Chapter 117 Virtual Wedding

In the blink of an eye, it was already mid-December. Xu Jingming and Li Miaomiao were watching some live broadcasts after dinner.

"Miaomiao, are you sure about having our wedding in the virtual world?" Xu Jingming asked. According to their original plan, they would register their marriage on New Year's Day and then find a good day to hold the wedding.

Li Miaomiao smiled and said, "Now that we're in the virtual world era, it's much easier to hold a wedding in the virtual world, and you can arrange any scene you want. Friends from all over the country, even from all over the world, can come… It's not easy for friends to come to a real-world wedding."

"Mm," Xu Jingming nodded. "I just feel like it might be more formal in reality."

"I think it's great. After all, it's a new era, and we need to adapt to it. Do you care a lot?" Li Miaomiao asked.

"I'm just worried about you."

Xu Jingming laughed. "Alright, holding it in the virtual world does have a lot of advantages. More friends will be able to come, and the scenes can be more spectacular."

"Even government departments used to require going to the civil affairs bureau to register and get a premarital checkup," Li Miaomiao said. "Now that the evolution method is popular, premarital checkups have been canceled, and you can register at the virtual civil affairs bureau."

"Information is interconnected," Xu Jingming nodded. "The vast majority of diseases can be solved by the evolution method, and those that can't have already been recorded in residents' information. So premarital checkups aren't that meaningful anymore."

Initially, when both families sat down to discuss the marriage registration and wedding, they were talking about a real-world wedding.

But the actual ceremony was going to be in the virtual world.

"Times are changing too fast," Li Miaomiao sighed. "In the past six months, it feels like the whole world has entered a new era."

"The changes in the future may be even greater," Xu Jingming said.

In the future, would the Blue Star civilization have more contact with the universe?

Considering that he had the opportunity to possess the universe legend 'Xuan', the Blue Star civilization might already have deep connections with the universe's humans, but it just hadn't been fully disclosed yet.

Faced with this great trend, Xu Jingming didn't dare to slack off in the slightest and worked even harder.

"Jingming, how has your cultivation been recently?" Li Miaomiao asked.

"Progress is slow," Xu Jingming shook his head gently. "The higher the stage, the harder it is to improve. Actually, summarizing the nine lessons of martial arts before led to a period of rapid progress. But then it slowed down again."

"On October 28th, I cleared the fourth level of the Star Tower," Xu Jingming said. "Now it's already mid-December, and my highest-level spearmanship, the Rainbow Spear Technique, is only at the fourth stage, 83%."

Li Miaomiao comforted him, "Didn't you say that the higher you go, the slower the progress? This is normal."

Xu Jingming didn't say much.

In reality, he had never received a complete inheritance, only the possession of the universe legend 'Xuan'! So in terms of cultivation, he was mostly groping his way forward, constantly summarizing.

Although he had also summarized his own system, it was still very immature.

Many other top experts around the world should have complete inheritances.

"The martial arts arena's total points ranking will be finalized at the end of the month," Xu Jingming thought. "At that time, I can exchange contribution points for a complete inheritance to see what a complete inheritance from the universe is like."

According to the information that Xia Country had found, choosing a complete eighth-order inheritance would lead to faster progress in the early stages. Because every hurdle and checkpoint would have detailed guidance. Xu Jingming was now encountering many problems, but without detailed guidance, he was relying entirely on his own exploration.

The advantage of choosing the possessed universe legend was that he might go further in the later stages. After all, he had early contact with that realm.

If there were enough resources, having both resources would make cultivation smoother.

"Jingming," Li Miaomiao also looked at the various live broadcast programs on the screen and said with emotion, "The Blue Star Alliance's launch of the 'Martial Arts Arena' to allow top experts from around the world to teach martial arts is indeed a brilliant move! In just over a month, it has sparked a global martial arts craze, and even competition between different schools is very fierce. It feels like a hundred schools of thought are contending."

"The collision of different martial arts ideas can spark a lot of fireworks," Xu Jingming nodded in agreement. "I've also watched many people's live broadcasts and many people's teaching courses. They've all been quite enlightening."

The collision of different ideas allowed people around the world to have various understandings of martial arts.

Many times, martial arts realms also depend on understanding.

The deeper the understanding, the further one can go.

