66: Chapter 66 The Right to Choose, The Source of Phoenix Essence Blood

While Fang Zhuo was complaining about Wang Jinhua.

The woman in gray explained, "One year from now, if you can rank in the top ten of the Advanced Group, you will be considered exceptionally outstanding and will have the right to choose which department to join."

"Advanced Group ranking?"

Fang Zhuo was confused again. He cursed Wang Jinhua in his heart, though he also felt a bit guilty. Come to think of it, did Wang Jinhua leave him a copy of the Starry Sky Group manual back then?

But the group manual was over eight hundred pages long; it would be normal for anyone not to read it...

"It is the internal combat power ranking of the group, divided into the Advanced Group and the Transcendent Group."

The woman in gray seemed to have accepted that Fang Zhuo had been in the group for several days and still knew nothing, so she continued, "Actually, it was our Supervision Department that discovered you. When we sent someone to meet you, Wang Jinhua stole the job."

"The manager of the Jinhe City branch of the Starry Sky Martial Arts Hall is an old hand from our Supervision Department; he retired from headquarters after being injured."

Fang Zhuo suddenly understood. So the manager had once been a martial artist at the Starry Sky Group headquarters. No wonder he had the keen eye to detect the uniqueness of his Martial Aspect.

"Wait, can this kind of job actually be stolen?"

"Usually no, but Wang Jinhua is shameless." The woman in gray crossed her arms, cursing him silently in her heart.

"For the sake of usage time in the High-Civilization Gravity Chamber, he will do anything. You should be careful and it is best to keep some distance from him."

"Won't he be punished for acting so recklessly?"

Fang Zhuo asked curiously.

"He would, but he is the treasure of the Operations Department leadership. He has dominated the rankings in the Transcendent Group for years, and his superiors always clean up his messes."

The woman in gray was fuming. She said, "Let's not talk about him. If you can break into the top ten of the Advanced Group's combat power in one year, choosing our Supervision Department is definitely the right move."

"Is there anything you want to ask about our Supervision Department?"

Fang Zhuo thought for a moment and asked, "What if I become a Transcendent Martial Artist within a year?"

"Impossible."

The woman in gray glanced at Fang Zhuo and said indifferently, "I know you upgraded to an s-rank contract and now have a custom contract, which gives you a chance to receive a phoenix essence blood reward."

The Starry Sky Group is never short of geniuses.

There are three or two geniuses with custom contracts every year, and after years of accumulation in the Federation, the number is quite considerable.

But no one has ever been able to raise their Life Level from level 30 to level 39 within a year, break the limit, and become a Transcendent Martial Artist.

"Why is it impossible?"

Fang Zhuo became interested upon hearing this. The woman in gray spoke with such certainty that he really wanted to know why.

"For an Advanced Martial Artist, the stage from Life Level 30 to 39 requires taking it one step at a time, constantly tempering the physical body. Only with a sufficiently solid foundation can one withstand the moment of transcendence."

The woman in gray said, "Transcendence is a leap in Life Level. It is different from the progression from Primary Martial Artist to Intermediate Martial Artist, or from Intermediate Martial Artist to Advanced Martial Artist; it is a qualitative change!"

"Let me give you some data. In the group's hundreds of years of history, there have been over a thousand geniuses with custom contracts, but the fastest martial artist to become a Transcendent Martial Artist still took a year and a half."

"Where is the difficulty?"

Fang Zhuo asked again. The woman in gray had said it was very difficult but hadn't explained where the difficulty lay.

"At Life Levels 30-39, the amount of starry sky origin power required to temper the physical body is immense. Even a top-tier treasure like phoenix essence blood cannot help you get through it all at once with just one portion."

"Even if your Body Control enters the Inner Sight state before the end of the year and you receive the phoenix essence blood reward, at best your Life Level would be 35. Then, taking the phoenix essence blood would double your strength, pushing your Life Level to 39."

