Chapter 1 An Unknown World

Now, the world Jiang Xuan was in also shared an extremely high degree of similarity with Earth, in terms of culture, history, technology, and geographical distribution, and so on, resembling his previous world a great deal.

The only difference was that this world was one where martial arts flourished, or rather, a world where spiritual energy was reviving.

The entire population of this world revered martial arts. Those martial arts masters who could shatter rocks and leap over walls, as depicted in wuxia dramas in his previous life, were real in this world, and perhaps even more powerful.

There were even legends that when martial arts reached its pinnacle, one could traverse the void and roam the cosmos.

Of course, those were just legends. No one had reached that level yet. Currently, the strongest on this planet were only the five martial arts experts hailed as "God-level."

On this planet, various countries had completed corresponding reforms and established new power structures. They had also divided martial artists into different levels. Taking Eastern martial artists as an example, they were divided into five levels from low to high: Huang (Yellow), Xuan (Mysterious), Di (Earth), Tian (Heaven), and Shen (God).

The first four levels were each divided into nine stages. As for the Shen level, there were only five people in the world who had reached this level, and only one of them was an Eastern martial artist.

In this era, reaching the Tian level was enough to be called a Grandmaster, capable of establishing a sect or school and demonstrating martial arts between heaven and earth. Their physical speed could exceed the speed of sound, and a casual blow could destroy tall buildings.

As for the strongest people in the world, the God-level martial artists, they could split mountains and cleave seas, and sever rivers with a wave of their hands.

However, in Jiang Xuan's view, the God-level they spoke of was only the third realm of orthodox cultivation. As for the Huang, Xuan, Di, and Tian realms, they were roughly equivalent to the Houtian (Acquired) and Xiantian (Innate) stages in cultivation, as well as the body tempering stage before Houtian.

"An unknown world." Jiang Xuan wasn't surprised by this. In the realm he was in, the universe was boundless. Even if it only reflected a portion of the myriad realms, it was still normal for worlds unknown to Jiang Xuan to appear.

"A quite interesting universe, it's worth taking a good look." Jiang Xuan thought to himself. This universe also had many treasures, and there were many races as well. Perhaps after the Earth of this universe developed to a certain extent, a war for supremacy among the myriad races would erupt.

Moreover, he needed to think about what kind of power to establish. Besides that, he also had to find a way to figure out the situation of the Reincarnation Space. It made no difference to him which universe he was in.

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"Tai Xuan Martial Hall? Strange, when did a martial hall appear here…" A fifteen or sixteen-year-old boy, dressed in ordinary clothes, looked at the martial hall that had appeared out of nowhere, his expression somewhat strange.

Now that spiritual energy was reviving, it was the trend of the times. The country had also launched martial arts subjects in schools. At the age of eighteen, one could participate in the assessment, and reaching the Xuan level would allow one to enter a martial arts university.

And martial halls were a kind of alternative "cram school" that had emerged under this system.

Of course, as the old saying goes, "Cultivating literature requires poverty, while cultivating martial arts requires wealth." Even in this world where spiritual energy was reviving, it was still the case. Apart from those geniuses with extraordinary talent or awakened abilities, it was difficult for ordinary people to achieve anything in martial arts. For example, many cultivation resources, they didn't have the financial resources to buy, so their cultivation speed was naturally not as good as those from large families.

Zhou Heng was one of them. Therefore, although he also cultivated, he was only at the Huang level, third stage. Wanting to reach the Xuan level before the age of eighteen was almost impossible.

However, when he saw the martial hall in front of him, the fighting spirit in his heart was ignited once again. He still wanted to continue on the path of martial arts, even if this path was difficult!

"Should I go in and take a look?" For some reason, when he walked to the front of this martial hall, his yearning for martial arts was infinitely amplified. Knowing that his chances of joining a martial hall were very small, he still chose to step into this martial hall.

As soon as he walked into the courtyard, his restless heart suddenly calmed down. Before long, a young man appeared in front of him, reclining on a rocking chair, holding a book that looked very ancient in his hand.

"Excuse me, are you the master?" Zhou Heng hesitated slightly, but his yearning and longing for martial arts drove him to ask.

