Astral Apostle Chapter 292 – Initiation and Connection (1)

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Two days had passed since the new student competition, but it was still being discussed enthusiastically. The temporary teams of the various faculties participating in the competition had been dismissed, and the lives of the new students returned to normal.

As the competition ended, most of the participating new students' special training ended and they returned to their normal states.

After all, the resources of a faculty's instructor were limited, and they were only temporarily allocated to the participating new students. Those who really received long-term special training were the backbone of the faculty.

Due to Zhou Jing's outstanding performance, he was accepted and officially became a member of the Crown Association. He could enjoy the subsequent focused nurturing of the faculty.

This kind of core group walked the elite path. There were less than 30 people in the Crown Association, mostly fourth-semester students. Currently, there were only two new students, and Zhou Jing was one of them.

As the current president, Deng Yunjie gathered everyone and held a welcome ceremony for the two newcomers.

Zhou Jing also recognized the current members of the Crown Association. Other than him, everyone else was Class S.

None of them had Class SS potential, which gave him a new understanding of the scarcity of Li Xiaoyin's abilities.

Zhou Jing had already been certified as having Class A potential, and his file had been changed.

Although he was not a Class S, the members of the Crown Association had seen his performance in the arena. They knew that Zhou Jing was a special case, so they naturally would not make things difficult for him. They had no objections to his joining, and the joining ceremony was very smooth.

In addition, there was finally some movement from the organizations that viewed the rookie competition.

Zhou Jing quickly received two recruitment appointments from the Supers Bureau and the Exploration Bureau. He could not help but be overjoyed.

He thought about it for a day and discussed it with his friends. In the end, he decided to accept the appointment of the Exploration Bureau. After graduation, he would enter the bureau, directly confirming his future employment route.

Because after thinking about it, Zhou Jing felt that this job was the most suitable for his Astral Realm ability. With this as his career, his future would be brighter.

In comparison, the other professions were much inferior. He could basically ignore them.

Moreover, this profession was very relaxed and free. Explorers did not need to serve at all times, so they usually had a lot of free time to do other things. Even if they were carrying out missions, they had a lot of freedom.

Ignoring the problem of lifespan and risk, this was really an ideal profession.

Most importantly, only by agreeing to the appointment of the Exploration Bureau could he attend their professional classes and come into contact with more confidential information. It was not as superficial as the current Explorer course.

The things that could be learned in professional classes included, but not limited to, the strategic planning, location of the strongholds, the distribution of manpower and so on in a plane. Furthermore, there was miscellaneous subjects such as the culture, customs, language, history, and social structure of the various known astral realms…

This information was very helpful to his astral travel, and Zhou Jing did not want to miss it.

It was worth mentioning that in the past month, he had not only collected much basic information about the Mutant World in the Explorer's course, but also obtained some information about the plane that was about to converge.

The other students were just curious about the information of these two astral realms, but he was the only one who remembered these things firmly.

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In the academy, every student had their own life. They completed their studies diligently, cultivated hard, and worked hard for their future.

No one could always receive attention, so as the days passed, the popularity of the new student competition gradually decreased, and everyone's topic of conversation was slowly replaced by other things.

Freshmen like Li Xiaoyin and Zhou Jing, who were famous in the competition, had gradually settled down. When everyone saw them on the way, they would not overreact and would at most take a few extra glances.

Zhou Jing's days also returned to normal. He followed the class schedule and attended class every day, never missing anything. After class, he would bury his head in training, busy and fulfilling.

During this period, he did not participate in any small competitions or club activities in the academy. He did not waste his energy and focused on training.

It was unknown if it was because of the fierce battle in the arena, but a few days later, Zhou Jing successfully cultivated the Martial Path Aura System and officially entered the first realm tier of this system.

As a result, there was a change in his attributes panel.

[Obtained Supernatural Power System: Martial Artist]

[Realm: First Realm – Foundation]

[Energy Type: Martial Path Aura]

[Aura Trait: None (Transformation Possible)]

[Core Cultivation Technique: Basic Tempering Technique Lv1]

[Martial School of Thought: None]

[Total Bonus: +1 Physical Fitness, +1 Resistance, +1 Energy]

“Is the official name of the Martial Path Aura System on the interface a Martial Artist?”

Zhou Jing nodded to himself.

In the past month or so, he had been cultivating the basic tempering method, constantly strengthening his outer body and harmonizing his inner body. Finally, there was a qualitative change, and the first wisp of martial arts aura appeared in his body. This was the sign of entering the basics.

The initial realm of the martial artist system was called the Foundation. As the name suggested, this was the stage of laying the building blocks of the martial path. The stronger one's basics, the better. One had to further cultivate the basic tempering method to increase the strength of their physique and aura, as well as officially cultivate a Martial School of Thought.

There were many types of martial arts in the main world. Some could refine martial arts aura of different attributes. Their combat styles, moves, and combat methods were all unique. It could be said to be the main source of martial artists' combat skills.

In Zhou Jing's understanding, every martial arts school was considered a skill tree. He would start learning the basic moves and finally master the profound meaning of the school.

According to the textbook, when one cultivated a core cultivation technique to a certain extent and mastered a Martial School of Thought, they could choose to break through to the next stage of the Martial Artist.

Currently, he was only a beginner. The various bonuses were still at the most basic level. He was akin to a whiteboard. Logically speaking, there was nothing special about him.

However, Zhou Jing realized that his aura attributes seemed to be able to change.

“Could it be that this path can be combined with the Mutant Blood Warrior system?”

Zhou Jing's heart skipped a beat. After patiently trying for a while, he suddenly had a feeling from deep within.

