Starry Sky Professional

"The resistance has a penchant for attacking breeding facilities, stealing incubation pods and infants, raising them from a young age..."

"In addition, they might even be secretly building a clone army..."

"No wonder the Federation guards the incubation pods so strictly. This basically means I shouldn't expect to obtain them through official channels..."

Several days later.

Fang Xing sat cross-legged, calming his mind, as he recalled the plethora of information he had gathered.

"The matter of the incubation pods requires careful planning... Meanwhile, I can focus on improving my proficiency with the 'Heavenly Mother Wei De Golden Lotus Twin Guardian Tome.' After all, to truly have a clone, it primarily relies on this."

In recent days, he had been pondering this method and had now fully understood it, ready to proceed with his cultivation.

With a serious expression, Fang Xing's spiritual awareness focused on a fierce image of a bull-headed deity with eight arms within his mind, the 'Great Vajra Bull-Headed King!'

This deity had a bull's head and a human body, each arm wielding a different sacred tool, with a cloud of bone and skeleton beneath.

"Visualize the Great Vajra Bull-Headed King as the main deity, and then imagine a 'Heavenly Mother Consort'... This serves as a reflection of the deity's consciousness, akin to an image in a mirror, possessing a unique way of using illusion to achieve true cultivation!"

Fang Xing exerted himself to conjure a consort image, only to find himself unable to start.

After several attempts, all ended in failure.

He contemplated once more, and in his mind, the Great Vajra Bull-Headed King began to chant the 'Great Sun Tathāgata Mantra!'

A glorious sun emerged from his spiritual sea, manifesting above the King’s head.

Utilizing this sun's reflection, slowly within the embrace of the Great Vajra Bull-Headed King appeared a soft, motherly feminine figure.

——The Heavenly Mother Consort!

"This method... is quite marvelous."

"Although the Adept of Myriad Laws can also create external incarnations, he must split his own soul source, which not only carries risks but also means the split soul can't constantly share consciousness with the main body, leading to potential rebellion..."

"However, the ‘Great Vajra Twin Guardian’ created by the Heavenly Mother Consort is different; it is a reflection of my own mind, resonating with me. Even if the takeover succeeds ultimately, the clone can constantly resonate with the main body, sharing thoughts, eliminating the risk of rebellion."

"But, this 'Heavenly Mother Wei De Golden Lotus Twin Guardian Tome' has hidden requirements... namely, it must be based on the Great Sun Tathāgata Mantra, and its proficiency level cannot exceed the level of the mantra?"

Fang Xing glanced at his attributes panel:

【Heavenly Mother Wei De Golden Lotus Twin Guardian Tome: 3/100】

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Brilliant River Estate.

Gu Residence.

“The essence of the Ghost God Blade, especially the core of combat techniques, I have imparted fully…”

Fang Xing gazed at Gu Yun, the three-no-girl with a pumpkin-shaped hairstyle and donned in practice attire, her adorable demeanor still present. “If you can fully grasp it, with your current level, getting into a second-rate university is assured, and you even have a chance to aim for a first-rate one…”

Gu Yun was already a promising candidate for university. Now, being at the peak of the Second Realm, she could ascend to the Third Realm of Martial Arts at any moment.

With further enhancement in practical combat, getting into university would be a sure thing.

“I understand… Thank you.”

Gu Yun whispered her gratitude, not someone who failed to appreciate value.

With Fang Xing’s current ability, if he chose to become a private coach, his fees wouldn’t be much lower than those of Xia Long.

However… he was determined to focus on his university entrance exams.

He had even stopped attending school classes but still made time to tutor her.

This was a matter of personal obligation!

Unbeknownst to Gu Yun, Fang Xing was merely repaying a past matter.

After finishing the Ghost God Blade practice, he sat with Gu Yun at a wooden vine table set nearby, drinking tea.

“You mentioned last time that the black market found some interesting alien energy blocks; what’s the result?”

After chatting for a moment, Fang Xing casually broached the topic.

After all, those low-grade spirit stones were intentionally thrown out by him.

“Shouldn't you be the most aware?”

Gu Yun looked at Fang Xing with some confusion. “After the incident, the Titan Corporation took over…”

Previously, Fang Xing had private car pickups to and from school, causing quite a stir.

Rumors swirled among classmates that he was either kept by a female boss, found by biological parents, or inherited a huge fortune from a previously unknown relative.

Eventually, the school intervened, and the teachers dispelled the rumors when it was revealed Fang Xing was signing a contract with Titan Corporation.

Given that Lan Fei never left, it was assumed the contract was already signed.

Titan Corporation, being an energy giant, was very interested in these alien energy blocks.

“Oh, I’m not really interested in that aspect…”

Fang Xing lifted his teacup, feeling that there might be something peculiar within the low-grade spirit stones.

However, to truly unravel their mysteries, there seems to be a long road ahead. After all, these are items belonging to another world.

‘But is it really two different worlds? Perhaps the cultivation world is just a peculiar planet, yet undiscovered within the grand cosmos?’ he mused.

Still, Fang Xing leaned towards the belief that the cultivation world and the universe where the Blue Star Federation resides were indeed two separate worlds!

