Swallowed Star: Holy Flesh

Chapter 113: Could It Be Him? (First Update)
The two realm masters responsible for transporting the "Secret Book of Floating Blood" are from the headquarters of the Virtual Universe Company.

As employees of the Virtual Universe Company's headquarters, the recipients of the goods they deliver are generally geniuses in the core layer of the Virtual Universe, or some immortals of the Virtual Universe Company.

The place he usually goes to is Yuxiang Mountain of the Virtual Universe Company. This is the first time he has come to Wuji Island to deliver goods for a person who is not a core member of the Virtual Universe Company.

However, both of them are old employees of the Virtual Universe Company. They know the rules and know not to ask questions that they should not ask.

No matter who the other party is, just deliver the goods on time according to the requirements of the virtual universe system.

As for the identity of the recipient, that is none of their business.

Especially when they saw Gu Fenghou behind Wang Xiu, their attitude became even more respectful.

"Recipient Wang Xiu, please check the item information here." One of the black-haired world masters smiled politely.

"Yes, that's right." After checking the information, Wang Xiu smiled and nodded.

"Well, then we brothers won't stay any longer." The black-haired realm master said with a smile, then he turned and left with another realm master.

But when the two of them left, they looked at the huge manor and couldn't help but mutter to themselves.

"Wow, this manor is almost as well treated as the geniuses in the original secret realm."

"I don't know what the background of this genius named Wang Xiu is."

……

In the study, Wang Xiu looked at the several large silver-white boxes in front of him. He couldn't contain his excitement and immediately went forward to open them all.

As Wang Xiu expected, the room was full of books.

In fact, the Virtual Universe Company could have sent the entire set of secrets directly to Wang Xiu’s email.

Just to pursue the same sense of reality, it was sent to Wang Xiu in the form of a book.

"Is it the complete set of secret books?" Wang Xiu flipped through it casually and found that the "Secret Book of Floating Blood" was complete from the first volume to the last volume.

Originally, Wang Xiu thought that the King of Qianwu would give him a copy of the book.

After all, in his impression, this "Secret Book of Floating Blood" seemed to be quite expensive.

"Are you surprised by this?" Gu Fenghou said with a smile, "This set of Floating Blood Secret Book is just a basic secret book after all. The owner who created it was only at the peak of the Marquis level when he practiced Luo Yufen, so the price is not expensive."

"A secret book like 'Time and Space Essays' is priced at a sky-high price. A full set of secret books requires 100 billion points!"

"Even if I gave you everything I have, I still can't afford it."

"As for this set of "Blood Floating Secret Book", even if it is a complete set, it only requires 800 points."

"If you weren't a core member of the Virtual Universe Company, I would give it to you."

"I see." Wang Xiu then remembered that he had confused the prices of "Essays of Time and Space" and "Secret Book of Floating Blood".

Yes, if the price of "The Secret Book of Floating Blood" was too high, Luo Feng, who had just entered Chaos City, would not be able to afford it.

King Zhen Yan would not recommend the "Secret Book of Floating Blood" to Luo Feng.

"Let me introduce this "The Secret Book of Floating Blood" to you first." Gu Fenghou said with a smile, "In fact, this "The Secret Book of Floating Blood" also has an introduction in the general outline, but it's always faster for me to tell you directly."

"The Secret Book of Floating Blood may seem like a set of sword techniques, but its essence is a secret method of the essence of the laws of the origin of the universe, which is just practiced in the form of sword techniques."

"Although you are not using a sword, once you truly master the true meaning of the secret book of Floating Blood, you can express it with a knife, a gun, etc., without having to stick to the sword method."

Wang Xiu nodded upon hearing this.

"The first volume of the "Piaoxue" secret book is the general outline. Volumes 2 to 109 are 108 kinds of mysterious analysis and research methods of cultivation. Volume 110 is a summary of the 108 sets of sword techniques."

