Training hall.
Luo Feng, dressed in a loose white robe, sat cross legged. He was actually sitting on the Sky Piercing Shuttle, hovering about half a metre above the ground, suspended in mid air.
His eyes were as deep as the sea, quietly fixed on twelve Sky Piercing Shuttle blade fragments floating in front of him, controlled by his will.
Twelve silver grey blades were moving around like they were dancing.
Like twelve spirits circling around Luo Feng.
If their trajectories were recorded, it would reveal an extremely intricate and complex maze like pattern. Strangely, the twelve blades constantly changed speed, sometimes accelerating, sometimes slowing down. They crossed paths again and again, appearing as if they were about to collide, yet never actually did. At times they moved slowly, at other times they suddenly burst past the speed of sound.
“Chi.”
Two of the blades slightly brushed past each other.
“Failed.”
Luo Feng, still hovering in the air, had maintained a calm expression the entire time, but now a faint smile appeared.
“My talent really is not bad. Right from the start, I can already practise the second diagram of the ‘Divine Chart of Heaven’. However, completing the entire second diagram within 3.2 seconds is truly difficult.”
“The harder it is, the more challenging it becomes.”
The Divine Chart of Heaven is a training method for spiritual masters focusing on the control type system, recorded in the Spiritual Master Basics manual. It contains a total of 99 diagrams, but according to the manual, even the strongest spiritual master on Earth can only perform up to the 18th diagram. Luo Feng was puzzled.
If that was the case, where did the later diagrams come from?
…
“Training with the Divine Chart of Heaven is really exhausting,” Luo Feng muttered, shaking his head slightly. “Start projection.”
Immediately, the projector in the training hall emitted a beam of light, projecting a large computer screen onto the white wall.
“Video call,” Luo Feng said. “Connect to Xu Xin.”
Beep, beep, beep.
The video request was sent.
“It is around 10 a.m. now. It is summer holiday, so Xu Xin should be online,” Luo Feng waited. After about half a minute, the call finally connected.
On the large wall screen appeared Xu Xin, wearing pyjamas, holding a steaming cup of coffee, her hair loosely scattered, looking a little sleepy.
“Luo Feng,” Xu Xin said, forcing her eyes open.
“No way, it is 10 a.m. and you are still sleeping?” Luo Feng laughed in surprise.
“10 a.m.? It is night here,” Xu Xin replied helplessly.
“Night?” Luo Feng paused.
Xu Xin seemed to wake up a little more and explained, “I am in the United States right now, not in China. It is morning in China, but it is night here.”
Luo Feng suddenly understood.
“Oh, Luo Feng,” Xu Xin said, looking at him through the screen in surprise. “From your background, you are not in those barren places in Australia, are you?”
When he had been in the Australian continent before, Luo Feng had also chatted with Xu Xin, but only through his communication watch, where the video usually showed caves or rocky wastelands.
“I am back in Jiangnan Base City,” Luo Feng said with a smile.
“You are back?” Xu Xin was even more surprised. “Didn’t you say you would stay in Australia for a month? If I had known you were back, I would not have come to the United States.”
She sounded a little unwilling. Since Luo Feng joined the elite training camp, they had only been in contact through video calls, never meeting in person.
“If you miss me that much?” Luo Feng teased.
“Tch,” Xu Xin wrinkled her nose and changed the topic immediately. “How long are you back for this time? I will be in the United States for about another week before returning with my family. When I go back, my parents also want me to attend an important banquet on September 1st, welcoming the new inspector of the Jiangnan Base City Extreme Martial Arts Dojo. They are forcing me to attend even though school has already started.”
Luo Feng blinked.
It seemed…
She still did not know who this new inspector was.
“A new inspector sounds impressive. Xu Xin, do you know who it is?” Luo Feng tried to hold back his laughter.
“I do not know. An inspector is probably some very powerful expert, but what does it have to do with me?” Xu Xin clearly had no interest. “By the way, I got so angry during this trip to the United States…”
On August 15th, the War God Palace held its monthly auction. On this day, more than 90 percent of the world’s war gods gathered.
