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An Advanced Martial Artist, a Fourth-Tier Civilization Warrior? Fang Yu was secretly startled.

This was the second time he had heard the term "Fourth-Tier Civilization Warrior."

From Wang Mo's description, the title of Fourth-Tier Civilization Warrior was likely extremely difficult for an Advanced Martial Artist to obtain.

"President Wang, Minister Gu," Fang Yu greeted them.

"No need to be so formal," the refined middle-aged man said with a smile. "You're Wang Mo's friend, which makes you a junior of mine too. If I may presume, call me Uncle."

"Uncle Wang," Fang Yu immediately corrected himself, neither servile nor overbearing.

"Fang Yu? You can call me Uncle Gu," the bald man said with a smile. "I heard Little Mo say his roommate was remarkable, but I didn't quite believe him, so I came along to see for myself. Now that I've met you, you really are extraordinary... Twenty-one years old, with your saber technique at Subtlety, and you didn't even flinch under my mental pressure. That's truly rare."

Fang Yu's guess had been right.

The pressure the man had exerted on him earlier had been deliberate. Now his aura had grown calm, much like that of Yan Fu, Fang Yu's homeroom teacher, whom he saw regularly.

"Besides, your life level seems to be rising even faster than Little Mo's. You should have reached level 21, right?" the bald man said with a smile.

"Level 21?" Wang Mo wasn't particularly surprised by the number.

During the associate-to-bachelor's assessment, he had only known that Fang Yu had placed first, not his scores in each individual category. As far as he was concerned, it was normal for Fang Yu, a direct-admission student, to have a higher life level than his own.

However, if Yan Fu and Jiang Wei found out, they would surely be shocked.

From level 20 to level 21 in a single day?

Even someone who awakened an Upper Astral Aspect and absorbed Star Power for the first time would only improve by about that much.

"Mm." Fang Yu was secretly startled. How had the man seen through him at a glance? But he remained calm on the surface. "You have a sharp eye, Uncle Gu."

"Haha, my eyesight isn't that precise." The bald man raised his hand, revealing a watchlike device on his wrist. He smiled. "I'm wearing an 'all-purpose auxiliary device.' It has a biomagnetic field detection function that can roughly measure the strength of your life aura at close range."

"An all-purpose auxiliary device?" Fang Yu glanced at the device on the man's wrist.

In this era, there were many technological devices related to martial artists.

The school, for example, had various life-detection devices, but even the smallest took up two or three square meters of floor space... Yet miniature detectors like this existed? Fang Yu had never seen one before.

And from what the man had said,

detecting the strength of a nearby creature's life aura was just one of the watch's functions?

Where had he gotten such a high-tech device?

"Uncle Gu told me he bought it at the Starry Sky Base on the Primordial Star after he became a Fourth-Tier Civilization Warrior," Wang Mo said. "You can't buy one within the Alliance, no matter how much money you have."

"Oh?" Fang Yu's interest stirred.

That was similar to what Jiang Wei had said.

Fang Yu grew even more curious about the Primordial Star.

"Dad, let's not stand around. Everyone, take a seat," Wang Mo said quickly.

The dinner lasted a long time.

Both Wang Xundao and the bald man were quite courteous and put on no airs, allowing Fang Yu to gradually relax.

As the evening grew late,

the group gradually put down their chopsticks.

"Fang Yu, Wang Mo was lucky to make a friend like you at junior college," Wang Xundao said with a smile. "Now that you'll be attending the same university, you should look after each other even more."

"Of course," Fang Yu said with a smile. "Wang Mo helped me a great deal during our three years at junior college."

"I asked Uncle Gu to come along today because I wanted him to help me assess you," Wang Xundao said with a smile. "After getting to know you, I can see that you really are outstanding."

"Actually, what I had in mind

was to sign an endorsement contract with you," Wang Xundao said with a smile. "How about letting the Shengchuan Group become your 'exclusive agency' within Huguang Province?"

Fang Yu kept his expression unchanged.

Sure enough, everything was just as Dad had predicted.

"An endorsement contract?" Wang Mo, on the other hand, looked a little surprised, as if he hadn't expected it.

"Uncle Wang, I don't think that's appropriate," Fang Yu said, shaking his head.

"Haha, rest assured. Wang Mo was part of the reason I wanted to sign you, but only a secondary one," Wang Xundao said with a smile. "You yourself are the most important factor."

"Me?" Fang Yu didn't quite believe him.

Although he was a direct-admission student, he had only barely qualified as an elite student at Huguang Martial Arts University. By rights, he wasn't worth such attention from a wealthy man like Wang Xundao.

"Business is business, so I won't hide it from you," Wang Xundao said frankly, smiling. "After Wang Mo mentioned you, I looked into you a little. Your parents, and even your ancestors, had excellent genes."

"Your great-grandfather was an Advanced Martial Artist."

