Professionals of the Starry Skies - Chapter 2

[Chapter 2 Sword Light (Happy Dragon Boat Festival!!)]

“Why… do you want to learn martial arts?”

There was still some time before class started. Fang Xing looked at Xia Long and began to daydream as usual, recalling the scene of the first martial arts class in his mind.

At that time, it was still Xia Long, standing in the exact same position, and his voice was deafening:
“Because you are reserve soldiers, one day you will go to the battlefield and fight to the death with those evil gods’ followers… You learn martial arts just to stay alive!”

“Remember this, and practice hard! Practice like hell!! Only then will you have a chance of surviving in the future!!!”

“Due to your background, you are destined to be unable to invest a lot of resources in careers like mecha masters or mind masters… Martial arts requires the least resources and has a bright future. It is your best choice for evolution!”

“I hope that before you graduate, you will at least reach the second level of martial arts and master an A-level martial art. Otherwise, you will die on the battlefield. There is no other possibility!”

The bloody cruelty immediately brought Fang Xing back to reality.

At this time, Xia Long also began to lecture: “Most of the evil god’s followers have mental pollution. Even the lowest-level servants will release mental shocks… At the beginning, the Federation’s fleet and mecha divisions suffered a lot. The Federation’s mental asylums at that time were full… But later we discovered that after the human body’s martial arts evolved, the “martial arts will” produced can resist this kind of mental pollution… Although it is difficult for you to enter the “courage realm” when you are an adult and gain a trace of artistic conception, the Federation has developed many martial arts that can use hypnosis to allow martial artists of lower realms to gain almost the same power. This is the origin of A-level martial arts…”

Fang Xing felt his teeth ache as he listened from below.

Martial Arts! It is said that in the Blue Star Federation, the evolutionary path with the least resource input and the highest output ratio is actually the cannon fodder system!
There are actually many ways to resist the spiritual pollution of the evil god’s followers, but whether it is the pharmacist’s potion, the mind amulet of the mind master, or even the psychic armor and the specially modified mecha, they are not something that I can dream of when I am in debt.

For a cyborg like me, there is only one way, that is to learn martial arts! Then go to the front line and wield a knife to kill the clan members!

If you don’t die for a few years, you still have a chance to retire alive.

Of course, the Federation has not completely blocked the way out for cyborgs.

After all, there is actually not much difference between cyborgs and natural humans, and they themselves have infinite possibilities.

Fang Xing used to sit here just to get into college and then successfully postpone his military service!
According to federal law, once you successfully get into college, you can get a scholarship and postpone your military service until after you graduate from college!
It is said that many “Martial Saints” and “Martial Gods” in the Federation took this path.

“I want to go to university…”

“It’s very difficult, very difficult! Even Xia Long subconsciously thought that none of us were college students… After all, one of the most basic requirements for college entrance exams is to reach the third level of martial arts – unpolished jade – before graduating from high school!”

There are three realms in martial arts: the first realm is “flesh and skin”, the second realm is “bones and tendons”, and the third realm is “unpolished jade”!
A warrior who reaches the unpolished jade realm will have a body that goes against the natural order, with the five internal organs working in harmony, automatically repairing all hidden injuries, and having an extremely perfect internal and external circulation. He or she can live to the age of 120 without any disease or disaster!

Fang Xing sighed inwardly, then looked at Xia Long’s actions in front of him.

At this moment, the opponent was posing in a standing meditation posture, and the spine on his back was shaking like a big dragon.

