Faced with Ferdinand's question, Fang Xingjian shook his head without hesitation and said, "Not interested."
Ferdinand sighed. Looking at the glow on Fang Xingjian's fingertips, he knew that he was still cultivating the Radiant Light Sword Technique. He suddenly asked, "Xingjian, don't tell me that you're still thinking of participating in this year's Regional Selection?"
Fang Xingjian fell silent for a moment. Feeling that there was no harm in saying it, he nodded and said, "That's right, I do have plans to participate in this year's Regional Selection."
Ferdinand continued to ask, "Then do you know how intense the competition will be this year?"
"It concerns the budgets of all the Prefectural Academies for the next year. It should be the most intense Prefectural Selection in the past few decades," Fang Xingjian said calmly.
"Then do you know that in the Regional Selection, other than battles such as arena battles and hunting competitions, there's also a talent assessment?" Ferdinand said, "The talent assessment has always been to view the Pantheon Monument."
The Pantheon Monument was one of the eight huge stone monuments created by the eight Divine level experts when the Empire was first established.
The Pantheon Monument recorded the comprehensions of these eight Divine level experts, and each region's Regional Academy had a piece of the Pantheon Monument.
The last stage of the Regional Selection was to comprehend the martial arts from the Pantheon Monument. At the level of a Divine level expert, weapons were no longer able to restrict them. The Pantheon Monument Observation allowed one to comprehend sword arts, saber arts, staff arts, spear arts, and any other martial arts.
There were a total of eight pieces of the Pantheon Monument. Some were words, some were pictures, and some were lines, sketches, or even words that ordinary people would not be able to understand.
As for Kirst's piece, it was filled with countless strange lines and dots.
The victor of this stage would naturally be determined by who could comprehend more martial arts from the Pantheon Monument in the shortest amount of time.
Fang Xingjian, who was blind, had already lost this stage before it even started. No matter how powerful his sword Qis were, it was impossible for him to be able to sense the various prints and colors on the monument.
Fang Xingjian gave it some thought and said, "It's true that I didn't understand the content of this stage. Thank you for telling me."
Ferdinand smiled, "But you still don't plan on giving up?"
"I still want to try."
"Since you already know and still have such plans, then it must be the result of careful consideration. I won't continue to persuade you." Ferdiand said, "But let's make some changes to the cram school. How about giving everyone a one-day trial? More people should sign up this way. "
Ferdinand believed that with Fang Xingjian's standard of guidance, as long as everyone had tried it, they would definitely want to sign up. This would also help Fang Xingjian to get more registration fees and reduce the financial pressure.
"Also …" Ferdinand smiled and said, "You don't have to be too tired. If there's half the effect today, those Knights will definitely come. Of course, you'll have to take care of me."
…
Ferdinand left, and Fang Xingjian returned to the secret room to continue his cultivation. However, there was no need for him to guide the students. His sword fingers flashed with light, and as he cultivated the Radiant Light Sword Technique, he kept on thinking about how to sense ether particles.
'Ether particles are everywhere. They are both waves and particles. Based on Earth's theories, they are similar to electromagnetic waves.
'Based on Earth's theories, receiving electromagnetic waves relies on inducing electric currents.
'But how do I sense ether particles? Heat, electric currents, all sorts of radiation … Ether particles can form almost anything …
'It's too difficult to study their nature. I'll have to think of other methods.'
Amidst his contemplation, he suddenly thought of something else. 'Speaking of which, my Boundaries Negation can make up for the lack of attributes other than my agility attribute. It can even allow me to temporarily transmit information through ether particles and increase my reaction.'
'Maybe I can start thinking about it from Boundaries Negation.'
Just as Fang Xingjian was thinking about it, occasionally activating Boundaries Negation and whether he should send out a stream of sword ripples at the slowest speed, trying to sense ether particles bit by bit, someone knocked on the door.
Lina walked in, looked at Fang Xingjian, and said, "Sir, someone is looking for you. He says his name is Manny."
A short moment later, Fang Xingjian was sitting in the study when Manny walked in and looked at him curiously.
"I heard that although you're blind, you're already able to determine locations by listening to the wind. It's as if you're not blind. Is that true?"
Fang Xingjian let out a cold snort and tapped out with his sword, sending three streams of sword Qis toward Manny. The latter laughed out loud and took three steps back, dodging the sword Qis. Just as he was about to tease Fang Xingjian that he was still lacking in terms of skills, he discovered that his belt had broken off and dropped onto the ground.
He let out a breath, shook his head, and said, "You're amazing."
Fang Xingjian said calmly, "You're the amazing one, the Headmaster's son. Hiding in the library and pretending to be an ordinary person … Not everyone has this level of forbearance."
"Hehe." Manny smiled awkwardly and changed the topic, as if he did not want Fang Xingjian to dwell on this topic. He said directly, "The old man feels that he's let you down and feels apologetic. That's why I'm here to give you a gift."
With that, he took out a big stack of books and said to Fang Xingjian, "These are all the books left behind by the more famous Conferred Knights of the past. They're books on attaining Heaven's Perception. Take a look. It should be of help to you."
Seeing how Fang Xingjian was frowning, Manny laughed out loud, "I'm just joking. I know that you can't read them now, so I've specially come here to read them for you."
Fang Xingjian asked, "Read? Don't you need to cultivate? The reason why you've returned is to participate in the Regional Selection, right? "
"Sigh, I've been cultivating for so many years. Three months won't make a difference. If I'm able to sense ether particles and attain Heaven's Perception before the Regional Selection, then both my battle prowess and talent will increase tremendously. It'll be as if I'm halfway to passing the Regional Selection."
Heaven's Perception could allow one to sense the information in ether particles. This would allow one's senses to increase tremendously in battle. If one could transmit information through ether particles, then it would also increase the human body's reaction greatly. Naturally, one's battle prowess would increase tremendously.
On the other hand, one would be able to sense all sorts of external changes through Heaven's Perception, as well as the minute existence of various moves and intents. This would mean that one's talent would increase tremendously.
Manny grinned and said, "If I can attain Heaven's Perception before the Regional Selection, I'll have a great advantage in the Pantheon Monument Observation. I wonder what martial arts I'll be able to comprehend. "Moreover, how great are the rewards for the Regional Selection this time around? I reckon that there'll definitely be students who'll invest crazily in it, creating one or two geniuses who've attained Heaven's Perception. "
As Manny spoke, he flipped open a book and started to talk about its contents.
"Mmm, this was written by a westerner called Layman Huang Long. He was a Conferred Knight from over two hundred years ago. It's the words from your side. "
By 'your side', he was naturally referring to Fang Xingjian's yellow-skinned and black-eyed appearance, which was exactly the same as the westerners in Miracle World.
"The heart moves, the intent moves. Stop but not stop, move but not move …"
"… Relax the spirit, be flexible and lively, move the spirit with the heart …"
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