"Yes, you want to join the martial hall?"

Jiang Xuan asked without even raising his head. How could he not see through what this little guy was thinking? Not to mention that his inner yearning and longing were generated by the traction of Jiang Xuan's power.

"...Yes." Zhou Heng hesitated for a moment, then gritted his teeth and said.

"Okay, let's test you." Jiang Xuan said casually.

"Ah?" Zhou Heng was stunned. Shouldn't joining a martial hall involve negotiating various conditions first? After all, martial halls wouldn't teach people for nothing.

Jiang Xuan ignored his doubts and pointed to a room in the courtyard, saying, "Go in, the assessment is inside."

Zhou Heng thought for a while, and finally made up his mind, striding into the room. The so-called test had already begun the moment he stepped into it.

However, he didn't know that Jiang Xuan's martial hall didn't care about talent at all. After all, the level of this world was not high. Even a genius with the best talent would hardly catch his eye.

Therefore, this so-called test was testing his character. If he could pass this level, joining the martial hall would be very simple.

As for Zhou Heng, the reason why Jiang Xuan used a little power to guide him into the martial hall was entirely because only his life on this planet was one that Jiang Xuan could not completely see through.

Logically speaking, he was just a mortal in the body tempering stage. With Jiang Xuan's cultivation realm, he should be able to see how his life would be at a glance. However, the truth was that Jiang Xuan could only vaguely see Zhou Heng's fate after the age of sixteen.

The future Zhou Heng would be remarkable, but Jiang Xuan couldn't see what caused him to transform. With his strength and cultivation, this shouldn't have happened.

It was precisely because of this that Jiang Xuan was curious. There were only two ways he couldn't see through a person's fate:

First, the person himself was a person with a void fate, most likely the chosen one of this world.

Second, a power equal to or even higher than Jiang Xuan's had intervened, forcibly changing his fate.

For Zhou Heng, the first one was impossible, because Jiang Xuan could see his previous fate clearly. Only after the age of sixteen did it become blurred.

Therefore, he speculated that Zhou Heng must have been chosen by some force at the age of sixteen, perhaps even the Reincarnation Space, which caused his original fate to become blurred.

It was precisely because of this that Jiang Xuan chose Zhou Heng.

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Half an hour later, Zhou Heng walked out of that room with a pale face. However, the way he looked at Jiang Xuan had changed. The methods used in the assessment were unheard of. The strength of this mysterious master was definitely not simple.

"Not bad, you lasted for half an hour, barely qualified. From now on, you are a student of the Tai Xuan Martial Hall." Jiang Xuan said to Zhou Heng, "As for the tuition fee, it will be the various tasks in the martial hall."

Jiang Xuan pointed to another room, which contained various tasks. With a single thought, he could understand all the information in this world. Nothing could escape his eyes. With a little sorting, he could arrange countless tasks.

Compared to martial halls, his model was actually more inclined to a sect. Of course, he didn't care about these things. The so-called tuition fees of those martial halls were nothing more than some gold and silver treasures, but he could conjure up mountains of gold and silver at will, which were completely useless.

"Yes!" Zhou Heng was extremely excited. He didn't expect the "tuition fee" to be like this. But at the same time, he was very curious about what this mysterious master was opening this martial hall for? It was obviously not for money!

"Well, your martial arts cultivation is very low right now. Go to the Dao Repository Pavilion later and take a basic cultivation technique. The tests on it are not difficult. After completing them, you can cultivate. But remember, all the techniques here, without permission, must not be spread outside."

Jiang Xuan said. Although the things here were nothing in his eyes, they were all created casually after he had comprehended the martial arts of this world.

But placed outside, they were all top-level techniques at every level, and taking them out would inevitably cause a huge uproar. Although no one in this world could pose a threat to him, he didn't want to be entangled in various troubles.

"Yes." Zhou Heng naturally wouldn't disobey. This kind of rule existed in many large martial halls, and he didn't think too much about it.

After that, he went to the Dao Repository Pavilion that Jiang Xuan mentioned. Looking at the countless secret manuals and treasures, he couldn't help but shed tears of poverty. However, he could only choose a basic boxing technique!