Atlas of Heaven and Man

When Chen Chuan drew his blade again, his movements suddenly froze. He remembered a rule of the academy: students were prohibited from bringing field interference objects or anomalous disturbance entities into public areas.

Field interference objects were typically special organisms or groups of organisms. Whether it was strange tales, secret rituals, or field interference objects, they were all classified as anomalous disturbances.

He didn't know what this thing was. Although the academy regarded dormitories as private spaces for students, if the disturbance was too great, they would definitely intervene, and he didn't want to lose evaluation points because of it.

So, after thinking for a moment, he decided not to continue drawing his blade. He would first learn moves from Teacher Zheng, and after it was over, find a place to see what this thing actually was.

An hour later, a voice sounded in his ear: "Teaching simulation complete. If you need to extend the time, please increase your personal evaluation score."

The figure in front of him flickered and disappeared, and the training room returned to its previous state.

Chen Chuan felt it for a moment. Teacher Zheng's saber technique was very interesting. It was a saber technique that could mobilize alienated tissues and breathing techniques simply through saber practice.

It should incorporate different strength stances. It could actually achieve this effect through the saber moves themselves. In terms of combat practice alone, it was many times more brilliant than the Heavy Chop Saber Technique, but the latter was a practical combat saber technique, while this was more focused on self-training.

However, if there was a practice method, there must be a fighting method. He was looking forward to learning from Teacher Zheng.

He walked out of the private training room and glanced at his Second Self. After that battle with Xiong Jianyi, he felt that not only had the overlapping time of his Second Self increased, but also its strength was approaching his own even faster.

Combat was indeed the most direct way to strengthen the resonance between him and his Second Self. Since he had accepted the Bureau's support and training, it seemed that there would be no shortage of such opportunities in the future.

After he went outside, he tidied himself up a bit, and then left the Xuangong Building with the Snow Monarch Blade. After thinking for a while, he simply took the tram and went directly to the desolate area where Teacher Wu had lived. There were almost no people here, and there were no tall buildings around, so no one could see him.

He walked to a collapsed building. This time, without hesitation, he drew the Snow Monarch Blade in one swift motion. At the same time, strong signs of etherealization appeared on his body.

He held the blade horizontally in front of him and looked at it. It seemed that there was nothing unusual.

Only...

At this moment, he stretched out his other hand and placed it on the back of the blade, then grabbed it and slowly pulled it outwards. In the originally empty space, wisps of crystal clear silk threads appeared. After this thing came out, it slowly dispersed, and then expanded to the entire area where he was standing, and then spread outwards.

This thing was like soft silk threads, and also like floating white mist. When it floated, it had a sense of cloud-like beauty, but at the same time, the invasion became more intense.

He could feel that the overlapping time of his Second Self was shrinking at an extremely fast rate, comparable to close-range contact with those tricky strange tales.

What is this thing?

It didn't seem like a strange tale, but it had obvious invasive effects. He was sure that if there were no special binding methods, ordinary people around would not live long once this thing leaked out.

And in just a short while, these white silk mists floated to the top, and it looked like they were still spreading outwards, and the invasion was intensifying. Under this kind of interference, the Boundary Marker was no longer working at all.

He felt that he could no longer let it go, and just as he was thinking about how to put it away, the Snow Monarch Blade seemed to feel his intention, and shook slightly. All of these wisps of white mist retreated back to the blade once again, and disappeared completely in a short moment, and the etherealization signs around him also faded to nothing.

Chen Chuan glanced at the Snow Monarch Blade. The red line on the back of the blade seemed to be flowing at this moment. He judged that this thing was likely to have been integrated into the blade after piercing Xiong Jianyi's body. Now it seemed that the two had merged into one.

He didn't know what it was, but he could feel that it seemed to be a good thing for the Snow Monarch Blade.

He had been trying to strengthen the connection between the two, and now this feeling was obviously closer, and it was obvious that the alienated tissue inside the blade had grown under some kind of stimulation.

He thought for a while. This thing was obviously related to Xiong Jianyi, but looking at the Gong Clan's eagerness to kill Xiong Jianyi later, perhaps it was also related to this.

It was even possible that the Gong Clan's various actions this time were focused on this thing. This thing must be extremely important. If this was the case, then this matter might not be over.

But no matter what, since it had come to him, there was no reason to return it.

He sheathed the Snow Monarch Blade and left here.

This time, he didn't turn back to the Xuangong Building. Since he was already out, he decided to go to the teacher that Ni Qianqian had recommended to him.

He had already checked the address before. This teacher's teaching location was located in Mo Tie Mountain, which was one of the famous high-end residential areas in the Central City. It was the residence of most government officials, company executives, and cultural celebrities in the Central City. This teacher could live there, and obviously his identity was not ordinary.

He first contacted the teacher using the contact information given, and communicated with a person who seemed to be a butler. The other party said that he could come now, so he directly took the tram and came to Mo Tie Mountain.

