Suspicion
"Event: Breakthrough to the Foundation Establishment Realm Sixth Layer!"
"Use Intermediate Point Correction."
Two pairs of dice are rolled; one pair shows 91 and the other shows 74.
"Ding! Event Difficulty 100 points, Final Points 91 + 15 points, Event Success!"
It's done!
Luo Jun clenched his fists in excitement and immediately began to guide the excess energy in his body, compressing it step by step.
Finally, when all the vital energy was compressed to the critical point, it completed the final condensation in one go!
"Ding, Event Success. Basic Experience Points: 100, Severity Coefficient: 8x, Final Experience points: 800!"
Congratulations on leveling up!
"Please extract Attribute Points!"
Almost a month has passed since the last upgrade, and the Dice of Heavenly Secrets has finally reached level 49. As usual, Luo Jun did not rush to draw attributes this time, but planned to wait until he reached level 50 before drawing them all at once.
At level 50, you can upgrade your Intermediate Point Correction to advanced level, which will definitely greatly improve your attribute drawing ability. I can't wait to think about it!
The improvement of the Foundation Establishment Realm is superficially an increase in the Protective Qi Strength, but in essence, it is an increase in the concentration of the Qi.
This vital energy is not just the protective energy on the body's surface, but also the vital energy circulating within the body.
Or rather, the protective energy on the body's surface and the vital energy within the body are inherently one, just like a tree. What you can see is the canopy above ground, but what supports the canopy is an even larger root system underground!
Reaching the sixth level of the Foundation Establishment Realm means that the concentration of vital energy circulating within Luo Jun's body is sixty-four times that of the Body Refinement Realm. Even without activating his internal energy, the power circulating within him far exceeds the Body Refinement Realm Consolidation Realm. Roughly calculated, when Luo Jun reaches the Foundation Establishment Realm Ninth Layer, even without any additional abilities, relying solely on his internal energy and physical strength, he will be capable of destroying the heavens and the earth...
I wonder if, back then, if I had given it my all, I could have even come close to achieving Feather Transformation?
Recalling his encounter with Qi Beggar of the Nine Provinces in [Martial World], Luo Jun couldn't help but clench his fists.
Just as I was dreaming about the future, the phone suddenly rang.
Luo Jun glanced at the screen and saw it was Song Yi calling, so he answered the phone, "Hello? Teacher Song?"
"Luo Jun, how did your final exams go?"
"So-so..." Luo Jun said casually, "At least the exams are over, now I'm just waiting for the holiday."
"Even on vacation you can't relax... I heard you also signed up for the selection process for the Exchange Meeting?"
"Hmm..." Luo Jun chuckled, "My cultivation level has improved recently, so I want to prove myself."
"That's good. It'll be a good opportunity for you to get some experience. You've received the notification, right? The selection process officially starts the day after tomorrow. The plan is to finalize the candidates before the holiday, and then have them stay on campus for Training Camp during the break."
"Any inside information?" Luo Jun asked cheekily, "Like what the selection process entails?"
"Even if I had the information, I wouldn't tell you," Song Yi said with a smile. "However, I can reveal the schedule of the Exchange Meeting. This Exchange Meeting scheduled to be held at the Puhua Mountain Academy. The plan is to conduct a two-week exchange in the [Paranormal] world. The specific content has not yet been determined, but in short, it's Puhua Mountain Academy's home ground."
"[The Paranormal]..." The cultural courses at the Explorer Academy introduce the various known otherworldly realms in the world, especially the major worlds within China, which are described in more detail.
[Paranormal] has a higher safety rating than [Savage Wilderness] and [Martial World], making it the safest Safe Level with the lowest danger. This is because [Paranormal] is a modern world close to the Main World, with a well-established government and a stable society, which at first glance appears to be a very peaceful and harmonious world.
But in reality, danger lurks everywhere beneath the surface of this world's apparent stability.
As the name suggests, the [Paranormal] world is naturally filled with all sorts of ghosts and eeriness.
According to the research of the Yuan Cultivation Society, the Paranormal world has special rules. If a person has enough obsessions after death, they will transform into Yin Spirit and continue to exist in the world. Therefore, various Supernatural Incident are hidden beneath the seemingly peaceful world. Theoretically, as long as one avoids places with heavy Yin Qi or eerie legends, one can live well in this world.
