Starry Sky Professional Directory 118

“2029… ranked eighth in the Federation…”

Qi Lingzhen, wearing goggles and sporting her usual cyberpunk-style tomboy attire, seemed to be suppressing a laugh.

“Sigh… it’s not easy for anyone. There are too many geniuses in the Federation. I’m only seventh…”

Fang Xing shook his head.

“You don’t understand a damn thing!”

Gu Jian Tong suddenly swore, “The top six… four of them are scientific research prodigies with bonus points, directly admitted. They’re on the scientific research path, completely different from us… Besides that, there’s a genius mecha designer whose invention was accepted by the Federation Science Academy, earning him amazing bonus points… Only Gu Zhen from潛龍星 (Qianlong Star) made it to third place through sheer skill.”

“So that’s how it is… If you exclude those five, you’d be ranked third. Looks like you’ve got your eyes on my second place?”

Fang Xing glanced at Gu Jian Tong: “But you’re in the energy ability stream, and I’m in the Martial Dao stream… there’s no comparison.”

“Humph, energy abilities are so simple, whoever wants to play with them can. I also applied for the Martial Dao stream. My combined energy ability and Martial Arts will surely surpass yours!”

Gu Jian Tong’s golden eyebrows seemed to be on fire, filled with intense fighting spirit.

“You’re not my opponent, Gu Zhen is!”

Fang Xing searched and quickly found the information. Dubbed the number one genius of Qianlong Star, a Martial Dao prodigy. He doesn’t have energy abilities, yet he broke through to the Outer Scene before the college entrance exam!

“A good opponent… Unfortunately, he seems to be absent.”

He looked around, not seeing the person, but he did see Yin Zhenzhen.

The young master of Jushen Corporation smiled at him, appearing quite friendly.

“Gu Zhen applied to Nine Swords Academy,”

Zhong Yuxiu said, “Nine Swords Academy’s Martial Dao stream is extremely strong, especially in swordsmanship. They possess a unique ‘Sword Saint’ lineage. Jian Qiu, the Martial God who once destroyed a star with a single sword, teaches there… Gu Zhen uses a sword, so he’ll definitely go to Nine Swords Academy.”

“What about you? Shouldn’t you be applying to Saint Armor University? After all, their mecha stream is the strongest.”

Fang Xing looked at Zhong Yuxiu.

“Well, the entrance exams for the two top-tier universities don’t clash, so I’m just trying both…”

Zhong Yuxiu’s slightly coquettish tone gave Fang Xing goosebumps. “They don’t clash? I remember Blue Star’s spaceship to Saint Armor University’s secret realm takes a long time, right?”

“My dad pulled some strings, I can take a private spaceship… hitch a ride on a Martial God’s wormhole. No big deal.”

Zhong Yuxiu waved her hand dismissively.

‘Rich kid…’

Fang Xing was speechless and could only remain silent.

Half an hour later, the gymnasium doors burst open, and a group of people walked in.

Among the crowd, Fang Xing actually saw a familiar face.

“It’s Wei Shentong!”

Next to him, Qi Lingzhen nodded: “After the last incident, I heard that the young Martial Saint was attacked and returned to his alma mater to teach and avoid the limelight. It seems the rumors are true…”

However, Wei Shentong was only a minor figure among this group.

A leading elderly man in a dark blue tunic suit, with silver-white short hair and a refined, gentle demeanor, came to the stage: “Hello students, welcome to the Blue Star University entrance examination. I am the Vice-Principal—Nie Ying!”

“Martial Saint Nie Ying?!”

Zhong Yuxiu covered her mouth: “This is the first time I’ve seen him in person… This Vice-Principal was once at the Martial God level. He later fought a powerful Divine Child, paying a heavy price to kill the Divine Child, but suffered irreversible injuries himself, falling back to the Martial Saint level. He has been teaching at the university ever since…”

Her eyes held clear admiration.

Every Martial Saint, Martial God, powerful mecha designer, Sword Saint, divine beast master, and ultimate energy ability user in the Federation… are renowned figures, each with countless legendary stories passed down through generations on every planet…

“A former Martial God?”

Fang Xing looked at the old man speaking on stage, his eyes filled with anticipation.

At this time, Nie Ying stepped back, allowing a burly man, whose body was glowing gold and stood two and a half meters tall, to step forward.

“I am Situ Jin, and I will now explain the rules of the entrance examination…”

With Situ Jin’s words, the gymnasium floor split apart, revealing rows of virtual cabins that were familiar to Fang Xing.

“These are the Federation’s latest model virtual cabins… Inside, various professions below the Golden Core stage, including Martial Dao intents, alchemist poisons… can be simulated with 99.99% accuracy!”

“And they can be networked!”

As soon as Situ Jin finished speaking, Zhong Yuxiu’s eyes lit up: “Is it cross-planetary networking? If so… that’s great.”