At this moment, in a certain base of the Central City Management Bureau, a young man with long hair and colored contact lenses walked out of the building, came to the square, looked around, and seeing that no one was disturbing him, he opened the Boundary Marker to contact.

After a while, the connection was made, and a cold voice came, "An Cheng, what's the matter?"

An Cheng said, "Have you heard? That newbie passed the first cooperative mission."

"Passed? So what?"

"It's nothing. It's just that the bureau seems to value him a lot. I'm just reminding you that there's one more person in the competition."

"Do you know his background?"

An Cheng's lips curved slightly as he sent over some of Chen Chuan's public information that he had investigated.

After the other side looked at it, a surprised voice came: "A commoner student?"

An Cheng reminded him, "Don't underestimate him. Being able to get a spot to enter the Central City with this identity is no simple feat, not simple at all."

The voice on the other side said: "You don't need to remind me. Of course, I won't underestimate him. The Bureau of Handling Affairs wouldn't misjudge people. Otherwise, what are we? Besides, how much influence can our original status and identity have in the Central City? What's the difference between that and a commoner?"

An Cheng said, "That's good then. You also know that the resources given by the Bureau of Handling Affairs seem the same, but if one person takes some opportunities, others won't have them. And the more someone takes… the more they can take."

"You're telling me this, so you must have some ideas, right? Go ahead, what do you want to do?"

"Here's what I'm thinking. We'll share information. I believe you must have met some people after being in the Bureau of Handling Affairs for so long, right? If there's an opportunity, let's be proactive and seize it first. Then, the two of us can decide how to allocate it, to avoid our competition benefiting others.

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Although they came half a semester earlier and seemed to have the advantage, it seemed a little unfair, but where is there any fairness in this world? There are only invisible boundaries. If you can't cross them, then you can only be trapped in the original circle.

He came to the Central City from a local city, jumping out of his original circle. Now, to go to a higher circle, he must try every means to use all forces to climb up.

Those who hinder him must be squeezed out.

The voice on the other side then said, "But haven't you forgotten something?"

An Cheng asked, "Forgotten what?"

"No matter how hard we try, only by reaching the third limit will we receive the true attention of the Bureau of Handling Affairs, and only then will we receive double the resources and be given more opportunities. But if he reaches the third limit ahead of time, then everything will be in vain."

An Cheng laughed and said, "Don't worry about that. I inquired through internal channels, and his potential isn't high. Although the specific numbers are unknown, the fact that they can tell us this already says something.

Moreover… we came half a semester earlier than him. If we're still surpassed by him, then we shouldn't think too much and just admit defeat early."

The other side heard the hidden mockery in his words, but only dropped a sentence, "I hope you always have this much confidence," and ended the call.

After taking the tram for more than an hour, Chen Chuan finally arrived in the Mo Tie Mountain area. Emerging from the station, he could see mansions and high-rise buildings on the distant mountains. The combination of modern and ancient styles was surprisingly harmonious. Not only was the level of greenery much higher than in other areas, but the lighting effects were also very subtle.

Various flowers were planted along both sides of the road, and the air was exceptionally fresh. Everything in sight, whether it was the clean streets or the distribution of shops, buildings, and public facilities on both sides, was very aesthetically pleasing and made people feel very comfortable.

Knowing that he was coming, the teacher had sent a special car to pick him up. After passing through layers of security checks, he was taken directly to his lakeside manor and led to a classical-style living room to wait.

Before long, a handsome young man, not yet thirty years old, walked in. This man was wearing a traditional lanshan robe, with his hair tied in a bun and a treasure-blue hairband. His temperament was cold and aloof, just like a high-ranking scholar who had stepped out of the old era.

From the rhythm of movement revealed on his body, Chen Chuan could tell that this person should be a very skilled fighter, but some places seemed slightly uncoordinated.

The young man looked directly at him and said, "What's wrong, a little surprised?"

Chen Chuan could feel that the other party's expression was neither cold nor warm, but in fact, he was very sensitive, so he spoke directly, "Indeed. I thought the teacher would be a very old person. I didn't expect the teacher to be so young."

The young man's expression softened a little and said, "Although I'm not much older than you, you don't have to worry about me not being able to teach you, unless you don't study hard yourself, or you don't have the talent."

At this time, Chen Chuan saw a message coming from the Boundary Tablet. He looked at it and saw a brief file of the person in front of him.

This person's name was Cao Guixi, and he was only twenty-six years old, indeed not much older than him. However, since the Bureau of Handling Affairs recommended this person to guide him into the third limit, then he himself must be at least at that level.

"Sit down."

Cao Guixi greeted him. After he sat down, he also sat down opposite him and said with a calm expression, "I was also a graduate of the main branch. You can call me Senior Brother. Because I once owed the Bureau of Handling Affairs a favor, they recommended you to come here to study, so I agreed.

I will assist you in entering the third limit. Other than that, I have nothing to do with you, so you don't have to treat me as a teacher."

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