Chapter 50: The Endless Starry Sky
Chapter 50: The Endless Starry Sky
"My strength... doesn't seem to have been affected."
Lin Yuan closed his eyes to sense his powers, nodding slightly.
Although he had long grown accustomed to his abilities in the Dragon and Tiger World, the Main World was still a different realm, and there were subtle differences between the two.
"The Tao of Tai Chi."
With a slight stir of his mind, Lin Yuan lifted his feet off the ground and hovered in the air.
In the Dragon and Tiger World, one could fly through the skies upon reaching the Heavenly Master tier.
However, in the Main World, due to the varying focuses of numerous evolutionary paths, the stage at which one could fly differed.
For most evolutionary paths, one could fly at the third stage.
For a few unique paths, flying was possible as early as the second stage.
Of course, there were also some paths where one wouldn't gain aerial abilities until the fourth stage.
Lin Yuan climbed to the top of the residential building and, with a single step, launched his body into the air, ready to soar.
But suddenly, he paused, as if remembering something.
"This isn't the Dragon and Tiger World."
In the Dragon and Tiger World, Lin Yuan could fly as he pleased.
But here, in the Main World, on Canglan Star, a highly technologically advanced planet, how could he ignore the existence of planetary defense systems? With Lin Yuan's speed and life force, if he dared to appear in the high skies, he would undoubtedly be detected by the planet's defense mechanisms.
If he was lucky, he would only be surrounded and blocked. But if he was mistaken for an alien invader, he could be fired upon with electromagnetic cannons, laser rays, and other energy weapons, which would spell disaster even for someone like Lin Yuan.
"Respected Level 3 Citizen, Mr. Lin Yuan, if you wish to fly, rest assured that you need not worry. The entire eastern continent's airspace is yours to roam."
A solemn and chilly voice echoed through the air.
It was the Wisdom Goddess.
Lin Yuan was currently on top of the residential building, an area that did not fall under the privacy agreement of the Human Alliance, thus giving the Wisdom Goddess the right to observe.
After perceiving Lin Yuan's actions, she had deduced his intention and was now offering a thoughtful reminder.
"Is that so?"
Lin Yuan's heart settled at her words.
As long as the Wisdom Goddess didn't see any issues, he had nothing to worry about.
Even with Canglan Star's top-secret planetary defense system, the Wisdom Goddess could take control whenever she wanted.
Whoosh! Lin Yuan soared into the sky.
What Lin Yuan didn't know was that as soon as he took to the skies, the invisible wave that enveloped Canglan Star seemed to tear open a small gap, centered on Lin Yuan, rendering all sensing equipment and monitoring methods ineffective within a few hundred miles.
"Beep—"
In the Canglan Star Security Center, a staff member stared at the massive monitoring screen in front of him, his face filled with astonishment.
"What is it?" his colleague asked casually.
"Nothing," replied the staff member. "The Goddess just took away some data."
"That's not unusual," his colleague scoffed.
The Wisdom Goddess oversaw the entire Human Alliance's civil affairs and logistics and often took control of Canglan Star's security systems.
Taking away some data was nothing out of the ordinary.
High in the skies of Canglan Star, Lin Yuan lay on his back atop the clouds, gazing out into the depths of space.
"A little further out, and I should be out of Canglan Star's reach," he mused.
Without the protection of Canglan Star, one would have to contend with various cosmic rays and the lack of oxygen and other essential elements. Below the sixth stage, an evolver simply couldn't survive for long in the true depths of space.
"So, this is the starry sky," Lin Yuan whispered.
He had never before observed the universe so closely and personally. For a moment, he felt entranced.
[Your comprehension defies the heavens. By observing the universe, you gain profound insights.]
The same message appeared again and again, repeating continuously for over half an hour.
Finally, Lin Yuan emerged from his trance-like state.
"Alas, the universe is too vast for me at the moment. Trying to force an insight won't bear any fruit in a short time."
Lin Yuan sighed.
For example, in the Dragon and Tiger World, it had taken him nearly a decade to fully comprehend the Tao of Yin and Yang. As for the boundless universe, if he wanted to truly understand it, he estimated it would take hundreds, thousands, or even tens of thousands of years or more.
Of course, this was also because his current realm was too low.
If he were at the sixth, seventh, or even eighth stage and observed the universe, his rate of insight would undoubtedly be much faster than it was now.
The essence of his heaven-defying comprehension depended on the height of his current standing.
In simpler terms, the stronger Lin Yuan became, the more he would comprehend.
"It's still more convenient to directly purchase evolutionary paths for insight."
Lin Yuan's thoughts turned inward.
Evolutionary paths, including the martial arts evolutionary path he had founded, were all in-depth analyses of certain ways and powers.