“Unfortunately, no. It’s not that the technology can’t do it, but the energy required to transmit large amounts of information across planets and even galaxies is too much, it’s not cost-effective…”

Situ Jin shook his head: “Currently, the school’s virtual cabins can achieve full Blue Star networking. That is, in the virtual world, you can contact anyone on Blue Star, and spar with them… and we’ve also connected to Saint Armor University and Nine Swords Academy… This means that students of this school can exchange with students from these two top schools at any time in the future. In the near future, the virtual reality network will continue to upgrade, connecting more and more top universities, ordinary schools, and even all planets! And the intensity will continue to improve, accommodating everything from below the Golden Core stage in Martial Dao, to above the Golden Core, even Martial Saints, and Martial Gods…”

Fang Xing couldn’t help but feel excited.

The virtual game he played on Aquila Star was made by a local company. Not only was the level of simulation far inferior, but each city needed its own server, making it very costly.

Once this universe-spanning virtual reality system goes online, it will have an unimaginable catalytic and propulsive effect on Martial Dao.

After all, opponents are hard to come by! And you might accidentally get injured.

But in the virtual reality network, this is not a problem.

“The entrance examination will be conducted in the virtual cabins! Everyone, according to your name and number, enter the cabin.”

As soon as Situ Jin finished speaking, a group of students each found their own virtual cabin.

Fang Xing also found the virtual cabin with his name on it and went inside.

Darkness, coldness…

After the same feeling as last time, his eyes lit up, and he found himself in a place of breathtaking mountain scenery. Mountain peaks rose from the ground, towering into the clouds.

On top of each peak, there seemed to be arenas?

“Candidates for the school’s Martial Dao stream, I am the proctor—Wei Shentong.”

Wei Shentong’s figure flitted through the air, his voice echoing in the ears of every Martial Dao student. “There are a total of 198 candidates for the school’s Martial Dao stream, and the school has 50 places, so we’ve decided to use arena battles to select the candidates.”

‘It seems that only Martial Dao students are having arena battles?’

Fang Xing glanced around and found that Qi Lingzhen and Zhong Yuxiu were not there. They would be undergoing beast-taming and mecha examinations.

He was a little disappointed.

After all, he had been planning to beat up Li Wei, but now it didn’t seem possible.

‘Hopefully he’ll get into Blue Star University, so I’ll have plenty of opportunities later!’

Gu Jian Tong was indeed there, having applied for the Martial Dao stream.

‘A clever fellow… he knows that for energy ability users, the Martial Dao will is the foundation for maintaining oneself!’

He secretly nodded and looked at Wei Shentong.

Honestly, encountering this proctor again gave him a bad feeling.

But thinking that this was Blue Star, and the most heavily guarded Blue Star University, he felt he was being paranoid.

“Teacher Wei… the current virtual reality technology can only simulate Martial Dao below the Golden Core stage… That is, if you use the power of the Golden Core stage, it will cause data overflow and the system will freeze, right?”

Gu Jian Tong also flew up, looking directly at Wei Shentong: “Then if I defeat the proctor, can I enter directly?”

“Of course, do you want to try?”

A gleam flashed in Wei Shentong’s eyes.

“No, I’ll wait until I’m also perfectly at the Outer Scene, and then I will challenge you in the virtual network.”

Gu Jian Tong waved his hand: “Let’s start… the best dish is saved for last. I can’t wait to fight that person.”

‘Damn… this yellow-browed kid is showing off… if you really went for it, I would respect you.’

Fang Xing secretly rolled his eyes.

However, he could see that Gu Jian Tong didn’t have a good feeling about Wei Shentong.

Probably the aftereffects of the last incident.

“Then… the examination begins!”

Wei Shentong snapped his fingers.

When Fang Xing reacted, he found himself standing on a mountaintop arena.

Opposite him was a young man whose muscles were bulging all over, looking very strong.

“Demon Bull Intent!”

The young man’s eyes narrowed, and Fang Xing seemed to see a human-sized demonic bull, its eyes blood-red, wearing iron armor, charging wildly!

Martial Dao intent impact!

Then, the man moved, his bones cracking one after another, the sound growing louder until it was like thunder.

S-class martial art—Horizontal Training Five Thunder Hand!

Slap!

Fang Xing grabbed his wrist, revealing the young man’s incredulous expression.

“As expected of the top Martial Dao genius of the Blue Star Federation. Fourth stage strength and an S-class martial art, not bad.”

Fang Xing’s body shimmered with golden light, as if clad in golden jade armor.

“This is… the perfected Dragon Elephant Skill?”

A look of despair appeared on the young man’s face.

Slap!

The next moment, Fang Xing twisted the man’s wrist, then kicked him.

The young man’s chest caved in, and he flew away like a broken sack.

The good thing about virtual space is that you can use lethal force without restraint.

Soon, the young man’s body disappeared.

A flash of white light appeared before Fang Xing, and another shy female student appeared: “Su Longyan from Fire Source Star, please advise!”

She held her hands in a gesture, her left hand slightly turning, her right hand concealed, with a subtle and inexplicable charm.

“Only defense, no attack?”

“Hehehe… even if you can see the difference between us, it’s not enough.”

Fang Xing’s fingers closed together, his body like a bowstring about to snap, a half-step Crushing Fist followed.

In his eyes, two golden lights shone like bright stars.

Tear!

As if the sky and earth were collapsing, the Crushing Fist, with an unstoppable determination, smashed through the girl’s Tai Chi defense, hitting her face hard.

Slap!

A corpse with a sunken face flew backward and disappeared into the air…

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