Star Sky Professional
Chapter 580 - 478: Secret

Chapter 580: Chapter 478: Secret

"You... you, you?"

Monarchi looked at Fang Xing, his pupils trembling violently, and his body shaking with intense fear and shock, unable to form a complete sentence.

He couldn’t have imagined that Fang Xing had reached a level where his body could catch bullets.

Even a Transcendent who specializes in body strengthening on the ’Blood Path’ would have to pass through several gates to achieve such an unbelievable feat.

And he was sure that when Fang Xing first enrolled in the academy, he was just an ordinary person!

So, what kind of existence was watching over him that could make an ordinary person so powerful in just a few years?

The amount of protection and ether needed for this was simply astonishing!

’Is it the Longliver Demigod who walks among men, or the great being in the deepest part of the forest?’ I

n Monarchi’s heart, there was both a fear of death and a thirst for new knowledge.

Greed and fanaticism burned like a constantly flickering candle, scorching his soul, making him crave mystery and everything else...

"I originally thought...you’d at least use some talisman or something."

Fang Xing sighed, "But it turned out to be... so dull."

He grabbed Monarchi’s wrist and exerted a bit of force.

Crack!

The grating sound of bones breaking echoed, and intense pain immediately appeared on Monarchi’s face.

"So, tell me...where is the Silver Ring?"

Fang Xing’s words were like a heavy hammer, repeatedly striking Monarchi’s mental defenses.

When it came to inflicting physical pain, Fang Xing was an expert among experts.

Monarchi couldn’t endure the pain that hovered on the brink of collapse and fainted, his voice hoarse, "I’ll tell you... he’s in..."

Before he finished speaking, a mysterious radiance began to flow from his eyes, mouth, and nose...

Bam!

Monarchi’s body fell to the ground.

"Did he have a pre-set unbreakable curse seal?"

Fang Xing nodded and then shook his head, "Unfortunately... I don’t have the means to extract your soul just yet."

He had recently created a set of ’Mechanical Martial Arts’ utilizing the power and knowledge of the Mechanical Path, but he had yet to address the soul.

At least, not outside the body, so there was no way to extract Monarchi’s soul and put it into the Great Sun Furnace to burn it for more clues.

However...

"An insignificant first-tier Transcendent of the Mechanical Path... doesn’t seem worth my time and effort..."

Fang Xing’s ears twitched. He moved to the window, lifted the curtain, and saw two police officers approaching, their right hands resting on their gun holsters.

It was clear that the noise from Monarchi’s gunshot had attracted the attention of the neighbors and the police.

"Time to go."

He put away the black notebook and casually pocketed the gun Monarchi had used.

This little gadget was quite delicate; he could try reloading it with ammunition and give it to someone later...

Ready, Fang Xing pulled up his collar and adjusted his hat, revealing only his eyes.

Crack!

The front door of the villa opened.

Meanwhile, a figure slipped out the back door, quickly disappearing into the darkness.

...

"The ’Mechanics of Strange Machines’?"

In Shi Lei’s training villa, Fang Xing sat cross-legged with the black notebook of spoils in front of him.

This wealthy second generation had no shortage of money and only came here to practice fighting, but the various living facilities were very complete, making it ideal for living.

Fang Xing even felt that the security here was much stricter than in Monarchi’s villa district.

With Shi Lei’s family’s power, they could even suppress a murder case.

Of course, this meant nothing to Fang Xing.

After inventing the ’Mechanical Martial Arts Stream,’ he had already mastered a certain amount of extraordinary power, making ordinary firearms ineffective against him.

Even a powerful steam rifle could be easily dodged.

After all, the best weapons still needed someone to operate them.

So now, he didn’t care at all.

However, it was better to avoid some trouble if possible.

Fang Xing paid no extra attention to cleaning up the aftermath but instead focused his mind on the black notebook in front of him.

"Ether, Secret Transmission, Supernatural..."

This book ’Mechanics of Strange Machines’ was more straightforward than the ’Mechanical Beauty’ he had read before, directly explaining the secrets of the supernatural.

Fang Xing even felt that the previous book, ’Mechanical Beauty,’ wasn’t a secret transmission at all but merely a banned book with slight mystic influences.

"The world is divided into two layers, one being the mortal world, the other being the Ether Plane, the forest, and the Inner World..."

"When we enter the Ether Plane with our mortal bodies, we create ’influences’... the Ether Plane will produce corresponding ’resonances’... the greater the influence, the higher the level of ’resonance’ in reality. This is the foundation of all transcendence!"

After reading a few lines, Fang Xing realized that this secret transmission was quite straightforward and full of useful information.

"According to it, all transcendents in this world create certain influences each time they enter the Ether Plane through various rituals... leaving behind influences that make the resonances in the Ether Plane intensify... The mortal world is devoid of magic, so the resonances in the Ether Plane are the mysterious power!"

