Gao Wu: From Martial Arts Student to Star Emperor

Chapter 625 Shen Jiuxi's Plans to Study Abroad on Blue Star

At this moment, Chen Lie received a message on his communication bracelet. He looked at it and found that it was from Zhang Wenwu of the Blue Star Campus Working Group.

Chen Lie, this is Zhang Wenwu. I'm currently at the training ground outside your Martial Arts Department Class 17 classroom. I need to speak with you about something. Do you have time now?

After replying "Wait a moment," Chen Lie said to his mentor, Huang Zongcheng, "Mentor, someone from our Blue Star on-campus work group is looking for me. I'll go check it out!"

Go!

Huang Zongcheng nodded.

Watching Chen Lie leave, Huang Yuxi, who had been silent all along, suddenly said, "Blue Star in the Eastern Star Region is really too disgraceful. Someone from our star won first place in the Starry Sky University freshman martial arts competition, but they didn't even send a single representative."

Even for Canglong Star, this is a major event that needs to be taken seriously.

"We can't entirely blame Blue Star. Who would have thought that someone from a remote planet could win first place in the entire school? Blue Star certainly didn't know that its own planet could have such a strong freshman," Huang Zongcheng said.

After saying that, Huang Zongcheng changed the subject: "Yu tide, have you made any progress towards that step?"

Huang Yuxi simply shook her head: "No."

"You should learn to ask questions without shame. Chen Lie's cultivation of the 'Source Heaven Gathering Qi True Scripture' contains the secrets of Yin and Yang transformation. If you want to enter the second extreme realm of True Qi, you might as well ask him."

That was the idea I had when I recommended Chen Lie to you.

"Chen Lie hasn't even reached the Five Qi Gathering Realm yet, and he hasn't even started cultivating Yin Yang True Qi. Even if I wanted to be humble, he wouldn't be able to answer!" Huang Yuxi said.

"That's true, but I think Chen Lie's cultivation progress shouldn't be too long. You should keep an eye on him."

Those who fail to break through to the second extreme realm of Yin-Yang Profound Void in the True Qi stage are highly unlikely to withstand the Origin Difficulty and have no hope of becoming a Grandmaster of the Great Celestial Realm, just like me.

So I don't want you to make the same mistake.

Huang Yuxi nodded. She knew the difficulty of breaking through to the Great Celestial Master level. She was only one level away from the True Dragon Ranking, namely the second extreme realm of Yin Yang Profound Void. But even if she made it onto the True Dragon Ranking, she might not become a Great Celestial Master. Therefore, she needed to strive for the second extreme realm of True Qi.

On the other side, Chen Lie left the instructor's office and arrived at the training ground outside the classroom of Martial Arts Class 17.

As soon as Chen Lie entered the training ground, he saw Zhang Wenwu, the director of the Blue Star resident school work group.

Upon seeing Chen Lie, Zhang Wenwu immediately said, "Chen Lie, you've arrived. I hope I didn't interrupt your martial arts practice?"

Chen Lie shook his head: "No, Director Zhang, what brings you here?"

"I have already informed Blue Star that you took first place among the freshmen. The governor and Chairman Wang of the Martial Arts Association asked me to convey their apologies to you."

Your martial arts progress has been too fast; the Blue Star authorities were truly caught off guard and there simply wasn't enough time to send a representative.

"For someone from our planet to win the annual freshman martial arts competition is an honor for every planet. If the organizers knew in advance, how could they possibly let it go unchecked?"

"I know that, Director Zhang, there's no need to say more. Is there anything else?"

"There's one more thing. Your martial arts strength is now ahead of all your peers. President Wang Shou of the Martial Arts Association requests that you return to Blue Star to participate in the upcoming struggle for command of the Four Star Region Interstellar Alliance, helping Blue Star to become the leading star among the twenty-eight stars of the Four Star Region."

"Help Blue Star seize the top position? Isn't that supposed to be the Interstellar Alliance's command?" Chen Lie asked.

"That's right, but this interstellar alliance was jointly formed by people from twenty-eight planets in the four star regions of the east, west, south, and north."

Coordinated by the permanent council stars of the four star regions, whichever side wins this battle will be able to appoint one of its own people as the commander of this interstellar coalition.

The star that ultimately wins the right to control this interstellar alliance, while not nominally the leader of the twenty-eight stars in the four star regions, will be the de facto leader, its influence penetrating to every planet in the outer star regions—a true uncrowned king.

"Alright, when will the battle for these four star regions begin?" Chen Lie asked.

"Half a month later, on May 1st of the Galactic Calendar 7366."

"Half a month?"

Chen Lie frowned. If he returned to Blue Star now, wouldn't he have to wait there for nearly twenty days?

Even if they come back in the middle, it will take several days for them to go back and forth, and the time will be wasted.

