We made you practice martial arts, and you've mastered the Great Golden Body?

Chapter 178 Resurrect, My Master
"You mean you want me to become an honorary teacher at the Tiangang Academy?" Upon hearing this, Si Bu Hui was taken aback, frowned slightly, pondered for a moment, and immediately replied:
"If that's the case, it's not impossible."

"No regrets, don't be so rigid in your thinking, you need to be flexible and adaptable." Xiong Kuohai smiled mysteriously: "If it's just about being an honorary teacher, then I'm sorry I can't agree to that."

"You should have already seen Shen Bailian's talent. Even without you taking him as your personal disciple, with the strong support of our Tiangang Academy, there is a 90% chance that he will successfully grow into a Divine Palace Realm expert."

"So, if you become Shen Bailian's second master, what benefits can you bring to Shen Bailian, or what benefits can you bring to our Tiangang Academy?"

With a 90% chance of growing into a Divine Palace Realm expert, it's practically 100% in a way. The reason Xiong Kuohai didn't make such a definitive statement was entirely to prevent any unforeseen circumstances.

Because within the Great Xia Dynasty, no one could guess what mysterious and unpredictable methods those gods left behind for their followers before their fall.

In the history of the Great Xia Dynasty, the Zhou Tian Star Array was almost completely destroyed shortly after its completion due to a mysterious fluctuation.

"What do you mean?" Si Bu Hui looked at Xiong Kuo Hai's serious expression, his fingers tapping lightly on the table, making a "tap tap tap..." sound, and fell into deep thought.

He already had some guesses about Xiong Kuohai's thoughts; it was nothing more than wanting him to leave the Starry Sky Martial Hall and join the Heavenly Gang Academy.

It's not impossible.

Unlike Yuwen Changkong, Si Buhui was not trained by the Starry Sky Martial Hall from childhood, but joined the Starry Sky Martial Hall when he reached the Embracing Moon Realm.

The path to advancement in martial arts is essentially an equivalent exchange, using one's talent or potential to gain higher realms, greater strength, and longer lifespan.

Therefore, some martial arts students can improve their physical fitness to level 8.5 during the apprentice stage, relying on their own potential, while others can only improve to level 5.0 and need to rely on external forces.

Advancing in martial arts realm signifies a transformation of life and an increase in potential. For most martial arts prodigies, in the stages of Establishing Destiny and Transforming Mortals, the potential gained from each level of physical improvement is greater than the potential consumed.

However, when you reach the later or peak stages of the Opening Sea Realm, with each advancement, the potential gained will gradually equalize with the potential consumed, or the former will be lower than the latter.

Therefore, when the potential for improvement is lower than the potential for consumption, the potential will always be in a state of being consumed, resulting in a deficit.

However, the amount of potential also affects the cultivation speed. Although rare and precious materials can increase potential, those that can have a significant effect on a Moon Embracing Realm expert are worth at least one billion Great Xia coins, and they are priceless and unavailable, requiring authority, military merits, and contribution points...

Upon reaching the mid-stage of the Embracing Moon Realm, Si Bu Hui already felt his cultivation speed slowing down. Although breaking through to the Divine Palace Realm was not a problem, the time it would take was another matter.

Therefore, in order to more easily obtain cultivation resources, Si Bu Hui chose the relatively free Starry Sky Martial Hall among the various forces in the Great Xia Dynasty, signed a temporary contract, and became the Third Elder.

There is now less than a year left before that temporary contract expires.

However, he couldn't say such things himself. After all, he was a powerful expert at the Divine Palace Realm. He could disregard the face that was due to him, but he couldn't refuse Xiong Kuohai.

“Leave the Starry Sky Martial Hall and join our Heavenly Gang Academy, not just take a temporary post. Anyway, you don’t have any ties to the Starry Sky Martial Hall now.” Xiong Kuohai narrowed his eyes as he looked at the pensive Si Bu Hui.

He knew this condition was somewhat excessive, and that Shi Buhui would most likely not agree. But in negotiation, you have to set your sights high so that when you compromise, the other party won't feel disappointed, but rather will feel like they've gotten a good deal.

Anyway, whether there are any chances or not, just hit the target first and see what happens. You won't suffer any losses or be fooled.

however.

"Okay, I grant your request."

Unrepentant answer completely surprised Xiong Kuohai. The answer was very decisive and straightforward, as if she was afraid that he would refuse.

"Are you serious?" Xiong Kuohai was a little stunned when he heard this. He immediately sat up straight, frowned slightly, and said seriously, "This matter needs to be reported, not just talked about."

"Of course I know, but we'll have to wait until my contract expires. And as for Duan Wuyai, although I have a good relationship with him, you still need to do some persuasion first."

“That’s no problem. Duan Wuyai would be overjoyed to have another Divine Palace Realm expert as Shen Bailian’s teacher. However…” Xiong Kuohai hesitated for a moment before continuing to ask:

"I'd like to ask, is it worth it for you to do this to a top-tier martial arts prodigy who hasn't even reached maturity yet?"