"Your parents are both martial artists."

"And your younger brother and sister both awakened Upper Astral Aspects," Wang Xundao said with a smile. "From your family's financial situation, I can roughly infer that they probably haven't spent too much on you, most likely no more than five million Star Coins, and ten million at the very most."

"Dad, why did you investigate Fang Yu behind his back?" Wang Mo asked, somewhat annoyed.

Fang Yu said nothing.

Wang Xundao was indeed quite frank about it, but regardless, that sort of behavior was bound to leave a bad taste... Moreover, the information he had uncovered was very accurate, which was unsettling.

Ignoring his son, Wang Xundao continued, "With so little money spent on you, your life level has still risen so rapidly. Level 21, and that's without having awakened an Astral Aspect."

"Many university undergraduates who awakened Mid-Rank Star Aspects probably have lower life levels than you."

Fang Yu listened.

His life level had risen quickly because of his refined physical skills and his Innate Divine Ability, Devour. He appeared to have spent only a few million Star Coins, but the effect had actually been worth ten or twenty million.

"So,

I think there's hope that you'll awaken a powerful Astral Aspect," Wang Xundao said with feeling.

"Uncle Wang, the older a person is when they awaken an Astral Aspect, the weaker it generally is," Fang Yu said.

"That's true of ordinary people," Wang Xundao said with a smile. "But there's another possibility: the Astral Aspect is too powerful. Wasn't that the case with our Xia Nation's legendary genius, Wang Heng?"

"He didn't awaken his Upper Astral Aspect, the Moon-Howling Heavenly Wolf, until he was twenty-three, a year after he graduated from junior college. From then on, he soared."

A trace of surprise flashed in Fang Yu's eyes.

Wang Heng, the famous "strongest junior college student," had not only taken first place in the Alliance Martial Arts Tournament, but had also become the youngest Sky-Roving Martial Artist in Xia Nation's history.

He was renowned around the world.

"I wouldn't dare compare myself to Senior Wang Heng," Fang Yu said, shaking his head.

"But I think you're very much like him," Wang Xundao said with a smile. "I believe that once you awaken, it'll be at least a Mid-Rank Star Aspect, perhaps even an Upper Astral Aspect."

"Then, with a powerful Astral Aspect and your exceptional talent for technique, becoming an Earth Martial Artist would be practically guaranteed. You'd even have a chance of becoming a Sky-Roving Martial Artist."

"That's why I'd like to invite you to become an ambassador for the Shengchuan Group."

"The base endorsement fee would be five hundred thousand a year."

"If you awaken a Lower Astral Aspect, the fee will rise to 1.5 million a year; if you awaken a Mid-Rank Star Aspect, it will be four million a year; if you awaken an Upper Astral Aspect, it will be ten million a year," Wang Xundao said with a smile. "The contract will run for ten years."

"This is the preliminary contract I've drafted."

"You can look it over first. If there's anything you're dissatisfied with, you can suggest changes. What do you think?"

Fang Yu was inwardly surprised.

He had to admit that Wang Xundao must have given the matter serious thought to offer terms like these.

"Ten million a year?" Wang Mo, sitting nearby, was even more dumbfounded. He had guessed that his father might invest in Fang Yu, but he hadn't expected it to be on such a scale.

Fang Yu reached out, took the contract, and quickly read through it.

When he finished, he closed the contract and glanced thoughtfully at Wang Xundao.

"Wang Mo, step outside for now," Wang Xundao suddenly said. "I want to have a proper talk with Fang Yu."

"Yes." Wang Mo obediently nodded.

Not only he, but the bald man left with him.

Only Fang Yu and Wang Xundao remained in the room.

"Fang Yu, whatever concerns you have, speak freely," Wang Xundao said solemnly. "No matter what terms you propose, you don't need to hold back on Wang Mo's account."

"All right."

"Uncle Wang, I've read the contract carefully. Overall, it's reasonably fair, but if you truly want to sign me, I'd like to change three terms." Fang Yu no longer held back.

"Go ahead." Wang Xundao wasn't surprised.

"First, if I don't awaken an Astral Aspect, I won't need a base endorsement fee," Fang Yu said, shaking his head. "Second, if I awaken a Mid-Rank Star Aspect, I want an endorsement fee of six million a year."

"Third, if I awaken an Upper Astral Aspect, I want an endorsement fee of twenty million a year."

"And I'll only sign this endorsement contract for five years," Fang Yu said with a smile. "Whether to renew it after five years will be my decision."

"If you can agree to all three, Uncle Wang, I can sign. Otherwise, I'll have to decline."

At that, Wang Xundao narrowed his eyes slightly.

Twenty million a year? Even an Earth Martial Artist would only earn that much in annual salary.

Still, Fang Yu's willingness to give up the base endorsement fee also showed Wang Xundao how confident he was.