Zhang Wenwu said, "I know this will delay your martial arts practice time, but the situation is urgent—"

Chen Lie waved his hand and said, "Okay, I'll go back tomorrow!"

"That's wonderful!" Zhang Wenwu said, "You haven't been back to Blue Star for half a year, you should go back and visit your family."

Your hometown, Dongchuan Province, has been designated as a key development province, and the changes in just six months have been tremendous.

By the way—I saw on the news that the new martial arts champion of Dongchuan Province has been elected. Her name seems to be Zhu Yining, and like you, she comes from a modest background.

The Three Provinces Martial Arts Tournament in Sichuan is next month. The Martial Arts Association will give you a heads-up and ask you to hold the tournament earlier so it won't interfere with your schedule. This way, you can also see the sights of your hometown and reflect on the journey you took.

Chen Lie interrupted Zhang Wenwu, saying, "Director Zhang, since the Four Star Regions Competition isn't scheduled to begin until next month, why are the participants being sent back to Blue Star so early?"

Chen Lie remembered that Ning Fan seemed to have been called back. Actually, there was no need to do it so early, as it would be a waste of time.

"That's how it is—this battle for the Four Star Domains is also a team battle, and True Qi Martial Artists and Blood Qi Martial Artists are different."

True Qi martial artists can unleash combined attack formations. A powerful combined attack formation can unleash ten times the original strength during combat. According to information gathered by the Blue Star intelligence team, Langya Star in the Southern Star Region, Hetai Star in the Northern Star Region, and Jurong Star in the Western Star Region have all purchased a combined attack martial art from outer space at a high price. Blue Star naturally wants to catch up as well.

To master this combined attack technique, you need to learn it at least half a month in advance, so I have no choice but to send you back ahead of schedule.

"I understand! I'll wait until the day after tomorrow, then I'll go back!"

"The day after tomorrow? Sure! Either way is fine!" Zhang Wenwu nodded repeatedly.

Because this trip back wouldn't be for just a day or two, but for more than half a month, Chen Lie went back to his mentor's office to ask for leave.

Upon arriving at his supervisor's office, Chen Lie saw his supervisor, Huang Zongcheng, and teaching assistant, Huang Yuxi, leave the office together.

Chen Lie stepped forward and said directly, "Professor, I'd like to ask for leave!"

"What kind of leave are you requesting?" Huang Zongcheng asked.

"The Eastern Star Region, where Blue Star is located, is currently vying with another Three Star Region for command of the Interstellar Alliance. This requires second-year students from various Starry Sky Universities to participate in the competition, so I need to request at least half a month's leave to go back!"

"I see, I've heard about this before."

Huang Zongcheng nodded and said, "Half a month is indeed a delay in martial arts cultivation, but we can't ignore the matter of our home planet."

Here's what I'll do: I'll have my teaching assistant, Huang Yuxi, write you a letter of introduction and a pass. You can use the Starry Sky University's space jump station to go to the Star of Faint Light.

I remember that there is a space wormhole on the planet Weiguang that connects to the planet Chiyan in the Eastern Star Region. It was built more than 20 years ago when Weiguang sent troops to Chiyan to help quell a rebellion.

You can use the space wormhole on the Star of Twilight to go directly to the Crimson Flame Star in the Eastern Star Region, and then return to Blue Star from the Crimson Flame Star. This will save you several days of travel time.

"Thank you so much, mentor!" Chen Lie said gratefully.

Huang Zongcheng nodded, and then asked Huang Yuxi to go to the office to get a letter of introduction and a pass for Chen Lie.

After doing all this, Chen Lie took an airship to the courtyard where the True Essence Elder was located.

Soon, the airship landed in the primeval forest. After getting off the airship, Chen Lie went into the courtyard in front.

Pushing open the courtyard gate, Chen Lie saw the True Essence Elder sitting in a wooden chair in the middle of the courtyard, seemingly a health-conscious old man.

It is truly rare for a True Yuan Martial Artist to have such leisure and refined taste.

Chen Lie stepped forward and said, "Senior!"

The old man with the True Essence glanced at Chen Lie and said, "You're here, kid? How did that freshman martial arts competition go?"

"I got first place by sheer luck!" Chen Lie said.

"If I'm lucky, I might get second, third, or fourth place, but I just can't get first place."

"What are you trying to prove to me, kid? With your breathing technique alone, there aren't many young people in the Canglan Star Region with a stronger martial arts foundation than you!"

"You have a discerning eye!"

Chen Lie cupped his hands in greeting: "Let me first take a look at the spirit field for you, senior."

"Then you should go and take a look! These past few days, that little girl from the Shen family has been helping to tend the spirit fields, and the growth rate of the herbs there has slowed down!"

Chen Lie responded and went to the edge of the spirit field to observe the spirit plants inside.

Afterwards, Chen Lie moved all the containers of spiritual liquid and spiritual water out of the house next to the spiritual field.

