An Invitation from Chaos Martial Arts Hall, Beast King–Class Materials

Xinhang Base City, Chaos Martial Arts Hall headquarters.

"This temporary worker named Chu Wen has a very proper attitude. He isn't here to muddle through his days. In less than a month on the job, he completed four reconnaissance missions into the wilderness ahead of schedule, and even finished a dangerous mission assigned by the optical computer."

"He truly is a talent. It seems he was even a dropout Jiangnan Martial University didn't want. If the martial university doesn't want such talent, then our Chaos Martial Arts Hall should nurture him properly."

"Most of the information he uploaded contains no footage of him killing demonic beasts, but I heard a rather bizarre story has been spreading through Fortress 033."

"I heard it too. Apparently, he hunted an average of twenty beast soldiers a day and even killed two beginner beast generals, yet his strength is only that of a beginner warrior. Very strange."

"The optical computer shows that it was this Chu Wen."

Hiss!

"Really?"

"Absolutely true."

"Everyone, please look at the footage of him exploring the insect nest."

The several martial artists seated around the round table leaned slightly sideways as well, drawing in sharp breaths.

"What terrifying mental fortitude. Faced with a scene like this, he didn't retreat, but chose to continue exploring?"

A middle-aged man slowly rose to his feet and solemnly said, "I propose that Chu Wen be specially recruited into Chaos Martial Arts Hall as an official martial artist."

"Brother Zhuge, that won't do. Chaos Martial Arts Hall and Galloping Martial Hall have never set a precedent for specially recruiting unaffiliated martial artists. We have always selected talent from the nine martial universities."

"Then do you think Chu Wen is talented?" Zhuge Lin asked calmly. "You are all discerning people. Surely you can see something from the information about his expulsion from Jiangnan Martial University?"

"The president of Xinhang Martial University has probably been observing him all along. He simply hasn't made his move yet."

"But even so, the standards for specially recruiting someone into a Chaos Martial Arts Hall martial artist squad should be higher than those of a loose organization like the Western European Alliance. Otherwise, how could it convince the public?"

"That's right. Graduates of Xinhang Martial University must at least be beginner war generals before they qualify for an interview at Chaos Martial Arts Hall. Chu Wen is only a beginner warrior now... he's a whole major realm short."

"Even if he deserves credit for discovering the insect nest, that isn't enough to make such an exception. Besides, he only discovered an abandoned insect nest. It wasn't as though he resolved some great hidden danger." A martial artist leaned back in his chair, naturally unwilling to agree to this.

What a joke. This was Chaos Martial Arts Hall. Some organizations of unaffiliated martial artists might value strength like Chu Wen's, but Chaos Martial Arts Hall only accepted the cream of the crop. In his eyes, Chu Wen had probably only become a temporary worker because someone had pulled strings for him.

Zhuge Lin let out a cold laugh and pointed at the footage of Chu Wen instantly killing a high-level beast soldier with one slash. "Your powers of observation have truly deteriorated."

The martial artists were puzzled and failed to see what was unusual at first.

"This... could it be?!"

"The combat blade didn't touch the beast soldier?!"

That single remark woke them from their dream. Everyone shot to their feet and looked again at the enlarged details of the footage.

In the footage, the direction in which the combat blade swung was clearly misaligned with the slash on the beast soldier's body!

"Invisible Blade?!"

"Burning Blade Technique! Return to Simplicity?!"

"Impossible! Absolutely impossible!"

"He... he's only nineteen. Reaching perfection in the Burning Blade Technique is already the mark of a genius. What does Return to Simplicity even mean? That is a blade realm one might only achieve after immersing oneself in the craft for decades!"

"None of us old fellows here have reached it!"

The martial artists breathed heavily. Though their mouths insisted they did not believe it, they replayed the footage again and again.

They watched that less-than-three-second instant of the slash for a full half hour!

Some even slumped into their seats, their faces full of disbelief.

This was practically a miracle!

"Call him here. A brief test will tell us everything." Zhuge Lin smiled.

The martial artists exchanged looks, yet not one of them objected.

This was a major matter!

They might be about to witness the birth of a genius martial artist!

