When the Earth Awakens, I Become the Female Sword Saint

Chapter Four: Admission Notice 

Yuyin returned to her apartment building wearing a long dress that highlighted her graceful figure, walking down the dim corridor.

She arrived at her door and was about to bend down to insert the key.

Suddenly, in the darkness, there were a few hurried footsteps. In less than a second, a hand reached toward her thin skirt-covered bottom!

An ordinary person? Yuyin hadn’t sensed any fluctuations in Yuan Qi, but the movement was enough for her to react. She suddenly sidestepped and turned, kicking at the empty figure.

Bang.

Yuyin controlled her strength, yet still kicked the person into the clutter at the edge of the corridor, leaving them unable to get up.

It turned out to be a pervert trying to grope Yuyin.

Yuyin didn’t recognize this person, but this short, chubby, lewd middle-aged man was the one who often peeked at Yuyin through the crack of the door across the hall. Today, seeing Yuyin wearing such a thin dress from behind, he couldn’t help but act.

Yuyin immediately called the police.

When the police arrived, they found that this person was a habitual offender who had been arrested several times for molesting women. They took him away immediately. However, as the lewd middle-aged man was being taken away, he suddenly turned back and looked at Yuyin with a strange gaze. One of the remaining police officers praised Yuyin but also advised her to be cautious living alone as a girl and to avoid dressing too provocatively.

Returning home, Yuyin looked at the shabby, worn-out room and thought it was time to move. The residents here were too mixed; although she wasn’t afraid, it would still bring her a lot of trouble. Moreover, what if her underwear was stolen when she went out?

Lingdu Academy was located in the southwestern suburbs of Lingdu, covering a vast area. Yuyin thought that even if she enrolled, she would definitely be living on campus.

But even students living on campus should have a home to return to. Considering that she would need a relatively larger, safer, and more private space for her future breakthroughs as a Yuan Wu practitioner and for cultivation, Yuyin decided to rent a new place.

As for the location, she still chose the city center; it would be convenient to go anywhere, and after all, she had money now.

After making her decision, Yuyin immediately took action. She downloaded a rental app and started searching.

She selected a few places and scheduled viewings for the next day. After some comparisons, she finally chose a high-rise apartment building that was close to the subway and bustling yet quiet.

This was a top-floor duplex, with an area of 260 square meters, a spacious living room with floor-to-ceiling windows facing a city park. The developer had done a uniform renovation, and it had never been rented out before, though it was unfurnished.

With such a good location and layout, it was considered the best in the building. The rent wasn’t cheap, at 36,000 a month. Yuyin really liked this place and casually asked how much it would cost to buy it, only to be told it was 28 million, excluding taxes… Yuyin didn’t ask further.

She had earned 1.5 million from underground fighting, but in the grand scheme of Shanghai, that amount really wasn’t much.

Yuyin was straightforward and directly paid three months’ rent plus one month’s deposit, and the moving company came the same day. After all, as long as she took some time to participate in underground fighting competitions, earning tens of thousands a month was quite easy for her, and this rent was completely affordable for her now.

“Phew…” Yuyin looked out the floor-to-ceiling windows at the park that resembled a small forest, with the surrounding night view lit up. Among the night scenery, there were also some enchanting spirits that looked somewhat magical at this moment, making her feel relaxed.

“Really nice here,” Yuyin’s face flushed slightly.

Thinking back to when she first arrived in Shanghai, the place she lived in was so small and shabby. Yuyin could endure it, but there were also perverts…

However, Yuyin had no complaints in her heart. Even that kind of house was an independent studio, and many people who had just arrived in big cities for work might not even have such a place to live.

Yet at this moment, it was indeed comfortable.

It was just that the place was fully equipped but still lacked furniture.

The next day, Yuyin ordered some furniture and also bought various fitness equipment. Yuyin didn’t mind the money; the key was to have it in stock.

Once the furniture, treadmill, and other fitness equipment arrived, Yuyin began to copy the “Female Body Cultivation Manual” in her study facing north. With a desk and chair, she didn’t have to kneel on the bed to write, which significantly improved her efficiency.

In the afternoon, after finishing the copying, she flipped through it a little, and the voice of the female consciousness sounded.

“Discovered a damaged, severely flawed counterfeit manuscript. It will cost 50 Soul Charm to restore it to the original true text.”

“Okay, wait, 50 Soul Charm!?” Yuyin had earned quite a bit of Soul Charm recently, but she couldn’t afford to spend that much.

“After restoration, it will be a high-grade low-level secret method.”

“High-grade low level… wait, which is stronger, high-grade low level or high-grade scholar level?”

“Law level is one tier higher than scholar level. Even low-grade law level is higher than high-grade scholar level,” the female consciousness replied.

“Now I see.”

It seems that high-grade law level is indeed an impressive tier. After all, her Beichen Sword Technique is only mid-grade law level.

Good things are worth the price.

“Then optimize it,” Yuyin decided.

A burst of colorful light, the incomprehensible power in the God-Eating Chess Space had already optimized this method.

