98: The golden rainbow shines through the sun!

That was when he had just started his freshman year of high school; business at his mother's small restaurant had declined.

Ingredients for several signature dishes were all cut off, and even worse, hooligans loitered at the shop entrance every day.

Or they would walk straight into the shop, order the cheapest dish, and sit there for the whole afternoon.

Reporting this to the Public Security Bureau was useless, as they hadn't actually committed any illegal or criminal acts.

Other customers were afraid to come and dine because of them, but that was the customers' own choice...

As for the reason... it seemed to be a grudge from the parents' generation, and Chu Yuan hadn't been able to find out anything more.

Han Cui was constantly worried back then and even once considered closing the shop, but both children needed money for school...

Chu Yuan was helpless too; he was just an ordinary student at the time, not even an adult yet.

Instead, he was sent to the Public Security Bureau for getting into a fight with a few hooligans and was even extorted for some 'medical expenses'...

Fortunately, he was underage, so he didn't face any other punishment and was released after a few words of education.

The next day during class, Yang Yi, the class monitor, saw the injuries on his face and came over to ask what had happened.

Chu Yuan brushed it off, but he didn't expect Yang Yi to investigate it privately.

The very next day, two Martial Artists appeared at the small restaurant and gave those hooligans a sound beating!

They even handed a business card to Han Cui, saying that if they needed any ingredients from exotic beasts in the future, they should just come to them, as the prices would definitely be the most favorable...

The predicament was easily solved, and it wasn't until Chu Yuan saw 'Yang's Group' on the business card that he knew who had extended a helping hand.

When he thanked Yang Yi the next day, Yang Yi didn't have that 'you should be grateful to me' attitude after helping someone, nor did he have any sense of superiority.

He still hooked his arm around Chu Yuan's shoulder with a grin, just like usual, and said: "Our 'Class Monitor' title isn't something you call for nothing..."

Chu Yuan could tell that he wasn't doing it out of any consideration of 'investing in the future'.

Not to mention whether a teenager would have such long-term planning... what kind of 'future' was there to invest in at a mere Chenyang No. 1 Middle School?

Counting back several decades, the most decent figure to have come out of it was Yan Xuan...

It was precisely because of this personality of Yang Yi's that he had good relationships with most people in the class.

Chu Yuan didn't think that he 'wasn't a true friend' just because he had good relationships with many people.

The guy had indeed helped him a lot and truly treated him as a friend of equal standing.

As for the rest, like how many other friends he had, what did that have to do with him?

...

"...Hey, did you call me out just to watch you space out here?" Yang Yi waved his hand in front of him and teased: "Or is there some Martial Dao aura on you that I need to perceive with my heart?

You have to say, that Martial Dao aura yesterday was truly awesome!

Fortunately, I was Cultivating, so I smoothly broke into the Inner Breath Realm. It's a pity my dad was busy with business matters and missed it; it made him so angry...

Did you gain a lot yesterday?"

Chu Yuan snapped back to reality and smiled: "The gains were decent. There's something I need to tell you."

"What?"

"Medicinal Pills of the Qi and blood type are going to drop in price very soon. Isn't your family in the Medicinal Pill business?"

Yang Yi was stunned for a moment, then hurriedly asked: "...Where did you get this news?"

"The Zhenwu Bureau, absolutely reliable.

Do you still remember the Blood Beast Legacy in Secret Realm No. 7? Some experts have made breakthroughs in their research, so the production of Qi and blood type Medicinal Pills will greatly increase in the future."

"Holy crap! I need to go back and tell them immediately!"

"Don't rush." Chu Yuan stopped him and took out two jade bottles, placing them on the table: "These two types of Medicinal Pills—one strengthens the life origin, the other strengthens the spirit. Take them for your Cultivation."

Yang Yi was speechless: "...My family does this for a living, would I be short on Medicinal Pills?"

"Your family really doesn't have this stuff..." Chu Yuan explained: "This was refined by using the Blood Sacrifice Grand Array to extract their life origin in the Secret Realm. Does your family have that?"

"...I really don't dare to have that."

"Take them and use them. Cultivate well, and we'll meet at the Divine level."

"Alright!"

...

The College Entrance Examination arrived as scheduled, and Chenyang City was shrouded in a tense and serious atmosphere.

At the school gate, middle-aged couples urged their children to perform well.

There were optimistic parents teasing their children, saying that it didn't matter if they didn't do well on the exam; Dad bought you a new electric scooter, and we'll go deliver food together—fast and efficient...

The Zhenwu Bureau also sent people; it was a Sky Soaring Realm Martial Artist that Chu Yuan hadn't seen before.

Qi Da led the other person to install huge equipment on the playground...

Chu Yuan strolled in the sea of clouds, his Divine Sense scattering, and all the various states of the world came into view.

[Detected that the host has learned the Martial Skill 《Jinghong》;

System is converting...

Converted to Golden Rainbow Piercing the Sun!

Today's conversion count: 0!]

Piercing the sun?

He looked up, squinting at the scorching sun, and a grand pressure faintly transmitted over.

Piercing my ass...

With the consolidation of his Realm over the past few days, he had mastered the mysteries of the Golden Core Stage even more.

His connection with Heaven and Earth became closer; it seemed that with a wave of his hand, he could wrap the energy of Heaven and Earth to attack along with him!

Was this a power inherent to the Golden Core Stage? Or was it a special feature of the Golden Core Great Dao Song?

Having no peers, Chu Yuan had no way to verify it.

But he could be certain that a Martial Artist of the Divine Power Realm couldn't even block a casual strike from him!

The spiritual energy in his Golden Core was like an ocean, and with a turn of his mind, it could be channeled to any part of his body.

Its energy output efficiency and intensity were dozens of times higher than the Foundation Establishment Stage!

The power of the Spells he had mastered before had also been strengthened one after another.

It wasn't that the power increased because of greater energy output, but rather... it seemed that their power was previously limited by Chu Yuan's Realm, and only now, with the dust settled, did their light shine forth!

Riding the Wind Sword Control Art—the Flying Sword was faster, cutting through space like a thin line, covering a hundred miles in an instant!

Niyuan Qianshen Technique—with a thought in his heart, he could faintly perceive the general direction of the person he was thinking about!

Luo Yan Step... with one step taken, phantoms appeared in all directions, like a ghost! However, for a Martial Artist, it might be a Divine-Grade movement technique, but for Chu Yuan, it was already a bit of a burden.

Martial Artists needed close combat to exert their strongest combat power.

A strike from a distance always had losses and was extremely easy for people to dodge.

But the higher Chu Yuan's Realm became, the less opportunity he had to engage in close combat with others.

If anyone could still force their way through under his Flying Sword, he might as well just give them his life...

It was just that Chu Yuan felt his means were still too singular.

In terms of attack, he only had the Riding the Wind Sword Control Art... should he learn some other Spells?

Like some Five Elements Dao methods, or something to summon thunder and lightning?

In addition, a method for Divine Sense attacks was also needed; otherwise, with this massive Divine Sense, wouldn't it be too wasteful to only use it for investigation?

But for Divine Sense attack methods, he just needed to find and learn mental-type Martial Skills.

As for Spells... what kind of Martial Skill should he look for to convert?

His cultivation time was too short; reaching the Golden Core Stage in one month had already taken up most of his time. Where would he find the time to figure out what Martial Skill to Cultivate...