Chapter 239: What a Coincidence!

"This is it."

After a period of sailing, the flying boat arrived at that gaseous giant star. Even for Wang Wu, a gaseous giant star and swimming within it were no longer any problem at all.

Yet upon seeing this place, Wang Wu still felt awe, even though he could already shatter a star with a single strike, or even destroy an entire solar system.

Because he had never cultivated inside a gaseous giant star; his cultivation ground was the Sun, a yellow dwarf, not a gaseous giant.

But that doesn't matter; now that he's already on this gaseous giant star, the next step is just to get it done.

Literally, just get it done.

"So, so, hiss! Stop! So you, after you get there, follow what I said, ugh! Just like that, right! Go to that place the way I told you… ugh ugh ugh!!!"

Monsters still hold a unique advantage here; the rural human tribes of the Sky Plateau have hardly any chance to encounter the monster race. Whether you're the Heaven's Pride of the C9 Great Sect—this one truly is Heaven's Pride, after all he has my Immortal Emperor grandmother.

Even ordinary commoners have virtually no contact with monsters; you can't even use "some" to describe it, because they never encounter them at all.

The Sky Plateau enforces a closed-door isolation policy; of course, the closure is only toward the monster race, so there is no exchange or contact between the two, while they still interact frequently with other human factions.

Monsters are almost never permitted inside the Sky Plateau, so the humans there rarely get to see monsters.

Even in some border regions there are a few, but they're extremely scarce—rarer than the giant pandas back home, no, actually rarer than aliens.

After all, everyone thinks aliens don't exist, or if they do, they never appear on Earth.

That's roughly the level of rarity.

Thus, in such a situation, a "natural monster" like Wang Wu naturally draws a lot of attention from the opposite sex, and of course, also some of the same sex.

And as a monster—a long‑sleeved, graceful dancer—he can naturally make good use of his advantage in this regard.

Even immortals are subject to the seven emotions and six desires, even those "immortals" who can literally shatter stars.

Wang Wu doesn't know whether she's truly an immortal, but the one called Luo Lan is indeed powerful enough.

Not only is she strong enough, but her lineage is also outstanding, which helps Wang Wu a great deal right now.

Wang Wu only learned at the other's sage time that she is actually the exam examiner for this Qiong Lan Sect's entry selection.

Yes, because of her special status, Luo Lan is also an examiner, responsible for inspecting the assessment conditions of each candidate inside the gaseous giant star.

As for the specific assessment content, the answer is to hunt "Cloud Beasts" within the atmosphere of this gaseous giant star.

Wang Wu doesn't know what that is, only that it's a creature living inside a gaseous giant star; in this universe, even gaseous giants can nurture life.

Although according to some scholars' research, most life in gaseous giants actually wasn't born on the giant itself.

Yes, just like the whales back on Earth's home world; long ago, whale ancestors were a land‑dwelling species, unlike the other four‑legged brethren, they chose to return to the ocean, the origin of life.

Of course, the Cloud Beasts in gaseous giants aren't like that; most aren't. They were born on nearby planets, then for unknown reasons gradually chose to live inside the gaseous giant, and by continuously adapting they put down roots there.

As for how they adapt, it's like people here can cultivate to the level of shattering stars; beasts can do the same.

The Cloud Beast is a very powerful creature, its strength not inferior to monsters, and its temperament is extremely ferocious.

More importantly, inside a gaseous giant they are hard to kill, because they can continuously draw sustenance from the star's environment.

And an extremely rapid regeneration rate.

Simply put, it's like fighting you while standing in a resurrection spring—ultra‑fast recovery, and not only that, various positive buffs as well.

These fantastical creatures exist in Wang Wu's hometown—uh, Yunguang City hometown. Though his household registration hasn't been processed and he hasn't taken the exams, it doesn't stop him from considering himself a Yunguang City person.

After all, they're all Earthlings; Earthlings are one family, no problem.

Such fantastical creatures obviously don't exist on Earth near Wang Wu's Yunguang City hometown, nor could they, because that place was never a fantasy world.

