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Chapter 1044 - 1038 Ruonan Calls

Chapter 1044: Chapter 1038 Ruonan Calls

She didn’t want to elicit her brother’s sympathy; she just knew that eventually, Li Changlin would be living in the same Family as her and would undoubtedly discover this matter. By speaking up now, she was simply preparing Li Changlin mentally, so that if anything unexpected happened to her, Li Changlin wouldn’t be thrown into panic.

In Li Xiaoya’s heart, she saw her brother as an ordinary person.

Little did she know, Li Changlin of today was a martial artist whose abilities were comparable to those at the Peak Virtual Energy stage.

Even Li Haoge, who was the prominent guardian of the Family, only possessed combat skills at the Peak Virtual Energy stage, making him comparable to Li Changlin.

"Xiaoya, I have a friend who has the same physique as you, and she, by chance, came across martial arts that suit this physique. So, now she has become a high-level practitioner at the Dark Force Level," Li Xiaoya revealed her physical condition, and Li Changlin found a point of entry. He told Li Xiaoya he could invite his friend to Shanghai City to teach her martial arts.

"Really? Can I really practice martial arts?" Born into an Ancient Martial Family, it had been determined since she was young that she couldn’t practice martial arts. The pain of this reality wasn’t something ordinary people could understand.

Since she was little, Li Xiaoya had experienced many cold stares. If it weren’t for the deep affection from her grandfather Li Guorui, she might have been married off by the Family long ago.

A person unable to bring any benefits to the Family was deemed completely useless.

Perhaps after graduation, Li Xiaoya couldn’t avoid being married off to a male heir or eldest legitimate son of a second-rate Family affiliated with the Li Family. If she was lucky enough to meet someone she liked, that would be a fortune. But if she were to marry a bad match, that would affect her whole life.

"Of course it’s true. I’ll call her right now, but you have to keep this a secret. My friend doesn’t want too many people knowing about her martial arts practice," Li Changlin said with a smile, reminding Li Xiaoya before pulling out his phone to call Zeng Yi.

Zeng Yi had once been his friend, but now she had become his disciple. The fickle nature of life was truly indescribable—yesterday, he had no interaction with Li Xiaoya, but today, they had become siblings.

When Zeng Yi received Li Changlin’s call, she was both surprised and delighted. Li Changlin asked her to get ready and come to Shanghai City immediately.

Zeng Yi’s martial prowess had improved leaps and bounds. Since practicing the Nine Yin Divine Skill taught by Li Changlin, her realm had long reached the Late Stage of Dark Energy.

Moreover, with the aid of the Life Fruit provided by Li Changlin, Zeng Yi’s true strength could very well be comparable to a master at the Initial Threshold Stage.

Her progress was seen by the Yan Family members as extremely encouraging. Many felt that the Yan Family’s choice was correct, and given time, their Family would certainly rank alongside the Tang Family and Mo Family as revered Ancient Martial Families.

Moreover, Yan Xueyi’s martial development was also rapid; he now possessed the strength of the Mid-stage of Ming Jin. With the help of Li Changlin’s Life Fruit, Yan Xueyi’s skills were likely comparable to early-stage practitioners of Dark Energy.

They had only been learning martial arts for a short while—probably not even a month.

Yet, their achievements were quite evident. The Yan Family members seemed to see a revitalized future for the Family, and they sent their younger Disciples to live and train with Yan Xueyi and Zeng Yi, to grow together.

Of course, since these people didn’t have the Life Fruit to aid them, their progress was much slower.

Even so, because Yan Xueyi and Zeng Yi practiced the Nine Yin Nine Yang taught by Li Changlin, the foundational skills of the Yan Family’s younger Disciples were also solid.

Zeng Yi didn’t ask why Li Changlin wanted her to rush to Shanghai City. As his disciple, she had long since relinquished those thoughts of wanting to be together.

In fact, since becoming Li Changlin’s Disciple and practicing the Nine Yin Divine Skill, Zeng Yi’s personality had gradually changed.

In the past, Zeng Yi was sunny and extroverted.

But now, she exuded a chilly air about her, giving off the impression that she was difficult to get along with, as if she was keeping others at a thousand-mile distance.

After hanging up the phone, Li Changlin continued chatting with Li Xiaoya for a while before preparing to resume his training.

At that moment, his phone rang. Pulling it out, he discovered it was a call from Lin Ruonan.

He was overjoyed and hastily answered.

"Ruonan, where are you? I’m in Shanghai City right now. Can you come over?" Li Changlin was thrilled. After so long without being able to contact her, Ruonan had taken the initiative to call him.

"I know you’re in Shanghai City; you performed quite well in your cross-dressing act," Lin Ruonan’s tone of voice hadn’t changed, which put Li Changlin at ease.

"I didn’t expect cross-dressing to be so popular, but it seems your aunt has some issues with me!" Li Changlin couldn’t help but complain when the topic of cross-dressing came up, finding it frustrating that Lin Qiao’en seemed so displeased with him.

"Of course, she has issues with you—you’ve stolen her favorite niece’s heart," Lin Ruonan chuckled mischievously, then softly added, "Changlin, is it because the punishment from Endless was too harsh that you wanted to leave?"

"You know about that?" Li Changlin was taken aback, but he had nothing to hide from Lin Ruonan, so he told the truth, "Actually, it’s not about the punishment. I had already been thinking about leaving Endless. Endless’s punishment just gave me an excuse."

"Why do you want to leave? Is it because Endless’s treatment of you is not good enough?" This was, indeed, a question that many of the higher-ups at Endless wondered. Why did Li Changlin want to leave? They felt they had already given him quite a generous offer.

You see, Li Changlin had not signed with any Legion, and the Family he created had also not signed an agreement to settle within the Home of Changlin, meaning they were not recruiting hosts within Endless.

Still, Endless offered Li Changlin a twenty-eighty revenue share. From Endless’s perspective, while they took the opportunity to give Li Changlin a bit of a knock for Zhong Kaiyu’s issue, he didn’t have a reason to leave.

What they didn’t understand was that Li Changlin’s focus wasn’t on the revenue share issue. His real goal was to join a brotherhood, to earn more Popularity Points.

While Endless’s offer was decent, the benefits proposed by the brotherhood were even more enticing.

Of course, now what Li Changlin valued was no longer the issue of benefits. Compensation, to him, was just a number. An annual salary of one or two million was trivial; now that he managed assets worth a hundred billion, he hardly needed anyone to provide him with a wage.