"Although the first volume of Floating Blood does not involve specific cultivation methods, it contains the creator's thoughts."

"After I leave, you must read it carefully and don't skip it."

"It will be more effective to understand his thoughts and his path of cultivation before studying these 108 sword techniques."

Listening to Gu Fenghou's earnest warning, Wang Xiu nodded heavily.

On Earth, even when reading an ordinary book, if you want to truly understand the ideas the author wants to express, it is essential to read the preface of the book carefully.

Not to mention the profound secret technique like the "Floating Blood" secret book.

"You continue to practice, and I will come back to test your practice results in half a year." Gu Fenghou said with a smile.

"Teacher, are you leaving now?" Wang Xiu was very confused when he heard this. "And didn't we agree before that you would come over to check and give me guidance once every three months?"

"Are you still in the mood to listen to my advice?" Gu Fenghou said with a smile.

“Uh…” Wang Xiu was stunned when he heard that.

Indeed, as soon as the secret book of "Floating Blood" arrived, his mind was completely attracted by it.

But there's no need to change it to once every six months, right?

As if seeing the doubt in Wang Xiu's heart, Gu Fenghou continued: "Practice is not rigid."

"It was once every three months before because with your talent, three months is enough for you to gain something by following the normal method of perceiving the laws."

"But now you have taken another path, a path with a brighter future but more difficult."

"There are 108 mysteries in the laws of the origin of space, each one more difficult than the last, and they require extremely high levels of understanding, talent, and character."

"Three months is too short a time. Even for you, it's hard to understand anything."

"Normally speaking, for practitioners who comprehend the mysteries of the origin of space, the time is calculated in decades or even hundreds of years."

"Six months is a short time."

Wang Xiu couldn't help but nodded when he heard that.

Seeing that Wang Xiu understood, Gu Fenghou said no more and disappeared.

……

After Gu Fenghou left, Wang Xiu directly carried the secret books in the large boxes into the training field and began to study them carefully.

According to what Gu Fenghou said, Wang Xiu picked up the first volume of the "Floating Blood" secret book and began to read it carefully.

After a while, Wang Xiu put down the book in his hand.

"According to the secret method of 'Floating Blood', if I can't master the first set of swordsmanship within twenty years, I will have to give up this path." Wang Xiu couldn't help but shook his head when he heard this.

The twenty years mentioned in this secret method are actually the twenty years in Chaos City.

Chaos City is in the initial universe. Not to mention the 52 Chaos Monuments in Chaos City, the cultivation environment in the initial universe is much better than that in the Qianwu Secret Realm.

Although the original energy of the universe is relatively abundant in the Qianwu Secret Realm, it is relatively easy to comprehend the laws of the origin.

But that is compared with the original universe.

Compared with the environment in the initial universe, the Qianwu Secret Realm cannot even catch up.

You must know that the environment in the initial universe has always been in the initial stage of cosmic evolution because the original ancestor was sealed.

In the initial universe, one can even directly see the manifested original rules of the universe.

Wang Xiu looked at the twenty-year time limit and didn't take it seriously at all.

He couldn't stay in this Qianwu Secret Realm forever.

The battle of the top geniuses in the universe will be held in two years. Unless there are no accidents, after the battle of the top geniuses in the universe, Wang Xiu will choose to enter the core layer of the virtual universe, and then enter the initial universe for thirty years.

Even though Wang Xiu failed to master the first set of sword techniques of "Piao Xue" in the Qianwu Secret Realm, he was confident that he would be able to comprehend it after entering the initial universe.

……

Noah Universe Kingdom, on a remote life planet.

A young man in a white robe sat cross-legged on the ground and entered the killing field of the virtual universe.

"Will this hatred last forever? There has never been a single defeat..." The young man in white robe looked at the three exaggerated numbers in the opponent's battle record in the invitation and couldn't help but feel a little interested.

"Interesting." The young man in white robe smiled.
Because he was too familiar with such records. After entering the decisive battle space, he had been winning all the way until his score was raised to nine stars.

