Chapter 503

After Master Mei Zu refilled the wine, Xu Xing did not continue on this topic.

Whether achieving the Dao Source True Immortal or the "Ascension Project" itself, both have only just begun.

Say too much, and it becomes overly ambitious.

Forget it.

"During this quiet self-assessment, besides gaining some insight into the 'Dao Confusion,' another matter has also been settled."

"Hmm?"

"The training world for the first batch of Ascension Envoys."

"…"

You hadn't even asked, yet Brother Dao told me yourself.

"Very well, I will inform the other Daoists of this, Brother Dao, please rest for a while," Master Mei Zu hurriedly said.

"…"

Is she causing trouble in the group again?

Xu Xing looked up at her; Master Mei Zu's gaze darted away, avoiding his eyes.

Indeed, it was confirmed.

"No need, I'll notify them myself."

As Xu Xing reached for his phone, Master Mei Zu had already risen and walked to the soft couch, lying down with her back to him.

At this moment, she had changed back into that deep red, semi-transparent long dress.

Reclining sideways, her curves were exquisite, her figure alluring.

Though only her back was visible, it still exuded boundless charm, inviting imagination.

"I'm going to rest for a while, Brother Dao, wake me when you're ready for dual cultivation, okay?"

Xu Xing: "…"

Gazing at his unlit phone screen, his eyelid twitched involuntarily.

…

…

Another day later.

Southern Star Region, Jiling Star System.

In the pitch-black space, a starship hung motionless, its hull encircled by numerous array patterns.

From outside, the starship's outline was nearly invisible, with not even a trace of abnormal fluctuation.

Moreover, these array patterns possessed not only stealth capabilities but also extremely strong defensive power—ordinary impacts could not budge it an inch.

Inside the starship at this moment.

In the control room, the crisp voice of the ship spirit Xiao Xue rang out.

"This jump's destination—Fuling Star System's rule turbulence will settle in three hours."

"Access permission has been approved."

"Jump engine repair completed."

"Shall we deactivate the external protective arrays?"

Yet, Chi Jiuyu, seated in her chair, did not respond to Xiao Xue's question.

She silently stared at the holographic projection before her—The Guide to a Hundred Arts of Cultivation: Basic Edition.

A pale golden-green longsword hung motionless beside her.

After a long while, Chi Jiuyu slowly gathered the spirit items from the table and withdrew the crystal card.

Then she rose from her seat and said in a low voice: "Yes, deactivate the external protective arrays."

Having spoken, she turned and walked out of the control room.

Some arrays she had personally installed outside, so she must return to the starship's exterior to retrieve them.

Hmph!

Who says I lack array talent?

Look at this standard array—I set it up perfectly!

The pale golden-green longsword followed behind her, its hilt still facing her.

She walked all the way out of the control room, into the narrow, chilly corridor.

"Jiuyu~ Master~" whispered the pale golden-green longsword.

Chi Jiuyu paused, then her expression remained calm:

"Don't worry—do you think I'd be discouraged by just a few tests? Besides, I'm not entirely talentless."

Discouraged…

Master actually got it right this time!

The pale golden-green longsword was surprised.

But…

Wasn't that more than "a few" tests?

If I'd known it would turn out like this, I wouldn't have pushed Master to take the tests.

She felt guilty.

During these two days waiting for the Fuling Star System's rule turbulence to subside, under the urging of her Life Blade, Chi Jiuyu still tested her aptitudes in other professions.

The results?

Whether Star Forge Master or Paint Technician, her aptitude hovered around one point—just like all the other professions.

The cruel truth lay starkly before her.

She was Chi Jiuyu.

The Sword Lord's personally-taught senior disciple, the youngest Soul Transformation in history, the foremost prodigy of all the myriad realms.

And it wasn't suited for these newly emerging cultivation professions either!

Instead, the test revealed that her Qi Gatherer talent was actually above eight points, and even her Weather Modifier talent was seven-point-five!

But these two professions—one was exclusive to law cultivators, the other exclusive to body cultivators.

Qi Gatherers gather the Qi of heaven and earth, harmonizing it into various materials for refining law; every law cultivator knows a bit of it.

No need to mention Weather Modifiers.

They're a must-have for every construction unit; low- and mid-tier Weather Modifiers alter the weather phenomena.

As for high-tier ones, they're pretty badass—usually cooperating with Star Refiners, not only creating suitable star-refining environments but also acting as bodyguards.

Because body cultivators have thick skin and tough flesh, they're great at tanking, and when necessary can use the *Transition Vajra Body* to carry people away.

So this profession is generally filled by body cultivators…

The testing also leans toward body cultivators.

And the fact that these two professions' talents were decent precisely proved that her law-cultivator talent and body-cultivator talent were also very high!

But this…

Is this reasonable?!

Don't ask why there are testing spiritual items for these two professions.

The Miscellaneous Affairs Hall's official website is open to all regions under Sword Province's jurisdiction; Chi Jiuyu bought a complete set—the kind where buying together comes with a discount.

Sigh~

Could it be that she, like little Yunlu, should take a Flying-Sword Passenger Transport Operating License?

And run a flying-sword ride-hailing service?

No, no, no!

The moment the thought appeared, Chi Jiuyu suppressed it.

She didn't want her natal sword to haul around strangers!

Just thinking about it made her feel gross!

Unless she could master a Transition-level sword art—where a sweep of sword light just rolls people away—then maybe!

