Chapter 250: Master 249, I'm Trying Hard

It looks like you've been doing well lately?

Diyi Tianwu cheerfully walked up to Wang Wu and gave his shoulder a light pat.

How's your cultivation going?

No problem at all.

Even though Diyi Tianwu's sudden appearance terrified Wang Wu, he still answered his teacher's question.

Not bad.

He stared at Wang Wu for a moment, Diyi Tianwu nodded, a look of approval on his face.

Wang Wu said this without any hint of insecurity, because he truly cultivates every day and never stops.

Although his efficiency is indeed a bit low, given his talent, this pace is still considered very diligent.

Moreover, the Earth Martial Way doesn't value hard‑training; instead, they favor deadly battles. Training hard twenty‑four hours a day is meaningless, but fighting fiercely twenty‑four hours a day is truly meaningful.

After all, a deadly battle lets you level up, a deadly battle lets you improve quickly, a deadly battle can…

Wang Wu has actually been doing that kind of thing lately, so he's earned a nickname across this planet and even the whole stellar system: 'Wu Fengzi'.

He usually spends his time either cultivating or looking for fights everywhere—against men or women. Female cultivators are plenty and quite willing, but male cultivators have… uh… some complaints about that.

After all, he fights to the death with wildly bizarre methods; his technique's origin is unknown, oddly twisted, but that's not the point—this is an interstellar civilization; they've seen every kind of strange technique.

On Qiong Yuan, generally there is no notion of 'righteous' or 'evil' paths; even if it did, it wouldn't be within the plateau, let alone in an inland area like the Qiong Lan Sect.

No matter how bizarre the technique looks, as long as you exist within Qiong Yuan, you're legitimate; otherwise you'd have been wiped out long ago.

Of course, the thing that irks male cultivators about Wang Wu isn't his technique, but the fact that he basically never surrenders.

Wang Wu is certainly afraid of death; in fact he thinks he's already quite cowardly compared to his master's Earth martial artists. Master Yin Shenli once sharply criticized him, saying his cowardice is on the same level as Sha Shou Ge.

Sha Shou Ge belongs to those who bully the weak and fear the strong; that's a very typical, yet not entirely typical, Earth martial artist.

Why call it typical? Because villains are like that. Why say it's not typical? Because the righteous aren't.

As for why Sha Shou Ge is a villain, he's a killer—how could he be a good person? Moreover, he isn't exactly principled… uh… actually he's fairly principled; money is his principle.

As long as there's money, everything is negotiable.

But in the masters' eyes, the supposedly cowardly Wang Wu, Diyi Tianwu actually didn't think Wang Wu was that fearful; instead he found Wang Wu quite rational, not overly reckless like some martial artists who cause needless sacrifices.

However, that 'rationality' is only from Diyi Tianwu's perspective as an Earthling.

As for how the locals see it… they consider him relentless, basically reckless.

One good thing about Wang Wu is that if you surrender, he'll basically stop immediately, and if he's about to be killed he'll also surrender. However, he rarely fights weaker opponents; he seeks out those a bit stronger or far stronger.

Those far stronger than Wang Wu usually can hold back, because fighting him is relatively easy.

But it's not that easy, because Wang Wu's strength is odd; he appears ordinary, yet in a burst of combat he can unleash power far beyond his normal state.

It's far beyond, unlike ordinary cultivators who merely conceal their aura and have a modest surge in battle; it's that kind of…

Anyway, it's a bit odd and rather mysterious.

Of course, because Wang Wu is popular among female cultivators, beating this good‑looking guy to death isn't a problem; everyone is human, with all their desires, and the cultivators here are the kind described in old cultivation literature as 'still attached to mortal hearts.'

Only, even though their mortal hearts remain, their strength isn't affected at all.

Even saints have desires. Though for lower‑rank people, such a transcendent being truly is a great immortal—desireless, natural Dao, yet…

In short, for various reasons, Wang Wu isn't liked by some male cultivators.

Moreover, his reputation among some female cultivators isn't great either, because he's a bit too… uh… too, well, just too something.

After all, this is a human‑race society, using human concepts; the differences between humans and demon races are still quite large in some aspects.

But that doesn't matter; he's never cared about how many like or dislike him.

He has many plans today, and Master Diyi Tianwu is also arriving, so he can showcase his diligent training in front of his master.

After all, she hasn't been short of beatings lately, and it must be said, getting beaten is indeed a good way to level up.

There's an interesting place here called Cavern Heaven; the Tianyuan Civilization also has this technology, like the Sleeve Immortal Residence, which is a subspace technique.

Cloudlight City also has such technology, but the difference is that this Cavern Heaven is far more advanced than the one in Cloudlight City.

Because it can accommodate two Saint‑realm strongmen who can unleash their full power inside, and its area is immense.

Wang Wu naturally doesn't know the principle behind this Cavern Heaven technology; he only knows it's a place akin to subspace or hyperspace, like the 'other side' of this universe.

Cavern Heaven holds many secrets; almost all human civilizations and demon‑race civilizations rely on it for their development.

The Qiankun Ring, Sleeve Immortal Residence, World Outside Cavern Heaven are essentially the same kind of thing.

And this place is likely the source of humanity's extraordinary power.

Wang Wu doesn't know where this claim originates, but it does exist.

It is said that the three calamities and eight hardships—the so‑called True Calamity, Demon Calamity, and another disaster Wang Wu can't recall—all stem from here.

At the end of this year, a Saint will arrive on this planet and give a speech to all newly inducted Qiong Lan Sect cultivators, the event commonly called the Newcomer Assembly.

A Saint here differs from the Great Summer 'Saint System' of Tianyuan; this is a Saint within the True Dao system.

After entering the Qiong Lan Sect, the term Wang Wu hears most often is 'Saint.'

Everyone longs for that realm, and everyone worships cultivators of that realm.

Because they are the pinnacle of humanity's power system in this universe.

Uh, modern civilization.

Heavenly Court—whether it has beings stronger than a Saint is hard to say. The Heavenly Court was a hegemon‑level civilization in Wang Wu's stellar system, but it has now perished, leaving only demonic husks and vast demonic lands.

(End of Chapter)