Chapter 10: The First Repair

  Transtor: Krukist

  “The puter is charging… no, it’s abs energy!” Lin Yu stared at the glowing charging i on the puter s in his Sea of sciousness, momentarily stunned. He quickly realized that the Thunderworm Ling’er had brought home was the source of this energy.

  Without wasting time to study the puter further, Lin Yu grabbed Ling’er’s hands and eagerly asked, “Ling’er, where did you get this Thunderworm? Do you have more?”

  “Uh…” Ling’er was momentarily speechless, but seeing Lin Yu’s spiky hair, she couldn’t help but burst into ughter. “Brother, this Thunderworm was given to me by my mentor. It’s sidered quite gentle among spirit beasts. I thought it might be useful for you.”

  “Gentle? Look at my hair!” Lin Yu poi his electrified hairstyle. However, he quickly focused on the key detail. He examihe faint purple worm in the cloth bag. It seemed lethargic, perhaps exhausted from releasiricity.

  Lin Yu stroked his , deep in thought. *Does the puter need electricity from thutribute spirit beasts to charge? Or would any spirit beast work?*

  Seeing Lin Yu lost in thought, Ling’er didn’t mind. The food oable was too delicious, and she couldn’t resist eating more until her stomach felt full. Relutly, she put down her chopsticks and said, “Brother, are you really ied in this thing?”

  “It’s a pity, though. This was a reward for being iop three of this month’s exam. I heard it’s quite rare outside, so I could only get one.” Ling’er pouted, then ched her fist with determination. “But month is the quarterly exam, and I heard the rewards will be eveer…”

  “Brother, if you really want more Thunderworms, I’ll ask my mentor to exge the rewards for them.”

  Ling’er’s tone was full of fidence, as if winning rewards in the exams was a given. Lin Yu finally snapped out of his thoughts, his eyes filled with pride. His sister talent, even among the prodigies of Heavenly Cloud Academy.

  Siering the academy, Ling’er had brought home many rewards from monthly exams. Thinking of this, Lin Yu’s resolve hardened. *Starting tomorrow, I must figure out how to use this puter properly!*

  “Only then I earn more Spirit Stones! Ling’er is destio bee an Are Martialist. I ’t let her be expelled from the academy…”

  Later, Ling’er demonstrated some basic are teiques she had lear the academy. Though she wasn’t a full-fledged Are Martialist yet, her talent and hard work had already allowed her to perform simple spells.

  Lin Yu watched with envy, then sighed. “If only I could bee an Are Martialist…”

  As if responding to his sigh, Lin Yu’s sciousness blurred, and the puter in his Sea of sciousness suddenly lit up brightly. The familiar text appeared before his eyes:

  [Detected Host: Lin Yu]

  [Host Attribute: Human of the ti]

  [Host Status: genital Blockage of the Seven Meridians a Vessels. Blockage is divided into four levels: Mild, Moderate, Severe, aremely Severe. Host’s blockage is cssified as Freakishly Severe.]

  A new pop-up appeared: [Repair?]

  Lin Yu was momentarily stunned. *Didn’t the repair fail earlier? Has abs the Thunderworm’s energy made it possible now?* Without hesitation, he clicked *Yes* before the 30-sed tdown ended.

  Previously, the puter had crashed at this point. But this time, the s remained bright, and a progress bar appeared in Lin Yu’s vision. However, it moved painfully slowly and stopped at just 2%.

  As the progress bar reached 2%, the s dimmed again. Lin Yu khis meant the energy was depleted. He was dumbfounded. *What’s the point of repairing 2%? I still ’t cultivate! This is no different from before!*

  But there was a differe least it rogress from 0%. More importantly, he now knew a crucial piece of information: with enough energy, he could fully repair his meridians in no time.

  Just then, Ling’er’s excmation pulled Lin Yu back to reality. “Brother, brother! How long has it been since you st bathed? Why is there so much filth on your body? And why does it smell so bad? Wait, this doesn’t look like grime…”

  Liared at the semi-solid substance oozing from Lin Yu’s skin, her expression puzzled. “This looks like the impurities expelled by Body F practitioners after a breakthrough!”

  She sniffed delicately, then grimaced. “And it smells like it too! I always smell this when I pass by the Body F Institute. There’s no mistake… Brother, have you started Body F training?”

  Lin Yu was about to say he bathed regurly, but Ling’er’s words made him pause. A wild thought crossed his mind: *Could repairing just 2% of my meridians have made me capable of Body F?*

  Lin Yu wao ask Ling’er more about Body F, but she had already pinched her nose areated to a er, clearly unwilling to let the foul-smelling Lin Yu near her. Sighing, Lin Yu decided to wash up first.

  After a thh bath, Lin Yu, now dressed in a simple shirt and shorts, rushed back to the courtyard. He was eager to ask Ling’er about Body F and, most importantly, whether he now had the potential to cultivate.

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  Ued Visitors

  To his surprise, the courtyard was no longer empty. A group of uninvited guests had arrived. On the makeshift dining table, a small wooden box y open, filled with ly stacked Spirit Stohat glowed faintly.

  “How many Spirit Stones is that? At least a few hundred?” Lin Yu’s breathing quied. This was a fortuo him, especially in his current financial state. The Spirit Stones seemed to be to him like little sprites.

  Lin Yu took a step forward, then noticed the two elegantly dressed middle-aged figures sitting at the table—a man and a woman. The man exuded an air of authority, while the woman looked at Lin Yu with gratitude, her beautiful eyes filled with emotion.

  However, her posure remained impeccable as she simply watched Lin Yu…

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