We made you practice martial arts, and you've mastered the Great Golden Body?

Chapter 99 Xihe Star Palace
"Xiao Lian, after you go to university, you must cultivate diligently." Mother Shen said, glancing cautiously at Duan Wuyai on the flying vehicle, then leaning close to Shen Bailian's ear and whispering her instructions:

"Don't be the first to charge into battle. The nail that sticks out gets hammered down, you know?"

Even though Shen Bailian had won first place in the Bozhou City Martial Arts Competition, in his mother's eyes, Shen Bailian was still a child who needed to be taken care of.

"Yes, I know." Shen Bailian said with a smile, "You guys go back and rest. I'm all grown up now, I can definitely take care of myself, don't worry."

Bang

Shen Bailian smiled and waved to the two of them, then turned around and took a running start.

He exerted force with both legs and instantly soared dozens of meters into the air, jumping onto a small flying vehicle on the street.

As the sound faded, the aircraft quickly took off.

Shen's mother and Shen Zhenxing stood on the street, motionless for a long time, watching the aircraft gradually shrink.

The two felt a void in their hearts, as if they had lost something important.

On board the aircraft.

"Come here." Duan Wuyai sat down, beckoned to Shen Bailian, and said, "Sit next to me, I'll tell you some things to be aware of."

"it is good."

Shen Bailian's face lit up with excitement as he walked over and sat down next to Duan Wuyai.

Can we finally unveil the mystery of the Sun-class Lungmen species?
"There was a confidentiality agreement, so it's not convenient to tell you specific information about the Sun-class Lungmen species before we actually make contact."

As he spoke, Duan Wuyai revealed a mysterious smile: "Guess where our final destination is this time?"

"The final stop?" Shen Bailian frowned slightly and asked in confusion, "Isn't it the Tiangang University campus?"

During the gathering a couple of days ago, Shen Bailian took the opportunity to ask Li Hongling some simple questions, which also cleared up some of his doubts.

All martial arts universities in the Great Xia Dynasty are war bases that are independent of the lives of ordinary people.

The only difference is that second-rate martial arts universities have many schools concentrated in one war base, while first-rate universities have several schools placed in one war base.

Top-tier martial arts schools with good conditions often share a single war base with two or three other schools.

As for the six universities, each occupied a war base.

War bases are often referred to as university towns. Those who settle and live in university towns are either martial artists at the Life-Establishing Realm or logistics personnel who have no interest in cultivating martial arts.

As for the Zhou Tian Star Array, which covers the entire Great Xia region, it is a system for controlling the primordial energy of heaven and earth throughout the entire region.

Every August, the primordial energy of heaven and earth within the range of the Zhou Tian Xing Dou Grand Array, under the influence of human intervention, will concentrate and converge towards the university town.

This is why Shen Bailian noticed that the spiritual energy within Bozhou City had suddenly decreased significantly.

“No.” Duan Wuyai shook his head, then said, “It is the Xihe Star Palace.”

Shen Bailian frowned; he had never heard of this place before.

"I won't keep you in suspense any longer." Duan Wuyai sorted out his thoughts and continued, "On April 25th of the 123rd year of the New Era, the Zhou Tian Star Array was officially deployed and initially covered the entire Great Xia territory."

"On July 18, 123 of the New Era, the Four-Level Theory of the Dragon Gate Cultivation was officially published. From then on, martial arts officially became the mainstream cultivation path, and Great Xia became the number one power."

"However, the general public knows nothing about Sun-class Lungmen species, and I believe you don't understand it either."

"Ah."

Shen Bailian nodded thoughtfully.

There is no record of these messages in textbooks, and there are many rumors circulating online, but there is no definitive conclusion.

"The key to 'Yo-ri' is the word 'sun' in it. Sun represents the sun, so the main material of the Yo-ri-class Lungmen species is the most domineering power of the sun, namely the essence of the sun."

"If that's the case," Shen Bailian quickly understood the meaning behind Duan Wuyai's words and blurted out:
"The main material of the Radiant Moon-level Dragon Gate Seed is the power of the Moon, that is, the essence of the moon; the main material of the Multiverse-level Dragon Gate Seed is the power of the stars; and the main material of the most common Candle Flame-level Dragon Gate Seed is the primordial energy of heaven and earth?"

"Very clever," Duan Wuyai said with considerable emotion. "This time, thanks to you, I had the opportunity to go to the legendary Xihe Star Palace."

"That is, the core of the Zhou Tian Star Array."

