11: Chapter 11 Heaven-Slaying Treasure Technique
Soon, Ning Yuan met Jiang Baihe.
In the office, this Dean of the Great Xia Martial Academy was dressed in a set of neat white clothes. With an elegant face and a gentle temperament, he looked more like a scholar than a Martial Emperor powerhouse.
At this moment, his brows were tightly furrowed as he processed a document in his hand, a clear look of anger on his face.
Suddenly, as if unable to endure it any longer, he violently crumpled the document into a ball and threw it fiercely into the trash can by his feet.
But after throwing it in, he seemed to feel an itch all over his body, and his brows twisted into a knot.
Ultimately, he couldn't help himself. He bent over to pick up the ball of waste paper, carefully smoothed it out again, then folded it into a perfectly square shape with sharp edges before throwing it back into the trash can with a glare.
Having finished all this, he let out a long sigh of relief, a look of satisfaction appearing on his face.
Ning Yuan watched from the side, secretly laughing.
He had long heard from his grandfather that this Martial Uncle Jiang had an extremely severe obsession with order.
It was said that when he slew foreign races on the Starry Sky Battlefield back in the day, he had a quirk: he would only cut off heads, and they had to be split exactly down the middle. If he accidentally cut crookedly, he would even find a way to restore the head and then cut it again.
“Ninth Martial Uncle!”
Ning Yuan took a step forward and gave a respectful bow.
Jiang Baihe was the ninth personal disciple of his grandfather Ning Jianghe; addressing him this way was most appropriate.
Jiang Baihe looked up at the sound, and the moment he saw Ning Yuan, the seriousness on his face was immediately replaced by pleasant surprise.
“Xiao Yuan! You've finally come!”
The moment he received news of his master from the God Mountain, he had been beyond excited. He had wanted to personally go to the teleportation formation to welcome him, but he was harshly scolded by his master over the Heavenly Communication, saying that doing so would spoil the child.
Jiang Baihe stepped forward quickly, patted Ning Yuan's shoulder affectionately, and looked him up and down, his eyes full of emotion.
“The last time I saw you, you were still an infant in swaddling clothes. In the blink of an eye, you've grown so big.”
The more he looked, the more delighted he became. This grandson of his master truly possessed the elegance of a dragon and an extraordinary bearing.
Ning Yuan gave a cheeky grin.
“In the future at the martial academy, I'll have to trouble Ninth Martial Uncle to look after me more.”
Hearing this, Jiang Baihe feigned dissatisfaction and pulled a long face.
“What kind of talk is that? We are family; don't mention trouble.”
He affectionately pulled Ning Yuan to sit down on the sofa.
“Was the journey here smooth?”
Without waiting for Ning Yuan's answer, he clapped his hands. “Come, let's not say more. Martial Uncle will handle your enrollment procedures first.”
In truth, a small matter like handling enrollment procedures didn't require a Dean like him to step in personally.
But Ning Yuan's identity was too special; it had to be kept strictly confidential.
With him operating it personally, all file information would be classified as top secret. Aside from himself, no one had the right to view it.
Ning Yuan's heart was full of anticipation. While chatting with Jiang Baihe—mainly answering his Martial Uncle's inquiries about his master Ning Jianghe's recent situation—he waited for the system mission to complete.
The process went very quickly.
In just a few moments.
Jiang Baihe smiled and said, “Done! From now on, you are an official member of the Great Xia Martial Academy. I've already opened up the permissions for most of the important facilities for you in advance.”
He paused, then added, “As for credits, I've temporarily transferred ten million points to you. If that's not enough, tell Martial Uncle anytime.”
He said it nonchalantly.
But if the other students of the martial academy knew, they would probably be so jealous their eyes would turn red.
Credits were the only hard currency within the Great Xia Martial Academy.
Whether it was exchanging for true cultivation techniques and secret arts or using those special cultivation grounds, one could not do without credits.
Ten million credits was simply an astronomical figure for a freshman.
