Very soon, Li Tianying showed Li Yunxian what was truly meant by a “small matter” right before her eyes.
With just two phone calls, Li Yunxian’s trip to Pingnan was already fully arranged.
The route was simple.
In a few days, it would be the freshman orientation. Li Yunxian would go out with their academy’s teachers, and then join the new students heading to Pingnan for the teleportation.
That was all.
One phone call from Li Tianying took care of this arrangement.
The other call was to arrange Li Yunxian’s accommodation.
“At that time, you’ll still stay in the teachers’ villa.” Li Tianying spoke concisely, then asked Li Yunxian, “Do you have a Battle Valley Ticket?”
“No,” Li Yunxian replied, but she showed no hint of worry. “I’ve earned 1500 credits at Wenwu. I’ll just buy one directly.”
Although the theoretical maximum for three courses should be 900 credits, there were always people who’d find a course unsuitable partway through, freeing up spots for others to pay credits and join.
As a result, the actual credits Li Yunxian received far exceeded this theoretical limit.
But 1500 credits… Li Yunxian suspected someone from Wenwu found a loophole and just credited her the points.
Li Yunxian wasn’t too concerned about the Battle Valley Ticket; she was just puzzled by something else: “What about when I return?”
Li Tianying answered, “Everyone who enters Battle Valley has a different exit time. Some are as short as two or three days, others as long as half a year or a full year. When you come out, just contact me and I’ll arrange things.”
As a specialist in magic artifact crafting, Li Tiansuo was very familiar with these matters at all the academies. “When you come out, just let me know.”
How exactly to arrange things would depend on Li Yunxian’s condition at that time.
If nothing major happened, Li Tiansuo could pick her up herself.
If something big happened, then she’d have to decide who else to bring.
But Li Tiansuo felt it would likely be fine.
Li Yunxian was already at the eighth level of Qi Refining. Based on Battle Valley’s usual difficulty, there was a 99% chance Li Yunxian would graduate immediately upon coming out.
If worst came to worst… well, at most, Li Yunxian could just graduate as a Pingnan student.
She believed that in her heart, Li Yunxian was still a student of Tiantong.
Li Yunxian had no idea about her teacher’s “well-intentioned plans” and simply accepted the arrangements without much thought.
But since there were still a few days before heading to Pingnan…
“Teacher, can I continue attending classes these next few days?” Li Yunxian asked Li Tianying.
Come to think of it, ever since the Wenwu exchange meeting, she hadn’t received any proper instruction from her teacher for quite some time.
Hearing this, the straight back that Li Tiansuo had managed to keep for less than half an hour suddenly slumped before Li Yunxian.
All the knowledge of Qi Refining had already been taught. She gazed at Li Yunxian in silence.
If only… she’d given a way to send her precious student off to Pingnan immediately.
But it was too late to regret now.
Li Tiansuo forced a small smile at Li Yunxian.
“All right… I’ll teach you something new.”
She decided to directly teach Li Yunxian Foundation Establishment content.
This time, surely Li Yunxian won’t be able to master it at once!!
***
Four days later, Li Yunxian reluctantly waved goodbye to Li Tianying, whose face was expressionless.
Her teacher was truly wonderful.
Knowing that she’d most likely graduate upon establishing her Foundation after returning from Pingnan, her teacher had gone ahead and taught her the Foundation Establishment material in advance.
So thoughtful!
As a reincarnator, Li Yunxian mastered it smoothly, needing no further explanations from Li Tianying, fully understanding all the lessons on Foundation Establishment crafting.
Recalling this teaching nightmare, Li Tiansuo thought:
She wouldn’t be holding classes this new term.
She’d developed a psychological shadow over taking students for now.
She needed to recuperate.
After the two parted ways, Li Yunxian soon transferred at the capital’s teleportation array to reach Pingnan.
Very soon, Li Yunxian appeared inside Pingnan Academy.
During freshman registration, in a crowd of new students at the second, third, and fourth Qi Refining levels, someone at the eighth level like Li Yunxian immediately drew attention from the Pingnan students.
A surprised shout quickly reached Li Yunxian’s ears.
“Yunxian?!”
Li Yunxian looked over and was surprised herself, walking toward the person.
“Cuicui, you’re volunteering here?” Li Yunxian looked at the girl’s attire and asked.
The one who called out to Li Yunxian was Fei Cui, who had also been on the bus from Kui City back then.
When the girls gathered to play, Fei Cui was there, though the two hadn’t interacted much before.
Having witnessed Li Yunxian slay foreign clansmen with her sword, Fei Cui remembered her vividly.
But the fact that Li Yunxian remembered her, and even called her “Cuicui” so intimately, made Fei Cui smile even brighter.
She replied, “Yes, I’m a freshman volunteer.” Then she looked at Li Yunxian curiously, “What level of Qi Refining are you now? I can’t tell at all.”
Fei Cui was currently at the sixth level of Qi Refining.
Advancing two levels a year, it was clear she’d been working hard at Pingnan.
“I had some opportunities, now I’m at the eighth level,” Li Yunxian answered directly.
Fei Cui was surprised but not entirely shocked by this answer.
After all, in Fei Cui’s eyes, Li Yunxian had slaughtered a string of Foundation Establishment perfectionists at only the second level of Qi Refining—much more impressive than this.
To Fei Cui, Li Yunxian reaching the eighth level simply meant a genius had finally returned to her rightful place.
“Didn’t you go to Tiantong? How come you’re at Pingnan?” Fei Cui finally got to the main point.
Li Yunxian replied, “I want to experience Battle Valley.”
Fei Cui was taken aback.
