High Martial Arts: Liver Becomes the Master of the Universe

Chapter 138 Departure! Canaan Star Martial Arts University Assessment! (First update, please vote with monthly tickets~)

The next morning.

Sunlight streamed through the windows, bathing the living room floor in a warm golden glow.

After having a simple breakfast, Qin Feng and his father, Qin Dahai, boarded a public maglev train and headed towards the core area of ​​the Qiming Metropolitan Area.

Their destination was the new address of their uncle Wang Ming's house.

An hour later, the train arrived at an upscale community in the core area.

Unlike the bustling and vibrant Yin'ou community, this place is shaded by green trees, filled with birdsong and fragrant flowers, with exquisite detached villas scattered along the quiet streets.

Security robots patrolled the area from time to time, and the air was filled with an atmosphere of comfort and abundance.

Led by Qin Dahai, the two arrived at a beautiful three-story villa with a private garden.

The door opened, and Aunt Li Juan's warm, smiling face appeared in the doorway.

"Brother Dahai! Xiaofeng! Come in quickly, come in quickly!"

She warmly welcomed the two inside, serving them tea and water, keeping herself very busy.

The villa's interior is understated yet luxurious, equipped with a full range of smart home devices, clearly indicating its considerable value.

"Aunt, please don't bother."

Qin Feng said with a smile.

"No rush, no rush! We're family, no need to be so polite!"

Li Juan beamed from ear to ear, looking Qin Feng up and down with admiration and affection in her eyes. "Xiao Feng is getting more and more energetic! A rising star! Our family has produced an extraordinary person!"

Soon, an even more sumptuous meal than yesterday was served.

At the dinner table, Aunt Li Juan took out a file folder from a leather bag and solemnly handed it to Qin Feng.

"Xiaofeng, please keep this safe."

Qin Feng opened it with a puzzled look, and inside was a property certificate.

In the homeowner's section, his own name—Qin Feng—was clearly written.

"Aunt, what is this...?"

"This villa was allocated by the factory."

Li Juan explained frankly, "We all know that the factory did this out of respect for you, as a way of... showing goodwill. This house is rightfully yours."

In the past, Qin Feng might have declined such a valuable gift.

But now, after experiencing so much, his state of mind has undergone a complete transformation.

At this level, he no longer cares about these so-called mundane things.

What he truly cares about is whether his family can live a peaceful and happy life on this planet.

This villa provides a solid guarantee for this family.

He doesn't care about this small amount of money.

My uncle and aunt are reasonable people, and I feel more at ease accepting their help.

"Okay, I'll accept it."

Qin Feng did not refuse again and carefully put away the property certificate.

For Qin Feng, it's good enough that his family can live safely on Qimingxing and that his younger siblings can grow up healthily and steadily.

After dinner, Qin Feng played with his three younger cousins ​​for a while.

Two boys who are not yet grown up, and a cute little sister who is still in elementary school.

The two younger brothers immediately transformed into the most ardent fans upon seeing Qin Feng, surrounding him with questions and their eyes filled with boundless admiration for the "enlightened general".

At Qin Feng's request, his two younger brothers demonstrated the body-strengthening method they were learning in the garden.

That was the junior high school version of "The Imperial Body Forging Method".

Although it shares the same name, its moves and power techniques are much cruder than the "Elementary Imperial Body Forging Method" that Qin Feng learned in high school. Its stimulation of the human body is also extremely limited, serving more as a foundation and a way to strengthen the body.

Qin Feng watched quietly, without giving them any pointers on the techniques themselves, nor did he teach them the more advanced body-strengthening methods that were only taught in high school.

Because in this era, especially within the territory governed by the Ultramarines, the Empire had extremely strict regulations regarding the popularization of basic education.

Only students who pass the high school entrance exam and enter the martial arts high school are allowed to learn the true "Elementary Imperial Body Forging Method". If anyone learns it in advance, he/she will be directly disqualified from taking the high school entrance exam.

This is to ensure the greatest possible educational equity, and also to protect those teenagers whose minds are not yet mature, so as not to damage their foundation by being exposed to high-intensity training too early.

