Realm-Hopping Martial Master-Chapter 551 - 320: On Xuan Star, Planning for the Future

"In the vast universe, centered around the Star Ruins Realm, countless races communicate using a universal language.

"The translations on the Star Network all involve translating the text of various races into the universal language. Although we could use translation software to translate the universal language into the language of Xia Country, that’s only a literal translation.

"The Star Network not only allows us to learn advanced knowledge from other cosmic civilizations but also has a very strong social aspect, like its battle zones, where strength can be directly tested and replicated almost one-to-one, allowing one to battle various geniuses from across the universe.

"When that time comes, if we were to communicate with these geniuses, would we also use translation software? Our Xuanxing may still be insignificant now, but we must integrate into the vast universe eventually.

"Maybe in the future, geniuses from Xuanxing will also have a considerable reputation in the universe. Not understanding the universal language will absolutely make social interactions excruciatingly difficult. This course should be arranged in the schools as much as possible."

Jiang Shu spoke. "With my current spiritual power, I could master the universal language in just a day or two. But who else on Xuanxing has reached such a Realm? Even for Wang Yan of the Divine Breath Realm, learning the universal language might take more than half a year, not to mention ordinary Martial Artists. The most effective method is still to start learning from a young age.

"The importance of the Star Network goes without saying. Therefore, who can use it, and how the usage rights are allocated, will be your concern, my Leader.

"Currently, I don’t have many smart brains at my disposal—just the main smart brain that links to the universal Star Network and some auxiliary optical brains.

"When I have the chance, I will buy some more in the Star Ruins Realm to bring back."

With a flip of his hand, a sphere of light emerged in Jiang Shu’s palm. The most important smart brain of the Star Network had recognized him as its master, and now he was opening the rights to the First Leader. The lower-level rights could be decided by the First Leader.

"Great, great, great!" The First Leader clapped and laughed, making his decision in an instant. "When I have a moment, I will convene a supreme council meeting. Each department will report a name slot. The schools will also carry out a new round of genius screening. Anyone who is selected and passes the universal language test can register an account and enter the Star Network."

From his high position, he knew better than anyone that when a policy is issued, few would follow it closely without a reward system in place. Even during the initial emergence of the Heaven and Earth Secret Realm, when Yuan Qi was just beginning to recover, he linked the promotion of Martial Arts Cultivation with college entrance examination reforms. This directly enabled many parents to support their children in learning martial arts.

Now, with Xuanxing’s development, the awareness of Martial Arts Cultivation was widespread. No matter how much the college entrance examination system was reformed, it would be difficult to motivate the school’s martial arts geniuses to diligently learn the universal language. It was better to semi-announce the Star Network and offer the ability to register an account on it as a reward. Who would refuse such a vast, boundless cosmic Great World?

"Mm, the universal currency in the universe is the Cosmic Origin Crystal," Jiang Shu continued. "It is formed by Ninth Rank powerhouses in the Star Ruins Realm or the vast universe, who sense the Origin Power and spend several months—or sometimes just one—to condense it into a Crystal Core.

"Ninth Rank is equivalent to the ninth realm of our Cultivation. It’s a Realm higher than the Primordial Pill Realm I passed down, akin to my current Forget Self Realm. In the universe, this is considered a Lower God.

"In the Star Ruins Realm, there is a slave market. A single Cosmic Origin Crystal can buy a Seventh Rank genetic powerhouse. One hundred Cosmic Origin Crystals can buy an Eighth Rank genetic powerhouse.

"And our Xuanxing is worth at least one thousand Cosmic Origin Crystals."

Jiang Shu’s voice was calm, but as his words fell, the entire research institute fell into silence; even breathing ceased. The surprise that had just appeared on each person’s face solidified.

Everyone present was a peerless figure in their fields. In an instant, they understood what Jiang Wushen’s words meant.

Everything that exists has its advantages and disadvantages, just as the development of industry in the past led to environmental pollution.

Once a Star Network account is registered, it signifies that people from Xuanxing can contact a variety of civilizations in the vast universe. If someone releases the coordinates of Xuanxing, the consequences are unimaginable. After all, according to Jiang Wushen, Xuanxing was worth more than one thousand Cosmic Origin Crystals. This was equivalent to the painstaking cultivation of a Ninth Rank powerhouse for over a century! It was enough to directly buy one thousand Seventh Rank powerhouses in the slave market, or ten Eighth Rank powerhouses!

What did this mean? One had to understand that present-day Xuanxing, even in its stage of full Yuan Qi revival, with the nation’s strong support and under Jiang Wushen’s leadership, had only produced seven Seventh Rank individuals. As for the Eighth Rank, there was only Wang Yan, Wang Tianren.

The original excitement was doused as if by a bucket of cold water. Although they all knew from the start that the universe must be a place where the weak are prey to the strong, mercilessly cruel, they had not expected even Eighth Rank powerhouses to be bought and sold at will. Without a doubt, this signified that if Xuanxing were discovered and invaded by another civilization, all of them would become slaves—even Wang Yan, Wang Tianren.

At this moment, even Wang Yan was somewhat moved, feeling an even greater urgency to advance his Realm.

"Ninth Rank is a watershed. Much like cultivating the belief system to become a Lower God, or the Spirit Path attaining the Forget Self Realm—a state within the Sitting and Forgetting Realm—at this level of attainment, the soul is no longer bound to the body; even if the body is destroyed, it can be rebuilt."