Special Envoy Yang Hui

It took quite some effort to calm his mind, but he finally managed to settle down and think about his future.

First, the Dugu Sword Art was definitely a must-train. To conceal the existence of the Dugu Sword Art, he would need to purchase another manual to serve as a cover.

Yes, that was the plan!

Having made up his mind, he immediately opened the online mall. It contained everything under the sun: all sorts of Guiding Techniques, movement manuals, blade manuals, firearms, cold weapons, genetic serums, and more. In a word—the online mall was a place to spend money.

Guan Ning tapped on the wireless keyboard's touchscreen to enter the online mall page. Instantly, the massive screen on the wall of the media room displayed various detailed item categories. Guan Ning selected "Manuals," then "Attack-type," clicking three times in succession. Immediately, the screen was filled with photos of physical manuals, along with their names and prices.

World Destroyer

Category: Spear Technique

Rating: Ultimate

Price: 100 billion Huaxia Currency (full price), 50 billion Huaxia Currency (half price, requirement: four-star contribution points)

Nine-Layered Thunder Blade

Category: Blade Technique

Rating: Ultimate

Price: 100 billion Huaxia Currency (full price), 50 billion Huaxia Currency (half price, requirement: four-star contribution points)

Phantom Blade Art

Category: Blade Technique

Rating: SS-level

Price: 10 billion Huaxia Currency (full price)

5 billion Huaxia Currency (half price, requirement: three-star contribution points)

Mist Sword

Category: Sword Technique

Rating: S-level

Price: 3 billion Huaxia Currency (full price)

1.5 billion Huaxia Currency (half price, requirement: three-star contribution points)

Looking at the long list of manuals, Guan Ning remained expressionless and perfectly calm. Compared to the Dugu Sword Art, these manuals were like fireflies compared to the blazing sun.

He opened the Mist Sword entry without even glancing at the introduction.

He clicked directly on the message below:

Mist Sword, first two levels—Price: 200 million Huaxia Currency (full price), 100 million Huaxia Currency (half price, requirement: three-star contribution points).

"You're the one." Guan Ning took a deep breath and tapped the touchscreen lightly.

"Please confirm: Do you wish to purchase the first two levels of Mist Sword? You are required to pay 100 million Huaxia Currency!" A prompt appeared on the large screen. Since this was Guan Ning's first purchase, according to his contract with the Limit Martial Hall, the contribution point requirement for his first attack, movement, or blade technique manual was waived, allowing him to enjoy the best price immediately.

"Confirm!" Guan Ning clicked.

"Please verify via fingerprint to confirm again," the screen reminded him.

Guan Ning placed his finger on the wireless keyboard's fingerprint scanner.

"Beep!"

"Fingerprint verification successful."

"Purchase successful!"

"Payment deducted!"

"The first two levels of the Mist Sword manual will be delivered to Mr. Guan Ning's home within 24 hours," the screen displayed in succession.

He had actually wanted to buy only the first level, but the funds for purchasing manuals were a set allowance rather than cash, so he might as well spend as much as he could.

"It's a good thing it's not my own money." Although Guan Ning's parents were both high-level warriors, this was the first time he had spent 100 million in one go, and he couldn't help but feel a slight pang of heartache.

With the manual purchase successful, the next step was weapons, combat suits, and so on.

Looking at the 60 million in funds remaining in his account, Guan Ning smiled slightly. Now he could afford something better.

The Qingming series battle sword that Guan Ning used was characterized by its durability and decent flexibility, though its sharpness was quite ordinary. After all, since Guan Ning did not use a shield, his sword needed to serve for both offense and defense, which was why he had chosen the Qingming series.

He opened the weapon list page and found the Qingming Battle Sword No. 1 series; the No. 1 series was of the highest quality.

Qingming Battle Sword No. 1 series:

A1 model—Price: 150,000 Huaxia Currency (full price), 75,000 Huaxia Currency (half price, requirement: 1 contribution point)

A2 model—Price: 600,000 Huaxia Currency (full price), 300,000 Huaxia Currency (half price, requirement: 1 contribution point)

A5 Model—Price: 7 million Huaxia Currency (full price), 3.5 million Huaxia Currency (half price, requirement: 1-star contribution points).

A7 Model—Price: 90 million Huaxia Currency (full price), 45 million Huaxia Currency (half price, requirement: 1-star contribution points).

A9 Model—Price: 3 billion Huaxia Currency (full price), 1.5 billion Huaxia Currency (half price, requirement: 3-star contribution points).

Afterward, he checked the communication watches, backpacks, and combat suits in sequence.

After careful screening, he finally chose the A6 Qingming Battle Sword, capable of tearing through the defenses of high-level Beast General Level monsters, priced at 20 million full price and 10 million half price;

The A6 Combat Suit, capable of withstanding attacks from high-level Beast General Level monsters, priced at 90 million Huaxia Currency full price and 45 million half price;

There was also a Grade 7 dagger used for dissecting corpses and collecting materials from monsters, priced at 4 million full price and 2 million half price;

Even the best combat backpack and communication watch only cost 200,000.

The total cost was 57.2 million, which was still within his acceptable range.

As for the contribution point levels required to purchase equipment, Guan Ning did not intend to buy them himself. One contribution point could be obtained by donating just 10,000 yuan! However, the Grade 7 dagger required 2-star contribution points, equivalent to a full 1 billion Huaxia Currency, which was completely beyond what Guan Ning could afford, so he planned to have someone else buy them for him.

