Swallowing the Stars: Starting with the Steel of the Heart

A rest room at the Dry Witch Dojo.

After paying the registration fee and the 20-year renewal fee, Xiang Bei naturally obtained the right to use a dormitory room at the Qianwu Taoist Temple.

Of course, this is only the lowest-class room.

Even so, the area occupied is still a full 1,000 square meters.

The room was fully equipped with a kitchen, bedroom, bathroom, and small training room, but there wasn't much for Xiang Bei to choose from.

Having paid the money, Xiang Bei naturally couldn't return to Earth that very day. He told his family he would be in seclusion for over a month, but he wasn't in a hurry. It would be a good opportunity to listen to the lectures at the Qianwu Taoist Temple.

Incidentally, Xiang Bei also borrowed some free basic cultivation methods from the Qianwu Taoist Temple.

However, even with free items, Xiang Bei still had restrictions on what he could borrow.

For example, Xiang Bei is currently at the Planetary level and has paid the registration fee for the Planetary level. Therefore, Xiang Bei can only borrow cultivation manuals for the Planetary level.

Furthermore, only one secret manual can be borrowed and viewed every ten days.

Of course, in addition to these, Xiang Bei can also enjoy some rights, such as paying these fees to view some previously recorded videos of open courses.

Since it's a public course video and the level isn't high, a single public course video by a star-level expert only costs 5000 silver blue coins.

Xiang Bei was naturally not stingy.

After putting on the virtual consciousness helmet, Xiang Bei directly opened the "Martial Arts Fundamentals" manual that he had borrowed from the Qianwu Martial Arts Hall.

That's right, it's just the most basic "Martial Arts Fundamentals" manual.

The secret techniques for generating power on Earth don't even reach 10 times the level; they're the kind where the foundation isn't even solid.

Therefore, in Xiang Bei's view, the most important thing at this stage is to solidify his own foundation in martial arts training.

Don't aim too high.

It's not too late to learn other more advanced techniques after you've thoroughly mastered the "16 Basic Martial Arts Techniques" manual.

However, even mastering all 18 basic martial arts styles is not easy.

After all, once you have mastered all 18 basic martial arts techniques, the amplitude of a martial artist's physical exertion will naturally reach 18 times.

An 18-fold increase in body force amplitude is more than twice the maximum force exerted by the "Nine-fold Thunder Blade".

Even within the entire Qianwu Dojo of Judongxing, the vast majority of members, let alone 18 times the power amplitude, have not even reached 10 times the power amplitude.

Those who can truly achieve an 18-fold increase in power are almost all powerhouses at the Eternal Star level.

The Qianwu Dojo in Judongxing has the right to give individual lessons.

Xiang Bei knew that practicing "18 Basic Martial Arts Techniques" was by no means simple after just one reading.

Following the instructions in the manual, Xiang Bei studied it on his own for a long time and found that his power exertion was much smoother, and a lot of power that he couldn't mobilize before was also mobilized.

In just over ten minutes, Xiang Bei had already mastered the first four forms of "18 Basic Martial Arts Techniques".

However, it would be wishful thinking to try and read the entire manual in one go.

After mastering the first four moves, the fifth to seventh moves became much more difficult. It took Xiang Bei more than three hours to barely understand them.

However, when he reached the eighth move, Xiang Bei felt uncomfortable no matter how he made the move. The move was clearly placed there, but every time Xiang Bei made a move, he could only get the form but not the meaning. His power dissipated after using half of it.

I spent a whole day studying it, but I still couldn't find the right method.

In the end, Xiang Bei had no choice but to give up temporarily and decided to go inside the Qianwu Taoist Temple to listen to the explanation of the public lecture.

However, lectures by powerful beings at the Eternal Star level are not necessarily held every day.

The rule is that each star-level expert working at the Qianwu Dojo must give a lecture at least once a month, but the timing is uncertain, and they may not even be teaching "The 18 Basic Forms of Martial Arts".

There are also high-level classes that require advance booking; if you can't get a seat, you can only listen from outside.

However, classes for Planetary Rank 8 and 9 were available every day without the need for reservations, so Xiang Bei had no choice but to settle for a class taught by a well-regarded Planetary Rank 9 expert.

This ninth-level planetary warrior is named "He Han". According to him, his physical exertion has reached 15 times the amplitude, which is considered outstanding among the planetary warriors of the Qianwu Dojo in the entire Ju Dong Star.

If it weren't for accumulating resources to accelerate the level of Hengxing, there wouldn't be so many lectures.

The other party's teaching was indeed quite good. After the open class, although the content was simple, Xiang Bei still benefited a lot.

My understanding of the eighth form of "The 10 Basic Forms of a Warrior" has also broadened considerably.

Afterwards, Xiang Bei listened to several other people's public lectures. Although he gained some insights, they were not as simple and easy to understand as those given by "He Han".

After returning to his residence, Xiang Bei simply bought all ten of He Han's previous open class videos, which only cost him 1000 silver blue coins, less than the price of a single class by a star-level expert.

Time passed day by day, and in the blink of an eye, Xiang Bei had already spent a full 20 days on Ju Dongxing.

During those 20 days, Xiang Bei spent almost every day at the Qianwu Taoist Temple.

Besides cultivating, he spent his days listening to open classes given by the experts at the Qianwu Dojo, and even attended two classes taught by a star-level expert.

Of course, there are also some paid courses. Xiang Bei listened to a course taught by a second-tier Hengxing expert.

The price is indeed not cheap; one lesson costs 2000000 silver blue coins.

However, for Xiang Bei, it was just a drop in the ocean, and the gains were quite substantial.

In addition to attending regular classes over the 20 days, Xiang Bei also purchased a lot of videos of past lectures.

At the same time, I also exchanged ideas and learned from other students at the same Qianwu Taoist Temple.

He even received guidance from some powerful individuals, and Xiang Bei has made great progress in the past 20 days.

I have mastered the ninth form of the "18 Basic Forms of Martial Arts", and my body's power has increased ninefold.

Continue practicing, and you may achieve a 10-fold increase within a month.

Xiang Bei now dares to say that apart from Thor and Hong, no other planetary-level martial artist on Earth is his match.

Three times the physical qualities and primal energy of a typical first-order planet, and nine times the amplitude of force exertion.

Combat skills at the dual-level of artistic conception.

Xiang Bei is overwhelmingly superior to anyone except Hong and Lei Shen.

However, after twenty days in Judong City, it was time for Xiang Bei to return to Earth.

Before he came out, he told his family that he would be in seclusion for a month.

Now, twenty days have passed, and it will take more than ten days to go and return.

If I don't go back home soon, my family will worry.

He can't stay on Judong Star forever just for the sake of cultivation.

Moreover, having been away from Earth for so long, Xiang Bei had secretly begun to miss his home planet.

Extraterrestrial environments are, after all, different from Earth's.

Of course, before leaving Judongxing, Xiang Bei had one more thing to do, and it was very important to him.