Here's the English translation of Chapter 13, following your instructions exactly (no additions or removals to the content, thoughts in italic, dialogue in quotation marks, long dashes used only when necessary):
Real love, my ass!
Li Wei was displeased.
These news outlets were simply distorting the headlines.
Other people reincarnate and don't fall in love.
But he, after transmigrating into a world of superhumans, has to deal with romance?
The fact that his story had so quickly reached the top of the country's hottest news list did not surprise Li Wei.
After all, giving away a rare natural-type Essence Crystal in exchange for an ability that everyone considered useless was, no matter how you looked at it, a sensation.
Something like this had never happened before!
Opening the news article, he saw that it was, of course, talking about him…
[This morning, a shocking incident involving the exchange of supernatural abilities occurred at XX Middle School in Luan City. A certain young man exchanged an extremely rare natural-type Essence Crystal — Flame — for a Star Guardian legacy card…]
[It is well known that in the Sacred Land, there is a rule: the stronger the supernatural ability, the rarer it is.]
[However, this rule does not apply to the Star Guardian legacy card. Despite the extremely low probability of its appearance, only two cases have been recorded to date, which still does not change the fact that the Star Guardian legacy is one of the most useless talents.]
[Of the two known cases of the Star Guardian legacy card appearing, the first owner, a resident of the West, died in the Spiritual Realm more than seventy years ago. The second — a resident of South Korea — was lucky enough to pass the first ten Spiritual Realms. He is still alive and already over eighty. According to records, this South Korean resident tried all kinds of training methods but never discovered any advantages that the Star Guardian legacy would provide…]
[Therefore, the fact that the Star Guardian legacy is equivalent to a useless talent is a well-known truth!]
[So, since the student surnamed Li knew that it was a useless talent, why did he still voluntarily exchange the precious Flame Essence Crystal for it?]
[In the opinion of the editorial team, apart from true love, there is no other explanation…]
What a tedious and long-winded article.
At the end of the news was the full video, and the content of the video was, of course, what had happened at school today…
Li Wei was a participant in the events, so he had no interest in watching the video.
He immediately scrolled down and began reading the users' comments.
"Damn! Is this for real? I haven't seen anything like this in a long time!"
"No… Are there still such fools left nowadays? Why don't I ever meet them?"
"True love? I think this is just a self-obsessed simp? That girl doesn't seem to know him very well."
"Whether it's true love or a simp, gotta say this guy has great taste. That girl is really beautiful!"
"She really is beautiful… But even so, giving away the Flame Essence Crystal — this guy is a bit out of his mind. Isn't he afraid it will all be for nothing?"
"If this is true love, I don't understand, but if this guy is a simp, then I can actually understand, because I've seen how terrifying lovesick simps can be…"
"Hahaha, this guy has become famous."
. . .
Seeing this, Li Wei closed the page and stopped reading.
The users were saying roughly the same things as his classmates — everyone considered him a simp.
This was actually good. It could temporarily help him keep the secret of the Star Guardian legacy.
Li Wei knew that when he became stronger, the secret would be revealed sooner or later…
He never intended to hide it for his entire life — that was impossible. His idea was simple: hide it for as long as possible. At the very least, he needed to wait until that South Korean died.
Then he would become the only Star Guardian on this planet!
As for whether other people would receive the Star Guardian legacy card in the Sacred Land in the future… that was no longer within his control.
However.
There was another rumor about the possibilities of the Sacred Land.
Namely: the stronger the owner of a supernatural ability, the lower the chance of the same ability appearing in the future!
For example, the abilities of the strongest people in the modern world were now practically unique.
Originally there was only one owner of the Flame Essence Crystal, but the previous owner died in the Spiritual Realm…
If this rumor about the Sacred Land was true.
Then Li Wei needed to hide the secret of the Star Guardian legacy even more until he became stronger.
"All passengers! Train G7743 will depart soon. We ask passengers traveling on train G7743 to proceed…"
The loud voice from the speakers interrupted Li Wei's thoughts.
He looked at his ticket and, realizing it was time to board train G7743, stood up, took his luggage, and headed to the ticket control point.
. . .
Zhenwu University.
Located in the provincial capital, Luzhou City, not far from the city where Li Wei lived.
Just half an hour later, he successfully arrived at Luzhou Station.
By this time it was already past seven in the evening, and it had long since gotten dark.
Li Wei called a taxi at the station and arrived in the area of Zhenwu University's campus, but he did not enter the campus grounds. Instead, he decided to check into a nearby hotel.
It was already late, and the university staff responsible for registration had probably already left work or were resting. He decided to go to the university tomorrow morning.
After leaving his luggage at the hotel, Li Wei went out onto the street, first found a restaurant and had dinner, then, following the map, called a taxi and headed to the nearest "Stellar Bath" salon.
This salon was part of the same chain as the one he had visited before.
And since it was located in the provincial capital, the environment here was more luxurious.
When Li Wei entered, there were several customers in the salon.
It seemed that in the provincial capital there were indeed more rich people, and purchasing power was higher, since even such an expensive salon had visitors.
This time Li Wei did not waste money and chose a one-hour session.
The equipment on both sides was the same.
However, when Li Wei lay inside and enjoyed the stellar bath, his attribute panel did not react at all.
"Looks like it only works once a day?"
Li Wei was not surprised. It could be said that he had expected this.
He had come here just to test it — what if he could get a double portion of attributes?
. . .
When Li Wei returned to the hotel, it was already past nine in the evening.
He took a shower, lay down on the bed, thought for a moment, and still decided to send a message home that he had arrived safely.
[Mom, I've arrived in Luzhou. I got here a little after seven in the evening. Since it was already late, I didn't go to the university and booked a room in a hotel near the campus. I'll go to the university tomorrow morning.]
Soon a reply came:
[Good, Mom knows. Go to sleep, lock the door. If you don't have enough money, tell Mom.]
Seeing this message, Li Wei hesitated.
He really needed money right now, because he wanted to buy a stellar bath device so he wouldn't have to go to the salon every day.
However…
Asking his mom for several hundred thousand right now felt awkward.
After all, he had just caused a huge commotion at home, and now asking for such a large sum of money — he was afraid it would really anger his parents.
After hesitating for a moment, Li Wei ultimately decided not to bring up the issue.
[Mom, is everything okay at home?]
[Everything is fine at home, you don't need to worry. Study hard at university, and next month be sure to come home and visit Mom!]