"Is it worth it? Don't you even know if you're speaking like a human being? You're the principal of Tiangang Academy, and you have a natural close relationship with him, so of course you don't think there's anything wrong with it."

"What exactly are you trying to say?" Xiong Kuohai frowned, not understanding what Si Buhui's words had to do with taking Shen Bailian as his disciple.

"Simply put, I'm afraid of dying." Si Bu Hui said very frankly, without any intention of hiding anything: "This doesn't mean I'm unpatriotic. If Great Xia needs me, I will definitely be at the forefront."

"As human beings, we all have emotions and fears, even those of us at the Divine Palace Realm are no exception."

“I see in Shen Bailian the hope of taking that step and becoming a Martial God, so I’m going to take a gamble and bet that he can successfully become a Martial God under my protection.”

"At that time, even if I unfortunately die on the battlefield one day, there will be a slight chance that I can return to the world of the living."

"So that's what you were planning." Xiong Kuohai was slightly taken aback, a look of astonishment on his face. He had never expected that Si Buhui had considered this aspect.

According to predictions from the Great Heavenly Body Database, the divine office of Martial God should follow the path of breaking through laws with force. Because of the high difficulty of cultivation, there were no pure Martial Gods in the original pantheon.

Because of the high difficulty of cultivation, the God of War should also be a divine position no less important than that of the main god.

For deities of the highest rank, they are completely detached from the river of time and do not age or die with the changing times.

Just like the Great Luo Golden Immortal in the legends of the Great Xia Dynasty, he was not within the Five Elements and had transcended the Three Realms.

Correspondingly, the God of War can also extract some true spirits from the river of time by paying some price, and that's exactly what Si Bu Hui is planning.

"What, you have no hope that Shen Bailian will become a Martial God?"

"Hmm." Xiong Kuohai nodded and continued, "I advise you not to have too high hopes for this. After all, it has been 222 years since the Zhou Tian Star Array was established, and yet no one has been able to cross the threshold of the Martial God realm."

"It's easy for Shen Bailian to break through to the Divine Palace Realm, but it will be very difficult for him to go any further,"

……

After Xiong Kuohai and Si Buhui finished their conversation.

"Important Notice"

"Shen Bailian, age 17, born on April 25th, martial arts realm is mid-stage of the Transcendent Realm, physical fitness level is 18.0+. 'Undying Phoenix' is preparing to take him as his personal disciple, and has obtained the consent of Xiong Kuohai, the principal of Tiangang Academy..."

A message was quietly uploaded to the Great Heavenly Body Data Database and, as a key message, was received by all the Divine Palace Realm experts who were still at leisure.

Shanhai Academy.

"Shen Bailian, a 17-year-old at the mid-stage of the Transcendent Realm, has this name been heard somewhere before?" Lu Qianshan, the principal of the Mountain and Sea Academy, was processing documents when he was stunned when he saw the message sent by the Great Heavenly Body Database.

Admissions are generally handled by the vice-principal and the deans of the various colleges.

"I remember now, that girl Yu Linglong mentioned it before." In an instant, Lu Qianshan retrieved the relevant information about Shen Bailian from his mind.

Then, without hesitation, he dialed Yu Linglong's number. A short while later...

Yu Linglong's 3D projection appeared in front of Lu Qianshan's desk.

"Master," Yu Linglong said directly, bowing to Lu Qianshan and smiling, "You were in such a hurry to find me, is there something you need?"

"Xiaoyu." Lu Qianshan didn't hesitate and went straight to the point: "Was Shen Bailian within your enrollment jurisdiction at the time?"

“Yes.” Yu Linglong looked at Lu Qianshan’s serious face, paused for a moment, and then nodded immediately. She thought it was something serious.

"Then why didn't you send an invitation to Shen Bailian back then?"

“I wanted to sign him,” Yu Linglong said aggrievedly, “but Duan Wuyai from Tiangang Academy beat me to it. Back then, if I wanted to sign Shen Bailian, I would have had to pay 99.99 million Daxia coins.”

“The training contract for a top-tier martial arts prodigy usually only costs ten million Great Xia coins. In addition, Shen Bailian’s potential at the time was not enough, so I chose to give up.”

"You..." Upon hearing this, Lu Qianshan immediately stood up, pointed at Yu Linglong, and wanted to say something, but he couldn't say anything.

In the end, all words were reduced to a silent sigh.

As Yu Linglong said, gambling is indeed not a good habit. Even the wealthy Martial Hall wouldn't do something as brain-dead as paying a martial arts apprentice a penalty of 99.99 million Da Xia coins.

Unless it is a powerful, manifest Holy Body.

"Master, has something happened to Shen Bailian again?" Upon hearing Lu Qianshan's words, Yu Linglong suddenly had a thought.

Could it be that kid Shen Bailian, after being hailed as "the greatest person in the history of Tiangang Academy" and "the pinnacle battle of the Golden Cup League", has made some great name for himself?

