The next morning.
Sunlight streamed through the window, falling on Lin Yu's peaceful face.
His eyelids twitched. After a moment, he slowly opened his sleepy eyes. The sunlight was too dazzling, so he instinctively shielded his eyes with his hand.
"What time is it? Such blinding sunlight."
Drowsily, he opened his wrist-worn watch and checked the time. After a while, he put the watch down.
Then he lay on the sofa for a bit before slowly standing up and going to wash up.
Just as he finished washing, the doorbell rang.
"Eldest Senior Brother?"
Lin Yu walked over and opened the door, only to see Unit Six, the butler robot from the dormitory area.
"Sir, your breakfast!"
Lin Yu smiled, thinking how thoughtful the robot was, arriving just in time. He was indeed hungry.
Taking the breakfast, he closed the door and returned to the living room.
After eating a simple meal, Lin Yu noticed a box of pills on the dining tray.
Bigu Pills!
"Ah, so this is the Bigu Pill that Eldest Senior Brother mentioned? It can replace food, but it gets tiresome to eat."
Lin Yu had heard his Eldest Senior Brother mention it in Ji City. He was quite curious about these Bigu Pills and picked up the instruction manual to read.
A small line of text at the bottom caught his attention.
Alchemist: Zhou Yang!
"So these are the pills refined by Eldest Senior Brother. No wonder he got tired of them."
Lin Yu grumbled a few words, putting the Bigu Pills in his pocket for emergencies.
Full and content, Lin Yu went to the courtyard. Five massive corpses of sixth-tier ferocious beasts lay there, which he had brought back from the battlefield yesterday.
"I'll try absorbing one first."
The life energy of a sixth-tier ferocious beast was incomparable to that of a fifth-tier beast, being several times greater. Thus, the appetite generated by using Life Absorption this time might be even larger.
He needed to be mentally prepared.
Talent: Life Absorption.
The next moment, a black vortex appeared in his palm. He slowly placed his hand on the beast's corpse.
*Hum!*
A buzzing sound filled his ears.
Streams of life energy surged into his body. Lin Yu's expression changed slightly. The influx of life energy was too much this time, making his body somewhat unbearable.
The accompanying appetite was also affecting him, causing his eyes to redden slightly, and the urge to devour everything from the depths of his heart grew stronger.
He gritted his teeth, enduring it all. Finally, ten minutes later, he stopped using the Life Absorption talent.
His head felt a bit groggy. He rubbed his temples and said, "Damn, that's exhausting."
"However, the gains are huge. My physique and strength have increased by about ten percent, and my mental power has also strengthened a bit. Though not much, every bit counts."
"I'll rest for a while and then do another one!"
Lin Yu made his decision and returned to the living room. Sitting on the sofa, he took out a fruit that was ice-blue and crystal-like.
It was the spoils of war he had obtained yesterday from killing a fifth-tier ferocious beast in the mountains.
"Actually, the best way would be to ask Eldest Senior Brother to refine it into a pill, but that would take too much time, and I wouldn't want to trouble him. I'll just eat it!"
The Ice Spirit Fruit could aid in comprehending the power of ice. After eating the Ice Spirit Fruit, Lin Yu felt streams of icy power emanating from his body.
He quickly sat cross-legged and began to meditate.
Suddenly, insights swirled in his mind, and countless images related to ice appeared in his consciousness.
Ice: Originating from water, yet colder than water. As water temperature drops, it condenses into ice.
Various understandings emerged in his heart, and he entered a state of deep comprehension.
Thus, he remained in seclusion, continuously comprehending. In the blink of an eye, it was already afternoon.
Meanwhile.
Eldest Senior Brother glanced at Lin Yu's residence, then turned and walked out of the academy.
At this time, a group of young people arrived in Southern Border City.
These young people were vaguely divided into two groups, and they clearly disliked each other.
One side believed the Guixu was dangerous, while the other believed it was not. However, their purpose was the same: to find evidence and silence the other side.
It wasn't just them who were paying attention; netizens were also watching, and the leaders of both groups were livestreaming.
At this moment, the live broadcast rooms were also divided into two teams, arguing with each other.
"Hmph, those who cling to tradition and refuse to adapt will eventually be eliminated."
"You are the ignorant ones, showing no reverence for danger. You will die out there sooner or later."
"Nonsense! Doubting authority is a sign of maturity. We are not children anymore, don't try to fool us so easily."
"Just you wait. When we reach Guixu, I hope you don't wet yourselves in fear."
The heated online debate had extended into reality.
In various cities, many people began to discuss the matter. The relevant departments, seeing that these people dared to go to Guixu, also frowned.
They reported it upwards. Since the incident with the Sword God, the Grand Council had purged a large number of corrupt officials, so many people dared not be negligent.
Then, an order was issued from the Grand Council to the Southern Border City Lord's Mansion.
At this time, Liu Shan, the City Lord of Southern Border City, received the order and his brow furrowed.
Those around him, seeing the City Lord frown, asked, "City Lord, what happened? Are the foreign races trying to attack our Southern Border City again?"
Southern Border City's main task was not to defend against Guixu, as Guixu was guarded by the Supreme Academy. Their primary role was to defend against foreign races. Outside Southern Border City, there were vast mountain ranges stretching for tens of thousands of miles, teeming with countless foreign races, and attacks on Southern Border City were frequent.
However, fortunately, Southern Border City was capable and had repelled the attacks of foreign races time and again.
What troubled him now was that his superiors wanted him to send people to protect a group of young people.
Wasn't this a waste of manpower!
Deep down, he did not want to send anyone, but he had to obey the superior's orders.
"You can see for yourselves."
He projected the superior's order onto the air.
After reading it, everyone's faces showed anger.
"These guys truly don't know the hardships on the front lines. They always pull this stunt. I say they're just too idle."
Someone gritted their teeth, their eyes filled with rage.
Another person said, "In my opinion, we shouldn't bother with them. Let them die, so no one can say Guixu isn't dangerous."
"This superior is also looking for trouble. I really want to ask who came up with this idea. Why should we clean up their mess?"
The City Lord also frowned deeply.
He was very aware of the dangers of Guixu.
His strength was not weak, reaching the eighth-tier. Yet, just like the director of the Enforcement Bureau, he probably couldn't withstand a single move from the Sword God.
He had also once believed Guixu was not dangerous and had ventured into its depths with a few subordinates.
Then, he suffered a great loss, with all his subordinates dead and him barely escaping with his life.
That battle finally made him understand the dangers of Guixu and the gap between himself and the Sword God.
Because, if the Sword God hadn't come to save him, he would have been dead for twenty years.
He still couldn't forget the sight of that sword light flashing across the sky, and three ninth-tier ferocious beasts falling dead.
That was the Sword God, a legend of humanity. He wasn't even worthy of carrying the Sword God's shoes.
Back then, he was already an eighth-tier fighter. How strong could these youngsters be to dare challenge Guixu?
However, he couldn't disobey the superior's orders.
After pondering for a moment, he said, "We cannot stand idly by in this matter. Otherwise, if they die, we will also be held responsible. Lu Li!"
"City Lord, I'm here!"
"You follow them, but don't forget to keep your cameras on at all times and record everything they do, so we can't be wrongly accused later."
"Yes!"
"Go quickly, and take a few more people with you."