She’d been working hard everywhere to earn credits, and only just barely managed a little over a hundred.
Yet Li Yunxian already had five hundred.
Fei Cui’s face showed envy: “That’s great, I think it’ll take me another three years to go.”
Li Yunxian patted Fei Cui on the shoulder, her voice cheerful: “Once I’m done, I’ll contact you and tell you all about the experience.”
“Great!” Fei Cui replied with a radiant smile.
After chatting a little, Fei Cui pointed out the registration office and teacher dorms for Li Yunxian and waved goodbye.
After finishing a whole day of freshman tasks, Fei Cui stretched her body, grinning at the two newly earned credits in her hand.
One point was the base reward for volunteering, the other for outstanding performance.
But as she opened the door to her dorm, Fei Cui’s expression turned serious upon seeing her roommate blissfully playing games amidst piles of plushies.
“Jiang Qiqing, you didn’t cultivate again today!” Fei Cui scolded, eyebrows furrowed.
Jiang Qiqing hurriedly scrambled to hide her phone, giving Fei Cui an embarrassed grin: “Oh, you’re back.”
“I just played a little, just a bit, gotta balance work and rest!” Jiang Qiqing said, clearly practiced.
Fei Cui frowned at Jiang Qiqing’s obviously perfunctory attitude: “Back then, you were at the second level of Qi Refining, same as Yunxian.”
“Now Yunxian’s at the eighth level, and you’re only at the fourth.”
“Aren’t you anxious at all?!”
“You don’t even earn credits, just laze around!”
Jiang Qiqing covered her head, pretending not to listen: “From second to fourth level, that’s two levels up, already at the average!”
As for working hard…
As someone who’d made it into the Qingteng selection back in the Kui City group, Jiang Qiqing was clearly very talented.
Given that, and that she’d had the same cultivation as Li Yunxian back then, it was obvious she was never the idle type.
But Jiang Qiqing wasn’t stupid.
After saying that, she immediately realized and brightened, looking at Fei Cui: “How do you know Yunxian’s already at the eighth level?”
“She’s in Pingnan?”
Fei Cui’s face showed even more envy: “Yes, she came to Pingnan today, and she’s probably already in Battle Valley now.”
“She earned five hundred credits in a year—no idea how she did it.”
“It’s not scary for someone to be talented, but when they’re talented and hardworking, that’s truly frightening.”
After voicing her envy, Fei Cui glared at Jiang Qiqing again in frustration.
“So look at you—keep this up and you might not even graduate.”
“Five years will pass quickly…”
Jiang Qiqing’s joy at knowing Li Yunxian had come was immediately swept away by Fei Cui’s nagging.
She collapsed back into her cozy nest, despairing as Fei Cui’s “devilish” voice drilled into her ears.
Save me!
She just wanted to be a salted fish!!
As for Li Yunxian, just as Fei Cui said, she’d already entered Battle Valley.
She’d hardly lingered inside Pingnan Academy.
At Wenwu and Jifa, there always seemed to be all kinds of happenings whenever she stepped outside.
…Of course, some of it was Li Yunxian’s own doing.
Overall, only when her luck had been swapped by Liang Xuan did she get a rare period of peace.
Now that her luck had returned, Li Yunxian subconsciously chose the option least likely to attract “special incidents.”
Exchanging credits for a ticket without trouble, Li Yunxian walked deeper into Battle Valley.
Sensing she was already at the boundary between Qi Refining and Foundation Establishment, Li Yunxian didn’t pause as she pressed on.
She walked straight to the gate of the Golden Core stage before stopping.
This should be about right.
Li Yunxian gauged her body’s current endurance, closed her eyes, and relaxed her mind.
She began to receive the wave of blood-boiling battle intent that Battle Valley sent over.
Battle Valley guided people to recall the most profound and difficult battles in their memories.
But for Li Yunxian…
Even the trials in Heaven’s Ladder, where people had to confront their own inner demons before moving on, could turn into a gathering of friends for her.
Let alone Battle Valley’s guidance.
So before long, the enemy she pictured appeared in front of her, under her own control.
Its cultivation wasn’t high, only at the early Golden Core stage.
At least compared to the opponents Li Yunxian had faced lately, it wasn’t that strong.
But it knew a lot.
It had all sorts of innate spells from demon clans that Li Yunxian knew, the toughness of body cultivators who had undergone Ninefold Body Forging, could even perform Bloodline Awakening…
Most importantly, its body was forged from meritorious golden light, nearly indestructible—only a single point at the heart was a fatal weakness.
But most crucially…
This enemy wasn’t skilled with any weapons.
—Li Yunxian didn’t actually need a super-strong opponent to spar with her.
—In the world of cultivation, Li Yunxian’s combat experience was already rich enough.
She’d come to Battle Valley aiming for a swift victory.
For Li Yunxian, the only uncertainty was whether Battle Valley could manifest the ideal opponent she’d envisioned.
And now…
Li Yunxian’s eyes were full of delight!
Battle Valley had actually produced the exact enemy she wanted, perfectly!
Wielding the Xiayun Sword, Li Yunxian flexed her wrists.
She was already anticipating the rewards she’d gain after defeating this opponent.
Su Wenjing had said the enemy would transform into pure energy to nourish herself or something like that.
Would she be able to obtain the demon clans’ innate divine abilities?
Could it directly grant her a new forged body?
Or perhaps, let her master Demonic Cultivation’s explosive power painlessly.
Most importantly of all, she wanted to see if she could use this “cheat” method to trick a bit of meritorious golden light.
Anyway, anything gained would be a profit; if not, no big deal.
With her eyes shining, Li Yunxian regarded Battle Valley as her own wishing pool.