30: Chapter 30 Kyoto Budo University

Lu Cheng stayed in Xuanwu Fortress for three days.

During these three days, the aftermath caused by the North Line Canyon incident had not completely dissipated. Many high-level figures were inquiring about the details of the event, but Lu Cheng, the person involved, didn't step outside his room, hiding away all day.

He was frantically upgrading.

To be precise, he was adding points.

"System, continue!"

Lu Cheng felt a slight shift in his heart and issued an instruction to the system.

The experience points on the system panel began to jump wildly.

This time, Lu Cheng threw in seven million experience points in one go.

Hum!

The space around his body distorted faintly.

The Giant Elephant Particles in Lu Cheng's body were rapidly opening up.

Three million! Five million! Ten million!

Until the planned seven million experience points were all used up.

He squeezed his fist slightly, and his knuckles made a series of crisp cracking sounds.

Feeling the powerful strength within his body, Lu Cheng smiled with satisfaction.

Now, he possessed a full ten million Giant Elephant Particles in his body.

Could ten million Giant Elephant Particles contend with an S-rank Martial Saint?

Lu Cheng wasn't quite sure; at the very least, he hadn't experienced the power of a domain yet.

However, although his strength had surged again, Lu Cheng also discovered an imminent problem.

His experience points could not support him to continue upgrading the God Elephant Prison-Suppressing Force.

Even if he invested nearly one hundred million experience points, it wouldn't be enough to open up eight hundred and forty million particles.

"Perhaps, I should look for other techniques, preferably ones that can be continuously upgraded, and upgrade another powerful technique!"

Thinking of this, Lu Cheng didn't continue to sit idly.

He stood up, opened the door, and walked out.

Before long, he found Special Commissioner Shen Xiu at the information center.

During these three days, the arrangements Special Commissioner Shen Xiu made for Lu Cheng were comprehensive, one could even say meticulous.

Seeing Lu Cheng approach, Special Commissioner Shen Xiu immediately put down the documents in his hand and stood up.

"Mr. Lu, is there a problem?"

Lu Cheng shook his head and said straight to the point: "Brother Shen, I came here today to ask where I can find some advanced techniques? Preferably above the Profound Grade."

Hearing this request, Special Commissioner Shen Xiu was slightly stunned, then shook his head with a wry smile.

"Mr. Lu, you have really stumped me this time."

Special Commissioner Shen Xiu poured a glass of water for Lu Cheng and explained: "After all, our Xuanwu Fortress is a purely military fortress, a place for fighting. We don't keep things like cultivation techniques here."

"If you want techniques, and advanced ones at that, I have two suggestions."

Lu Cheng raised an eyebrow: "Please speak."

"First, is the library of Kyoto Martial Arts University."

Special Commissioner Shen Xiu held up a finger: "Kyoto Martial Arts University is the highest martial arts institution in Great Xia. Countless brilliant geniuses have emerged from there, and the cultivation notes and techniques they have donated back to the university are as numerous as the hairs on an ox."

"As for the second place, it is the Wubei Pavilion in Kyoto."

Speaking of this, Special Commissioner Shen Xiu's expression became a bit more serious: "The Wubei Pavilion is an institution directly under the Department of Armaments. The techniques inside are even more comprehensive than those at the martial arts university, and it even contains some Heaven-grade techniques, but the clearance required to read them is extremely high. If you want to see the techniques inside, you must redeem them using military merit from the Department of Armaments."

Lu Cheng sat to one side, touching his chin and pondering for a moment.

The library of Kyoto Martial Arts University, and the Kyoto Wubei Pavilion.

If there were advanced techniques, that would be best; if not, he could upgrade them himself. What he needed most was for the techniques to be comprehensive.

The more comprehensive the techniques in a place, the more techniques with special potential there would be.

The higher the probability that he could upgrade them into heaven-defying techniques.

Since that was the case, he might as well consider both places.

"I understand." Lu Cheng looked up at Special Commissioner Shen Xiu. "Is Brother Jin in his office right now? I want to go talk to him about this."

"He is. Director Jin Hong just finished a meeting, you can go straight over." Special Commissioner Shen Xiu gestured with an inviting hand.

Five minutes later, in Director Jin Hong's office.

