Chapter 284 - 198: Commander of the Yulin Army, Draping of the Yellow Robe (2)

Chapter 284: Chapter 198: Commander of the Yulin Army, Draping of the Yellow Robe (2)

Everyone understood the principle, but principles are just principles. Someone needed to ignite the passion in everyone’s hearts and establish a common goal.

"By the way, Mr. Yu, for the personality assessment questions Mr. Tang gave us, what type did you get?"

"Hm?"

Yu Fei froze for a moment before realizing that in the eyes of the other S-class students, their martial arts mentor was Tang Lihui. It seemed these few had also taken that test.

"Mm... I got Wind Chaser: Chaotic Balance. What about you?"

Jiang Nianwei whispered softly, "Wind Chaser... I’m Fire-Walker: Guarding Quiet Spirit Bottle."

"So, do you know what these names mean?"

Yu Fei pressed. That old coot Ye Shuping had just tutted twice without explaining anything, which was incredibly frustrating.

Jiang Nianwei looked at him in surprise. "Mr. Tang should have told everyone this. He won’t reveal the answers until we reach the Grandmaster realm. He explained that the personality assessment results just highlight a specific trait to help us choose a spiritual Secret Technique. Even people with the same trait might behave completely differently."

"Moreover, once we know the answer, we might subconsciously start leaning toward the description of the label. That would cause us to lose our true selves, which is detrimental to cultivation. Only after becoming a Grandmaster, when the spiritual soul condenses into a core and is no longer moved by external things, can we study these traits without being misled by them. Instead, it will validate our own will, allowing us to build on our strengths and shore up our weaknesses..."

"Is that so?"

Seeing Yu Fei’s look of understanding, Jiang Nianwei asked, perplexed, "The teacher sent the same message to all of us. Didn’t you read it?"

Yu Fei coughed lightly. "Er... well, I felt my realm was too low, so I’ve been busy rushing my cultivation. I haven’t read a lot of the messages. I just skimmed the subject lines and missed a lot of information..."

Jiang Nianwei sighed and said, "Mr. Yu, cultivation is important, but Mr. Tang is an eighth-realm Grandmaster and very famous in the world of education. You should really make time to read his advice and messages."

Yu Fei nodded in agreement. "Yeah... I will, I will. By the way, what did you mean just now about the spiritual soul condensing into a core after the Grandmaster realm?"

Jiang Nianwei was speechless. "You didn’t read that either?"

Yu Fei threw up his hands. "A little understanding goes a long way!"

"Mr. Tang said that when we advance to the Inner Qi Realm, our spiritual soul’s light manifests externally. It’s also called Innate Spiritual Light. The spiritual cultivation in the three realms of Inner Qi, Divine Intent, and Gang Qi is all for the sake of purifying this wisp of Innate Spiritual Light. Then, after advancing to Grandmaster, the Innate Spiritual Light solidifies from illusory to real, forming a tangible core, breaking through ignorance, opening the sea of consciousness, and grasping the sixth sense... I don’t know anything beyond that."

Yu Fei carefully mulled over Jiang Nianwei’s words. ’A spiritual core that solidifies from illusory to real, opening a sea of consciousness...’

The more he thought about it, the more he felt something was off. In his internal vision, a golden particle floated above the Fate-Reversing Pearl, illuminating an area just over twelve feet around it. In the real world, everything within that twelve-foot radius was reflected in his spiritual soul.

’Could this golden particle be the spiritual core? Have I already awakened my sixth sense?’

Yu Fei’s heart blazed with excitement. He stared at Jiang Nianwei and asked in detail, "Tell me more about this spiritual core, and the sixth sense..."

He didn’t want Ye Shuping to know about his unique situation. Although they were master and student, he always felt awkward around him. Ye Shuping had helped him a lot with his cultivation and resources, but the old man’s intentions were unclear, he was too cunning, and he had even drugged him. Even if it was just a side effect of the Long Lake Forgetfulness Tea, the fact remained that the old man had been trying to trick him into talking.

Yu Fei instinctively wanted to avoid him.

Jiang Nianwei couldn’t help but advise, "I’m telling you, our great Yulin Army commander, you really should pay more attention to matters of cultivation. I know you don’t like dealing with troublesome things, but you still have to read Mr. Tang’s messages."

"’A Grandmaster’s solidified spiritual core is spherical in shape, about the size of a soybean. After advancing to Grandmaster, one can generally open a sea of consciousness about a hundred feet wide and give birth to Divine Sense...’"

As Yu Fei listened to Jiang Nianwei’s explanation, he compared it to his own golden particle. The more he looked, the more it resembled a Grandmaster’s solidified spiritual core. He had also genuinely opened a sea of consciousness. He remembered it being only about three feet in radius at first, and it was only with the help of the Fate-Reversing Pearl that it had reached over ten feet.

Ye Shuping’s four cups of Long Lake Forgetfulness Tea had helped it expand by two feet...

’So what exactly am I right now?’

His spiritual soul had the characteristics of a Grandmaster’s, but it was as weak as a premature baby.

