Chapter 70: Chapter 49 Schr Sun Returns to His Hometown


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    Gals at the Red Sleeves Pavilion indeed match up the reputation, multi-talented and pretty with sweet voices.


    After Lu Yuan went to listen to a song, he felt as if he was floating in the air, entranced.


    All his previous feelings of loneliness and mncholy vanished when he returned.


    “Miss Xiaoyu danced with her clothes off, and I had to force myself to resist. It was really ufortable.”


    On the way back to Yangmei Town from Fu City, Lu Yuan still felt a little embarrassed when he remembered the look in Miss Xiaoyu’s eyesst night. Althouqh Xiaovu zentlv nezotiated and didn’t sav anvthinq after beinz rejected, the feeling of sympathy and doubt could not be concealed.


    Being doubted for one’s capability, especially by a beauty, is no doubt a great shame for a man.


    But the thing is, he couldn’t say anything.


    “Clearing up the misunderstanding, though making people feel even weirder. But proving mypetency is undoubtedly more important.” Lu Yuan confirmed this and then concentrated his thoughts, no longer thinking about such amorous matters.


    Love affairs are notparable to the temptation of martial arts and strength.


    As said before, going to the Red Sleeves Pavilion was just for rxation on his adult birthday.


    Real happiness in the long run shoulde from practicing martial arts and feeling constantly stronger, which gives far more thrill than anything else.


    This is what makes people get addicted.


    Snowkes fluttering and icy wind howling.


    In the blink of an eye, the ground is covered with ayer of snow.


    This year, winter came around in early November.


    In the courtyard, after cleaning upst night’s umted snow, Lu Yuan, with an uplifted mood, practiced his Palm skill again.


    Palm shadows flew, apanied by the sound of the strong wind, a skillful palm technique was easily employed.


    “It took me a month to perfect the Skyfall Technique. Now, I have mastered five palm techniques. I’m one step closer topleting the eighty-one palm techniques. ”


    As Lu Yuan tidied up his moves and calmed his energy, he nced at his attribute board and nodded approvingly.


    Since starting to study the Taoist ssics, Lu Yuan’s learning speed has increased dramatically as he deepened his understanding of the Daoist ssics.


    Not only is he able to grasp the essence of various palm techniques much faster, but he can also master a new technique in no time.


    Now, he can learn a new palm technique every month.


    At this rate, it will only take five to six years to learn the remaining 76 palm techniques.


    By then, his Cloud Palm martial arts technique will likely reach perfection before his Internal Cultivation Method.


    Lu Yuan, of course, is pleased with this.


    What makes him even happier is that in the past two months, he has opened up two more meridian points, leaving only four in the Hand’s Taiyin Lung Meridian.


    Both palm techniques and inner strength have progressed rapidly. Nothing could be more satisfying than this.


    “Huh, it’s almost noon. It’s the end of the year, more merchants areing and going. It’s time to go to the tavern for lunch and get some news from the outside.”


    At this point, his energy has calmed down. Lu Yuan looked at the time, and without further practicing, he prepared to go out for a meal.


    After a busy morning, he felt a bit fatigued and hungry. It was the right time for a break.


    Walking through the street where he lived, greeting familiar neighbors, Lu


    Yuan headed towards the main street.


    When he reached the street corner, suddenly a loud noise came from the entrance of the town, attracting many pedestrians to gather there.


    Seeing this scene, Lu Yuan’s attention was piqued.


    He stopped one of the townspeople going to the entrance and asked, “What’s going on? Why are so many people heading to the entrance of the town?” The one he stopped was the rice shop owner in the town.


    He then put on his professional smile and said, “Lord Lu, you didn’t know? Today is the day Schr Sun returns to our town. He is the first juren (imperial examination title) toe out of our town in twenty years. This is a manifestation of the literary star and glory to our ancestors.”


    “Now that Schr Sun ising home, everyone has heard the news and is rushing to greet him, hoping to benefit from his schrly aura.”


    Perhaps with this stroke of fortune, my own son could be a Schr too!” The Rice Shop Owner was excited and proud.


    “Schr Sun…” Upon hearing this title, Lu Yuan’s heart skipped a beat, and he immediately asked, “Is it Sun Siwen?”


    The Rice Shop Owner nodded, ‘Yes, it is your good friend, Sun Siwen. Lord Lu, you truly are exceptional. Back then, none of us could see Sun’s abilities and potential.


    Only you became friends with him.


    We evenughed at you back then, but who would have thought that in just a couple of years, Sun would be a juren.”


    Bing a juren means he can be an official now. An official like Sun is now in a different league from usmoners.”


    The Rice Shop Owner wore a look of envy and longing.


    Lu Yuan loosened his grip on the man’s hand, who, seeing that Lu Yuan had no more questions, didn’t linger any longer and followed the growing crowd towards the entrance of the town.


    “Brother Sun has be a Juren.”


    Lu Yuan stood still, recalling the news, his emotions a mixture of surprise and awe.


    He hadn’t forgotten the two conversations he had with Sun Siwen before Sun left for the examination. In the first, Sun mentioned that one of his ancestors was a cultivator and spoke of a dream message. In the second conversation, Sun gifted him a jade piece.


    Over the past few months, Lu Yuan had greatly benefited from the jade piece’s effect.


    His ability to open his meridians and increase his Inner Strength so quickly was thanks to the jade piece’s pure power.


    Thetter had been proven effective and was indeed a treasure from the immortals.


    So, was what Sun Siwen said about the message from his dreaming true?


    “So that message from the dream, was it really from Brother Sun’s ancestor, the one who helped him be a Juren?”


    Lu Yuan felt a surge of excitement mixed with a touch of fear.


    Immortals are to mortals as humans are to ants.


    Even the slightest contact with such a being could be incredibly dangerous.


    An anting close to a human hand, even if the human had no intention of being malicious, the slightest touch could deprive the ant of its life.


    At this moment, Lu Yuan felt like an ant approaching a human.


    He longed to make contact with an immortal, yet feared being harmed by their unintentional actions.


    Especially since he was unsure whether Sun’s ancestor had kind or malicious intentions towards him, this made him even more apprehensive.


    “In the end, it’s because I’m too weak.”


    After a roller coaster of emotions, Lu Yuan finally calmed down a bit and sighed helplessly.


    He was still too weak.


    If he were strong enough, he wouldn’t have to worry about so many things and could just try to make contact directly.


    On the other hand, if he were truly strong enough not to care about any of this, would he still be interested in Sun Siwen’s connection to the immortal world?


    That was also an unknown.


    “Forget it, don’t think about all that. I don’t have the strength to explore it now, so I won’t. Right now, I’m just a good friend of Brother Sun.


    As his friend, how could I not congratte him on bing a Juren?” Lu Yuan shook his head and cast away the distracting thoughts.


    He then followed the flow of people towards the entrance of the town.


    He was actually quite curious to see the grand entrance of the Juren’s return to his hometown and wanted to witness it for himself..