"Wait. Directly contacting him may have too great an impact. Let one of the branch halls reach out to him instead. If I remember correctly, Liu Shouren is the training liaison. Have him contact Chu Wen."

"We cannot let word leak out. If Galloping Martial Hall finds out, they will definitely try to steal him."

The upper ranks of Chaos Martial Arts Hall were all thrilled, and so was Chen Yang, far away at Fortress 033.

Chen Yang excitedly held the device in his hand as the names of beast king–class materials appeared on the screen one after another.

"Hot Fate Ground Spider venom sac... intermediate beast king, 12 million..."

"Half a Horned Land Turtle shell, high-level beast king, 36 million?"

"Half a Spirit Sparrow Bee broken beak, defective item, high-level beast king, 5 million..."

Gulp~

Chen Yang swallowed desperately.

These were materials that only war king–class martial artists could produce!

As the person in charge of a tiny martial artist fortress, he had never handled such high-end goods before!

"Brother... Brother Wen, what... what level are you really at... I... I'm scared."

Chu Wen lounged against the sofa, leisurely took a sip of tea, and said calmly, "Beginner warrior. I picked all of these up. I'm trading here because I trust you."

Chen Yang nodded frantically and forced out a smile. "Brother, I need to apply to the Western European Alliance for a transaction limit. I don't have authorization for transfers this large. Please wait a moment?"

Seeing Chu Wen nod, Chen Yang connected to the optical computer and began communicating with his superior.

The Western European Alliance was a loose alliance within the Blue Star Alliance, somewhat like a certain Europe from his previous life. Yet although it was called a loose alliance, each of its member families had tremendous backgrounds. It was said that they controlled the economic lifeblood of the entire Blue Star, with their reach extending into banking, military industry, scientific research, martial artist training, and several other fields.

Even the weakest of its member families had several war gods stationed under them! It could be called a powerful force second only to Dragon Nation.

Beautiful Nation came third, followed only afterward by the many small nations that had long since been thoroughly infiltrated.

It could be said that the Blue Star Alliance stood in a three-legged balance of power.

Dragon Nation stood at the head, the Western European Alliance came second, and Beautiful Nation ranked third in overall strength.

Dragon Nation's strongest expert, Chaos, was the founder of Chaos Martial Arts Hall.

Beautiful Nation's strongest expert was Li Guilong, founder of Galloping Martial Hall. His ancestors had also been from Dragon Nation, but he had grown up in Beautiful Nation from childhood, making the relationship somewhat delicate.

There were currently thirty-six organizations and nations that could jointly deliberate. After them came various organizations of unaffiliated martial artists. Their influence was equivalent to private enterprises from his previous life, responsible for their own profits and losses. Graduates of Jiangnan Martial University generally entered these martial artist organizations.

There was no helping it. Martial artists earned far more than ordinary people. Who wouldn't want to become a martial artist? Martial artists were the true citizens of this era!

"Brother Wen, I applied for a total of 160 million for these items."

After saying this, Chen Yang wiped the beads of sweat from his face. This was the largest deal he had handled since being stationed here!

If it went through, he would earn more than he had made in total over the previous ten years!

"Only this much?" Chu Wen found it somewhat insufficient. The insect nest queen had so many treasures, yet they were worth only this much.

"Brother Wen, most of them are damaged and incomplete, so they can only be discounted. I already applied for the highest price possible for you. If it goes any higher, I won't make anything at all..."

Chu Wen nodded slightly. "Fine. Transfer it to my unregistered card."

"Alright! I'll carry these away now. Brother Wen, don't worry. Absolutely no one will know who sold this batch of goods!"

"Alright."

Only after Chen Yang shut the door behind him did Chu Wen take off his clothes, revealing his right arm, which had been wrapped in combat gear.

His entire right arm had become twisted during the Blood Demon state just now. The condition of the muscles was extremely unnatural. Beneath the bulging veins, he could clearly see the muscles twitching and writhing, healing at a visible rate.

"The burden is still too great. My realm advancement can't keep up with my technique proficiency..."

Only with a higher realm could he bear more blood energy points!