The Favored Son of Heaven

The Qilin Sect was divided into several schools. It was known to be earth’s largest and most powerful sect on the network, and this was quite true in reality as well. The State of Korea’s Neo Taekwondo’s range of influence naturally had its center in the State of Korea. Of course, its influence had spread out of the state by a bit, but when compared to the Qilin Sect, Neo Taekwondo was in no way a direct threat.

Qin Fen looked at the countless red dots of light that marked the earth. He knew that this was the sphere of influence that Song Wendong’s Qilin Sect controlled. If Qin Fen founded a sect in haste here, then the martial artists of the Qilin Sect might just come knocking on his door, looking for trouble.

Plus, ordinary martial artists would typically choose to enter the Qilin Sect whose fame was most resounding. After all, Song Wendong did possess the title of the Earth’s Number One Martial God.

“On Venus, there’s Jarl Lassen, also known as White Tiger. He is revered as Venus’s Number One Martial God by their martial artists. Venus’s White Tiger Sect and Earth’s Qilin Sect are not that different in power.”

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“On Mercury, there’s Black Tortoise or Joey Weis. On Mars, there’s Vermilion Bird or Shangguan Shengyu. Each one of them has the title of the Number One Martial God on their respective planets.”

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“As for Jupiter’s Azure Dragon, the man is very mysterious. He’s an expert that suddenly rose to power in recent years. It is unknown which planet he’s born from, and just how much strength he possesses. His ultimate skills and finishing moves are unclear as well. However, ignore how it seems like everything about him is unclear. Being able to seize the title of a mythological beast without having the martial gods of the other planets oppose it should tell you that Azure Dragon is very strong. The Azure Dragon Sect on this planet is just like the main sects on the other major planets.”

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“Saturn. A few words can’t describe the situation of this planet. I can only say that it’s very weird.”

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“So, you really need to do things properly. You can’t touch a single one of the five major planets.” Zhang Xiangyang adjusted the map to center on a few celestial bodies. “Of course, if you think you can survive against them, then you can try out one of the five major planets. Though the super experts of the five major planets don’t engage in the virtual world of the Sky Battle Net, quite a few decent people of these sects do business there. They select decent youngsters in the virtual world to recruit them into their sects in reality.”

Qin Fen shook his head. Even though he had decent confidence in his own strength and future potential, he was well aware of his limitations, especially when facing the strong who could seize the titles of mythological beasts.

Rumor had it that the strong who possessed the titles of mythological beasts could even do battle with enormous cosmic warships. They possessed inhuman power.

“Of these four satellites—numbered satellite one, satellite two, satellite three, and satellite four—satellite one and two have already been partitioned up by the alliance’s military. You won’t have any room to grow if you go there. If you want to deal with one of these satellites, its better to go to satellite four. Satellite four was opened for development a bit later than the rest. It is also currently the place where fights are most common. As for satellite three, a large sect is starting to form there. Your chances won’t be high.”

Qin Fen looked at Zhang Xiangyang with a bit of curiosity. Qin Fen just wanted to start a sect is all, yet this recruit was pointing out everything under the heavens. Zhang Xiangyang was just like an ancient scholar who had found a brilliant sovereign and was striving to sell himself.

Vying for power within the Sky Battle Net? Qin Fen never had such ambitions. If he had that much free time, it would be better to spend that time making more money. With the money, who could hire private detectives to help find the whereabouts and the plans of his older brother.

“I think you’ve misunderstood something.” Qin Fen had no choice but to give an apologetic smile. “I don’t want to stir up trouble in the Sky Battle Net. There are many people who have such thoughts, but just how many have succeeded? Rather than place a goal within something so illusory, I just want….”

“Okay!” Zhang Xiangyang smacked Qin Fen on the shoulder in praise. “No wonder you’re someone I took a fancy to! Goals must be very clear! I have decided! I’ll help you found a sect and be your first advisor. First we need to settle on a small piece of land first, then we can move forward based on how the situation unfolds.”

Qin Fen didn’t know whether to laugh or cry. Did Zhang Xiangyang take the wrong pills today? Was there something wrong with his head? That couldn’t be right. His train of thought was very clear, and he had been able to analyze the probability of victory and defeat in a short period of time. Zhang Xiangyang was someone who hid his skills quite deeply, no matter how Qin Fen looked at him.

How could a person with such a mind act so weirdly?

Qin Fen gave the back of his head a gentle scratch. It was already quite rare to have a freak like Du Peng in the squad. How come this Zhang Xiangyang popped out as well? He could be considered just as freakish.

Could it be that Zhang Xiangyang was someone that was invited to the camp by the military region? The Military Recruit Tournament didn’t just have competitions of kicks and punches. There were also all sorts of other military skills, like Zhang Xiangyang’s ability in statistics. It was very likely that Zhang Xiangyang was one of those special people.

“Hurry up, man! Begin already, begin! I can’t wait any longer!” Zhang Xiangyang pushed Qin Fen very excitedly. It looked like he was more anxious about this than Qin Fen.

“But….” Qin Fen didn’t want to reveal his true identity in the Sky Battle Net. Currently, there were no challengers at all that knew of his identity. Lin Liqiang had once said that sometimes revealing a nickname be very troublesome. Qin Fen kept his bro’s words close to his heart.

