Chapter 95: 95. Rankings (Requesting Subscriptions)

95. Chapter 95: Rankings (Requesting Subscriptions)

The sun blazed fiercely.

Fang Xing walked through a city wearing a shirt and a sun hat.

This was Yuan Yu City, the largest breeding base on Chickens Star.

As an education planet, it wasn’t just about high school education.

In fact, the most renowned institutions on Chickens Star and other education planets were the major biohuman breeding and cultivation facilities.

Every year, countless infants were born from cultivation pods, then uniformly placed in nurseries, kindergartens, elementary schools… growing continuously.

Only those who grew up naturally possessed greater potential and infinite possibilities.

As Chickens Star’s largest breeding city, Yuan Yu City’s streets were designed with childlike charm, filled everywhere with kindergartens and elementary schools…

“Strictly speaking, this is where ‘I’ was born…”

Fang Xing sighed, bought an ice cream from a street vendor, and ate it as he walked.

Since summer vacation began, he’d embarked on an impromptu journey.

He hadn’t even bought a ticket at first, walking instead, resulting in an actual “missing” status.

The official explanation was to avoid those who tried to recruit or invest in him.

Lu Guangming and Xia Long both understood.

After all, some investors—even giant corporations—were clueless, possibly acting arrogantly just because they arrived first.

Fang Xing was still too weak to offend anyone.

So he simply vanished for a while, waiting until all parties had entered and made their offers, then choosing the best one!

Of course, given Fang Xing’s nature, he had an entire world as his backing and resource base—he truly had no desire to accept any investment.

He felt everyone coming now just wanted to take advantage of him.

After finishing the ice cream, he altered his appearance and went to a black market to sell gold, preparing to purchase resources mainly for the other world.

…

Several days later.

Devil’s Grand Canyon.

As a famous attraction on Chickens Star, its sky was perpetually shrouded in a colorful glow.

According to media explanations, chaotic magnetic fields here, combined with various natural wonders, created a treacherous environment of fierce gales.

Yet it became the most favored place for martial artists to adventure and temper their bodies!

“Ladies and gentlemen, this train will soon arrive at Devil’s Grand Canyon Station. Please collect your belongings and disembark in order…”

A soft female voice echoed through the carriage.

Fang Xing, wearing sunglasses, gazed at the vast scenery outside, a faint smile on his face.

Opposite him sat a young couple, seemingly middle school students from a natural human family, who had just finished their high school entrance exams and were traveling to relax.

Their affectionate demeanor suggested they were a couple.

“This counts as early romance, but whatever…”

Fang Xing turned away, uninterested.

At that moment, the girl held a magazine, her face glowing with excitement: “Look… someone from our planet ranked third in the Hundred-Star Alliance Exam!”

“I know—Fang Xing from Maple City. He’s a once-in-a-decade genius… university is guaranteed, and he might even aim for a top-tier academy.”

The boy felt a pang of jealousy but found no fault with Fang Xing, so he just shrugged: “Still, I think he’ll opt for direct admission—he’s definitely getting into a first-tier university. The Gaokao is far harder than the Hundred-Star Exam.”

“Our planet rarely produces a genius—we should aim for top-tier. The last one to enter Nine Sword Academy was decades ago.”

The girl sighed regretfully.

“I heard Fang Xing is a biohuman. Hard to say… he might just sell himself to a giant corporation.”

The boy sneered: “Still, it’s hard to imagine a biohuman reaching this level… Enough about him. The train’s stopped—where do you want to go first in the canyon? Beyond this point, you enter the magnetic chaos zone—store all electronics and plan carefully…”

At that moment, the train came to a smooth stop.

Fang Xing stepped out the door, where a robot awaited: “Respected Level 2 Citizen Fang Xing, your pre-ordered package has arrived. Please verify your iris…”

He removed his sunglasses, revealing a face that left the young couple disembarking beside him stunned.

“He…”

The girl glanced at Fang Xing verifying his iris, then at the magazine photo, her expression going slack.

“What’s wrong?”

The boy was about to speak when he saw Fang Xing input the pickup code, causing the robot’s chest to open and retrieve a package.

“This… the Federation Logistics delivered a package directly to the train station? His citizen privileges are higher than my dad’s… Wait, is this guy… Fang Xing?”

He was dumbfounded.

“Hello.”

Fang Xing smiled, took his package, and walked out of the station.

With a flash of his cultivation technique, his figure vanished at the end of the street.

Though he mostly disguised himself, he occasionally left behind travel proof.

“I suddenly feel like we’ve been slacking off…”

The girl stared at Fang Xing’s retreating back, her eyes gleaming brightly: “Look—he’s Chickens Star’s top genius, and even in summer vacation, he’s still training…”

“We’re not just here to tour either… at least we told our parents we came to train,” the boy muttered, his confidence fading.

In truth, he’d planned only to have fun and flirt…

…

“Young sir, do you have a tourist map?”

