Star Sky Professional
Chapter 242 - 202: Research Group (Please Subscribe)

Chapter 242: Chapter 202: Research Group (Please Subscribe)

After dropping Sofia off at the Duke Mansion, Wal didn’t linger and chose to leave right away.

Clearly, he wasn’t interested in any subsequent rewards or gifts.

Fang Xing didn’t particularly care either. The two of them casually found a small tavern, ordered two glasses of rye whiskey, and watched the clumsily dancing barmaids perform.

"Nice!"

Wal’s eyes gleamed as he watched the scantily clad dancers, leading Fang Xing to suspect that he might be planning to support their business later that evening.

’Indeed... leaving the Holy Knight Order has its perks, such as no longer having to worry about maintaining one’s image or morals. You can just do whatever you want...’

Fang Xing criticized in his mind, then immediately grabbed Wal’s Cross Sword.

Clang!

He gently pulled out a part of the blade, feeling the chill from the blade and the fine, compact lines on it.

"Indeed, it’s a fine sword!"

His eyes brightened, finding it much more appealing than the barmaids.

"A true Church Knight needs more than just Breathing Skill... they must also possess Holy Armor to block the invasion of Evil Spirits, a long sword capable of harming Evil Spirits, and blade oil for various situations... Generally speaking, when Church Knights operate, they also need to be accompanied by a Divine Shepherd..."

Wal downed his rye whiskey in one gulp, "How about it? Want to join the Radiant Church? I know the Bishop here, he’s the leader of this diocese, and I guarantee he won’t treat you poorly..."

’Now, joining the Radiant Church is like jumping onto a sinking ship.’

’Not to mention, the group of people there ordained by the Church, no, the group of ’Original Spirits’, they don’t look like good stuff either.’

Fang Xing mentally criticized.

The Radiant Church only recognizes the ’Lord of Radiance’ as the one true god. Some mighty followers or those who have made outstanding contributions to the church could be ordained as ’saints’ posthumously and receive certain reverence.

Simply put, akin to the position of angels.

A group of angels all being of the Original Spirit level made suppressing cults like the Sado Sect much more reasonable.

’It’s just... you’re all eating at the same dinner table...’

Fang Xing observed the Cross Sword in his hand with disdain, "This sword is indeed good... instead of carrying the spirit within oneself, choosing to seal the spirit within the long sword and using it to combat other spirits..."

"Those fake god cults would also like to achieve this, but they lack our sealing technology... they can only use humans, who are the best carriers for seals compared to other materials..."

It seems like Wal had too much to drink, as right after he said this, he became silent, seemingly reflecting on some sad memory of the past.

When they finished the whiskey, Wal went into a room with two dancers.

This small tavern also operated as an inn.

"Such vitality..."

Fang Xing sighed as he showed no interest in such mediocrity, returned to his own room.

Once he closed the door, he casually pulled out a Talisman and affixed it behind the door.

Instantly!

Whether it was the sensual noises from next door, or the roaches, bedbugs, fleas... it felt as if an invisible barrier prevented them from entering his room.

Then, Fang Xing casually pointed a finger.

Inside the room, the temperature dropped sharply, freezing all the bugs dead.

He barely managed to clean up a spot, sat down cross-legged.

He silently practiced his breathing skill, considering the Evil God’s Fighting Spirit, then nodded. "Placed in the Main Universe, it could be considered a path to evolution, albeit with some pitfalls... but they’re not too severe."

After all, the Blue Star Alliance in the Main Universe was exceedingly strong, having slain several Outer Realm Evil Gods!

Using these Evil God corpses as ’Origin’ for cultivation would naturally lead to rapid progress with manageable risks.

Even advancing to ’Original Spirit’ wouldn’t be a big issue, it wouldn’t waste much resources and the speed would be exceptionally fast!

With a flash of silver light!

Fang Xing returned to number 69 villa’s basement in the Blue Sea District on Blue Star.

He glanced around, nodded, and entered a Virtual Cabin.

"Master, you haven’t come to see me in a long while."

Inside the Blue Star community, a little blue-winged sprite flew towards him, her expression full of grievance.

"Little Blue, how many people have contacted me recently? Filter out the unnecessary ones, and list the most important ones!"

Fang Xing checked his mail, then promptly gave his commands.

As artificial intelligence, Little Blue’s pouty complaints were just programming—being a workhorse was essential.

Upon receiving the order, she immediately hit delete on tons of spam emails, marking only the crucial ones that needed Fang Xing’s response.

"Tutor, Nie Ying?"

Fang Xing looked at the top email and sighed.

Though he was idle, he couldn’t disconnect from society.

At the very least, he definitely couldn’t refuse his own tutor reaching out to him.

Fang Xing thought for a moment and made a call.

Soon, the figure of a man dressed in a Zhongshan suit appeared in front of him—it was Nie Ying.

"Hello, Mentor."

Fang Xing hastily paid his respects.

"Um... I heard from Xiao Sun that you’ve been rather lax? Is it because you’re dissatisfied with the small amount of Sha Qi Crystals provided by the research group?"

Nie Ying spoke quite bluntly.

"No... I just feel that silently cultivating on my own might yield better results."

Fang Xing hurriedly shook his head, feeling somewhat relieved at the same time.

Nie Ying was usually very busy, hardly having a chance to meet with him personally, occasionally contacting him through phone or virtual network.

Otherwise, he wasn’t completely confident he could deceive this Martial Saint.

