111: Kingdom of Light

Due to the high level of the Martial Skill, ordinary pen and paper were no longer sufficient to record it.

Even if it could be recorded, the content would pile up so high... that a single room might not be able to hold it all.

The reason the Martial God Scroll was special, and could be presented in the form of a book, was not because it was of a low level, but because it was fundamentally incomplete...

Even the Golden Core Great Dao Song, which was derived from it, could only be Cultivated to the peak of the Golden Core Stage; it contained no method for a Breakthrough to the Nascent Soul.

Chu Yuan extended his Divine Sense into it, and in an instant, it was as if he had seen the very first light at the dawn of creation!

Immediately after, a magnificent sun rose within his consciousness! It scorched everything with an overbearing heat!

Chu Yuan's Divine Sense felt a burning pain, but it was not unbearable.

This was only because his guardian crystal had also been activated, enveloping him in a gentle golden light that seemed to share the same source as the sun.

Then, the sun in his consciousness began to change, gradually forming a human shape.

Its limbs were slightly dim, but its head was still shockingly bright!

Countless threads were flowing within it...

The training base was silent, as if no one existed there.

Everyone was in their own rooms, Cultivating the Cultivation Technique and Martial Skill they had chosen.

Many of those from a Martial Arts Family had already Cultivated the Cultivation Technique prepared by their Family beforehand, so they did not need to select a new one.

Therefore, naturally, the problem of 'unable to enter the gate' did not exist for them, and they were destined not to be eliminated in the first assessment; it sounded rather unfair.

And indeed, it was...

"If only I had also Cultivated a Cultivation Technique beforehand." On the quiet snowy ground, a boy sighed.

"Wouldn't it be better if you were the biological son of a Ninth Realm expert?" His companion teased him, then urged, "Stop talking nonsense! Hurry up and look for traces of exotic beasts!"

A group of them traveled together, hunting in the snowy mountains.

They were all people who felt they could not master a new Cultivation Technique in a short time, so they had to come and try to obtain killing points in exchange for guidance.

"Actually, I think we haven't lost out even now. One Cultivation Technique, three Martial Skills, and the quality is not low at all.

If we were at the Martial Academy, I don't know how many missions we would have to complete to earn them..."

"...Are you scared?"

"No, it's not that. It's not like we're facing the alien race... What's there to be afraid of with some brainless exotic beasts?

I just feel that we can't even compare to others in the first step of learning a Cultivation Technique... I doubt we'll be able to stay until the end." The boy said with some frustration.

In his original school, he could indeed be considered a Genius.

But after realizing he had no clue even after looking at the new Cultivation Technique for a day, a huge sense of frustration rose in his heart.

He might indeed have some talent, but here, the thing that was least lacking was Geniuses!

Hearing his words, the others in the group fell silent.

He was very clear-headed, and what he said was absolutely correct.

Cultivating a new Cultivation Technique was completely free from any external factors; it all depended on one's own talent and Comprehension Ability.

Facts proved that their Comprehension Ability was at the bottom among this batch of students...

"I think, if we're talking about who is the most miserable, those from a Martial Arts Family must be more miserable than us."

"Why?"

"With Chu Yuan around, they can only fight for second place... They usually act so arrogant and self-important, but at critical moments, aren't they still useless?"

"...You should pity yourself first."

"Don't speak!" A girl with a pretty appearance in the group suddenly spoke, her expression serious.

The others immediately went quiet, gripping their weapons and looking around vigilantly.

It wasn't because she had high status—everyone was in the same boat, so there was no status to speak of—but because the girl was the only one in the team who had learned a reconnaissance-type Martial Skill!

Given her reaction now, perhaps some exotic beast had appeared?

The girl's nostrils flared, and her ear tips twitched slightly, capturing all information.

She was only in the Leakless Realm and could not learn the kind of reconnaissance Martial Skill that required energy, so she could only rely on her five senses...

A faint rustling friction sound arose, as if something was moving beneath the snow...

"Fei Yuankai! Retreat!" The girl suddenly shouted, and the boy whose name was called jolted.

But just as he lifted his foot, a white afterimage shot out from the snow beside him, grazing his neck!

In an instant, a large amount of blood sprayed out, dyeing the ground beneath his feet red...

"Gah... gah..." He clutched his neck in panic and pain, unable to say a word.

The culprit that attacked him landed nimbly not far away, tilting its head to look.

In its black bean-like pupils, no emotion could be seen, and its body was pure white and flawless, as if it had merged with the snow.

If not for the scene that had just happened, it would have looked quite cute.

But now...

"It's a Third Realm Snow Marten!"

"What do we do? We are definitely not its match..."

"How did we encounter a Third Realm exotic beast right away?! This is just the outer perimeter!"

"Fei Yuankai! Don't die!"

The pretty girl said in a deep voice: "Don't panic! Isn't it just a Third Realm exotic beast? It's not like we haven't seen stronger Blood Beasts before!"

Someone grumbled inwardly, sure we've seen them, but we haven't fought them...

"Its speed is very fast, and this is its home turf! If we only think about running away, it's a dead end!

Let's join forces and take it down!"

The Snow Marten could not understand what these strange-looking creatures were babbling about; it only knew that they had entered its territory, which made it very unhappy.

It bounced a few times, turned into a white afterimage again, and streaked toward a nervous-looking girl...

Divine Kingdom of Light... The name sounded quite boastful.

But its power lived up to its name!

Although Chu Yuan did not have much Mental Energy, his Divine Sense was a superior existence to Mental Energy, so naturally, he could Cultivate it.

It was very difficult! But he had already gained some insights!

Once this Martial Skill was mastered, it could be used for both attack and defense.

Used for attack, it could instantly erase and destroy an enemy's consciousness!

Used for defense, it could make one's own mental world unshakeable!

Chu Yuan opened his eyes and exhaled a long breath, a trace of golden light flashing and disappearing in the depths of his eyes...

He rubbed his throbbing temples, feeling mentally exhausted.

The difficulty of mastering this thing was even higher than the Martial God Scroll... Perhaps it was because it was not originally meant for low-Realm Martial Artists to learn.

According to Chu Yuan's estimation, he would probably need about ten more days to barely master it.

But it was worth it...

After resting for a while, just as he was about to continue his meditation, he suddenly heard faint sounds of an argument.

Chu Yuan released his Divine Sense and saw several people blocking the office of Zheng Qian and Instructor Xie Jun, filled with righteous indignation.

On the floor, there were several somewhat familiar corpses, which seemed to have been torn apart by some wild beast...

"What kind of bullshit training is this! This is murder!"

Instructor Xie Jun said coldly: "Did anyone force you to hunt exotic beasts?"

"You keep saying that no one forced us to hunt exotic beasts, but the guidance quotas require high points to exchange for!

Besides hunting exotic beasts, where else can we get points?"

"If your talent is not as good as others, naturally you must pay more in other aspects... You can choose to give up."