Outside Devil’s Grand Canyon lay a bustling street.

Fang Xing approached a newspaper stand and bought a tourist map.

The map primarily described Devil’s Grand Canyon: “At the canyon entrance, there’s an observation elevator that allows ordinary people to reach the ‘Viewing Platform’ to admire the colorful auroras… along with a seven-star hotel and upscale restaurants…”

“But if you’re here to hone your martial skills, you must enter from the canyon mouth… within ten thousand meters, it’s the limit for martial artists of the first three realms; ten thousand to thirty thousand meters, the limit for those of the Courage Realm; beyond thirty thousand meters, only experts of the External Scene realm can penetrate.”

Fang Xing entered a store, bought some off-road gear, slung a backpack over his shoulder, and entered the massive canyon entrance.

Once inside, he felt a difference.

His electronic devices seemed struck by some force, instantly falling into chaos.

“Hmm? Is this the canyon’s gale?”

He murmured, unimpressed.

Compared to the pills of the cultivation world, this external environment’s tempering was still inferior.

Perhaps the effect would strengthen deeper in, but efficiency remained severely limited.

To accelerate martial training, the best method was still cheating!

Whoosh!

Fang Xing moved like flying feet, swiftly entering the canyon.

Along the way, he saw many martial artists, all bearing the aura of hard training, using the gales to temper their bodies.

Fang Xing didn’t even glance at them, simply passing by.

The deeper into the canyon, the sparser the people became.

One thousand five hundred meters!

One thousand eight hundred meters!

Ten thousand meters!

Twenty thousand meters!

“The limit of the Courage Realm martial artists?”

Amidst the dusty sands, Fang Xing gazed at the thirty-thousand-meter boundary marker, then found a cave on a cliff face and entered.

Three seconds later, a silver flash appeared—his figure vanished.

…

Qinglin Market.

Premium Cave Dwelling.

He hadn’t been here in a while, and Fang Xing found his cave dwelling had become a haven for beasts.

Not only had some burrowing beast visited the basement, wrecking many surveillance systems,

But the surface was a complete mess.

Especially his favorite hot spring and plum grove—now utterly ruined.

Many plum trees lay overturned, and a dark shadow swam freely in the hot spring.

“Gurgle!”

Seeing Fang Xing emerge from the basement, a stream of bubbles rose from the spring, then a strange fish crawled out.

The fish resembled a giant salamander, its head like a Chinese giant salamander, but its body covered in ink-green scales.

“Wooah!”

It crawled out of the spring, spotted Fang Xing, and let out a wail like a crying infant—then opened its mouth, spewing forth heavy, pitch-black water balls that surged toward him!

“A beast not even second-rank…”

Fang Xing flashed forward, appearing beside the salamander, a flash of emerald sword light in his hand.

Plop!

In the next instant, the beast’s head flew high into the air.

Soon after, the aroma of roasted meat spread through the courtyard.

“Aowu!”

Fang Xing gnawed on the roasted meat while listening to the howls of countless beasts outside, his expression gradually darkening.

In the past, cultivators in the marketplace had barely maintained a balance with the beasts.

But after countless cultivators departed, that balance had long been shattered!

Beasts are not mere animals—many are quite intelligent!

He even suspected whether he was now the only human left in the marketplace.

“Looks like I have to leave. Too bad this cave dwelling has such rich Qi…”

Fang Xing could still eat his roasted meat in peace here only because he had used talismanic power to conceal the anomalies within the house.

But talisman reserves will eventually run out, and there’s nowhere left to buy more.

He finished the beast meat in a few bites, feeling the subtle essence of flesh and blood being digested in his lower dantian, a hint of satisfaction crossing his face, then casually opened the package he had received at the train station.

Rip!

Inside the package was a silver-white metal box; after entering the password, the lid opened automatically, and a wave of chilling air rushed forth.

Inside the silver-white metal box lay only one vial of azure blood, contained in a test tube, continuously emitting tiny starlike glimmers.

“Kunpeng blood!”

Fang Xing murmured—it was a better auxiliary potion for Dragon Elephant Art than Whale Elephant Paste.

Even with his current Level 2 Citizen permission level, he could purchase only one vial.

“I still have some Boiling Blood left; with Kunpeng blood… I’ll at least push Dragon Elephant Art to its peak first…”

Fang Xing took a deep breath and began planning his martial training schedule for the summer break.

With two rare months of free time, he naturally needed to thoroughly ground himself in this world!

“I still have some Calming Talismans and Odor-Erasing Talismans… the Qi in this cave dwelling can still be exploited for a while longer.”

“Too bad I don’t know how to set up arrays—if I did, I could install a formation and stay here indefinitely…”

Even though he had already achieved the Courage Realm as a martial artist and awakened spiritual abilities, Fang Xing knew nothing about the hundred arts of cultivation—he couldn’t even begin to learn, let alone set up arrays.