Chapter 14: Grand Mansion Banquet

  The 81st floor manager's office in the Starry Building was filled with a pleasant fragrance, which was emitted by ATD incense.

  The ATD incense, its fragrance can calm the mind and solidify the foundation, is a great product for warriors to cultivate their inner energy. However, its price is also equally expensive, with one piece of incense worth up to 1 million credit points. If it were any other time, Davis would definitely not be willing to take it out, but today was different, and the two noble guests in his office were worth using a piece of ATD incense for.

  Davis bowed his head to sort out the materials, after a while, he raised his head and smiled: "Young Sun, take a look at the materials, is there anything missing?"

  Sun Yan flipped through the thick stack of documents, thinking to herself that this verification process was too troublesome. She sighed and thought, "Forget it, forget it, for a free dress, it's all worth it."

  Flipping through the stack of documents, Sun Yan nodded, "That's right, no omissions."

  "Alright." Davis took the documents with a serious expression, showing his most sincere smile. "Sorry, Mr. Sun. Due to your special situation, I need to confirm one last thing."

  "Of course."

  Davis looked at Sun Yan cautiously and carefully chose his words: "Sun, when did you condense your inner yuan and become a first-class warrior?"

  The VVIP member of the Star Building, that is, the super VIP member. The requirement to verify as a VVIP member seems simple, which is to synchronize with the instrument's light wave rotation. However, this verification process requires strict control over one's own internal energy, reaching the level of receiving and sending by heart, and moving the yuan with intention.

  Therefore, those who can become VVIP members of the Starry Skyscraper are generally only two types of people: one is a deeply cultivated martial arts master, and the other is an exceptionally talented young genius.

  Sun Yan, at the age of 16, passed the verification and indeed qualified to become a VVIP member of the Starlight Building. However, Davis was worried about one thing - if Sun Yan had been a first-class warrior for over 10 years, it wouldn't be strange that he had mastered the control of the inner yuan. But someone like him, with a bleak future in martial arts, didn't qualify to become a VVIP member at all.

  If that's the case, Davis would be in a big trouble and might lose his job. Of course, as Chen Wang, Davis believed he wouldn't be fooled, but it's still better to confirm again to be safe.

  Sun Yan was thinking about the free luxury clothes he was about to get and casually replied, "When? Not long. About 5 days."

  Davis's hand trembled, "5... 50 days! 50 days?" He nodded to himself in confirmation, laughing loudly: "Sun Shao is indeed a young genius, able to master the inner yuan circulation in just 50 days. Great, too great! Our Starry Skyscraper is truly honored to have a VVIP member like you!"

  Next to them, Chen Wang and Chen Bo turned their heads to one side, both with a smile that was not quite a smile, looking very unnatural. They wanted to correct Davis's cognitive mistake. However, the two exchanged glances, as if remembering something, and ultimately did not speak up.

  Right behind, Davis quickly input the information into the light brain, and after a moment, he took out a golden card and presented it with both hands: "Young Master Sun, this is your VVIP membership card. As a VVIP member, you will enjoy 60% off on all consumption in the Starry Skyscraper, and every year, the Starry Skyscraper's clothing department will provide you with 20 sets of free clothing, each set valued up to 2 million credit points, and also..."

  Sun Yan stared blankly at the small card in his hand, with only one sentence swirling in his mind - 20 sets of free clothing every year, each set valued up to 2 million credit points, brother I'm rich!

  Regarding the privileges of VVIP members in the Starry Building, Davis gave a 10-minute enthusiastic introduction and then personally took Sun Yan and others to select clothes.

  Chen Wang stood up with a smile, "A Yan, 20 sets of free clothes, you must give me one set."

  Sun said with a smiling face: "No problem, who's afraid of whom! I'll treat you to dinner too."

  In the end, the two each chose a set of formal wear and left the 81st floor of the Starry Building under Davis's enthusiastic farewell.

  The dinner Sun Yan had asked for was not in the Starry Skyscraper, although he already had VVIP membership qualifications. However, dining at the Starry Skyscraper could only enjoy a 60% discount, and with the pitiful credit points in his pocket, it was even impossible to pay the tip.

  Dinner was bought at a fast food restaurant on the same street as the Star Hotel - four hamburgers and four drinks, one for the driver, one for Chen Bo, one for Chen Wang, and one for Sun Yan himself.

  Sitting in the Starry X200, looking at Sun Yan who was eating with great relish, Chen Wang and Chen Bo were also enjoying themselves immensely. The two had no reason not to be happy - one of them was a martial artist who had only condensed his inner yuan for less than 5 days, yet he could already control its circulation at will, which was an astonishing talent! The Chen family had formed a friendship with such a genius martial artist, and the master of the Chen household would probably smile so widely that his mouth would be stretched to one side.

  After dinner was over, Chen Wang said seriously: "A Yan, the matter of your 5-day concentration of inner yuan is best not to be revealed to unrelated people."

  Sun Yan was taken aback, sipping his drink and mumbling: "What's wrong? 5 days of condensing the inner yuan, what's the problem with that?"

  Compared to other students in the class, Sun Yan knew that his inner yuan condensed extremely quickly. However, since that strange incident at the ancestral house that night, he had subconsciously felt it was only natural. Now hearing Chen Wang's tone, it seemed like there was some trouble.

  Chen Wang's mouth twitched slightly, "5 days of condensing the inner yuan, this is still okay. However, your control over the inner yuan is...unimpressive."

  He couldn't go on, because Sun Yan had really struck at his confidence. Chen Wang's initial condensation of internal yuan took 3 days, but being able to control the circulation of internal yuan with ease was something that happened a year later, and even then, it didn't reach the level of Sun Yan's effortless release and withdrawal.