The universe is vast and boundless, seemingly without an end.

The surface area of the cultivation world is also astonishingly large, enough to confound planetary structure experiments, and coupled with the renowned legends of ascension, it made Fang Xing realize the cultivation world was vast, perhaps not much lesser than the main universe.

“Xiao Fang, thank you for visiting my daughter Xiaoyun, have some snacks…”

At this moment, a woman dressed in casual home attire, with a gentle and youthful appearance, looking to be in her twenties or thirties, approached carrying a plate of crystal-like snacks.

“Let me introduce you, my mom…”

Gu Yun said expressionlessly.

“Hello, auntie.”

Fang Xing quickly stood up, recalling the glimpses of her from previous encounters, and indeed, this woman matched those impressions.

‘Gu Yun is quite lucky to have such a gentle and beautiful mother…’ he thought to himself, feeling a bit sentimental.

…

Half an hour later.

Fang Xing, his mouth filled with crystal cake, leisurely walked out of the magnificent Jiang Manor.

In the Federation, one becomes an adult at eighteen, and can marry thereafter.

However, as civilization progresses, marriage rates have steadily declined.

Many men and women now heed the Federation's call to donate their genes and then indulge in carefree pursuits.

As for offspring?

It's left to fate and the Federation's random matching.

Of course, there are those who cannot accept this, seen as somewhat obstinate natural families. Gu Yun’s family was much like this.

“If I stay any longer, it might just turn into talks of marriage… Gu Yun is still a few years away from adulthood, this is indeed chaotic.”

He swallowed a crystal cake in one bite, his form swiftly vanishing into the shadows.

When he stepped out again, he had transformed into an inconspicuous middle-aged man, heading towards the black market.

…

In a dilapidated shack.

A woman with tangled hair resembling a bird’s nest and deep-set eyes with heavy dark circles glanced up at Fang Xing. "What's your business?"

"I'm a contact!"

Fang Xing casually tossed a bag of gold onto the table. "I heard you have contacts for all sorts of people here, even those of the cultists and the resistance?"

"Heh… you're quite the joker."

The woman with smoky makeup began to meticulously examine the gold's purity, then said, "Our 'Omnipotent Shack' merely provides convenient contacts to make a modest living…"

"Cut the nonsense, I need you to leave a contact method at a specific time and place…"

Fang Xing stated his demand.

He and Liu Wei were not people who would easily expose their secrets to outsiders.

Thus, communicating with each other was challenging.

Perhaps only after they managed to establish contact would Liu Wei realize it was Fang Xing seeking him out.

"A common third-party approach, and with all this gold, consider it done!"

The woman smiled, revealing her blackened teeth.

After Fang Xing left, she immediately took out a detector and scanned the surroundings: nothing had been left behind…

She waited a moment before making a call.

"Wu Ya, what's going on?"

An image of a one-eyed middle-aged man appeared on the screen.

He exuded a menacing aura, and where one of his eyes should be was replaced by a dark eyepatch.

In this interstellar era, such a thing was indeed peculiar. Not to mention the availability of bionic eyes, they could at least install a mechanical prosthetic eye.

“Someone has come to find us, the resistance…”

Wu Ya began to recount the details regarding Fang Xing.

On the surface, she was just a minor information broker, but in reality, she was an undercover agent for the resistance.

Any information pertaining to the resistance was immediately reported.

“Could it be… related to our major plan in Yuan Yu City?”

The expression of the middle-aged man with a single eye instantly turned dangerous: “Follow his request, investigate both sides…”

“Yes…”

Wu Ya bowed and proceeded to report on other matters.

While these two were conversing, they failed to notice that a 'Heavenly Mother Mindang' was quietly listening nearby.

In the distance, amidst the ruins.

Fang Xing sat cross-legged, Wu Ya's activities playing vividly in his mind.

“Although I haven’t mastered the ‘Great Vajra Twin Guardian Spirits’ yet, the Heavenly Mother Mindang has already been visualized, serving as a guardian spirit to gather intelligence…”

Due to the nature of his cultivation technique, whatever the Heavenly Mother Mindang sees, he also sees.

Even if it suffered unexpected damage, it would only be a projection of his primary consciousness that was harmed, which could easily be re-formed anew.

The most critical aspect, of course… is being entirely free from technological devices, relying purely on mental thoughts to investigate, thus evading numerous monitoring and detection instruments.

In addition, it possessed the ability to pass through walls, allowing it to observe many private matters.

In other words, Fang Xing essentially projected his soul, using his spiritual form to gather intelligence.

In the interstellar era, this would become a blind spot for many people.

“The resistance is planning something significant in Yuan Yu City?”

Silently organizing the intelligence he had heard, Fang Xing was filled with contemplation: “It seems this final semester will have to be spent over there in Yuan Yu City…”

Luckily, he had already applied for leave. All he needed to do was to show up at the examination hall during the college entrance exam.

With the guardian spirit he had just trained, Fang Xing believed he could thoroughly explore every corner of Yuan Yu City.

At the right moment, seizing an opportunity to obtain an incubation chamber would be no major issue.

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(End of Chapter)