Looking at it this way…

There's only one path left before her—

Talisman Master!

Right—when none of the traditional or newly emerging professions fit, her Talisman Dao talent turned out unexpectedly decent.

Though compared to her supreme Sword Dao talent, it still fell a bit short.

It was still around eight-point-five.

If Talisman Dao weren't a sunset industry now, half-dead and barely breathing.

With her level of Talisman Dao talent, becoming "Rich Chi" would be a piece of cake!

What a pity.

"Sigh~"

Chi Jiuyu couldn't help but let out a breath.

If she hadn't seen that urgent bulletin earlier and felt that Talisman Dao was actually somewhat badass, she wouldn't even have tested her Talisman Dao talent.

She might have even turned around and sold the gifted testing spiritual item…

Instead of spending time on testing, wouldn't it be nicer to exchange some spirit coins and buy a fish to eat?

……

……

Half a minute later, outside the starship.

Chi Jiuyu circled the starship, dismantling the array bases one by one.

Her natal sword wasn't idle either, following behind her to help.

The current cyan-gold longsword's spirituality was growing ever richer; combined with Chi Jiuyu's own advancement in cultivation and many rounds of training, it was now quite formidable.

The sword alone could defeat ordinary cultivators at mid-to-late Nascent Soul.

She saw the straight, slender sword body sweep out, a sword Qi cleaving forth, and with exquisitely precise control, an array base was dismantled and brought down.

Chi Jiuyu glanced at it, muttering inwardly.

Her sword was getting smarter and smarter, to the point she didn't dare keep "training" it, lest it later discover that she'd been using it as "manual labor."

And so, with one person and one sword working together, the array bases on the exterior of the hull were quickly dismantled and stored into the storage ring.

The cyan-gold longsword circled around Chi Jiuyu once, finally stopping before her.

Its spirituality conveyed a comforting emotion.

The gist was: no matter how the master's talents in other cultivation professions turned out, she would always follow the master and weather every hardship together!

Emm……

Though it hadn't comforted her where it counted.

Chi Jiuyu still felt a bit moved in her heart.

"Don't worry! I'm Chi Jiuyu, after all!"

Because this was in vacuum, she spoke the words by surging magic power and transmitting through spirit-energy oscillation.

So what if Talisman Dao is a sunset industry!

That grandson's grandfather could also overturn the rules of an entire star system with just a single talisman, couldn't he?

Her Hehuan Laozu is the foremost prodigy of all the myriad heavens and worlds, and on top of that she has the golden finger her martial uncle gave her.

Therefore! She is the first ray of dawn that illuminates the dark night!

Just as her fighting spirit was reignited within her, and she was preparing to once again share her lofty aspirations with her Natal Sword...

"Master!"

The childish voice reverberated through the spiritual energy, so urgent that even Yu Yu was gone — one could tell how frantic it was.

"I know!"

Jin Guang flickered in Chi Jiuyu's eyes as she gazed into the distance, where bio-weapons surged toward them, tearing through the void and fleeing through space like a sky-covering tide, and she couldn't help but grit her teeth.

With just one glance, she spotted no fewer than twenty of those big fellows at the perfected Soul Transformation level.

Damn!

Her luck had truly been terrible lately — every time it mattered, something unexpected happened!

She might as well use the slip of paper Xiang Yuanjun had given her to change her fortune!

"Activate ship-spirit custody mode, evade the bio-weapons."

Chi Jiuyu swiftly issued the order, then raised her hand to grasp the cyan-gold longsword before her.

Sword rainbows flickered along the blade, and in the next instant they transformed into white sword-light that wrapped around her entire body.

Silently, her whole person became a thin white line, strobing ceaselessly through the pitch-black cosmos, tearing through the void and fleeing through space, charging straight into the oncoming tide of bio-weapons.

The instant the two collided!

"Dharma Form! Manifest!"

A cold shout only cultivators could hear!

Boom~!

The void trembled, and a ring of ripples, pure as snow yet radiating an supreme intent of slaughter and annihilation, spread outward.

A dharma form slowly rose to its full height — entirely pure white, clad in a plain long skirt, sleeves and hems fluttering, brimming with immortal grace.

In its hand, a cyan-gold longsword; its biting edge made anyone who glanced at it feel a chill of dread in their heart, as if it were the very embodiment of 'killing' and 'extinction.'

Long hair cascaded to its waist, and as the dharma-form body fully straightened, its tightly shut eyes opened as well.

Hum~

The killing intent, pure to the extreme, seemed to freeze the very void completely still.

Yet in the next instant, the entire dharma form underwent a change.

The plain long skirt transformed amid rising flames of light into a suit of silver-scale battle armor, and a pure-white cape billowed in the void.

The hair that had cascaded to her waist became a high ponytail, and the eyes that should have been indifferent grew lively.

Only that pure, hair-raising killing intent remained utterly unchanged.

Clearly, compared to when she had previously manifested her Annihilation Dharma Form, her dharma form had improved quite a bit.

She saw that dharma form raise its sword, and with a single horizontal slash, grievously wound a perfected Soul Transformation bio-weapon.

Yet in the next instant, a ferocious giant claw appeared soundlessly — its nails alone were as large as Chi Jiuyu's entire dharma form.

In a single exchange, it sent Chi Jiuyu's dharma form flying!

A Return-to-Void bio-weapon! (End of Chapter)