Azure Profound Martial Arts Guild

"I also need a real identity, something discreet, like setting myself up as an ordinary civilian."

Zhou Chen tapped rhythmically on the armrest of the sofa, his gaze fixed on Yun Xin Yue, and said in a calm tone.

Since Azure Star has advanced to the technological age, it must have a sophisticated identity verification System. As a Dimensional Traveler from another world, obtaining an identity would allow him to avoid many unnecessary and trivial troubles.

Upon hearing this, Yun Xin Yue was taken aback for a moment, then immediately agreed, "No problem, it just... might take a little time."

Even though the Thunder Sword Sect has declined, with her Great Martial Master level strength, there are still plenty of people in the City Defense Department's Identity Information Management Bureau who will give her face.

Hearing Yun Xin Yue readily agree, Zhou Chen nodded slightly. Just then, Shang Buyu suddenly said, "Your Excellency, the Great Xuan Kingdom is very strict about the management of commoners' identities, but quite lenient about martial artists. If you want to keep a low profile, it would be better to set your identity as a martial artist, because the Kingdom Government Office wouldn't dare to access a martial artist's file at will!"

Why?

Zhou Chen raised an eyebrow, looked at Shang Buyu, and asked with some doubt, "Logically speaking, martial artists wield great power, shouldn't they be subject to stricter management?"

"On the contrary, martial artists in the Great Xuan Kingdom are not subject to much restraint and have many privileges."

Shang Buyu curled his lip and said, "Strict control over martial artists would certainly benefit the kingdom. However, that would disrupt the balance between the kingdom, the Martial Dao Guild, and the sects and families, provoking a collective backlash from the martial artists!"

"Oh, really?"

Zhou Chen raised an eyebrow and said, "So it seems the martial arts power of the Great Xuan Kingdom... is quite strong?"

Since the Great Xuan Kingdom dares not control its martial artists too much, and even fears their backlash, it shows that the power of martial artists, especially the power of those martial arts forces, is already quite enormous.

"Yes."

Shang Buyu said with a solemn expression, "Many regions of the kingdom are under the control of various martial arts forces. The kingdom's government offices and City Defense Department are less influential in those regions than a single sect. Especially in the southwestern Azure Profound Province, Vault Profound Province, Mist Profound Province, the local sects and families have the intention to carve out their own territories and declare themselves kings!"

"It seems the Great Xuan Kingdom is in dire straits!"

Zhou Chen frowned, then turned to look at Yun Xin Yue and said, "Then let's get you a martial artist's identity."

"Then please wait patiently for good news."

Yun Xin Yue immediately raised her right hand, her red lips pointing at the futuristic-looking electronic wristwatch on her fair wrist, and said, "Sister Yan, come here for a moment."

"Good."

The female voice coming from the wristwatch was pleasant and melodious. Just by hearing that voice, Zhou Chen felt that this Sister Yan was probably quite beautiful.

Soon, the door to the room opened, and a woman with a graceful figure, beautiful face, and elegant demeanor walked in.

The woman appeared to be in the prime of her life, with fair and jade-like skin. She wore a long blue fringed dress, and her long hair was styled in Golden Hairpin Buyao from it. She was truly a beautiful woman.

The key point is that this woman's cultivation level is also quite high, equivalent to a Soul Saint level expert in the Douluo Plane.

Upon seeing the woman enter, Yun Xin Yue immediately stood up, took the woman's hand, and introduced her, "Your Excellency, this is Yun Xiaoyan, the head housekeeper of our Yun Family."

After a pause, Yun Xin Yue said to Yun Xiaoyan, "Sister Yan, this is the esteemed Zhou Chen."

"Greetings, Your Excellency."

Yun Xiaoyan bowed respectfully, her head lowered, a hint of surprise flashing in her eyes.

As soon as she entered the room, she saw the boy sitting on the sofa.

After all, a handsome young man dressed in ancient costume and wearing a golden crown was very attractive to her.

But Yun Xin Yue's address of "Your Excellency" immediately made her realize that the young man in front of her was of a very high status!

You should know that even if the Thunder Sword Sect has declined, Yun Xin Yue is still a Great Martial Master level expert. There are very few people in the entire Azure Xuan Province who can be addressed as "Your Excellency" by her!

This handsome young man is either the heir of a super sect or a top noble family in the kingdom, or... a super strong person at least at the Martial Grandmaster level!

Only Martial Dao Grandmaster have the slightest right to be addressed as "Your Excellency"!

But... are there Martial Dao Grandmaster who are this young?

"Lift your head up."

Zhou Chen reached out his finger and hooked Yun Xiaoyan's fair and delicate chin, making her raise her head.