At 19:45 China time, in the virtual space, inside the War God Palace auction hall.
The auction hall was laid out like an opera house, circular in shape. The centre was the auction platform, surrounded by 5,000 seats. At this moment, the hall was already packed, with war gods chatting in groups.
Soft music echoed throughout the hall.
“Luo Feng.”
“Luo Feng, over here.”
As Luo Feng entered in casual clothes, many war gods from the Extreme Martial Arts Dojo waved and called out warmly.
“Hello, Mr Luo Feng.”
“Mr Luo Feng.”
Walking through the aisle, he was greeted by war gods from all over the world, black, white, and Asian. Luo Feng nodded back with a smile and soon reached the large seating area of the Extreme Martial Arts Dojo.
It was massive.
The Extreme Martial Arts Dojo truly deserved to be called the number one force, with the largest number of war gods and council members, occupying a vast section of seats.
“No wonder it is the strongest force in the world,” Luo Feng thought.
“Hm?”
He spotted a beautiful figure in purple clothing and walked over. “Teacher Jiang Fang.”
“Luo Feng,” Jiang Fang smiled at her student. She had once thought he was only decent in blade techniques and movement skills, but she never expected his greatest talent to be in spiritual force. He had suddenly become an invincible war god and even taken the position of inspector for Jiangnan Base City. Life truly changed too quickly.
The inspector position itself had different levels of importance.
Large base cities had populations of two to three hundred million, while smaller ones might have less than one hundred million. Across the five major countries and 23 base cities, there were 52 in total. On average, each base city had over one hundred million people.
Jiangnan Base City was clearly a large one.
“Sit here,” Jiang Fang smiled, pointing beside her.
“Alright,” Luo Feng sat down.
“After the auction, I will introduce you to the other war gods in our dojo. Including you, we now have three invincible war gods,” Jiang Fang said with a smile.
…
In a corner of the auction hall, the Vulture and Poison Scorpion couple were seated.
“Luo Feng is here,” Vina said, looking into the distance.
“He seems quite popular,” Li Yao said with a cold laugh. His aura and gaze had become increasingly hostile, making even familiar war gods uncomfortable around him.
More than three thousand war gods filled the hall.
“Everyone!”
The hall quickly fell silent as the music stopped. A spotlight shone on the central stage, where a Chinese man and a white man stood. One spoke in Chinese, then repeated in English.
“It is the 15th of the month, and we meet again,” the Chinese host said.
With a wave of their hands, countless items appeared above the stage for display before disappearing again.
“There are 71 items in today’s auction,” he continued. “I will not waste time. The auction begins now.”
“The first item is an artwork, Vincent van Gogh’s 1890 painting Portrait of Dr Gachet. Starting price, 1 billion yuan.”
A giant rotating image of the painting appeared above the hall.
…
At the Extreme Martial Arts Dojo seating area, Luo Feng was slightly surprised. “Teacher Jiang, even antiques and paintings are auctioned here?”
“Of course,” Jiang Fang whispered. “This is the largest auction in the world. Not only war gods attend, but also the organisations behind them. Only the finest items qualify for auction. Ordinary antiques cannot even reach the 1 billion yuan starting price.”
Luo Feng nodded.
The Great Nirvana period had severely damaged cultural heritage, causing many antiques and paintings to be lost or destroyed during humanity’s retreat. After the base cities stabilised, these relics became extremely valuable again.
“The sixth item is a set of A grade gene potions, ten doses per set, starting price 1.2 billion yuan.”
…
Luo Feng listened quietly without bidding.
Finally.
“The thirty ninth item is a bottle of Life Water, starting price 10 billion yuan.”
At that moment, Luo Feng’s calm eyes lit up.
A vial containing Life Water appeared in the air above the auction hall.
“Finally here.”
His gaze locked firmly onto the projection of the Life Water in the air.