Qin Feng patiently corrected his two younger brothers' inaccurate force application and improper posture during the demonstration.

Even so, the two boys benefited greatly, and their admiration for their cousin reached its peak.

……

The family was chatting happily when suddenly the villa gate opened.

Uncle Wang Ming, looking travel-worn, walked in from outside.

He returned abruptly without saying anything beforehand, clearly wanting to surprise his family.

"Old Wang! Didn't you say you wouldn't be back for a few more days?"

Li Juan greeted her with delight.

"dad!"

"uncle!"

Wang Ming laughed heartily, threw down his luggage, and hugged each of his family members.

"How did it go? How did it go? Did you pass the exam?"

Li Juan pressed for an answer, her voice trembling with anxiety.

Upon hearing this, Wang Ming deliberately put on a stern face, let out a long sigh, and adopted a deep and disappointed expression.

Just when his family thought he had failed and were about to comfort him, he suddenly broke down and burst into laughter.

"Hahaha! How could a mere Level 2 Power Armor Designer qualification certificate possibly stump me!"

He proudly pulled a brand-new, metallic-looking certificate from his pocket.

The whole family was immediately plunged into a sea of ​​jubilation.

On this day, Qin Feng was at his uncle's house, enjoying this rare, lively, and warm family affection.

It wasn't until evening that he and his father bid farewell to his uncle's family, who were reluctant to leave, and returned home.

……

The next day, Qin Feng did not go out again.

He took the maglev train and went straight to the Extreme Martial Arts Hall.

The staff at the martial arts school, as well as the martial artists who were training and passing by, would stop and greet him respectfully when they saw him, calling him "Mr. Qin" or "Brother Qin".

Everyone held this "enlightened general" in the highest esteem, who had brought immense honor to the martial arts school.

Qin Feng responded with a smile to each question, showing no airs whatsoever.

He arrived at his own private, top-class independent martial arts room.

Closing the door shuts out all the noise from the outside world.

He sat cross-legged and quietly began a new day of practice.

"The Great Sun Visualization Method" and "The Great Sun Awakening Method".

After he mastered the two top-tier level four martial arts techniques, his progress became unusually slow.

He first visualized the great sun, concentrating his spiritual power to its limit. Then, guided by that burning will, he carefully explored the three hundred and sixty "acupoints and singularities" within his own body.

This process is tedious, boring, and yields very little result.

The day passed quickly.

When Qin Feng awoke from his deep meditation, he hadn't even located his position, let alone constructed a complete prototype of the cave shell.

Anyone with a weak will would probably be impatient and frustrated by such slow progress.

But Qin Feng was not discouraged at all.

"There's no rush."

He calmly muttered to himself, "The method of unlocking the mind is a slow and steady process. What I need to do now is to practice the two most basic steps, 'finding the key' and 'guiding mental energy,' until I am completely proficient. Once these basic skills are solid, I will naturally be able to quickly open one acupoint after another."

The mysterious and profound spiritual power is indeed a realm full of unknowns.

Therefore, spiritual practice based on this foundation is always exceptionally difficult in its initial stages.

This applies not only to Qin Feng, but to all martial artists in the empire.

In fact, many talented martial artists have stagnated in their spiritual cultivation because their minds are not stable and they cannot engage in long periods of monotonous meditation.

Without sufficient mental strength as an aid, they are unable to cultivate more advanced methods of enlightenment.

Ordinary body-tempering methods offer very limited stimulation to a body that has already reached the limit of a level three martial artist.

Ultimately, these martial artists will be trapped at the bottleneck of 30.0 vitality index for their entire lives, unable to make any further progress.

Just like the Hongchang Martial Arts School coach who challenged the Extreme Martial Arts School before, he remained a third-rate "unemployed martial artist" throughout his life.

……

The days passed by peacefully and fulfillingly.

Qin Feng's daily life is very regular.

During the day, he would spend time with his father, chatting, watching TV, and discussing martial arts.