Suddenly, a beautiful face appeared before Zhou Chen.

With eyes like autumn water, eyebrows like willow leaves, and lips like painted rouge, Zhou Chen felt that Yun Xiaoyan's appearance was far superior to that of Yun Xin Yue and Shang Buyu.

Are there that many beautiful girls on Azure Star?

Almost all the women I met today were beautiful; there were practically none who were ugly.

"Your Excellency, this..."

Yun Xin Yue stared in disbelief at the scene and couldn't help but exclaim in surprise.

This gentleman is so handsome, and looks like a refined gentleman, so why is his behavior so... so inappropriate? He actually used his finger to lift Sister Yan's chin in front of them.

This is flirting!

Shang Buyu, who was standing to the side, was also stunned. She had originally thought that this time traveler from ancient times was a virtuous gentleman.

Yun Xiaoyan herself was completely stunned, her mind blank, and she just stared blankly at the handsome young man in front of her, their eyes meeting.

Just then, the door to the room suddenly opened, and Yun Xiaozhu skipped in, carrying a thick stack of books. Her voice was cheerful as she said, "Your Excellency, the history, humanities, and science books you requested... uh?!"

The scene before her eyes made the innocent Yun Xiaozhu's big, Mengmeng eyes widen, and her little mouth form an "O" shape as she exclaimed, "Your Excellency, Sister Yan, you..."

Yun Xiaoyan retreated as fast as lightning, a blush rising to her cheeks, her eyes darting around as she said, "Xiaozhu, let your sister explain..."

"No explanation needed, I understand!"

Yun Xiaozhu waved her hand, looking like she understood.

Yun Xiaozhu's pretentious, know-it-all act almost made Yun Xiaoyan choke.

"Alright, bring the book here."

The shameless Zhou Chen calmly stretched out his hand, made a feint, and the books floated up from Yun Xiaozhu's arms and fell into his hand.

Then, with a flash of light, Zhou Chen's hand collected all the books into the Space Soul Tool Ring he wore on his finger.

"Space equipment?"

Upon seeing this, Yun Xin Yue and the others exclaimed in surprise.

It's important to know that on Azure Star, to create a subspace on the basis of the prime material plane and make spatial devices such as spatial rings and spatial necklaces, one's cultivation level must be at least at the Martial Venerable level!

A Martial Venerable can invoke the power of different planes, break through space, and shatter the void!

Yun Xin Yue and Shang Buyu exchanged a glance, their eyes filled with surprise and delight.

This Venerable Zhou Chen is indeed a Martial Venerable expert!

Otherwise, how could there be such an expensive and rare item as a spatial ring, which could be exchanged for the control of a county city?

It should be noted that even the Righteous Qi Sect in Cangxuan only possesses one Space Brocade Pouch, which has always been managed by its sect leader, Wen Fengxiang.

This Space Brocade Pouch was left behind by the Righteous Qi Venerable when he was alive.

As for the Thunder Sword Sect, it also possesses a Space Token, which was passed down from the Thunder Venerable.

This spatial device was tucked away in Yun Xin Yue's arms.

The reason why Li Su, the vice president of the Azure Xuan Martial Dao Branch, and others wanted to deal with the Thunder Sword Sect was not only because of the Golden Cloud Thunderous Movement Art, but also because of the priceless Space Token!

Yun Xiaoyan felt a deep sense of awe.

Although she didn't know the prophecy Shang Buyu had foretold, nor did she know that the young man before her might be a Martial Venerable expert, she understood the significance of a spatial ring.

This young man has at least one powerful Martial Venerable standing behind him! He is very likely a descendant of a Martial Venerable!

As the ancients said, "When one person attains enlightenment, even his chickens and dogs ascend to heaven."

The descendants of a living Martial Venerable are considered to be of extremely high status.

Even the arrogant committee members of the Azure Xuan Martial Dao Branch, and even the presidents and vice presidents at the Martial Grandmaster level, would not dare to be presumptuous in front of the offspring of a Martial Venerable!

Perhaps she should try to win over this boy who seems to have a thing for pretty girls.

If they could win the young man's favor, perhaps the Thunder Sword Sect could rely on his background and power to thwart the covetousness of those Martial Dao Guild committee members.

As for Yun Xiaozhu, she was young and rather naive. She didn't like learning and didn't understand how precious a spatial ring was or how powerful a martial arts force it represented. She only thought that the person in front of her was so handsome, able to casually make a bunch of books disappear.

At this moment, Yun Xin Yue also came to her senses and quickly said, "Sister Yan, I asked you to come here because there is an important task that I need you to complete."

Yun Xiaoyan immediately straightened her expression.