However, if one recklessly provokes the strange and mysterious things hidden in that world, even a seasoned Cultivators might stumble and fall in this world.
The gate to the [Paranormal] world opens every week, and the overall rate of pollution in this world is not high. Cultivators can live in it for half a year without mutating. In addition, it has a relatively stable society, so overall it is relatively easy to manage.
"I'm terrified of ghosts..." Luo Jun joked, "Should we prepare some exorcism tools in advance?"
"Let's talk about it after you pass the selection," Song Yi said. "Let's not discuss this matter for now. Come to the dean's office first."
"To the office?" Luo Jun was slightly taken aback. "Did Dean Su want to see me about something?"
"I need to confirm some things with you..."
Luo Jun detected a hint of seriousness in Song Yi's tone and replied, "I'll be right there."
After leaving the dormitory, Luo Jun went straight to the Administration Building and entered the dean's office.
Su Manchen sat on the sofa, with Song Yi, who was wearing glasses, standing beside her.
"Dean, Teacher Song..." Luo Jun greeted them as he entered the room. The dean nodded and gestured for him to sit down.
Luo Jun sat down on the sofa to the side and noticed a stack of documents on the coffee table. "Take a look," the dean said, pointing to the documents. "Tell me your thoughts after you've read them."
"An idea?" Luo Jun picked up the document with some doubt, and after flipping through it a few times, his pupils involuntarily dilated.
This document is an application submitted by the Hundred Rivers Sect to Yuan Cultivation Society, requesting that they use Memory Reading on a person named Fang Ming in the Martial World.
What Hundred Rivers Sect wanted to read was a strange incident that happened in the Martial World about two months ago.
At that time, a small town more than a hundred miles east of Yunzhou City was robbed and slaughtered by a group of unknown foreign bandits. Later, the bandits were all killed by a mysterious person, and their bodies were burned and destroyed, thus saving the town.
Later, according to the Hundred Rivers Sect's investigation, the gang of robbers were likely from the Different World [Utopia], and the mysterious person was very likely the same person who appeared in [Utopia] at the same time!
Hundred Rivers Sect has already investigated the villagers, but the mysterious man was masked when he made his move, so the villagers couldn't describe his appearance. They could only judge from his build that he was a tall, strong young man.
The only person who has ever seen the mysterious man's true face is Fang Ming, as mentioned in this report.
According to the information, Fang Ming is the young master of the Hedong Fang Family in the Martial World world, and he has considerable influence in the Central Plains. He happened to be passing through this small town when he was rescued by a mysterious man while fighting with bandits. Later, he hired the mysterious man to escort him to the outskirts of Yunzhou City. There, young master Fang saw the mysterious man's true face. According to his description, the mysterious man had a rather ordinary appearance, with the only distinctive feature being a thin horizontal scar on the bridge of his nose...
Upon seeing this, Luo Jun naturally understood that the association was investigating his identity... no, it should be said that they were investigating Ye's identity!
Now, the only clue lies in Fang Ming's mind. Therefore, as the representative of the association [Martial World], Hundred Rivers Sect applied to the headquarters of the Main World to use special methods to extract Fang Ming Ming's memories.
As we all know, extracting memories carries significant risks, potentially causing irreversible brain damage to Fang Ming. However, Fang Ming is no ordinary person from Different World; the Hedong Fang Family wields considerable influence both in the imperial court and the martial arts world, making them a formidable Great Family throughout the entire Martial World world. To harm a direct descendant of such a Lineage certainly requires extreme caution.
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But none of that matters... What does the dean mean by showing me this document?
Needless to say, they've already started to suspect me.
There was a horizontal scar on the bridge of his nose, which matched his appearance... I never expected that Fang Ming would have dealings with the Yuan Cultivation Society and would sell me out so easily.
"Did you understand?" Seeing Luo Jun flipping through the documents without speaking, the dean urged him.
"Probably..." Luo Jun glanced at the dean, then at the documents. "Does the dean suspect I'm the mysterious person mentioned here?"
As he spoke, he touched the bridge of his nose. "Because of this scar?"
The dean frowned slightly, responding perfectly.
Her original expectation was that Luo Jun would pretend to be stupid, either asking with a puzzled look, "What does this have to do with me? Why are you showing me this?" or feigning surprise and saying something like, "This person has a scar on the bridge of his nose just like me..."