The reason why it seems so familiar is because he also went through this process.

However, since he raised his rating to nine stars, he has never come to the decisive battle space again. Because the opponents he met were too weak, so weak that he didn't even have the interest to draw his sword.

Unexpectedly, on a whim today, I discovered a "newcomer" with the same impressive record.

The young man in white robe agreed to the invitation without hesitation.

After waiting for a while, the young man in white robe found that the other party did not respond at all.

"Not in the virtual universe?" the young man in white robe frowned.

The young man in white robe was very confident that as long as the other party saw his invitation to fight, they would definitely agree.

Because his record is the same as his opponent's, he has never lost a single game.

No matter who the other party is, seeing such a person challenging him to a fight, he would surely agree, even if it was just out of curiosity.

"Hmm? Teacher is looking for me?" The young man in white robe suddenly frowned, looking at the invitation to fight which still had no response, he couldn't help but shook his head, "It seems that we are not destined to be together."

The next moment, the figure of the young man in white robe disappeared and left the virtual universe.

……

And this moment.

Wang Zhengzhen, whose code name is "This Hatred Will Never End" in the Decisive Battle Space, sat cross-legged in the Qianwu Secret Realm Manor, concentrating on comprehending the first set of swordsmanship in the "Floating Blood" secret book.

Because the "Floating Blood" secret book is not just a set of swordsmanship, but a set of training methods that analyze the essence of the original laws of the universe, Wang Xiu did not stay in the training field as usual.

Instead, he spends most of his time in the manor of Qianwu Secret Realm in the real universe, quietly comprehending the essence of the original laws of space.

I hope to master the mysteries of the origin laws of space corresponding to the first set of sword techniques as soon as possible.

He had no idea that one of the people he had been thinking about among the group invitations he had sent out earlier was the person he had always dreamed of, Bolan, and that the other party had already agreed to his invitation.

……

Soon, one year passed.

During this year, Gu Fenghou came to Wang Xiu twice.

Although Wang Xiu has not been able to comprehend the first mystery of the law of the origin of space, this was already within Gu Fenghou's expectations.

The one hundred and eight mysteries of the origin laws of space are not so easy to comprehend.

Moreover, Gu Fenghou could feel that Wang Xiu had made great progress in the past year.

According to Wang Xiu's progress, even if he was not in Chaos City and even without the assistance of the Chaos Monument, he still had hope of completely mastering the first set of sword techniques in "Floating Blood" and understanding the first mystery of the law of the origin of space within twenty years.

Wang Xiu was not in the least bit anxious, but he had less understanding of the fundamental laws of gold.

Moreover, he never went to the decisive battle space of the killing ground again, and devoted all his energy to comprehending the first set of sword techniques in the "Floating Blood" secret book.

"Huh." Wang Xiu in Qianwu Secret Realm Manor slowly opened his eyes and exhaled a breath of foul air, then stood up and murmured, "Have you encountered a bottleneck..."

"It's been a month, and this confusing problem still hasn't been solved." Wang Xiu stood up, feeling a little annoyed.

Suddenly, the auxiliary light brain on Wang Xiu's arm vibrated.

"Is it Nianzhen?" Wang Xiu looked down and found that the message was from Lin Nianzhen.

"I haven't seen Nianzhen and Xiao Letian for a long time." Wang Xiu looked at the email sent by Lin Nianzhen and couldn't help but smile. "I just encountered a bottleneck, so I'll go see them."

Ever since Wang Xiu entered the Qianwu Secret Realm, he has been immersed in comprehending and practicing the laws.

Even the number of times he meets his wife and children in the virtual universe is very small.

Sometimes when Wang Xiu thought about it, he felt extremely guilty.

……

In the virtual universe, Heilongshan Island, in the manor villa in Kowloon Bay.

Wang Xiu's figure suddenly appeared.