"It is like this, Venerable Zhou Chen needs to register a martial artist's identity information in our Great Xuan Kingdom."

Yun Xin Yue said succinctly.

"OK."

Yun Xiaoyan didn't ask why, and simply agreed. Then she turned around, opened the door, and left the room.

As a qualified head housekeeper, she would only follow Yun Xin Yue's instructions without asking why.

After all, nobody likes a talkative servant.

Yes, servant.

Although Yun Xin Yue always treated her as a sister, Yun Xiaoyan, who knew her place, still considered herself a servant.

As a servant, you shouldn't ask what you shouldn't ask, and you shouldn't listen to what you shouldn't listen to. Just be a good puppet.

After Yun Xiaoyan left, Zhou Chen withdrew his gaze and looked at Yun Xin Yue, saying calmly, "It's getting late. I intend to look at those books. Do you have a study here, young lady?"

"Of course there's a study!"

Yun Xin Yue was overjoyed. It seemed that this esteemed guest was currently planning to stay at the Thunder Sword Sect.

Yun Xiaozhu, who was standing to the side, seemed to have suddenly realized something, pointed in a direction, and respectfully said, "Your Excellency, this way."

Then, Yun Xiaozhu led the way, and Yun Xin Yue and Shang Buyu also got up and followed. The group soon arrived at the study.

Yun Xin Yue's study is very large and looks antique, with rows of solid wood bookshelves carved with dragons and phoenixes.

Next to these bookshelves is a desk with an electric lamp, a tube of carbon pens, and writing implements passed down from the Profound Xia Ancient Dynasty.

Moreover, next to the desk, there is a futuristic-looking computer desk with a smart touchscreen computer on it.

"Your Excellency, this is a computer, this is a light bulb..."

Yun Xin Yue explained the effects of these technological creations to Zhou Chen one by one, and taught him how to operate them step by step.

Since Zhou Chen is currently playing an ancient person who is unfamiliar with modern technology, he pretends to be very curious and earnestly follows Yun Xin Yue to learn how to use a computer and turn on the lights.

Soon, Yun Xin Yue sighed inwardly, thinking how incredibly intelligent this person was, able to learn so many things so quickly.

The computational abilities of a Martial Venerable are simply too powerful!

Once Yun Xin Yue felt that this esteemed guest had mastered the operation of all these modern technological appliances, she, along with Shang Buyu and Yun Xiaozhu, tactfully withdrew from the study.

"Let's take a look at the history of Azure Star first."

A flash of light appeared in Zhou Chen's palm, and the books that Yun Xiaozhu had just brought fell onto the desk with a dull thud.

Zhou Chen sat on a comfortable recliner, picked up a book on world history, and began to read it.

The history of Azure Star is much longer than that of Earth, and can be divided into the mythological period, the ancient period, the prehistoric period, the feudal period, and the modern period.

The key to distinguishing these periods is vitality.

Vital energy is a mysterious energy used to cultivate martial arts, which exists within the atmosphere of the Azure Star.

The concentration of vital energy on Azure Star changes constantly over time.

During the mythical era of Azure Star, the planet had a remarkably high concentration of primordial energy.

According to historical records, the concentration of primordial energy during the mythological period was so high that plants, animals, and even humans at that time were all quite large and very powerful!

Back then, the individual strength of ordinary humans was roughly equivalent to that of a martial arts master today.

Because of the high concentration of primordial energy, humans in the mythical era could break through to the levels of Great Martial Master and Martial Grandmaster as easily as drinking water, provided they cultivated even a little and their talent wasn't too bad.

Back then, martial arts masters were as common as dogs, and Martial Grandmaster were everywhere. Cultivators of these levels had virtually no status.

Only those who reach the Martial Venerable level can be considered minor experts.

Only those whose strength reaches the level of Martial Saint can be considered renowned experts.

Above the Martial Saint, there are even higher cultivation realms: the God Realm and the Emperor Realm!

Emperor, in fact, in the mythological period, meant the king of gods.

On Azure Star today, Great Martial Master are already powerful figures, capable of supporting a martial arts sect.

Martial Grandmaster master is a powerful figure who commands respect in his region. Even the king of the Great Xuan Kingdom would not dare to underestimate a Martial Dao Grandmaster.

Martial Venerable experts are capable of intimidating an entire nation. They are mostly patriarchs of super martial arts forces, serving as the trump card of a major sect or family, with a status comparable to a nuclear bomb!

As for the Martial Saint, he is an unparalleled powerhouse who can intimidate the entire Azure Star. A single word from him can bring prosperity to a nation, and a single punch can destroy a region!

As for the God Realm above the Martial Saint?

It seems that there are no such powerful beings left on Azure Star now.

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