Star Sky Professional

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[Name: Fang Xing]

[Age: 17]

[Profession: Martial Artist]

[Second Realm: Sinews and Bones (Refining Muscle: 20/100)]

[Military Boxing Twelve Styles: 56/100 (Skilled)]

[Great Dragon Stance: 9/200 (Master)]

[Gate of All Heavens (Charging)]

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"Seventeen already, huh..."

Happy Home District.

Fang Xing focused his attention on the attribute bar and couldn't help but sigh.

The Demon Bird disturbance in Qinglin Square would definitely cause unrest for some time.

At least, today would surely be chaotic.

Therefore, he chose to travel back directly.

According to the rules of the Gate of All Heavens, the next time he traveled there, he should appear in the basement of the rental house at number 57 in the T-shaped zone.

"Just avoiding the chaos... After all, I'm now sitting on a gold mine, going back to fight over a few copper coins would be laughable."

Fang Xing stroked his chin, "Now with the Demon Beast plague, not having a laser gun is really unsettling... Besides that, I need to get my hands on an A-grade Martial Arts and master it as soon as possible."

As for the means of obtaining A-grade Martial Arts?

Apart from the not-so-reliable black market channel, he now had only two targets.

The first was naturally teacher Xia Long, who could be called to ask, though it might disturb his vacation, but teacher Xia Long probably wouldn't mind... right?

The second was Gu Yun!

This future junior undoubtedly possessed the heritage of the Ghost God Saber.

Of course, having the heritage of the Ghost God Saber was nothing special, after all, Ghost God Saber, Mad Eighteen Strikes, and Mad Demon Stick Technique were high school public textbooks!

One could apply to learn them as long as they reached the required Realm.

But she likely had some preliminary teachings that could help him get off to a good start.

'Without the "Demon Blade," it would be very difficult to begin with the Ghost God Saber, but I have the attribute panel, perhaps I can challenge it?'

Fang Xing thought for a moment and felt that teacher Xia Long was more reliable, so he dialed his phone first.

"Beep, the subscriber you have dialed is not within the service area, please try again later..."

A sweet voice quickly replied.

"Not in the service area?"

Fang Xing was momentarily stunned, "Teacher Xia Long... couldn't have gone to an exoplanet, right?"

Interstellar communication was quite expensive and couldn't possibly cover the entire Chuying Star.

If Xia Long went to an exoplanet for vacation, then it would be normal for his phone to be out of service.

"It seems... I can only meet teacher Xia Long after school starts, huh? Damn... I want to travel to exoplanets too... The Federation's entertainment industry is quite advanced, there even are planets specifically for pleasure..."

After muttering to himself for a while, Fang Xing then called Gu Yun.

This talented top student was always around, answering the communication within a few seconds.

"It's you, what's up?" Gu Yun's demeanor was cool, all business.

"That's it, I want to learn the 'Ghost God Saber'! Can you send me the detailed materials?" Fang Xing knew Gu Yun's style was straight to the point.

"Ghost God Saber? Have you mastered the Demon Blade yet?" Gu Yun's eyes lit up.

"No, I haven't studied it..."

Fang Xing shook his head.

Gu Yun fell silent, then after a moment, sent over a few videos and materials, "I've sent you my private teaching videos, but even though this version of the Ghost God Saber is richer than what is taught in the textbooks and contains many tips, I must tell you... this was taught to me by my teacher, and it is suited to my style, it might not be fitting for you, and without controlling the Demon Nature, beginning the Ghost God Saber would be very difficult. Even if you do begin, you could still stray into the wrong path!"

"I understand, it's just to preview the new curriculum in advance, thank you."

Fang Xing smiled at Gu Yun and ended the communication.

He was well aware that the best way to learn Martial Arts was through 'personal instruction', and since it was tailored for Gu Yun, it would certainly be richer in content than the public textbooks, but might also carry a strong personal style.

What suited Gu Yun might not suit him, and practice might make it worse!

'But I have the attribute panel; I can still give it a try...'

'If that doesn't work out, I can hire a private teacher. Even though a private lesson costs tens of thousands, I've got a bit of money now...'

Fang Xing calmed his emotions before opening the materials Gu Yun had sent.

Firstly, of course, was the whole Secret Book of the Ghost God Saber, along with many annotations.

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He first quickly skimmed through, to get a general idea, then he opened a video segment.

The screen lit up, displaying a woman in her thirties wearing a tight black outfit, her face marred by a centipede-like scar.

With the Federation's medical technology, it was entirely possible to remove scars, leaving no trace behind.

The intentional preservation of this particular scar was obviously due to its significant meaning to her, whether it was related to love or hate...

"A-level Martial Arts are the dazzling achievements created by the Federation, merging the expertise of many Martial Arts masters. They are capable of simulating the power of Realm-level Martial Arts, protecting one's spirit. They encompass many disciplines. Ghost Blade can actually be divided into several stages: meditation, Hypnosis Technique, Slaying Ghost, Slaying God, Fighting Ghosts and Gods... To begin learning Ghost Blade, it's best to first achieve great success in Demon Blade, control the demon nature, letting it come and go from the heart..."

