Wind Washing

In the audiovisual room on the second floor, Feng Qingmo sat cross-legged alone.

"Turn on the display and open the Huaxia Home website!"

Feng Qingmo spoke, and a screen immediately appeared on the wall in front of him. After receiving the voice command, it automatically opened the Huaxia Home login page.

"Enter Martial Artist account 426100205402010011..."

He took two steps forward and held out his hand for fingerprint verification.

With a beep, the webpage automatically redirected to the dedicated page for military Martial Artists.

A sweep of Spiritual Force revealed his photo, name, gender, and other information on the page.

Most importantly, his available balance showed 350 million Huaxia Currency!

A notification on the page flashed repeatedly: You have two unread emails.

"Open the unread emails and read them aloud."

As expected, one email informed him that he had passed the Martial Artist Combat Assessment and that the startup funds promised by the military had been deposited.

The other email explained how to buy weapons and manuals through the internal network, along with other items such as Gene Serum and firearms, and outlined the purpose of contribution points.

"The military uses a contribution-point system too. It's pretty much the same as the Limit Dojo's, even down to the star-rating standards. I wonder who copied whom..."

Feng Qingmo made a baseless guess, then said, "Open the Warrior Forum!"

The page immediately switched to the Warrior Forum.

Using his Spiritual Force, he browsed information on surviving in the Wilderness Zone and introductions to various monsters. Since the original novel had only glossed over this material, Feng Qingmo studied it closely. His life might depend on it during his future adventures.

After spending several hours reading posts and gaining a general understanding of the Wilderness Zone and its various monsters, Feng Qingmo finally closed the Warrior Forum.

"No matter how much I read, I won't truly understand until I put it into practice..." He thought it over, then continued, "Open the online Mall."

"Open the manuals section... Open the attack category..."

With each successive command, the page kept changing. Now the screen displayed photos of the manuals, their names, and their descriptions.

World Destroyer, category: spear techniques. Rating: Ultimate...

Nine-Layer Thunder Blade, category: blade techniques. Rating: Ultimate...

Feng Qingmo clicked into them to take a closer look. They matched the descriptions in the original novel, but contribution points from the military couldn't be used at the Limit Dojo, so only the full prices were listed, without any discounts.

There were manuals that could be bought at a discount with contribution points, though.

Manuals created by Martial Artists from the military itself could be purchased at half price with military contribution points.

"Filter for sword techniques only, hide all other types of manuals, and sort them from highest rating to lowest," Feng Qingmo commanded.

The number of manuals on the screen immediately dropped, but there were still plenty.

Soft Cloud Sword Technique, category: sword techniques. Rating: SS. Price: 10 billion Huaxia Currency (full price), 5 billion Huaxia Currency (half price; requirements: military Martial Artist, three-star contribution points)...

Azure Underworld Sword Technique, category: sword techniques. Rating: SS. Price: 10 billion Huaxia Currency...

Wind-Washing Sword, category: sword techniques. Rating: S. Price: 3 billion Huaxia Currency (full price), 1.5 billion Huaxia Currency (half price; requirements: military Martial Artist, three-star contribution points)...

Dust-Falling Sword, category: sword techniques. Rating: S. Price: 3 billion Huaxia Currency...

There were over a hundred sword technique manuals listed, and those created by the military could be purchased at half price with contribution points.

"As expected, only Hong's World Destroyer and Thor's Nine-Layer Thunder Blade have Ultimate ratings," Feng Qingmo said as he clicked through the descriptions and ratings one by one. "The highest rating for sword techniques is SS... But why does the Wind-Washing Sword only have three stages and still get an S rating?"

The Soft Cloud Sword Technique had nine stages, the Azure Underworld Sword Technique had seven, and the Dust-Falling Sword, which also had an S rating, had as many as eleven.

Curious, Feng Qingmo clicked into the detailed description of the Wind-Washing Sword.

Wind-Washing Sword, all three stages — price: 3 billion Huaxia Currency (full price), 1.5 billion Huaxia Currency (half price; requirements: military Martial Artist, three-star contribution points)

Wind-Washing Sword, first two stages — price: 1.5 billion Huaxia Currency (full price), 750 million Huaxia Currency (half price; requirements: military Martial Artist, two-star contribution points)

Wind-Washing Sword, first stage — price: 500 million Huaxia Currency (full price), 250 million Huaxia Currency (half price; requirements: military Martial Artist, one-star contribution points)

This sword technique included a corresponding movement technique and a unique Guidance Technique.

"This is similar to the Nine-Layer Thunder Blade. One manual contains an attack technique, a movement technique, and a Guidance Technique..."

Feng Qingmo murmured to himself and continued reading.

"The creator of the Wind-Washing Sword was a genius Martial Artist from the Huaxia military, an Invincible War God: Bian Xiangqing!"

"Bian Xiangqing was born before the Great Nirvana. A fencer in that era, he practiced fencing for nearly twenty years. During the Great Nirvana Period, he joined the army without hesitation and made great contributions to the founding of Kyoto Base City, earning the title of Four-Star Hero."

"After countless battles against monsters and countless kills, Bian Xiangqing created the Wind-Washing Sword, drawing inspiration from fencing. His sword technique was known for its astonishing speed, and its accompanying movement technique was equally swift. Most remarkable of all, both the sword technique and the movement technique contained their own artistic conception. Once the first stage of the Wind-Washing Sword was mastered, the sword technique would inevitably reach the specialized level, and the movement technique would inevitably reach the subtle level!"

"By the same logic, mastering the second stage would inevitably bring the sword technique to the consummate level and the movement technique to the perfect level. Mastering the third stage would inevitably bring the sword technique to the peak of artistic conception, and the movement technique would likewise reach the pinnacle of artistic conception!"

"When Bian Xiangqing reached the pinnacle of the War God level, he sought to break through the War God realm and become someone Beyond War God. He refined and reorganized his sword and movement techniques through his insights, turning them into the three-stage Wind-Washing Sword. He declared that, once he broke through to Beyond War God, the fourth stage he created would have the potential to rival Hong of the Limit Dojo and Thor of the Thunder Dojo!"

Reading this, Feng Qingmo couldn't help feeling amazed. It really was possible. At this rate, the third stage of the Wind-Washing Sword already reached the peak of artistic conception, so the fourth stage would surely be a domain. Once he comprehended a domain, in that era, only Hong, who also had one, could stand against him. Thor probably wouldn't have been his match.

"Unfortunately, after Bian Xiangqing completed the Wind-Washing Sword, before he could break through, Kyoto Base City was hit by a Disaster-level Beast Tide. A King-level Vajra Ape led more than ten high-level Lord-Level monsters, dozens of mid-level and Elementary Lords, and countless Commander-level and Soldier-level monsters..."

"Bian Xiangqing held off the King-level Vajra Ape alone. With the Wind-Washing Sword, he ultimately died alongside it!"

"In that battle, Huaxia lost its most talented Martial Artist, the future number one in the world—Jia Yi."

The final sentence was handwritten, with Jia Yi's name signed beneath it.