Chapter 339: Dual Sacred Bodies of Blade and Sword Technique

“Why did you decide to join the Dragon Group?” Xie Renyu asked.

Li Xiaofei’s decision to join had been swift and without hesitation. But up until recently, he clearly knew nothing about the Dragon Group.

Li Xiaofei turned the question back on him, “And you? Why did you join the Dragon Group?”

Xie Renyu smiled. Li Xiaofei smiled too. They found their answers in each other’s smiles. This country had never been short of young people filled with passion and patriotism.

Knock, knock, knock.

There was a knock at the door. The food had arrived.

***

The slums.

Unlike his usual routine of checking in on Principal Hu, Li Xiaofei headed for his private light core room. He entered the virtual light core cockpit and used the dragon-scale key to log in.

In the light-network world’s reception hall, a new projection interface popped up in front of him. He clicked to enter and the interface for the Great Xia Dragon Group Shopping Mall appeared. The mall’s design was outdated, reminiscent of shopping websites from five hundred years ago.

Welcome, honorable Dragon Group warrior 0411385.

A line of text greeted him from the screen. Li Xiaofei tapped the screen lightly and navigated to his personal profile page. Most of his information had already been registered. His personal account showed a balance of 1 million star coins, plus 100 merit points.

The star coins were a settlement fee granted to him upon becoming a member of the Dragon Group. These funds could be transferred to any bank account without raising any flags. It was completely legitimate and left no trace. As for the merit points, they could only be earned by completing specific missions.

Li Xiaofei made a guess that the 100 merit points he had received were likely a reward for assisting Lei Yinuo and the others in defeating Edward and the other experts from the Inquisition.

Merit points could be used in place of star coins, with each merit point valued at 100,000 star coins. However, star coins could not be exchanged for merit points. Many items in the Dragon Group’s mall could only be purchased with merit points, giving them a unique value within the organization.

After reviewing his profile, Li Xiaofei discovered that he could edit his detailed information. He decided to change his codename. After all, 0411385 was just a system-generated number. It was difficult to remember and lacking personality.

After thinking for a moment, Li Xiaofei tried entering his first nickname, Kicking the Good Leg of a Cripple. However, the system rejected it, indicating that the name was too long. Upon reading the instructions more carefully, Li Xiaofei learned that Dragon Group codenames were generally limited to four words to make them easier to remember and avoid confusion.

For example, Xie Renyu's codename was King of Men, and Lei Yinuo’s was Thunderstrike.

After some thought, Li Xiaofei casually entered another codename, Jade Emperor. To his surprise, the modification was approved, and no one had already claimed the name.

Feeling satisfied with his new codename, Li Xiaofei returned to the Dragon Group mall. Since he lacked any Acupoint Opening Realm techniques, he navigated to the section for martial techniques. He further refined his search to focus on Acupoint Opening Realm techniques. There were over a hundred such techniques available, categorized by cultivation difficulty, requirements, and power level, and ranked on a five-star scale.

After some searching, Li Xiaofei selected a Acupoint Opening Realm technique titled Detailed Explanation of Acupoint Impact for the Dual Sacred Bodies of Blade and Sword. This technique had a five-star rating. When he read the description, it seemed as though it was significantly different from standard Acupoint Opening Realm techniques.

Typically, acupoint techniques focused on impacting the twelve meridians in the human body. Each meridian contained ten acupoints, for a total of a hundred and twenty acupoints. 99 percent of martial artists who practiced Acupoint Opening cultivated these one hundred and twenty acupoints, and once they had fully opened all twelve meridians, they would proceed to vein expansion and the formation of the Golden Body.

However, the Dual Sacred Bodies of Blade and Sword technique's description mentioned certain special physiques that could impact not only the twelve meridians but also the eight extraordinary meridians. The eight extraordinary meridians were fundamentally different from the twelve regular ones. They weren’t directly connected to the internal organs nor did they have corresponding paired channels. They were called extraordinary because they followed different pathways.

Cultivating the twelve meridians was already difficult. Cultivating the eight extraordinary meridians was even harder. But if one could successfully cultivate and open the eighty acupoints of the eight extraordinary meridians, the power boost would be immeasurable. It wasn’t just about having an additional eighty acupoints; it was much more profound than that.

From the data on the page, over 1,300 people had purchased the Dual Sacred Bodies of Blade and Sword technique. However, the reviews were unanimously negative. Not a single person had successfully cultivated it. In the end, most people felt like they had wasted their money.

The last recorded purchase of the Detailed Explanation of Acupoint Impact for the Dual Sacred Bodies of Blade and Sword technique was five years ago, by a Dragon Group member named Bajie.

Based on Bajie's feedback, his cultivation progress hadn't been ideal. But for some reason, Li Xiaofei was immediately drawn to this technique. His instinct told him that this was the one he had to choose.

The technique was priced at 10 million star coins, plus 100 merit points. Li Xiaofei transferred an additional 9 million star coins to his account, bringing his balance up to the full amount.

After completing the payment, he downloaded the file. Soon, the classified electronic document appeared in his virtual world reception hall. Li Xiaofei opened the file and eagerly began to devour its contents.

***

The next day, Li Xiaofei arrived at the school gate, riding his motorcycle as usual. Unexpectedly, he was stopped by the security guard on duty.

"From today onward, no external motor vehicles are allowed to enter," ordered the guard, a slightly overweight middle-aged man in a security uniform. "What grade are you in? Which class? Who gave you permission to ride a motorcycle to school?"

"Are you new here?" Li Xiaofei asked, still seated on his bike as he looked up at the man.

His question hit a nerve. The middle-aged man’s face immediately flushed with anger, and he shouted, "So what if I’m new? I’m the security chief personally appointed by the principal. Do you think I can’t handle you? Look at you—no school uniform, acting all nonchalant. Do you even look like a high school student?"

Appointed by the principal? Oh, right.

The new principal of Red Flag High School was rumored to be an official parachuted in by the Education Department. Li Xiaofei thought about it for a second and decided not to bother with the guy. He turned around and parked his motorcycle in the lot across from the school gate.

When he walked back, he saw the new security chief strutting around and intimidating several newly transferred students. The visibly nervous students were apologizing profusely before they were allowed to enter the school.

"You, stop right there!" The security chief barked as he spotted Li Xiaofei approaching. He blocked his path and said, "Put on your school uniform properly! And what's your name? Which class are you in? Who's your homeroom teacher?"

Li Xiaofei replied coldly, "None of your business."

Without missing a beat, he continued walking.

"You little punk! You’ve got some nerve!" The middle-aged guard yelled, stepping in front of him, his finger pointing harshly at Li Xiaofei’s face. "Say that again if you dare!"