Compared to gaining insight from the heavens and the earth, comprehending evolutionary paths was akin to taking a shortcut.
For example, students could learn the content of their textbooks without actually needing the textbook itself. They could potentially derive those complex formulas on their own through real-world observations.
However, doing so would be extremely inefficient.
It was far simpler to just learn directly from the textbook.
Moving on.
Lin Yuan continued to gaze at the cosmos for a while longer before returning to the Shuiyue Residential District.
He connected his consciousness to the virtual world and appeared in his personal space.
The virtual world was divided into two parts: personal spaces and public areas.
The public areas were further categorized into zones such as the Central Plaza, Living Area, Trading District, and Arena.
"So many private messages?"
Lin Yuan glanced at his inbox and noticed over ten thousand unread messages.
"They're all about the Martial Arts Evolutionary Path."
He browsed through the first few messages and quickly understood the situation.
Two days ago, he had uploaded the 'Astronomical Phenomena' and 'Yin-Yang' chapters, causing a surge in the potential of the Martial Arts Evolutionary Path. As a result, his ranking on the Canglan Evolution Leaderboard skyrocketed into the top eight.
This sudden rise caught the attention of the major powers on Canglan Star, leading to numerous attempts to contact him, the founder of the Martial Arts Evolutionary Path.
Since Lin Yuan had hidden his citizen identification number, he could only be reached by his chosen name, 'Yuan'.
Those who wanted to reach out to him had no choice but to send private messages.
"This is pointless."
Lin Yuan spent half an hour browsing through the ten thousand messages.
They could be categorized into four main types:
1. Those who wanted to get to know Lin Yuan.
2. Attempts to recruit Lin Yuan to their factions.
3. Offers to pledge allegiance to Lin Yuan.
4. Inquiries about the Martial Arts Evolutionary Path.
Lin Yuan mostly ignored the first three types of messages.
Only the fourth type piqued his interest—these were sent by individuals who were either considering embarking on the Martial Arts Evolutionary Path or had already started on it.
They wanted guidance from the founder of the path and were willing to pay handsomely for his tutelage.
One message even offered one million civilization credits for three hours of Lin Yuan's time.
Three hours for one million?
Lin Yuan was indeed tempted.
The gift he received from the Cosmic Human Alliance for becoming a Level 3 Citizen was of a similar value.
Moreover, he didn't necessarily have to provide one-on-one guidance; he could conduct classes for dozens of students at once or even release 'paid videos' about the Martial Arts Evolutionary Path. No matter how low the price was, those who had chosen this path would surely buy them, given that they were from the founder himself.
"Wisdom Goddess."
Lin Yuan connected to the Wisdom Goddess.
"How many citizens are currently cultivating the Martial Arts Evolutionary Path?" he asked directly.
He had uploaded the path more than half a year ago, and with the promotion on the Canglan Evolution Leaderboard, he estimated that many citizens must have noticed it by now.
After all, most evolutionary paths had various restrictive conditions, such as financial requirements.
However, the Martial Arts Evolutionary Path did not heavily depend on financial resources.
Of course, the term 'heavily' here was relative to the current living standards of citizens.
At the very least, one's diet couldn't be too plain; cultivating martial arts required qi and blood support, so meat was necessary at every meal.
But for human citizens, this requirement posed no difficulty at all.
In the interstellar age, even if one chose to do nothing and lie flat, they could still receive a living allowance from the government every month.
As long as one didn't have high expectations for their quality of life, there wouldn't be any problems.
"Currently, the number of citizens who have completed the 'Innate' chapter of the Martial Arts Evolutionary Path is 1,232, while there are zero citizens who have completed the 'Grandmaster' chapter," the Wisdom Goddess replied.
"It's only been that long?" Lin Yuan was surprised.
The 'Innate' chapter of the Martial Arts Evolutionary Path corresponded to the Innate Realm of martial arts cultivators.
In the world of martial arts, Innate Realm cultivators could dominate a region. Take the Great Chan Temple, for example; despite its thousand-year heritage and thousands of monks, only slightly over fifty had reached the Innate Realm.
However, Lin Yuan soon felt that this number was reasonable.
After all, this was Canglan Star, a world of extremely advanced technology. While the Martial Arts Evolutionary Path didn't require much financial investment, with sufficient resources, one could speed up their progress through the 'Grandmaster' and 'Great Grandmaster' chapters by relying on external objects.
In the world of martial arts, one of the methods to quickly reach the Innate Realm was to consume heavenly spiritual fruits.
And these so-called heavenly spiritual fruits were most likely just some kind of spiritual objects in the Main World, accessible to citizens with a certain level of status.
(End of Chapter)
Chapter end
Report