"So, the so-called resonance is equivalent to a kind of ether’s reaction force?"

"Therefore, transcendents consider increasing the resonance of the Ether Plane as the main path of cultivation... After numerous generations of trials and summaries, they found that passing through each sealing gate was the best way to increase influence. The resonance obtained from passing each gate varies greatly, forming hierarchical gaps."

"Among them, those who have yet to pass through the first ’Gate of Indeterminacy’ are wanderers! They can only roam the outermost layer of ether, almost unable to touch any mysteries, belonging to the ’see it but can’t grasp it’ type, and longing becomes a common mental state..."

"Those who pass the ’Gate of Indeterminacy’ and leave an influence behind it are first-tier ’Transcendents’... who can obtain etheric resonance and manipulate etheric power in the mortal world to transform themselves or create supernatural magic..."

"Through the ’Deep Sea Gate’ are second-tier ’Abyssal Ones,’ whose influence constantly deepens, possessing relatively strong etheric power..."

"Through the ’Enlightenment Gate’ are third-tier ’Enlighteners’... extremely rare in the mortal world, every single one of them is a true mysticism master, capable of founding sects and leaving numerous secret transmissions..."

"Through the ’Longevity Gate’ are fourth-tier ’Longevity Ones,’ who can gain long lifespans and even undergo changes in life form, allowing their flesh to enter the Ether Plane, earning the title of ’Demigod’..."

"Transcendents following different paths possess varying powers and manifestations at different tiers."

"And each gate passed requires different rituals, trials, and sacrifices... Moreover, the methods for each school can vary, and this knowledge for advancing in tiers is true secret transmission."

"This book ’Mechanics of Strange Machines’ is not the original but a copy... it only records the methods for passing the First Level ’Gate of Indeterminacy’... positioning, finding, wandering... then using the soul of a talented mechanic with desire as a sacrifice..."

Fang Xing looked at it, nodding and shaking his head.

"The way I pass the gates is somewhat different."

"If the orthodox path of transcendence in this world is to craft a key according to the gates to leisurely open them, then I, by relying on my own fists, forcefully break through the gates!"

"Though difficult, the resulting influence is huge, and the etheric resonance obtained after breaking through is the richest!"

"In martial arts, this kind of cultivation could be called ’Breaking the Limits!’"

"Breaking through the Gate of Indeterminacy is breaking a major limit within martial arts."

"Crashing through the Deep Sea Gate breaks another limit! Enlightenment Gate breaks the third major limit... Smashing through the Longevity Gate then becomes breaking the fourth major limit, making one a martial arts demigod!"

Fang Xing had no interest in this world’s so-called Longevity Ones.

After all, everything about these transcendents stemmed from the Ether Plane; if the Ether Plane crumbled or they moved to another plane, they’d be blind.

This was like the Void Refiners in the Immortal Path, being ’borrowed power Longevity Ones,’ rather than ’self-powered Longevity Ones’!

His aim was to transform this mysterious knowledge, incorporating it into his martial arts, making extraordinary martial arts ’legitimate’ or ’in conformity with the rules’ in this world!

Rustle!

Fang Xing flipped to the next page of the black copybook and finally saw some spells, or rather ritual-like spells:

"Dream Entry, Frenzy, and Word Spirit?"

After a look, he discovered that the so-called ’Dream Entry Skill’ involved using various drugs and rituals to put oneself to sleep, traveling the etheric plane in dream forms.

’Frenzy’ was a spell to keep oneself constantly energized and mentally sharp, though its duration was limited and had some side effects; overuse might lead to mental instability.

The last, ’Word Spirit,’ was the spell Fang Xing observed when Monarchi had it cast upon him, preventing the target from speaking certain key words.

"Barely acceptable..."

Fang Xing always took the essence and discarded the dregs when learning secret transmissions.

After mastering a spell, he’d try to integrate it into his own martial arts, using extraordinary martial arts to perform it.

For instance, Dream Entry Skill could be transformed into a martial arts meditation technique.

Frenzy could be integrated into certain explosive techniques.

As for Word Spirit?

Fang Xing fell into deep thought: "The essence of transcendence lies in etheric resonance... to leave an imprint on the Ether Plane, a person’s strength alone can’t compare to the power of many... If I spread my martial arts and let many martial artists break through various transcendence gates, how great would the influence be?"

In any world, a Pathfinder’s fame is definitely the biggest.

As for what impact this might have on the world? Fang Xing didn’t care at all.

His only goal was to defeat the creator!

"Teaching disciples, establishing influence... all these can be done together."

"Moreover, he needs to start right from the beginning to prevent rebellion. Although martial artists shouldn’t fear any challenge, it would be rather embarrassing to have his disciples challenge him."

Fang Xing pressed the center of his eyebrows, forming a few new ideas.