Star Sky Professional
Chapter 394 - 318: Return Again (Seeking Monthly Tickets at Month’s End)

Chapter 394: Chapter 318: Return Again (Seeking Monthly Tickets at Month’s End)

Da Xia World.

Yuanzhong Temple.

The broken grey-white pillars soared to the sky, surrounded by a haze of grey mist.

Fang Xing jerked awake.

Feeling the weakness of his body, as well as the environment around him, a smile appeared on his face, "So... I’m still Li Ying?"

Memories of the past three years flooded his mind.

’After I left, Li Ying instantly became an average person in ability, with almost no progress in comprehending the Profound Mystery...’

’The Grey-clothed Marquis, surprised, disappointed... and even despairing, ultimately did not kill him, only cutting off his food supply...’

’Fasting for three years, if he had not already advanced to a True Strength Grandmaster, he might have died of thirst or starvation...’

’It seems that the ’Grey-clothed Marquis’ indeed has severe restrictions; not only is he unable to actively kill the trial takers, but he can’t even cut off the air supply...’

’As for Li Ying, he stubbornly kept his mouth shut and didn’t reveal my ’arrival’; was he afraid of losing his value to be used and really being killed?’

’No... He seems to have considered me as his dual personality due to a mental split?’

Although this body was a True Strength Grandmaster, barely capable of fasting, it definitely couldn’t have survived three years without air.

Or perhaps the Grey-clothed Marquis still harbored a glimmer of hope, deliberately torturing him in hopes of stimulating Li Ying to strive with all his might?

"Never mind..."

Fang Xing stood up, his face full of smiles as he looked at the ’Fire’s Mysterious Thirty-Six Volumes’ surrounding him, "With the inheritance still here, it’s only right to make rapid progress!"

The last time he crossed over, he had been here for just over a month.

This time, the transfer might be even shorter; he had to seize the opportunity!

He reached out and took a red scale from a cluster of flames.

On the red scale, patterns like flames incessantly shifted, radiating intense heat.

"Flame Heart Profound Mystery?"

Fang Xing’s eyes brightened: "It’s precisely the difficult point I had been pondering before..."

He immediately sat cross-legged, engrossed.

...

In another hall within the temple.

The Grey-clothed Marquis gazed at the model of the Da Xia planet, motionless, lamenting softly, "Such a talent, considered a peerless genius even in intermediate universe nations, is indeed extremely rare... Over thirty thousand years, there has been only one Li Ying, and more importantly, he possesses such a special physique..."

Since Li Ying firmly denied it, and he was unable to observe the transmigration through the Gate of All Heavens, he attributed Li Ying’s inconsistent enlightenment, as being due to a special physique.

The Grey-clothed Marquis’s true body had seen much and was well-informed, having traveled through various great civilization nations, witnessing all kinds of extraordinary geniuses.

Naturally, he knew that some special physiques often have inconceivable effects.

For instance, a recessive physique might even make one’s physical talent appear and disappear intermittently.

Therefore... the same could be true for comprehension.

"Intermittently foolish?!"

The Grey-clothed Marquis planned to observe for some more time, thinking that at worst, when the ten years are up, he could just throw him out.

Suddenly, with a swirl of his cloak, that profound and bottomless darkness shifted gaze towards everything inside the Inheritance Hall, "He’s started comprehending again?"

The Grey-clothed Marquis only took a glance before paying it no more mind.

After all, after Fang Xing had left, Li Ying, equally stubborn, tried to comprehend those Fire Profound Mysteries, then turned into a ’fallen genius’, and eventually, he gave up.

It seemed that after being pushed to the brink of desperation by him, a bit of hope was finally rekindled.

He did not realize, Fang Xing was not a ’fallen genius’ but a ’sleeping genius,’ and now, the ’sleeping genius’ was about to awaken.

...

Several days quickly passed.

"How marvelous... The ’Flame Heart’ is truly intriguing," Fang Xing muttered as he drew.

Even though he had not used any True Strength, a simple flick of his fingertip, red lines emerged in the void.

Numerous lines intertwined, forming a fiery heart.

The fiery heart pulsed vigorously, burning...

Immediately, Fang Xing felt his ’Fire Element Affinity’ improve again, and the power of the moves he had comprehended increased!

’Following this, after fully comprehending the Fire Profound Mystery, could I, a Martial Saint, match a Martial God?’

’What’s the need for Mecha then?’

’No, that’s not right; having fully comprehended the Fire Profound Mystery, I could likely just escape from a weak Martial God... but if paired with a Mecha, I could match a weak Martial God, perhaps even an experienced Martial God, or a strong Martial God... a fight might not be out of the question!’

A weak Martial God was simply Fang Xing’s classification. Even the weakest Martial God was far superior to a mighty Martial Saint.

Thus, it might be more appropriate to refer to them as ’newly ascended Martial Gods.’

"Good, to strike while the iron is hot..."

Fang Xing picked up a ’Flame Long Feather’, gazing at the dazzling tassels: "Once I comprehend the ’Fire Meteor Profound Mystery’, my speed will at least increase by several folds!"

He felt like his progress in the Fire Profound Mystery was skyrocketing as if he was on a rocket.

It must be due to the lack of guidance in the past few years, where he had forcibly comprehended, accumulating a vast number of problems and experiences.

Seeing a proper guide and inheritance now was like accumulating a thick reserve for a sudden burst of progress.

