Chapter 7

"Are you serious?"

Wu Di stared blankly at Lin Yuan, and from his understanding of Lin Yuan, the current expression on Lin Yuan's face did not seem like a joke.

Lin Yuan smiled slightly, "I'm serious."

Wu Di spread his hands in confusion:

"Why?"

Tianshui Military Academy, among all martial arts colleges, is the one with the highest mortality rate, no exceptions.

Moreover, the threshold for the military academy is not low; both academic and martial arts subjects require good grades.

Hearing Wu Di's words, Lin Yuan extended three fingers:

"Three reasons."

"The first reason, resources."

The moment the word "resources" was spoken, Wu Di was immediately stunned, clearly understanding some of the reasons.

Tianshui Military Academy was established by the Tianshui National Military Department.

Initially, it recruited internally within martial arts colleges.

A few decades ago, it evolved directly into a military academy, recruiting directly from high school students around the age of eighteen, expanding the national military force and cultivating warriors.

Most importantly, the state provides resources for cultivation, which is different from top martial arts colleges.

For martial artists from ordinary families, even if they enter top martial arts colleges, if they do not have top talent, they are likely to be overshadowed by the competition among geniuses due to the scarcity of resources.

So, the military academy is a very normal choice for Lin Yuan.

Lin Yuan extended his second finger and said:

"Second, my mechanical spirit seed."

"I've already checked, only Tianshui Military Academy has mechanical experts."

Wu Di became even more silent.

This was indeed a very practical factor.

Lin Yuan's mechanical spirit seed is extremely rare.

At least, he hasn't heard of any experts in the few martial arts colleges who are in the mechanical field.

Without guidance from a teacher in the same field, Lin Yuan's prospects for development are quite limited.

"Third."

Lin Yuan extended his third finger, shrugged, and said:

"I want to go myself."

At this moment, Wu Di suddenly felt as if Lin Yuan was radiating a glow.

Every citizen of Tianshui holds the front-line warriors in high regard.

It is because of their silent dedication and hard work that Tianshui enjoys peace and tranquility.

"Is this Lin Yuan's ideal?"

"Lin Yuan has always been working hard to cultivate."

"Is it for the sake of protecting the country and the people?"

...

"Hey, what's wrong with you?"

Seeing Wu Di's eyes slightly reddening, Lin Yuan waved his hand in front of him.

He didn't know what this guy was imagining in his head.

Lin Yuan had the idea of applying to the military academy for a long time.

Back when he was diagnosed with a terminal illness, his mother, who was taking care of him by his bedside, often told him stories about his father in the military camp.

Occasionally, his father's comrades would come to visit him.

The special bond between comrades was something Lin Yuan greatly admired at the time.

Even without the mechanical spirit seed, Lin Yuan would likely still choose the military academy.

"Ah..."

Wu Di came to his senses and confirmed:

"Decided?"

Lin Yuan nodded, "Yeah."

Wu Di plopped down on Lin Yuan's bed, holding his forehead and said:

"Damn..."

The amount of information today was indeed overwhelming.

First, he found out that Lin Yuan had a rare mechanical spirit seed, which shocked him.

Then, he found out that Lin Yuan was applying to the military academy, which shocked him again.

He needed some time to digest it all.

However, for a civilian family, applying to the military academy is indeed a common choice.

After Lin Yuan moved out, his contact with his family became much less frequent.

Their familial ties were already quite thin, and now they were even thinner, to the point where they hardly even sent messages.

So, even if his father disagreed, it wouldn't really affect Lin Yuan.

"How about coming with me?"

Lin Yuan, sitting in front of the computer, invited him with a smile.

Wu Di immediately "righteously" sighed:

"Bro Yuan, I really want to apply to the military academy with you."

"But you know, my dad loves me so much, he definitely won't agree."

"What a pity."

Seeing Wu Di's regretful expression, Lin Yuan was genuinely amused and chuckled:

"Not necessarily."

"I think Uncle Wu really wants to send you to the military camp."

Just a moment ago, Wu Di did have the thought of applying to the military academy.

But it was quickly suppressed.

The cultivation intensity in the military camp is definitely much more intense than in martial arts colleges.

Wu Di shook his head like a rattle drum:

"No, no, no, no..."

"My dad really loves me."

Saying this, Wu Di immediately got up and left.

Lin Yuan is really good at brainwashing!

Every time he slacked off in cultivation, Lin Yuan would give him a pep talk.

He was afraid that if they continued talking, Lin Yuan would get him all fired up, and he had to nip that thought in the bud.

...

"Ha..."

Seeing Wu Di leave, Lin Yuan chuckled, picked up his clean clothes, and headed to the bathroom.

He didn't really want to drag Wu Di into applying to the military academy with him.

The military academy first respects personal will, after all, the training in the military academy is not absolutely safe.

If something happened to Wu Di, Lin Yuan couldn't bear the responsibility and wouldn't know how to face Uncle Wu.

Rushing water—

The cold water continuously washed over Lin Yuan's muscular body, and Lin Yuan was also thinking about his plans for the next half year.

"Being able to break through to the ten-meridian stage should be enough to enter the military academy."

A second-level martial artist, also known as the "Meridian Opening Realm," has a total spirit energy of 11 to 100.

The human body has twelve basic meridians, and only by opening these twelve basic meridians can one truly step onto the path of cultivation.

The admission standard for the top five martial arts colleges in Tianshui is a third-level martial artist, also known as the "Body Tempering Realm."

The military academy's requirements are slightly lower, roughly a second-level martial artist, ten meridians.

As long as one doesn't perform too poorly, there shouldn't be much of a problem, after all, Tianshui Military Academy admits a large number of people.

"Pity my foundation is too weak."

"I don't know if I can make it in time."

Lin Yuan himself was also a bit worried. He currently has only two of the twelve meridians open, a low starting point, and his total spirit energy is only around forty.

In cultivation, to break through, one must meet two conditions: a realm condition and a spirit energy condition.

For example, to break through from a second-level martial artist to a third-level martial artist, all twelve meridians must be open, which is a necessary condition.

The other necessary condition is the total spirit energy.

Spirit energy is measured in units of "spirit."

A first-level martial artist has 1 to 10 spirit points.

A second-level martial artist has 11 to 100 spirit points.

A third-level martial artist has 101 to 1000 spirit points.

And so on.

In other words, one must have all twelve meridians open and a total spirit energy of over 100 to break through.

The higher the spirit energy, the higher the success rate of breaking through.

Wu Di's current total spirit energy is around 140 points, but he is still at the eleven-meridian stage.

Like Fang Zixin, he is stuck at the twelve-meridian bottleneck.

Once they break through the twelfth meridian, they will have the qualifications to apply to the top five martial arts colleges.

However, generally speaking, Wu Di and Fang Zixin, at this level, even if they can enter the top five martial arts colleges, they will likely be at the bottom, after all, the top five martial arts colleges gather the most outstanding geniuses from all provinces and cities in Tianshui.

...

After Lin Yuan finished his shower, dried his hair, and returned to his room to pick up his phone, he found that his phone was flooded with messages.

All the group chats had 99+ messages.