But Ning Yuan's mind was currently not on this at all.
“Thank you, Martial Uncle.”
His attention was entirely focused within his own mind.
The moment Jiang Baihe said “Done,” the system's unique mechanical voice rang out on time.
【Heaven has shown mercy! Congratulations to the Host for finally taking the first step on the path of a loser's counterattack! You have successfully joined the Great Xia Martial Academy!】
【Please remember, Host, that the Great Xia Martial Academy is the light of the Human Race's Ancestral Star, containing endless opportunities! The Host must work hard to seize every chance! Although your current status is only that of a lowly new librarian, even an ephemeral mayfly can shake a giant tree, and even a salted fish can turn its life around!】
【Congratulations to the Host for completing the main quest!】
【Special Reward: Supreme Qi and Blood Precious Technique — Heaven Slaying!】
Ning Yuan's lips couldn't help but twitch.
“What the hell is with this 'librarian'!”
He complained wildly in his heart, then immediately checked the reward.
With just one look, an uncontrollable wild joy appeared on his face.
Heaven Slaying Precious Technique!
This was a pure offensive technique. It could be unleashed through the physical body or be compatible with various weapons. Most importantly, it was enough to burst forth with ten times one's own power!
Don't think that the number “ten times” is small.
One must know that during the Qi and Blood Warrior stage, a warrior's physical body is still relatively fragile, and the explosive power it can withstand is limited.
In the sea of stars, an ordinary Qi and Blood secret art capable of bursting with three times the power would be enough to be revered as a clan-protecting treasure by top forces on an administrative planet.
Even the strongest Qi and Blood secret art collected by the Ning family, Heavenly Thunder Blast, had an explosive multiplier of only seven times.
The power of this Heaven Slaying Precious Technique could well be imagined!
“Good, good, good! brother tongzi, you truly didn't let me down!”
“But... constantly talking about 'Slaying Heaven' and 'Defying Heaven,' the names you pick are a bit dangerous, brother tongzi. Aren't you afraid of being snatched by the Heavenly Dao for electrotherapy?”
Ning Yuan murmured happily in his heart.
This time, his long journey to the Ancestral Star was not in vain.
The future is bright!
However, through the hints of this mission, he also discovered an interesting phenomenon.
This brother tongzi didn't seem to be a complete retard.
It was more like a semi-retard living in its own world.
“brother tongzi seems to only recognize the first piece of information it detects, but its perception of subsequent actual situations in the outside world isn't clear.”
“For example, even though I've clearly become an official student of the Great Xia Martial Academy, it still thinks I'm a librarian.”
“In other words, there is a huge discrepancy between the 'me' in brother tongzi's cognition and the 'me' in reality.”
The real Ning Yuan: Sole heir to the Thunder God Mountain, a top-tier second-generation martial elite of the Starry Sky Federation, possessor of a Super Saint Bone with a ten-fold bonus, a high-level warrior with five million catties of Qi and blood, and a specially recruited freshman of the Great Xia Martial Academy.
The Ning Yuan in brother tongzi's eyes: The only orphan of a ruined family on the Ancestral Star, a pathetically miserable and invincible loser, at the limit of a junior warrior, and a new librarian at the Great Xia Martial Academy.
“So... brother tongzi's next missions will likely revolve around the location of the 'Library'?”
Ning Yuan's heart stirred, and he immediately made a decision.
Having finally encountered such a dim-witted system, he had to think of every possible way to fleece it as much as possible!
In case it suddenly upgraded one day and became normal, he wouldn't have it this good anymore.
He was just about to speak to Jiang Baihe about wanting to visit the library.
A vigorous and resolute figure stepped in fuming with anger.
The newcomer was Wang Huan, the Director of the Discipline Department. He first bowed to Jiang Baihe, then immediately locked onto Ning Yuan and barked sharply:
“So it's you who had the audacity to openly commit violence on the academy square and injure an exchange student of the Stone Python Clan! Now, come with me to the Discipline Department immediately!”