"Hey, are they all away?" Wang Xiu couldn't help but think to himself as he looked at the empty room in front of him.

Immediately, Wang Xiu sent an email to Lin Nianzhen through the virtual universe.

A moment later, two figures, one big and one small, suddenly appeared in the villa room.

"Dad!" As soon as Xiao Letian appeared, he opened his arms and ran towards Wang Xiu.

Seeing this, Wang Xiu immediately picked up Xiao Letian and held her high up, making Xiao Letian giggle.

Little Letian is now five and a half years old.

From the beginning of 2062 when Wang Xiu left the Earth and entered the Qianwu Secret Realm to now, Wang Xiu has been away from the Earth for three full years.

In the past three years, Wang Xiu seldom met Xiao Letian and Lin Nianzhen. Even when they met, it was always in the virtual universe.

However, although they met rarely, Xiao Letian was extremely close to Wang Xiu and would stick to him every time they met.

Lin Nianzhen just stood there quietly, watching the father and daughter playing with a smile on her face, feeling extremely happy in her heart.

Thanks to the Qianwu coins that Wang Xiu left for Lin Nianzhen, Lin Nianzhen is now at the sixth planetary level.

Even little Letian has physical fitness comparable to that of a high-level war god.

If Wang Xiu hadn't been unwilling to force things, it would have been easy for Xiao Letian to break through to the planetary level.

After a moment, Wang Xiu put Xiao Letian on his shoulder, then took Lin Nianzhen's hand and left the villa.

It's not easy to get to see them, so of course I have to have some fun.

When it comes to entertainment, there are many more fun things in the virtual universe than in the real world.

In a private room of a restaurant, the table is occupied by delicious food.

Little Letian sat obediently beside Lin Nianzhen, looking at the delicious dishes on the table, little stars in her eyes.

These are all her favorite foods.

"Mom, I want to eat this, this, and that!" Little Letian stretched out her little hands and said in a baby voice to the dishes on the table.

Looking at her appearance, if my arms weren't too short, I would have grabbed her directly.

Looking at Xiao Letian's appearance, Wang Xiu and Lin Nianzhen couldn't help but smile.

"Okay, little Letian, be good and mommy will pick some for you." Lin Nianzhen picked up the chopsticks and said gently.

"Okay." Little Letian nodded in a baby voice, her little feet swinging happily.

While Lin Nianzhen was busy picking up food for Xiao Letian, Wang Xiu opened the backend of his virtual universe account.

He had seen it when he sent an email to Lin Nianzhen before. Perhaps because he had been logged into the virtual universe for a long time, a lot of unread messages had accumulated in his background.

At this moment, taking advantage of this opportunity, Wang Xiu immediately cleaned up this information.

"Has the invitation been approved?" When he clicked on a notification message from the killing field, he was suddenly stunned. "Codename Jueying, from Noah Universe Country, no defeat... there is great hope. But unfortunately, it has expired."

Wang Xiu kept this information and planned to go to the killing field's decisive battle space after playing with Lin Nianzhen and her daughter.

Before, in order to find Bolan, Wang Xiu had sent out invitations to all the nine-star-rated players from the Noah Universe.

But unfortunately, although a lot of people had agreed before, none of them were from Bolan.

Just as Wang Xiu was lost in thought, suddenly, the sound of little Letian's milk gurgling sounded:
"Dad, eat it!"

Wang Xiu looked up and saw Xiao Letian holding a piece of beautifully cooked meat towards him.

Seeing Wang Xiu looking at him, Xiao Letian couldn't help but repeat, "Daddy, eat."

"Okay, Dad, eat it." Wang Xiu smiled immediately, put the matter behind him, lowered his head and ate the piece of meat that Xiao Letian handed over to him in one bite.

　When I was writing this chapter, I realized that I seemed to have got the time wrong.

　　Now it should be only one year until the Genius Competition begins.

　　There have been so many things going on during this period that I am a little confused. But it doesn't matter, I will sort it out again later.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)