This High-Martial World is Too Insane
Chapter 23

Six Desires Demon-Splitting Chapter

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Feeling the sunlight shining on his body and the tingling sensation of newfound strength spreading through him, Fang Can took a deep breath.

Since the cultivation method was still in its infancy, its absorption efficiency was low. It couldn't defy the law of conservation of energy, or even achieve 100% utilization.

The solar energy he gained each day could barely match the energy he got from food. The strength he gained was negligible.

But the cultivation method could still be upgraded. In the future, he could gradually raise its energy limit.

Besides, Fang Can wasn't an idiot. He had the ability to take matters into his own hands. How could he rely solely on solar energy to improve his physique?

Whether it was martial arts or stuffing a nuclear reactor into his stomach and directly radiating the energy into the East China Sea, either would far outperform passively absorbing sunlight in terms of the amount of energy gained.

Feeling his body, transformed by the new cultivation method, Fang Can turned to Jiang Ning'an and said earnestly, "Thank you."

"Huh? Thank me?" Jiang Ning'an said, flattered. "For what?"

"Of course I'm thanking you for guiding me. Otherwise, I might have kept following the rules in martial arts for a long time," Fang Can said.

"There's no need to thank me. Just stop going crazy," Jiang Ning'an said, waving her hands repeatedly.

"That's true. You weren't the main reason," Fang Can said with a nod. "It was my own extraordinary luck that drew you here. So what I should really be thanking is myself."

With that, Fang Can ignored Jiang Ning'an's bewildered expression and looked out the window.

After a night of visualization, daylight had already filled the outside world. There wasn't much time left before school.

"For the time being, just stay inside. As long as you don't go out, in theory they won't find you," Fang Can said, though he wasn't sure.

There were all kinds of superpowers. Someone might have an ability that could track people down. It all depended on whether the authorities considered her important enough.

"And..." Fang Can's eyes darkened. "Since she made it here, that means crossing between worlds isn't unique. There'll definitely be a second person, then a third."

He took out enough food to last her a day, went over a few things she needed to keep in mind, then picked up his backpack and headed straight for the subway to go to school.

As she watched the door slam shut, Jiang Ning'an felt uneasy.

She wasn't just worried that the mentally ill man might have an episode in the street. She was also worried he might report her while he was out.

After thinking it over for a long time, she decided to take the chance. She set aside her worries, sat cross-legged on the floor, and practiced her art to recover from the injuries she'd sustained in the fight the day before.

On the subway, Fang Can found a seat with the best sunlight, closed his eyes, and let the sun completely cover his face.

After a long, exhausting night, he finally had some time to himself. He decided to take a short nap.

The morning sun shone on his softly defined features. Since its heat and radiation were absorbed, Fang Can didn't feel hot. Instead, he felt incredibly cool.

And since the ultraviolet rays were swallowed up too, his skin would only grow fairer the longer he basked in the sun.

His already nearly flawless face was now bathed in sunlight. He looked almost like the son of the sun.

The passengers around him couldn't help staring at his face. They studied it like an oil painting, their minds involuntarily wandering.

But it didn't last long. Just a few minutes later, Fang Can reached his stop.

As he slowly opened his eyes, he saw the men and women around him staring blankly at his face.

He didn't make a fuss. Seeing their gazes dart away in embarrassment after being caught by the person they'd been staring at, Fang Can picked up his backpack and left the subway.

Fang Can wasn't the kind of handsome man who didn't know he was handsome.

The various unseen benefits and troubles his looks had brought him growing up had made him well aware of his appeal. He'd received enough love letters to fill a truck.

He was handsome enough to be the male lead in certain female-dominated worlds. He could start a livestream and have countless older women shower him with gifts, each fighting to be his top supporter.

Unfortunately, with the way things worked in this world, being good-looking wasn't always a positive.

On the contrary, he was more likely to be locked in a basement and subjected to every kind of humiliation by Ji Head Four in turn.

That was precisely why Fang Can, aware that some superpowered rich women might lock him in a basement, had chosen not to show his face online. Instead, he kept a low profile whenever possible.

Otherwise, one day he might find himself being taught a lesson.

"I don't know when I'll cross over again in the next few days. I need to raise my flesh-alienation level as quickly as possible." Fang Can looked at the panel, which showed an alienation level of 3%.

Name: Fang Can Body: 4.1 Mind: 4.1 Energy: 4.1

Though he hadn't tested it, Fang Can was certain that his strength had already surpassed the limits of human beings.

After school, he'd find somewhere to test what he could do after seven days of cheat-level training.

At the Dragon Group headquarters in A City, more than a dozen people of different ages, genders, appearances, and dress sat in a signal-shielded conference room.

If any superpower enthusiasts had been there, they would have recognized that almost everyone in the room had state-level or higher abilities.

Before them was a stack of printed documents detailing Idealist Martial Dao.

Ji Donglai explained, "Everyone, what you're looking at is the information about the captured natives from another world, collected by the mental ability users I sent. You're free to share your thoughts now."

"If this Energy Tide brought people over from another world, what about the next one? Will it send these people back? Or bring more people here?" asked a frail-looking old man, raising a crucial question.

"We don't have enough information to know," Ji Donglai said, gently shaking his head. "We'll have to wait for the next Energy Tide in a few days and see."

"If these Idealist Martial Dao techniques can be cultivated by contracting a Meme, then I think this is a great opportunity to make up for our weaknesses."

A spirited-looking boy said, "Superpowers combined with martial arts—could that work?"

"That's exactly why I called you here," Ji Donglai said.

"We've successfully captured the martial artist with a Mortal Shedding Body and used a mental ability to gain complete control over him, forcing him to hand over the cultivation method he learned."

"But Idealist Cultivation Methods are rather dangerous. I'm worried you'll train yourselves into becoming lunatics."

"So I plan to promote the cultivation method first and have ordinary people in a pilot city try it. Once we're sure there's no risk, we'll let the superpowered members of the group give it a try," Ji Donglai said seriously.

"Then it's settled." The superpowered people present showed little interest. They had no objection to using several million people as test subjects.

After a brief discussion, they settled the matter. Just as they were about to end the meeting, a voice came from the corner:

"Hey! I've got an idea!"

"Have you ever heard of the Six Desires Demon-Splitting Chapter?"

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