Wind Washing

In the media room on the second floor, Feng Qingmo sat cross-legged in solitude.

"Activate display screen, open the 'Huaxia Home' website!"

As Feng Qingmo spoke, a screen instantly emerged on the wall before him. Upon receiving the voice command, it automatically navigated to the Huaxia Home login page.

"Enter Martial Artist account 426100205402010011..."

He stepped forward two paces and reached out to verify his fingerprint.

With a 'beep', the webpage automatically redirected, entering the exclusive portal for military Martial Artists.

With a sweep of his Spiritual Force, he scanned the page, which displayed his photograph, name, gender, and other personal information.

Most importantly, the available balance displayed: 350 million Huaxia Currency!

A notification on the page was blinking incessantly—you have two unread messages.

"Open unread messages, voice broadcast."

Unsurprisingly, one of these messages informed him that his Martial Artist practical examination had been successful and that the startup funds promised by the military had been deposited.

The other message provided instructions on how to purchase weapons and secret manuals through the internal network, as well as information on items like Gene Serum, firearms, and the function of contribution points.

"The military has also set up a contribution point mechanism; it's much the same as the Limit Dojo, even the star-rating standards are identical. I wonder who copied whom..."

Feng Qingmo speculated irresponsibly to himself, then immediately commanded: "Open the Martial Artist forum!"

The page instantly jumped to the Martial Artist forum.

Using his Spiritual Force, he delved into knowledge regarding survival in the Wilderness Zone, introductions to various monsters, and more. Since the original work had only glossed over these details, Feng Qingmo read with extreme care, as this concerned the life-and-death survival of his future adventurous career.

After spending several hours reading posts and gaining a rough understanding of the Wilderness Zone and the various monsters, Feng Qingmo finally closed the forum.

No matter how much I read, I will ultimately need to practice it myself to gain a profound understanding... he mused, then continued: "Open the online Mall."

"Open secret manuals... open attack techniques..."

Following a series of commands, the page kept refreshing until the screen displayed photos, names, and summaries of various physical secret manuals.

World Destroyer, Category: Spear Technique. Rating: Ultimate...

Nine-Layer Thunder Blade, Category: Blade Technique. Rating: Ultimate...

Feng Qingmo specifically clicked to view them, and as the original work described, the military's contribution points were not interchangeable with those of the Limit Dojo, so only the full price was listed without any discount offers.

There were, however, items that could be discounted using contribution points.

Secret manuals created by the military's own Martial Artists could be purchased at a discount using military contribution points.

"Filter only for sword technique manuals, hide all other categories, and sort by rating from high to low," Feng Qingmo commanded.

The number of manuals on the screen dropped significantly, though a long list still remained.

Soft Cloud Sword Technique, Category: Sword Technique. Rating: SS-rank, Price: 10 billion Huaxia Currency (full price), 5 billion Huaxia Currency (half price, requirement: military Martial Artist, three-star contribution points)...

Azure Underworld Sword Technique, Category: Sword Technique. Rating: SS-rank, Price: 10 billion Huaxia Currency...

Wind-Washing Sword, Category: Sword Technique. Rating: S-rank, Price: 3 billion Huaxia Currency (full price), 1.5 billion Huaxia Currency (half price, requirement: military Martial Artist, three-star contribution points)...

Dust-Falling Sword, Category: Sword Technique. Rating: S-rank, Price: 3 billion Huaxia Currency...

There were over a hundred sword technique manuals from top to bottom, and those created by the military could be purchased at half price using contribution points.

"As expected, only Hong's World Destroyer and Thor's Nine-Layer Thunder Blade reach the Ultimate rating," Feng Qingmo noted as he clicked through the summaries and ratings of each one. "For sword techniques, the highest is SS-rank... but how is this Wind-Washing Sword only three levels yet still rated S-rank?"

Manuals like Soft Cloud Sword Technique had nine levels, Azure Underworld Sword Technique was divided into seven, and the equally S-ranked Dust-Falling Sword had as many as eleven levels.

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

Wind-Washing Sword full three levels--Price 3 billion Huaxia Currency (full price), 1.5 billion Huaxia Currency (half price, requirement: military Martial Artist, three-star contribution points)

Wind-Washing Sword first two levels--Price 1.5 billion Huaxia Currency (full price), 750 million Huaxia Currency (half price, requirement: military Martial Artist, two-star contribution points)

Wind-Washing Sword first level--Price 500 million Huaxia Currency (full price), 250 million Huaxia Currency (half price, requirement: military Martial Artist, one-star contribution points)

This set of sword techniques included matching movement techniques and a unique guiding art.

"This is similar to the Nine-Layer Thunder Blade; one manual contains the attack method, movement technique, and guiding art..."

Feng Qingmo muttered, continuing to read down.

"The creator of the Wind-Washing Sword is the genius Martial Artist of the Huaxia military, the Invincible War God—Bian Xiangqing!"

"Bian Xiangqing was born in the era before the Great Nirvana. As a fencer of that time, he practiced for nearly twenty years. During the Great Nirvana, he joined the military without hesitation and made great contributions during the establishment of Kyoto Base City, for which he was awarded the title of Four-Star Hero."

"In the process of confronting and killing monsters countless times, Bian Xiangqing started from his fencing foundation and created the Wind-Washing Sword. His sword technique is known for its speed—incredibly fast—and the accompanying movement technique is also characterized by speed. Most miraculously, the sword and movement techniques contain an inherent artistic conception. Once the first level of Wind-Washing Sword is mastered, the sword technique inevitably enters the 'Specialized' realm, and the movement technique inevitably enters the 'Micro' realm!"

"By extension, after mastering the second level, the sword technique inevitably enters the 'Consummate' realm, and the movement technique enters the 'Perfect' realm; after mastering the third level, the sword technique will reach the 'Great Accomplishment' of artistic conception, and the movement technique will likewise reach the 'Peak' of artistic conception!"

"When Bian Xiangqing was at the peak of the War God level, he sought to break through the War God realm and become an existence surpassing the War God level. He re-evaluated his sword and movement techniques, refining them into the three levels of the Wind-Washing Sword, and declared that once he broke through to surpass the War God level, the fourth level he would create would have the potential to contend with Hong of the Limit Dojo and Thor of the Thunder Dojo!"

Seeing this, Feng Qingmo couldn't help but marvel. It was truly possible; given the levels of the Wind-Washing Sword, the third level already reached the 'Great Accomplishment' of artistic conception, and the fourth would inevitably be a Domain. As long as one comprehended a Domain, in that era, aside from Hong who also possessed a Domain, even Thor might not have been his match.

"It is a pity that after Bian Xiangqing completed the Wind-Washing Sword, before he could break through, a disaster-level beast horde erupted in Kyoto Base City. A King-level Vajra Ape led a horde composed of over ten high-level Lords, dozens of medium and low-level Lords, and countless Beast Generals and Beast Soldiers..."

"Bian Xiangqing intercepted the King-level Vajra Ape alone and, relying on the Wind-Washing Sword Technique, ultimately perished together with that King-level Vajra Ape!"

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

This final sentence was handwritten, signed with the name 'Jia Yi'.