His eyes lit up, and a small ball of flames appeared in his hand.

Sizzle…

The flames were light blue and flickered non-stop, like a ball of lightning in the form of flames.

At the same time, the “Aura Trait” on the interface changed to “Electricity”.

Zhou Jing's eyes lit up as he savored the taste of success.

“So that's how it is. The source of the Mutant Blood Enhancement and the extraordinary roots of martial artists is their physique. As for the electricity obtained from the Mutant Blood Enhancement, it can be released in the form of the Martial Path Aura, causing the attributes of the aura to temporarily change. The energy attributes accumulated from the Mutant Blood Enhancement can also be added to the power of the Martial Path Aura.”

He could now release two forms of energy. One was pure lightning, and the other was the lightning attribute Martial Path Aura.

The conversion rate of energy from different systems varied from system to system. However, Zhou Jing felt that when electricity was converted into electric attribute aura, there was only a faint loss of energy. His control was stronger, and there were special effects of the Martial Path Aura being reflected, such as increasing the extent of his movements.

Usually, martial artists who had just entered the martial path would only have a thin martial arts aura that would be used up in one or two moves.

As for himself, he already had more than 20 points in his Energy Attribute. The energy conversion rate of the Mutant Blood Warrior and Martial Artist system was a small number. As such, the strength and concentration of his Martial Path Aura at the beginning was already equivalent to the effect that others could only achieve after practicing for a long time.

Zhou Jing was pleasantly surprised.

“The superpower system that my main body chooses from now on needs to have this kind of high-level conversion route. Both systems can complement each other, and the improvement of one system can lead to the enhancement of the other. It can unify the energy form and maximize the attributes, allowing my cultivation progress to be twice as fast.”

He had only officially entered the martial artist system a month ago. This was the cultivation speed of a normal person, not considered to be slow at all.

However, after enjoying the Accelerated Learning of the Astral Apostle's cultivation, he naturally did not feel that this efficiency was fast. However, the astral confluence that Shen Xinqin mentioned had yet to arrive. He could only train with his main body and figure out the way slowly.

After entering the school, according to the academy's rules, one could already learn the next stage of the martial arts course and officially choose a martial arts school.

Therefore, during class the next day, Zhou Jing went straight to Wang Wu and asked to learn the next section.

Previously, there were already students who had entered the school, and Zhou Jing was not the first. Wang Wu was used to it and brought him to the side to teach him further.

Wang Wu pinched Zhou Jing's shoulder and arm, nodded, and explained.

“You can officially cultivate a Martial Path School. The Martial Path School of Thought blooms in hundreds of flowers. It will be divided into several levels according to the difficulty, complexity, and power level. The most basic is the Foundational School of Thought.

Most people can't not reach the sky in a single bound, so they have to start from the foundational schools before slowly advancing towards a high-level School of Thought. It was just like how one can only learn middle school knowledge after completing elementary school.

The academy chose five of the most representative foundational martial arts Schools of Thought from the various basic martial arts sects. Their styles are different, but all of them have the same effect of breaking through to the next stage of the Martial Path. As long as you master one of them, you can advance to the next stage. If you wish to build a more stable foundation, you can first master a few more foundational martial arts schools. Most people would at least master two.

As for the martial arts courses arranged by the academy, they pay attention to doing things step by step. Only after you master one will they teach you another to prevent you from being distracted. Therefore, you can only choose one basic school of thought now. I believe you've already seen the introduction of the course and know which five basic schools there are, right?”

Zhou Jing nodded. “Yes, I've seen the information. Does Sir have any suggestions?”

Hearing this, Wang Wu thought for a moment before replying,

“I've seen your performance in the competition. You're good at speed and have precise and simple close combat skills. I suggest you choose Swift Wind. At the same time, you also have speed and skills. Your main weapon is also a saber and sword. It's the easiest for you to learn this School of Thought.”

“Then I'll choose it.”

Zhou Jing agreed. This coincided with his choice.

Wang Wu did not delay and got the assistant to bring over a training saber. As he explained the main points of the Swift Wind Sect, he began to practice and instruct Zhou Jing step by step.

Swift Wind contained a set of footwork, a set of fist techniques, a set of saber techniques, and a profound meaning. It was already a rather simple combination of moves.

During the cultivation process, these moves would also have the effect of training the body and increasing the strength of one's aura. Only by constantly studying them could he master them freely and turn them into martial techniques that could use the Martial Path Aura.

As for the core cultivation method that required continuous cultivation, he chose to continue using the Basic Tempering Method of the main world. There was no need to change it in this realm.

After watching it a few times, Zhou Jing had a rough idea. The rest was to practice with the recording and continuously increase his proficiency.

With a new cultivation project, Zhou Jing's spare time dwindled even more. He spent a long time in the faculty hall of the Crown Faculty to obtain special treatment from the instructors specializing in the Martial Way.

…

This continued for a few days.

On an ordinary night, Zhou Jing had just finished dinner and was about to go to the club to train when the Astral Travel Interface suddenly pinged.

There was still a month and a half before the Astral Confluence period mapped by the Exploration Bureau, but a message that made him overjoyed popped up on the interface.

[Detected Astral Disturbance phenomenon, calibrating coordinates… Discovered a new Astral Realm, currently detecting gravitational strength and confluence situation…]

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[Detection complete. Current State: [Available for Travel] ]

[Creating astral realm link port… Connecting to the astral time stream… Connection complete!]

[Astral Realm File Recorded —— Current number of recorded realms: 2]

[Current realms available for connection: {Unnamed} Number 002]

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