In the afternoon, he would arrive at the Ultimate Martial Arts Hall on time and, in his private martial arts room, practice the "Great Sun Visualization Method" and the "Great Sun Awakening Method" over and over again in a monotonous manner.

Every night, before going to sleep, he would invariably practice the "Emperor's Meditation Method" to hone his fundamental will.

Time flies, and a month has passed in the blink of an eye.

……

One month later, on a clear morning.

As the first rays of sunlight shone through the gap in the curtains onto Qin Feng's face, he woke up from his bed right on time.

He knew it was time for him to leave.

Last night, he had already discussed everything with his father.

As he stepped out of the room, a rich aroma of food wafted from the kitchen.

His father, Qin Dahai, had already prepared a sumptuous breakfast and was sitting quietly at the table, waiting for him.

The atmosphere at the dinner table was somewhat silent.

Qin Dahai's eyes were filled with deep reluctance, but he did not show this emotion.

He simply served Qin Feng food as usual, and in a deliberately casual tone, he instructed him:

"Son, remember this: when you go to Canaan, don't try to save money by taking those civilian spacecraft. They're not safe."

"Traversing a hundred thousand light-years of space, who knows what we'll encounter along the way. There are just too many uncontrollable factors in the universe. If we run into those desperate space pirates, or stumble upon that damned subspace rift, then it's all over."

"Using the Empire's warp teleportation directly is safe and efficient."

"Yes, Dad, I understand."

Qin Feng nodded and smiled reassuringly, "Teleportation is also very cheap, only 10,000 Imperial Coins, which I can afford."

The meal ended amidst the father and son's somewhat silent words of advice and responses.

Qin Feng stood up and picked up the simple luggage he had prepared beforehand.

He walked to the door, turned around, and looked at his father.

"Dad, I'm leaving."

"Okay, take care of yourself." Qin Dahai nodded, his lips moved as if he wanted to say something more, but in the end, he only uttered a few words.

"Take care of yourself."

"Will do!"

Qin Feng smiled and no longer hesitated.

With a thought, the subspace network access pass on his wrist suddenly lit up.

[Subspace transport network, activated.]

[Target locked: Canaan Galaxy - Canaan Star.]

[Building a teleportation beacon... Construction complete.]

[Teleportation initiated!]

A dazzling beam of light, composed of pure energy, instantly enveloped Qin Feng's figure.

A flash of light, and the spot was empty.

Qin Feng disappeared from his home.

In the living room, only Qin Dahai remained, standing quietly.

After a long while, he sighed deeply and shook his head.

He walked to the window and looked at the clear blue sky outside, as if he could see his son's figure already far away.

"You little rascal, you've really made something of yourself! As your father, I should be happy!"

He muttered to himself, but an involuntary smile of immense pride appeared on his face.

"Son! I'm waiting for your good news!"

"You will definitely pass the entrance exam for Canaan Starry Sky Martial Arts University! You definitely will!"
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The brief, strange sensation of being pulled from and reshaped by the warp teleportation lasted for less than a second.

When Qin Feng opened his eyes again, the scene before him had undergone a complete transformation.

He was no longer in his cozy and familiar bedroom, but standing in a huge, futuristic metal hall.

The dome of the hall is so high that its top is invisible. Countless soft ribbons of light, like flowing galaxies, move slowly across the dome, illuminating the entire space as bright as day.

The ground was paved with an unknown alloy, so shiny it was like a mirror.

He was surrounded by countless martial artists who, like him, had just emerged from the teleportation beam. People came and went in a constant stream, yet everything was orderly.

This is the Imperial's official subspace teleportation station, located in the central hub of the Canaan system.

Unlike the "station" Qin Feng had imagined built on the surface of a planet, this place was actually a massive satellite space fortress suspended in the boundless universe!

Qin Feng walked to the edge of the hall and looked out through the huge porthole made of ultra-strong crystal glass.

With just one glance, he was captivated by the scene before him.

To his left, an enormous planet floated silently against the dark backdrop of space.

It was more than ten times larger than the Morning Star that Qin Feng was familiar with, like a magnificent and priceless emerald.

