Starry Sky Professional Directory 12
Chapter 12: Encounter (Please Collect!)
Yucai High School.
“Hmm?”
Xia Long walked into the classroom, saw Fang Xing, and his eyes lit up: “You little rascal, what good stuff are you secretly eating? Why is your skin refinement progress so fast?”
With a flash, he arrived in front of Fang Xing, patted his shoulder, and carefully examined his skin: “Hmm…thick and tough. When your skin refinement is complete, it won’t be ordinary cowhide; it should be bronze skin. As for jade skin… that’s less likely…”
“Teacher, I’ve only heard that when a martial artist’s skin refinement is complete, their skin is as tough as cowhide, and they’re not afraid of ordinary blunt weapon attacks… Are bronze skin and jade skin higher states?”
Ouyang Qianqian raised her hand to ask.
The top students in the class all had good skin refinement progress. According to Fang Xing’s estimation, they were all at least halfway done.
Especially the natural-born students, with family connections and access to more information, had a greater desire for knowledge about these realms.
“Yes, even among martial artists who have completed skin refinement, there are differences. Bronze skin martial artists are generally invulnerable to ordinary blades… As for jade skin? Those are true martial dao geniuses. If one of you achieves this, you will surely shine brightly in the future Hundred Star Joint Examination, and the teacher will also have more rewards.”
Xia Long still looked at Fang Xing.
Fang Xing had long been prepared to show off some of his progress, and immediately replied, “I have to thank you for your support, teacher. My Great Dragon Stake practice feels like it has entered a new phase, greatly increasing the efficiency of refining my flesh and skin…”
“Great Dragon Stake? So your Great Dragon Stake has broken through!”
Xia Long nodded: “You’re a poor kid, you don’t have money to buy any martial dao elixirs, so I guessed this was the most likely reason…”
Martial dao is the most common evolutionary path, even lifespan increases only become more significant after the fourth realm.
Truly wealthy natural-born individuals can even undergo genetic surgery during their ordinary lifespan, allowing them to live for over two hundred years or even longer!
The early stages of martial dao are also the same; although it’s known for having the best cost-performance ratio, the more rare resources you invest, the faster you’ll improve!
“Teacher, if the Great Dragon Stake breaks through, can you achieve bronze skin?” Liu Wei’s eyes lit up; he also had ambitions for the college entrance exam.
“Yes, in the second stage of Great Dragon Stake, the probability of achieving bronze skin exceeds 81.4%. This is the statistical result from the Omniscient Brain for all high school students.”
Xia Long nodded: “If you can practice the Great Dragon Stake to the third stage, it’s no longer you adapting to the stake method, but the stake method adapting to you… the progress will be faster, there’s a 67.99% probability of achieving jade skin. Jade skin martial artists have skin as smooth and translucent as jade, flexible and controllable, with many benefits… more importantly, it can lay a solid foundation. Work hard, everyone. The Federation Martial Saints and Martial Gods in history… most of them had reached the jade skin realm!”
“Martial Saint, Martial God?”
Many students felt a hint of longing, but also a hint of sadness.
Because they also knew that this was almost impossible, unless a miracle happened.
Or, if the realm isn’t enough, resources can make up for it!
But this clearly isn’t suitable for ordinary people.
“Then… does the Great Dragon Stake have a fourth stage?”
Fang Xing asked.
He remembered Xia Long mentioning this before.
“Yes, the Great Dragon Stake has a fourth stage. Those who achieve it are truly one in a million… that is to achieve the ‘Dragon’s Intent Realm’!”
Xia Long replied: “Achieving a realm doesn’t mean you’re a fourth-realm martial artist, after all, you don’t have the foundation of a Jadeite Level… it only means you’re much stronger than martial artists of the same level, and once you reach the peak of Jadeite Level, you can immediately advance to Brave Warrior Realm!”
“Of course, martial artists who have achieved the realm will not be driven to madness by the spreading spiritual pollution when facing the Evil God’s race, this is a great advantage, especially for you all!”
“Even though the military camps will provide sufficient protection and medicines on the battlefield in the future, there are always lapses in war… every year, many retired space warriors end up in insane asylums!”
“If you can achieve the realm before the fourth realm, you can basically be guaranteed admission to university, but you’ll still have to go to the battlefield after university, this is the destiny of every citizen of the Blue Star Federation!”
Getting into university only delays military service; Fang Xing had already known this.
He had considered making a lot of Star Coins by reselling goods between the two worlds, then paying off his loans.
But obviously, the origin of this money couldn’t be explained clearly, and it would bring even greater danger.
‘In short, if it really doesn’t work, I’ll go to university first, then look for opportunities in university…’
After school.
‘I feel that Xia Long’s guidance is starting to gradually decrease its effectiveness…’
Fang Xing kicked a pebble, feeling slightly melancholy.
“Axing, going for drinks?”
Liu Wei ran over, his words carrying a hint of probing.
“No, I’m going home to play games.”
Fang Xing waved his hand; he had been rushing to explore the other world after school recently.
Even practicing martial arts in the other world was much more efficient than here, so he naturally didn’t have much free time.
‘Dog, you’ve changed…’
Liu Wei looked at Fang Xing’s back, speechless.
…
Other world.
“It seems that the time flow rate is consistent on both sides, so I can conduct another experiment.”
After comparing the time on both sides, Fang Xing fed a berry to a white mouse, watching as it died of poisoning after a few tens of seconds.