"That is the limit. What then?" The woman in gray asked, "Life Level 39 is just the threshold to see transcendence."

"The qualitative change from Life Level 39 to 40 requires an even greater consumption of starry sky origin power, no less than that required for levels 30-39!"

"Unless you can get another portion of phoenix essence blood in a short time," the woman in gray crossed her arms, "or a treasure of the same level."

"But a level 39 martial artist, no matter how frantically they earn money, cannot get 20 billion in half a year. Moreover, a treasure of the level of phoenix essence blood is simply not something you can buy just because you have 20 billion."

"Even for a genius with a custom contract like you, having money doesn't guarantee you can buy it."

"So that's how it is..."

Fang Zhuo put on an expression of having learned something, but in his heart, he thought, 'Not good.' This phoenix essence blood was even more precious than he had anticipated.

If he could successfully enter the Inner Sight state of Body Control before the end of the year and receive the phoenix essence blood reward, he could have Shi Wei take it and then get it returned.

Then, by using the 4 returned portions of phoenix essence blood, he could quickly charge towards becoming a Transcendent Martial Artist and achieve his goal.

Then, how should he explain his rapid achievement of transcendence...?

Fang Zhuo pondered for a long time, then suddenly his eyes lit up. He looked at the woman in gray and asked, "What if there is some unrecorded Martial Aspect that happens to be extremely adept at cultivation and promoting Life Level?"

"..."

The woman in gray fell silent. Her phoenix eyes, carrying an indescribable look, scanned Fang Zhuo back and forth.

This is possible...!

The reason Fang Zhuo was able to receive an s-rank contract from the group was because of his Martial Aspect, a brand-new Superior Martial Aspect!

His rapid breakthrough to Advanced Martial Artist was almost top-tier in the history of the Federation. Could the Innate Divine Ability granted by this Martial Aspect be related to cultivation?

If it had an effect stronger than the 'Heaven-Swallowing Python', then it was truly not impossible for Fang Zhuo to become a Transcendent Martial Artist within a year.

"You..." The woman in gray stopped herself. A Martial Aspect is a martial artist's private matter; unless the other party reveals it voluntarily, it is very taboo to ask.

Fang Zhuo smiled without answering.

Very good... this person from the group's Supervision Department had been led astray.

In half a year, when he broke through relying on the four returned portions of phoenix essence blood, this woman would complete the self-rationalization and firmly believe it was the credit of his Martial Aspect.

"By the way, is phoenix essence blood so precious because the number of phoenixes on Origin Star is scarce?" Fang Zhuo asked.

The woman in gray smiled.

"phoenix essence blood is not obtained by killing phoenix exotic beasts. It seems you haven't read the group manual at all. phoenix essence blood comes from the 'Phoenix Meat Field', which is our Starry Sky Group's exclusive resource site."

"'Phoenix Meat Field'? What is this...? Can phoenix meat grow in the ground?"

Fang Zhuo said in surprise. After meeting this woman from the Supervision Department, he had learned quite a lot.

"This is hard to explain. After your training period ends and you participate in group operations, you will always have a chance to see it with your own eyes. The 'Phoenix Meat Field' is a miracle."

The woman in gray sighed, "For now, just think of it as technology from a high civilization, just like the High-Civilization Gravity Chamber."

"The preciousness of phoenix essence blood also lies in the fact that the Phoenix Meat Field is exclusive to our Starry Sky Group. It matures once a quarter, with only four portions produced each year."

"Alright, back to the main topic. If your Martial Aspect is truly special and you achieve transcendence within a year, you would naturally be in the ranks of the exceptionally outstanding, let alone just choosing a department."

"Even several Cosmic Martial Artists of the group would summon you."

The woman in gray said with a smile, "I look forward to you joining our Supervision Department."

"Thank you." Fang Zhuo cupped his hands, "We'll talk when I truly have the right to choose. I will consider it carefully."