If Luo Jun really reacted this way, then Su Manchen could be 100% certain that the mysterious person mentioned in the report was very likely Luo Jun!
However, Luo Jun did not do that; his reaction was the most reasonable under the current circumstances!
A student was handed over to the dean's office and inexplicably found himself looking at a bunch of documents unrelated to him. Anyone with a modicum of common sense would try to find the reason in the documents, and the horizontal scar on his nose was the only element that connected him to the mysterious person. If Luo Jun acted as if he hadn't guessed he was being suspected, then he was definitely faking it!
"What do you think?" Su Manchen looked into Luo Jun's eyes.
"What else can I say?" Luo Jun sighed. "I wish I had that ability... Although the report didn't specify a date, it was about two months ago... At that time, I should still be fighting against the rampant vital energy within me... Teacher Tie and my classmates can all testify to that."
"Indeed." Su Manchen nodded. "I've already confirmed with Tie Jingang; your schedule does indeed not match."
"Speaking of which, do we really have to dig out this Young Master's brain?" Luo Jun asked. "He's a big shot in the Martial World, isn't he? Isn't there any other way?"
"Other methods?" Su Manchen shook her head and said, "If there were any other methods, we wouldn't resort to this. The characteristics of the [Martial World] world make even the Dust of Replication ineffective, let alone other investigative methods."
"I know this..." When Hou Song was implicated in the death of the Great Shaman, everyone brainstormed ideas to clear Hou Song's name. One student suggested the Dust of Replication, but it was quickly rejected by Tie Jingang.
As mentioned before, different worlds have different rules. Many technologies that work fine in other worlds may not function properly in a particular world, and may even lead to unexpected consequences.
For example, in the world of [Martial World], besides the "inheritance" mentioned earlier, there is another core element: the prohibition of magic.
Simply put, all forms of internal energy, except for those from Martial Combat Faction, will be weakened to some extent in the Martial World.
This characteristic is very obvious among the native inhabitants of the Martial World world. The end result is that 99 out of 100 people who cultivate vital energy are Martial Combat Faction, and other schools are almost nowhere to be seen.
However, this weakening effect is not strong for outsiders. The abilities of explorers from the Main World, as well as the Noble Phantasms they bring, are not greatly affected, and generally do not require special attention.
However, occasionally, some particularly sophisticated abilities and fantasy-type Noble Phantasms can still experience significant errors in their functionality due to minor influences, or even become unusable.
The Dust of Replication is one of them.
As mentioned before, the working principle of the Dust of Replication is to use the information left at the scene to reconstruct the past. In order to accurately reconstruct it, not only are there high requirements for the accuracy and completeness of the information, but also very precise calculations are needed when reversing the reconstruction... It can be said that although this Noble Phantasm is not of high grade, its technical content is not low.
However, due to the magic-suppressing properties of the Martial World, the Dust of Replication was significantly affected.
While it's not completely unusable, it's like a scratched CD; the playback is either full of pixelation, stuttering, or even distorted and messed up, making it difficult to read any useful information.
Therefore, it is generally agreed that the Dust of Replication cannot be used in the Martial World. Luo Jun knew this, which is why he dared not conceal anything too much when escorting Fang Ming.
But unexpectedly, without the Dust of Replication, the Yuan Cultivation Society actually came up with the idea of Memory Reading...
"Besides the Dust of Replication, what other methods do you think there are?" Su Manchen asked.
"Even if we're going to extract memories, we don't necessarily have to extract them from Fang Ming, do we?" Luo Jun said, holding the report. "Fang Ming Fang Ming's statement mentions that the mysterious person escorted him with a donkey... Donkeys have memories too, so why not extract the donkey's brain?"
Hearing Luo Jun's words, Su Manchen and Song Yi exchanged a glance, then shook their heads with a smile, saying, "Your mind works pretty fast. Hou Song also suggested this method, but Fang Ming sold the donkey after arriving in Yunzhou City. By the time Hou Song and the others remembered this method and went to find the donkey, it had already been trapped in a fire pit..."
"I see..." Luo Jun looked regretful, and at the same time, a notification sound came to his mind.
"Event 'Proposed an infeasible solution' successfully completed, Basic Experience Points 48, Severity Coefficient five times, gained 240 Experience Points points!"
(End of this chapter)