“Today’s class, first stick to the ‘Big Dragon Posture’ for 30 minutes, then practice the 12 military boxing moves with me…”

“It goes without saying that the Great Dragon Posture is the first realm of martial arts – the best posture for refining the flesh and skin. After countless simulations by the Federation’s highest intelligent brain, the ‘Omniscient Brain’, it has reached the ‘perfect’ level and can train the flesh and skin of the whole body without leaving out any detail… You can’t stand still in the posture. You have to move your body and mind. Imagine that the torso is a big dragon, the spine is the dragon bones, and the limbs are the dragon claws… It’s best not to practice the Great Dragon Posture for more than an hour a day. If you have the conditions, you can go to the store to buy ‘D3-level nutrient solution’…”

Xia Long explained in great detail, but he sighed in his heart. A bottle of the cheapest ‘D3 nutrient solution’ costs 5,000 star coins, and it is probably difficult for an average biochemical student to afford it in the long term.

But there is no way around it. The Federation’s resources are limited, and martial arts is already the cheapest and most popular career evolution route.

Without showing certain talent, it is not worth the school or even your own investment.

breathe……

Fang Xing calmed his mind and assumed the Dalong Posture. A sense of familiarity immediately emerged in his heart, as if he had been practicing this posture for a long time.

He unconsciously began to slow down his breathing, and his mind began to visualize a majestic dragon. The bones in his spine began to tremble slightly.

In this state, he felt his skin membrane vibrating, numbness, itching… all kinds of strange sensations surged over him, and his muscles began to heat up.

‘Hold on! Hold on!’

It was a rare opportunity to travel through time and come into contact with such extraordinary power, so Fang Xing gritted his teeth and persevered.

He didn’t know how much time had passed, but he suddenly felt his whole body weakened, his vision went dark, and a feeling of ‘reaching the limit’ surged through his body.

It was like a sudden loss of strength during a long run, and the body could no longer generate even the slightest bit of strength…

“Is this the limit? Am I going to faint? Am I going to be carried to the infirmary? That would be so embarrassing…”

At this moment, Fang Xing’s consciousness became hazy and he seemed to have returned to the night when he stayed up late reading novels.

A sword light seemed to appear before his eyes, and under that sword, it seemed as if a world was being born and destroyed…

‘Is this… the scene from when I traveled through time?’

‘Why do I feel it is a sword? And not the light of a knife? Or any other light?’

‘That sword light seemed to suppress some kind of terror?’

Fang Xing didn’t have time to think about it. He saw the sword light falling and turning into two light balls, one red and one white.

The two light balls chased each other, like two fish, or like a red and white Tai Chi diagram.

suddenly!

Boom!!!
The red and white lights collided, and the terrifying brilliance annihilated everything!
The red and white Tai Chi diagram suddenly collapsed, and then… a faint fluorescent light appeared in front of him:

[Name: Fang Xing]

Age: 16

[Occupation: Warrior]

It was a very simple panel, and when Fang Xing’s consciousness came to the warrior profession, several more sub-columns were opened:
[First Realm: Flesh and Skin (Skin Refining: 21/100)]

【12 Military Boxing Styles: 55/100 (Beginner)】

[Big Dragon Posture: 67/100 (Entry Level)]

…

‘What game panel is this? Is this my cheat code? It seems to be related to the scene I saw when I traveled through time?’

Fang Xing’s heart moved, and then… all kinds of insights about the ‘Big Dragon Post’ emerged, and he suddenly felt that his limbs had regained strength, as if a channel that was about to dry up was injected with a new flow of water, so that he would not faint immediately.

“Yes… Although I have completely inherited the original owner’s mind and muscle memory, there are still some differences in how I actually perform the moves. That is, my mind and hands know how to do it… but there is no coordination and cooperation, so my skills have regressed…”

“But now, with this attribute panel, I have achieved my goal once and for all. My proficiency will only increase, not decline…”

“It is only now that I have completely taken over everything from the original owner, even my martial arts…”

“If you can add some more…”

Fang Xing was a little greedy, but after searching everywhere, he couldn’t find any option to add points, so he had to give up for the time being.

“Okay, thirty minutes are up.”

A few minutes later, Xia Long gave an order, and the students who were originally standing still felt relieved one by one. Liu Wei even fell to the ground, sweating profusely and gasping for breath.

Fang Xing was fine, he just felt his legs were a little weak, but he didn’t need to lie down.