This candidate was the Chief Instructor of the Suzhou City Limit Dojo, Qian Yun. As Chief Instructor, Qian Yun's own contribution points must have reached the 3-star level, allowing her to purchase this equipment at half price.

Equipment could be bought by others, but secret manuals could not; they had to be purchased by the individual personally. Privately teaching others secret manuals, once discovered, would lead to arrest, as that was suspected of unauthorized plagiarism.

After getting everything sorted, Guan Ning browsed many posts on the Martial Artist Forum, such as '50 Questions for Martial Artists Hunting Monsters', 'Wilderness Survival Knowledge', 'How to Avoid Provoking Beast General Level Monsters', '28 Ways to Save Your Life'... Various posts allowed Guan Ning to learn a great deal all at once. He also understood the hardships of being a martial artist!

He read until five or six in the afternoon, then after freshening up, he went to Qian Yun's house. Qian Yun had called earlier to invite him for dinner, but since he was at Zhong Liang's house at noon, he could only arrange to go in the evening, which was perfect for discussing the equipment.

The next morning, after Guan Ning finished his morning lessons—that is, reciting the Dao Scripture—he freshened up and headed out.

Last night while eating at Aunt Qian's house, Aunt Qian had already notified him that today she would take him to the Jiangnan Base City to undergo the assessment by the special envoy from the global headquarters.

If he passed the assessment, he could enter the "Basic Training Camp" located at the Limit Martial Hall global headquarters.

However, thinking of the cultivation results from these past few days, Guan Ning felt he could try to aim for the "Elite Training Camp".

A thought flashed through his mind: could the special envoy from the global headquarters be the War God "Yang Hui"?

After thinking carefully, he finally remembered: in March 2057, the protagonist of the original story, Luo Feng, had passed the assessment the day before yesterday. As long as one passed the Trial Tower B-level assessment, they could join the "Elite Training Camp". He wondered if he could obtain such an opportunity himself.

Just as his thoughts were flying, he had already arrived at the SZ City Limit Dojo. After meeting up with Qian Yun, they took the train to the Jiangnan Base City General Hall and entered the 31st floor via the elevator.

The 31st floor of the Limit General Hall building was a vast, empty martial arts practice hall. The entire hall was a silvery white. Yu Sen, one of the four major executives, was currently speaking with two people.

One of them was wearing a white practice uniform, his hands appearing like palm-leaf fans; one of his hands was worth two of an ordinary person's. A wave of energy invisible to the naked eye was fluctuating around the man in the white practice uniform.

Between the two was a middle-aged man wearing a gray robe. His face looked to be in his thirties, but the vicissitudes in his eyes indicated his age was far beyond that.

The one with the unusually large hands must be the head of the Jiangnan Base City General Hall, the War God 'Iron Hand' Zhou Zhengyong. The one in the middle should be the headquarters special envoy, War God Yang Hui.

These thoughts flashed through Guan Ning's mind, but his feet did not pause for a second, following closely behind Qian Yun.

Yu Sen smiled slightly and nodded at Guan Ning, then stepped forward and said: "Qian Yun, Guan Ning, this is Head Zhou Zhengyong, and this is Special Envoy Mr. Yang from our Limit Martial Hall global headquarters. Mr. Yang is a War God-level powerhouse."

"Qian Yun greets Executive Yu, Head, and Mr. Yang." Qian Yun bowed slightly.

"Guan Ning greets Executive Yu, Head, and Mr. Yang." Guan Ning also bowed respectfully.

"Mm."

Head Zhou Zhengyong and Special Envoy Mr. Yang only nodded without speaking, their gazes landing directly on Guan Ning!

"Guan Ning," Yang Hui said.

"Mr. Yang," Guan Ning replied immediately. Although his expression was calm, he was actually very excited.

Yang Hui said in a deep voice: "Guan Ning, I have come this time to conduct an assessment on you. Only by passing my assessment can you enter the 'Basic Training Camp'."

"The assessment is very simple, mainly to verify whether your sword technique has truly reached the Mastery-Level."

"You will use sword techniques to spar with me! I will use no more than your level of strength and speed."

Upon hearing this, Guan Ning felt a chill in his heart. Even if their physical fitness were the same, the experience in sword techniques was likely far beyond his own. It seemed he would have to be on his highest alert.

"Xiao Ning, perform well."

Seeing Yang Hui, who had already picked up a battle saber, Qian Yun gave a word of advice before retreating to the distance.

"Don't worry, Aunt Qian."

Guan Ning also held his battle sword.

Seeing that Guan Ning was ready, Yang Hui did not stand on ceremony, cleanly and decisively slashing a saber strike down at Guan Ning. Guan Ning dodged, but Yang Hui moved his left foot, and the battle saber had already cut horizontally across.

The angle was extremely tricky, looking as if it intended to cut Guan Ning in half at the waist.

"Clang!"

Guan Ning gripped the Qingming Sword tightly, the blade and sword colliding with a crisp ringing sound.

"Bang!"

Everyone looked on in astonishment as the battle saber flew away; even Yang Hui was stunned.

From the collision just now, Guan Ning had sensed that Yang Hui must have adjusted his strength based on his physical fitness from half a month ago.

However, Yang Hui did not know that Guan Ning's physical fitness had increased significantly over the past half month, far exceeding his previous state. Yang Hui was caught off guard, which was why his battle saber was knocked out of his hand by Guan Ning.

However, as a War God-level martial artist, Yang Hui immediately regained his composure. He glanced at Guan Ning in surprise, then immediately clenched his fists and struck directly at Guan Ning.

Guan Ning did not lag behind, thrusting the Qingming Sword straight out as if to pierce through Yang Hui's fist.