Soon, a stream of martial artists poured out of the station.
Most of them were wearing combat suits.
Although they had been cleaned up at the supply base,
the moment they appeared, a strong smell of blood hit the crowd.
Some of the family members waiting at the exit showed excited expressions, happy that their loved ones had returned.
Others covered their mouths and wept, because a few martial artists had lost limbs or were even being carried back.
Some were anxiously searching for their relatives, their worry gradually turning into fear.
For those who couldn't find their loved ones, there was a very real possibility that their family members would never return.
At this moment, Luo Fan also noticed a young woman with a ponytail, dressed in a white combat suit.
Behind the young woman was a large backpack, and in her hands she held a long spear.
A lingering smell of blood and killing intent still clung to her.
Around her were a few other women—these were Fang Xueyi's teammates.
It was clear that the girl in the white combat suit with a ponytail was the youngest among them.
"Wife!"
Luo Fan waved at the girl in the white combat suit.
The moment Fang Xueyi saw Luo Fan, her eyes lit up.
The lingering killing intent on her, which had already diminished, instantly decreased even further, becoming almost imperceptible.
After greeting her teammates, Fang Xueyi walked toward Luo Fan.
"Husband, didn't I say you didn't need to come pick me up?"
Luo Fan first nodded to Fang Xueyi's teammates as a greeting.
Then he hugged Fang Xueyi and said,
"I couldn't wait at home, so I came to pick you up."
"Let's go home first."
Fang Xueyi nodded and walked with Luo Fan toward the parking lot.
She held her long spear in one hand and held Luo Fan's hand with the other, telling him about her gains from the wilderness area.
Fang Xueyi and Luo Fan had known each other since middle school.
Their tube-style apartment buildings were next to each other,
so after meeting in middle school, they quickly became familiar with one another.
Later, they even went to and from school together.
After high school, they officially became a couple and trained together at the Extreme Martial Arts Academy, becoming students.
Fang Xueyi's father, due to long-term labor, passed away when she was in the second year of high school.
Her mother also became exhausted as a result.
In the end, the medical expenses for her mother's treatment at the hospital were paid by Luo Fan.
Although it cost a considerable amount, her mother's prolonged labor, combined with grief over her husband's death, had taken a toll on her health.
Fang Xueyi's mother ultimately didn't survive.
Afterwards, Fang Xueyi became an orphan.
If it weren't for Luo Fan, she might have had to drop out of school to work.
In the second semester of their second year in high school, Luo Fan had saved enough money to buy a house in the villa where Luo Hongguo and the others now lived.
He then brought Fang Xueyi to live with him.
The two of them began living together, planning to marry after graduating high school.
Later, in their third year of high school, Luo Fan was still a beginner student, while Fang Xueyi had become an advanced student.
Finally, six months after graduating high school, Fang Xueyi became a martial artist.
The couple then moved into Mingyue Community.
Originally, Fang Xueyi had also suggested that Luo Hongguo, Gong Xinlan, Luo Feng, and Luo Hua move into the martial artist community, since it was safer.
However, the remaining four members of the Luo family didn't want to disturb Luo Fan and Fang Xueyi, so they declined.
Fang Xueyi, now a martial artist for over two years, was approaching the rank of a junior warlord, showing considerable potential.
In her team, the Rose Squad, the other teammates had all at least reached the level of advanced warriors.
The squad's captain and vice-captain were even close to mid-level warlord.
Luo Fan's company now primarily managed his novel copyrights.
Thanks in part to Fang Xueyi being listed as a nominal contributor, the business earned a substantial income.
In fact, Luo Fan's personal wealth was even greater than Fang Xueyi's.
But he understood the importance of strength—money alone was useless.
So he spent money to buy Fang Xueyi a set of high-level equipment.
Additionally, he hired someone to train Luo Feng as a sparring partner.
Sometimes, he even paid powerful martial artists to guide Luo Feng in blade techniques and body movements.
This was also why Luo Feng was now far stronger than his counterpart in the original story at the same stage.
.....
Soon, the two drove back home.
For lunch, they went to Green City Villa.
Since high school, Fang Xueyi had been living with Luo Fan,
so the Luo family was already very familiar with her.
After finishing their meal, Fang Xueyi began instructing Luo Feng.
Since Luo Feng now had the ability to pass the Junior Martial Artist assessment, he rarely went to school.
Meanwhile, Luo Fan, under the astonished gaze of Luo Feng, continued the task from last night.
"Brother, didn't you say you had no martial artist talent?"
"Husband, aren't you going to type today?"
Luo Fan replied while running,
"I've been sitting and typing recently, with no exercise.
So today, I'm working out.
As for typing? Ha! Skipped it!"
Soon, Fang Xueyi and Luo Feng were shocked to find that Luo Fan had been training for two hours straight without stopping!
With his constitution now greatly enhanced, Luo Fan's speed had also increased.
In just two hours, he completed the task three times.
His constitution had now reached 40, and his punching power was 404 kg!
Of course, this was according to the system panel.
In reality, testing might place his punching power somewhere between 390 and 404 kg.
After completing the third task, Luo Fan was about to take a short break.
But seeing Luo Feng beside him practicing with a blade against Fang Xueyi, Luo Fan felt a sudden itch in his hands.
So he silently thought in his mind,
"Practice Basic Blade Technique 10 times!"
[Task level insufficient. Please reissue the task.]
"Practice Basic Blade Technique 100 times!"
[Task successfully established!]
The next moment, a new task appeared on the system panel in front of Luo Fan:
[Task: Practice Basic Blade Technique 100 times. Reward: Basic Blade Technique Proficiency +1]
A smile appeared on Luo Fan's face.
As expected, other tasks could be established in the same way, like practicing blade techniques.
In the future, he might even be able to use it to comprehend laws.
He had already tested it on the way home today.
No one else could see the system panel—not even Fang Xueyi.
Once the task was successfully set, Luo Fan began practicing the Basic Blade Technique.
In reality, the Basic Blade Technique mainly involved practicing fundamental blade movements:
Horizontal slash, vertical chop, thrust, sweep…
There were a total of ten movements.
And the Basic Blade Technique consisted of ten forms in total.
The system gave a prompt each time a practice set was completed.
For example, with push-ups, only a standard one counted.
The same applied to all other tasks.
For the blade techniques, each movement had to be executed correctly for a set to count as complete.
So practicing the Basic Blade Technique 100 times would take over an hour.
Very soon, Luo Fan finished practicing 100 sets of the Basic Blade Technique.
[Task completed. Reward: Blade Technique Proficiency +1. Receive?]
Luo Fan secretly glanced at Luo Feng and Fang Xueyi beside him and saw that they weren't paying attention to him.
He then silently thought in his mind,
"Receive reward!"