Moreover, Fang Xing deliberately revealed the "Flame Heart" Profound Mystery, naturally aiming to lure the Grey-clothed Marquis to appear!

Indeed!

Once the pattern of the Flame Heart was outlined, the Grey-clothed Marquis became excited.

"This... This... Has his talent recovered?"

"My revenge, my resurrection... Do I have hope again?"

The Grey-clothed Marquis really wanted to go over immediately but forcibly restrained himself, "No... Wait a little longer, observe a bit more... Maybe he’s just a blind cat that ran into a dead mouse, or perhaps this talent can only manifest when no one is around?"

...

’Oh? Quite patient, isn’t he...’

Three days later.

A faint smile crossed Fang Xing’s mind as he raised his hand.

One after another, fire meteors appeared, revolving around him.

"Fire Meteor? He has comprehended another Profound Mystery?"

The Grey-clothed Marquis could no longer contain himself and appeared in front of Fang Xing, "Your talent... Hm?"

He examined Fang Xing carefully and found that although it was still the same Li Ying, his temperament and demeanor were completely different.

Combining this with Li Ying’s previous behavior, he became more certain of his guess: ’A talent for Dual Personality?’

This kind of talent was just like the split personalities found in mental illnesses.

The key was, some split personalities often carried unbelievable talents!

Li Ying’s performance was very similar to that kind of ’Dual Personality.’

For the Grey-clothed Marquis, the specific talent didn’t matter; what was crucial was enabling him to take revenge!

"Your aptitude seems to have some issues. Deep within your soul lurks another personality, one that is cowardly, incompetent, and weak."

The Grey-clothed Marquis spoke seriously to Fang Xing, "To fully unleash your potential, you must resolve this issue..."

"Oh? Is there a way to do that?" Fang Xing immediately understood that the Grey-clothed Marquis considered him a person with split personalities and asked with a chuckle.

"Two ways. The first is to cultivate a Clone Technique! Cutting out your weaker personality..."

The Grey-clothed Marquis continued, "That’s the best method. Apart from that, you could only rely on some secret techniques, treasures... to seal or suppress that other personality deep within your heart... But that’s treating the symptoms, not the cause. However, both methods have one issue: after treatment, will your talent for insight disappear or diminish?"

Some special physiques had this trouble: once you fix the downside, the upside also vanishes.

What if Fang Xing’s talent required the Dual Personality to remain intact, capable of constant switching, to have such insight?

"I can resolve this issue on my own..."

Fang Xing said indifferently after hearing the explanation.

He then covertly glanced at his attribute bar and saw that the Fire Profound Mystery had reached the ’Master’ level, feeling like he had hit the jackpot.

If it weren’t for the limited time travel, he wouldn’t even bother luring out the Grey-clothed Marquis.

Wouldn’t it be nice to just silently cultivate on his own?

"Now, I’ve already comprehended more than half of the Fire Profound Mystery and am vaguely sensing the ’Fire Law’..."

A trace of red flame quietly appeared in Fang Xing’s eyes, "Just by stepping into the ’Fire Law’, I will become a true inheritor."

"..." The Grey-clothed Marquis fell silent and then sighed, "Yes."

"I have a question. After becoming a True Strength Grandmaster, what realm comes next? What are the differences? I need you to answer me seriously!" Fang Xing spoke up.

After Martial God in the Main Universe, there is a dead end.

The Immortal Martial path may not necessarily continue.

If there’s a new clear path, at least it could be a safety net, leaving an alternative.

"Fine, I’ll explain..." The Grey-clothed Marquis sighed, "A True Strength Grandmaster is just an ant on the cosmic scale... The Power System is too basic, too crude... It’s very difficult, extremely difficult to advance... To move up from True Strength Grandmaster, one must comprehend a Profound Mystery, whether it’s the Fire Profound Mystery, the Water Profound Mystery, the Wind Profound Mystery..."

"By mastering the Profound Mystery and then stepping into a Power of Laws, one’s strength will explode by billions of times, truly able to match a single star, to destroy a planet... Thus, they are called ’Star Lord’!"

"Star Lord?"

Fang Xing was somewhat moved.

A True Strength Grandmaster, in the Main Universe, was only about the power level of a Fifth Realm Professional.

But in the Star Lord Realm, capable of destroying planets, that’s the power of Ninth or Tenth Realms!

To leap from the Fifth Realm to the Ninth Realm?

The difficulty was indeed outrageous! It was practically harmful!

"Such a huge leap?" he found it hard to believe.

"The Power System is just something that developed on your tiny Da Xia planet... Other planets, other civilizations naturally have more complete, systematic Extraordinary Paths... But the end of all Extraordinary Paths is to comprehend the Profound Mystery, from Profound Mystery to Law, and then from Law to Dao..."

The Grey-clothed Marquis sighed.

’In other words, Da Xia’s Power System is too weak; there are many lessons to catch up on... If one doesn’t catch up, then the path ahead is cut off unless one encounters an extraordinary ’genius’ like me...’

But Fang Xing knew his ’genius’ was quite questionable, as it was actually the accumulation from the Sixth, Seventh, and Eighth Realms.

Then, coming to comprehend the power of Profound Mystery and with the help of the attribute panel to cheat, failing would be against natural justice.

"Within the Star Lord Realm, one can further subdivide..."

At this point, the Grey-clothed Marquis continued, "Based on the depth of understanding of the Laws, the more one comprehends, the more exponentially their destructive power will increase..."