A week after the Seele incident and the encounter in Siberia, Li Xuan, having returned to St. Freya High School, continued his leisurely and peaceful days…
Although he was a bit busy due to the upcoming major school exams… with the company of Yae Sakura and Yaoye, it became less lonely and boring… In the past, although Li Xuan went to and from school with Mei and the others, he actually couldn't get a word in edgewise among the three of them… He felt it might be because he had become a bit of a recluse from his past otaku life and wasn't good at chatting with Kiana and the others to build a rapport…
Of course… it actually had nothing to do with him. After all, in the eyes of the Honkai Yuri Trio… Li Xuan was a contradictory existence…
"Classmate Li Xuan, is your path the 'Way of the Sword'?" Fu Hua, dressed in a light blue training uniform, looked at Li Xuan who was wielding a wooden sword and swinging it forcefully, and said softly with some delight. It was now the combat training class… a course specially designed for students at St. Freya High School to practice their own skills…
"Oh, it's Class Monitor Fu Hua~" Li Xuan, also wearing a white training uniform, stopped his movements upon hearing the voice. Seeing Fu Hua before him, he smiled and greeted her. Li Xuan had a rather good impression of this class monitor who usually seemed a bit strict and calm, unlike Kiana's hostility… Hmm, perhaps it was because they were both of Huaxia yellow race…
"I think I should be taking this path…" Li Xuan looked at the wooden sword in his hand and said, a little embarrassed. He didn't have many choices. The 'Gun Kata' that Kiana taught him was not complete, and only the 'Hokushin Itto-ryu' was a truly complete ultimate technique…
'Gun Kata' is an ultimate technique developed by the 'Kaslana family' over generations, perfectly matching the physical fitness and bloodline abilities of the Kaslana family members. Therefore, Li Xuan was not actually suited for this ultimate technique… after all, he couldn't conjure a 'Valkyrie Heavy Cannon' (Gungnir) out of thin air like Kiana could…
However, 'Hokushin Itto-ryu' did not have many requirements. All it needed was great physical fitness, a strong heart, and excellent swordsmanship talent… It was simple compared to 'Gun Kata'.
And it was evident from the time he had crossed over to ancient times due to a Honkai reaction and took Hokushin Mei as his convenient master… If it weren't for the fact that Hokushin Mei didn't like to be ostentatious, the name of this sword art would have long been famous far and wide. After all, this was a sword art that could truly "slay gods"…
To be able to injure a Honkai Beast with the body of a mortal while wielding a sword… in modern scientific terms, this was an extremely difficult feat.
"Keep it up! Classmate Li Xuan, after a while, I can take you to Guangdong to check out some martial arts dojos. You can also learn from them," Fu Hua said very enthusiastically, pushing up the glasses on her nose. Her family was a martial arts family, so she knew many martial artists…
"Thank you!~" Li Xuan said, putting his hands together in thanks. He was also very interested in Fu Hua's invitation… Since inexplicably crossing over to this world, he had not yet truly set foot on the [Divine Land Continent].
"It's a small matter…" Fu Hua's expression returned to its usual impassiveness. She waved her hand as she walked out, indicating that it was no problem… However, the slight upward curl of her lips showed that she was in a rather good mood…
'I wonder what the difference is between the Huaxia Divine Land of this world and the Huaxia of my own world?' Li Xuan thought, somewhat lost in thought as he looked at the azure sky outside the window. He really wanted to go and see…
"Li Xuan-kun!~" Just as Li Xuan was starting to let his imagination run wild, Mei suddenly patted him on the shoulder.
"Ah! It's Mei…" Li Xuan was startled by the sudden contact, then smiled at Mei and said, "What's wrong? Is there something you need, Mei?"
"Li Xuan-kun, there's something I've been wanting to tell you for a while…" Mei's fair face turned a little red as she spoke shyly.
"Ahem… Wh-what is it?" Mesmerized by Mei's shy expression, Li Xuan swallowed. Perhaps his IQ had suddenly dropped. He started to lose control of his wild thoughts again… Could it be… a confession?! But, I already have Sakura… No, no…
"Well, it's…" Mei said, finding it hard to speak. Her eyes darted around…
"Well, what?!..." Li Xuan repeated, waiting with mixed feelings for what Mei was about to say…
"I'm very curious!..." Mei raised her head, her clear eyes meeting Li Xuan's as she said, "Why… does Li Xuan-kun's swordsmanship look so much like my family's exclusive sword style—'Hokushin Itto-ryu'?"
"...." So it turns out this is what you wanted to talk about all along… Li Xuan felt a little disappointed for some reason. He fell silent for a moment before replying, "Mei, did your ancestors have someone named Hokushin Mei?"
"...I'm not too sure about that." Mei frowned in thought for a moment before shaking her head, indicating that she didn't know.
"Is that so…" Li Xuan suddenly blinked and said with a smile, "I think… my swordsmanship might have been taught to me by your ancestor… because my master is named Hokushin Mei."
As Li Xuan said this, his eyes were incredibly sincere. After all… this was the truth… In many ways, Li Xuan wasn't lying at all…
"Xuan! I bought drinks! Come and get them~" a shout came from afar. Yae Sakura, standing at the door, held up the sports drink in her hand and shouted to Li Xuan as if asking for credit.
"Coming!" Li Xuan quickly scrambled over. His own girlfriend bringing him a drink had long since made him so happy he couldn't find his bearings… The nurturing plan was going very smoothly…
"..." Mei, forgotten by Li Xuan, stood blankly in place with a dumbfounded expression… What do you mean your ancestor taught you? But Li Xuan's expression was clearly serious, and he had no reason to lie to her… What on earth did that mean?!
Mei felt that she needed to check her family's genealogy records....
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Siberia… within the Siberian forest.
"Anla, have you found any traces of Honkai energy?" Avrora, holding a Honkai energy detector, asked her partner softly.
"No… It's strange. Principal Theresa clearly stated in the mission report that there were even Honkai Beasts in this place," the girl named Anla, wearing a standard-issue Valkyrie battlesuit, said with some confusion. "But we haven't encountered a single Honkai Beast so far."
"Yeah, right… And I even brought my baby along." Avrora said with some regret, stroking the Valkyrie greatsword on her back, the 'Hybrid Greatsword Type-27'. This type of hybrid greatsword possessed the 'thrust' of a knight's sword, the 'slash' of a cutting sword, and the 'handling' of a broadsword. For B-Rank Valkyries like them, it was a pretty decent weapon.
"Alright, let's check one more time. If there are no problems, let's head back… Siberia is still so cold," Anla suggested.
"Yeah, right… The Valkyrie qualification test is coming up soon. The academy is probably going to be lively again," Avrora said with a slight smile.
"Beep beep beep!" Suddenly, the Honkai energy detector in Avrora's hand beeped wildly. The Honkai energy reaction on the display screen jumped up as if on steroids… 100HW, 200HW, 300HW... The number was still rising continuously, as if it would never end…
"Not good! A Honkai energy fluctuation!" Anla shouted loudly. "Where is this Honkai energy fluctuation coming from?!"
"..." Avrora, as if realizing something, had a bitter and desperate look on her face as she said, "It's from underground…" They had no chance to escape.
"Rumble!!" A loud bang! An astonishing amount of snow dust erupted violently, obscuring the sky like a volcanic eruption… The earth shook violently as if in an earthquake… A dark shadow faintly flashed by, and the withered trees fell like scythed wheat, a large swath of them toppling over…
Soon after… the snow dust slowly fell from the sky, and everything returned to calm. The figures of the two special agents from St. Freya High School who had been standing on the snowy ground were gone…
(End of this chapter)