36: Chapter 36 Five Elements Body Refining Technique

After hearing Ye Jianxing's words, Chen Xing opened his optical computer, accessed the academy's private network, and entered the Combat Technique Library.

Battle Techniques were divided into many categories: scouting, Soul-based, Body Refining, spell-based... and so on. These were the crystallized wisdom of countless human ancestors.

Chen Xing clicked on the Body Refining category. In an instant, a dazzling array of countless Body Refining Battle Techniques appeared before his eyes, available for him to borrow.

As an S-Rank, he could waive any borrowing fees.

"Eh?"

In the very first row of Body Refining Battle Techniques, Chen Xing saw several eye-catching large characters—Five Elements Body Refining Art.

This book was ranked first among the S-Rank techniques, which meant it was officially recognized by Tianhe Academy as the best Body Refining Battle Technique.

Seeing his gaze fixated on this Body Refining technique, Ye Jianxing frowned.

"The Five Elements Body Refining Art is certainly powerful, but its restrictions are equally great. While cultivating Battle Techniques is your freedom, as your teacher, I cannot let you take the wrong path," he said.

"Restrictions? Does it require the Five Elements attributes?" Chen Xing looked back.

"Naturally. Otherwise, what did you think the first two words of 'Five Elements Body Refining Art' meant?" Ye Jianxing crossed his arms with a serious expression.

"Only Abilities with matching attributes, such as the Five Elements, or Abilities that are inclusive of any attribute, such as swords or spears, can possibly Cultivate this Battle Technique. Even so, attribute incompatibility can still occur."

"To Cultivate it, one should ideally be an Ability User with Five Elements abilities, and their ability Rank must be B-Rank or higher. These factors alone filter out a large number of people," Ye Jianxing explained.

"Otherwise, why do you think I, your teacher, haven't learned such a powerful Body Refining technique? My star sword can indeed accommodate the Five Elements, but... is it really as compatible as the Astral Body Refining Art?"

Ye Jianxing spoke very directly. He was saying that while Battle Techniques varied in strength, one had to consider suitability; otherwise, no matter how strong it was, it would be useless.

Hearing this, Chen Xing's gaze quickly scanned the list, but he found something strange.

"The Astral Body Refining Art... Why isn't this Battle Technique in the library?" he asked.

"Because it's a Body Refining technique for the Alliance high-level members. It's no worse than the Five Elements Body Refining Art. But before that, I didn't Cultivate the Five Elements Body Refining Art either; I used a Body Refining technique similar to the Astral one," Ye Jianxing explained.

"Oh, so yours is more high-end than the Five Elements Body Refining Art," Chen Xing's lips twitched.

"I told you, there isn't much difference between the two. There's no superior or inferior relationship; it's just about compatibility." Ye Jianxing flicked him on the forehead.

"Why did the Alliance give it to you?" Chen Xing asked.

"I sent the Old Dean in. It was a great merit, so naturally, they gave me a reward," Ye Jianxing said indifferently.

Chen Xing was startled to hear this. He hadn't expected this matter to be related to the Old Dean, which made him even more curious.

"How much did the Old Dean actually embezzle back then?" he couldn't help but ask.

"Embezzlement is just a small matter. How many clean people are there in this world? He was sentenced to death because of something else," Ye Jianxing said.

"Something else? Am I allowed to hear this?" Chen Xing was surprised.

"This matter isn't actually a secret. The Old Dean's charge when he was arrested was embezzlement, but the punishment from the high-level officials was for [Treason against the Race]," Ye Jianxing said meaningfully.

"Treason against the Race?" Chen Xing was shocked.

Ye Jianxing nodded. Looking out the window, he said slowly, "I didn't expect it either... The Old Dean actually accepted favors from the Demon Alliance. He actually sent the academy's talents to the Demon Alliance. Tell me, isn't that a capital offense?"

Chen Xing's eyes widened. The Old Dean was actually an undercover agent for the Demon Alliance and had also harmed the geniuses of the Esper Alliance.

One had to know that the Alliance valued talent very highly. Even on remote planets, the management of the Awakening ceremonies was extremely strict. Anyone who dared to tamper with such matters met with a zero-tolerance attitude.

By doing this, the Old Dean had undoubtedly crossed the Alliance's bottom line. No wonder he was sentenced to death.

"Guess why, among the Four Great Academy Departments, our Tianhe System is the weakest? It's not because this land lacks talent, but because the Old Dean sabotaged us." Ye Jianxing sighed.

"What?" Chen Xing gasped.

Previously, he had been somewhat indignant. They were all major academies, so why was theirs at the bottom? Was it really that they were inferior?

Now he finally knew the truth. The culprit was the Old Dean. He had sent geniuses to the Demon Alliance to be ruined, leading to the gradual decline of the Tianhe System.

Fortunately, in recent years, the new dean Yue Shanhai had taken over this mess, and with the help of the famous Astral Sword Venerable Ye Jianxing, the situation had improved.

It could be said that the Old Dean was the eternal sinner of the entire Tianhe Academy.

At this point, the only thing Chen Xing wanted to say was: Death penalty, he must be executed!

"Why are we chatting about this? Don't forget the main business!" Then, Ye Jianxing gave him a flick on the head.

"Um..." Chen Xing retracted his thoughts, his gaze falling back onto the optical computer.

A moment later, he still decided to choose the strongest one.

"Did you even listen to a word I said?" Ye Jianxing frowned, feeling a bit angry.

"I did, Teacher. Didn't you say it's fine as long as the attributes are compatible? Mine are," Chen Xing nodded.

"Yours?" Ye Jianxing looked surprised.

Chen Xing stood up and immediately performed the basic Move of the Dragon Soul Secret Tome—Dragon Soul Armor.

Dense scales covered his body, turning into a piece of hard armor, accompanied by a faint dragon's aura.

That wasn't all. Chen Xing then circulated the Secret Tome of Light, drawing the power of light and injecting it into the Dragon Soul Armor.

Buzz!

An amazing display followed. At the moment the Light Technique and Dragon Soul Armor combined, there was no rejection at all; it was exceptionally smooth.

Accompanied by a flash of blinding light, the originally monotonous Dragon Soul Armor suddenly became multi-colored: [Light Dragon Soul Armor].

This was the product of the combination of the two. There had been many records of such things in history, but now it stood vividly before Ye Jianxing.

"This is... perfectly compatible attributes?" Ye Jianxing's eyes widened, feeling it was unbelievable.

Clearly, both were different attributes and even came from different sources. How could there be a case of perfect compatibility?

Exactly where did it go wrong? This sent him into a long period of deep thought.

"Teacher, I only discovered this after the last experiment. My light element's inclusiveness seems to be very powerful; it can adapt to many different attributes."

At this time, Chen Xing spoke up to interrupt his thoughts, solemnly describing the System's Second Law as his own talent.

Ye Jianxing fell into a rare silence. He looked at the Five Elements Body Refining Art, then at his astonishing student, and actually felt a bit tempted.

"Teacher, I think we can give it a try. Anyway, there's still some time before the Exchange Competition begins. We can try and fail; it's not like I'll die," Chen Xing persuaded.

Ye Jianxing's heart stirred. That was true. If the attributes were really not compatible enough, then Chen Xing would fail at the first step and wouldn't waste too much time.

So, he nodded: "Alright."