The planet's surface is covered with vast, lush primeval forests and boundless emerald oceans, brimming with primal and magnificent life.

This is Canaan.

However, when Qin Feng turned his gaze to the other side, his breathing stopped completely at that moment.

He saw... a tower.

No, it can no longer be described with the word "tower".

It was a colossal behemoth, beyond the limits of human imagination, so magnificent it inspired despair, that could not be described in any known language.

It just floated there quietly and unreasonably in the distant, magnificent nebula.

Its shape resembles an ancient and mysterious tower reaching to the heavens, but its size is unbelievably enormous.

Its height cannot be measured in kilometers or tens of thousands of meters.

Qin Feng's gaze moved upwards from the base of the tower, passing through stardust, meteorite belts, and the light of countless stars, yet he still could not see its top.

Its height would probably require light-years to measure!
The once enormous Canaan star now appears as insignificant as a grain of sand on a beach in front of this ancient tower.
And this space fortress, which serves as a teleportation station and is capable of holding millions of people, pales in comparison to it, not even being a speck of dust.

As Qin Feng looked at it, an indescribable sense of insignificance and suffocation, stemming from his very life instinct, welled up within him.

It felt as if one's very soul was about to be completely sucked into that magnificent and unreasonable existence.

This is the most extreme manifestation of megalophobia.

Any intelligent life, when faced with such a creation that transcends the limits of its own cognition and is so magnificent as to distort space and time, will inevitably feel the most primal awe and fear.

If I guess correctly...

This colossal tower, stretching across the sea of ​​stars, is the legendary...

Canaan Starry Sky Martial Arts University!

An unprecedented storm raged in Qin Feng's heart.

He finally understood why Canaan Star Martial Arts University could become a sacred place for martial arts in the entire star system.

The mere existence of this building itself is already beyond divine intervention.

Just as Qin Feng was feeling agitated, he sensed that more than a dozen incredibly terrifying, almost tangible auras were locking onto the entire teleportation hall from all directions.

He turned his head and saw that at each key point in the hall, there was a team of guards dressed in silver-white special power armor and carrying heavy psionic weapons.

Their power armor bears the emblem of Canaan.

They simply stood there quietly, yet they exuded a chilling, ruthless aura.

Canaan Star Guard.

Their existence is to prevent any uncontrollable accidents from occurring in crowded places like teleportation stations.

Qin Feng withdrew his gaze and calmed his turbulent emotions.

He discovered that these terrifying guards did not question any travelers; as long as you did not do anything out of line, they would treat you as if you were nothing.

Following the clear signs in the hall, he walked through the crowd and entered the public navigation platform inside the space fortress.

This place is like a giant airport, where hundreds of space shuttles of varying sizes are docked.

Qin Feng quickly found the flight he needed to take on the flight information board.

Flight number: GN-733

【Destination: Canaan Starry Sky Martial Arts University - Admissions and Examination Office - Outer Navigation Port】

He swiped his personal terminal and boarded the enormous transport shuttle.

The interior of the shuttle is extremely spacious, enough to accommodate tens of thousands of people.

Qin Feng found a seat by the window and sat down quietly.

Before long, the shuttle was filled with people.

Qin Feng observed the surrounding passengers calmly.

He discovered that the passengers on the flight were of an extremely diverse background.

Many people have a calm and unfathomable aura, and simply sitting there brings an invisible sense of pressure to those around them.

Qin Feng knew that these were all advanced martial artists whose strength far surpassed his own.

I don't know what they're doing on Canaan.

But even more so, there was a group of young martial artists like him.

They were full of vigor, but without exception, their auras had all reached the limit of a level three martial artist.

They were all like him, coming from various educational planets to prepare for the entrance exam for Canaan Star Martial Arts University.

Each of these people is a top-tier, one-in-a-million genius on an educational planet.

Qin Feng even sensed a faint, yet palpable, sense of threat emanating from some of them.

The feeling was like being targeted by a terrifying green-skinned boss on a battlefield of purgatory.

He had no doubt that those people were incredibly strong, no less so than himself.

