Chapter 310: Invitation from the Wu Shen (Seeking monthly votes)

The next day.

Fang Xing glanced at his attribute panel:

【Gate of Heavens: 2/100 (Locating)】

A hint of joy couldn't help but appear on his face: "It increases by one point of progress per day. As long as it takes a little over three months, I can open the next world, right?"

For someone with an extremely long lifespan like him, three-plus months was indeed just a snap of the fingers.

"Three months, I can definitely afford to wait."

Fang Xing's expression was quite spirited.

Following that, he entered the virtual pod and began reading numerous S-rank martial arts in the virtual space.

……

Above a ten-thousand-foot cliff.

Fang Xing stood like a deep pool and a towering mountain, his figure appearing as if it might be carried away by the wind at any moment.

"This volume of 'Dragon-Subduing and Tiger-Taming Art' still has some noteworthy points..."

He tossed the ancient book aside casually.

A terrifying gale swept past, instantly turning the ancient book into countless fragments, fluttering like butterflies dancing through flowers.

By continuously learning new martial arts, taking their essence, and integrating it into his own "Star Martial Six Absolutes," the proficiency cap of Fang Xing's Star Martial Six Absolutes was also constantly rising.

"But I wonder when I will be able to truly reach perfection, or even break through the Grandmaster-level proficiency?"

A hint of anticipation rose in his heart, and he then looked toward the void.

Xiao Lan's figure appeared: "Master... you have an important communication!"

"From whom?"

Fang Xing frowned; he hated being disturbed while reading martial arts.

Could it be that his own mecha factory was being investigated, for Xiao Lan to process it as an important communication worth disturbing him?

"From the President of Blue Star University, the Wu Shen 'Ye Liuyun'!"

Xiao Lan spoke.

"It's the President."

Fang Xing was somewhat dazed. Back during the Moon God incident, the other party's Tathagata Dharma Body, which gathered and dispersed unpredictably, had truly left a deep impression on him.

Moreover, this was a Wu Shen who had walked to the absolute peak of the Martial Way!

It could be said that he was a big shot truly standing at the pinnacle of the Federation.

"The other party's communication?"

Fang Xing became interested: "What did they say?"

"It is an invitation from President Ye's artificial intelligence, hoping to meet with you, Master, in the virtual space."

Xiao Lan replied.

Fang Xing nodded. He hadn't even graduated with his doctorate yet.

It shouldn't be a bad thing for the President of Blue Star University to want to see him.

'It couldn't be that because I've been close to the Nine Swords Academy recently, he wants to clean house, right?'

'If he wanted to clean house, he wouldn't be meeting in the virtual space.'

Fang Xing couldn't help but chuckle to himself.

Then, he took a step forward, his figure suddenly becoming empty, falling from the ten-thousand-foot cliff!

……

Tap, tap!

A sense of weightlessness arrived, and immediately Fang Xing found himself in an inexplicable space.

Four massive stone steles stood proudly in the four directions, giving him an intuitive feeling of the style of the Ten Thousand Spirits Catalog.

But what was engraved on the stone steles was not any martial art, but rather had the style of Martial Way Will secret patterns.

On one cyan stone wall, there were countless scratches, making Fang Xing feel as if he saw the wind—countless cyan winds, appearing to have spirituality, gathering on the rock wall.

On another stone wall, red like magma, there were scorching flames and flowing high temperatures...

There was also an earthy-yellow rock wall, carrying the heavy sense of the earth.

The final azure stone stele seemed as deep as the ocean.

"Earth, Fire, Wind, Water?"

Fang Xing couldn't help but mutter.

"As expected of the most outstanding student Blue Star University has had in hundreds of years. You saw the profound meanings on these steles at a glance..."

A gentle voice came.

Fang Xing looked over and saw an old man wearing white martial attire looking at him with a gentle expression; it was indeed the Wu Shen Ye Liuyun.

"Greetings, President."

Fang Xing hurriedly bowed: "What 'most outstanding student,' I am unworthy of such praise."

"Haha, Student Fang, you don't need to be humble."

Although Ye Liuyun appeared to be an old man, his body was full of a vigorous sense of vitality, as if he had endless youth and energy.

The physical body of a Wu Shen is almost eternal; this is as it should be. He laughed a few times and then continued: "There are many Martial Saints and Martial Gods who have walked out of Blue Star University... but you are the first Wu Sheng to have connected your undergraduate and master's studies, and then ascended during your doctoral studies."

"Additionally, I have watched all the videos of you at the Interstellar Martial Arts Tournament... To be able to simplify the Tathagata Palm while in the Jin Gang Realm, you must have already truly mastered this peerless martial art. Plus, you are a strong Wu Sheng who ascended from the Great Jin Gang Realm... I fear that if you don't use a mecha, your strength is enough to rank among the best of the Federation's Martial Saints."

Ye Liuyun's expression was quite emotional.

"Interstellar Martial Arts Tournament? That... I was anonymous, right?" Although Fang Xing had guessed it long ago, a look of slight surprise still appeared on his face.

"Haha, this old bag of bones is one of the shareholders of the 'Federation Holographic Universe Company'... But don't worry, we shareholders are all supervised by the Omniscient Brain; at most, we know it ourselves, and it won't spread out..."

Ye Liuyun said with a hint of implication: "You don't need to worry about Old Gu coming to find you either..."

Fang Xing could only smile bitterly.

Back then, in order to mix for resources, he joined the research group for simplifying the Tathagata Palm, which could be called pushing the technique of writing water-filled papers to the extreme.

