Fermentation

"We've got a traitor in our group!"

The deputy moderator spoke righteously: "The moderator risked his own life to break the shackles imposed by older-generation martial artists on young people like us who yearn for the martial path. He uploaded fist techniques, breathing techniques, swordsmanship, and Mecha Art, only for someone to secretly snitch and land the moderator in the hospital again. Such behavior deserves the contempt of every one of us. Don't let me find you, or you'll learn what the fury of East Must Win is!"

Baili Qingfeng looked at the deputy moderator's message. The deputy moderator's nickname was East Must Win.

Anyone could tell from the name alone that he was definitely a top-notch expert.

Baili Qingfeng looked around, then opened the fist techniques and breathing techniques that moderator Proud Heaven Sword God had uploaded most recently.

After a while, Baili Qingfeng had to admit one thing...

These fist techniques and breathing techniques seemed quite legitimate. Even if they fell short of the Rushing Thunder Thirty-Six Forms, Thunder Breath, and Thunder Sovereign Visualization Method, they probably weren't far behind. Some of the fist techniques, Body Refining Methods, and breathing techniques seemed...

More ingenious than the Rushing Thunder Thirty-Six Forms and Thunder Breath?

"The strength of a Body Refining Technique or breathing technique doesn't lie in the method itself, but in the person cultivating it... As long as the practitioner is good enough, what method can't be mastered?"

After looking for a while, Baili Qingfeng's gaze returned to the chat window.

By then, the topic in the chat group had already gone completely off track. Everyone was discussing visiting the moderator and bringing gifts. Some said they would bring oranges, some said they would bring girls, and some said they would offer themselves in marriage...

It had to be said that Bai Yuxiao's efforts had indeed earned him some returns.

At that moment, someone in the group suddenly said, "Martial arts training is too tough. I've trained for three years and I'm still just a nobody. I haven't even cultivated qi. Is there any top-tier martial art that's fast to learn, powerful, and easy to practice? I don't need anything too amazing. As long as it lets me beat seven or eight War-level experts after I master it, that'll do."

The moment he finished speaking, a huge wave of messages popped up.

"I want one too. I'd love to have a method like that."

"I've trained for three years without even producing any strength. Who am I supposed to complain to? I can't hold my head up at home anymore. Even my female cousin laughs at me, saying I'm worse than a woman. If there's a method like that, give me a whole batch. I'll show them what it means to be a man!"

"Moderator, deputy moderator, could you recommend a method like that? I'm willing to buy it. Money isn't an issue."

The crowd immediately began clamoring.

At that moment, deputy moderator East Must Win seemed somewhat angry. "We're young martial artists who gathered together for the sake of our dreams. Dreams, understand!? Talking about money is an insult to me!"

With that, a huge red packet was sent out.

Baili Qingfeng's fingers were quick. After tapping it a few times, he received 186.66 yuan.

"Now that's generous," Baili Qingfeng said sincerely.

Nearly two hundred yuan was equivalent to almost a month's wages for a freshly graduated student.

"Party of the one-cent people, I despise you."

"Three cents? That scared my watermelon right out of my hands!"

"An operation fierce as a tiger, but the amount is only twenty-five cents."

"..."

Baili Qingfeng.

"Everyone, calm down, calm down. In fact, the moderator already found us a method that's easy to practice, fast to master, and powerful. We just never looked carefully enough."

At that moment, another deputy moderator with the title Gentleman Sword appeared and directly posted a method. "Everyone, take a look."

"Heavenly Demon Disintegration Art? The name sounds imposing. Downloading it first."

Someone immediately began egging them on.

Baili Qingfeng opened the document.

The Heavenly Demon Disintegration Art was an explosive secret technique that completely met the standards of being fast to learn and powerful.

As for being easy to practice, that was debatable.

The human body possessed protective mechanisms. Excessive pain could cause unconsciousness, broken bones made it impossible to exert strength, strained muscles weakened one's power, and fear made the entire body stiffen, reducing the threat one posed. The most obvious example was that when an ordinary person punched a wall, they could never use all their strength. When their fist collided with the wall, their subconscious would retract their strength to prevent them from being harmed.

The Heavenly Demon Disintegration Art was precisely about breaking through these protective mechanisms of the human body.

"It's fast to learn and powerful. As long as one's mental will is strong enough, it's easy to master... Even people with insufficient mental will—simple-minded people who only know how to charge straight ahead—can master it easily. The only drawback is that once the body's self-protective mechanisms are gone, one will definitely be left covered in injuries, perhaps even crippled, after a fight..."

But...

Was that really a problem for him, Baili Qingfeng?

"Good method. I'm learning it."

As Baili Qingfeng memorized the Heavenly Demon Disintegration Art, he sent a message: "Moderator, you're awesome. Are there any similar methods that can greatly increase one's strength after suffering just a little injury?"

"I recommend that Baili Hengjiang up there practice the Eight Desolations Six Harmonies Supreme Sword. Practicing it can make you big or small."

"Seven Kill Fist is the true path."

"Avici Path Three Blades."

"We martial artists fear neither danger nor hardship! Since we've embarked on the martial path, we must have the resolve to give everything and charge forward without hesitation! I strongly recommend Evil Repelling Swordplay!"

"Evil Repelling Swordplay?"

Baili Qingfeng immediately searched for it.

Soon, he asked again, "The forum doesn't have Evil Repelling Swordplay?"

Gentleman Sword sent a coughing emoticon. "Martial arts training is dangerous. Cultivation must be approached with caution."

Baili Qingfeng searched again. Not only was there no Evil Repelling Swordplay, none of the other major methods were there either. The moderator probably hadn't uploaded them yet, leaving him somewhat disappointed.

"I wonder when the moderator will be discharged."

Baili Qingfeng sighed.

It was almost time for class. He stopped searching and returned to the dormitory.

Inside, Batu, Gule, Momier, and the others had already woken up. They seemed to remember more or less what had happened the previous night, and they looked somewhat awkward when they saw Baili Qingfeng.

However, Gule and Batu said nothing more. They soon went to class, and their relationship with one another had clearly grown more distant.

"I need to move out."

Baili Qingfeng said this because practicing martial arts at school was inconvenient. Moreover, he planned to try using electricity to cultivate the Rushing Thunder Thirty-Six Forms, Thunder Breath, and even the Thunder Sovereign. The dormitory's voltage, which tripped the circuit breaker at the slightest disagreement, clearly wouldn't do.

Three days passed in the blink of an eye.

Because Russell and his group often went out to seek pleasure and stayed away from the dormitory for long periods, no one noticed that they had gone missing until the third day. Naturally, people from the Guard Division came searching, and they even interrogated Shen Ge and the others, who had conflicts with the group.

As for the disappearance of those wicked men, the students at Xia'er University naturally applauded. Some even cursed them, wishing they would fall into a river and drown.

However, the matter truly fermented and grew serious a week later.

After failing to find Russell and the others, several dozen people from the Aurora Empire barged directly into Xia'er University in search of their whereabouts. In full view of everyone, they took away Shen Ge, who had previously clashed with Russell, along with more than a dozen other students. No one knew where they had taken them.

The Aurora Empire's people had brazenly come to Xia'er University in broad daylight to seize people. This quickly ignited the already tense relationship between the two countries, and with the Sea World Association secretly fanning the flames, the fire began to sweep across the entire city.