Cosmic Trading System

On his way home, Lin Yun touched his nose and suddenly found it quite amusing.

If he wasn't mistaken, it seemed that he had just been rejected by someone.

However, that was just fine. It saved him the need to explain himself.

He couldn't help reflecting, nowadays girls were so practical.

Like that girl they've just met, and ... Zhao Gang's ex-girlfriend.

Of course, not all the girls were like that. He wasn't generalizing.

But in such a restless society, those kind of girls seemed to be decreasing in number.

Lin Yun glanced at the time, it was nearly one o'clock.

He decided to go see his master before heading home.

...

Mountain Martial Arts Hall.

A very common name, named after his master, Yan Dashan.

Gazing at the somewhat dilapidated sign, Lin Yun's emotions were complex.

He had started his martial arts training in this hall as a child.

It was here where he stepped into the Martial Arts Realm.

This hall was filled with his sweat of many years.

And his master's patient teachings. Even though he started with tuition fees, his master had gone above and beyond in his teachings that had exceeded that which could be counted in fees.

Without his master's careful guidance, it would have been difficult for him to step into the Martial Arts Realm. At the very least, he wouldn't have been able to break through to the Mid Mingjin Stage at the age of eighteen.

Just before he left, his master reminded him to continue training and not to give up.

Many memories flashed through his mind.

The martial arts hall now was not much different than when he left, only a bit more worn and less populated.

"Are you here to learn martial arts?"

As Lin Yun walked into the training room, a little girl was mopping the floor. Seeing him come in, she quickly put down her mop and hastened forward, looking quite thrilled.

"Ha, buddy, studying martial arts here is nothing compared to our Yinghao Martial Arts Hall. Brother Jie there is the top master in Immortal Origin County, Look at what a dilapidated state this place is in, and not a single workout equipment in sight!

All it has are some worn punching bags and wooden dummies, like it's some sort of movie set or something?" At that moment, a voice came from behind Lin Yun saying with amusement.

Lin Yun turned around and saw a guy in his twenties approaching.

"You — you shameless —" Seeing the young man, the little girl was outraged, but her upbringing didn't permit her to say anything too harsh. All she could muster were those words through gritted teeth.

"Indeed, our Yinghao Martial Arts Hall charges higher fees, but you need to understand, the more you pay, the better you get. Just a couple of months at our place and your skills will have significantly boosted. You could fight off two or three guys single-handedly." Not paying any attention to the little girl, the young man continued to speak to Lin Yun with a grin.

"Your Brother Jie is the top master in Immortal Origin County?" Lin Yun looked at the young man that appeared suddenly, and was quite astonished.

He knew that his master was a martial artist of the Late Mingjin Stage. Such a strength should be extraordinary in a small city like Immortal Origin County.

Brother Jie dared to call himself the top master of Immortal Origin County and even dared to openly poach students from his master's martial arts hall. Was his strength superior to his master's?

Could there be such an expert in Immortal Origin County?

"Exactly, this is publicly acknowledged across all martial arts halls in Immortal Origin County. The highest record of our Brother Jie is defeating twenty-three ordinary people at the same time. Can you even imagine how powerful that is?" The young man nodded with a proud look.

As if he was that Brother Jie himself.

However, the fact that a person could defeat twenty-three ordinary people at the same time, to ordinary people, it's really hard to imagine.

It's very difficult to compete outnumbered. The combined strength of twenty-three people attacking simultaneously was not lightly to be taken.

"A person can defeat twenty-three ordinary people at the same time?" Lin Yun was astonished once again.

This time, his astonishment was not about Brother Jie's strength.

A person able to defeat twenty-three ordinary people… surely many martial artists of the Mid Mingjin Stage could do that, right? An average martial artist in the Mid Mingjin Stage could fight against ten to twenty ordinary people. For those slightly stronger individuals at the Mid Mingjin Stage, adding a few more would also be quite normal!

Besides, the term "fighting many ordinary people at the same time" had much to do with the strength of the "ordinary people". The statement was quite skewed!

Back in the day, when he himself was at the Mid Mingjin Stage, he also could have fought twenty-three ordinary people at the same time!

Then came the question.

With just being at the Mid Mingjin Stage, how dare their Brother Jie openly poach students from his master's martial arts hall?

Or, perhaps the "ordinary people" Brother Jie was able to defeat were not ordinary at all?

Lin Yun was deep in thought.

"Is Master Yan in? I am one of his old students. I went out for several years and have just returned. I came to see him!" While thinking, Lin Yun turned around and asked the little girl.

"Ah——" The little girl was anxiously thinking about how to persuade Lin Yun to learn martial arts at their school. The hall hadn't been open for a long time. Her master was sick and there wasn't much money available for his treatment. Therefore, hearing what Lin Yun just said, she was taken aback.

"My master is in the back. I'll take you to see him!" After regaining her senses, the little girl's eyes beamed. She quickly nodded and assured him.

Frankly speaking, she was relieved at that moment.

Because these days, their martial arts hall had lost many students to Yinghao Martial Arts Hall. The feeling of helplessness and frustration was overwhelming.

When she heard Lin Yun state that he wasn't here to learn martial arts, she breathed a sigh of relief.

Moreover, it was a matter of pride that an old student returned to see his master after so many years. If their martial arts hall wasn't good enough, would the old students come back to see their masters after so many years?

With that thought, the little girl snorted at the young man from Yinghao Martial Arts Hall.

These people from Yinghao Martial Arts Hall were really despicable.

If her master wasn't sick, he would definitely have driven these people away.

"Hmm!" Seeing that Lin Yun was not there to learn martial arts, and was in fact an old student of the hall, the young man from Yinghao Martial Arts Hall snorted coldly and turned to leave.

However, he didn't go far and stood at some distance outside.

Lin Yun glanced at the whole scene and his eyebrows fell into a crease.

Despite his bafflement about why his master tolerated these people trying to poach students here, what Yinghao Martial Arts Hall was doing really was unfair.

In the bedroom at the back of the martial arts hall.

Lin Yun saw his master lying on the bed, looking jaundiced and alarmingly gaunt. He was stunned.

Seeing someone come in, his master stirred to sit up.

"Master, I'm back!" Lin Yun quickly helped his master to sit up, with some excitement in his voice.

His master had taught him with severity and kindness, always serious and his figure straight as a mountain. These memories reappeared in his mind. Seeing his master's present state, Lin Yun couldn't help his eyes from getting slightly moist.

After five years, his master had changed a lot and aged significantly.

Carefully working out the numbers, his master was around forty when he first began his apprenticeship, so he should be around fifty-five now, right?

"Lin Yun, you're back?" Seeing the person in front of him shouting with such excitement, Yan Dashan initially blinked with confusion, then stared in disbelief at the person in front of him and said.

Lin Yun, the best and most gifted student he's ever taught.

Five years ago, Lin Yun left Immortal Origin County and never came back.

He didn't expect Lin Yun to suddenly return.