Even though the old humans created the mysterious "New Humans", overall the big guys still talk science.

Although New Humans themselves… no, New Humans are the crystallization of science, the pinnacle of the Human Empire's advanced technology.

Humanity, relying on its own power, created deities that previously existed only in fantasy stories.

Created a new self.

But that's irrelevant; let's look at the distant Cloud Beasts.

When Wang Wu and a group of cultivators left the spaceship, even though they were still far away, Wang Wu had already seen something.

Within the immensely thick atmosphere of the gaseous giant, he saw some gigantic beasts that were "sinking and floating", "gliding" within it.

Now he roughly understands why the Qiong Lan Sect uses the gaseous giant as the entry assessment arena for disciples.

The strength of these lives is indeed high enough to be considered an assessment.

Being able to slay such a giant beast on the opponent's natural home ground also means possessing the power to shatter stars and a physique unafraid of the giant star's crushing pressure.

Such cultivators would be classified as "A rank", and becoming a sect disciple after the assessment is a foregone conclusion.

Of course, if there's A rank, there must also be B and C ranks, and above A rank there is another level, which is Double A.

Double A is the highest; nothing ranks above it.

And this is precisely the "exam answer" Wang Wu obtained from Luo Lan with his dignity before parting reluctantly.

Find the star core and take the Cloud Beast egg inside.

Cloud Beasts aren't edible, and their intelligence is low, making them untrainable, but that doesn't mean they're useless.

Cloud Beasts can catalyze the formation of gaseous giants, which serves as an excellent foundational cultivation haven for these interstellar great sects.

At the same time, their bodies can be used to forge various artifacts, such as the one Wang Wu currently has in his pocket—a inner…

Ah no, sock… ah no.

It's a jade bead bracelet, indeed a bracelet, not something to stuff in, a proper artifact.

Cloud Beast eggs are hard to find, but with this, things change.

This is the "cheat device" Wang Wu obtained by smashing his own dignity on the ground and crushing it.

He even humbled himself to the point of using his mouth and tongue to clean the opponent's toe gaps, just to obtain a cheating artifact.

One can only say it's fortunate he's an immortal, without the usual troubles of ordinary human women; otherwise, it would be utterly mortifying.

But is this cheating? In Wang Wu's view, of course not, because his strength is sufficient; even without these, attaining Double A would be a breeze.

But the problem is, others—no, many others—also have them.

If that's the case, no wonder Wang Wu also resorted to some tactics.

He certainly supports fair competition, but only if the big guys also compete fairly.

"Hmph…" Wang Wu let out a cold snort as he stared at the distant giant star.

In the next instant, his figure flickered and vanished into the pitch‑black starry sky.

Meanwhile, aboard the flying vessel.

"Huh?" This kid—his sect must be remarkable?

In a certain room, Luo Lan, who had just woken from a faint, looked at the screen where Wang Wu was constantly locked on and said in surprise.

"That sign of yours, isn't it a bit over the top?"

"You still have to do that at a time like this???"

Next to her, another female cultivator glared with disdain at Luo Lan's bloated belly and said.

In this room, the air was filled with a scent that made her a bit uneasy… of course it's immortal aura, otherwise what would you think it is?

Hearing the female cultivator's words, Luo Lan turned her head, gave her a grin, and said cheerfully:

"Why are you jealous?"

"Who would be jealous of someone like you…" The woman furrowed her brows as Luo Lan spoke, and the next second she retorted.

But before she could finish speaking, a lump lodged in her throat.

"Ugh!!? Cough cough!! You……!!!"

"Haha, what's the matter?" Luo Lan, seeing her companion's face turn bright red with anger, said with a grin:

"Isn't it great? Haha…"

"You were just watching earlier, now you're satisfying your cravings, right!?"

"I'm going to kill you!!!"

In an instant, the room erupted into chaos as two bodies tangled together.

Wang Wu, of course, had no idea what was happening in his examiner's room at that moment, because embarrassingly, less than a minute after he entered the gaseous giant star, he ran into that familiar person.

Pei Wuji.

"Huh, what a coincidence!"

(End of chapter)