Just as Shen Bailian was about to continue expressing his doubts,

Sudden.

Shen Bailian frowned slightly. He keenly sensed that a special atomized gas was being sprayed out of the aircraft. This gas was colorless and odorless, but it quickly spread out the moment it came into contact with the air.

Under the influence of the atomized gas, Shen Bailian's eyelids suddenly felt very heavy, and she involuntarily wanted to close them.

He tried to stay awake, but his eyelids felt as heavy as lead and slumped uncontrollably.

"Don't struggle, it's part of the plan."

Hearing Duan Wuyai's voice growing weaker and weaker, Shen Bailian groggily turned his head and saw that Duan Wuyai had already closed his eyes.
After both of them fell into a deep sleep, the aircraft that had been circling two thousand meters above Bozhou City...

It suddenly stopped, adjusted its angle, turned in one direction, and the jets behind it suddenly spewed out a long, pale blue trail of flame.

Meanwhile, the speed of the aircraft is constantly increasing.

A moment later, with a loud boom, the aircraft successfully broke the speed of sound, creating a sonic boom cloud, and its speed continued to increase.

Mach 1, Mach 1.1, Mach 1.2
Eventually, the aircraft stabilized at Mach 3.6, weaving through the endless clouds, leaving a long, thin trail behind it.

The aircraft tilted slightly upwards; it wasn't flying straight, but rather diagonally upwards, heading towards the location of the two suns.

Five hours later, the aircraft gradually slowed down and hovered outside a huge palace shrouded in flames. There were more than two hundred similar aircraft under this sky.

The magnificent palace complex gleamed in the sunlight.

The roof is covered with glazed tiles, which are brightly colored and have exquisite patterns. Wind chimes hang under the eaves, and they make a pleasant sound when the breeze blows.

The palace gate is magnificent and imposing, flanked by powerful stone lions with piercing eyes, guarding this solemn palace. The lintel is carved with auspicious dragon and phoenix patterns.

The square covers a vast area, about the size of two or three football fields.

In the center stands a thick jade pillar carved with nine dragons, each dragon in a different form, as if tumbling in the clouds.

At the base of the Nine Dragon Pillars, there are mysterious patterns. These patterns are like pipes, crisscrossing and connecting with each other to form a complex network.

Connecting many stone coffins, numbering up to 108, above which hangs a huge jade sun disc.

The center has some kind of special mark, perhaps some kind of ancient totem or symbol.

Swish!
The moment the aircraft's hatch opened, Duan Wuyai's primal force surged forth from his dantian. He stepped out of the aircraft as if walking on solid ground, carrying Shen Bailian with him.
This place is 1000km above the ground.

Above the sky, a tremendous roar could be clearly heard, and upon closer inspection, it appeared that some kind of fluid was rapidly flowing overhead.

Those are the thirty-six layers of gale force. Even the weakest layer is strong enough to tear apart ordinary sheet metal, and the power of the gale force becomes more and more astonishing as you go further down the layer.

When the gods fell, in order to prevent the development of humanity or a large-scale escape, they set up this obstacle, turning the entire Earth into an eternal prison.

Under the influence of strong winds, aerospace technology becomes a castle in the air. Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
From the other aircraft, figures flew out quickly, some male and some female, each carrying an unconscious student in their arms, just like Duan Wuyai.

They unleashed their own Force to resist the strong winds.

"Truly a masterpiece that combines technology, metaphysics, and theology of the Great Xia Dynasty, it is terrifying."

Looking at the Xihe Star Palace before him, Duan Wuyai was filled with awe. This was a true floating city, a colossal star palace high above the heavens.

This time, even he wouldn't have had the authority to come here if it weren't for his status as a protector.

The Xihe Star Palace was surrounded by a faint layer of light and flame. These lights and flames were not dazzling, but rather gave people a warm and solemn feeling. Around the light and flames, the originally direct light was distorted.

Like a giant black hole, it devoured the surrounding light. Less than half of the original light escaped before it pierced through layers of clouds and reached the ground.

However, Duan Wuyai knew very well what was going on in his heart.

These flames are the essence of the sun, which is fixed in place by special methods. The heat within them is contained and does not dissipate, with temperatures reaching hundreds of thousands or even millions of degrees Celsius.

It is currently the strongest defense and the strongest attack method in the world, because even divine power cannot arbitrarily define the essence of the sun.

Sudden.

The stone coffin in the square suddenly floated up, as if it had a life of its own, and shot towards the outside of the palace.

