.

Lin Yuan didn't even raise an eyebrow.

He put down his pen, stood up, and calmly followed Su Qinghan out of the classroom.

"Holy crap... what kind of bewitching potion did Ah Yuan give Su, the school beauty?" Zhao Hai was so shocked that his jaw almost dropped to the ground.

The two walked one after the other to the top floor of the teaching building, a rooftop that students are usually not allowed to enter.

boom.

Su Qinghan casually closed the iron door to the rooftop and locked it.

A fierce wind howled on the rooftop, making her school uniform flutter loudly.

After confirming that there were no surveillance or eavesdropping devices around, Su Qinghan turned around, her beautiful face filled with an unprecedented solemnity.

"Lin Yuan, something terrible has happened."

She took a deep breath and lowered her voice, saying, "The Dark Spirit Society's vice leader, the Ghost King, has secretly infiltrated the Seventh Safe Zone!"

Lin Yuan's expression remained unchanged, only slightly raising an eyebrow: "Ghost King?"

"Yes! A genuine early-stage Town General level expert!"

A deep sense of apprehension flashed in Su Qinghan's beautiful eyes.

"My grandfather convened a high-level military meeting last night. This Ghost King is a complete madman; he risked everything to infiltrate the city to investigate the deaths of the three guardians in the forest!"

Hearing this, Lin Yuan understood.

They beat up the younger ones, and now the older ones have arrived. These evil cultivators are certainly quite vengeful.

He looked at Su Qinghan, deliberately feigning indifference: "Let him investigate, what does it have to do with us?"

"It's alright!"

Su Qinghan grew anxious, stepped forward, and stared intently at Lin Yuan.

"The spoils that senior casually bestowed upon you are the biggest flaw!"

"The Ghost King will definitely find out that the spatial rings of those three guardians have been taken. If you have any blood on you from those high-level beasts, or if you left any clues when you sold them on the black market, the Ghost King will definitely come after you!"

At this point, Su Qinghan took a deep breath, her tone becoming extremely firm and serious.

"Don't worry."

"I promised you, I would never utter a single word about your master to anyone!"

"Even if it were my grandfather, I would only say that it was a passing senior who gave me a tip casually, and I would never mention the master-disciple relationship between you."

Looking at Su Qinghan's confident and even somewhat self-sacrificing expression.

Lin Yuan, behind the mask... and deep in his heart, couldn't help but let a very amused smile appear on his face.

This woman not only has an excellent imagination, but she also keeps her secrets flawless.

It's practically the perfect, top-notch shield.

Thank you.

Lin Yuan nodded, his tone remaining calm.

"No need to thank me, this is what I owe you and my senior."

Su Qinghan shook her head, then took out a metal badge that emitted a faint red light from her pocket and put it into Lin Yuan's hand.

"This is a top-tier emergency distress device from the military. Press it, and my grandfather will personally lead a team to arrive within one minute."

"During this period, you must keep a low profile and absolutely not reveal any high-level resources to the outside world!"

"If you encounter an insurmountable danger, call for help immediately!"

Feeling the metal badge in his hand, still slightly warm, a deep, dark light flashed beneath Lin Yuan's lowered eyes.

Low key?

Of course he will keep a low profile.

He has a younger sister who is his only family and he needs to take care of her.

Ghost King? Early stage of Town General level?

If this were in the wilderness, Lin Yuan would definitely be so excited that he would tear off his clothes on the spot, activate the newly unlocked [Eight-Part Asura Body], and ruthlessly grind this ignorant town general-level evil cultivator to the ground.

But that won't work here.

If a battle breaks out in the city by a town general-level expert, even just the aftershocks of his true energy would be enough to raze the entire civilian district to the ground!

He would never allow anyone or anything to threaten Lin Xiaoya's safety!

"As long as that old man doesn't bother me..."

"I'll let him live a few more days."

Lin Yuan made a cold decision in his heart.

He put the badge in his pocket and looked at Su Qinghan, saying, "I understand, I'll be careful."

The two ended their private conversation and walked down the rooftop one after the other.

however.

As they returned to the hallway, preparing to go back to their respective classrooms.

A tall, imposing figure in a custom-made martial arts uniform stood like a wall, coldly blocking Lin Yuan's path.

The sky over Chu is vast.

The second-ranked prodigy at Gaowu No.1 High School, a high-level expert in the Bone Forging Realm, and also the first in line to inherit the Chu family, the largest conglomerate in the city.

He was also one of Su Qinghan's most ardent suitors.

At this moment, Chu Tiankuo's fierce eyes were fixed on Lin Yuan, as if he wanted to devour him alive.

"Someone who barely passes the minimum standard of being trash, does he even deserve to go to the rooftop alone with Qinghan?"

Chu Tiankuo's voice was icy cold, and a violent burst of Bone Forging Realm true energy erupted from his body without any concealment, pressing down fiercely on Lin Yuan.

"Stay away from her. Otherwise, in tomorrow's practical lesson, I'll show you what it means to wish you were dead!"

Looking at the arrogant young master of a tycoon in front of him.

Lin Yuan's dark eyes remained completely undisturbed.

He neither retreated nor circulated his qi and blood.

It's like watching a fly buzzing in the middle of the road.