The next morning, Zhou Yuanjue finally finished his training.
A month of high-intensity training had once again brought him to a bottleneck. The amount of power he could draw from the Natural Magnetic Field was nearing its limit. To advance further, he would have to increase the strength of his Psychic Power and Life Magnetic Field.
And this was obviously not sothing that could be achieved by holing himself up in a training room.
"It's finally over. This is the first ti I've ever seen soone train so insanely."
Yang Lina shook her head. Her gaze toward Zhou Yuanjue was no longer evasive; on the contrary, it held a sense of awe.
"Oh, right. This is a 'specialized ration' that Dean Zhong Hongyu developed for you based on your recent physical condition. It's nothing too complex, just a 'biscuit' made of highly compressed nutrients. A normal person definitely couldn't digest it, but it's no problem for you. One block should be enough to cover your nutritional consumption for an entire day of strenuous exercise. You won't have to keep chugging nutritional fluids anymore."
Yang Lina took out two palm-sized, vacuum-sealed "compressed biscuits" from her pocket.
Zhou Yuanjue took one, tore open the packaging, and was t with a sll similar to dog food. He looked at Yang Lina with so confusion.
"Any fragrance would co from additives. This is healthier. Besides, this is just the initial version. We can add so flavoring later if you'd like."
Yang Lina said with a serious expression.
"That won't be necessary."
Zhou Yuanjue was not soone who indulged in the pleasures of food; for him, practical effects were what mattered most.
He stuffed the "biscuit" into his mouth. It felt even harder than a rock.
However, with his current physical constitution, his teeth were strong enough to chew through thin sheets of tal. Eating this was no problem at all.
CRUNCH! CRUNCH!
Accompanied by a hair-raising sound, the biscuit was crushed to powder by Zhou Yuanjue's teeth and swallowed.
GURGLE! GURGLE!
A series of sounds like a machine running echoed from his stomach. After a few minutes, he opened his eyes.
"How is it?"
Yang Lina asked with a smile.
"Not bad."
Zhou Yuanjue now knew his own physical condition like the back of his hand. He had just digested about one-tenth of the "biscuit" and already felt slightly full.
It was rich in nutrients and had few impurities, reducing the burden of excretion. He had to admit, the convenience brought by modern technology was unimaginable.
'In ancient tis, even if soone managed to break through to Saint Awakening, things would have been different. In an era of scarce resources, they'd have a hard ti just keeping their body from deteriorating, let alone improving their physical strength. They wouldn't have had the energy to explore the path beyond Saint Awakening. They probably wouldn't even have fought people often, since any fight would be a huge drain on their stamina.'
'Therefore, in ancient tis, Saint Awakening was the apex. To want to go any further was just wishful thinking.'
'But things are different now. The advancent of the age has made it possible for humanity to explore even higher realms of self.'
Soon, Zhou Yuanjue returned to the room the Secret Inspection Bureau had arranged for him, preparing to rest for a bit.
TAP TAP TAP!
Just at that mont, a set of footsteps approached from outside his room.
Then, there was a knock on his door.
Zhou Yuanjue stood up and opened the door.
Lu Zhen stood outside with a solemn expression. A month had passed, and his injuries were mostly healed, though two nacing new scars now decorated his face.
"You've finally co out of seclusion. The Director said that once you did, he wanted to see you."
Lu Zhen said to Zhou Yuanjue.
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「Secret Inspection Bureau Southern Headquarters, Director's Office.」
When Lu Zhen led Zhou Yuanjue inside, Liehong Mountain was at his desk, seemingly looking over so files.
Lu Zhen tactfully excused himself from the room, closing the door behind him.
Zhou Yuanjue walked to a chair and casually sat down.
"Mastered it?"
Liehong Mountain put down the files in his hands and said with a smile.
"Yes. I don't think there will be any major improvents for a while."
Zhou Yuanjue said.
"It only took you a month?"
Hearing Zhou Yuanjue confirm it himself, a look of marvel appeared on Liehong Mountain's face.
In truth, when he heard the news about Zhou Yuanjue stopping the rain during a thunderstorm, he knew the young man had already made a breakthrough. Even so, he hadn't expected Zhou Yuanjue to be this fast.
Back then, it had taken him nearly two full years to cross this threshold.
'Powerful self-healing abilities, an incomparably resolute will, a deep-seated obsession with power, and so young...'
He knew it was only a matter of ti before Zhou Yuanjue surpassed him.
Tis progress, and the new generation always surpasses the old. When he had stepped into Saint Awakening, he was already forty-two. In the blink of an eye, thirty years had passed.
"Has my application for affiliated status been approved? If possible, I'd like to review so of the confidential files on Saint Awakening."
Zhou Yuanjue said to Liehong Mountain.
"The information we have on Saint Awakening is actually quite limited. I wonder, would you be interested in eting so other Saint Awakenings in person?"
Liehong Mountain said to Zhou Yuanjue with a smile.
"Oh? Is there such an opportunity?"
Hearing this, Zhou Yuanjue's interest was instantly piqued.
'In ancient tis, a Saint Awakening might appear only once every few centuries. Even today, they're as rare as a phoenix's feather, as elusive as a Divine Dragon that shows its head but never its tail. It was no easy feat for two of them to be gathered here talking like this.'
"During this period, you were either sleeping off your injuries or in closed-door training. A lot has happened in the past month or so."
Liehong Mountain said, shaking his head.
"What is it?"
Zhou Yuanjue frowned upon hearing this.
"A week ago, the Southern Fighting Tournant was suspended again, and the martial arts conference up north has also been halted. A large number of 'seeds,' with their consent, have been transferred to the Northwest."
Liehong Mountain said, his expression turning grave.
"Celestial Demon?"
Zhou Yuanjue raised an eyebrow. 'That has to be it. It's the only reason the higher-ups would make such a decision.'
"Do you know why the incident on Haisa Island happened? Or why so much equipnt and personnel were transferred away before the cleanup was finished?"
"Because shortly after the Haisa Island incident, a report ca in from Beiwei. A Relic had appeared, one suspected to be a Celestial Demon Sealing Realm Image. And this Relic seed to be even larger in scale than the one on Haisa Island. That's why so much manpower and so many resources were dispatched to Beiwei."
"However, because of Beiwei's special geographical location and other factors, the news spread quickly. It wasn't just our people who had their eyes on that Realm Image, but also people from neighboring countries like Beisha Country, Starry Sky Country, and Hengsha Country. Later, even so international organizations got involved."
"Frankly, with our strength, we could have handled it. But then, we made a new discovery during our exploration."
"It seems the Sealing Realm Image in Beiwei is only one part of a much larger one. Through our calculations, we've determined the core of this massive cluster of Sealing Realm Images—the part most likely to leak—is here."
Liehong Mountain pulled a docunt from the file he was holding and handed it to Zhou Yuanjue.
Zhou Yuanjue took it and looked. His pupils contracted sharply.
The docunt was a map, on which was drawn a vast, rolling mountain range. The na of the mountain range was:
Kunlun.
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