“The last informed life form has been silenced.”
He nodded, biting into a roasted bird wing: “It’s proven that the purchased poison testing paper hasn’t expired…”
After double verification with the white mouse and outside the infirmary, Fang Xing finally began his otherworldly culinary journey.
“Hmm, delicious!”
The bird meat in this other world was very tender, but the texture was quite firm, requiring strong biting force to tear apart. His appetite was large, but he felt full after eating a little here.
Even after being full, his limbs and bones felt enveloped in a warm current, which was quite comfortable.
The feeling was somewhat similar to taking ‘D3-level nutrient solution’.
“It’s roughly equivalent to one-third or even less of the effect… but… there are plenty of them here.”
“Exploring the other world is truly profitable.”
After eating and drinking his fill, Fang Xing immediately began practicing the Great Dragon Stake.
Practicing martial arts in the other world wasn’t completely worry-free. Although he had set up some traps and alarm devices, Fang Xing was still somewhat uneasy. After an hour, he stopped, glanced at his attribute panel:
【Name: Fang Xing】
【Age: 16】
【Profession: Martial Artist】
【First Realm: Flesh and Skin (Skin Refinement: 87/100)】
【Twelve Styles of Military Boxing: 3/100 (Proficient)】
【Great Dragon Stake: 17/100 (Proficient)】
【Gate of All Heavens (Charging)】
…
“At this rate, before the end of the summer, before the end of high school, I will definitely be able to complete skin refinement!”
Fang Xing clenched his fist, feeling that he was not far from being able to refine, and freely control his entire body’s skin.
“Perhaps, I can even try to push for ‘jade skin’?”
“A tall building rises from the ground, and martial dao is the same. The stronger the foundation, the greater the potential in the future!”
A hint of a smile played on Fang Xing’s lips, and he looked at the monitoring screen.
The next second, his smile froze on his face.
“The drone detected a figure?”
“Are there humans living in this other world?”
He pulled up several surveillance clips, constantly zooming in and adjusting the angle…
Finally, he saw four ‘martial arts practitioners’ dressed in ancient-style clothing.
Most of them were wearing robes, their hair tied up in topknots, carrying swords and sabers, and dressed in a very ancient style.
Even their clothes were mostly linen and hemp, and they even carried bamboo baskets.
“Judging by the productivity, it should be similar to the ancient feudal period…”
Fang Xing carefully observed for a while and came to a conclusion: “But… they’re very strong!”
Judging from the movements and speed of these four people, being able to move like they were on flat ground in this rugged jungle meant they were at least second-realm Muscle Refinement martial artists!
Even the leading middle-aged man, whose muscles were so developed that they stretched his clothes tight, had an air of authority. In Fang Xing’s opinion, he had formidable martial arts skills, and should have the strength of a third-realm Jadeite Level martial artist!
As a new-era martial arts student, he couldn’t say anything else, but he’d seen countless martial arts videos, and had this level of judgment.
“I certainly can’t beat a Jadeite Level martial artist…”
“But with a basic nano protective suit and an electric baton, I might not be unable to put up a fight, at least it’s possible to protect my life…”
“The most important thing is… to hide my origins, the language barrier is definitely a problem, after all, reality isn’t a game, even after time traveling, speaking the same language would be strange… In addition, I have to prepare ancient costumes and wigs… maybe I should grow my hair, the school doesn’t have any rules against it.”
Fang Xing had no intention of meeting this group of martial artists face-to-face, only planning to secretly observe them.
It would be best to install more surveillance cameras, record their language, and try to decipher it!
With the technology of the star age, as long as there is enough basic data, deciphering a language is a matter of minutes. Otherwise, it would also be impossible to communicate with countless indigenous people on countless planets!
“Based on their route, this group shouldn’t be able to find me, they seem to be going after that wild boar monster?”
Fang Xing looked at the monitor again and stroked his chin.
…
“Third Brother, what are you doing?”
In the dense forest, the burly man saw Third Brother constantly looking up at the sky, and couldn’t help but scold him.
“Big Brother… I feel like something flew past in the sky, it wasn’t a bird, could it be some kind of demon beast?”
Third Brother, dressed in light blue, had bright eyes, but with a slightly sly look, he answered worriedly.
“It’s hard to say, everyone be careful…”
The burly man touched the animal skin pouch on his chest, feeling more confident: “Speed it up, we’ll leave after we pick the ‘Vermillion Dragon Grass’!”
The four immediately accelerated their pace, arriving at the edge of the wild boar demon beast’s territory.
They clearly had a plan, and waited in the grass for a long time, the sky gradually darkening.
One after another, multicolored lights danced near the bushes.
A few Vermillion Dragon Grass plants, with their thick, bright red leaves, grew sparsely at the edge of the bushes.
“Now’s the time!”
The burly man sprinkled a powder on himself to block his scent, and quietly moved forward with his brothers to pick the Vermillion Dragon Grass.
Their movements were quick, as if they had undergone specialized training.
But unfortunately, Fang Xing saw on the monitor that the wild boar demon beast, like a small mountain, had arrived behind the four of them at some point.
Humph! Humph!
With the characteristic snorting sound of a wild boar, a huge black shadow suddenly rushed out from the darkness, and a violent bloody spiritual light flickered on its six tusks.
Pfft!
Two strong men were too late to dodge, they didn’t even draw their swords, and were skewered on the tusks, blood gushing out!
(End of Chapter)
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