One of the stone coffins chose a direction and shot towards Duan Wuyai, while the other half of the people did not have any stone coffins flying towards them.

"Looks like we're pretty lucky; we're in the first batch."

Duan Wuyai thought to himself.

Just as the stone coffin was about to collide with the flames, the flames instantly opened a gap, allowing the stone coffin to pass through. The lid on top of the stone coffin, like a nanomaterial, disappeared in an instant.

"Please, protectors, place the one who leaps over the Dragon Gate into the stone coffin."

A cold, merciless mechanical voice emanated from within the stone coffin.

Duan Wuyai glanced at the stone coffin. Although it appeared to be made of stone, judging from the sudden disappearance of the coffin lid, it must have incorporated a lot of technological techniques.

He took a deep breath, and then, following the voice's instructions, carefully placed the still unconscious Shen Bailian inside.

"When does the Dragon Leap Ceremony begin?"

"I'm sorry, Mr. Duan, after checking, your permissions are insufficient, so I'm sorry I cannot answer your question."

"Alright then." Duan Wuyai shook his head helplessly, glanced at Shen Bailian, and offered his blessing:

"Then I can only wish you good luck."

"Ah~"

Shen Bailian slowly opened his eyes. He felt his eyelids were still a little heavy. He moved his eyes and realized that he was lying in a device similar to the stone coffin he had seen before.

Directly above him was a floating jade sun disc.

Suddenly, just as he was wondering...

"Hello, Mr. Shen Bailian."

A light, ethereal voice echoed around, its source impossible to pinpoint.

"you are?"

Shen Bailian was still groggy and tried to sit up.

At this moment, Shen Bailian suddenly realized that he had lost control of his body. Apart from his mouth and eyes, which could still move, the rest of his body was paralyzed.

You can call me Shaohao.

"Then Shaohao, what's wrong with me?"

"The process of guiding the Dragon Gate seed is extremely painful, so in order to prevent the Dragon Gate jumper from having suicidal thoughts when guiding the Dragon Gate seed, the anesthesia mode is selected by default."

The spirit, Xiaoxing, quickly provided an explanation.

How painful can "extreme pain" be?

"At the very least, it is 10 times the level of normal physiological pain of level 12. Therefore, there is a minimum requirement for mental strength to guide the Sun-level Dragon Gate species. The purpose is to prevent the mental collapse of the Dragon Gate leaper."

"Sigh~"

Shen Bailian gasped inwardly. Even a normal level 12 was enough to make an ordinary person contemplate suicide.

What's more, this kind of pain is up to 10 times that of a normal level 10 physiological pain.
Shen Bailian had previously thought that such a high level of mental strength was necessary to make it easier and more precise to control and channel the primordial energy of heaven and earth when receiving the Dragon Gate Seed.

result.

Such high mental strength was used for being tortured and enduring pain.

"Then why can I still speak? Aren't you afraid I'll bite my tongue and commit suicide?" Shen Bailian asked, somewhat puzzled. Why not do it all the way through?

"Data from thousands of experiments shows that dialogue can greatly reduce the emotional tension of those leaping over the dragon gate before the formal introduction of the dragon gate species."

"General anesthesia will be administered when the process of introducing the Lungmen seed officially begins."

"Of course, you can also choose not to be anesthetized."

"What's the difference between not under anesthesia and under anesthesia?"

"Have."

"The former might be in so much pain that they commit suicide."

"Okay, then let's stick with the default."

Shen Bailian felt that the joke was not funny and quickly stopped Shao Hao's suggestion.

If you accidentally do something stupid and die, wasting a resurrection item is a minor matter.

There must be surveillance here. If they pull off a big resurrection spell, wouldn't they scare a random passerby to death? Even if they don't end up on the testing table, they'll definitely be under close surveillance.

After all, given the casualty rate in this world, developing a resurrection skill suitable for the general public would be nothing short of a divine skill that benefits all living beings.
"Can't you just knock me unconscious? If my mental strength isn't strong enough, I won't break down, right?"

"Then how will you remember how to perform the basic breathing technique?" Shao Hao's voice continued.

This disappointed Shen Bailian, since he wasn't a masochist; just hearing the level of pain made it seem much more intense than before.

"The Dragon Gate Leap Ceremony officially begins!"

A sound as loud as thunder exploded out.

The next chapter will be an extra chapter, updated later. (Extra chapter reason: thanks to the generous donation from "Tactical Loss Prevention" boss.)
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