“Are you afraid of failure and shame or something?” Zhang Xiangyang tried guessing Qin Fen’s thoughts, curious. “How about this, then! If you have concerns, I will pledge to you right here that I absolutely won’t reveal the matter of you founding a sect to anybody. How about it?”

“We won’t tell either!”

It was unknown when, but the recruits of entire company, at least those who weren’t staying in the hospital, had gathered around Qin Fen’s bed. Of course, there was one recruit missing from this group. It was Du Peng, who was still cultivating outside.

It was already troublesome enough that one person knew about it, but now an entire flock of people found out. Qin Fen found it hard to trust their confidentiality.

As for keeping his identity secret, this principle was second only to his principles with money. Qin Fen had absolute faith in Lin Liqiang’s words. That genius in creating biochemical beasts would often attract unnecessary troubles even back in school thanks to his resounding fame.

Even Enzo Rota, the coolest of the cool, was often left tired from his fame. Though they didn’t really care about their fame, their fame was already resounding. Even if you didn’t care about it yourself, there were always countless people around you who would care for you.

Qin Fen was now experiencing first hand the inconvenience caused by fame that his two bros often felt. This made him not want his identity revealed even if it killed him all the more.

If it was back in the past, Qin Fen wouldn’t have care too much about this.

However, a month of time had changed things. Qin Fen seized the titles of War God from both the two-star and three-star War God Arena. Then he easily sold the prizes via auction, increasing the number of daily challenges and his means of making money.

Right now, in the two dueling areas of two-star and three-star, the most resounding name was not among the experts with a top-ten battle record. It was none other than Qin Fen’s ID—Thirty-Six Hours.

Of course, not all of his reputation came from fighting. The previous people who seized the title of War God, though few, never had their name be as resounding as his.

At the end of the day, he became very famous due to his obsession with money. He had auctioned off the prizes from the War God Arena, and he always wanted to get paid when challenged, even when he faced a top-ten in battle records or any of the other recipients of the title War God. He would never give a discount either.

It was hard not to recall the name of someone so unique.

“Hey, Old Qin. What are you being suspicious of this bro for?” Zhang Xiangyang looked as if he was quite hurt, but he laughed it off. “Well since this is the case, this bro will make an oath here. If I leak your identity, then make it so that I’ll be impotent when I meet a beauty in the future! How about this?”

Puff ….

A brother, who had been drinking water to the side, simply sprayed water out of his mouth in laughter.

Qin Fen laughed quite helpless as well. This oath, in a certain sense, was truly a very important oath.

This was a time when many people thought oaths were worth shit. Qin Fen didn’t truly beleive that an oath could really constrain someone, but this period of life in military camp was different. Though there might be occasional friction among comrades, when something truly serious came up, nobody would be careless about such things.

They were recruits all from the same place! They were fellow countrymen. They were compatriots! Their veins were filled with blood, blood from the same ancestors!

“Okay! I’ll believe you this one time.”

Qin Fen’s blood had been ignited by everyone’s ardent gazes. He decided to gamble with his identity! The worst that would happen if he lost the gamble was a bit of trouble, while if he won, he would gain a group of friends that were truly worthy of trust.

“Hold on!” Zhang Xiangyang jumped the bed in a shout. “It’s not fair! I made an oath, and you guys are just going to piggy-back off it? Like life is that easy! Gossip and rumors are very terrifying things. Old Qin may trust you, but I don’t!”

“Big deal, we can all make oaths. If we reveal Old Qin’s identity on the Sky Battle Net, then let every one of us, aside from Old Qin of course, become impotent together!”

Qin Fen’s heart vaguely warmed when he heard how earnestly they expressed themselves and how this oath didn’t sound like a proper oath at all.

There were many people who agreed that the feelings among comrades were the strongest feelings in the world. They were feelings that came from experiencing life-or-death moments together.

Though not one of these recruits had been on the battlefield before, everyone had fought together in group brawls a few times. The feelings that comrades had between each other were rapidly growing in everyone’s hearts.

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Qin Fen naturally didn’t want to waste a hundred dollars, having decided to start his own sect on the Sky Battle Net. He went on his computer and quickly browsed through the application form, posts of success, and posts of failure. He quickly found the hidden probability from among the posts.

Such probabilities weren’t hidden too deeply. In a certain sense, everyone who was able to discover the probability could all be considered intelligent. The Federation opened the Sky Battle Net, so they naturally wanted to use it to collect all sorts of talented people.

Finding the dates that had higher probabilities of success could be considered a small hidden test for the applicant who sought to start a sect.

Qin Fen’s eyes stared tightly at the screen. He really wanted to grab a pen and some paper to make some calculations or use the computer’s calculator to quickly find out the probabilities.

However, he didn’t want the other recruits to view him as a monster. Luckily, Gun King lectured quite a bit on statistics, teaching Qin Fen probability several times. He forbade Qin Fen from using any sort of external equipment to help calculate probabilities, making him rely completely on his brain for the calculation.

After performing calculations under these requirements for a long time, Qin Fen became used to calculating in his head.

After half an hour of silence, Qin Fen raised an arm to wipe sweat off his forehead. His face carried a satisfied smile. This time’s mental calculation, though tiring, had been worth doing. He was pleased with how long it took him; half an hour was acceptable.

When Qin Fen wiped his forehead with his arm, he just so happened to see Zhang Xiangyang reveal a smile to him.