“Ah Xing, your standing practice seems to be even more powerful. Did you secretly practice more at home tonight?”

Liu Wei couldn’t help but complain when he saw that his fellow sufferers didn’t fall down.

“This is my normal level!”

Fang Xing answered with a heavy breath, but added in his heart: “It’s just that it was Fang Xing’s peak moment…”

People’s conditions can be good or bad, but with the attribute bar fixed, your condition will always be at its peak!

To Liu Wei, it seemed as if Fang Xing had made further progress.

“Hehe, your standing meditation is indeed a little bit better than mine, but that may not be the case in the future.” Liu Wei smiled and got up.

Xia Long also shouted at this time: “Don’t lie down! You are in good condition now, stand up and practice the twelve military boxing moves, the first move is the bow step cannon punch!”

Fang Xing’s spine was like a bow, and his tendons were like strings. He put the five fingers of his right hand together, and his joints made crisp sounds. He imagined that his body was a big bow, “shooting” his fist out.

Bang! When
the punch was thrown, the air in front of him made a muffled sound, which scared Liu Wei next to him.

“Axing, how come you are so powerful?”

Seeing that many students in the class were punching, the lines on Xia Long’s face softened a little. “Well… there’s a saying in the ancient boxing classics that ‘a single punch is worth a thousand gold coins’. If you can make a single punch like that, you would be Ming Jin warriors who could defeat ten people in ancient times! But it’s not enough! Far from enough!”

“Why is this first move ‘Bow Step Cannon Fist’ called Cannon Fist? Bow step is just the beginning. Imagining your body as a bow is just the beginning. Next, you have to imagine yourself as a cannon, ignite the blood and gunpowder with the ‘heart fire’, and use your fist as a ‘cannonball’ to fire it out!”

As he spoke, Xia Long threw a punch.

Boom!

It was the same ‘bow-step cannon punch’, but it was as if a cannonball exploded in the air. Fang Xing only felt a pain in his eardrums, and even his heart seemed to be oppressed, with some chest tightness: ‘This punch probably took at least twenty years of skill… I can’t block it…’

Xia Long closed his fist and stood up: “When will you be able to perform a real ‘cannon punch’? A cannon is worth a ton of money. Only then can you be considered to have mastered this style. The key lies in the ‘heart fire’, using the heart as the driving force to circulate the qi and blood…”

As he spoke, Xia Long came behind a student and casually slapped him on the back.

The student’s face instantly turned blood red, and he swung his hand and threw a punch. Although there was no explosion, the crisp sound was obviously louder.

“This kind of ‘teaching by example’ is incomparable to any projection… but it seems that only students who make a sound can enjoy this treatment…”

While Fang Xing was thinking, Xia Long had already come up behind him and pressed his five fingers on his vest: “Punch!”

He suddenly felt a burning sensation in his chest, as if gunpowder had been ignited, and he was eager to find a breakthrough to vent.

“drink!”

Fang Xing growled, threw a punch, and then felt a little exhausted.

“Good, pay attention to your footwork next time…”

Xia Long gave some instructions and walked towards another female classmate.

Fang Xing just sat on the ground, breathing heavily, but he felt a little excited.

He consciously went to the attribute panel and found the sub-column of Military Boxing.

[Twelve Military Boxing Styles: 56/100 (Beginner)]

“Proficiency increased by 1 point?”

“If I can do this a few dozen more times, can I complete the basic training of the Military Body Fist and enter the next stage?”

“But, if I do this dozens of times, my body won’t be able to handle it…”

Feeling the pain in his arm, Fang Xing shook his head secretly.

Suddenly, his eyes fixed.

At the bottom of the attribute bar, a new and strange symbol appeared.

This rune seems to be composed of twisted lines, faintly forming the outline of a mirror.

When his consciousness fell on it, a new line of text emerged:

[Gate of the Heavens: 1/100 (Capturing)]

(End of this chapter)