He began by preparing suitable spiritual water for irrigating the spiritual field, and then prepared spiritual liquid for each of the more than one hundred spiritual plants in the field.

It took Chen Lie three hours to prepare the various spiritual liquids and irrigate all the spiritual plants. Soon, the spiritual plants in the spiritual field were completely renewed, and each plant looked vibrant and seemed to have matured a bit more.

The elder, a man of true essence, rose from the wooden chair and walked over, saying, "Not bad, young man, your skill in managing the spirit field is truly impressive!"

"You flatter me, senior!"

After tidying up the numerous spirit liquids and vessels, Chen Lie said, "Senior, I have something to do and need to return to my home planet the day after tomorrow, which will take about half a month. So I probably won't be able to manage the spirit fields for the next half month."

"What do you mean? You still owe this old man a debt you haven't paid off. I'm kind-hearted, so I gave you two days off, and you actually came back for another half a month?" The old man's face instantly darkened.

"Senior, I really have something to attend to—"

Chen Lie explained the situation to the True Essence Elder and said, "Senior, rest assured, I'm only asking for half a month's leave. I will take extra care of the spirit fields for you afterwards."

The old man's expression softened a little after hearing Chen Lie's explanation.

"Alright, since you're doing this because of your home planet, I'll make an exception for you."

You said you'd be going back the day after tomorrow, so come over first thing tomorrow morning to teach the Shen family girl a few more tricks. Have her manage the spirit field for you during this time!"

"Yes!" Chen Lie immediately agreed.

"The Shen family girl will arrive around six o'clock tomorrow morning, so don't be too late!"

"knew!"

After replying to the old man, Chen Lie left the courtyard.

The next day, before dawn, Chen Lie arrived at the courtyard and moved out all the spiritual liquid, spiritual water, and various utensils from the house.

It was a little past six in the morning when a clear voice came from outside the courtyard.

"Senior, Jiuxi is here again to tend to your spirit field!"

After the sound faded, Shen Jiuxi pushed the door open and came in.

Upon entering, Shen Jiuxi suddenly saw Chen Lie and exclaimed, "It's you?"

Chen Lie said expressionlessly, "Come here, I'll teach you some knowledge about preparing spiritual elixirs."

Shen Jiuxi glanced at Chen Lie, then at the vessel containing the spirit liquid on the ground, and asked suspiciously, "You're really that kind of person to offer to teach me how to prepare spirit liquid?"

Chen Lie said, "I'm going back to Blue Star tomorrow for half a month. During this time, I need you to manage the spirit fields. If you don't know anything, how will you manage them?"

Shen Jiuxi gave a cold "heh" and stepped forward.

At this moment, the voice of the True Essence Elder suddenly came from inside the house: "Little girl, learn well from this boy!"

While this kid was away for half a month, I'm entrusting my medicinal herb field to you!

"Yes, senior!"

Upon hearing the voice, Shen Jiuxi immediately answered.

Now she understood why Chen Lie had suddenly been so kind; it turned out he was acting on orders from Elder Shi.

Shen Jiuxi glanced at Chen Lie and said calmly, "Let's begin!"

Chen Lie didn't say much, and began to teach Shen Jiuxi the principles of various spiritual liquids and some methods for initially identifying the state and growth cycle of spiritual plants.

He predicted the growth status of the spiritual plants in the spiritual field over the next half month and emphasized this to Shen Jiuxi.

Half a day had passed, and Chen Lie had explained some basic methods of caring for spiritual plants to Shen Jiuxi.

This surprised Shen Jiuxi; it turned out that caring for spiritual plants was a whole different world.

Chen Lie is from Earth, so his knowledge of caring for spiritual plants must have come from Earth.

It is said that the planets in the outer star regions are barren and backward, but now it seems that this is not the case at all!

Is it because the planets of the Ten Star Alliance have been high above for so long that they haven't been able to see the vitality emanating from some of them?

Chen Lie said he would teach her the method of using elixirs for care, but he would definitely hold back some secrets from her.

This gave Shen Jiuxi an idea: should she take some time to study abroad on Blue Star and learn about the unique medicinal and nursing knowledge there?

Chen Lie explained things to Shen Jiuxi for most of the day, and when he felt that was enough, he stopped explaining.

"Go on!"

Seeing that Chen Lie had suddenly stopped lecturing, Shen Jiuxi urged him to hurry up.

"That's all!"

"Are you done talking?"

Shen Jiuxi snorted coldly. This bastard really chose to hold back against her. Even with Senior Shi's instructions, he still didn't behave himself.

To outwardly comply with but inwardly defy a True Yuan Martial Artist is truly audacious!

This deepened her desire to study abroad on Earth.

Even those who work at Samsung need to keep learning, otherwise they will fall behind sooner or later.

However, this blue planet is too remote, and there isn't even a space jump station.