"I will not regret dying, I intend to take Shen Bailian as my personal disciple," Lu Qianshan said directly.

"Huh?" Upon hearing this, Yu Linglong froze on the spot and asked incredulously, "Didn't Si Bu Hui once say that he hated teaching disciples the most? And doesn't Shen Bailian already have a master?"

"Is this just a rumor coming from somewhere?"

"Rumors? This is a wide-area broadcast from the Great Heavenly Body Data Database. You didn't receive it simply because your strength is insufficient. From now on, Shen Bailian's specific martial arts realm information will no longer be released to the outside world."

"Furthermore, in my opinion, Si Bu Hui must have agreed to some harsh demands, otherwise Xiong Kuohai wouldn't have gone to such lengths."

"what?!"

"Wide-area broadcast?" Yu Linglong was immediately shocked and automatically ignored what Lu Qianshan said next.

She never imagined that Shen Bailian's growth rate would be so fast. At the freshman ceremony, with similar physical attributes, defeating Xiong Dali and winning the title of "the first person in the history of Tiangang Academy" was already astonishing enough.

Now, he has even gained the favor of a powerful expert at the Divine Palace Realm, and even agreed to some of Xiong Kuohai's harsh demands.

Lu Qianshan glanced at Yu Linglong, and thinking of Yu Linglong's disciple Li Hongling, who was also from Bozhou City, he suddenly had a flash of inspiration and asked curiously, "What is the relationship between Hongling and Shen Bailian?"

"not bad."

"Do you think it's possible to bring them together?"

"Master, can't you think about anything normal?" Yu Linglong rubbed her forehead, her train of thought abruptly interrupted by Lu Qianshan. Speechless, she said irritably:

"Putting aside whether the two children are willing or not, just look at Hongling's current state. No normal person could accept it."

Instead of coming up with these crooked ideas, you should think about what cultivation resources to give Shen Bailian when he becomes an apprentice.

“That’s true.” Lu Qianshan nodded, changing his unreliable idea.

While we couldn't offer timely help, providing assistance to those in need is still a good idea. However, we need to carefully consider what kind of cultivation resources to provide.

……

Starry Sky Martial Hall, Dome-Shaped Conference Room.

More than a dozen 3D projections were shown in front of a round table. The minimum level of martial artist who could come here to attend the meeting was a peak-level martial artist in the Opening Sea Realm.

The person sitting at the head of the table was a middle-aged man, around fifty years old, with long, light golden hair.

Shen Xinghe, the Grand Elder of the Starry Sky Martial Hall, is one of the top combat forces in the Great Xia Dynasty. His specific strength and realm have long been unknown to the outside world. Even Si Buhui could not fathom Shen Xinghe's true combat power.

"Damn it, didn't I tell you before? This guy is unreliable, extremely unreliable, but you still insisted on bringing him into the Starry Sky Martial Hall and even gave him the position of Third Elder."

Chen Chaoyang, the fourth elder of the Starry Sky Martial Hall, looked at the wide-area broadcast from the Great Heaven Body Data Database on the light screen, and then at the other elders present, and couldn't help but reveal a mocking smile.

There were originally seven elders in the Starry Sky Martial Hall.

The rank determines the amount of cultivation resources one can enjoy. The Grand Elder has the highest authority and can issue orders to all members of the Starry Sky Martial Hall.

Back then, if it weren't for Si Bu Hui interfering halfway, Chen Chaoyang could have become the Third Elder of the Starry Sky Martial Hall, taking his career to the next level.

"Indeed, Si Bu Hui's actions are a bit too much. He broke through to the Divine Palace Realm by taking advantage of the power of our Starry Sky Martial Hall, but now he doesn't want to renew his contract." The Fifth Elder also had a lot of complaints about Si Bu Hui's behavior of occupying a position without fulfilling its duties.

"We can't just agree so easily... Otherwise, where will our Starry Sky Martial Hall's reputation be? Won't everyone want to use us for their own gain in the future?"

The other deacons also spoke up, expressing their dissatisfaction with the "betrayal" of the man who refused to repent.

"Alright." Shen Xinghe's simple words instantly silenced the entire domed conference room: "Let's not discuss this matter anymore."

"Elder, we are not..." Fourth Elder Chen Chaoyang's voice revealed a hint of dissatisfaction.

"This isn't a discussion, it's an order. Anyone with questions, come and talk to me personally," Shen Xinghe said casually, his words firm and resolute, without a trace of anger.

But Fourth Elder Chen Chaoyang immediately fell silent.

Order?

Since Shen Xinghe has said so, even if the other elders have complaints, they have to endure it. Why? Because Shen Xinghe is strong and has a big fist.

"Si Bu Hui, as a powerful expert of the Divine Palace Realm, naturally has the right to make his own choices, but remember in the future, when selecting elders, try to select those who have grown up under the training of the Starry Sky Martial Hall since childhood."

"Prepare a gift and send it to him when he takes on a disciple."

(End of this chapter)