The key was that the mentor still didn't know the truth, foolishly thinking Fang Xing was doing his best...

Thinking about it now, if Fang Xing were the mentor, he would probably flip out directly.

However, after he ascended to Wu Sheng, these were all minor matters.

"So the President is actually a shareholder of the 'Federation Holographic Universe Company'?"

What Fang Xing cared about more was this company: "I wonder if the Seventh Realm holographic simulation has been created yet?"

"It can already maintain Seventh Realm combat power, and it will be put on the market soon. Even Eighth Realm actual combat simulation tests can be conducted, but it can only be maintained for a very short period, and it is limited to a specific area... it can only be used on a small scale."

Ye Liuyun shook his head: "The Eighth Realm is already the limit of virtual space technology. Simulating the Ninth Realm is simply impossible. In this regard, we have encountered a powerful technical threshold... even according to the most optimistic estimates, we might be stuck for hundreds of years."

"Hundreds of years... that's not very long."

Fang Xing sighed: "And, normalizing the Seventh Realm, and occasionally the Eighth Realm... is enough to have a huge impact and promotion on the Martial Way of the Blue Star Federation."

"Not bad. The purpose of our initial hosting of the tournament was to promote the Federation's Martial Way... Although other professionals have also had huge developments with the help of virtual space, none of them can compare to the Martial Way!"

Ye Liuyun was somewhat excited, yet somewhat dejected: "Unfortunately, after the Ninth Realm of the Martial Way, there is no path... We old guys originally hoped that virtual space could simulate the combat power of Ninth Realm, or even Tenth Realm martial artists, to provide a little help for breakthroughs... Now it seems, there is no time left."

"No time?"

Fang Xing was somewhat puzzled: "Even if we encounter a technical bottleneck, waiting another few hundred years shouldn't be much for us, right?"

After all, the lifespan of a Wu Shen is infinite; even if the mind eventually decays, who knows how many tens of thousands of years that would be.

"Commonly speaking, that is indeed the case, but I believe in my spiritual sense; the longer it drags on, the more dangerous it becomes... Therefore, I may step down as President of Blue Star University in a few years and attempt to break through to a realm above the Wu Shen, which can be considered opening a path for those who come after."

Ye Liuyun possessed a strong heroic spirit; it was the spirit of fighting heaven and earth that emerged from bloody battles against countless extraterrestrial evil deity kin when the older generation of interstellar colonization had just begun!

"At that time, I will choose to broadcast the breakthrough process to the whole universe; remember to watch it."

Ye Liuyun seemed not to care about this at all: "If I succeed, it is the fortune of martial artists; if I fail, you can just learn from the lesson..."

"President..." Fang Xing was somewhat surprised and wanted to persuade him, but couldn't speak.

With his Martial Way Will, if it were someone else persuading him, he certainly wouldn't listen either.

"Haha... what kind of scenery is above the Wu Shen? Although the Academy has made many hypotheses... but it must be verified one by one, even if it is with my life."

Ye Liuyun looked at Fang Xing: "I called you here today mainly to see the person who will carry the burden for Blue Star University in the future... You major in the Tathagata Palm; the path from Wu Sheng to Wu Shen is at least clear, but what about after the Wu Shen? How should one cultivate?"

He seemed to want to intentionally guide Fang Xing: "After the Wu Shen, what is needed is 'enlightenment'... The path you walk and the martial arts you cultivate all come from the creations of predecessors... But when you reach the Wu Shen, you are at the absolute peak of the Martial Way; there are no ready-made martial arts, and you must open the path yourself."

"At the beginning, you don't need to pick the difficult ones first, but can create some low-rank techniques and Martial Way combat skills... then go from easy to difficult, step by step..."

Ye Liuyun taught earnestly: "Above the Wu Shen, I feel one should pursue the immortality of the mind, and then combine the immortality of the mind with the immortality of the body to achieve the realm of 'True Immortality'."

"After immortality, one should perceive the laws and touch the authority... There is no doubt that those extraterrestrial evil deities are like this, so our path in the future may also be like this."

……

Fang Xing's expression was solemn, listening carefully.

This was the personal experience of a peak Wu Shen existence.

If he weren't the most outstanding student of Blue Star University, he probably wouldn't have gotten this precious opportunity at all.

He didn't lack resources for breakthroughs; what he lacked was this kind of experience and insight!

"By the way... I heard you've been quite close to the Nine Swords Academy recently?"

At the end, Ye Liuyun mentioned it with a hint of implication.

"Yes, in order to build a mecha, I bought a batch of evil deity materials from the black market... and looked for the Nine Swords Academy to pull a tiger's skin."

Fang Xing replied softly.

"You were actually able to get the main materials for a mecha?"

Ye Liuyun was somewhat surprised, and somewhat gratified: "Good, very good... I was originally worried that you would sign some unequal treaty with other major forces for the sake of a Wu Sheng mecha; now it seems, there is no need to worry."

He pondered for a moment and sent an appointment letter via his smart brain.

"This is..."

Fang Xing glanced at it, his expression shifting.

"After your doctoral thesis passes, you can stay at the school directly and take up a position."

Ye Liuyun said: "Of course I won't wrong you. You can serve as a mentor in the Jin Gang Realm; you can at least serve as a grade director or dean of students. If you don't want to be busy, you can also hold a nominal position... How is such a tiger's skin compared to the Nine Swords Academy?"

"Thank you, President, for your favor."

Fang Xing hurriedly agreed.

Today's update will be late.

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