"It seems that my title of 'Dawn General' is nothing special here."

Qin Feng thought to himself, not feeling discouraged at all, but instead feeling a strong excitement and anticipation of meeting a worthy opponent.

He thought about it carefully and then felt relieved.

Those who can obtain recommendation letters and come here must be the "stars" of their respective educational planets, the top students who have emerged from countless students across the entire planet!
Now, these champions from different planets have gathered on this small flying shuttle, all for the same goal—the Canaan Star Martial Arts Academy.

Just then, a slightly naive voice rang out beside him.

"Hello, student. Are you also here to apply for the Canaan Star Martial Arts University?"

Qin Feng turned his head and saw a slightly chubby young man with a friendly face sitting next to him, giving him a kind smile.

Qin Feng could clearly sense that the chubby young man's vitality index was also stable at around 30.0.

He did not sense any threatening aura from the other party.

In addition, several powerful Canaan Star Guard warriors were pacing back and forth in the shuttle's aisle, maintaining the safety of the flight.

Qin Feng nodded slightly in response.

"Yes."

"Haha, what a coincidence, me too!"

Upon seeing Qin Feng's response, the chubby martial artist immediately approached him familiarly.

He extended his hand and enthusiastically introduced himself: "My name is Xiong Yanfu, from Qianruo Star. Hehe, I'm not very talented, but I just received the 'Qianruo General Star' from our Qianruo Star. I originally thought that I was quite outstanding among my peers. But I didn't expect that as soon as I boarded this spaceship, I felt a... well, how should I put it, a deadly sense of threat from you. There are many other terrifying guys here as well."

"Qin Feng, the rising star of generals."

Qin Feng succinctly gave his name and title, while a hint of surprise rose in his heart.

His aura, after a year of training with Teacher Lin Yue on Planet Purgatory-VII, had been honed by his powerful mental strength to be restrained and controlled at will.

This is a life-saving skill learned from countless life-or-death battles. Logically speaking, as long as he doesn't make a move, it would be absolutely impossible for a martial artist of the same level to sense his true strength.

But how could someone see right through this seemingly harmless chubby little guy?
But, think about it.

He was able to hone his skills on the battlefield for a year, developing the ability to conceal his presence.

It's normal that the other party, also a genius at the "General Star" level, possesses some unknown and peculiar sensory abilities.

The universe is vast, and geniuses are as numerous as the stars; never underestimate anyone.

The fat man named Xiong Yanfu was clearly a very outgoing person.

As the shuttle slowly started and drove out of the space fortress, he and Qin Feng began to chat casually.

Soon, the conversation naturally turned to their destination – the admissions assessment for Canaan Starry Sky Martial Arts University.

Xiong Yanfu lowered his voice and said mysteriously, "Brother Qin Feng, do you know that the entrance examination for Canaan Star Martial Arts University is notoriously unpredictable, changing every time? However, according to the experience summarized by our predecessors in Qianruoxing, there are still patterns to follow."

"Oh?"

Qin Feng became interested.

“Generally speaking,” Xiong Yanfu said, “the Canaan Star Martial Arts University rarely conducts one-on-one arena battles for its admissions assessment. They prefer to issue one or a series of ‘admissions tasks’ and then judge students by observing their performance in completing the tasks.”

"These tasks are varied, diverse, and extremely complex. Sometimes, it might send you to a wild planet to collect a rare plant; other times, it might send you to resolve a native uprising on a mining planet; there have even been 'archaeological' missions that send you to restore an ancient ruin!"

"Their goal is to comprehensively assess all of a student's abilities."

"Personal strength, teamwork ability, physical potential, mental resilience, talent for adapting to situations, and even comprehension of martial arts techniques... and so on, all must undergo comprehensive assessment. If you fail in any one of these areas, then no matter how outstanding you are in other aspects, you will still fail the admission assessment."

Xiong Yanfu smacked his lips, his face showing a mixture of longing and apprehension.

"Tsk tsk, as expected of the top martial arts university in our star system. The admission standards are too strict."

(End of this chapter)