Although Xu Sanyang said that ordinary Martial Saints couldn’t see through him, Nie Ying was no ordinary Martial Saint.

Nie Ying remained silent.

Practicing Martial Arts Golden Core alone, theoretically, could also involve absorbing cosmic energy, transforming it into Heavenly Gang and Earthly Sha Qi, and filling the meridians and acupoints.

But this process was profoundly slow.

He said, "Contact this number later and join Xiao Gu’s research group... this group will be very beneficial to your future, and Xiao Gu has allocated substantial resources... if you perform well, not just Sha Qi Crystals, even Heavenly Gang Stones could be possible..."

Nie Ying did not say much more, and after providing contact details, hastily hung up the phone.

"Hmm?"

Fang Xing looked at the contact information and immediately had Xiao Lan start a search, after which a heap of information appeared.

"Teacher Gu... Research topic—’Simplification of the Tathagata Divine Palm For Lower Realms’? It’s primarily for allowing lower realm martial artists to learn this peerless Martial Arts skill? It truly is a high-end research group,"

Fang Xing murmured before falling silent.

Entry into the ’Tathagata Divine Palm’ required at least a Martial Saint!

This meant Teacher Gu was himself a Martial Saint! The resources he could leverage were naturally substantial.

Nie Ying’s arrangement showed her thoughtfulness.

And even if this project did not yield results in the short term, it would lay a solid foundation for Fang Xing’s future cultivation of the ’Tathagata Divine Palm!’

Future learning of this ultimate skill by a Martial Saint would face much fewer difficulties.

’Although Nie Ying has not taken me under her wing for direct instruction, she truly is a good teacher... and Pan Xiong too, without his recommendation, I couldn’t possibly have become an apprentice under the vice-principal...’

Fang Xing nodded and then shook his head—’It’s a pity... I already know the Tathagata Divine Palm, and I’ve even completed the optimization for the lower realms, although... this optimization can’t be promoted.’

He waited a moment, then according to Nie Ying’s provided contact details, dialed Gu Duan’s phone.

"It’s Xiao Fang... Principal Nie told me about you, come by the research group when you have time, I have tasks for you."

Gu Duan’s voice was very young, "I don’t care about any connections in the research group; there’s only one rule, complete the task, receive rewards; fail, get nothing."

Clearly, he was a bit resentful about Nie Ying pushing someone into his group.

However, that was normal, theoretically speaking, since he and Nie Ying were both Martial Saints, a bit of teasing and complaining between them was no issue.

"Yes, Professor Gu, I will definitely work hard!"

Fang Xing nodded repeatedly, then after hanging up the transmission, immediately showed a troubled expression: "Ah... this is worrisome."

He had already filled all seventy-two evil acupoints and was starting to consider the cultivation involved in connecting the Gang Meridians.

By using ’Heavenly Gang Qi,’ threading through the six great evil acupoints could coalesce into one Gang Meridian!

Seventy-Two Evil Acupoints, in total, could condense into twelve meridians, corresponding one by one to the ancient legends of the ’Twelve Main Meridians.’

Sha Qi Crystals were already of no use to him.

But this, he could not reveal.

Fang Xing had Xiao Lan randomly pull up some Blue Star information, browsing while pondering his own issues.

"The new Chief Governor of the Blue Star Federation has been elected, sworn into office... announcing his new economic policies, focused on the ’Revitalization of Blue Star’..."

Previously, Blue Star had been attacked by an Evil God, shattering the safest illusion and causing real estate to plummet sharply, affecting other industries as a consequence.

Therefore, it was only natural for the new governor to boost the economy upon taking office.

Fang Xing scanned a few more lines, his eyes lighting up: "Holographic networking has seen significant development... at least one ’Virtual Dojo’ has been established on each planet, offering virtual cabin services and interstellar networking..."

Interstellar communication was always a significant challenge, not to mention this kind of ’holographic networking.’

But the Federation’s technological development was explosively fast!

Years ago, during college entrance exams, virtual cabins were introduced, and after Fang Xing’s university time, virtual cabins could connect online for combat.

Years later, it turned out that major planets could even network—a remarkable achievement that even if just tens or hundreds of virtual cabins per planet could achieve this, it was still quite impressive.

"To celebrate the completion of Virtual Dojo layouts on the last civilized planet, the ’Federation Holographic Universe Company’ is preparing to host a ’Star Inter-Martial Arts Competition’ to celebrate the breakthrough in virtual technology... Entry condition: below Seventh Realm strength..."

"Has the Federation’s virtual technology advanced again, now fully capable of simulating the power of Martial Arts Golden Core?"

Fang Xing was slightly surprised and then excited, "Anonymous participation allowed, just win a few matches, and the rewards are exceptionally substantial, including Sha Qi Crystals and Heavenly Gang Stones... plus other cosmic rarities beneficial to Mind Masters and Mechanics?"

He entertained the idea of participating anonymously, which would allow him to attribute any unusually rapid progress in cultivation to this competition later on.

As for the anonymity, it was merely for ordinary people; to the Holographic Virtual Universe Company and the Federation’s upper echelons controlling the ’All-Knowing Brain,’ it was a joke!

"However, on the other hand, now that the virtual universe can withstand Sixth Realm Golden Core, perhaps in the future it could handle Seventh Realm Vajra, Eighth Realm Martial Saints... directly simulating..."

"In my lifetime, perhaps I could witness a Virtual Martial Saint competition? Or even a Martial God competition?!"