Yuyin focused her mind and checked.

“‘The Imperial Daughter’s Body Cultivation’ Volume One?”

They even changed the name?

Yuyin immediately began to watch the training demonstration of the golden female figure, but found that aside from the first few basic movements, most of the later movements were for two people, and some even required the use of mechanical devices.

Looking at the original app, there was no mention of dual cultivation.

“This change is quite significant…” However, Yuyin naturally believed in the secret methods within the God-Eating Chess; if one were to practice, they should practice the best.

“Dual cultivation?” The first person Yuyin thought of was Ying Luo, but upon further examination, she realized it wouldn’t work. According to the demonstration and description, this Imperial Daughter’s dual cultivation required the partner to have a very high source energy value, and the requirements for strength and skill were also very high. Ying Luo… although she had some achievements in dual cultivation with Yuyin, she was still far from meeting the requirements and simply couldn’t do it.

However, Yuyin wasn’t familiar with other women who had particularly high source energy values…

Right, once she got into the Zero City Academy. The girls who could get in there wouldn’t have low source energy values, and perhaps she could find a like-minded female classmate to cultivate with them.

So Yuyin just started practicing those few basic movements for now.

Now that she had a larger private space, the female figure in the demonstration was dressed very minimally. Although Yuyin didn’t know the intricacies, she could boldly imitate.

Even though they were basic movements, after a few days of practice, her body’s foundational endurance, flexibility, strength, and explosive power had all significantly improved, equivalent to eating a White Ape Fruit once a week. Firstly, the White Ape Fruit was hard to find, and secondly, the effects of eating the fruit would diminish with frequent consumption, but this Imperial Daughter’s body cultivation didn’t show any obvious diminishing effects; it seemed the upper limit was very high.

This week, Yuyin was quite pleased with her living situation; her workouts were very fulfilling and relaxing, and she no longer had to hide or worry about whether she had drawn the curtains or if she was disturbing anyone.

A week later, the source martial arts college entrance test was conducted. Yuyin easily passed with a perfect score for girls, but this time, she didn’t exert herself fully; she just ensured she got a perfect score. Otherwise, if she accidentally broke the record again, it would cause more trouble.

In early July, during the cultural course exams, Yuyin also performed well and barely made it to the first-tier line. However, even among source martial arts examinees, there were many top students, so this score wasn’t particularly outstanding.

After the exams, they returned to school to fill out their preferences.

“Yuyin, have you filled out your preferences? Zero City Academy?” Ying Luo, who hadn’t shown her face for a long time and hadn’t messaged Yuyin, came over to ask, presumably because she had been studying hard for her cultural courses. At this point, everyone had graduated and would soon go their separate ways, so they could no longer call her president.

“Yes, and you?” Yuyin confidently nodded.

Unexpectedly, Ying Luo smiled mysteriously, “You’ll find out when the time comes.”

“I applied to a sports school. I want to be a PE teacher in the future.” Xu Weiwei said, clenching her small fist and looking at the sunset.

“I didn’t pass the vocational line, heh, but that was all within my expectations. I plan to join the army.” Xiao Huohuo said.

“I heard Liu Li applied to a provincial capital city not far from Zero City, Lin’an Source Martial.” Weiwei said while sitting on Yuyin’s desk.

When the homeroom teacher, Teacher Xie, received Yuyin’s preferences, she nodded meaningfully at Yuyin. Perhaps she also understood that Yuyin’s unexpectedly outstanding source martial arts exam results had little to do with her, but she was still genuinely happy for Yuyin. “Classmates, after graduation, the group for Class Three will not disperse; everyone can continue to come back and chat.” Teacher Xie said with a smile.

But for some reason, everyone felt an indescribable emotion in their hearts; perhaps this was the feeling of parting… When leaving school, Yuyin and Ying Luo agreed to cultivate together again during the summer vacation. They had planned to go out for drinks and catch up, but Yuyin was mysteriously called over by the director of education.

When she arrived at the principal’s office, she learned that she had actually become the top scorer in the college entrance examination, receiving a reward of 1 million from the Huaxia country and 500,000 from Zero City. This money would be transferred to Yuyin’s account a month after it was recorded.

This was indeed good news; Yuyin had just spent quite a bit of money, and thinking about it, this little fame and trouble didn’t seem so bad.

As the sun set, Yuyin walked alone on the campus, unsure if she would ever return to this place again.

“Xia Yuyin.”

Long Xiaotian had been waiting there for a long time, casting a long shadow in the golden sunlight.

“It’s my fault for not keeping my promise. But one day, when I become a true strong person, I will come to find you!”

Saying this, Long Xiaotian lowered his head, not waiting for Yuyin’s response, and turned away with his hands in his pockets, appearing somewhat deep in thought.

Long Xiaotian had already gone far away. Yuyin looked at the teaching building, where the banner wishing for success in the college entrance examination was still gently fluttering. She stood silently for a moment before walking out of the school gate.

…

About a week later, Yuyin received the admission notice from Zero City Academy.