"There are more and more God-level experts now," Li Miaomiao sighed.

"It's like hundreds of years ago, when the vast majority of people in Xia Country were illiterate. Who could have imagined that later, education would be popularized in Xia Country, and almost everyone would have cultural knowledge?" Xu Jingming said. "People decades ago couldn't imagine the global welfare system, or even that everyone today would have an evolution method and be able to enter the virtual world."

"This is a new era," Xu Jingming said. "The Blue Star Alliance probably hopes that more and more humans will enter the God-level, or even become stronger."

"Now God-level isn't considered an expert anymore," Li Miaomiao said. "In global battles, God-level is just a newbie, and the third stage is considered an expert. The fourth stage… is the top powerhouse in the world."

"The overall strength of people around the world will continue to improve," Xu Jingming said. "In the face of this wave, it won't be easy to stay at the very top."

"You're at the very top right now," Li Miaomiao said.

"Haha, hard to say. Maybe others will improve faster," Xu Jingming smiled. "Akinov, Zhao Fan, and the others are all improving rapidly."

As he spoke, Xu Jingming also checked the martial arts arena's total points ranking.

"Your total points are currently ranked second," Li Miaomiao looked at it. "Your paid downloads are about the same as Master Liu Hai's, but your rating is 8.6, and Master Liu Hai's is 8.7."

"Whether it's first or second, the contribution points are quite high," Xu Jingming felt that it was normal for his master to be ahead of him. His master's teaching was indeed more superficial.

"But your rating is improving," Li Miaomiao said. "I see a lot of live broadcast rooms saying… that as they cultivate, they feel your courses are better. There are a lot of similar live broadcast rooms."

As she spoke, Li Miaomiao adjusted the screen to show a program.

She randomly found a live broadcast room.

"This old man is ninety-eight years old, and my evolution method has reached the middle stage. My rank is God-level," an elderly man with black hair said smugly. "I've learned a lot of schools, and I've found that the teachings of Liu Hai, Xu Jingming, and Tejana are all very good, as expected of the three strongest people in the world. But… after cultivating for a long time, especially when encountering bottlenecks that are difficult to break through, Xu Jingming's method is the best."

"Teacher Liu Hai's method is to make you practice. Practice ten thousand times a day, accumulate a lot, and eventually break through. But how many people can endure not making any progress? Just constantly squeezing themselves?" The host shook his head. "Tejana's method is even more rigid. It's just following his training plan and constantly repeating, repeating, and repeating. No progress? Repeat again!"

"Xu Jingming's method is the best. He explains the essence clearly. He gives you a clear direction to pursue."

"When you're stuck in a bottleneck, when you're confused, having a clear direction is very important. It gives you the motivation and confidence to practice," the host said. "His footwork, power transmission, relative speed… all the key aspects of combat are described clearly. I strongly recommend giving Xu Jingming a full score! The rating can be changed at most once per day. As a Xia Country person, you should give Xu Jingming a full score!"

Xu Jingming smiled as he watched.

"We didn't hire any water armies," Li Miaomiao said. "This ninety-eight-year-old grandpa is definitely a loyal fan." (water army = internet slang for paid online commenters)

"Actually, you, Master Liu Hai, and Tejana, all have too many downloads. All of you have exceeded five billion paid downloads, which means… the vast majority of people will pay to download yours. This has led to your total points being far ahead. The person currently ranked fourth, Akinov, has just over 1.5 billion paid downloads, which is less than a third of yours. So the competition from fourth place to tenth place is very fierce. Live broadcast rooms in various countries… are encouraging their own people to give their own experts full scores."

"Yes, the top three are stable, and the competition from fourth to tenth is fierce," Xu Jingming nodded. "Especially from eighth to tenth, the names change frequently."

Those in eleventh, twelfth, and thirteenth place were trying desperately to increase their total points.

They were promoting themselves all over the world! Because only those who made it into the top ten would receive contribution points.

"However, they can't encourage people to give their opponents a zero score," Li Miaomiao said. "Any live broadcast room that dares to encourage people to give low scores will have their live broadcast room banned."

Xu Jingming smiled and looked at the total ranking.

The top three were as steady as Mount Tai, the competition behind them was fierce, and those top experts from around the world were doing everything they could.