  The internal yuan's rotation and circulation are controlled by the heart, and it is a very difficult task to control it subtly. Especially for Chen Wang, a martial arts genius, due to his rapid progress in internal yuan cultivation, it is even more difficult to achieve effortless control over the internal yuan.

  Having a strong inner yuan is one thing, but controlling it is another matter altogether, which was also the reason why Instructor Carter was so shocked.

  After some thought, Chen Wang changed the subject, "On the 30th day after Feng Xue became a second-level warrior, he obtained VVIP membership through the Starry Skyscraper verification and has been assassinated by the JW Alliance at least dozens of times since then."

  At these words, Sun's scalp felt numb and he involuntarily exclaimed: "JW Alliance? Assassination?"

  For ordinary people, the name of the JW Alliance is more often seen in movies. The interstellar expansion of the Earth Union has been stagnant for thousands of years since the Galactic Era, because it encountered its greatest resistance - the JW Alliance.

  JW Alliance, an alliance composed of various strange alien creatures. In the words of the Earth Union, these aliens are monsters, similar to the monstrous evolution of animals on Earth, belonging to another pattern of evolutionary theory. However, these alien tribes all possess various terrifying abilities, which is also the real reason why the Earth Union began to study martial arts a thousand years ago.

  Long before the Earth Union's encounter with the Jupiter Empire, the humanoid alliance had been engaged in an extremely long war. It is said that this war can be traced back to when humans first appeared on Earth, and as of 4327 AD, there was no sign of it stopping.

  "Right, Young Master Sun, suppressing the martial arts genius of the humanoid tribe alliance is a usual tactic employed by the JW Alliance. Now that you possess the qualifications as one of the 10 VVIP members of the Prosperous Star Building in Luoshan City, it's best not to reveal your cultivation progress to outsiders."

  "Of course, I'll be careful." Sun Yan said in a low voice, he decided to bury the secret of condensing his inner yuan for one day deep in his heart, and take it to his coffin.

  Right after that, Sun Yan realized something, "The 10 VVIP membership qualifications of Luoshan City? Isn't the number on this card a 7-digit number? Chen Wang, what's the number on your card?"

  "I'm a VIP member, not a VVIP member." Chen Wang said in an unpleasant tone, "In the entire Luoshan City, only you and Feng Lingxue have the VVIP membership of the Starry Building at the age of 18 or below. In the future, when I buy things at the Starry Building, remember to lend me your card."

  "Seven-digit numbers refer to the entire Odin Star Domain. In our Luoshan City, those who have VVIP membership cards include the heads of the Feng, Chen, and Chang families, the principals of Baiyang, Yanshi, and Nanying Academies, as well as the Mayor of Luoshan City and the Minister of Armed Forces. The remaining two are Mr. Sun and Miss Fengzhong Xue."

  Sun Yun's mouth opened and closed, but he couldn't say a word. He found that the VVIP membership card of the Starry Skyscraper was even more burning than the "Chong Xu Ji Yuan Jue".

  ...splitting...

  Luoshan City 7th District, a gathering place for luxury villas throughout the city.

  At 8 o'clock in the evening, a Starry X200 drove into a mansion. Sun Yan, Chen Wang and Chen Bo got out of the car wearing masks.

  The estate's grounds are roughly half the size of South Eagle College, with buildings peeking out from among the trees. The central building is a castle-like structure that, to Sun Yan's eyes, appears to be in the architectural style of Earth's Middle Ages before the Galactic Era.

  In front of the castle was a huge garden, where transparent lanterns illuminated it as bright as daylight. Guests attending the banquet came and went without end, with laughter and chatter carrying far away.

  Sun Yan wore a black eye mask, marveling at the mansion with a series of "tsks", and after admiring it for a while, she pouted and said: "If I had known it was a masquerade ball, why bother getting dressed up? My original clothes would have been just fine!"

  Chen Bo smiled and said: "Although it's a masquerade ball, attire and etiquette must meet the specifications. Sun Shao, you should adapt to this occasion as soon as possible."

  What are the specifications for dress etiquette? What about your family's etiquette specifications? Sun Yan didn't express any approval or disapproval, but since it was his first time attending this kind of gathering, he was still quite curious.

  Looking at the people in the garden, Sun Yan's eyes suddenly lit up, "Wow, those beauties' chests are so big! Chen Wang, look, look."

  "......" Chen Wang was speechless for a moment, thinking of the information about Sun Yan, he said seriously: "A Yan, a martial artist should not be confused by beauty, and should have a firm heart in the way of martial arts."

  Sun Yan sneered, "You're the kind of genius student who's always surrounded by a group of beauties, so you wouldn't know the struggles of us ordinary people. Alas, I haven't even had a single romantic relationship!"

  He leaned in close, Sun Wen pressed against Chen Wang and whispered: "Hey, Chen Wang, just how many beautiful girls have you hooked up with? 10? 20? Could it be 30? You're too aggressive!"

  Chen Wang's expression was wooden, while Chen Bo turned his head as if he hadn't heard anything. Fortunately, they were both wearing masks; otherwise, the two of them would have pretended not to recognize Sun Yan.

  As he was looking around, his heart suddenly tightened and his body instinctively entered a state of alertness. He turned his head to see a man walking towards him.

  The man was dressed in a light blue swallowtail coat, wearing a grotesque green ghost mask, his figure extremely robust, at least a head taller than Chen Wang. As he walked, every step seemed to make the ground tremble slightly, and he came towards this side with slow steps.

  Sun Yan immediately reacted and realized that it was not the ground shaking, but the man's footsteps had triggered his inner yuan, making him feel as if the ground was trembling.

  Who is this person? Sun Yan was secretly shocked, he clearly felt the explosive power in the man's body.

  Then, a man was heard shouting: "Chen Wang, you little devil is here. Come with me and let's find a place to fight."