He had too many secrets of his own and had to be cautious even when looking up information. For all he knew, Ye Shuping was monitoring him.

While they were lost in thought, they arrived at their destination.

"Everyone, grab your gliders! Prepare to jump!"

The order was given. Yu Fei and the others followed the instructions, made their preparations, and leaped from the plane.

There were 47 people in their class. Currently, 35 were in the Inner Qi Realm, and 12 were in the Third Realm.

With the university’s resource subsidies, everyone’s realms were advancing quickly.

A Martial Artist’s learning ability and physical constitution far surpass an ordinary person’s. In an instant, they were like giant eagles, spiraling down from the sky and swooping toward the so-called military base on the ground.

From the air, Yu Fei observed the surrounding terrain. It was a hilly landscape with low vegetation and uneven ground, not ideal for large-scale, ultra-long-range sniper combat.

For shots over 10 kilometers, there were simply too many obstructions.

Down below, on a high slope to the east, stood a crude four-story building made of special reinforced concrete. Its walls were pitted and scarred, and one corner of the fourth floor was even shattered.

In front of the building, three military trucks were unloading supplies—likely their ammunition and provisions.

Yu Fei was the first to descend. Just before landing, while still in mid-air, he retracted his glider. With a burst of Inner Qi, he took a light step on the empty air, his figure splitting into three before he landed gracefully.

This was another Body Technique, [Celestial Star Travel Body]. It was better suited for twisting leaps and bounds. While practicing, Yu Fei had discovered it could be combined with his perfected [Void Wind Shadow Sword]. The original Celestial Star Travel Body used the human body to correspond with the celestial stars, allowing for unimpeded dashes in twenty-four directions around oneself in an instant.

This technique had two main points of focus. The first was the choice of direction when maneuvering: six directions at the entry-level, twenty-four at minor completion, eighty-one at major completion, and complete freedom at perfection.

The second was the response speed between the body’s acupoints and the outside world: twice per breath at entry-level, four times at minor completion, a full sixteen times at major completion, and sixty-four at perfection.

Cultivating it required using a special Secret Technique to circulate Qi within the corresponding acupoints to resonate with the stars.

Ye Shuping had once said that this so-called "resonating with the stars" was a bit of an exaggeration; it was merely a high-level application of the world’s magnetic field. Only by cultivating this technique to perfection would there be the slightest possibility of truly attuning with the stars.

The advantage of the Celestial Star Travel Body was that as long as one completed the internal Qi circulation, one could move without hindrance, even in the opposite direction of one’s own exerted force.

For example, you could be dashing forward while launching a full-power attack backward without affecting your movement at all. You could also attack forward without any loss of speed.

After being tempered and refined a thousand times, the Qi circulation would become instinctual. From then on, one’s fighting style would become illogical and extremely difficult for enemies to predict.

Yu Fei was currently only at the minor completion stage. In actual combat, his Qi circulation was relatively slow, and he was limited to twenty-four directions of movement. For ground combat, that was reduced by nearly half, imposing significant restrictions in a real fight.

Whenever he changed direction, he generated an illusion to conceal himself, and he could return to the illusion’s position at any time, switching between real and illusory. This was how he integrated his combat abilities.

About ten minutes later, the Yulin Army finally finished assembling. It was their first time airdropping, so none of them were very skilled. Yu Fei even saw Xiang Kun crash right into a wall.

The guy’s Body Technique wasn’t very polished, and his legs had gotten tangled in the glider’s straps. He just slammed face-first into it, stiff as a board.

Zuo Qinchuan glanced at the time, watching the first-year prodigies falling from the sky like dumplings being dropped into a pot. An image must have come to mind, as he fought to hold back a smile.

Seeing Yu Fei’s group assembled, Zuo Qinchuan put on a serious expression and ran up to Yu Fei.

He took a step forward and reported solemnly.

"Fellow students, my unit was ordered to transfer supplies to coordinate ZK-HJ26. We will now hand over the supplies to you."

He was just an ordinary guard officer at the base, no match for this group of heaven’s chosen prodigies.

’I’m over thirty and only just managed to reach the Inner Qi Realm. I’ll probably never become a Grandmaster in this lifetime.’

’But these green-faced little kids in front of me... becoming a Grandmaster is the bare minimum for them.’

Yu Fei stepped forward to meet with Zuo Qinchuan. Nominally, he was the class president, though he usually didn’t manage day-to-day affairs. But here, in a military exercise, Yu Fei held the highest command authority.

"Everything is here. 20,000 rounds of assorted ammunition, two hundred various super-powered firearms—50 Level 1 and 150 Level 2...

units of Red Mist Wind Dew, for a total of 2,400 bottles. 50 units of Vermilion Flower Honey, for 1,000 bottles...

A total of 500 military-grade Level 3 and Level 4 super-powered ration packs...

sets of Ghost Cores, plus 3 spares. Be aware, these need to be bound to your identity...

One military communications base station, 50 sets of personal communication terminals...

And most importantly, three [Mixed Element Magnetic Cannon Type V] units, with twenty shells.

Please sign for the above supplies!"