"The first step in the meditation method is to meditate on the conception of the 'Ghost Blade', the idea being 'With blade in hand, no ghosts or gods remain!' Some Martial Artists fail to understand this and replace it with a 'killing intent', which has proven to be the wrong path... When meditating, the mind fills with distracting thoughts, and the killing intent is shocking. At this moment, one must use the demon nature of the Demon Blade to subdue it..."

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The woman in black spoke eloquently, providing Fang Xing with immense insights.

"Indeed, it's not required to master the Demon Blade before attempting Ghost Blade; it's possible to directly start learning it, although the difficulty is quite high. One needs an extremely high level of meditation skill, and the spirit must reach the state of 'emptiness without thought', using that to replace the demon nature of the Demon Blade..."

"The key is... what exactly does 'With blade in hand, no ghosts or gods remain' represent as a conception?"

Fang Xing really wanted to comment on this.

Meanwhile, in the video, the black-clad female swordsman simply drew her blade for Gu Yun to sense.

Through the screen, however, he could feel nothing!

"Truly, instruction by words and personal example... That's the value of a good teacher. If Xia Long were here, he probably could also induce a conception for me to experience thoroughly, but now..."

Fang Xing shook his head, "Even if the Federation opened up the permissions for 'Learning Devices', these mysterious and profound conceptions might not be learnable through consciousness infusion..."

"Ghost Blade, Ghost Blade... To begin learning it, I'm afraid I'll have to hire a Martial Artist who has mastered Ghost Blade, to demonstrate the conception. Probably all other A-level Martial Arts are similar... A demonstration of conception is just to get the qualification to practice, still a far cry from actually beginning to learn it."

The difficulty of getting started with A-level Martial Arts made Fang Xing sigh.

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The next day.

Old Town, black market.

After changing his appearance, Fang Xing returned to this place.

No choice, he was still short on money!

He once again went to the market in Qinglin Square and bought a large amount of gold with spirit sand at the price of garbage, intending to sell it.

The transaction of gold went smoothly, as did money laundering.

Passing by the Blood Cage Fighting Arena, Fang Xing had a thought and walked in.

Today at the arena's front desk was the same bunny girl.

"Hello, Meat Bun... uh, this codename is a bit immersion-breaking, can we change it?"

Fang Xing's gaze drifted from the bunny girl's plump red lips down to her two large snow-white 'meat buns', and he spoke up.

"You can call me by my name—Zhang Jiarui!"

Zhang Jiarui responded with a smile, "You're early again today, sir. The Blood Cage Fighting hasn't started yet..."

"Cough, cough... If I wanted to experience the conception of 'Ghost Blade', is there any way to do so?"

Fang Xing coughed, stating his request.

"Ghost Blade? Being one of the three most common A-level Martial Arts, many fighters here have mastered it. The most famous are 'Black Sparrow', 'Iron Hand', and 'Multi-Armed Blade'..."

Zhang Jiarui thought for a moment and replied, "You can book an instrumented fighting match. If these three fighters are participating, there's a good chance you'll experience the conception of Ghost Blade... but the conception induced during a fight is entirely different from that during teaching..."

To comprehend the conception through watching one fight was as implausible as a fool's dream.

"Is that so? Great, book me a fight that includes all three fighters."

Fang Xing took out his Black Market Communication Device.

"Alright, the next available match with all three is in two days, at nine in the evening. 'Iron Hand' will be participating!" Zhang Jiarui checked the data and immediately provided the time and place, "Regular seats cost 5,000 Star Coins each, and for VIP seats..."

"Just regular seats are fine."

Fang Xing waved his hand dismissively, the exorbitant prices in the black market always caused his heart to race, no matter how many times he saw them.

He received an invitation to the fighting arena, continued to wander around the black market, and then made his way to the New Town District.

In the darkness, a lizard seemed to glance at him before flicking its tail and disappearing down the sewer, vanishing swiftly...

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In the sewer, a myriad of pipes intertwined, emitting a pungent odor.

The design diagram of the old city's underground sewers was long buried in the annals of history, turning it into an unexplored tangle of chaos.

In a secret room somewhere, a large hand with rough skin grabbed the lizard, and a pair of triangular eyes revealed a hint of a smile, "Finally, a suitable target, eh? With the recent activities, his assets should be at least 500,000 Star Coins, right?"

To be honest, this amount of money wouldn't attract any serious tough characters or justify the use of black market firearms—there wouldn't even be a return on the investment.

But he didn't mind taking action this once.

After all, the target seemed pretty weak.

'Carrion Eater' Lance was an insignificant figure in the black market, but even so, he was a Martial Artist in the Rough Jade Realm, and he had awakened an ability to communicate with some small animals!

This time, he had set his sights on Fang Xing!