After hearing Lu Cheng's idea about wanting advanced techniques, Director Jin Hong burst into laughter.

"You kid, you're already strong to that terrifying degree, and you still complain that you aren't strong enough?"

Although he said that, Director Jin Hong's eyes were full of admiration.

In the path of a martial artist, the most feared thing is becoming complacent and ceasing to make progress after gaining a little strength.

That Lu Cheng had this drive to constantly become stronger showed that his future was even more limitless.

Director Jin Hong pulled open a drawer, rummaged through it for a while, and finally pulled out a black ID card with gold lettering, handing it directly to Lu Cheng.

"Take this." Director Jin Hong said.

Lu Cheng reached out and took the card. It had some weight to it. The front had the federal emblem, the bottom right corner had the words "Jin Hong", and the back had the character "Martial" written in seal script.

"This is my private ID card." Director Jin Hong lit a cigarette. "Take this card and go directly to the president of Kyoto Martial Arts University. State your requirements clearly, and he will naturally take you into the library."

Lu Cheng put the ID card into his pocket and thanked him sincerely: "Thanks, Brother Jin."

With this thing, things should be smooth sailing at Kyoto Martial Arts University.

"As for the Wubei Pavilion..." Director Jin Hong stopped smiling and looked at Lu Cheng. "You can go in if you want, but you don't even have an official martial artist rating yet. You are still a nobody in the Great Xia Department of Armaments and have no way to accept missions to earn merit."

Lu Cheng immediately understood and then asked: "How can I get a martial artist rating?"

"Don't rush."

"I can give ratings below C-rank, but you are definitely above that level. Anything above C-rank must be reviewed by the Department of Armaments. Of course, I can refer you directly, skipping the troublesome initial processes. You can go straight to the final test, and the Department of Armaments will send professional personnel to conduct the assessment."

Director Jin Hong paused and continued: "If you have time, you can participate in the test in two days."

"Alright! Then I'll go to Jingwu University first today, and participate in the rating after I return."

After thanking Director Jin Hong, Lu Cheng didn't delay any longer and, led by Special Commissioner Shen Xiu, arrived at the gate of Xuanwu Fortress.

Special Commissioner Shen Xiu beckoned toward the training area, wanting to arrange for two people to follow and protect Lu Cheng.

But he was declined by Lu Cheng.

Just kidding, it was unclear who would be protecting whom!

The location of Kyoto Martial Arts University was at the boundary between the Inner City and the outer city of Kyoto.

As the core of the entire federation, the land area of Great Xia's Kyoto was terrifyingly huge.

Of course, like Dongzhou Base, it was also divided into an Inner City and an outer city.

The only difference was that Kyoto didn't have slums.

Although the outer city was considered prosperous, it was mostly inhabited by low-rank martial artists; while the Inner City was the true core hub, where Great Xia's high-level officials, Noble Families, and high-rank martial artists all resided.

Lu Cheng borrowed an off-road vehicle from Special Commissioner Shen Xiu and drove toward Jingwu University.

...

Inside an abandoned outpost ten kilometers away from the fortress.

Yellow Hair rubbed his eyes, which were filled with eye boogers, and glanced at the tablet in his hand. It was a monitor connected to surveillance equipment, watching the exit of Xuanwu Fortress all day long.

"Boss! Look! That kid is out!"

Yellow Hair shouted at the top of his lungs.

Zhou Mo, who had been waiting in the dilapidated outpost for three full days, was feeling a bit restless at this moment.

Hearing Yellow Hair's voice, his spirits lifted.

Zhou Mo walked quickly to Yellow Hair's side and snatched the tablet.

"Damn it, finally willing to come out!"

Zhou Mo spat fiercely.

During these three days, they had been squatting here feeding mosquitoes, eating dry compressed biscuits all day long.

If Lu Cheng didn't come out again, he would have started to mold.

"Boss, looking at his route, it seems like he's heading to the Kyoto Inner City. Should we move to intercept him directly?"

"No rush!"

Zhou Mo snorted coldly: "It's still too close to Xuanwu Fortress here. If we make a move directly, the commotion will be too big, and Director Jin Hong might be able to rush over in a few minutes!"

He turned around and waved to the other lackeys in the room.

"Pack everything up, get in the car, and tail him from a distance."