68: Chapter 68: What exactly is Li Yuan's identity?

The Yi-Class Grand Competition lasted until the end of the you hour in the afternoon.

The matches that followed were not watched as closely by everyone.

Everyone could feel that the intensity of the matches between these Genius Disciples who obtained Yi-Class rankings was far inferior to the match between Li Yuan and Fu Qingfan.

After the Grand Competition ended, Li Yuan received a Waist Token.

A Waist Token proving his rank.

With this Waist Token, resources could be collected every month.

The higher the ranking, the more resources one could receive.

Li Yuan didn't care much for this benefit.

Ordinary cultivation resources provided limited improvement to him.

Unless it was some Heaven And Earth Treasure that could provide benefits hard to obtain through the Corpse Looting Technique.

Only these were probably worth fighting for.

"The resources distributed by Meifengshan Martial Arts Academy, I'll just give them to Senior Brother Liang Duqiu and the others when the time comes."

Li Yuan had already made up his mind; the Senior Brothers of the Yin Court all had decent character.

He couldn't give them anything else; this was all he could do.

On the way back to the Yin Court, Senior Brother Liang Duqiu and the others seemed a bit more restrained in front of Li Yuan.

"We were just overthinking before; it turns out your strength is this formidable, Junior Brother.

To be able to defeat Fu Qingfan at only the Fourth Grade.

Once your Martial Dao Realm rises, perhaps you could even exchange a few blows with the Instructors."

Liang Duqiu's words clearly carried a complimentary tone.

The Senior Brothers of the Yin Court already viewed Li Yuan as someone a level above them.

To put it bluntly, Li Yuan should now be considered a Personal Disciple.

When ordinary Disciples speak with a Personal Disciple, they naturally have to be more cautious and attentive.

"Senior Brothers, please be more casual; it was fine the way it was before.

As for how much strength I have, it doesn't affect my relationship with all of you."

Li Yuan spoke, just as he had before.

Seeing that the Senior Brothers were still not used to it, Li Yuan didn't continue to emphasize it.

The more he emphasized it, the more uncomfortable they would feel.

Li Yuan hesitated for a moment before bringing up something he had thought of earlier.

"The basic Foundations of all the Senior Brothers are already very solid.

In fact, in my view, they are so solid that they've almost forgotten to advance.

Yin He didn't want to put effort into you all, which is why he kept everyone practicing Foundations.

In your future cultivation, Senior Brothers, you must think carefully about how to proceed appropriately."

Li Yuan spoke softly, laying out all the suggestions in his heart.

Li Yuan had said these words to them before.

But saying it then and saying it now was different.

Today, Li Yuan had proven his strength, allowing everyone to see his understanding of the Martial Dao.

Under these circumstances, when he mentioned his thoughts again, the level of importance attached to them was naturally different.

Especially since Li Yuan had used himself to straightforwardly prove that Yin He was unreliable.

Liang Duqiu and the others indeed listened seriously this time, nodding as they listened.

To be able to defeat a Sixth Grade at the Fourth Grade, his understanding of the Martial Dao must be excellent; if they could listen, they naturally should.

The Yi-Class Grand Competition ended, and several Instructors gathered together.

"Haven't you found it yet? Is it that hard to look up a Disciple's information?"

These Instructors were all checking Li Yuan's identity at this moment.

With such strength, how could they not be curious about the power behind Li Yuan?

"It's not that we can't find it; it's just that his information is too simple.

It says he's a minor official from the border Military Camp of Yingyang Pass who performed some meritorious service and wanted to come to the Martial Arts Academy to cultivate."

One Instructor spoke, narrating the findings.

They didn't quite believe this identity.

"Over at Yingyang Pass, I heard some things happened a while ago.

But them sending a minor military official to the Martial Arts Academy is still not very believable."

The surrounding Instructors began to discuss.

They still held doubts about the recorded information.

"Report the news to the City Lords Mansion of Yingyang Pass. If others want to hide something, how could we guess it so easily?"

In the following days, as required, Yin He no longer came to the Yin Court.

Other Instructors from Meifengshan Martial Arts Academy took half a day a month to come and guide the Yin Court Disciples.

Disciples like Liang Duqiu rarely felt such a positive atmosphere.

Just as Li Yuan had said, they had long been able to try and improve their martial arts strength.

Previously, they were held back by Yin He, always being required to practice basics and build Foundations.

It was a pure waste of their golden period of cultivation.

Many Instructors were also surprised when they saw the Disciples' strength.

With Foundations so solid, continuing to practice basic content was a pure waste of time.

As fellow Instructors of the Martial Arts Academy, their impression of Yin He became even worse.

It was one thing to be lazy himself, but how could he delay young Disciples like this?

Previously, they all thought the Yin Court Disciples had poor talent and potential, that their backgrounds weren't as good as those from other courts, and that there was a gap in their cultivation quality.

But looking back now, it was clearly Yin He who had hindered them.

If Disciples from other courts fell into Yin He's hands, they likewise wouldn't achieve anything.

When the daytime cultivation ended and it was time for dinner, Liang Duqiu and the others directly became Incarnations of domestic servants, taking care of Li Yuan's every need.

They were truly grateful to Li Yuan from the bottom of their hearts.

The advice Li Yuan gave was correct, and he even forced Yin He away.

Now that other Instructors came to guide them every day, everyone could feel their own improvement.

This feeling of successful cultivation and personal advancement was truly comfortable.

No one knew what substantial contribution they could make for Li Yuan, so they could only become Incarnations of servants.

At the same time, Li Yuan's outstanding performance had already been reported back to the City Lord of Yingyang Pass.

A lieutenant under his command held the letter and read it to City Lord Wang Jiuxing.

Hearing that Li Yuan actually had Fourth Grade strength, Wang Jiuxing was slightly surprised, but only a little.

In the Military Camp, there were actually quite a few soldiers with Fourth Grade strength.

However, Li Yuan had previously been willing to settle down and be a Corpse Collector.

Wang Jiuxing had thought Li Yuan had no talent in the Martial Dao, but it turned out he was decent.

"City Lord, the letter from Meifengshan Martial Arts Academy says that child Li Yuan's talent is quite excellent and worth intensive study.

It says that in the future, he has a chance to step into the Seventh Grade, or even the Seventh Grade Great Perfection."

The lieutenant continued reading the contents of the letter.

Hearing this, Wang Jiuxing smiled helplessly.

"To enroll this child Li Yuan, Yingyang Pass gave quite a lot of resources, yet this Meifengshan Martial Arts Academy claims those resources are only enough for half a year's tuition.

Now this letter praises Li Yuan to the high heavens; they want us to prepare more resources for him to continue cultivating there."

Wang Jiuxing seemed to think he had sharp eyes, easily seeing through the underlying purpose of Meifengshan Martial Arts Academy.

The lieutenant beside him also nodded.

Both felt that they just wanted Yingyang Pass to continue paying resources.

"By the way, announce this news in the Military Camp.

Motivate the soldiers in the army; as long as everyone earns more Military Merits, Yingyang Pass can also send them to the Martial Arts Academy to cultivate."

The lieutenant nodded and immediately went to make arrangements.

As for Li Yuan, after hearing about him, Wang Jiuxing quickly forgot.

A minor Corpse Collector in the army—he indeed couldn't devote too much energy to him.